Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-01-06
MARKETS. By TELEGRAPH.
The Cotton Markets.

LIVERPOOL, Jan. Cotton was quiet
middling uplands SaS5d; middling Or
leans SIC. Sales 1900 bales; American
G,900 bales; speculation and exports 2,OOG
bales. Sales of uplands not below good
ordinary shipped December and January
81; shipped January and February s 11-l6d
do. February and March sgd; sales not be
low low middlings January delivery 10
16d; sales of Orleans not below good Ordi-
nary shipped December and January SD
not below low middlings March delivery
sgd.
New YORK, Jan. o. Cotton is dull
middling uplands 1919. Futures closed
weak; sales 20,5O0 bales as follows: Janu
airy 15-II-32c; February 1jsa15 25-32c
March 1Gtal6 9-32c; April l6 ll-1Gc; May
II 5-32a17 slice.
New ORLEANS, Jan. Cotton demand
good and active, but running on BETTE
qualities; lower grades &c cheaper; sale:
$50 bales; good ordinary to strict goOC
ordinary 13Ia145c; low middling to stricf
low middling 14sa15se; middling to strict
middling 155a16sc; good middling lT..s
175c; receipts for day 20,49S bales; exports
to Great Britain 3,7SS bales, to cOntineni
:. 1854 bales coastwiSe !, 513 bales; stock go,
TI5 bales; unSOld 49,, 400 bales.
MEMPHIS. Jan. j.-COtton- quiet ant
weak; good ordinary 15la14c; low mid
ding 143c; middling 15aal6ac; good mid
ding 1Tc; receipts for the past day 2,9l.
bales; shipments for the past "A hours S,5I,
bales; stock G5,G65 bales.
ST. LOUIS, Jan. D. Cotton firm ant
unchanged; good business; middlings l5e.
LOUISVILLE, Jan. Cotton quiet and
steady; middlings 1544c.
CINCINNATI, Jan. Cotton, dull but
unchanged at l5ac.
Foreign Markets.
LONDON, Jan. 3, ) p. M.-ConsOls fol-
money 9IJa92; on account 915a92tt;
United States 5-20s OF 1865, 107; DO. OF 1867,
1911; United States 10-40s 1913; new IS
I03j. Erie 49,. Erie preferred 6Sd. New
York Central 90. The amount of bullion
withdrawn from the Bank of England on
balance to-day is $4,000. The rate OF
discount in open market for three months
bills is 81 per cent or : per cent below
bank Of England rate.
LIVERPOOL, Jan. 5. - Breadstufs are
quiet.
PARIS, Jan. 5.-Rentes 5Sf GOc.
FRANKFORT, Jan. 5.-5-20s of 1862
9Tsc. .-
New York Money Market.
NEW YORK. Jan. 5.-MOney closed
easy at 5 and @ per cent. Sterling was
quiet and steady at 4S3 for 60days and 4S1
for sight. The Customs receipts were $780,
600. Gold was irregular, closing at 1119
after selling up to 1115. Loans were at Z
az per cent gold and 1872 per cent for carry
ing. The Assistant Treasurer discussed
S1,562, 900. The Clearings to-day were $685.
100000. Governments clOseda trifie lower
in sympathy with gold. State bonds were
quiet.
Stocks opened buOyant at an advance OF
] to 2 per cent. Afterwards there was still
further improvement but at the first board
the market was irregular with frequent
fluctuations to close transactions which
were very large. At the final close the
market was firm with quotations consider
ably above the lowest point. The strong
est stocks were Northwestern, Rock Island
and Cleveland, Columbus and Indiana
Central, which advanced steadily without
reaction.
The sales at the Stock Exchange to-day
between ten and two o'clock amounted to
$4,000 shares, of which 10000 shares were
Western Union; $4,000 Union Pacific;
$4,000 Lake Shore; $1,000 Pacific Mail;
1900 Cleveland, Columbus and Indiana
Central; 1900 Wabash; 5000 st. Paul
1900 Northwestern common, 1900 OhiOs,
$4,000 Rock Island and 5000 Kansas and
st. Joe.
Sterling Exchange. Bankers Bills
ass; United States coupons Of 1881, III;
5-2Os of 1862, 113.; do. Of 1864 ia; do.
of 1865, rs; do. new 115i; 5-20s Of 1867,
ZIG; United States coupons of 1868, ZIG;
new fives, 111a; 10-4Os, 113; currency skies,
ia. Missouri State bonds Oh; Tennessee,
old Isl; do. new 50; Virginia, new, 40; do.
old, SO: North Carolina, old, "a; do. new,
IA; StOcks-Western Union Telegraph 76!.;
New York Central 1909; Erie Az; do. pre-