Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-04-05
srHE COTTON MARKETS..

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Selma, Ala, April 2.
There was fair demand TODAY. and
some sales have been made at Ole for naid-
Jung, ana IN some instance a shade over.
desirable lots were very scarce.
Coiuabus, Ga, April 2.
There was an active demand Cor MD
diings at 204@2Otc. A good many sales
were made by shippers to shippers who had
orders. Planters firm. in boId;no. sales
240 bales; receipts 100 bales; shipments
103 bales.
Mobile, April 9.
Cotton in good demand and tending mn
ware; m,ddlings 214c; sales 1000 bales;
receipts 560 bales; exports to New Orleans
l29 bales; stock so, 119 bales.
baltimore, April 2.
Cotton-In fair demand: middlinos at
e2Sc; sales POS bales; nett receipss n bales.
coAstwise bales; total 265 bales; exports
coastwise 81 bales; stock 9, 1870 bales.
Later-Cotton frmer at 22Jc.
Savannah, Ca, ApriI2.
Cotton-Fair demand; middlings 214c;
sales 5OObales; receipts 3SS bales; stock
46, 1853 bales.
SscAss Ss Cse april Ss
Cotton-Stock light, causing much firm
er prices; middlings 21c; sea Island 23c;
sales Al bales; receipts 49S bales; exports
coastwise 1872 bales; stock Is, 341 bales
Augusta, Ca, April g.
Cotton-Market firm; sales 81 bales; re-
ceipts 2i0 bales; middlings 2Ot@20ac.
Norfolk, April 2.
Co.ton-Firm, and a shade better, not
| quotably niger; low middlings 2O@2Otc;
sales so bales; receipts sos bales; stock s.
| 664 bales.
BOstOn, April 2.
Cotton quiet and steady; middlings 2S4c
Sales l5O bales; receipts 735 bales; exports
to Great Britain 100 bales; stock II, 900
bales.
| Galveston, April g.
Cotton quiet and fiat; good ordinary 172c;
no sales; receipts 1880 bales; exports to
Great Britain 935 bales; stock 80, 327 bales.
Memphis, April g.
Inquiry continues good for all grades,
but runs chiefly on on low middling, which
sold up to 219c to-day for good style.
business was restricted on account of scant
offerings, and variance in the views of buy
ers and sellers. The aggregated reported
was 4Of bales, including AZ bales Peeler at
2l4c sold last evenig. The rnling prices
were pc for middling, and 21@21Ic for
low middling, with good ordinary ranging
from 10000. Some niiddling brought
228c, but. at the same time there were
purchases to moderate extent at 21ac
and one buyer claimed to have ''dug out
few bales at 2I4@214c, which, however
Is exceptional to the tone of the market.
A few bales ''n0ndescript, or ''John P
Hill, cotton changed hands at 14c.
New York Money Market.
New YORK, April money active at ga
per cent. on call until after p. NJ. when
the advance abated and the offerings were
more liberal. One bank negotiated nearly
million at per cent. The closing opera
tons were at on Governments and on
stocks. Prime business notes nominally 7
as per cent. A little more activity and
buoyancy in the produce markets to-day.
Cotton advanced cent, owing to an in
creased strength of the Southern markets
and advance in Liverpool. State bonds
steady, old Tennessee's So, new 51t.
New York General Markets.
New YORK, April 4.-Cotton firm;
sales $500 bales at 23c for middling up
lands, and market quiet
New Orleans Markets.
NEW ORLEANS, April 4-Cotton in fair
demand and advanced; middling 224c
st. Louis Markets.
ST.. LOUIS, April 4-Flour-low grades
rather weak-family 5SO@6.5O. Wheat
firm, No. 2 red Fall O5@1O7. Corn S3@
So. Provisions firm. Pork 26. 1927.
Cincinnati Markets
CINCINNATI, April Flour firm and
supply light; family 5.15@5.4O. Wheat
L.10@112. Corn firm at S6@9Oc Oats 81
@56c. Rye and barley unchanged. Cotton
firmer and tending upward; middling 214c.
Whisky unsettled at SIC. Tobacco IN
changed. Mess pork quiet. Bulk meats
108, II and 14ic.
Louisville Markets.
LOUISVILLE, April 4-Cotton firm at 21Ic.
Grain firm. Corn 95@97ic. Groceries in
faiSdemand. Sugar II &c. Tobacco ). 0O@
100; leaf at 750@i5.OO Pork $50.
Bacon 11t@154@164c Bulk meats 1O4@
149@15c. Lard 153c. Hams 1Sc. Whisky
CSC.
Memphis Markets
MEMPHIS, April Cotton quiet land
firm at pc, receipts Ills bales; exports
1,504 bales. Stock 16, 669