Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-04-11
Important Sale Of Dry Goods mt Phila-
deIDhfa.

The American and Gazette of Thursday last
says:
The largest sales Of dry goods held by auction
this season, either in tins city or New ork, was
yesterday held by Messrs. John i. Myers & Co.,
in Market street, below Third.
The offerings comprised 800 entire packages of
domestic and foreign dry goods l,6O0 packages
of the lot consisted of domestic goods, including
almost il not quite every variety of textures pro-
duced in this country. These were sold for cash.
The balance, which comprised linens and de-
laines were sold upon credit of four months
In both cases the sale was peremptory. ltgath-
cred together a large number of buyers. There
present, well as buyers, principals OF firms
from all the prominent cities of the Union, far
southwark as New Orleans. Not less than three
hundred bidders were present,
The prices generally were low, but they did
good in fixing and establishing the market values.
For some time past the commission houses have
been at sea in regard to prices, not knowing at
what price to make sales, and have waited with
some little nervousness for future developments.
By this sale definite price was affixed to certa IN
classes of merchandise, and list of quotations
was established at once from yesterday afternoon.
The terms were: DOmoStics cash. foreign goods
on four months time.
The sale began with brown and bleached sheet
ings. Arkwright standard and similar brands
sold for 20 cents; Waltham bleached, BE- James
goods brought from Il to 2Sc; Lohndendale A
brown, De Arbundale brown, 1870; Russia crash
brought, according to quality, from IL TO l6c. go
One Hamilton Mills Ia white twilled
wool blankets brought So l2l5 per pair, and
another of second quality, s. go They were not
duplicated. Another line sold for s. 50 and 81 40
A single case of Allawaugen bleached muslins
brought 24%c.
Corset jeans and drillings brought from 1874 to
l9c: brown drlllngs averaged about IL &c; shirt
lstandard) zoe, Indian Head lS12c, Wachusett
lSI4c; Washington shirtings, l312c; brown Glou-
cester cambrics, l3Hc; slate, 1876; English mad
der print. 1916; purple, DC; Riverside family
sheetings GA, 26l9e Harmony Mill checks, 231zc
l9c and loo respectively, as to quality.
Seven-quarter all wool ladies' cloths sold at
SIC; A Willmantic ticking, 29@34c the lot
taken. Bleached jeans went at lie; corset jeans
ut l3l4@l6Ac. Park Mills checks sold for 2lA@
2Ol2c; Pioneer checks at lSc; heavy twilled jeans
2234c; cottonades, lSzc;, youths plaid cassi-
mere, wool filling. 35c, A lot of fancy cassimeres
ranged at from 35c to 81 30, according to grade.
| Only few lots were duplicated by the owners.
large line of tweeds and twill He'd goods were of
| fercd and sold. They brought from 225%@S6c.
One case ID. ~ I. Cotton warp tweeds brought 4lc.
lot Of cassimeres were next sold on four
months credit. A case Of heavy D X I weolen
cassimeres brought but &c. From &c to 56c was
| the price brought by the line. Jeans. cOttonades
| and kerseys ranged from DC to BIG. A new
| style all wool plaid diagonal cassmeres brought
81 05 other cases brought respectfully zoe, 6212c
| and 42i5c. kelyyille stripes realized 3la33c !;
| kellyville ticks 23a2ic. There were many other
lots of cassIleres bringing from 81 Il down to As
| cents.
Linen canvas brought from l2ll to zoe; plant
ers linens n &c; blouse linens, 2OG2l 12c coating
linens, 36c; Spanish linens. S712e; bley linens,
from 2}l5 up TO 90c; German linen drills, 231525c:
| Dutch linen drills. 3012c; heavy French cotton
AIDES, SOC. Real super mohairs brought SIS;
| Queens cloth, S21zc; Austrian coatings, SO Is;
Belgium black doeskins, 81 So and tricots, 81 Is.
| "a black dOeskins all wool, sold for 81 6215:
French cloths, all wool, black "a 81 SO. and ex.
ira fine Belgium blue. 81 O5 large line of
| these goods were sold at prices ranging from
| 81 III to 81 90 Metons from 81 50 to 81 59;
Italian cloths went at 81 70.
Balmoral skirts sold, according to quality, Mt
from 75c to 81 90 linen thread, best Irish blue 81
al 921 per Id; rich white quilts from Sc l213 down
! to 50 u line.
A large lot Of hosiery was next run off 81 per
dozen was the highest price brought. Ginghams
| reached from Is TO PC. mozambique. from 23a32c;
alpacas from & TO Doc, and reps 37c; 81 inch black
| tameranes. best, Sic; mourning lawns from 20 to
| 2ll3c cheno organizes. 23l9a26c plain all wool
delaineS, Soc.
The sale lasted from eleven until six O'Clock. A
handsome collation., served at . o'clock, kept the
| buyers together. Had all the goods been dupli-
| Gated the,aggregate Of the sale would have been
| enormous. As il was, the proceeds were some
| soyen hundred thousand dollars.