Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-10-25
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.
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LIVERPOOL, Oct. 24.-COttOn dull and
easier; middling upland 7Sd; middling Or
leans S.assd. Sales 5000 bales; American
$500 bales; speculation and export 1000
bales.
NEW YORK, Oct. "A. Cotton Quiet;
middling uplands l4sc; middling Orleans
| 14sc. The market for futures closed
steady, with sales Of 27,20O bales, as fol-
lows: October delivery 14sa14 11-l6c; No
yember delivery IA 11-16aI4 23-32c; De
cember delivery 1429-32a14 15-15c; Janu-
AIRY delivery Is 5-32c, February delivery
| 10 15-32al65e; March delivery Is I5-32c;
April delivery 1621-32c, May delivery Is
1I-S2a16sc; and for June delivery 16sa
l6 21-32c.
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. "A. = Cotton
demand good; sales 2,290 bales; prices
without quOtable variation; we repeat yes
terday's quotations: good ordinary to strict
good ordinary 13al35e; low middling to
strict low middling 14cal4lc; imlddling to
strict middling 14aa14sc; good middling IA.
a13Ee; receipts 4,113 bales; exports to
continent 2,746 bales; exports to Great
Britain 4,190 bales; stock 57,493 bales;
unsold last evening IA, coo bales; on ship
board A., 900 bales.
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 24.-Cotton, buyers and
sellers apart with good demand at lower
prices.
LOUISVILLE, Oct. 24-Cotton I'M
changed at 14c.
CINCINNATI, Oct. 24-Cotton dull and
dropping at 14..c.
Foreign Markets.
LONDON Oct. "a P. M.-Consols for
money 92sa92S; for account 92sa92s; Uni
ed States 5-2Os of '65, 1861; DO. 1867,
100; 10-40's 1889; new IS, 1891; New York
Central, 95; Erie, q; do. preferred IS.
The rate of discount in the open mar
ket for three mouths bills is 81 per cent,
which is I 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The amount of bullion withdrawn from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. 24.-Breadstuffs are
quiet.
PARIS, Oct. 24-Rentes Off 4Oc.
FRANKFORT, Oct. 24.-5-2Os of 1852
97s.
New York Money Market
NEW YORK. Oct. 24.-The Customs |
receipts to-day were $4,000. The Assist
ant Treasurer discussed $1,000. The |
dry goods imports for the week were |
SI,272, 100. Money was la2 per cent. |
Prime mercantile paper was sac per cent |
for short, and 6a7 per cent. for long dates. |
Gold opened at 110a1105. The borrowing |
rates were fiat and per cent. The clear
ings to-day were S70,0OO,OOO. Sterling |
exchange was higher at 4S53 for sixty /
days, and 40 for sight. State bonds were
quiet and nominal in prices. Railroad
bonds were inactive with a tendency to
lower prices. Government bonds were dull
and steady. Stocks were active aud strong
with frequent changes, particularly in Lake
Shore, which advanced from 7Ss to soy.
The sales at the Stock Exchange between
ten and two o'clock to-day amounted to
81, 900 shares, the interest eentering chiefly
in Western Union, Union Pacific, Erie,
Wabash, Pacific Mail, Northwestern, Ohio
and Mississippi; of the sales $1,000 were
Western Union, 5000 Pacific Mail, 49,
600 Lake Shore, 5000 Union Pacific, "a
600 Wabash, and 5000 Erie
Bank statement-Loan decrease, S401,
500; specie decrease, S1,422, 900; legal
tenders decrease, 81, $50, 200; deposits de-
crease S3,SI7,9OO; circulation decrease,
SAT. 600; reserve, decrease s., 4,32j.
Sterling Exchange.-Bankers' Bills 1851;
United States coupons Of 1881, 11Sa;
5-20s of 1862, 113; do. Of 1854, 116; do.
of 1865, III; do. new 116i; 5-20s of 1867,
11Ts; United States coupons Of 1893, 117s; |
new fiVes, 112f; 10-40s, 112; currency SKIES
l17a; Missouri State bonds 941!. Tennessee
old 81; do. new 81. Stocks Western
Union Telegraph so; New York Central
1907; Erie 29t; do preferred a.
New York General Markets.
NEW YORK, Oct. 24.-Flour dull and
heavy; superfine, western and State $500
l475; extra Ohio $4.90a6.SO; ST. Louis
$. IOaS.50. Wheat lOwer-receiPts 2S4,O0O
bushels; No. 8 spring S1.01a1.02; No. 2
Chicago S1.02a1.05 Rye dull and lower
1t 95caS1.OO. Barley quiet and firm. Corn
irmer at S6aS6Jc. Oats dull and lower at
j7a59c. Coffee quiet and very firm. Sugar
S5aSic. Mess pork firmer; new mess
SIG. 25a19.5O; middles short clear 9sc.
Lard firm; prime steam held at at 17s.
Whisky lower at S1.Ol.al.O2.
baltimore Markets.
BALTIMORE, Oct. 24.-Flour dull, but
Unchanged. Wheat quiet and unchanged d,
4 81 .20a1 %. Corn dull at S3aS5c. Oats
irm at 5Sa6Oc. Rye quiet at S1.00a1.05.
PROVISIONS quiet and unchanged. Coffee
Iuiet and very strong at 1Sa20tc, gold.
Whisky dull at s1.02.
New Orleans Markets.
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 24.-GOld 1923;
light par; sterling 532. Flour, only a
ocal demand; common $40; superfine
4 .25; xxx $5.00a6.00; choice, S6.25a6.50.
Jorn dull and lower; linked S1.OO; white
'1.O2. Oats firmgr at 62a64c Bran firmer
{ S1.1O. Hay is in fair supply and dull;
,rine $3.50, choice $27.OO. Mess pork /:
irmer al $2I.0Oa21.25. Dry salt meats
IS hogsheads shoulders on hand; held at
C. Bacon, dull; shoulders nc; clear rib
SIC; clear 1890. Hams, old 12ia13se.
lew 145a15ac. Lard quiet; tierces 14ic;
reg 16c. Sugar scarce, and in good de-
nand; common 7sc; fair 10 good fair Ssa {
&c; seconds 9.al0c. MOlasses buyers of,
,rices 3a4c lower; common SIC; prime to :
hoice 7la73c. Whisky steady; Louisiana I
HOP; western S1.O2a1.O7. Coffee frmer; :
ordinary to prime I7al9io. Corn meal
mil at s.. So