Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-05-13
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
PUBLIC LEDGER 0PvIoE, /
MEMPHIS. TENN. May IL. lS7l.J


The stock of grain and feed has been in
creased somewhat by the arrival Of the st.
Louis and Ohio river packets. but arc. not
large enough TO materially affect prices. Sales
Of shelled corn on the leyee are reported at
roc. Oats to arrive are held at 64c. Bran is
firm at S27. Hay is quiet at from sls 90 to
q so for common to choice. Corn meal is In
better supply, and was sold 10 arrive So 10.
Butter is duh at 2sc for choice new In lots.
Eggs are quiet at TIC for lots Of five boxes
and upwards. Old potatoes are scarce at So to
800; new, dull, with limited offerings at IS so.
Onions arc steady and unchanged. Meats are
shade armer. but no change is reported in
prices. Groceries are dull but steady in tone.
The recent advance in sugars is fully main
tanned by kilograms from the South and East.
From store on orders prices are as follows;
BAGoISo-Is quiet at 2l@2Sc. with very light
BEASs : Navy. 81 1902 Is; white mixed.
B1cox-Quiet but firm; clear sides, lOg1O1zc;
shoulders, 714(97szc; bulk sides, clear, 4gec;
shoulders, SIC; sugar cured hams. l41sYl01ac.
BRAN-$1 35@1 40 D 100 in store.
BuTTRR-Good Western, 20925c; inferior,
dull and nominal new grass, 2S@30c.
COTTossEED-s9 90 D ton on leyee.
NOhh MkAL-0uiet ~ 70 ~ oh iS'oO' "-A~
CoRS-Quiet at 72@7sc. with fair supply.
EGGs-Quiet with good supply at l5c.
FLoUR-firm but dull at Sc 25@9 90 for super
H1Y1sI9 OO@24 90, as to quality.
IRON TIRs-5@6c.
LAnD-In kegs, i2149l3c; tierces. ll1z@12c;
caddies, l4@l5c.
MOLGssEs-LOuisiana $4,000 in barrels;
OArs-Firm at &c on leyee, 6596Sc from
store.
PoULrRY-Old chickens dull at "a 1906 so;
PorAroEs-New Southern. scarce at IS 500
9 50 y barrel; old, scarce at So OOg3 Is b bar
rel, as TO quality, and firm; sweet, 81 % q bar
rel cabbage. s2l 0O@30 90; new onions. s6s7.
PORK-Mess, $40 00@l9 so in small way.
| SALT-S2 Ea2 IS % Dbl. 81 6a@l rs o sack.
| SuGAR-Firrn; Louisiana, 814@l21zc for COM
| mon TO fair, l2l4@l414c for yellow and white
clarified refined, crushed and powdered.l41S9
| 15c; Coffee, A. u and Q. l3zgl4c.
Receipts of produce to-day were more libe-
raj; very little, however, was offered on
Change. the greater portion of the receipts
having been sold to arrive; $50 sacks mixed
corn in burlaps sold at Tic, which was the only
sale made during change hours. Subse-
quently 200 barrels meal were sold on the levee
at SO 20, which is an advance Of cents on our
quotations; 50 bales choice timothy hay mixed
slightly with red-top was offered at $40, but
had not been sold up to the hour Of our going
to press. Receipts of potatoes were light and
prices quoted to lOc higher.
MONEY.
The money market is quiet, with a slight
Improvement in the demand for currency.
and rates of interest in bank shaS4 frmer.
Regular rates to depositors to-day are 10 to II
per cent, and in the open market IL to "a
per cent. per month, according to the neces-
sty Of the borrower.
The market for exchange is firm, with a
marked increase in the supply of cotton bills.
Eastern checks are bought at e premium and
and sold at u premium. Cotton bills are
taken generally at par, with exceptions at
ITO premium. New Orleans bills are q to u
discount buying and par selling.
Gold is bought at 1lON and sold at Ill to
l111h. Offerings are light and the demand
moderate. M
Local securities. stocks, scrips, etc., are
dull and without change. County warrants
are bought at 721zc and sold at 75c. Bank OF
Tennessee money is T3c buying and 75c sell
ing. City bonds are Arm but quiet-55c is the
buying and Sc the selling rate for the cur
rency issue, and 60 to Sic the buying and sell.
ing rate for the gold issue. Memphis and
Charleston railroad stock is quoted IS to S519c
buying and selling. Mississippi and Tennes-
J see shares were slightly elevated" yester-
day by the different combinations in the mar
: ket, and the price advanced from 4Sc to 45c.
the city combination getting five hundred
shares at the latter price. leaving the Nc
Combs ring" to whistle in amazement over
the manner in which the stock was obtained.
COTTON.
The market closed firm yesterday, with light
offerings and sales Of 800 bales at prices rang
ing from AZ to 15c for middling. To-day
: there is fair inquiry, but the offerings are
light and factors are above the views of buy
ers. Sales up to noon were $50 bales, inelud-
ing list of 147 bales. averaging strict low
middling, at l41sc. 5 middling at l5c. 50 strict
low middling at 1416c, 30 good ordinary at
1916, 20 ordinary at II to l111c, II inferior at
Sc, 10 low ordinary at &c. and bales strict
middling at l51sc. Receipts to-day. 400; ex-
ports, l46S; stock. Is, 124.
COTTON STATEMENT.