Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-10-02

The Assistant Treasurer at New York received
proposals on the 18th nit. for the purchase of
81 100000 of gold. The total amount bid for was
5000. 900. and bids were accepted for 1897 CO.,
The New Orleans Times says in its market re-
port OF Thursday evening: Our leading staple
was 10 good request, but operations were ma
teriaiIy checked By the difficulty in passinE
foreign exchange The sales, nevertheless, ex-
ceeded 200 bales. taken mostly for the North.
Early in the morning factors eVineed dispO-
stion to be more stringent IN their pretensiOns,
bat, on finding that the movement in gold at
New Y Ork had been renewed at reduced rates,
| and that buyers for Great Britain and France
were prevented from coming forward freely by
the difficulties of assing bills, they met the de-
mand more freely. and most of the transactions
| after ? were at prices indicating decliee
| of 14e from yesterday figures, low mid
| ding ruling st 2S1z@254c. and middliBg at
2615c. Soon after the opening good
style of the former brought 25sc. and strict low
middling could not have been found under 26e.
| The sales Of the past three days sum up 500
bales against gross receipts daring the same
time of 00l. at the close II was estimated that
although the stock by our running statement is
25TSg bales the amount actually on sale does
| not exceed 600 to 5000 The receipts to-day
were quite triflng, amounting to only 81 bales.
Of course we are again falling materially be-
hind last year. the total (preper) to date being
now % SOB bales against 40. 50 up to the CORES
ponding date in 1865. when low middling was
/ the stock was SO.4T7 bales"
The St. Louis Republic IN ay5 in its mar ct
report of Wednesday evening:
1.-THE flour market the past week. in sympathy
with the continued decline in wheat, was low err
especially on medium and high grades. There
has beea steady Southern demand for fines
supers and single extras, and there ore no offer
ipgs of these descriptions at the close. Owing
/ 10 the active demand for these grades, the de-
cline on them has been lighter than on better
aours, and prices of low grades and mediums
have approximated closer the past week than
they have before for years. Spring doubles have
been arriving qnite freely, and, with a Stacking
off of the export demand in New Orleans, and
a consequent reluctance in spectators TO Oper-
ate prices have declined on them fully SOC per
mn since the date of our last review. Min
nesota clubs are in better stock, and prices
an them continue to decline. Fall doubles
and trebles are in very large supply: It is
assarted indeed that half the stock of -four
demand of any consequence, and an anxious ar
raw of sellers, buyers of round lots could pur-
chase almost at any price. The stock Of choice |
and family brands is not heavy for the season,
and holders do not seem to press sales, as the |
cIoss of wheat to make them is scarce, and they
seem confident that all they have VIII be wanted
at good figures before the next crop natures.
When we closed our weekly review on last |
Wedue day there was evidence OF buoyancy IN |
wheat caused by narked falling on IN the |
raceints and a more active competition fr |
milling and shipping lots. The receipts have |
continued light throughout the week, exhibit |
inc falling off of fully 81, QUO bushels rs e0r1'
pared with thepreeedihg nine DAYS. On Ihnis,
day last the market continued active aid |
priees advanced; but on Friday the battle Of |
The bulls and bears in New York, with the esn- |
seouept violent and unnatural depression OF |
sferiing exchange, and alternate variations IN |
actual value OF produce for export, checked |
business all through the West, leading to the
withdrawal of Eastern and foreign orders and J