Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-08-06
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH,
The Cotton Markets.

! LIVERPOOL, Aug. o. Cotton f1rmer:
middling upland sd; middling Orleans
| sgd. Sales 1900 bales, American $500
bales; speculation and exports 5000 bales.
NEW YORK, Aug. 81 Cotton firm;
| middling uplauds l7c; futures closed steady
| with sales Of 1880 bales, as follows:
| I6!al6 9-32c for August delivery: 10 fila
| 16 1890 for September delivery; 10 IL
| 32al6 0-16 for October delivery; 10 7-16a
/ 10 1852 for November delivery; 10 15-32a
| I65 c for December delivery; 10 9-16a16sc
| for January delivery; 16ic for February
delivery, and 10 1916 for March delivery.
NEW ORLEANS, Aug. g Cotton was
in fair demand; the movement was
checked by the scant supply; sales
| $50 bales; good ordinary to stIict
| good ordinary I4la15c; low middliug to
strict low middling 15sal6.c; mIddlings to
strict middlings 16aal6.c; good middlings
16sc; receipts 80 bales; exports cOastwiSe
| SCI bales; stock 20,33l bales; unsOld last
evening 14,SO0 bales.
MEMPHIS, Aug. Cotton steady; mid
ding 1910; receipts for the past day IS
bales; shipments for the past twenty-fOW
hours 535 bales; stock 1904 bales.
SAVANNAH, Aug. 5.-COtton nominal;
middling 16c; net receipts 10 bales; sales
) bales; stock SCH bales.
GALVESTON, Aug. 5.-CottOn nominal
good ordinary 14sc; middling l6sc; net re
ceipts u bales; stock 3,T4S bales.
MOBILE, Aug. Cotton in good de-
mand; good offerings light; middling 16c;
net receipts 20 bales; exports cOastwise -
| bales; small y bales; stock 4,S97 bales.
CHARLESTON, Aug. 81 CottOn-mid.
ding l5sc; net receipts % bales; sales $50
bales; stock 5,94l bales.
ST. LOUIS, Aug. o. Cotton quiet and
unchanged.
LOUISVILLE, Aug. lection quiet and
unchanged at l65c.
CINCINNATI, Aug. D. Cotton steady at
1919.
Foreign Markets
LONDON, Aug. >, > T.. M.-COnsOls
for money 923a92i; for acUouHt 02!;
United States 5-2Os Of 80, 100. 1867.
1904; 1O-4O's 1881; new IS, 1914; New
York Central, 95; Erie, 500; do. preferred
feTed AZ. The rate for money at the
Stock Exchange on Government securities
was p per cent.
LIVERPOOL, Aug. o. Breadstu6s are
firm.
PARIS, Aug. 5.-Rentes 63f. 43c.
FRANKFORT, Aug 5.-5-20s Of 1852,
6S!.
New York Money Market
NEW YORK, Aug. 5.-AIoney was %
per cent, with prime mercantile paper at
from 81 to Z per cent. Sterling exchange
dull at 4STa4o93 for 60 day bills and 4o9a
400 for sight drafts. The Customs receipts
to-day were S3Il 600. Gold was firm at
lO9sal095, closing at the latter figure. The
rates paid for carrying were LAP per cent.
and fiat The Assistant Treasurer disbursed
SjO1,COO. The clearings were Sl3,0OO,OOO.
Government bonds were dull. State and
Railroad bonds were dull. Stocks opened
firm and the general list advanced to
per cent. and Western Union 3 per cent.
Later in the day there was a decline of "a
2 per cent. followed BY rally under the lead
Of Pacific Mail, which was affected by the
decision of the Attorney General who de-
cides that the contract for additional mail
service between San Francisco, Japan and
China is still existing. This decision will
secure TIE company the full subsidy Of one
million dollars per annum. During the
last hour Of business the stock market was
irregular, but in the main weak. c. G. x
L. G.. declined to 49,. This break eXerted
an UntavOrable influence on the remainder
Of the list, which closed at a decline of Z
al per cent. from the highest point Of the
day. The decline in e.. G. x |. G.. was gen
orally attributed to fear that the PennSyl
vania railroad would fOreclOse the second
mort gage bonds and wipe out the stock.
Quicksilver was exceptionally strong, ad-
yancing to Soc.
Among the sales to-day were %, 600 shares
Western Union, $500 Pacific Mail, 1900
Lake Shore, 5000 Union Pacific, and J.
OOO e. G. x &c.
a heavy failure is reported. Name Of