Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-08-24
MONEY MARKETS.
BY TELEGRAPH.

PARIS, August 23-Rentes, 1861 I75c.
NEW ORLEANS, August 23.-Gold,
1l0E; New York sight, premium. Ster-
ling exchange, bsnkers' bills, 5424.
LONDON, August % --Consols for
money and on account, So Is; 5-20s Of
1856, 1O5I; 5.20s of 1857, 1921; l0-40s, 1914;
new IS. 1919 New YCrk Central, 81;
EUie, 12s; Erie preferred, 20. Silver, SD.
NEW YORK, August %. Money easy
at l3(Gg2 per cent. Prime mercantile pa
per. BOA per cent. Customs receipts,
1924, coo. The assistant treasurer dis
bursed $4,000. Clesripgs, SI6. 0O0,0 600.
Produce exports for the week, SIS. 1913, 900.
Sterling firm with an active business;
sixty days, 4S74; sight, 1894 Gold
opened eft 1I03, and closed at 1l0j bid.
Carrying rates ] and per cent; bor-
rowing, 2 per cent. to fiat. Government
bonds steady; coupons 1881, 1877;
do. 1866, ll4E; so. 1865, new, IlJ;
do. 1857, ll9B; DO. 1858, 1909 new IS, 1165;
I0-4Os, reguIsr, 1867; 10-40s, coupons,
1193; currency Ga, 1851. State securities
dull; Tennessee 6s, old, 40; Ten
nesses IS, new, 40; Virginia IS, old. 25 !;
Virginia &c, new, q; Missouri Is, 1863
Railroad bonds were generally firm;
New jersey Central was weak and
lower. The dissolution of the coal COM
bination had further and marked effect
to day on the shares Of the anthracite
coal TOsds. There were considerable
sales OF long stock for account OF parties
who became frightened at the breaking
up of TIE combination, and these sales
encouraged the bears 10 make vigorous
attack on the coal stocks, tie result Of
which was 8 heavy decline in values
10
Central suffered thu largest decline, the
stock falling from 57{ to 52{. Delaware,
LsckaWanua and Western came next,
declining from Oh to So. Delaware an d
Hudson followed with a decline from
905 to So regular, and was offered as low
as S4i seller so days, without takers.
Morris and Essex declined to IS. Ia the
late afternoon the dealings and excite.
ment in 81 shares subsidized, and the
market WAS comparatively quiet; fllctu-
atoms were less violent than during the
morning hours, and somewhat stesdier
feeling prevailed. Dslaware,, Lscka.
wanna and Western recovered from
IS to S94, and finally closed at SO.
New jersey Central rallied from SGT to
533 aud closed at So Borrowing rates
for these two stocks to-day ranged from
/ per cent. to at. Delaware and Hud-
s1n canal WAS weak, and fell off to S54
regular, TO S44 seller II, and TO 81 seller
so. Morris and Els ex was firmer, and
sold in odd lots up to SO. The changes
| In shares outside Of coal stocks wers
| slight. Hannibal and st. Joe preferred
was sn exception, advancing from l84
| to 20. Western Union WAS offered seller
60 at 705, with 703 bid. while the regu-
| lar quotation was III. The tone OF the
rol bet afn n
| tons were I39 600 shares, of which $500
were Western Union, 5000 st. Paul,
q, 900 Lske Shore, 5000 Michigan Gen.
| trial, "a, 900 Delaware, LackawanDa and
| Western, "a 900 New Jersey Central and
1000 Delaware and Hudson canal. The
following were the closing quotations:
Western Union telegraph, 7l5; Quicz-
| silver, 10; Quicksilver preferred, IA;
Pacific Mail, "a; MaripOss, 6; Mari
posa preferred, z; Adams Express,
liz; Wells & Fargo's Express company,
| $50; American Express com psDy, 614;
United States Express company, 654i
New York Central. 107; Erie, l84;
Erie preferred, %; Harlem, 1877;
Harlem preferred, 1873; Michigan Cen.
tral, All; Panama, 80: Union Pacific
stock, 81; Lake Shore, Gag; Illinois Gen.
trail 500; Cleveland and PittsbuEg, 92s;
Northwestern, 49, Northwestern pre-
ferred, IS; Cleveland, Columbus, Gin
cinnati and Indianapolis, ALI; New Jer-
sey Central, So; Rock Island, 1863;
st. Paul, 3'4; st. Paul preferred, 685
Wabash, 102; Wsbssh preferred, 102;
Fort Wayne, 1929 Terre Haute, 1871;
Terre Hsute preferred, So; Chicago and
Alton, 4; Chicago and Alton
preferred, 13I; Ohio and Miss!s-
sippi, =; Delaware, Lackawanns and
Western, SS5; Atlantic and Pacific
telegraph, 174; Missouri Pacific, 5;
Atlantic and Pacific, preferred, II;
Indiana Central, 80; Chicago, BuIliDg-
ton and Quincy, Is; Han
nibsl and st. Joseph, II; Central
Pacific bonds, 90; Union Pacific bonds,
81; Union Pacific land grants, ST;
Union Pacific sinking funds, esq.