Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-08-02
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.
NEW YORK.

N4W lOhhs August 1.-DIY tTOOuAs-
Business is still lacking activity, but
staple styles of cotton and wooden fabrics.
Heavy brown sheetings are firm at 40
I4l<e for all popular brands, and l2(Q121<c
for seconds. Heavy brown drills steady
and firm at I31%c. Best brands spool cot
ton thread steady and firm at SOC for best
imported makes of 8 cord soft finish, less
the usual discount. Carpets are in good
demand, and being in light supply, with
small stocks and the high price prevalent
for yarns and raw material, the market
Is buoysnt at an advance. Worsted braids,
which have been somewhat depressed
during the past year, are now looking up;
recently an advance of &c has been estab.
Iished, but this does not meet the rapid
advance in the price of yarns. Best styles
dark prints are in limited request at IL &c,
with a possibility of few OF the very best
makes going to 12c when trade opens
more earnestly. The better class of
bleached muslins keep close up at uni
form rates; the whole is strong and
heslthy, but it is evident that trade on the
whole will open late.
Cotton is more active and unchanged;
receipts, 2l56 bales; 19A for Middling Up
lands. FlOur-receipts, 17,l97 barrels;
dull at l0@25c lower. Holders are anx-
ious to realize; $500 barrels at 81 5O05 10:
superhn9 Western and State, So 30t95 75;
common to good extra Western and State,
So 70@6 90; good to choice, s. 15(96 So;
common to choice white wheat, Western,
s. 50G6 35; common to good extra Ohio,
So 65G9 90; common to choice ST. Louis,
the market closing heavy. Rye -four
easier; 400 barrels 50 9095 90. Cornmesl
is dull; 325 barrels, 50 1904 90; Western,
81 1904 10. Brandy, firm. Whisky ia
steady; 800 barrels at CSC. Grain receipts
Wheat, 1860 bushels. Wheat heavy
and 2c lower on spring. Holders are anX-
ious 70 rsalizs. Moderate export with
light milling demand; 49, 600 bushels
sold 81 329l SO; No. spring, afioat,
chiefly, 81 35 for prime; 81 2St91 92, for
soft; do. 81 3SC9l 43, for new Western and
amber; Western, 81 38G91 45: old do, 81 80
al 42l%; new red aud amber Western,
81 3s9l 40; old do, 81 35(91 421f; new red
and amber, Southern, 81 509I 60; white
State, 81 S8@l 4S; red and amber State,
81 SSC9l 90. Rye, heavy; small lots of
new Western sold at 76c. Barley is un-
changed. Malt, nominal. Receipts of
corn 307,95S bushels; is moro active and
opened easier, but closed steady with s
large home trade demand; 25l, 900 bushels
at 62%(G641zc; inferior and common Wes-
tern mixed yellow do, at 6S070o; white
do, 7SD80c. Oats easier at 6l462o for
Western; 65970c for Ohio. hay quiet and
steady at 81 25 for shipping; 81 3091 go
new, State, l7(11Sc. Coffee, dull at 1910
Ice. Sugar is very dull; fair to good re-
fining, 9H9ll5sc. Molasaes, dull without
any material change, Rice, dull at 7s<4
81. Petroleum, dull: lac Tor crude; 26c
for refined. Pork steady; 5000 barrels
sold at Sl3 750I4 for new mess; Sl1@ll rs
for prime; Sl29I2 90 for new prime mess;
also 25O barrels mess, October, Sl4 30; 800
do, December, January and February,
Sl3 rs; $50 do, September, $l4 Total |
stock August lst, 1871, y, ,06l barrels, of
which 1854 barrels are old. Same time
last month, To-, ,776 barrels ;ssane time last /
year, 1899 barrels. Beef dun; 40 barrels |
sold at Sl00l3 for plain mess; Sl3@16 for |
extra do. Beef hams are dull at le029c; |
tieree beef nominal. Cut meats inactive; |
lI(9i4c for hams; 5%G6x for shoulders; |
-middles, Inactive. Lard firm; 1900 tierces |
sold at 91<(9l09sc for steam; 1890 for ket- |
tie rendered; also $50 tierces, August, |
10Zc. Butter quiet, l0020c for Western; !
l5Q30c for State. Cheese steady at 7(011c. |
Latest.-Flour closed heavy and at 100 /
15c lower on trade and family brands; 80 35 |
@5 50 for shipping. grades Of extras.
