Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-03-08
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.
The Cotton Markets.

LIVERPOOL, March :. - Cotton firm;
middling uplands 7sa75d; middling Orleans
SaS1d. Sales 1900 bales; American
6, T55 bales; speculation and exports, 1000
bales.
NEW YORK, March Cotton quiet and
firm; middling uplands 164c; futures closed
firm; sales of 1900 bales rs follows:
March 155c; April Is 13-16al5 27-32c; May
16 9-32c; June Is 23-32c; July lie.
NEW ORLEANS, March Cotton quiet;
sales 1900 bales; offerings light and as
sentiments are poor; good ordinary to strictly
good ordinary 14aal5!c; low middlings to
strict low middlings l4Ba151t &c; middling to
strict middlings 15la16t; good middlingS
I65al7c. Receipts 2,256 bales; exports to
Great Britain 4,02T bales; cOastwise 2,94l
bales; to continent 2,511 bales; stock 29l,-
S24 bales; unsold 1876, 100 bales.
MEMPHIS, March T. Cotton is quiet
and unchanged; good ordinary 13al3ac;
low middlings 14ta143c, middlings 15tc;
strict middlings 15sc; receipts for the past
day 2,l72 bales; shipments for the past
twenty-four hours /, 49, bales; stock 80, 455
bales.
ST. LOUIS, March Cotton market
GULL Out unCndnStu.
LOUISVILLE, March Cotton quiet at
Isle.
CINCINNATI, March T.-COtton-market
steady at 15se.
Foreign Markets
LONDON, March Holiday to-day and
no markets. The amount of bullion gone
into the Bank of England ON balance to-
day was f455,000.
LIVERPOOL, March T.-Breadstuffs-
quiet and unchanged.
PARIS, March T.-Rentes 6Of. 3jc.
New York Money Market
NEW YORK, March Money closed at
8 per cent on call. Sterling was dull at
4S45 for 90 days, and ass for sight.
Gold was firIncr in late dealings and closed
at 1l12 the highest price made, the lowest
quotation was I11!. The carrying rates
were 3, p, ?, and 81 per cent. The
blessings to-day were S66,OOO,OOO. The
Treasury operations for the past week at
the New York office included the dis
bursements Of S3,500,0OO gold on account
of interest and in redemption OF $40
bonds and the receipts of S2,43S, 400 for
customs. The imports of general mer-
chandise including dry goods for the same
time amounted to S, 643, 543. The produce
exports amounted to 3, 934, 1856. The spe-
Gle exports were 1888, i'll. Governments
closed quiet and steady. State bonds Were
quiet and nominal. RumOrs from Wash
ington that currency is to be contracted
rather than inflated, and strikes existing
and threatened had their effect to-day in
the stock market. Soon after the opening
a violent raid was against the Northwestern
and st. Paul roads in particular and West
ern roads in general, carrying down for a
time most of these stocks, but in the after
noon, especially during the closing hour, an
| advance took place showing a recovery Of :
to q per cent from the lowest quotations
made. The advance was most decided in
shares that led the downward movement
early in the day. From 10000 to 10000
shares were sold.
Pank statement-Loan increase, S23l, :
500; specie increase, 1885, 800; legal ten
ders decrease, S259,9OO; deposits increase,
ABS. 900; circulation increase, $500
increase of reserve scoops.
Sterling Excnange.-Bankes' Bills 49,;
United States coupons Of 1881, llSs
5-2Os of 1862, ZIG; do. Of 1854 lis; do
of 1855, 1854; do. new 117s; 5-2Os Of 1867
| lis: United States coupons Of 1868, l1S1t
new fiyes, 1874; 10-40s, 112s; currency skies
I16. Missouri State bonds 80; Tennessee
old Oh; do. new 81. Stoeks-WesterI
Union Telegraph 734; New York Contra
1884; Erie 461; do. preferred SO.
New York Dry Goods Market
NEW YORK, March THE business wa
quiet in all branches to-day owing 70 ba'
weather. The market for cotton goods wa
Quiet and weak on some makes. Fin
brown and heavy standard sheetings wen
steady. COitonades and Climate shifting
are in fair demand. Prints are less active
Dress goods, shawls and hosiery wer