Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-03-07
MARKETS By TELEGRAPH.
The Cotton Markets.

$500 bales; speculation and exports, 1000
bales. Sales for the week 1900 bales;
exports 5000 bales; speculation 1000 bales
stock 733, 900 bales; stock American 49,
600 bales; receipts 1900 bales; American
A., 200 bales; actual exports 1000 bales;
stock afioat $4,000 bales; American 316,-
600 bales.
NEW YORK, March 6-Cotton firmly held;
middling uplands 161c; futures closed
steady; sales of 21,0O0 bales as follows:
March Is 22-32c; April - 11-16a15 23-32c;
May 10 3-16c June 10 1890; July 10 90
SIC.
NEW ORLEANS, March Cotton active
sales 300 bales; prices irregular AM
generally stronger; good ordinary to strictly
good ordinary 13a14e; low middlings to
strict low middlings 145sa1535c; middling to
strict middlings 15aal6s; good middlings
16Ial7c. Receipts 1901 bales; exports to
Great Britain 3,202 bales; coastwise 1
bales; to continent 5,523fbales; stock 299,-
047 bales; unsold 204,9OO bales. Weekly
sales $500 bales; net receipts SS,O93 bales;
gross receipts Al ,635 bales; exports to Great
Britain Al, 147 bales; 10 continent l4,713
bales; coastwise 5,746 bales.
MEMPHIS, March g. Cotton-demand
fair and unchanged; good ordinary 13a135c;
low middlings 14ta14lc, middlings 15Ic;
strict middlings 15sc; receipts for the past
day 1875 bales; shipments for the past
twenty-four hours l 49, bales; stock 5000
bales; receipts for the past week $3.50
bales; shipments for the past week Il, 29j
bales; sales 10000 bales.
ST. LOUIS, March Cotton market
firmer and more doing; middlings 15ac.
LOUISVILLE, March Cotton quiet at
15!c.
CINCINNATI, March -Cotton-market
firm and demand fair at 1j3e.
Foreign Markets.
LONDON, March 6.-COnsols for money
92!a92s; on account 92Ia92s. United
States 5-20s of '65, 1929; Of 1867, 1921;
10-40s 105I; new IS, 104.; New York Cent
raj, 80; Erie, IL; preferred O.. The
amount Of bullion gone into the Bank Of
England on balance to-day was f2S,0OO.
Rate Of discount in open market for three
months bills 3 SIG per cent, which is
SIG per cent below the Bank of England
rate.
LIVERPOOL, March @. -Breadstufrs-
firm.
PARIS, March 6.-Rentes COT loo.
FRANKFORT, March G. -5-20s Of 1862
9s.c.
New York Money Market
NEW YORK, March 6-Noney was very
steady al Sal per cent. The Express
says: "Many New York banks failing to
place large amounts with Government bond
dealers at per cent have notified country
deposits. Sterling closed very dull at 1891
a4S4 for 60 days, and 4S7a4S79 for sight.
The Customs receipts were $1,000. Gold
ranged at 11lsa111s and closed at 11la.
The carrying rates were 2a39 per cent.
The Assistant Treasurer discussed S226.-
600. The dry goods imports for the week
were S2,3S4,62l. The clearings to-day were
$}3, 100000. Governments closed steady.
State bonds were nominal. Stocks were
with decline Of 5a2 per cent. Under the
pressure to sell and a general depression
prices fuctuated considerably. The market
closed dull with decline established of /
per cent in Northwestern common and pre-
ferred, Erie, Lake Shore and Wabash, and
IL per tent in St. Paul common and pre-
IerTed. The immediate cause of the gen.
eral depression was report from Waihing-
ton that Senator Sumner would soon pre-
sent bill authorizing part or a Temporal
~ loan to retire all legal tenders issued on
each 356,OO0,OOO and also TO provide for
the deficiency of the Government.
The sales at the Stock Exchange between
10 and2 o'clock amounted to 10000 shares
of which $4,000 shares. were Western
Union, $1,000 Union Pacific, 1900 Wa
bash, 1900 Pacific Mail, 5000 st. Plnl,
$1,000 Lake Shore, 5000 Rock Island,
1900 Northwestern, L, 900 Erie, 5000 New
York Central.
Sterling Excnange.-Bankers' Bills 4S45s;;
United States coupons of 1881. 119k;
sos of 1862, 1863; do. Of 1854 11S5; do.
of 1865, 119s; do. new lis; 5-20s OF 1867,
11Ss; United States coupons of 1868, lis;
new fives, 114I; 10-40s, 112s; currency skies,
115s. Missouri State bonds 50; Tennessee,
old 91t; do. new 91t. Stocks-Western
Union Telegraph 72!; New York Central
103; Erie 49,; do. preferred 90.
New York Dry Goods Market.
NEW YORK, March 6-The business con-
tinues to improve with the jo5bers and re-
presenting. Prints, shawls and dress goods
are in moderate request at nominally steady
prices but low grades of bleached and
brown cOttons are not very strong. Cot
tonades are active. Paper cambrics are
selling at SC. Dress fabrics and black silks
are doing better.
New York General Market.
NEW YORK, March 6-FlOur quiet and I'M
changed; superfine western and State S5.60a
Cos; extra Ohio S5.35aT.60; st. Louis
Sc. 45a11 90. Whisky steady at 96a97c.
Wheat in fair inquiry and limited supply;
No 2. spring S1-50al-52. Rye heavy
at 96aS1. Barley unchanged. COrn-mOre
doing and slightly higher; new western
mixed 7SaS2c. Oats firmer and in fair de-
mand; mixed western 619a63c. Coffee
steady; Rio 25se gold. Sugar steady. Pork
firmer; new mess Sl6 for spot and March
sic. I25a16.25 for for May; middles firmer
and scarce; short clear middles &c; Cum
berland SIC. Lard firmer; prime steam
9 1-16a9sc for spot; 8 9-16a9ic for April; %
for May.
Baltimore Markets.
BALTIMORE, March 6. - Flour dull and
unchanged. Wheat dull and shade low
er; white S1.S0a1.S5; fair to prime $1.60a
1.75; choiceamber Sl-S0; good to prime red
81 Goal. 20; common to fair $l.45a1.55:
Ohio and Indiana S1.5Oa1.6O; western
spring S1.43a1.50. Corn steady; western
mixed steady. Oats firm; western 55a59c.
Rye steady. Provisions quiet, firm and
unchanged. Butter unchanged. Coffee
nominal Whisky nominal
New Orleans Markets.
NEW ORLEANS, March G.-GOld 111s.
Sight 5aI premium. Sterling 5395a54Os.
Dry salt meats are in good demand and
held at &c, sc, SIC. Bacon firmer at &c,