Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-11-23
Gold in New York closed at ll44.
Liverpool arrivals wsIe firmer.

THE GENERAL BUSINESS OF the city
was very active the earlier part of the
week, some RmUssmeBts at the theater,
and elsewhere, drawing many visitors
here. Since they went away there has
been great quietude, considering that
we are beyond the middle of Novemb Der,
when business ought to be veJy brisk.
Corn is weak aud drOOping, sales of
shelled were made at SIC, and of ear
corn at soc, Oats are in little demand,
and bring on the elevator 40945c &C.
cording to quality. Hay remains very
heavy with poor demand. COrnD1eaL
has been on the "down grade" all week,
and sold yesterday down to 81 SO for
good, sound, Kindred neal. The low,
and still sinking prices of corn give
cOrDmeal no chance, and the demand
continues IS slight as ever. Butter is
quiet add steady at quotations; choice is
hard to find. Eggs have been advanc-
ing all week ana are held more firmly
as tire weather b ,cOme5 elder. Flour
is heavy with 10 change in rates. Chick.
ems are slow; hens were in good re-
QUEST when large; ''smsll stuff
and geese are in only moderate
uNnA 1L4N az uhSu9bBCu BlASNos L Nf htyo
meet with q ready sale when fine, fat
and large, such have brought up to S17
and SIS; small are taken on speculation
To feed for CRristnss; not over s. or
S. 80 is given for them. The raisers had
better keep them at home and fatten
them. Apples are in fair demand st
s. 5095 80 ss extremes. f. esh beef is
higher, but hogs are lower. Bran is
lower, sales are at SIS %, the effort to
raise II to $40 was g thorough failure;
tue fact is the course Of prices all round
il downward, and bran cannot escape
the common fate. BGling stufS are as
dropping and as irregular as ever; it is
useless trying to give quotations., but 24
10 has been fieely offered 1T 123c. Cheese
has brought several holders 40 grief"
prices st our quotations are not buoyant.
Coffee remains unchanged with down.
ward tendency. Cabbage has been
dropping, but very fine and perfectly
fresh never fail to command fair prices
Groceries generally offer little
change; new molasses and sugar
are arriving snd prices lowering.
Onions are in moderate demand at low
prices; round lots can be had al 81 80
for the beat; in sack offering at SOC
bushel In store. Provisions have beeu
declining almost day by day, and west,
ern papers intimate that solid basis is
not yet reached. The Chicago Tribune,
Of Friday, reports: "H0g products were
quiet, and a steady feeling prevailed
throughout the session Of Change, due
in a great measure TO the fact that there
were relatively few outside orders on
the market, and the local speculative
element were peither snxioCstJ buy nor
to sell beyond limited quantities. TIE
receipts Of hogs were quite small for the
season OF The year. but this feet was due
to the 'noldiDg-CfF policy Of cur pack.
era so far during the present week,
rather than TO any scarcity OF supply il
prices suited owners. But, as is usual st
this season OF tine year, there
are no doubt q good many hOgs in the
hands Of middlemen, and they cannot
sfford TO sell under &c per pound de
livered here. Whist they will be obliged
to do eventually is another matter; but
there is no denying the fact thar, with
corn at 25l130c per bushel in the coun-
try, hogs can be raised at 3 pr tit if cold
under &c per pound. 1t Is aisO true tbat
buyers are Purchasing only enough 10
supply immediate necessities, tire future
being uncertain; at the same time the
great mas 5 OF operators are anticipating
3 drop In prices, and for this reason do
not care 10 stock up. Foreign mRfEets
are weak and dropping, and 80 fsr this
season the purchases for the cOutiUeut
have been unusually small, With hardly