Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-03-19
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.
Foreign Markets.

LONDON, March Is, 100 P. M-Consols
924 for money, 924@9244 for account. Bonds
easier; 5-20s '62s, 924; do old Cos, 91S;
do '67s, 9O5; do IO-4Os, SO. Stocks
Erie 1871. Illinois Central 110t. Atlantic
50.
FRANKFORT, March 1s.-Consols, 1928,
96s.
LIVERPOOL, March 18.-Cotton dull and
dropping; middling uplands 74@7sd; mid
ding Orleans 7s@7sd; sales 10, 600 bales;
1000 for speculation and export. Stock
afiost 500, 900; American $4,000. Wheat
unchanged. Flour 27s Cd.
New York Money Market.
New YORK, March 18.-Gold has been
steady, with all sales at 111@1114. Loans
were made at from to per cent. The
clearRnces were S35, 900, 900. The exports
to-day we're $438, OCO; for the week 81, $685.
5I7. The total exports since January l
have 81, 1857, AL Governments we're
firm and trifle higher. The offer of the
Secretary of the Treasury of the first
$500, 600, 900 Of the new per cents st
par in gold or in exchange for United
States 5-20s will be kept open uncondi-
tionally for only one week longer. After
March &c the subscriptions viii be subject
to condition in their order named in the
Treasury circular. Stocks opened steady,
and 80 continued until the bank statement
was made public, when there was consid-
cradle pressure to sell. The principal
dealings were in New York Central, Hud-
son, Lake Shore, Wabash, Northwestern
preferred, Rock Island, Ohio and Missis-
sippi, Western Union, and Pacific Mail.
At the close tie market was heavy.
Money was easy at from to per cent
State securities were dull except Virginias,
new, which were very strong. Old Ten
nessses 6355; new 6355. Sterling exchange
IO9E. Government bonds-18S1s 1152;
'62s 112S; '64s 1124; '65s 112f; new 65s
Ill; '67s Ill; SIS 1119; 1O-4Os 100.
Currency 6s 1149.
WEEKLY BANK STATEMENT.
The weekly bank statement is upfa-
vorable. The banks have made a net loss
of 81, 40, 40 in legal reserve and now
hold only So, 694, 976, above the twenty
five per cent. required by law. The fol-
lowing are the changes: Loans, increase,
50, 223, 01O; specie decrease 1,1O5, 43l;
legal tenders, decrease, 81, 422, 239; deposits,
increase, 81, OF, 059; circulation, decrease,
$40, $50.
New York Dry Goods Market
rather quiet, pending a more general re
duction of prices OF domestic staple tex
tiles, in conformity with the concession
yielded by few agents of prints, brown
sheetings, ticks, etc., which concession
has not yet become general among job
bers. Wherever q concession in prices is
made, however, the interior purchaser
does not hesitate to take hold of seasonal
BILE goods with more alacrity. Ike Lodi
prints are reduced to 94c to-day, while all
regular makes are selling at 10c. At this |
price goods went into consumption more |
rapidly, as they are down to about gold |
rates. Extra sheetings 94c; New Market |
A 1O@lO4c; Golden Ridge SIC; Dwight w |
94c; Massachusetts, fine B sheetings 100 |
164c; Lyman 1O4e; Pepperell corset jeans
I24c; Eagle stripes $50; Sheridan do 94c; |
do G. lOc; Wessacumycon bleached muslIns |
124c; Hartford ginghams 12c; Glasgow /
13c; Pacific Mills plain and glace armurs
and printed delaines 18c; plain and glace
alpacas 2lc.
New York General Market.
NEW YORK, March 18.-FlOur firm |
and demand fair; Sc. 65@6.85 for shipping /
grades extra Wheat quiet and firm; red
amber $1.7O@1.72. Corn dull; 67@573c. |
WnlSky urI1, S19SqJ1C. OOAoo uhn huu
demand fair; Rio 134@17c. Sugar firm
and demand fair; Cuba S4@94c. Molasses
steady and in moderate demand. Rice 81
@Ssc. Metals-bar iron 75c; sheet iron,
Russia, 1O4@1lc gold; nails, cut, $40;
clinch So. 80; horseshoe 22930c,
81. Louis Markets.
ST. LOUIS, March 18.-Flour dali;
superine winter 1878; Xxx 5000. 25@
6. so. Wheat dull and unchanged; No. 2
spring S1.30; No. red fall $3.50. Corn
dull and dropping; mixed, on track, 51@
SIC; yellow 51@514c; latter rate delivered;
mixed, in sacks, 58@60c. Oats, dull and
closing at 54@55c for mixed in
sacks. Barley quiet; No. 2, Soc. Rye
firm; CSC for prime. Whisky SSc. Mess
pork quiet; S21. Bulk meats lower, with
large sales for future delivery; loose clear
sides 1Oc; shoulders, buyer April, &c;
rough sides do &c. Bacon, jobbing at 81,
81, IL, II; latter brand first haIf June.
Lard dull; country kettle &c.
CIncInnnfi Markets.
CINCINNATI, March 18-Flour steady
and in moderate demand; family ST.. ~