Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-01-16

Same day last year .......... 1275s6 50 1924 G5
Exchange on New York buying at / die
count, ceiling at par. EIstern cotton bills
buyIng per cent. discount, selling at par;
and exchange on New Orleans ! discount
buyIug, and par selling.
Bank stocks-Bsnk Of Commerce, 1856;
First National, 102 Clio; German National,
2OO(g2lO; Manhattan, 160@170; State Ns-
tional, 122C9l25; Union aad Planters, 1871.
Railroad stocks-Mississippi aud Teunes-
see, 6O@65; Mobile and Ohio, 27@2s; Mem
phls and Charleston first mortgage bonds, 7s,
1l2(9l16; do. second mortgage bonds, rs
(1S05), l02G9l08; do. consols, 1l2; Memphis
and Little Rock first mortgage bonds, 81, 1C0
(1llO; Mississippi aud Tennessee eonsols, A,
ia; do. z, ll0@113.
Observation-Disclosures Storage and
Compress Company, 100; Memphis Gas
stock, 75(9S0; do. bonds, 97@lOO; Memphis
Water Company, bonds with accrued inter
est, par; stock, 100; Memphis city bonds,
old, 30; compromise bonds, IS; cospons from
cid bonds, 80; from compromise bonds, 80;
ledger balances. %; judgments on coupons
and bonds, 80; paving indebtedness, 25;
Shelby county (Memphis and OHIO railrosd)
g., 80; warrants, 98@100 bid-none on the
market; Mississippi levee bonds and coupons,
District No. !, 1lG9l23; do. scrip, 12(a123;
Bank Of Tennessee notes, new issue, 35(945;
Crittsnden county (Ark.) warrants, 20; do.
Desha county, 81; do. Mississippi county, 80.
PARIS, January 15.-Rentes, 79f Soc.
NEW ORLEANS, January I5.-E1chsnge
on New York, par; bankers sterling, 481R.
LONDON, January 15.-New 5s extended,
105i; Pennsylvania Central, 62A; New York
Central, Sl4; Erie, 41S; Reading, 2Si.
NEW YORK, January 15.-Money, An
5, closing at Soc per cent. Prime mercan-
tile paper, 54@61 per cent. Sterling ex.
chauge-bankrrs' bills steady, 4Sl3; dem and
1851. Government bonds Irregular. Rail.
road bonds strong. State securities more
! active aud generally higher. The stock mar.
ket showed an increase of business and an
advance in prices this afternoon, the net re-
suit being HOLT advance on the general list,
the latter Western Union. Between
midday aud 2 o'clock prices huc-
tusted. In the last hour The stock
market continued quiet The only
stocks IN which there was any activity were
Western Union, which was stronger at near
the highest prices of the dav, and Delaware
Lackawana and Western, which was weaker
and at the lowest prices of the day. All
other stocks were firm. The net result oil
the days business has been larger sale Of
shares than any day last week, and an ad.
vance Of 10 per cent. over prices SItur-
day evening. Central Pacific quoted ex.
dividend. Just before the close Memphi;
and Charleston declined to 40 from 40 on
sales Of 500 shares. The Erening Post says
"The advance in prices, though not large
has some significance in contrast with the
extreme dizziness that has prevailed the pas
Two weeks. 1t is quite certain there is lesi
distrust as regards the general commercial
situation than some weeks ago, and this N az
be one cause OF the stronger tone in the
stock market" The same paper says of the
advance in Western Union, that "there Is
belief that the prospect of an adjustment o.
legal complications has improved"