Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-02-18
co mER cIAL.


C0TT0NThere very lille animation Cotton mar.
ket 70 day. and bt few Transactions Buyers awaiting
vices Europe aad planters manifest anxiety
present prices We heard Of the sale only 6sbaes te-day
follows. 20 iles at &c, D 1t Iec and at l0fsc.
We quote Ordins to Good Ordinary $3.50 Low MidaIing
9lg9s.e AddIrg 9S. and Strict Mdding lele4c, though
| It is still difhcust to give accurate quotations.
TOBACCO There considerable activity in the Tobacco
Market report the sale Of SO has follows
ton sold 90 hhds SIS 465 4a5 4954 TO- 10 co. rs,
AGO. G5, 500, e 10 AS 490 so IS, 50, 10 4ai
Cos So, rs, 80 JOS 10 5, and $50 and Fisher Whs
less * Co. q hhds 81 %, sos soO co. 55 co.
Goo 5.G5 A, AS. 800 100 90, 800 400, ID, aa %
800 4I5, 4.IJ $50, 375, 3.7J, and 500
quote ngssil a SIC, Leaf Inferior Common 95c
Fine "a 96e and Choice <971e, the latter fgure however,
only obtainable for article exceedingly ane 6c
PR0YISI0NsThe market for Bacon has rather
days previous quotations barely been sus
taded To day the market gave way &c we quote hog
round sc, the demand being only moderate while the
eeipts have been heavy.
Lard not firm, but hear change prices,
continue to quoe prime lO 9le in full packages
6RAIN-We continue quote at 5000, though it
not active at these figures and mau downward tendency
The market for Wheat remains firm, offered meets
with ready sale at 1880 for Inferior 5O99Oe good s.
Isl 10 for prime. exclusive Of sacks.
GR0CERIEs-The Grocery market is characterized by con
siderable activity, and prices continue Sugar G9c
for fair and 71S8sc for prime choice In hogsea and
advanced 23; per gallon, held 500 4Gc in
barrels and 4049e half Sugar House Molssses
is held at 4a945c Golden Syrup 75essI per gallon
Coffee remains firm le93e for Rio, I4I5c fer Laguyra and
1890 for Java.
Monetary and Commercial.
The New statement for the week ending the 18th
inst, shows decline amounting to $4,000 It will
thus the Banks have commenced contracting their
line Of discounts which had reached nearly $780, several
of the leading having arrived the conclusion that
contraction Desirable would coaeraly profit
able. The positive rise in the rates
Of interest Accommodations obtained only at per
cent Strictly first class paper quoted per cent with
occasional tnsaeon Among stock houses money
represented abundant per good coateras IT
argued that the increase in the
to wholesome influence checking overacton which
springs redundancy Of money and extremely low rates of
interest Legitimate business WILL of interest,"
receive attention, and irresponsible spectators withheld
from disturbing the healfu regular mercantile bust
ness Consumers have doubtless been compelled topay
tribute outsiders, who facilities afforded to operate
in the great staples Sugar, Coffee Moasse Breadstus and
Provisions have kept producing markets in an unnatra
condition and under undue throughout season.
whilst those regularly devoted the business earned
position, have reaped benefit
The Cincinnati Commercial OF the 18th says:
Considerable paper been seeking place in trans
decline Many OF provision and produce
ing for advance find necessary 10 time to have
accommodations extensions and until consumptve
points in the West shall find ourselves overanced in East
trade.
At St. Louis Gold selling at per cent premium at Louis.
vile q a =, and at Cincinnati at =.
The Louisville papers contain following dispatch:
CINCINNATI, Feb. u, P M-Four good demand;
sales 3lOO bbs at S. 60 for supene
Receipts moderate. IQcuded in
win Ohio at $751; and LOCO bbls
and April 10Th at $3.50 Whisky uDchange demand
lard mil ard
nominal There is fair demand for bacon with
hhd at for shoulder and sides Bulk unchang
ed sales of 80 OOo lbs sides private Wheat
to rs for prime white and 81 % for prime red Glover seed
dull and dropping at S6.6OG67O.
The Louisville Journal the reports sales Of pig metal
at sS for hot blast and $50 for prime cold blast adds that
the former is now generally held at S35 usual time
The Louisville JOyH gays eve hear several very dan.
gerous couuteeits, which have lately put in circulation
One Of them $50 note the Bank of Louisville, payable at
the bank here, which calculated tn deceive number of these
notes have been received by BANKERS among remittap
Another IS note the hank, payable at Paducah But
by far the meat dangerous S. photographer Northwestern
Bank of Virginia the bankers refuse to receive any
notes Of that bank of that denomination, public had bet.
er do the same"
Tobacco sales at Tces Landing, February 1859 by OLDHAM
Roman Colo, 1870, 40, SEQ, 5,lO 500 o. 59j and
1880.
At Cincinnati the 18th there good demand for Bacon
"a and Csc for Shoulders Clear Sides, 10Th
Hear Sides dull at s9c. The Cincinnati ColaereaI
o A7ta says. Aht AIOfSoh market quiet, there
eemng to be very little interest displayed by buyers or
elers The former would require before opera
ns while the other hand the latter still advance
q the face Of rather cherries from abroad"
The Louisville journal Of the 18th ys "a private dispatch
rom New Orleans unavorab for provisions 1t quotes
houlders and SIDES at buk at Gs and and
ard at I2gl3;"
HILL MANN THEIRS
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