Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-10-22
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.
The Cotton Markets.

L1VERPOOL, OCI. Zl.-COJJOn Qllll and
easier; middling upland 7saSd; middling
Orleans sgd. Sales 1900 bales; American
5,4OO bales; speculation and export 1900
bales.
NEW YORK, Oct. Cotton dull;
middling uplands held at 15c. Futures
closed steady, with sales of g, 800 bales
as follows: October delivery IA 27-32c; No
vember delivery IA 13-14c; December de-
livery Is 1-32a15 Lice; January delivery
10 9-32c; February delivery 15sa15 2l-32c;
March delivery - 15-16a15 3l-32c; April
delivery 16a161c; May delivery 10 15-32a
16ic; June delivery 10 1-16a16 23-S2e.
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. Fl. Cotton
the demand is strong; sales 4,450 bales;
good ordinary to strict good ordinary 1870;
low middling to strict low middling IA
14sc; mIddling TO strict middling 14sa14sc;
good middling to middling fair 14saljsc;
receipts 2,059 bales; exports eoastwise 955
bales; stock 52,2 S6 bales; on shiPbOard A.
900 bales; unsOld last evening IL, 200 bales
GALVESTON, Oct. 21.-COttOn quiet and
irregular; middling 14ttc; net receipts $500
bales; gross receipts $500 bales; exports
eOastwise Ill bales; sales ], l6S bales.
CHARLESTON, Oct. d. Cotton dull
and easier; middling I4.c; low middling
14a14.c; good ordinary 1870; net receipts
3,S45 bales; exports to continent 455 bales;
eOastwise 1,014 bales; sales 5000 bales.
SAVANNAH, Oct. 21.- Cotton dull;
middling 14ttc; low middling l4c; good Or
binary l3sc; net receipts so bales; gross
receipts 5S3 bales; exports to Great Britain
1896 bales; coastwise 1926 bales; sales
1,S73 bales.
MEMPHIS, Oct. u. - Cotton steady and
unchanged; demand good; middling LA
145c; receipts 1,1jS bales; exports 1901
ST. LOUIS, Oct. Election quiet and
unchanged, with a good demand, at 14te
for middling.
LOUISVILLE, Oct.21.- Cotton quiet and
unchanged at 14.c.
CINCINNATI, Oct. 21.-Cotton dull and
lower at 144c.
Foreign Markets.
LONDON Oct. II P. M.-COnsOls for
money 25a92s; for account 92sa92ss; Uni
ed States 5-2Os OF 80, 1851; do. 1867,
100; 1O-40s 1851; new IS, 1904 New York
Central, 80; Erie, 26.1; do. preferred Az.
The rate Of discount in the open mar
ket for three mouths bills is 81 per cent,
which is per cent. below the Bank rate.
The amount of bullion Withdrawn from
the Bank of England on balance to-day
was $4,000.
LIVERPOOL, Oct. 21.-Breadstuffs are
quiet and unchanged.
PARIS, Oct. 21-Rentes 62f sc.
New York Money Market
NEW YORK, Oct. 21.- Money was ac-
tive, closing at 3 per cent. Prime mercan-
tile paper was 6a7 per cent. for short aud |
long dates. Sterling exchange was firm at |
1851 for sixty days, and 1881 for sight. The |
Customs receipts to-day were S2l4,OOO. |
Gold opened and closed al 1lOa with few |
transactions at 110t. The borrowing rates |
ranged from to I per cent. per day. The |
carving rates were and 2 per cent, and |
finally fiat. The Assistant Treasurer dis |
bursed $4,000. The cleaTings to-day were |
So. 100000. Government bonds are steady. |
State bonds were dull. Railroad bonds |
were firm. Stocks were Irregular during |
the first hours Ofbusiness, but, in the main, |
were weak, with limited transactions. |
After the second call, a general decline Oc-
CURED along the entire list, but toward the /
close a general improvement took plaee,
and firmer feeling prevailed. The widest |
were i'm Wabash, Lake Shore, |
st. Paul, Rock Island, Erie,
Western Union, Union Pacific, and Column
bus, Chicago and Indiana Central.
The sales at the Stock Exchange between ,
ten and two o'clock to-day amounted to |
over I75,OOO shares, of which 1900 were |
Western Union, 10000 Pacific Mail, H. |
600 Erie, $1,000 Lake Shore, $4,000 Union |
Pacific, 10000 Northwestern, $1,000 Wa
bash and 5000 OhiOs.
Sterling xchange.-Bankers' Bills 49, 2; |
United States coupons Of 1881, 11Ss; |
5-2Os of 1862, 113; do. Of 1854, ZIG; do. |
of 1855, 117I; de-. new 116s; 5-2Os Of 1857, |
II7s; United States coupons of 1868, 117s; |
new ives, 112s; 1O-4Os, 1929; currency skies
us; Missouri State bonds "a. Tennessee
old 81; do. new 81; Stocks Western
Union Telegraph 79s; New York Central |
1907; Erie 29.; do preferred 30.
New York DRY Goods Market.
NEW YORK, Oct. 21-Business was less
active with commission and importing /
houses, and the the jobbh g trade was only |
moderate. Cotton goods quiet and I'M
changed. Brown cOttOns and canton fan
nels fairly active; fancy SIC. Prints and |
in good demand. Tycoon reps |
are jobbing bya large hOuseat 123e. White
and silver-gray blankets are in bulk de- |
mand. Foreign goods are dull.
New York General Markets.
NEW YORK, Oct. 21.-FloHr-white |
wheat extra S5.90a6.35; extra Ohio S4.9Oa |
& so: st. Louis S5.10aS.5O. Wheat dull |
and lower; No. spring s1.05a1.0T; No. l |
s. 17al.23. Rye unchanged. Barley UNI
changed. Corn lower and more doing;
western mixed S9a9Oc; mixed and yellow
western 9Oa91e. Oats a shade tirmer;
mixed GOa63c; white 61a64c. Coffee quiet
and firm. Sugar firm. Mess pork more
active; job lots of new mess held at S19.OOa
1925; old mess 5000; middles dull; long
clear 10lc. Lard heavy; prime steam BE.
Whisky steady at S1.03a:
Baltimore Markets.
BALTIMORE, Oct. 21.-Flour dull and
heavy. Wheat dull; western red Sl.lsa
1.19. Corn dull; mixed western S5aS6
white S9a93c. Oats dull; western mixed
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