Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-03-19
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH,
The Cotton MaFkefa.

; %. sales lO,OOO bales; American 5000
bales; speculation and exports 1000 bales.
NEW YORK, Mach 1S.-COtton steady;
middling upland 16Ia162c. Futures closed
firm with sales Of q, 200 bales as follows:
March delivery 16sa16 1896; April de-
livery 10 9-16a16 19-32cc; May delivery 10
15-16a16 31-32c; June delivery II 9-32a17
5-16c; July delivery II 9-16a17 1890;
August delivery II 23-32a17ic; September
delivery 174c; October delivery Is 23-32a
10 25-e2c; November delivery 1896; Deem
Der delivery 16la16 GIG.
NEW ORLEANS, March 49, Cotton
demand moderate; sales 1850 bales; good
ordinary to strict good ordinary 14Ea14sc;
low middling to strict low middling 145a
Isle; middling to strict middling 154a15{c;
good middling TO middling fair 16a17c;
net receipts 2,241 bales; exports to Great
Britain 1884 bales; stock 232,54T bales;
unsOld last evening l51, 200 bales; on ship
board $500 bales.
MEMPHIS, March Is. - Cotton is firm;
middling I5la15sc; net receipts $50 bales;
exports 1,450 bales; stock j,2O5 bales.
SAVANNAH, March 1S-COtton is quiet
middling 155c; net receipts 776 bales; ex-
ports coastwise ABS bales; sales ! bales.
GALVESTON, March 1S.-Cotton quiet
and demand limited; middling 15ic; net
receipts 1,O26 bales; gross receipts 1907
bales; exports cOastWise 81 bales; sales rs
bales.
CHARLESTON, March 1S.-COttOn quiet
and steady; middling 15a155C; net receipts
SIS bales; exports cOastWise 2,672 bales;
sales 5000 bales.
MOBILE, March IS Cotton steady; mid
ding Isle; net receipts 152 bales, exports
coastwise ia bales; sales !, 100 bales.
ST. LOUIS, March 1s.-COtton quiet and
unchanged.
LOUISVILLE, March 1S.-COttOn is quiet
at 153c.
cincinnati, March IS. Cotton was
steady at I5Ic.
Foreign Markets.
LONDON, March Is 5 P.M.-COnsols for
money 90 a925; for account 92ja93; United
States 5-20s Of '65, 1914; do. 1867, 1O7B;
1O-4O's 103; new IS, IO3I; New York Cen
tral, 81; Erie, 24az4!!; do. preferred So.
The rate Of discount in open market for
months bills is 80 per cent, which is
per cent. below the Bank Of England
rate.
LIVERPOOL, March 1S.-Breadstufs are
quiet.
PARIS, March 1s.-ReDtes 65f. sac.
FRANKFORT, March 1s.-5-2Os Of 1862,
99l.
New York Money Market
NEW YORK, March 18.-MOney ranged
from TO p per cent. Prime mercantile
paper was 5aT per cent. Sterling exchange
was dull at 4.7TIa4.7S for sixty days and
4S2a4.S28 for demand. Gold opened and
closed at 1864, with sales in interim at
The borrowing rates were
1872 1-64 and per cent. for immediate de-
livery per diem and ? to per cent. per
annum; loans also were made flat and at ?
a3 per cent. for carrying. The Treasury
for the day were $4,000.
The clearings to-day were SS0,OOO,OOO.
The Customs receipts for the day were
1854, 900. Government bonds were strong. /
State bonds were neglected. Railroad
bonds were generally firm, with Union
Pacific sinking funds as the special feature, !
which declined to So and rallied to So on
large business. The Chicago and Rock |
Island Directors have declared a 4 per cent. /
payable the 9th Of April. The |
transfer books will close April 5. a resO- |
luton was adopted calling in $4,000 Of |
the bonds Of the company, to be paid of |
July 1. Stocks opened less active and de- |
clinej to per cent, with Pacific Mail, |
Union Pacific, Northwestern, Western |
Union and OhiOs as features.
The sales at the stock Exchange between |
ten and two o'clock to-day amounted to |
l59, 900 shares, Of which 1900 shares were |
Pacific Mail, 81, 900 Western Union, 1900 |
Northwestern, 10000 Erie, 1000 Lake d.
Shore, 5000 OhiOs and $1,000 Union Pa
,i6c.
Sterling EXChznge-Bankers Bills 4.T9; |
United States coupons Of 1881 1909; 5-ZOs /
Of 1862 117!; DO. Of 1864 1iS; do. 1865
1873; do new 11S5; u. 5. coupons Of 1867,
l19S; do. Of 1868, 119S, new fives, 1854;
lO-40s, 114s; currency SKIES 1874; Missouri
State bonds g75. tennessee old Is; 90. new
3. StOcks-Wes Union Telegraph
l7!; New York Central 100; Erie 26s;
10 preferred 40.
EelE York Dry GOods Market.
NEW YORK, March 1S-In dry goods there
vas a moderate activity in the market for
domestic goods and foreign silks and dress
abrics are in better request. Cotton goods
re steady and some popular grades Of me-
lium Dleached shirtings are expected to ad-
-ance shortly. Cotton was sluggish and
outside makes weak. Medium fancy and
link prints are in good demand. Dress
-OOds are in good demand and Worsted
hawls are more active. Wooden goods re-
main quiet.
New York General Markets.
NEW YORK, March 1S.-Flour firm and
in prices; sUperfne, western
nd State S4.50a4.90; extra Ohio 1895
6.65; st. Louis S5.O0aS.O0. Wheat is
mer; No. / spring S1.20a1 q; No. spring
j. 1OaI.IS; No. 2 Chicago SI.15ai. ia.
Rye quiet at 9Oa95c. Barley firm at $40
or Canada West. Corn dull, heavy and
over at S2aaS45c. Oats firm at 665a69c.
lOfee dull and nominal at at 155a1S!cgold
or Rio. Sugar is dull at TkaSc. Ness
Ork is easier at S20.625 for new; middles
uiet and unchanged; short clear 11.a12c.
ard was lower; prime steam 145c. Whis-
y dull at SLID.
Baltimore Markets.
BALTIMORE, March 1S.-FlOUT is firm
nd unchanged; western superfine S42ja
80; western extra S4.T5aj.0O; western
lmily S5.37a6.25. Wheat quiet, firm and
at S1.2Sa1.3O. Corn weak at
l5c. Oats firm and unchanged 6Ga6Tc.
Bye dull and unchanged al S1.03. PrOvi-
ions strOn5e Mess pork S2O.25a20.50.