Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-03-08

The banks yestCr reported an I'M
changed situation In al .aIis with an active
tfious Heather Chinee ind i.J o do. There is no
eagerness 10 get money, and sueks aud bonds have
ceased 10 btif him a harvest tie has generally
good collection On hand for SALE but IL is rarely that
the best eescOpe he put To his almond eyes VIII
show him buyer. Among the clIoslties he had on
hand yesterday was $50 shares Of Char estOn railroad
6l2; who cannot be railroad stockholderP IN our
count; ali points New England, with grace. Is
discount New orleans, y discount, and sell on all
scrip quoted s28s3 buying. 50 selling. Last sales
were; Memphis gas stock, 20; tennessee, new IS
nrst-mOrtgage bonds, rs; second mortgage, 80;
Memphis gas bonds, 80; fernando insurance stock,
III; Bluff City Insurance. Il 30.
lBY TELEGRAPH.l
PARIS, March 7.-Rentes, II3E &c.
NEW ORLEANS March 7.-SIght exchange on
New York at par sterling exchange, bankers bills,
4SBl2
LONDON. March T. ConsOls-money, % 7-16;
account, 96la; Illinois Central. S3l2; Pennsylvania
Central. 80; Reading l2S4; Erie, POS; preferred,
45l2; 5-2Os OF 1867, 1885; lO-4Os, lO4; new %,
1862; Alps, 1013i; IS, 1929 The rate OF discount
10 the open market for three months bills Is 2Ss be-
low the Bank OF England rate, 3+s.
NEW YORK, March Money market easy at
3d4 per cent. Prime mercantile paper, 3l2U5
per cent stering exchauge-bankers' bills quiet,
4s8lt; New York sight, 4sQii Government bonds
steady; coupons 1881 l06Ia coupons 1861 1O2l4;
iG5Is; new IS 100; iO-4Os, registered, 10i7s; 10,
4Os, coupons, lO2, currency Us, I2l%i. stale
securities were dull; Tennessee rs, old,
IS; Virginia IS, new, 2sI9; Missouri 6s. 1912,
Railroad bonds strong ana higher, especially Tor
Kansas Pacific issues, which advanced 3u4 per
cent. Central Pacific earnings for February come up
TO 81 Oq3,OOO, a gain on last year OF Sl1250O Tor
the nrst Two months OF the new year the nguIeS are
S2,23B,0O0, against S2,Ogl,5OO In January and
February, 1873 The stock market, except at bIlet
intervals, exhibited marked strength throughout the
day. The leading features In the active list were
the coal stocks Northwest m, ana telegraph shares,
the advance In these ranging from IL 10 lS4 with
the highest figures OF the dag current the close.
Among the lOw-prictd shares Kansas Pacific al
yanced from Is 10 2kl2 and closed al ia, while
Missouri, Kansas and Texas rose from Sig TO 95s.
Investment shares we're quiet, but RENSSELAER, and
Saratogi advanced 10 89l4 bid and JOB asked,
against % yesterday. the fluctuations In the gene
raj list comparatively slight; the strength Of
the coal stocks was due 10 reports tnat the various
coal companies ABOUT 10 come 10 amtcaOle ar
rangement5 the questions at Issue between them.
Transactions aggTegate1 $4,000 shares, OF which
$4,000 were Erle 5000 Lake Shore, 1900
Northwestern common, 1900 preferred, 5000 ST.
Paul, 27OOQ Lackawanna, 5000 New Jersey Cen
trial, 1000 Union Pac iic, 5000 western Union,
1000 Atlantic and Pacific telegraph, Il 600 Mis-
souri,, Kansas and Texas, and 1000 St Louis and
Western Union Telegraph, 1884 QUICKSILVER, IL;
Quicksilver preferred, 1884, Pacnc Mall, 1919; Mari
pOsa, 2; MarpOsa preferred, 4l2; Adams express,
105ls; Wells d Fdrgo's express, 80; American ex
press, 4ql5: United States express, As; New York
Central, 534; Erie 25s; Erie preferred Ala har-
lem, l54l2 Michigan Central, SIl4; Panama. 1873;
Central SlSs Cleveland and Pittsburg 9ll2; North
western, 5;i5s; Northwestern preferred, SBSs;
Cleveland, Columbus Cincinnati ana indianapolis,
42Is; New Jersey Central, 3fai; Rock Island, 40;
ST. Pdul,375- ST. Paul preferred ~ wabash, 2O9S;
Fort Wayne 1855; Ierre Haute, "a; IefIe haute
preferred 1Ol2 Chicago and alton Chicago and
Alton preferred, 1O6: Ohio and Mississippi, lOl2;
Delaware, Lackawanna and western, Ais Atlantic
and Pacific telegraph, 80; Missouri Pacific, ia;
Chicago. Burlington and QuincJ, ia; Hannibal
and 81 joe 147s; Hannibal and ST. Joe preferred,
424s; Canada southern, So; Central Pacific bonds,
100; Union Pacific bonds, IO9is; Union Pacific
Land grants, ll2l2; Union Pacific sinking funds,
1854.