Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-12-10
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.


Tennessee, Sf9c; cast steel and shear zoe.
American blister 123c; English blister 1Sc.
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.
The Gotten Markets.
LIVERPOOL, Dec. 9.-COttOn is quiet;
middling upland 7sa7sd; middling Orleans
7TaSd. Sales 1900 bales; American g.
500 bales; speculation and export 1000
bales.
NEW YORK, Dec 9.-CottOn is dull;
middling upland 145c; middling Orleans
14sc. The market for futures closed steady
with sales Of 27,600 bales as follows:
December delivery II 7-32a14!c; January
delivery IA 9-16c; February delivery IA 15-
| 16a14 31-32c; March delivery 15 J-16c;
| April delivery 15sa15 21-32c; May delivery
10 31-S2c; June delivery lete; July delivery
10 17-32al6 9-16c.
NEw ORLEANS. Dec. g. Cotton
demand active; sales 10,S50 bales; the
largest business Of the season; prices are &c
dearer, fully recovering yesterdays decline;
good ordinary to strict good ordinary
| 134a13se; low middling to strict low mid
ding 13sa14c; middling to strict middling
/ 14ta145c; good middling to middling fair
14sa15c; fair 1kka15sc; receipts 7,411 bales;
exports, nOue; stock 16O,223 bales; unsold
last evening s., 100 bales; on shipbOard 1OI,-
500 bales.
MEMPHIS, Dec. 9.-COttOn quiet and
unchanged; middling 13sa13sc; receipts p
575 bales; exports 2,475 bales; stock $3.50
bales.
ST. LOUIS, Dec. o. Cotton quiet and
weak and but little doing.
LOUISVILLE, Dec. 9-Cotton quiet and
unchanged at lac.
CINCINNATI, Dec. Cotton quiet at
14c.
Foreign Markets.
LONDON Dec. o, 5 P. M.-Consols for
money 91sa91i; for account "a, ex-in-
terest; United States 5-20s of '65, 1904; do.
1857, 1904; 10-40s 1914; new IS, 103;
New York Central, "a; Erie, 24ss; do. prefer
ret 80.
LIVERPOOL, Dec. 9.-Breadstufs are
quiet. !
PARIS, Dec. 9.-Rentes 62f Tic.
New York Money Market
NEW YORK, Dec. 9.-MOney was more
active and loaned up TO per cent. when it
closed at 2@a3 per cent. Prime mercantile
paper was 5la7A per cent. according TO date
of maturity. Foreign exchange was quiet
and steady in the morning and heavy and
lower in the evening with business al
4S4a4S4I for prime bankers sixty days
sterling and 4S9ta490 for demand. Gold
opened at 11O5, advanced to 1115 and re-
acted to the former quotation. The carry
ing rates were l, ?, liz and 8 per cent, and
for borrowing 3 per cent. to flat. The
clearings to-day were $685. 900. The Treasu-
" disbursements were 100000. The
Customs receipts were S314,OO0. Govern
ment bonds were firm all day with frac-
tiOn higher. State bonds were quiet and
at nominal prices. Railroad bonds were
quiet and lower and dull in late dealings.
Stocks were dull during the entire day. At
the commencement Of business there was a
falling off of lag per cent, after which there
was recovery which was followed by an
other declined. Towards the close the
market became steadier under the influence
of a favorable statement by Western Union
and the declaration Of dividend. The
features of the days business were Pacific
Mail, Western Union, Northwestern, and
Erie The quarterly dividend Of ? per cent.
on the capital stock Of the New York
Central and Hudson River Railroad Com
A dividend Of per cent. will be paid on
the stock Of the New York and Harlem
Railroad Company on the I'd of January.
The sales at the Stock Exchange between
ten and two O'Clock to-day amounted to
5000 shares, of which 27,OO0 shares were
Pacific Mail, 1900 Western Union, 90
600 Northwestern, common, 1900 Lake |
Shore, IL 600 Wabash, 10000 Union Pacific, |
1900 Fries 1000 st. Paul, and $4,000 |
Ohio and Mississippi.
Sterling Exchange.-Bankers Bills 1851,
United States coupons Of 1881, l193; |
5-20s Of 1852, 1125; do. Of 1864, 114b; DO. |
Of 1865, 1165c; do. new 11Ss; 5-2Os Of 1867; |
1194; United States coupons Of 1868, 1195; |
new fives, 1924; 10-z0s, 113..; currency SKIES !
1851; Missouri State bonds 9S. Tennessee |
old 20; do. new 70. Stocks Western |
Union Telegraph S2I; New York Central !
101s; Erie 26t; do preferred 43.
New Iors Dry Goods Market.
NEW YORK, Dec. 9.-Business was quiet |
with commission houses in nearly all de-
partments. Tie market for cotton goods |
is unchanged and quiet. Cotton fannels,
satins and brown cOttOns are in steady de-
mand. Prints are in moderate request.
Gamers shirtings have been reduced to 7ie.
Heavy fancy cassimeres and worsted coat
ings are in moderate demand by the cloth
ing trade.
New York General Markets.
NEW YORK, Dec. 9.-FlOUr dull and
easier; white wheat western extra S5.75
a6.25, superfine, western and State 81. la
4.5T; extra Ohio S4.75a6.75; st. Louis S5a
500. Wheat steady at S1.1Sa1.25. Rye
quiet at 95a97e. Barley quiet and firm.
Corn firmer; old 93a95c. Oats dull Coffee
more active; Rio &c higher; 17!a19sc, gold
Sugar dull and unchanged at StaS3. Mess
pork dull and nominal at S21; middles
lower. Lard firm; prime steam 12ta13tc.
Whisky firm at Sl.03.
baltimore Markets.
BALTIMORE, Dec. 9.-FlOur dull and I'M
changed; family S5.2jaS.25. Wheat quiet
and unchanged; amber S1.20al.30; red
$l.25. Corn quiet and fiTmer at SOaS5c.
Oats firmer at 66a6Sc. Rye unchanged.
Provisions weak; only jobbing demand.
Mess pork unchanged. Bacon scarce;
shoulders 10Jc; clear rib 13!a135c. Sugar
cured hams l4aI5c. Lard l4a143. Coffee
quiet and unchanged. Whisky quiet at
$1.O2la1.03.
New Orleans Markets.
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. Gold closed |
at Ill; sight ! dis; sterling 5S5. Flour
dull; Xxx s.; XXX S5.00a5.75; choice So
a6.5O. Corn-mixed 9Oa01c; choice white
92c. Oats frmer at 70a12c. Bran has
advanced to SIPS. Hay dull; choice
S21.5O. Mess pork dull at S21.25; S2l.00
for February delivery. Dry salt meats dull;
shoulders, loose, 7ic, packed Ease; clear rib
1O.c. Bacon scarce and dull; shoulders %;
clear rib 13s; clear sides 14ac. Hams are
scarce; choice new 16c. Lard dull and |
lower; tierces 145c; key 15c. Sugar in fair |
demand and weaker in prices; inferior 4ta |
SIC; common 5sa6c; fair to fully fair GA |
7ic; prime to strictly prime 75aS1c. Mo |
lasses in fair demand and finn; common |
4Oc; fair 47a50c; prime to choice 52a56e. |
Coffee quiet; fair to prime 17sa19c. Corn
meal dull at $3.50.
Cincinnati Markets.
CINCINNATI, Dec. 9.-Flour is steady. |