Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-03-21
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.

and steady; middling upland 7sd middling
Orleans SD. Sales 5000 bales; American
1900 bales; speculation and exports 1000.
New YORK, March 20. - Cotton firm:
middling upland 165al65c. Futures closed
firm with sales Of $1,000 bales as follows:
March delivery 16 9-16c; April delivery
Is 23-32c; May delivery II 332c; Juneide-
livery 177-16a1I 15-32c; July delivery II
22-S2c; August delivery IIIa1T 29-32c;
September delivery II 11-32alTsc; October
delivery 16sa16 13-1Gc; November delivery
10 9-lGal6sc; December delivery 10 19-32a
1850.
NEW ORLEANS, March 3D. Cotton -
demand active and prices &c higher; sales
$3.50 bales;gOOd ordinary to strict good Ordi-
nary l4sa14Jc; low middling to strict low
middling 155al55c; middling to strict mid
ding 15fal6c; good middiing 20 middling
fair 10 !alT &c; net receipts ~ bales; exports
to Great Britain 2,724 bales; to continent
1,192 bales; cOastwise 2,54G bales; stock
225,5O7 bales.
MEMPHIS, March 20. - Cotton is firm
and higher; middling 15ia16c; net receipts
10 bales; exports ] ,23O bales; stock A.
OSl bales.
ST. LOUIS, March 2O.-Cotson quiet and
unchanged.
LOUISVILLE, March 2O.-COttOn is firm
at 15Sa155C.
CBCcSATr, March 20. Cotton was
firm at lj3c.
Foreign Markets.
LoSDO8, March 20 Z P.E.-COnsols for
money 925ag3; for account 925a93; United
States 5-2Os OF rs, 1919; DO. 1867, 1914;
1905 l03; new IS, 1881; New York Cen
tral, %; E-iei 24a24s; DO. preferred So.
LIVERPOOL, March 2O.-B-eadstuas are
quiet.
PARIS, March 2O.-Rentes were G4fand
at 523c.
FRANKFORT, March 2O.-5-2Os Of 1862,
995.
New York Money Market
NEW YORK, March 2O.-There are many
theories concerning the change in the
various markets since yesterday noon. It
may be that gold speculation has cUlminat-
ed for The present, OF it may be that some
members Of the clique have not kept faith
with the clique, buc it is all surmise The
presence in this city Of Secretary BristOw is
construed by some as intending to Oyerawe
the clique, bu. the Secretary denies that his
visit has any reference to. Wall street
OF 70 the business Of the Treasury. Money
was very easy and call loans ranged from
4 to p per cent. Prime mercantile paper
was 5aT per cent. Sterling exchange closed
up quiet and firm at 4.Sl for sixty days
and 4S5 for demand. Gold opened at
1l6, fell of to 1I5s, rallied to 116 and closed
I-,--~---sr-r-
l-64 and IaZ per cent; loans afterwards
were made fat. The Treasury disburse-
meuls for the day were $4,000. The
clearings to-day we're SI9,0OO,OOO. The
Customs receipts for the day were S2Oo,-
900. 7 lie imports Of dry goods for the
week amounted to $3.50, AIS, and for
merchandise S374, 493. The specie ship
ments for the week were SS26, g9i, Of which
Sj62,OS2 was Spanish gold and $4,000
American gold to Havana, and the remain
der gold and silver bars. There is a report
going around Of the failure Of a banking
house with large banking connections, but
nothing definite can be asceTtaineG; more
than likely if there was such affair it could
not be located. Government bonds were
strong. State bonds we're quiet and nominal.
Railroad bonds we're quiet and firm in late
afternoon dealings. The stock market
opened steady and afterwards became active
and bUoyant with an advance all along the
list Of ! TO Il per cent.
The sales at the Stock Exchange between
ten and two O'Clock today amounted to
2O5, 900 shares, Of which 5000 shares were
Pacific Mail, $500 Western Union, 2O,3OO
Northwestern, 1900 Erie, 1900 Lake
Shore, $500 st. Paul, 1000 OhiOs and H.
Union Pacific.
Sterling Exchangs-Bankers' Bills 4.Sl;
United States coupons Of 1881 1909; Bus
Of 1852 III; do. Of 1854 lis; do. 1865
1913; do new 11SS; U. S. coupons Of 1867,
119s; do. Of 1865, 1913, new ives, 49,;
10-405, 1142; currency sJXes i19a: Missouri
State bonds S65. tennessee Oid65; 90. new
IS. StOcks-West Union Telegraph
III; New York Central 1909; Erie "a;
do preferred 40.
NEW YORK BANK STATEMENT.
NEW YORK, March 2O-The following are
the changes in this weeks hank statement
as compared with that Of last week:
Loans, decrease. .............S5,0 s79OO
Specie, increase. ............... lJZ-SOO
Legal, tenders increase. 7SS,9OO
Deposits, decrease. ............. 5,Ool,9UO
Circulation, increase. ....... 1900
Reserve, increase Z,Zo2,ZI0
New York Dry Goods Market
NEW YORK, March 20 In dry goods the
business was checked by 4 snow ST, n and
Transitions were light with agents, impOr-
tiers and jObbers. Cotton goods are in steady
demand, and heavy standard and low grades
of fine brown are closely sold up. White
Rock bleaChed s6irtings advanced &C.
Washington cambrics are now Sc. Head
body plaids and figured side-band prints are
now SIC, and solid Sc. GiDghams are in
good demand. WOOlen goods are quiet.
New York General Markets.
NEW YoRK, March 2O.-FlolT scarcely so
firm; unchanged in prices; superfine, west
ern and State S4.5Oa4.9O; extra Ohio S4.95
a6.65; st. Louis S5.OOaS.OO. Wheat better;
No. I spring S1.2Za1 %; No. spring
Sl.1laL15; No. 2 Chicago S1.17a1.20.
Rye steady at 90a95c. Barley scarce and
advancing; S1.5O for prime Canada West.
Corn firm at s4aas65c. Oats firm at 67a
69c. Coffee duh and heavy at 15aalSc gold
for Rio. Suga- quiet and steady ct 7iaSc.
Mess pork is firmer at 5000 for new;
middles steady; shOr- clear lie. Lard urn
prime steam 1876. Whisky scarcely so firm
at Sl145a1.15.
Boston TTOOI Market.
BOsTON. March Z0.-The condition Of