Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-09-17

The oinci natl Pyc. Current the 18th inst says injury
done to the Wnat TIE June FROST though not anything
like ext -nsve at s supposed was neTerhee sc
sections two-th rds Of the Eastern
counties in Ohio, embracing those csed on the and
all Western pennsylvania half the crop ruined
whilst all the portions Of the West the damage was
comparatively trng The farmers the frosted districts Of
Ohio and Pennsyvanis greatly alarmed and rushed into
market buy Flour and the arce advanced fully two dos
per Dbl in the Pittsburgh Market in few days. and, though the
excitement ceased great extent as it was satsaco
y ssceraned that the destruction Of the Wheat crop was not
general the demand Wheat aud Fonr from the districts
named continued up the Of August and during the
month Of June 90 bills Flour taken at Cincinnati by
the different Eastern Ohio and Western Pennsylvania
The Price Current this fortunate thing for the
Flour SPECTATORS and saved Of them from run because
it, the article would have went eown to much lower
price, as not outstanding the belief quite generally
curing spring months that the supply of Wheat
country Wholly ina lequse to meet the
home demand Shown there than enough
than this for such high range
OF prices prevailed evidence of the feeling which had
seized pOn the spectators BreadsuGs, find the Price
Crrt quotes superue Flour the 9Th Of April At Is 40
and from time gradusy until the 18th Of May
reached q 30 showing advance of 81 in six
weeks From this continued decline, with hut tempo
ray reaction produced by June ros until the 18th inst
quoted dull $3.50, bling decline Of three dol
lars per barrel. %"
being hresaed anticipated which attributed to he June
frost The crop seems to have suffered less in all the
Western that frost which being developed now in
threshug The Of this injury, and the effect it will have
upon prices to be developed As yet prices Of neither
Wheat Flour have been affected by it.
In regard the growing Corn CROP the Price Current
The spring of 1859 unusually and favora
BILE for planting ascoud be- The done early
in My and the plants S r0 G o the &c 4 F' Of 5s n
frost killed the plants pretty and produced
great alarm, ana tne hopes ~ 'e anu u
acre destroyed pretty generally This frost was succeeded y
warm, moist weather and plants sprung from he roots
hope revived again but with July severe drought
with an uns1a high sLd nope ckened again aga
complaints bitter and emphatic reached US from all the States
Of the Aeghenies north Of the Miss ssiPp and casio
the Mississippi 7er CONTINUED up rst Of
when copOus showers began to fall here and there and
and aftsrWar, smother general rain About the middle aug
ans owing the heated state of the earth, caused
vegetation spring with wonderful freshness and vigo and
the revived in such to asonish the fsrme
began beyond the bRKs and at the close OF the
month the belief pretty general that the Corn CROP should
sspeer favorable would very large one; and this belief
ased mot on up the Ispid ad iuarTan geyh Of the
that u y fourth more land a ted the past than
in MssOu and Iowa the crop did Dot from drought
and Ins less severely than in this and other Wester1
stood, immensely In the East and southern
states except tennessee the crop is good IN the
there Al be little that ro 1853 viii be The
largest ever gathered in the United States. Fs
The Cincinnati Price Creat Of the 18th says Of the Pro-
vision market:
The market Bacon during the fore part Of the week
very hm hi refused to accept less than IA Snd
% shoulders and SIDES ~ 9S paid to some ex
in 91z ut towards the close OF
there subde spd holders seemed less
hrm willing lower indeed mary Of
them are king Oc, and dis osed to hold OF for
and % the rates offered h tie close, and
the amount wantei quite moderate
Mess PORK 90 demand and the aes reach 1000
bbls Sl4 dcut obtain city brands below S4 %
Lard in demand the greater portion OF the
prices sdysuced fully &c, Il sing IOc for prime
rel though this NUT be quotation as GGxc
the ge orally offered by The Osed
less firm Nothing transpired in key
the jlbhng way, sells 7Hl991s, and l2c for
Shoulders, Sides lear sides, and luxe r anon
vassel. and l19 &c for sugar cured Hams E
Cincinnati the Leading PROVISION market in the West anda
opening Of lasfsl the specu alive excitement
impression that thu hog crop would be unusually shortwas
highest perhaps in that market and prices open
bout the packing remarkably high 1t
tina: insead Of the hog crop being
oeha short compared with the previous year,
the cyIhden asserted, AMI have doubt generally be-
leVd hre potitve increase Of hundred and
thirty ou hogs compared with the previous which
long crop year. and 0e hundred and eighiyour MoEs
compared with The crop 1861 which short
crP %he effect Of been sasrous
the sustained The Price CUTTen says
average prices Of hogs in this market the last fsw
stand follows: