Cairo evening times. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1865-1866, 1865-10-25
JACKSON, Tenn.
The Cotton Market-Business-T La
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From Our Own Reporter.
JACKSON, TENN, Oct. %, 1865.
The rise in cotton last week produced great
activity at this point, the farmers, desiring to
take advantage of the fact, rushed their cotton
in and found ready sale. On Monday week
cotton stood at 40 cents, from which price it
gradually, but rapidly, went on to 4S cents on
Thursday, which was the highest point reached.
Friday the revulsion commenced, and that
day it fell back to AZ cents This morning
the market opened with cotton offered at 3s
cents and no buyers. A careful estimate leads
to the opinion that there were about $50 bales
of cotton brought i'll to Jackson last week.
The commission house of Parker, Whitlow
& Co. did the largest business, and when the
excitement was at it's height the street in front
of their store was filled with cotton loaded on
all sorts of vehicles, harnessed to all sorts Of
animals, and driven by all sorts of men, with
piles of unloaded bales lying around in all
sorts Of positions; aad large crowd of mer-
chants, farmers and spectators gathered
about, presented such scene Of such a nature
as has not been seen in that town for rather
more than four years, we think, but it is only
an Indication ard augury of what shall be
when once more 1.-THE piping times of peace:'
shall bring anew a settled status of industry,
with the more extensive and more thorough
cultivation, which, despite croakers, is to re-
suit from the new order of things. Nothing
but lethargy and gross obstinacy on the part Of
its citizen, can hinder Jackson from becoming
great centre of country trade for all that re-
gion. 1t will be for the interest Of Cairo mer
chants if they see to it now when business is
reviving, and in its incipient stages, that the
merchants of this vicinity learn to look to them
as the sources of supply. The demand here is
great and all the houses which keep an inviting
assortment Of articles are already in flourish
| ing business. The house OF Hartmus Co.,
although it has been opened but eight days.
has disposed of more than 81 900 worth of
goods, and their trade is constantly increasing.
Their goods were obtained in New York and
selected with good taste, and a sound judg-
ment respecting the needs OF the people. Al
ready they have been obliged to double their
orders, such are the requirements of the
people. 1t takes but half an eye to discover
the advantage that would accrue if their orders
could be filled as we'll in Cairo.
The house of Wilhelm & Lindsay opened last
week. In one day they sold goods to the
amount Of 800. They have very large
stock some sixty or seventy thousand dollar s
worth, which was also selected at the East.
a large business, probably not in any respect
inferior 10 that of the firms we have men
toned above, is done by the houses of Robin
son g. Myler, and Glass Son. We have
named only the largest firms, but from these
data the present and prospective importance OF
this place is evident.
There is at Jackson quite an extensive foun-
dry, which, burnt down near the commence
ment of the war, has been rc-erectcd and its
proprietors, Messrs. Chappell Curtiss, are ma
king extensive preparations for embarkin.
largely in the manufacture of agricultural i'm
plements-par,icularly plows and mill machin
cry. There never " as better opening for al
enterprise of this nature, and success may b'
safely predicated of it.
1t greatly needs now that some one of en-
ergy and wide awake qualities should start
good hotel a: this point, and he would be SURE
Of meeting an excellent return for Lis invest
ment. Mr.. Cary, at the Manassas, keeps nov
one Of the best houses the route betweel
Cairo and Mobile, and the dinners he provide
t for passengers by the up-tran, which stop
!. here to enable travellers to dine, are the bes
II we had experience of in Jackson. This is on
l. OF the cases where the phrase t6,cile priiacep
b. applies in certain sense
:, The weather continues fine for the cotto
C growers Every fair day adds to the yielt
l. and if only abundance of reliable labor coul
v be secured crops would turn out above the @
IS innate of u month ago. We expect the cor
Of trolling influence of Gen. Dudley will soon
felt in this vicnty,-and Oh that day, this que