Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-08-04
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.
The Cotton Markets.

LIVERPOOL Aug. g. Bank holiday to-
day; no markets.
NEW YORK, Aug. g. Cotton quiet;
middling uplands 17c; futures closed
firmer, with sales Of 312,00 bales, as fol-
lows: l6 3-16al6 7-32e for August delivery.
10 l5-32a16ac for September delivery; 10
15-S2al6sc for October delivery; 16sa16 Z
l6c for November delivery; 10 13-32a16-7-
16c for December delivery; 16sal6sc for
January delivery, and 16 9-l6a16 1I-16 for
February delivery.
NEW ORLEANS, Aug. s. Cotton was
quiet; sales 325 bales; prices unchanged;
good ordinary TO stIict good ordinary Ia
a15.c; low middling to strict low middling
15sal6sc middlings to strict middlings 49,
al7!c; good middlings 1Se; receipts 456
bales; no receipts; stock 20,592 bales; I'M
sold last evening 1920 bales.
MEMPHIS, Aug. 81 Cotton firm; mid
-dling l6.c; receipts for the past day III
bales; shipments for the past twenty-four
hours ) bales; stock 5000 bales.
MOBILE, Aug. 3.-CottOn dull and nom
nal; middling 16c; net receipts s. bales;
exports eoastwise 137 bales.
GALVESTON, Aug. 3.-Cctton nominal;
good ordinary 14aac; net receipts 10 bales;
exports coastwise 535 bales.
SAVANNAH, Aug. -Cotton-middling
16c; net receipts 81 bales; gOss receipts 81
bales; exports cOastwise 500 bales; sales
81 bales.
CHARLESTON, Aug. s. Cotton dull;
middling 15sc; low middling 151c; net
receipts 81 bales; exports eOastwise 760
bales; sales 100 bales.
ST. LOUIS, Aug. g. Cotton nominal.
LOUISVILLE, Aug. 3.-CottOn quiet and
unchanged at 16tc.
CINCINNATI, Aug. g. Cotton dull but
unchanged at 1910.
Foreign Markets.
LONDON, Aug. 3, 5 p. NJ. = Bank
holiday to-day; no markets.
PARIS, Aug. 3.-Rentes 63f s23c.
New York Money Market
NEW YORK. Aug. 3.-BIoney is easy at Pa
p per cent, with prime mercantile paper at
from to Z per cent. Sterling exchange
wasifrm at 4S63a4S73 for 90 day bills and
4S9 aa490 for sight drafts. The Customs
receipts to-day were S557 600. All sales Of
gold were at lO91a1O9s and closed at 1921.
| The rates paid for carrying were IL, per
cent. and fat. The Assistant Treasurer
disbursed $4,000. The clearings were
| 81, 100000. Government bonds were
steady. State bonds were dull and steady.
Railroad bonds were dull and steady.
Stocks opened moderately active and firm
at an advance of aa3 per cent. from the
closing quotations Saturday. The leading
stocks continued strong and further adj
vance of / to I per cent. until toward the
close when there was a reaction on sales to
realize 5aa per cent.
| Among the sales to-day were y, 900 shares
Western Union, II 900 Lake Shore, p, OOO
Union Pacific and 1900 Columbus, Chicago
and Indiana Central.
Sterling Exchange.-Bankers Bills ass,
/ United States coupons Of 1881, n Isl
sos of 1852, 111s; do. Of 1884, 115s;; DO
of 1855, 116s; do. new ZIG; 5-2Os Of 1867
117s; United States coupons Of 1858, lis;
new fves, 1115; 10-40s, 49,; currency skies
1I75; Missouri State bonds 9233; Tennessee
old 40; do. new 10. StOcks-WesterI
Union Telegraph TAI; New York Cen
tral 1904; Erie 32s; do preferred 473.
New York Dry Goods Market.
Nsw YORK, Aug. 3.-The trade move
ment was only moderately active in pack.
age departments and jObbing branches were
/ dull. The market for cotton goods wert
quiet but prices ruled firm Grain bags il
increased demand and American AmOskeae
and Stark makes sold up 20 receipts. Cot
ton hannels are in good request and firm
Fancy cassimeres, wool hannels and blaR
kets are fairly active. Side band prints ar
quiet.
New York General Markets.
NEW YORK, Aug. s. Flour dull and
in buyers favor; superfine Western anC
State S5.jOa6.00; extra Ohio Sj.3ja6.S5
St. Louis S5.60a11.00. Wheat a shade
easier; receipts 1900 bushels; No. 2 spriD:
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