The Daily Nashville true Whig. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1851-1855, 1855-10-11
Commercial AcGtster.
WEELY REVIEW OF THE MARKETS.
TRUE WING OFFICE,
NASHVILLE, October II, 1885

The weather for the last two or three days has
been a fair specimen Of the Indian summer, so call
ed-cooI nights and mornings, and warm days.
The river has risen considerably since our last
weely report but was falling yesterday and the
day previous, and there now scant four feet on
Harpeth Shoals Very little business is doing on
the river, reights continuing quite scarce.
Business in the city continues active in all de-
partments and the large number Of people in the
city gives our streets an unusually lively appearance.
Our wholesale merchants continue to ind customers
numerous, and they are daily selling large quanti-
ties of goods. ....
COTTON-There has been as yet no opening in
the cotton trade The receipts are unusually back.
ward, not reaching altogether more than $50 bales.
No sales have been made on speculation, and the
only transactions are a few bales bought by manu-
features in the vincnity.
COFFEE-We notice no change Of moment in
this article. The stock on hand is fully equal to the
demand, and we quote Rio at l2Ial4
DRUGS AND DYES-In this department we
notice change, except in the article Of saltpetre,
viii has advanced slightly, and we now quote it
at lsa2O.
FLOUR is firm and fancy brands are at higher
figures than we have heretofore quoted. We
change our quotations to s6.OOa7O0, the latter fig
urc covering the finest brands.
GRAIN-In WHEAT there has been considerable
activity during the week, though the receipts for
the last day or two have been lighter than usual
We quote SlO5aSl 10 as the prices paid in the
last day two, though are inclined to the opin-
ion that the extreme figure will not hold The
shipments of wheat during the month Of Septem~
Der exceeded $4,000 bags, which is equal to the
entire shipments Of the season previous 20 the lst
Of that mouth. In other Grains we notice no
change. In Corn there is nothing doing, the new
crop not having appeared yet OATS are inactive,
and none Offering
GUNPOWDER has advanced again, and we now
quote Rife at s. 80 per key and Blasting at $3.50.
We nave heretofore noticed in our paper that the
cause OF this demand is the heavy foreign demand
for saItpere and powder, which has stripped the
markets Of this country and forced many of our
mills to suspend. -..-
PROVISIONS-BAcoN continues firm and ad.
vaneng. HANS are quoted at l2slS; Shoulders II
al2; Sides l3ali and hog round l2al3. These are
the wholesale prices, aud housokecpers are paying
from one to two cents per 10. advance. The re-
ceipts are light, not equling the demand, and an
extra fine article is much sought after. BUTTER is
selling in quantities from wagons at 2Ja3o, while in
market fine article Of table butter commands some.
times as high as 4Oe-3O Or 35 obtaining for second
rate article. The demand consequent upon the large
number of strangers in'the city, is large, and is not
well supplied Our friends in the country should
not fail 70 take advantage Of the present high prices
to send in their batter and other articles. EGGS
command lie. at wholesale, and l2i readily in
market MEAL is wholesaliug at soc. undertaking
at 60c.
In SUGAR, MoLAssEs, WHISKY, and other leading
articles no changes noticeable, and We refer to
our Price Current Ia another column Tor quotations.