Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-05-17
FINANCE AND TRADE.
OFFICE OF THE DAILY APPEAL /
MEMPHIS, May 10, 1870. J
FINANCE.

FINANCE.
Tha monev market has exhibited more
than the usual fluctuations during the past
week, and closes irregular, with prices Of
serbs. bonds and stocks hard TO arrive at
accurately. Currency has been scarce,
though a few banks report TO the contrary
and only hrst-class gilt edge paper is ia
ken with the time running from thirty to
ninety days. Cotton has been moving
freely, and exchange, as q general thing,
is abundant everywhere, though one or
two institutions say hat they can use all
they get with ease. A few banks are
overloaded and are slow to take bills, ex-
cept from regular customers. The buy
ing rates on Eastern bills ranges from q
TO &c discount, and on New Orleans at =
TO 4 discount. Checking on the lattersat
par, and on Eastern points at = to nc
premium.
Bonds and stocks have not been active.
Memphis and Charleston stock, which de-
cllned to 4Oc, has recovered somewhat,
and at the close there is q demand at 4lS
4Le. with few on the market. City bonds
are also q little better. We can learn Of
no sales, but parties would buy at 4+c.
Other securities are nominal.
Taxes are being paid very slowly, and
scrips are in light demand. City scrip is
bought by dealers at 72@7Sc, and sold at
75a76c. County warrants are in moder-
ate densand at 76@77c; selling at 7sg7Se.
Tennessee money zoe buying; selling at
Hk@72c.
Gold is offered in small lots, and dealers
buy at about 3 to lc under New York
rates, and sell st an Ddvance Of = to lc.
5000 lot was aiken to-day by a dealer
at nS5S.
The eth censuso of the United States, about
70 be taken, will be much more complete
than any previous one. Formerly It was
simply an en~umerstionO of the population,
with reference to Concessions -.epre-
sentation, but the new census Will, De-
sides. contain a mass of statistical infor-
nation relating to the progress, resources,
wealth. etc, of the nation. We give De-
below a schedule of the information
sought:
FIrst-Au the dwelling houses in the
district, all the families, name Of every
inhsbitsnt, age, sex, color, trade, accuPa-
ton, or profession of each male person
over fifteen years, value of real estate
owned, place of birth Of each ~inhsbitant,
marriages within the preceding year,
number Of persons who have attended
school, persons over twenty years Of age
who can read and write, the deaf and
dumb, blind, insane, idiotio, pauPers and
convicts.
SeeoHd-Number Of acres OF land I'm
proved and unimproyed with the name OF
the owner, agent or manager, live stock
on hand Of the different kinds, produce Of
the farm of every kind during the year
preceding LIST of June, 1870.
Third-PrOducts Of industry Ct every
kind with name of manufacturer pro-
dueinR articles in each year Of the value
of $500, name and kind Of business, CAPT
tai invested, rsg materislu used, with state
ment of quantities, kinds of motive pow
er and machinery, average number OF
hands employed, wages paid, etc.
EOurth-Aggregate valuation Of real
and personal estate, aggregate of taxes as
sessed, colleges and academies, schools,
school houses, and public libraries, peri
odiesls. pap how often published,
number Of circulation. Has the season
produced average crops? What crops are
short7 To what extent, and tbs average
T per year? Average wages of farm
hands, CT day lrborers, with board; wages
without board; Of carpenters, fsmsle do
mestics, price of board for laboring men
per week number of churches, Of persons
each will accommodate; value Of church
property, with statisties relating to pau
pers and ~conyicts.
Ffh-Eumber of deaths during the
preceding year, with sge, sex, color, do
nestle condition, place of birth and Occu-
patton of deceased, together Withthe time
and cause Of death.
There are still twelve banks of issue in
Pennsylvania that did not come into the
national banking system, and continue to
do business under charters derived from
che State.
The receipts OF internal reyenu for the
hrst nine months of the current fiscal
year are Sl2l ,266, 5s4, against SOL, "a ,l9s
for the same time in the previous year.
The following statement (estimsted) Of
how the national debt is held, will throw
co nsidsrabls light on the future course Of
the bond market:
ment bonded debt'- s2,lOO,OOO 900
Am 9 held IN Europe L. 100000
In sinking fund.-..--- ue,uD0,o09
Ri mixing department
at W6shingtOn----- 40.OOO,bU I
with permanent IN
WestOrS.----. ----.-....- ADUtNVNfNN I
with savings bank, In
surance, trust, and
psnisa--~-~-....-.-- 81, OOO,OO-sl,s5o ,OO0,O 900
gnseco1ntsd for l50,OO0,O 900
Ont of this balance ofsl5O, 00O,O0O, which
we viii suppose are in the market, the
government wiz probably buy and can
eel during the remainder Of this year
SIS, 100000. If Europe takes the usual
amount, say $500 OO 900, then the prices
must advance TO very high figures TO in
duee investors to sell.