Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-05-08
MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL
OFFICE OF THE UNIoS AND AMERICAS. }

TUESDAY. May s, 1866. !
MoxErARY-Gold opened in New York yester-
day at l2s14, was 1895 at noon and at P. N. was
1281I 1t was bought here in small lots at rs and
sold at ~.
There is no change tonote in uneurrent money
Business is dull and prices are dropping.
Bank of Tennessee is bought at Sc and sold at
SS9 4Oc. Union Bank notes are dull at 20 cents,
and Planters Bank remains firm at Csc buying.
and 64@65 selling.
Southern money generally is not quite so good
as there is no demand except for a few banks.
CoTToY.-The market opened yesterday buoy
ant under the news by the Psrurian, of an adj
vance Of = TO Id, and reporting sales for the
week Of 5000 bales. A good article brought rea-
Oily % to 271Zc. We heard of only one bale SELL
ing as low as 2512-Other sales from 26 to ZIG.
Subsequently the steamer ChiHG's news was re-
ceived reporting decline of I'd. which had the
effect Of depressing the market slightly, and buy
erS failed to come up to the outside figures above
given.
TOBAcCo.-SaIes by Mcclure & Courts at Clarks-
vile, on May 4th, of 81 hhds Tobacco at the fol-
lowing figures SO 15 80 II co. 16 so, 16 So 10
o. II 20. IA co. Il co. u 75 u 2 1900 Il TO- II TO-
10 40, 9 80. 9 10. 50. 50. 40, 25, 4 IS, 50,
3 3. 05, IS. p, o., 5 IS. 3 40.
GRoCERIEs.-The general features of the mar
ket are about as they have been for several days,
and we can hardly report any change worthy of
note. There has been slight falling # in some
articles. and equally as slight advance in Others,
and if we were to continue our former quotations
we would be as near correct as otherwise.
FLoUR-Is in good demand at figures slightly
better. and we quote superfne at So OO@9 50; ex-
fra ~ fIxre tTD
y So and occasionally at $l3
COFFEE-May be regarded a shade improved, in
demand and sales are fair. at for common to good
2ilz926c; fair to prime 271492Sc, and choice %
cents,
SUGAR.-The market is dull, with former prices
fully maintained, with sales mostly to the local
trade, at for Cuba l3249l41ze; Porto Rico 15J16c;
New Orleans 17@ISc Demerara I7I44l8; S Hards
49, A Coffee ls1I; B Is: III
MOLAssEs.-Notbins hardly doing in this line,
and quotations remain for n 0 81 25al 50; p Il
81 0O@1 25; Syrups, common at 7O@S5c; ordinary
81 10; Amber 81 25; Nectar 81 4O@1 50.
BACoN-May be considered brisk in demand
with an upward tendency, good supply on hand
and sales very fair at l5@I5c for shoulders; 1871
@l9 for sides; Ia for ribbed; q for Hams; q
sugared.
LARD-Continues TO keep pace with bacon and
is looking up at 2l@22c for keg, and l9@2lc for
tierce
CANDLES.-As grease runs up so candles rule |
higher. and we quote light weights at $4,000; tai
low at Sc 1901 90 for box of 6s; and S. OO9S %
for IS.
SALT-Remains as at former report and We |
quote 81 % for bushel barrels
NAILs.-Sales are light at former prices, and we |
quote s. OO9S D for los to 2Os and IS cents for
each lower grade.
LIQUORs.-There is quite stand still in the Ii
Iuor trade and we have to quote at former fgeres
ay Bourbon 1904 50; Robertson 81 1905 90 com
non 81 2592 50; French 81 5O@S 90: Apple 81 90
al 50; Peach 81 1896 90.