Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-03-17
nARHETs BY TELEGRAPH.
The Cotton Markets.


LIVERPOOL, March 16.- Cotton frmer
middling uplands 75aSd; middling Orlean.
ed. Sales 1900 bales: American
$500 bales; speculation and exports, 800
bales.
NEW YORK, March 10.-Cotton, moder
ate business done; middling uplands 16Ic
futures closed quiet and steady; sales of 4.
900 bales as follows: March Is 7-I6a15Ic:
April 10 11-16al5ac; May 16 7-32al6{c;
June 10 21-32a16 I1-lGc; July lie.
NEW. ORLEANS, March 16.-Cotton-ie-
mand; active sales 900 bales; prices ir-
regular closing at aaIc higher; good Or
binary to strictly good ordinary I45c; low
mlddlingstO strict low middlings 143a15sc;
mddllngs 10 strict middlings 15sai6c;
good IaiddlinSs 16Ial7c. Receipts 1894
bales; exports to Great Britain associates:
TO continent AS bales; stock 2Gg. sos
bales; UnsOld 1880 bales.
MEMPHIS, March 16.-Cotton is Quiet:
middlinSs 15!cal6c; good middlings 1Gsc.
Receipts for the past day 1885 bales;
shipments for the past twenty-four hours
$500 bales stock z9,050 bales.
ST. LOUIS, March 1G.-Cot.oa in good
demand at full prices for best grades; mid
dlings 15ac.
15!c.
CINCINNATI, March 1G-C otton-demand
fair and market firm at 15sc.
Foreign Markets.
LONDON, March 16, 5 p. M.-Consols for
money 92I; on account 9IIa92s. United
States 5-2OS Of '65, 1901: Of 1867. 1921.
1040's 103!; new Is, 1913; New York
Central, 96a; Erie, 400; preferred IS.
The amount of bullion gone into the Bank
of England on balance to-day was $4,000.
The rate of discount in open market for
three months bills is 80 per cent, which
is the same as the Bank Of England rate.
LIVERPOOL, March 16.-Breadstuf are
quiet and unchanged.
PARIS, March 16.-Reutes 59E $50,
New York Money Market
NEW YORK, March TO. - Money was
easy at 3a4 per cent. Fcreicn Fxcbance
was quiet and finn at 4S4Ia4S4I for IN
days, and 4S1s and ASS for demand
Cold was stronger, closing at 1I25 after
selling at ll1sa1l23. The rates paid for
carrying RANGED from l 10 t per cent. The
customs receipts were S491, 900. The Trea-
Silry disbursements were S2I4OOO. The
elearanceS were $24,000,000. Governments
bonds were quiet aad firm. State bonds
were quiet, nominal. Stocks opened dull
and steady. Later the whole list was
strong and at the close the market was
active and firm at the highest prices of the
day. The advance ranged from Z TO p per
cent. The notable feature was Western
Union, Which advanced from T5s to 7jz on
tiso persistent talk OF dividend and r1rmo--
ell sale Of "pull' on 1000 shares. An
enormous business was done in this sDeciaI-
lty and over $4,000 shares changed hands.
Lake Shore advanced l per cent. American
District Telegraph advanced 2 per cent
closing at GO. Pacific Mail advanced Der
cent, Wabash II per cent and Northwestern
Il. Paul common and Rock Island I nor
cent each. New York Central sold az |
1919, eX-dividend, 4 per cent. The Great |
strength of the market late in the day was |
Tue to the rumOrs mentioned above in con-
lectiOn with Western Union 10 the infia- |
ion reports from Washington and some |
ak about a mutual arrangement on the |
reight question bosween the Union Pacific. |
Pacific Mall and Panama.
Sterling Excnange.- Bills 49,.
United States coupons Of 1881. 1Ig5.
'-2Os OF 1862, III; do. Of 1864, I195: do,
y 1865, l2e dn. new 11Sss; 5-2Os OF 1867.
ISt; United States coupons Of 1868. II9;
Iew hyes, 114s; 1O-4Os, 1872; currency skies.
l6t. Missouri State bonds 935; tennessee;
Id |Oa; do. new COZ. SlOeks-Western
lnlon Telegraph IIz; New York Central
Vi / ex-diYidehd; Erie 4lI; do. preferred
New York Dry Goods Market.
NEW YORK, March IS. - The transae-