Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-12-30
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.
the Cotton Markets.


LIVERPOOL, Dec. 29.-Cotton was firm;
middling upland 7ia7Id; middling Or
leans I'D. Sales 1900 bales; Ameri-
can GOO bales; speculation and exports
1000 bales.
NEW YoEK, Dec 29.-CottOn dull and
easier; middling upland 145c. The market
for futures closed weak with sales Of 55,-
500 bales as follows: December delivery IA
S-l6a14 7-32c; January delivery 14e; Feb
ruary delivery 145c; March delivery IA
1880; April delivery 15sc; May delivery
is 21-S2al5 i1-16c; June delivery 16c; July
delivery l64c; August delivery 16 7-l6.
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 20. - Cotton
demand moderate; sales $50 bales; prices
are irregular; some sales at an advance Of
&c and others at offers which were refused
yesterday, factors asking an advance at the
opening but subsequently, meeting the de-
mand freely at yesterdays prices; good Ordi-
naryto strict good ordinary 123a13ic; low
middIing to strict low middling 13sa14lc;
middling to strict middling 14sc; good midi
ding to middling fair 14fa154c; receipts,
IA, 74S bales; exports to Great Britain 6,227
bales; stock 249,I75 bales; unsold last
evening Il9,700 bales; ON shipboard 121,-
600 bales.
MKnPHs, Dec. 29.-Cotton is steady;
middling 1910; sales 100 bales; receipts
1,T60 bales; exports S,0T4 bales; stock 6s,-
POS bales.
GALVESTON, Dec. 29.-Cotton firm
and demand good; middling 14Ic; low mid
ding lie; good ordinary 1910; net receipts
1881 bales; gross receipts $50 bales; ex-
ports to Great Britain 9S5 bales; coast
wise 336 bales; sales 8, 4SS bales; stock ST.
900 bales.
MOBILE, Dec. %. = Cotton quiet and
steady; middling 14c; low middling 13ia
1876; good ordinary 12sa13c; net receipts
1674 bales; exports eoastwise 926 bales;
sales 1000 bales; stock 7,7lO bales.
CHARLESTON, Dec. 29.-COtton quiet;
middling l4c; low middling 1890; good or
binary 12sa12se; net receipts 1921 bales;
exports to Great Britain IA bales; sales
1000 bales; stock u, S15 bales.
SAVANNAH, Dec. o. Cotton easier;
middling 14c; net receipts 1864 bales;
exports eoastwise 75S bales; to Great
Britain 2,l02 bales; to France 1884 bales;
sales $50 bales; stock 102,3OS bales.
ST.. LOUIS, Dec. 29.-Cotton is higher;
good ordinary 1899; low middling 1876;
middling l3ie.
LOUISVILLE, Dec. 29.-CottOn quiet and
unchanged at 1890.
CINCINNATI, Dec. 29.-Cotton is steady
at 1890.
Foreign Markets.
LONDON Dec. 20, 5 P. M.-Consols for
money 91aa91s; for account 81 5a92. ex-in-
terest; United States 5-2Os of '65, 1861; do.
1867, 104f, ex.; 10-4O's 1914; new IS, 1904;
New YORK Central, 90; Erie, % Go. pre-
ferred Il. The rate of discount in open
market for three months bills is 8! per
cent, which is per cent. below the Bank
rate.
LIVERPOOL, Dec. 29.-Breadstufs are
firm.
PARIS, Dec. 29.-Rentes elf. 75c.
FRANKFORT, Dec. 29.-5-20s Of 1852,
New York MONEY Hsrkes
NEW YORK, Dec. 29.-MOney loaned as
high as 4 per cent. and closed at 3a}3 per
cent. Prime mercantile paper was 54a7s
per cent Sterling exchange was steady
at 4S5la4S5s for sixty days and 49Oa49O1
for demand. The produce exports for the
week were S5,256,4TT. Gold opened at
111i, and closed at 11lE with sales in in
term at 111s. The rates paid for carrying
were Pa per cent. and fiat. The Treasury
disbursements to-day were Sl,251, 900.
The elearirgs to-day were SS4, COS 900.
The Customs receipts to-day were $751;
600. The specie engagements for tO-mor-
rows steamers amount to $4,000. Gov
eminent bonds were firm. Railroad bonds
were firm. State bonds were quiet. Stocks
were irregular early in the day. but in the
main weak with the chief interest in
Wabash and Lake Shore, the latter huctu-
ating between 79s and SO., but on the
official announcement Of 81 per cent.
dividend and when the statement Of the
company became known on Exchange
the stock went of at 100. The remainder
Of the list fell of in sympathy. The state
ment caused some disappointment among
SPECTATORS, chiefly from the fact that the
surplus, after payini. the dividend, was
only S27,222. just preyioustO the close OF
business there was a general rally, the
market leaving of strong with Northwest
ern, st. Paul and Lake Shore as features.
Northwestern advanced to 493, the highest
point reached in several weeks.
The sales at the Stock Exchange between
ten and two O'Clock to-day amounted TO
10000 shares, Of which Il, 600 shares were