Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-07-30
MONEY MARKETS,
BY TELEGRAPH.

NEW ORLEANS, July 29.-Gold,
112; New York sight, premium, Ster-
| ling exchange, bankers bills, $40.
NEW YORK, July 29.-Money easy
| at l3(d2 per cent. Prime mercantile pa
per, 81 per cent and upward. Gus
toms receipts, S346,OOO. The assistant
treasury disburssd Sl60 600. Clearings.
$ll GOO, 600. Sterling dUll aud heavy ;
so dsyP, 4S7494SS; sight, 4S9394893.
Specie shipments, S25O,O00. G9 d
opened at lll5, and sold TO 1921,
at which figure 1t closed; the purchases
were large. Garry ing rates fiat to per
cent. Government securities dull and
steady coupons OF 1881, 1909;
do. 1885, 1l53; do. 1865, new, ll7s; 90.
1867, ll9s; do. 1858, 1913; new SIS, l1S8;
10 .40s, regular, I1SS; I0-40s, coupons,
11Sa; currency IS, 1851. State securities
quiet; Tennessee 6s, old, 443; Tennessee
IS, new, AT; Virginia IS, old, q; Vir-
ginia IS, new, IS; Missouri IS, lost
Railroad bonds ar generally quiet st.
Paul sinking funds advsn ed 10 800, and
Lacrosse division declined to I0l3,
North western gold seveBs declined from
942 to 81, and afterwsTd rallied to 943;
other changes were slight. The STOCK
market opened irregular snd feverish.
Coal stocks took the lead, as usual, in
point of activity and changes in prices
New York Central opened at "a, ad-
vanced to 643 and afterward fell TO 633
upon the rumOr of strike among the
employees in consequence OF reduction
Of wages; d lswsre and Lackawsnns
opened a. 973 aud declined TO $50; the
granger stocks were dull and fraction
lower; st. Psuls were heavy Lake
Shore was strong at 533, ana Western
Union dull and STEADY at 90; Michigan
Central dull and declined to ALI. To.
ward noon stock speculation was Gull
and transactions limited. Chicago and
Norwestern stocks were q shade lower
upon false reports Of tue illness o. John
f. Tracy, the leading business dITecl o.
of the company. st. Pduls shares were
also heavy, but tie remainder of the
stock market was pretty firm;
Michigan Central improved to All
and Lake Shore to 534. Delaware and
Lsckswanna was stesdier st 964. The
leading rate for the las. named is quoted
st 1.16 per cent. for use to-day, and
very scarce. Later in the day was a
break for western stocks upon repor 3 OF
q decline in wheat fJr August and Sep.
TENDER delivery. Northwestern declined
to 383, St Paul to 354, Rock Island to
107a Other stocks were quiet aud
steady, and the market closed dull. Ir.
regular transactions to-day aggregated
u, 600 shares, OF which IA coo were Lake
Shore, 4200 Northwestern, 1000 Rock
Island, 400 Pacific Mail, %, 600 81. Paul,
$500 Ohios, 300 Western UniOn, $500
Delaware, Lackawanns and Western,
$500 New Jersey Central, and $500 Michi-
gan Central. Quotations were as follows:
Western Union telegraph, 70B; Quick
silver, Is; Quicksilver preferred, Is;
Pacific Mail, 23B; Msriposs, 63i Mari
posa preferred, z; Adams Express,
11Os; Wells & Fargo's Express company,
"a; American Express company,
594; United States Express company,
IA; New York Central, I05k; Erie, l33;
Erie preferred, 20; Harlem, 1871;
Harlem preferred, 1873; Michigan Gem
trail, 42s; Panama, 80; Union Pacific
stock, So; Lake Shore, 53s; Illinois
Central, 90; Cleveland and Pittsburg,
So; Northwestern, SO; Northwestern
preferred, 624; Cleveland, Columbus, Gin
cinnsti and indianapolis, 393; New Jer,
sey Central, 635; Rock Island, l07li
st. Paul, 735; St. Paul preferred, 67B
Wabash, 2; Wabash preferred, 3;
Fort Wayne, q; Terre Haute, 6;
Iefre haute preferred, 1S3 chicago ana
Alton, 100; Chicago and Alton pre-
ferred, 1906; Ohio and Mississippi, II;
Delaware, LackawanDa and Western, 953;
Atlantic and Pacific telegraph, IS;
Missouri Pacific, 6; Atlantic and Pa
cific, preferred, 2f; Indiana Central, SO;
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy, III;
Hannibal and st. Joseph, i2B; Central
Pacific bonds, 8; Union Pacific bonds,
Al; Union Pacific land grants, 4;
Union Pacific sinking funds, Gag.