Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1857-12-29

made careful inquiry from competent persons and
we find the following TO be about the state Of the
case. The crop matured three to four weeks lar
than usual this season. having continued to grow u
ng the whole Of September, and in the northern
sections OF this State, lndaDa, and Illinois, aud ali
wisconsin and Iowa, considerable AMOUNT was
eught BY the frost IN an unripe state rendering II
inferior, and placing it in state not suitable for
keeping ami wholly unfit for seed: but drawing a
| line through the centre Of the three first named
States, the crop south of such line is fully atu.ed
though, owing TO the weather has not sufficient
] ly d'1ed so as to keep in crib and in many cases
where II has been plaeedin shock il moulded owing
more to the fact Of the rain having penetrated the
shocks than TO the dampness Of the ears. 1t is
WeA kno En fact that the ears of Corn assume pen
dent position when on the stalk in the field; also
that the husk is complete protection from the rain
and that while left standing in the field if it has
rpened before frost, there Is danger. Intelligent
farmers never crib their I'm until it is dry, and
hence we may feel satisfied the injury referred is
but partial In Kentucky, and all south of there,
the crop is large and safe, and we may safely
clude that the supply Of this srtice will be very
large The distillers are now using new Corn alto
gether, and they inform as that it works as well as
usual though somewhat damp.
The reported injury to the cane in Louisiana By
frost, has had favorable effect the sugar market
at Havana, and on the 14th inst sales were more
active at advanced prices. Stock ninety thousand
boxes; same time last year, sixty thousand boxes.
Grinding had commenced, and the crop promised to
be unusually large few boxes of new crop had |
reached Havana.
The Cincinnati Price Current of the 23d says:
Hogs commenced arriving quite freely from this |
State and Indiana, in tho early part of the week,
and towards the close the receipts had sweIled to
such an unlocked for amount that they seemed to |
create disappointment on all hands, and the advance
noticed the previous week was fully lost The market
closes somewha- unsettled, with good deal OF I'M
tanty as regards the indications of the market and
the feeling Of dealers with respect the future Two
weeks ago 1t was confidently asserted by parties in
terested, that the Hogs were all in from Kentucky
but the receipts the past and the previous week.
would show that there were "a fewmore left, y and
they not all il yet. The arrivals from Indiana
quite large and have been the last three days,
and the advces FROM that State aud Illinois indicate
general preparation to bring the Hogs to market
The packing, far, at ali the leading places, with
but few exceptions is far behind the number packed
last or the previous year, up 10 this time, but the
evidences are, as far we canlearn, that thsis
ing to thebackward season, and not to falling off
in Hogs.
The Price Current reports the decline at 4Oo on the
hundred pounds.
Hogs we're selling, day or two since at Lynch
burg, Va. at to 6sc. per lb. nett. Large mum
bers were being transported over the Virginia and
Tennessee rahsOsd, from the lower counties of
South Western Virginia and the upper counties of
East Tennessee, to tnat market. The shippers in
that direction have far Used handsome profits
The Cotton Markets
AUGUSTA, Dec. 23.-Tbere was good demand to-
day, and principal sales at 81 cents.
SAVANNAH, Dec. 23.-sales l 800 bales cotton at
prices ranging from to lO5 cents. Markes de-
pressed.
MAooE, Dec. 23.-Everything here is at a stand
still upon the Adriatic's news. The stock on hand
is large, but little offering that satisfactory
quotations be given The top of the market is
perhaps 81 and we hear Of 80 bales disposed of at
that rate. From 81 to 81 would be the extremes.
Holders, however are unwilling to go into market.
CHARLESTON, Dec 22-There was a good demand
for this article to-day, resulting in the sale of 205l
bales, at the subjoined prices: so at 8; l24 at 49,
l07 g; l65 at @; l64 at 81; l56 at 10; and 1854
bales at l03c. We notice decline of ba}e on the
finer qualities, while thelOwer grades owing their
scarcity, experienced no change