Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-03-03
LATEST Markets BY TELEGRAPH.
Cotton Markets.

Cotton Markets.
LIVERPOOL, March Cotton heavy;
middling upland lid; Orleans 11t6ll5d.
Sales 5000 bales; speculation and export
1000.
NEW York, March Acknowledged;
sales $50 bales. Middling uplands 22tc.
New ORLEANS, March Cotton dull
and nominal. Sales 10000 bales. Good
ordinary 2O5c; low middlings 2lc; middlings
2lac. Receipts, j405ales; exports to Liv-
erpool 3,618 bales; Falmouth 4,416 bales.
-ival 8, 1899 bales; Cronstadt 80 bales;
Antwerp 2, $50 bales; Barcelona l ,125; New
York 427 bales; Stock 20, AL bales.
ST. LOUIS, March. 2.-COttOn dull and
nominal; middiing 2lac.
CINCINNATI, March Cotton dull and
dropping; middling 2lad2I3c.
LOUISVILLE, March 2.-COttOn quiet;
middling 2lac.
MEMPHIS, March 2.-Cotton, demand
light, but holders firm; middling 21s62l5c;
receipts 1,745 bales; export 1850 bales.
MOBILE, March Cotton quiet;
middlings 214c; net receipts 259 bales;
exports to Great Britain 4,7O7 bales; sales
500 bales; stock 8, 1877 bales.
GALVESTON, March Cotton duh and
nominal, good ordinary l9ac; net receipts
213 bales; exports to Great Britain $50 bales;
coastwise sos bales; sales 200 bales; stock
419 bales.
CHARLESTON, March COTTON steadier;
middlings 2I!c; net receipts SO3 bales; eX-
ports c0astwise 233 bales; sales 100 bales;
stock PATIO bales.
SAVANNAH, March Cotton buyers
and sellers apart and tendency down; mid
Edlings 211621sc; net receipts 9Z9 bales;
exports to Great Britain 500 bales; coast
wise SIS bales; sales 700 bales; stock
1888 bales.
Foreign Markets.
IoNDON. March PC 2. MI. $.
consJls 92s692S; U. S. 5-2Os 'G2 9l4; DO
'65, 92a; do '67 9244; 10-4Os So.
FRANKFORT, March 2.-United States
| 5-20s 80 95s.
PARIS, March 2.-Rentes j6f SOC.
New York Money Market
NEW YORK, March Mooney opened
about Z per cent. gold and loans as
high as 1-32; after the bank statement some
loans were made at 8; bulk Of loans at q;
after bankers had made up their bank ac-
counts unemployed balances were offered
down from 5 to per cent The bank
statement shows better exhibit than was
generally looked for. The banks have
made a net loss of only S123,575. In their
legal reserve now held s., A, 40, above p
per cent required by law. The gold mar
ket was weaker at the close when quotations
were 11056110I. Loans were 3 to Z per
cent for earring. Daily Clearings were S33,
100000. Specie export for the week $685.
3SS. Governments are steady without any
special feature. State bonds dull. The
stock market was strong and higher at the
close when the best prices of the day were
generally current. Northwestern Common
was the leading feature and advanced to
81; Pacific Mail rallied from COZ to 81 I;
Panama rose from 50 to 81. The advance
in the balance of the list was not so great as
in the cases above mentioned. Stocks
dealings were larger than usual OF late Sa-
turday afternoon.
Sterling Exchange-bankers' bills, lO9s;
u. S. coupons of 1881, 1l5; do. 5-2Os OF
1862, III; do. 1854, l1l5; do. 1860,
1I1s; do. new, I1O!; do. 1867, l1l9; do. 1866,
l115; 1O-4Os, 1913; currency is, ia; Mis-
souri, State Bonds 94sc; Tennessee old 66c;
do. new 66c; Virginia new sic; do. old
soc; North Carolina old Soc new loac.
New York Dry Goods Market.
NEW YORK, March 1.-The market is
rather quiet, and prices in staple fabrics
favor the seller. Best Eastern brown sheet
ings 145615c; Nashville and Augusta do.
1910, Laconia "a do 35c; do. 10-4 do. 40C;
do. ia do. 45c; PequOt "a do. 42ad45c;
do. 1914 do. 47a050c; Hamilton ticks re;
Nuthuma AA do 26G27ac; Masonvlle mus
Inns 1S61S3c; New York mills do Z2d2Z5c;
Peauot "a bleached sbeetings 25c; do ID
do 35c; do "a do SOC; do 1O-4 do 55c; Pep
pereT do SOC for ia; 45c for lO-4; doc for
"a; 35c for 8-4. Prints, Gelaines, dress
goods and all colored cottons in far de-
mand. Steady, firm and active enquiry for
Pacific percales, have forced prices up to
235c; Pacific Organdies to 1Sc; and Pacific
mills lawns to l6c. Carpets and yOrsted
braids in an improved request at advancing
rates. Wool of all kinds very scarce, and
on rise. The market has been swept OF
native fleece at soc for Michigan, and 500
S5c for Ohio, mostly at the latter rate, with
sales Of latter toward the close at 9Oc.
New York General Markets.
NEW YORK, March 2.-Flour-Dull but
unchanged. Rye flour and corn meal
steady. Whisky 00c; wooden bound o.'c.
Wheat $1.59d1.70. Rye, barley and malt
quiet. Corn 70670ac. Oats 52d56c.
Eggs quiet. Hay and hops steady. Coffee
and sugar quiet with moderate demand and
prices unchanged. MOlasses, Orleans asa
6Sc. Rice S19c. Provisions quiet and I'M
changed in every respect. Lard Sl695c.
Butter and cheese steady.
baltimore Markets.
RAITI,1oRE. March 2. Flour firm.
Wheat S1.57G1.72. Corn CSC. Oats 52y
56c. Rive quiet. Mess pork Sl4OOG15.25.
Provisions and lard steady. Whisky 0Oc.
New Orleans Markets.
New ORLEANS, March 2.-Hay easier
at s2S6S29. Pork dull and lower al S14.25.
Bacon dull at Gd7s6 SC. Hams-sugar
cured 11d6124c. MOlasses quiet; centri-
fugal 4Of42c; strictly prime Gle. Coffee
ouiet-ordinaFy zOc; fair 204n2Oac; good
2O562I9c; prime 2l4621ac. Flour, corn,
cats. bran, sugar and whisky quiet and UNI
CHANGED. Sterling 20s. Sight for Gold
HOS. Cotton dull and nominal.
Chicago Markets
CHICAGO, March Flour quiet aud
firm. Wbeat-Steady at S1.24adS1.2l3.
Corn SSzc. Oats 3i!631sc. Rye 72ac.
Barley 576574c. PrOvisions-Mess pork
strong and 56iOc higher. Lard stronger
AZ S8.6O68. 10. Hams in pickle 7369ac.
Bulk meats steady-shoulders 4a64sc;
sides SIC; clear rib 5566c; clear sides 6sc.
Dressed Hogs quiet at 5655c. High
wines firmer-sales at S5665ac, iron bound.
Hogs s4.S564 IS.
Sc. Louis Markets.
ST.. LOUIS, March 2.-Flour-lOw and
medium grades quiet and weak; higher
qualities firm. Wheat-No. white spring