Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-05-12
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.
The Cotton Markets.


The Cotton Markets.
LIVERPOOL, May IL. = Cotton strong
and firmer;s middling upland SD; middling
Orleans sgd. Sales 10000 bales; Anne
riean 1920 bales speculation and export
5000 bales.
NEW YORK, May IL. = Cotton quiet;
middling upland JSsc.; futures closed steady
sales of $4,000 bales as follows: May de-
livery II 11-16a17 23-32c; June delivery II
27-S2a17sc; July delivery is l1-32c; August
delivery 1Ssa1S 21-32c; September delivery
1S5a1S 1890.
NEW ORLEANS, May 11-COttOn demand
limited and buyers standing aloOf in con
sequence of high prices asked; sales 1900
bales;prices firm; good ordinary TO strict good
ordinary 15sa16sc; low middling to strict
low middling 17a1Isc; middling TO strict
middling 17salSS; good middling lSsaiSse;
receipts 300 bales; exports cOastwise
= bales; TO continent 3,022 bales; to Great
Britain 1872 bales; stock 43, T92 bales; I'M
sold A, 400 bales.
MEMPHIS, May -CottOn-demand fair
and market firm; low midGling 1910; mid
ding 171a172c. Receipts fer the past day
go bales; shipments for the past twenty
four hours, ], 425 bales; stock 81, l19 bales.
ST. LOUIS, May 11.-Cotton demand
good at full prices for all desirable grades;
middlins 174e.
LOUISVILLE, May Cotton-demand
firmer at 17sc.
CINCINNATI, May -Co;;On-demand
good at full prices, Tie.
Foreign Markets.
LONDON, May IL, p. NJ Consols for
money 93a93 ]; account 931a03!. United
States sos OF '65, 1OT; 1857, 1O95;
l0-40's 100; new 5s, 1914; New York
Central, 50; Erie, Sla31f; preferred 525.
The amount of bullion gone into the Bank
of England on balance to-day was f40,-
900.
LIVERPOOL, May 1I.-Breadstufs are
quiet and unchanged.
PARIS, May 11.-Rentes 59f SOC.
FRANKFORT, May IL SOS Of 1862,
9Ss.
New York Money Market
NEW YORK. May 11.-Money was 3a4
per cent. Sterling Exchange was dull at
4S7ia4SS for bankers sixty days, and 1901
a49l for sight. The Customs receipts to-
day were S4SS.5G0. All sales of gold To-
GaN NtEC ~ liz Ntociits ~ lliC ldJtcI
figure. The rates paid for carrying ranged
from to per cent The Assistant Trea-
surer discussed SlO99C0. The elearinss
to-day were S23,OO0,OO0. Government
bonds were quiet. State bonds were dull.
Railroad bonds were more active. Stocks
| opened firm and soon advanced 1als per
cent with Lake Shore as the feature ON the
report that this road was about to be leased
to the New York Central. During the
evening the market was weak and prices
declined from to l. per cent in conse-
quence of a Washington dispatch that the
House had passed bill taxing lands dOnat-
cd to railroads by Congress, the same as
| other lands, and vague hints were thrown
| out Of trouble in a foreign exchange house,
but these reports took no definite shape.
The market closed dull and weak. Geo.
| II. BrOadllead was to-day elected President
of the Stock Exchange and II. A. WheelOck
Chairman.
The sales at the Stock Exchange between
ten and two o'clock to-day amounted to
| 10000 shares, of which 10000 were West
ern Union, 21,OOO Union Pacific, 1SeOO
Pacific Mail, $4,000 Lake Shore, 5000
Rock Island, 5000 Northwestern common
| 5000 Erie and IL 900 St. Paul.
Sterling Exchange. Bills 1884,,
| United States coupons of 1881, 1918;
sos of 1862, 1854; do. of 1864, III; DO,
Of 1865, lis; do. new 119ai; 5-20s of 1857,
| 12OJ; United States coupons of 1858, 1904;
new fives, 115s; 10-40s, 114s; currency SKIES,
| l1G3 Missouri State bonds %; Tennessee,
old IS; DO. new s.. Stocks-Western
Union Telegraph rs; New York Central
9S5; Erie 81; do preferred SOC.
New York Dry Goods Market.
New YORK, May 1.-THE iobbing trade
shows some improvement but package dis
/ tributiOn is light and unimpOrtant. The
market for cotton goods is quiet and I'M
| settled but prices have an upward tendency
| Atlantic sheetings are selling at value for
| future delivery. Bordered prints, percales
and lawns were active. Wooden goods and
| shawls are quiet.
New York General Markets.
NEw YORK, May 11.-Flolr duh and
| lower; super.iHe Western and State S5.6Oa
| 5.S5; ezra Ohio SG.I5a7.4j; Sc. Louis S6.25
alice. Nh,a at in buyers favor; No.
| spring 81 iSa1.30 Oats quiet. Barley
| dull. Com heavy and In fair demand; new
and old western mixed S2aS55c. Coffee
dull. Sugar quiet. Mess pork heavy; new
mess S17.125aI7.25 for spot; Sl7.10 for
| June delivery; middles quiet; short clear
niddles I0al0Ic. Lard firner; prime steam
| 10 S-16a10sc for spot; 10sc for June de
livery; 10sa10 15-l6c for July delivery.
Whisky steady 9T5c.
| baltimore Markets
BALTIMORE, May II. i Flour quiet and
weak; family S7.75aS.25. Wheat dull;
Ohio and Indiana red S1.55al.57. Corn
quiet; western mixed old SEC; new sac.
I ~ soI,a az Prra
| unchanged. Provisions strong. Mess pork
SIPS. Bulk meats-shoulders &c; clear
| rib 95a95e. Bacon-shoulders 7sa72c; clear
rib iOsal05c Lard 10sc. Coffee dull.
Whisky frmer at 9Se.
New Orleans Markets.
New ORLEANS, May 11-Gold 112, sight
exchange par, sterling 547a54S. Flour
| duh; Xxx Sc; xxx S7.25a7.50; choice
81. 75aS-25. Corn quiet; yellow 92a93r;
| white 9Ia95c; choice white 96aS7!c. U; IS
! quiet and firm at G1a03c. Bran scarce anu
higher at $1.55a1.60. Hay-nOne on tie
landing; selling IN warehouse at SIS for
choice. Mess pork scarce ami firm, held at
$3.50. Dry salt meats scare I; dealers
rates Tc for shoulders; clear rib 95c; clear
gsc. Bacon-sInall stock but finer at ne
for shoulders; clear rib 1eac; clear 10sc.
Sugar-cured l3a13kc. Lard scarce; tierces
| IIa115c; keg HE Sugar dull; fully fair
SIC. MoIasses-no movement. Whisky
dull; Louisiana 99c; Cincinnati $1.O2.
Coffee quiet; fair to prime 213a23c. Corn
meal scarce at $3.50.
Cincinnati Markets.
CINCINNATI, May 11.-Flour dull and
nominal. Wheat quiet and unchanged at
| S1.45. Corn-demand good at fall prices,
73a7Gc. Oats steady at 50a5Sc. Rye steady
at S1.0S. Barley steady; spring S1.25a
I.30. Mess pOrk-demand light but hold
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