The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-01-25
New York Dry Goods Market-Mail
Report.

Report.
FRIDAY EVENING, Jan. 10, 1866.
Continued inactivity is the predominating
feature OF the market, and "a gloomy cloud
hangs over the trade Of the entire country.
When business is duh here, it Is generally
dull every where throughout the country,
and il is particularly SO at this period The
course Of trade, thus far this month, has, in
deed, greatly disappointed the expectations
OF the most ~sanguine, 20 that those who
made up their minds. a few weeks since, 10
rush things under high steam pressure, now
begin 70 discover that their brightest hopes
are not to be realized. From present midi
cations, We are lot going 10 have any rush-
ing trsde. nor will the people purchase 10
any extent, unless 81 prices sufficiently low
10 restore confidence. IL BE- nov a question
Of time who can hold out The longsst-buy-
ers from purchasing or dealers from real
iziEg.
Ii would seem the Southern traders are ia
no wise in a position TO buy Goods TO any
extent unless On long credit. Indeed, some
OF the advebtuTers who rushed down 10
Richmond aud other cities after the close of
The rebellion, rave lost money instead Of
makingiJ Within a fortnight. one O; those
adventures IN the city Of Richmond ta.lej
TO the extent of eighty thousand dollars,
sod, we understand, his stock was seized
and sold out by the sheriff. Ths Southern
people are certainly Ia need Of Goods, but
they bavo not the ready means TO purchase
them for cash, and many OF them, ii they
had. would sooner buy their own cosrse
fabrics OF purchase European Goods. Nor
10 the South. by any means. so badly OF for
textile fabrics as the generality Of Northern
people imagine, because they established
factories Of their own during the war, and
these factories Rrs not only supplying the
~ .N. --.HA aH.HH.. - Wn,n.a
Goods TO-DAY, but theY ara coming even in
10 our Swn market in composition with
Northern fnhrics. We have, this week, been
shown low-prissd Moolen, manufactured
I'M NIreinia and North IBrolius, of desirable
finish. inside out Of liner material and offered
At lower prices than any Goods Of alike class
made in the North, and. though not equal
20 them, perhaps, IN style, eoior or flush,
vet they are made from hne Virginia Wool,
aud offered 81 prices that VIII give them
preference.
COTTON GoDDs.
BaowN sHrErISas AND sHTFTISGs-Con-
unusd dullness has bean tbs prevailing
feature Of tbs market, and goods have there
fore been accumulatinc. Prices in the
meantime arc nominsliy unchanged aut
this is NOT tia naked truth, rs they are la
Pc per ward lower. STANDARD Sheetings.
hest mskes, have been sold down % Sic, and
even soc 70 some extent, but towards the
close the inquiry improved somewhat, and
al Offering found reaay bsyers Al al@3l ~,
while. iobhen have teen slowly diaposing of
lsst months purchases 81 2l1@S1e, ehishy
at the iowcr rate, "a loss OF about lLc per
yatd. Il woEld seem The jabeers, In sntci-
pat'an Of transactlnE s large trade immedi-
Ateiy sitter New Years, purchased too freely
n December Tor delivery this mouth, but
-he trade OF this mosth, 40 far, has disap
aoiated them, and nov they must make the
7ett Ol a bad bargain. Bat there IS ne rca-
sou ~ De dependent, though tho market
may De depressed az the moment - ;he
EsrkinEs OF trade act somewhat like The 81
5inss 81 she tide. The present lull will re-
old ia gocd rather than evil, aud when
/ trade REEVES che market will require all
he ayRilable go-Ss O8ering at moderate
prices.
Ia view Of the present circumstances, il
would be imprudrut IN ms % repeat former
quotations. as they sre 20 some extent hcti-
Uuus. and therefore we shall omit prices
th.s week. civiug merely the changes that
havse ne under our observation Standard
Sheetngs are to0 unsettled % give any quo
tatons apart from vhst We have stated
above. q quote them at 2Sl therefore is
pisying a iarce 10 shield the iobbers from 3 Z
diicmms IN which they placed themselves.
Tho Aleiou sheeiirEs are lc lower, aud sell
ing 90 &c; Anchor 81 q Appleton 3 a.
Ass DO 4 Sbirtincs 81 1Ti.c, AsGiaua.s :. I
al lose Msrhsttsa az 26tc Chattanooga
A % 26c Cyst al Lake az - Minerva
90 &c Great Western A. 2G-inch, 81 2SAc I
OR swold, 81, nj l5c; Warren, -, $50
Ethan Allan. q Humboldt aud Aerri-
i.ar s2c; Middicsex A 20c DO D etc Au-
gusts ~ held at S2c, bus NOT really worth
over Soc a. Eaost 90, IS, a. SOC Howard
4 22c PoJapsco. 80, - 9te do, IS, 81 26c;
EENsgc Aand Della Sec fortlsnd Sic.
EiUAcHEn sHrErsNes sxp SsIkr.Scs-
There Is continued dullness in the market,
Ard the traders have reason 60 be Cratided
thcrstor - 70 d can now be obtsined on
terms MoFs accommodating than = few
weeks since. 80 l. true that stosks sre not
vet large; Ca tbs contrary they arc small.
but a lull Of three weeks In th4s market is
enough 70 dsT ress the hopes Of The nest en-
thusiGstic believer ia high prices i've weeks
aro. The sudden advance Ia the prics OF
Goods during the arst fortnight in Deem
Der set the bleach works O. cork IN full car
I nesL. however, 80 that the market nov 81
/ i0rts 8 better supply than vas then snticis
pated. Uertain ~ lns Of goods were then
sdvauceA suddenly. We demonstrated
orally, aud received IS = reply, from men
whose opinions ought ~ Be eatued 70 The
hsghest considerauon, that BY his time tie
sans goods would be lac per yard higher
out they are lower. iustssa q being higher, !