Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-04-05

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OFFICE OF THE UNION AND AMERICAN
THURSDAY. April 5. 1856. !
MoNETARYs-Gold opened in New York yester-
day at l27ss and closed at noon at l275. The rate
here was Us buying and 127@12s selling.
Bank of Tennessee seemed TO be very dull at 30
cents. This was the rates paid but Brokers were
Indifferent and not much disposed to buy.
Planters Bank is very firm at Soc. with an up
ward tendency. Union Bank is likewise 6rm at
20 cents.
Southern money is dull. and with the exception
Of very few banks Is hard to sell at the adver-
tised rates
The National Lstell5encer says there is no truth
in the statement telegraphed by Washington
correspondent to New York. to the effect that
Secretary McCulloeh intends to throw twenty-five
millions of gold on the market early in April by
anticipating the May interest on the fve-twenty
coupons.
The following is a statement Of the public debt
as appears from the books and Treasurer's returns
in the Treasury Department Oh the 1st instant
Debt bearing coin interest, FIVE per cent. bonds,
Sl9s al 100; six per cent. bonds Of 1867 and 1863
SIS .59l so; six per cent bonds 1884, $2s3, u.s.
$50 six per cent. $50 bonds. $679, $4,000 Total,
$1,lS6 96,S4l so. Debt bearing currency interest,"
six per cent. bonds. $4.6SI.OOo; temporal loan
l2l,75l,9 so 36; certificates of Indebtedness $62
25s,0OO; and year ) per cent notes. s, 536 900;
3years compound Interest notes. $l72,0l2.l4 3
years 80 notes, Ssl7.0l4OOO; total debt .beaEing
currency interest, $l1S6 2O7,0ll IS; matured dent
not presented for payment $930.679 ca; debt bear
ing no interest, United States notes. $40. 749 90
fractional currency, SIS COS 452 o. gold certificates.
1866 100; total debt bearing no interest. $780,
1885, o. total debt. s. ST. 79s, s96 81 amount in
the Treasury, coin, $62 100 80; amount in the
Treasury. currency, $6O,O77. $50 Of; total amount
in the Treasury, $l22,1474 40 81; amount Of debt,
less cash in the Treasury, 2,7O5, 646,516 OF.
The above statement. as compared with that of
February. shows an increase in the coin interest
bearing debt of ST, 36 $50; in the currency inter
est debt, $4,000 S.. The non-interest bearing
| debt has decreased $3,l66,843 So During the
month, $6SS, III in United States notes were re
tired. The balance on hand in the Treasury has
increased $6,I2s,421 81.
CoTToY.-The market continues very dull; both
receipts and sales light. We quote at 27@2sc.
Dispatches received from New Orleans on yester-
day quote cotton dull, owing 10 increase Of re-
ceipts. Low middling 34@35.
A dispatch frem Cairo says 1,G50 bales cotton
passed for Cincinnati last week, "a for St. Louis,
32G for Evansville, $50 for New Albany, and $50
for New Orleans.
GRoCERIEs,-T market for the last week has
been exceedingly duh. partaking of the general
stagnation in trade Business, however, was more
brisk on yesterday. and with the determination
of our merchants to sell upon terms more favora-
BILE than any competing market, we look for o IA.
pid improvement.
FLoUR-Superfne $Sas 50: extra OOal0 90;
family 10 OO@ll 90; fancy II 5O9l2 50.
SUGAR-New Orleans and Demarara at 1761Sc;
Porto Rico l5@1614c; Cuba 14@151zc; Coffee A 10
@191lc; B fs1la19c: c 1s@lS1Ic; Standard Hards
l9@2O11e.
CoFFEE-Good to fair 28@291zc; fair to prime %
@30c; choice 3l@311Ic.
CAYDLEs-Light weights at 191@c, and full ditto
24c. Tallow 90 per box of skies, and 50 for
seyens.
NMLs-S 25 for los and 9Os and 25c additional
for each smaller grade.
SALT bushel barrels 4 so.
SEEDs-Red clover 50 per bush; Timothy IS
as co. Blue Grass 90; Red Top 50; Orchard
So Milet 90: Hungarian 3 90.
BAcox-Sides lSc; ribbed do lie; shoulders 15c:
hams, plain. 19c; canvassed hams 2}e.
LARD-Tierce Ice; keg 2lc.
MoLAssEs AND SYRUP-New Orleans 25Gl 40;
Porto Rico OOs1 20; Cuba s0c@1 90; Golden %
al 50; Baltimore 1061 IS.
HAY-Wharf bale q 90. and in store % 90.
PoTAToEs-Ne and Peach Blows co.
APPLEs-8' OO@9 so per Dbl.
GRAIN-Con 95c oats 6O@65c. No wheat, and
but light of oats.
LIQUoRs-Common rectfed $500 80; Robert
son county low grade, 2 1904 90; Bourbon 009
90; old Apple Brandy 0O@5 90; superior old
Robertson 40d5 90.