Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-03-16
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.
The Cotton Marketn.

The Cotton Harke1B-
LIVERPOOL, March 15.-Cotton is quiet;
middling upland I'D; middling Orleans ga
/ SD. Sales 1900 bales; American 1900
bales; speculation and exports 1900 bales.
NEW YORK, Mach IS. Cotton quiet;
middling upland 16ta16sc. Futures closed
/ quiet and easy with sales Of IA, 100 bales
/ as follows: March delivery 10 11-32a16ic;
| April delivery 10 9-l6c; May delivery 10
15-l6c; June delivery 17ta17 9-32c; July
delivery II 71-S2a17 9-16c; August delivery
II 23-32a17ic; September delivery II SIG;
/ October delivery 10 11-l6c; November de-
livery 10 7-16c; December delivery 10 7-16
a16!c.
NEW ORLEANS, March b. Cotton -
demand good; sales 1850 bales; prices
to-day were irregular; business was easier
but the bulk Of it at full prices; we repeat
| Saturdays quotations; good ordinary to
strict good ordinary 14ta14sc; low mid
ding to strict low middling I4Ial51c; mid
ding to strict middIing 153s16c; good mid
| ding to middling fair l6a17c; net re-
ceipts 6,154 bales; exports none; stock 243,-
791 bales.
MEMPHIS, March 15.-COtton was quiet
and steady; middling 154a15tc; net receipts
lao bales; exports 1870 bales; stock A.
$50 bales.
GALVESTON, March 15.-COtton firm;
middling 15sc; low middling 14Sc; good
ordinary 145c; net receipts SS4 bales; gross
receipts 919 bales; exports cOastWise A
bales; sales 1,250 bales.
CHARLESTON, March 15.-COtt0n quiet;
middling 154c; low middling 15sc; good
ordinary 145a14sc; net receipts 1902 bales;
exports 10 France LIS bales; to continent
l, 42O bales; cOastwise lila bales; sales l.
200 bales; stock 32,277 bales.
SAVANNAH March 15.-CottOn dull mid
ding l6c; low middling l5Bc; good Ordi
nary l4ac; net receipts 1,l34 bales; gross
receipts ], l34 bales; exports to continent
S,OO2 bales; cOastwise 241 bales; sales 81
bales.
MOBILE, March 15.- Cotton quiet; mid
ding 155c; low middling 15c; good Ordina-
~ 14!c; net receipts Lbs bales: exports
cOastwise I,470 bales; sales 500 bales.
ST. LOUIS, March 15.-COton quiet and
unchanged.
LOUISVILLE, March 15.-COtton is quiet
anu sucdul Al 4Jels
CINCINNATI, March 10. Cotton was
dull and lower at l55c.
Foreign Markets.
LONDON, March 10 P.M.-Consols for
money 925a93; for account 93a935; United
States 5-2Os of '65, 1919; do. 1867, 1913;
1O-4Os 1O3; new Sc, 103!; New York Gen.
tral, 81; Erie, 24IIa24B; do. preferred 80.
The amount Of bullion gone into the
Bank of England on balance to-day was
$4,000.
LIVERPOOL, March 15.-BreadstuFs are
quiet.
PARIS, March 15.-ReDtes 65f. csc.
FRANKFORT, March 15.-5-2Os of 1852,
99II.
New York Money Market
NEW YORK, March I5.-The money
market became more active in the closing
dealings and rates were bid up to 8 and
Der cent. by a simultaneous movement Of the
gold clique in moving up the price Of gold
I per cent but it made no material change
in stocks, prices being we'll supported and
not giving Way. But the movement served
to make the final half hour Of the day most
active and important. The closing rate Of
money was D per cent. Prime mercantile
paper was sal per cent. Sterling exchange
was entirely demOralized in late business
and sales were reported as low as 4.T93 and
4. S2I for prime bankers bills; atthese rates
gold will be imported from London, unless
The Bank Of England is able to check it.
In late dealings advanced TO 1l6 which was
the closing price, the clique being large
purchasers. A telegram from London re-
ported an uneasy feeling in the market for
British eOnsOls which ought show such
change, if there were any, were unchanged;
United States bonds, however, were a shade
easier for quotations. The borrowing rates
were 1-32, 3-64 and 1-64 per cent. per diem
and 2 TO Z per cent. per annum; loans at
the close were made flat. The Treasury dis
bursements for the day were $4,000. The
clearings to-day were S62,OOOOOO. The
Customs receipts for the day were $40, 600.
Government bonds were strong. State
bonds were quiet. Railroad bonds we're
firm. Stocks opened strong with a decided
upward tendency. Later there was fall
ing Of Ia5 per cent. on rumOrs Of further
failures in London. The market closed
steady to firm. Northwestern, st. Paul,
Union Pacific, Western Union Telegraph
and Rock Island were notably strong.
Pacific Mail was heavy and the other shares
were steady.
The sales at the Stock Exchange between /
ten and two o'clock to-day amounted to
1872, 900 shares, of which 22,0O0 shares were
Pacific Mail, Al, 900 Western Union, 5000
Northwestern, $500 Lake Shore, 1880
Rock Island, 10000 OhiOs, 1900 Wabash,
and 1000 Union Pacific.
Sterling Exchange-Bsnkers' Bills 4.S1;
United States coupons Of 1881 1903; 5-ZUs
Of 1862 III; do. Of 1854 1l7S; do. 1865
119s; do new 11S33; U. 5. coupons Of 1867,
119.; do. Of 1868, 1l9t, new fves, 115s;
lO-4Qs, 1143; currency SKIES 1875; Missouri
State bonds 81. Tennsseee Old65; 90. new
"a. StOclzs-WesteTn Union Telegraph
T7I; New York Central 100; Erie 26s;
do preferred 40.
Eew York Dry Goods Market.
NEW YORK, March 15-In dry goods the
package trade continues light, owing to
the stormy weather. JObbing branches
were only moderately active. Cotton goods
were steady and unchanged in prices, and
fine browns are in good demand. Brown
ducks and drills are more active. Medium
fancy prints are in steady demand; SIC
makes are closely sold up. Ginghams are
in light supply. Hosiery firm and well
sold up. WoOlens quiet
new YoTk General Markets.
NEW YoRK, March 15.-Flour is firm
and prices are unchanged; superfne, west
ern and State S4.40a4.S5; extra Ohio S495
a8.65; st. louis S5.0Oa8OO. Wheat is
lie better; No. spring S1.2Oa1 %; No.
spring S1.1Oa1.14; No. 2 Chicago S1.144a
1.16B. Rye quiet at 90a99c. Barley quiet
and firm. Corn irmer at s6a97. Oats are
steady at 6Ta69c. Coffee dull; Rio 163a
1S5c gold. Sugar is dull and heavy at ia