Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-01-11
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There was good Of activity in the Cotton yestsr.
and we l Of the sales bales at as fol.
lows: IS bales by ami on 02si Is BY johnson
Co. 10 so9Iodo; 100 by A. AcAilister Co.. at IesO
i05 and IO0 BY Fisher Wheles5 Co., So The sales
show slightly better prices than have been obtained for several
! days past. The receipts quite liberal.
Mr. A. Hamilton eight hogheads Of Tobacco 4OO
as ss sos AGO. $685. TO- The receipts priced continue
very light The receipts lbera and squal
/ iy finds ready sale al 21S95c-
Bacon beginning quite freely and dealers
readily take all s, hogs round wagons
stratton Seymour packed and delivered the railroad depot
a, Sc, hog round
Lard continues in active request prime, put up
In good shipping packages. No. may be quoted at 99sse
There demand for Wheat Corn We quote fair
to prime Red Wheat O9sOc, and White sO9eec, which
dealers readily all The receipts, however,
light
The receipts Corn liberal with
SOC per bushe We Of the yesterday by Messrs
Seymour of lO1 bushels private Oats be
purchaser about SOC per busheI, though the price man
decided upward tendency.
Groceries continue firm last quotations. ayI Sugar
hogsheads at sc and in barrels at MOasses s32
Rio Coffee BE and Java B9lse
The New York money market reported the 9Th
and there seemed nothing ahead stir its sluggish
Loans call easy to and discounts
according date endorsed paper sec single
deddownward Sterling Bills quoted at 1921 SI091<
The following report of the Superintendent of
the Bank Department Of sate Of New York. will be interest
ing the commercial reader
The total amount Of securities held by thisdepart-
the 5Oth Of September, 1857 $50 90363s "a
Amount held on the Both OF September 1856 sS9SGS g
Decrease Of securities durnghe fiscal year. S3eIO533 "a
The total amount CT circulation issued to free
banks and outstanding Seemfer 80 1856 vas S2Sss 10
The total amount Of circulation issued to free
banks and outstanding September 30, 1885, s46O3lA 90
Decrease, sssa6,3a8 90
A re iuction Of circulation issued the incorpO-
rated banks took place during the same time Of lS044 90
Making the total amount of reduction during
increase banking capital during the year 81,
Of which only 900 BY formation of
stuons the remainder Icing of institutions previ
Ous existence while fourteen banks have ceased doing bust
during the year. the affairs Of which either being closed
up by their officers receivers.
18th of December that the English
market has been rendered less buoyan than would other
wise have been the owing the introduction Of
colonial other demands which likely end in prolonged
absorption of capital The colony Victoria instance, pro-
poses to borrow amount equal to S35 for railroad pur
poses, the security eff the local Government by
London at cent dbenure during the years
rate Of $75OCOO month. At the time Council In
ta manifested continued disposition assist the Eng
fish capital TO that county by granting the
for number of public undertakings latest is one
dpcy FOR which 900 Several others are known
be in Of inception, and there also questions
mounts that be directly required by Government
Turing the coming year make up deficiency revenues
suppong that the s4OOOOOOO present yea
m have be repeated. Meanwhile recent Turkish and
hilian loans taking money the country to
me the ustaments fall due variety foreign pro-
cts likewise known b ready Matching whenever the
market will admit of it, and among miscellaneous schemes is
land loan company This, however is intro
uc by the London agents for the Illinois Company
aes which steadily continue their Zero
lay possibly not be benefited by that circumstance.
The demand for Silver for the East Indies acve
nd to threaten change the disposition the specie
larket long continued and would
active in Gold, and the Banks Europe
ould be losing great part their accumulation would
oubtless affect market
The London Times of December s In business
the previous day, remarks:
Money in active demand day, and the minimum
in all quarters has been 90 cent. At the app
ltons continue to increase. 81
demand and further supply Mexico
i'll till the list Of January by Arato The Ell.
receipts Mexico this year, consequent il
solely upon the anarchy which has country
i'd prevented the possibility Of trnsmisson
ore than T., 7OsOOe
The imports Of foreign goods and specie New during
e years 1857 and 1858, thus =
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