Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-10-17
MARKERS BY TELEGRAPH.
the Cotton Markets.

LIVERPOOL, Oct. lO.-LO6tOl nrm
middling uplands 9sd; do Orleans 105d.
Sales 1900 bales. Speculation and ex-
port 1000 bales. Sales Of middling Or
leans for December 90; October 10b; mid
ding upland, December 7-6.
NEW YORK, Oct. 49, Cotton quiet;
sales 1892 bales; middhng upland 19c; do
Orleans 20. Sales of futures: $3.50 bales,
October, 1S3a1Ssc; November, 18aal8sc;
December, Is 19-16a1Ssc; January, 1Ssa
10 Lee; February 193c; March 20aa2Ol-16c;
April 2Oss204c.
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 16.-Cotton mode
rately active; sales 400 bales; good ordi-
nary 175c; low middlngs 1Sse; middlings
196l93c; receipts 2,313 bales; exports to
Liverpool 4,163 bales; stock 72,369 bales.
ST. LOUIS, Oct. l6.-Cotton quiet and
unchanged.
CINCINNATI, Oct. 16.-Cotton steady,
with moderate demand; middling 19c.
LOUISVILLE, Oct. Cotton-low mid
ding 1870. Demand fair and market firm.
MEMPHIS, Oct. 16.-Cotton dull, but
holders are unwilling to make concessions !;
midding lSi61S3c.
Foreign Markets.
LONDON, Oct. 16.-Consols 9244,
on account 922. U. S. 5-20s Of '65, Gel; do
'67 92a; 10-4Os 81.
LIVERPOOL, Oct. 16.-Breadstufs quiet
and steady. Red winter wheat lis 10d.
Flour S1s, corn 29s Sd.
PARIS, Oct. 16.-Rentes 52f 15c.
New York Money Harkes.
NEW YORK, Oct. I6.--Money easy all
day at 466. Sterling firm at 9469 long,
1O461O3 short sight; advance occ1 stoned
BY the scarcity of mercantile bills against
produce. Gold firmer, rather more active
under the Improvement In exchange, rang
ing from 112s to 11SB, closing at 1l2s6l13.
Carrying rates one per cent. and for bor-
rowing 8 per cent. aud 1874 to fiat. Clear
ings 2,9S05,00 Treasury disbursements
$1,000. Exports ofspecie 1885, 1874. Silver
bars prospect of renewal of shipments.
Gold much discussed. Governme nts firm,
Treasury took only 81, 100 at par, out of
the 800, 600 offered. State bonds dull and
firm. Business in stock rather less active
to-day with less buoyance than Of late,
some large holders said to have been free
sellers for the past two days; market opened
active and somewhat above last nights
prices, but became irregular lower during
calls except for Union Pacific, Erie and
Canton, former advancing to 4ot on large
business. Erie rose Z per cent. and Can
ton 80. Western Union opened 76a, fell
to 75S, rallied to 8755, again declined 10 75s
and closed at 75s. Wabash fell from 744
to III, Union Pacific from 40s to 40t;
Lake Shore from 9l5 to 90s; Northwest
Common from 745 to 72t;; Indiana Central
from 363 to 355; New York Central from
96a to 95S and Ohio's from 464 to 45a
Pacific Mail and Panama quite steady
throughout the day, portion OF the general
decline recovered in the afternoon and
market closed steady.
Sterling Exchange. - Bank Bills 10e5;
U. s. coupons Of 1881, 1854; 5-20s Of 1907
115{; do. 1884, 115s; do 1866, 116; do. new,
114s; do. 1857, i142; do 1858, I14i; 10-40s,
1889; currency 6's, 113. Missouri bonds
92a. Tennessee, old, 49,; do. new 7Sii;;
Virginia, new, AZ; do. old, A; North CAo-
lima, old, 33; do. new, 10.
New York Dry Goods Market.
New YORK, Oct. 16.-There is fair
trade doing in general dry goods. Cottons
/ continue strong and active, aud both agents
and jobbers are fairly busy. Prices strong
but unaltored. Laconia drills are now 155
cents Shawls and dress goods are selling
very RELY in auction rooms; LOO case.
of shawls sold at auction to-day and yes
tsrday. Foreign goods moderately activ e
New YORK General Markets.
| New YORK, Oct. 16.-Flour in good de