Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-03-04
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.


LIVERPOOL, March 3-COttOn is firm;
middling upland 7IaSd; middling Orleans
SD. Sales 1900 bales; American 1900
bales; speculation and exports 5000 bales.
New YORK. Mach 3.-COttOn is held
higher; middling upland l6tc. Futures
closed barely steady with sales Of $500
bales as follows: March delivery Is 15-32a
10 7-16c; April delivery 16 23-32a16sc; May
delivery II $500; June delivery II 1899;
July delivery Il 21-32c; August delivery
lTsalI 25-32c; September delivery Il Lice,
October delivery I6 l1-l6 a163c; November
delivery 1870.
NEW ORLEANS, March s. Cotton -
demand fair; sales $3.50 bales; prices II
regular at q partial advance Of &c; good
ordinary to strict good ordinary l44a
14Ic; low middling to strict low middling
15ial55c; middling to strict middling 15sa
1910; good T,iddling to middling fair 165a
17bc; nets Iceipts 6,421 bales; no exports;
stock PSI 309 bales: unsOld last evening
l5S9O0 bales; on shipbOard $4,000 bales.
MEMPHIS, March Cotton fmer and
lower; middling 15ic; net receipts $50
bales; exports $50 bales; stock IS, 400 bales.
GALVESTON, March 3-COttOn quiet and
in light demand; middling 15sc; low mid
ding 145c; good ordinary 1455c; net receipts
1902 bales; gross receipts 1881 bales; ex-
ports to Great Britain LISP bales; sales l.,
3S4 bales; stock 67,477 bales.
CHARLESTON, March s. Cotton, firm;
middling 15ia155c; low middling l5ic;
good ordinary 49,; net receipts !, 26T bales;
sales 1000 bales; stock 40,4O7 bales.
SAVANNAH, March 3.-COttOn is firm;
middling 155c; low middling 15Sc; good
ordinary l4sc; net receipts 1880 bales; ex-
ports to the continent 9, 40 bales; sales l.
72O bales; stock $500 bales.
MOBILE, March s. Cotton firm; mid
ding 15ic; net receipts 1900 bales; exports
TO Great Britain 500 bales; to continent A.
AIS bales; coastwise SIC bales; sales 1900
bales; stock III bales.
ST. LOUIS, March 3.-CottoD steady.
LOUISVILLE, March Section is firm
at 153c.
CINCINNATI, March 3.-Cotton firm at
15ac.
Foreign Markets.
LONDON, March 3, 5P. N.-COnsols for
money 9Sa93b; for account 93Aa934; United
States 5-2Os Of '65, 1919; do. 1867, 1O7i;
tral, 92; Erie, PSI; do. preferred 30.
LIVERPOOL, March 3.-Breadstuffs are
quiet.
PARIS, March 3-ReDtes 65f. SOC.
New York Money Market
NEW YORK, March 3.-Money after loan
ing at 4 per cent. closed at per cent.
Prime mercantile paper was 45a65 per cent.
Sterling exchange was dull at 4.Sla4.S1 for
sixty DAYS and 4.S5a4.S55 for demand.
Gold was strong, opening at 114s and
closing at rs. The rates paid for carry
ing ranged from 1 to 2 per cent. and
fiat. The Customs receipts for the day
were $4,000. The Treasury disburse-
ments for the day were $4,000. The
clearings to-day were ST., 100000. Govern
ment bonds were steady. Railroad bonds
we're firm. State bonds were neglected.
The Stock market opened active and strong
with a general advance in prices. The
most marked advance and greatest activity
were in Pacific Mail, Union Pacific and
Northwestern.
The sales a. the Stock Exchange between
ten and two O'Clock to-day amounted to
10000 shares, Of which So, 700 shares were
Pacific Mail, $1,000 Western Union, $4,000
Northwestern, 1900 Lake Shore, 5000
| St. Paul, $500 Wabash, 5000 Erie, 10000
OhiOs and $1,000 Union Pacific.
Sterling Exchange-Bankers' Bills 4.82;
United States coupons Of 1881 119s; 5-2Os
of 1852 1864; do. of 1854 1175; do. 1865
119s; do new 11SS; Us coupons Of 1857,
119B; do. Of 1868, ll93, new 6ves, 1l4a;
/ 1O-4Oz, ia; currency SKIES 118t; Missouri
State bonds %. Tennsseee old IS; do. new
/ Is. StOcks-WesteTn Union Telegraph
TAI; New York Central 1913; Erie 26a;
do preferred 425.
New York DEY Goods MAFkes.
NEW YORK, March 3.-Business,was dull
/ in all departments, owing to the stormy
weather. Cotton goods are firm and Utica
wide sheetings advanced PC. Brown
sheetiDgs are closely sold up. Print cloths
are firm. Prints are quiet but strong with
| an upward tendency. Ginghams 10 good
demand and short supply. Dress goods are
| quiet. WOOlen and foreign goods are dull.
New York General Markets.
] NEW York, March 8. - Flour "a shade
| frmer and unchanged; superfne, western
and State s4.00a4.50;extra Ohio s4.65a6.40;