Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-10-02
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH,
The Cotton Markets.

LIVERPOOL, Oct. 1.-CottOn firm; mid
ding upland 7SaSd; middling Orleans SD.
Sales 1900 bales; American 1900 bales;
speculation aud export 5000 bales.
NEW YORK, Oct. Cotton firm; Amer
lean observation-disclosures ordinary 14se; low
middling 15Ic; middling 15Se. Futures
closed steady with sales Of 2l,5OO bales,
as follows: i53-l6a15 27-Sc for October de-
livery; Is 1-32al5sc for November deliv-
cry; Is 5-16al5 1880 for December de-
livery; Is T-32a15 9-16c for January de-
livery; Is 27-32al55c for February deliv-
cry; 10 3-32al6!c for March delivery; 10
7-32a16Ic for April delivery; 10 25-S2a16
2T-S2e for May delivery.
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. ]. Cotton
demand fair; offerings light; sales 500 bales;
prices steady; quotations under the old
standard unchanged. New standard-ordi-
nary I1a11ic; strict ordinary 12a12sc; good
ordinary I2sa13c; strict good ordinary Is
a133c; low middliug 13sa14c; strict low
middling 14al4tc; middling 14a.al4se; strict
middling 14aal5tc; good middling 14sal4s;
middling 15ia13sc.
MEMPHIS, Oct. 1.-COttOn steady and
demand good at 14lc for middling; receipts
for the past day LOOT bales; shipments for
the past twenty-four hours ], 425 bales; stock
1902 bales.
CHARLESTON, Oct. Il Cotton firm;
middling 14se; net receipts ALA bales;
gross receipts 1854 bales; sales 900 bales;
exports eoastwise 1894 bales; stock II sol
bales.
SAVANNAH, Oct. 1.-Cotton firm; mid
ding 14!c; low middling 1890; good ordi-
nary 13c, new classification; net receipts p
4GS bales; gross receipts ?, 463 bales; exports
coastwise ,b6S bales; sales 1,G40 bales;
stock 14,522bales.
MOBILE, Oc.. 1.-COtton finn; mid
ding 14Ic; low middling 13kal4c; good
ordinary l3!a13!c; net receipts CSC bales;
exports coastWiSe 81 bales; sales 800 bales;
stock 1888 bales.
GALVESTON, Oct. 1.-COtton active;
prices not yet adjusted TO the new clsssifi-
cation; net receipts Gil bales; gross receipts
637 bales; sales LOO bales; stock 1873
bales.
ST. LOUIS, Oct. I.-CottOn lower; good
ordinary l3lc; low middling l4.c; middling
ljc.
LOUISVILLE, Oct. Lection quiet and
unchanged at 15lc.
CINCINNATI, Oct. l. Cotton quiet
at l5c. Prices hereafter will be classed on
the classification adopted by tie National
Association.
Foreign Markets.
LONDON Oct. L. p. M.-ConsOls
for money 92i; for account 92s; Uni
ted States 5-2Os of SO, 1851. 1867, 1904;
IO-4O's 1914; new SIS, 1914; New York
Central, 9& Erie, 32i; do. preferred 81.
The bullion in the Bank of England has
decreased during the week f226,0O0.
The rate for money at the Stock Exchange
on Government securities is 2 per cent.
LIVERPOOL, Oct. L. Breadstuffs are
quiet.
PARIS, Oct. 1-Rentes 62f Coo. The
specie in the Bank Of France has increased
during the past week 100000 francs.
New York Money Market
NEW YORK. Oct. 1.-The Assistant
Treasurer discussed $4,000. Money was
"a DER cent. Prime discounts were 5aa7aa
per cent. Foreign exchange steady at 4S4s
Ass for 60 days and 4S7sa4SS for demand.
Gold opened and closed at 110!, after hav
ing sold atIl10ta110,. The customs re-
ceipts TODAY were $4,000. The rates paid
for carving and borrowing were LAP per
cent. Loans were fiat. The clearings were
$4,000 900. Specie shipment for the week
$4,000 silver bars. Government bonds
were firm. State bonds were dull. Rail-
road bonds were dull. Stocks opened ac-
tive and firm at an advance of TO per
cent. over yesterdays prices. Pacific Mail
soon declined per cent. on rumors OF the
loss of the steamship Alaska At the flrst
board the market was strong; Western
Union advanced I per cent, Lake Shore 2
per cent, and the general list ! to per
cent. Columbus, Chicago and Indiana
Central advanced 125 per cent. on the an
nouncement that the coupons of the first
mortgage bonds were being paid; after
wards declining to III. During the late
hours of business the market was weak and
there was general falling of OF prices OF
/! to Il per cent, the chief decline being in
Lake Shore and Columbus, Chicago and
Indiana Central. The decline was con re
aliZatiOn Of sales and rumOrs OF the failure
of large shipping house in the West India
trade. The firm in question denied their
failure most positively up to the close OF
business.
The sales at the Stock Exchange between
ten and two o'clock to-day amounted to
over $4,000 shares, Of which $4,000 were
Western onion, $1,000 Pacific Mail, 49,
900 Lake Shore, $4,000 Union Pacific. b.
600 Wabash, 1000 st. Paul, $500 Column
bus, Chicago and Indiana Central, 10000
Erie, IL ,0O0 OhiOs, 1900 Northwestern
and $500 Rock Island.
Sterling Exchange.-Bankers' Bills 4S5.
United States coupons of 1881, lis;
5-2Os of 1862, 1929; do. Of 1854, 115s; do,
of 1865, lice; do. new 115s; 5-2Os OF 1867,
III; United States coupons Of 1865, III;
new fives, 1929; 10-40s, 1l1s; currency skies
117!; Missouri State bonds 94t!. Tennessee
old 70; do. new 70. Stocks-Western
Union Telegraph 500; New York Cen
traI l01t; Erie 35ss; do preferred 50.
New York Dry Goods Market
NEW YORK, Oct. 1.-The package
moAement was more active, ana the job
bling trade progressed fayoTably. Cotton
goods rather more aetive,and brown eottons
sold in fair quantities. The print market