Nashville daily patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1855-1857, 1856-07-31
COMM ERCIAL.
PATRIOT OFFICE,
PATRIOT OFFICE,
NASHVILLE, July 80, 1855.
DOMESTIC MARKETS, &c.

DOMESTIC MARKETs &c.
There is but little activity in most branches OF
trade. The provision market is more buoy ant than
last week, with better prices.
! The weather, during the greater portion of the
current week has been more cool and pleasant than
that of the week previous. The river has slowly
but steadily declined There are but . inches water
on Harpeth Shoals, and the boats have nearly all
stopped.
FL0UR-Tennessee Flour is still quoted at 80
as 90 per 100 pounds; and 6.O0a6 so per Dbl.
GRAIN-The wheat market is more active, with
an upward tendency in prices. We quote it at 70
aSOc per busheli Rye at soc; Corn; yellow, 2la25c;
Oats, clean, soc.
BACON.-There is active demand, with fair
amount Of bacon coming in. 1t rules from Il to 10
cents
SALT.-Per bushel, 45c; fine, per bag, $50, and
coarsedo, 200
IRON AND NAILS.-Tennessee iron 5ia9t; and
Nails, l0d, 4 25a4 30.
DOMESIICS.-44 sheetngs SIC per yard; Os-
naburgs l2i
WOODEN WARE Wholesale selling prices for
cash-fOr red cedar ware; iron bound buckets per
dozen, 500; brass bound, Der dozen, 10 90; iron
bound tubs, in nest, 4 so; do in nest, $50.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS steady. Sugars are
firm at previous quotations The advices from the
sugar growing regions are very unfavorable, in
fact in many sections the prospects are most
gloomy. We take the following from late nuns
Der OF the New Orleans Crescent:
Accounts from the sugar region of our State are
Of the most unlavorable charscter; with the best OF
weather, henceforward, closing with fair grinding
season, il Is not expected that the crop for this
year will exceed one hundred an twenty thousand
hogsheads. Some well informed dealers assert with
an early irost that the crop cannot be over one
hundred thousand hogsheads This is gloomy
prediction for the Pelican State.
Sugar aud molasses will advance in all probabili.
ty beyond rates attained at any time during the
last twenty five years; aud unless some new mode
OF culture should be introduced or some invention
brought forth TO prevent the deterioration Of the
paut il will be to the interest of proprietors of
sugar estates 70 turn their attention to toe cova.
ton Of cotton IL will afford fuancers and statis~
ticians opportunity TO devise wave and means
how the apparent deficiency in the sugar crop of
our State is to be replaced 90 far the mere ques.
ton OF dollars and cents or remunerative returns
are 10 be considered. With a crop OF only one
hundred aud twenty thousand hogsheAds OF sugar,
What Is TO become Of that highly numerous and
respectable association, the gimet rangers! To
what rurposes will the many fae steamboats, in the
sugar aud the trade Of the bAyous be applied In
tine, what will become OF the rich and fertile lands
OF Louisiana, il the entire sugar crop should fail
VIII cutVators turn their attention TO cotton, and
prevent the consumption OF that article from e1.
ceediug the productions We shall see; ia the
meAEtms Sufficient unto the day is the evil
thereof
New Orleans Sugar is still quoted at lOiallc.
0ther varieties unchanged. Coffee also exhibits an
improvement Java l7als; Liguyra 10; Rio liza
l2ie.
CANDLES-we quote mould tAllOw at lac Star
26a2s sperm 4Os49
Partnership geese are huoysnt at 4oc.
DRUGS, &o.-There Il sill fair business doing
in drugs. We have co change to note Ia quota.
tiOos.
WHfSKY-we quote ct s5A45 cents per gallon.
A decline Is noticed 10 the Cincinnati market
For the price Of ell other articles We refer 10 our
Price Current Ia another place.