Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-08-29
HONEY MARKETS.
BY TELEGRAPH.

PARIS, August IS -Rentes, 1861. 273c.
NEW ORLEANS, August 2s.-Ster-
ling exchange, 5432.
LONDON, August % -Consols for
money and on account, 96 Is; sos Of
1855, 1853; 5 20s of 1867, 1851; 10 40s,
I06a; new IS, 107 New York Central, SO;
Erie, lOs; Erie preferred, 49,
NEW YORK, August 2S-Money
closed at 1902 per cent. on call. Prime
mercantile paper, BOA per cent. Gus
IONS receipts, S539,000. The assistant
treasurer disbursed $4,000. CleariDgs,
$14 100000. Sterling dull and weak;
sixty days, 4S7@4674; sight, 48S}@4S9
Ill !, closing at the latter figure. Loans
fiat to per cent. for borrowing. The
weakness of the market was due to tome
sales supposed to be connected with the
syndicate operations. Government
bonds Were lower this afternoon, in
sympathy with gold, and also with
various rumors favorable to thesuccess OF
the syndicate. Market closed feverish.
coupons of 1881, 1893; do. 1855, 1133; do.
new, 1l4S; DO. 1867, l17S; do. 1858,
100; new IS, 1164: 10 40s, regular, 116;
10-40s, coupons, he; currency 81, 1868.
State securities quiet and prices nomi.
nal; Tennessee IS, old, 4S; Tennessee
6s, new, 48; Virgins Ga, old, 25; Vir.
ginia IS, new, %; Missouri IS, lG6.
Railroad bonds strong in late afternoon
dealings; Western Pacific advanced to
l62-an improvement of ( per cent. 9TH
er issues maintained the mornipg's i'm
provement. TIE stock market opened
irregular, with frequent huctuatiors
within a@1f per cent. The widest f1uc-
tuations were in Delaware, Lackawanns
and Western and st. Paul shares. At
the second board tue market was weak,
and later became quiet; in late dealings
the market was weak on some of the
coal roads, d -lsware, Lackawsnna and
Western declining to 8l5 and Delaware
AID Hudson canal to S45. This decline
affected the general list only in a slight
degree. In the last sales Delaware, Lack
awanna and Western recovered to 624,
and, for odd lots, Delaware and Hudson
canal sold up to 55f, and the whole mar
ket WIS q little firmeT in tone; Lake
Shore recovered to SGT, 81. Paul common
to 32a, st. Paul preferred to 694, Rock
Island to 1881, Northwestern preferred
to 6l2, Western Union to 800, and New
Jersey Central to40s The market closed
dull, but with a little better feeling,
transactions at the stock exchange to-
day were ll3 355 shares, Of which 200
were Erie, 5000 Lake Shore, 6200 North
western, 1900 r LEX Island 600 st.
Paul, $500 Western Union, SO 900 Della
ware, LsckaWanna aud Western, 10 500
New Jersey Central, All 5000 Michigan
Central. The closing quotations Were:
Western Union telegraph, 500; Quick
silver, 10; Quicksilver preferred, Is; Pa
cific Mail, %; Mariposa, 5; Marjposa
preferred, 6; Adams Express, 108; Wells
& Fargo's Express company, S4a; Amer
lean Express company, So; United States
Express company, "a; New York Cen.
trail, 1868; Erie, 1T; E.ie preferred, Is;
Harlem, 115; Harlem preferred, 1873;
Michigan Central, 39s; Panama, 26;
Union Pacific stock, %; Lake Shore,
53t; Illinois Central, So; Cleveland and
PiEtsburg, 924; Northwestern, 373; North
western preferred, Gig; Cleveland, Co.
lumbus, Cincinnati and indianapolis,
ALI; New Jersey Central, Alt; Rock
leland, 1881; st. Paul, 32a; st. Paul pre-.
ferred, $50; Wabash, 102; Wabash pre-
ferre6, 1O2; Fort Wayne, 10l; Terre
| Haute, 3; Terre Hsute preferred, 133;
Chicago and Alton, 50; Chicago and Al
ton preferred, 1881; Ohio and Mississippi,
| 1Ik; Delaware, Lackawanna and West
err, S2B; Atlantic and Pacific telegraph,
Ut; Missouri Pacific, At; Atlantic and
Pacific, preferred, Ii; Indiana Central,
81; Chicago, Burlington and Quincy,
143; Hannibal and st. Joseph, III; Cen.
trail Pacific bonds, 108; Union Pacific
bonds, 81; Union Pacific land grants,
lit; Union Pacific sinking funds, est.