2 spring, sflost; 81 35 bid for the best No. 1
do, and 81 39@1 As for winter red and |
amber Western. Corn closed steadier Rt |
6515G75zc for shipping Western mixed /
atiost. Oats closed heavy ct 6I(962c for |
old Western, and S5@7Oc for Ohio. Eggs |
closed quiet and without any decided 1
change, at 2S@24c.
Wall Street has been dull and quiet ali |
day. Gold continued steady at 121s0121<, |
at which all business of to-day was trans. |
acted, clearanees having been nearly i
"a, SOC, 900. Exports of specie to-day were /
SCI, 900. Governments closed firm and /
steady, and State securities dull but /
rather stronger than usual, Tennessee's /
leading the advance. Money continued /
easy all day; loans were made readily at
283 per cent. Stocks were improved
during the day and closed quite strong, |
the Northwestern being the chief feature /
OF interest. A clique is now operating in /
this stock and made it quite scarce this
afternoon and 1-32 and l-16 was paid for
its use, The Western Union, Wabash
and Lake Shore also advanced. There /
was rise in the entire market averaging
HSGl per cent. Sis, coupons, l16; 62s, reg.
ll37<; coupon, 1l49s; 64s, 113sz; 66s, Ia;
new, Il21<: 67s, lib; 68s, 1i3H; 10-4Os,
coupons and interest, ll3&; currency 6s,
1l41s; Msriposa, los; do preferred, los;
Canton, 70; Western Union Telegraph,
5s9s; Quicksilver, 11A; Adams Ex. Co.,
8I5s; Pacific Mail, 46x; Wells, Fargo &
Co.'s Express, Al American Union Ex-
press Co 5S9z; United States Ex. Co., 53;
New York Central, SIX; New York Gen.
IIhl 5o14s IlklOs <OI11 AO RA1AOAAClg 4
S.; Harlem, I28; do preferred, 130; Read
ing, 1185s; Michi gan Central, 120; Union
Pacific stock, 271<; Lake Shore, lO9; Illi-
nois Central, l80; PittsburR, Fort Wayne
and Chicago, I2Ol<; Northwestern, 789<; do
preferred, OK; Cleveland. Columbus and
SO; New Jersey Central, 1861;
Rock Island. 1072z; st. Paul, 60A; do pre-
ferred, 8l1S; Wabash, 621z !; do preferred,
80; Fort Wayne. 962< Terre Haute, %; do
preferred, 55; Chicago and Alton, 122; do
preferred, 125; Ohio and Mississippi, AZ;
Indiana Central, 19s<; Burlington and
Quincy, l49; Central Pacific bonds, $50;
Union Pacific bonds, 965z; Union Pacific,
81; Tennessee IS, 73; new, 7S; Virginia 6s,
s.; new, So; Missouri Go, S51z; Exchange,
long, no; North Carolina, 40; new, 25.
81. LOUIS.
ST. LOUIS, August 1.-CottOn duh and
at 19c. Flour is Inactive but
iirm, and low grades scarce; superine
winter, "a 25Q4 so; extra, $4 65@4 75; Xxx,
s5(05 so, Wheat firm with fair demand;
inspected No, red, in elevator, 81 13@
| 16, closing dull at u i8; No. red win
ser, 81 2S@I Is. Corn duh and unchanged;
In bulk mixed, on track, 40&42c; do,
sacked, 47c. Oats drmer but inactive; in
bulk mixed on track, 32@34c; sacked, 81
0s8c. Barley duh at 600721<c for fair TO
good. Rye unchanged at 561kc in bulk on
track. Whisky steady at 94c. Tobacco
steady. Hemp and bagging unchanged.
Pork dull at S14(914 25. Bacon dull; order
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