Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-09-11

The St. Louis and Chicago papers report con-
hnued heavy receipts of wheat, and although
prices advanced carly in the week, they had
declined to t 10 old quota ions. At st. Louis
there has been an increased. though not active
business in -four. Low grades have been sold as
fast as they have been put on the market, the
supply continuing rather short of the demand.
The better grades have been dull, and sellers
having refused to make the Concessions asked
Transactions have been light. The St Louis
Republican of the 9th inst. says:
I'VE learn from Mr.. Samuel II. Richardson,
of the firm of Samuel II. Richardson Il Co who
has just returned from a tOuI through East Teu-
nossee. Virginia, sOrgia, Alabama and Missis-
sippi. He repO Is the crop Of corn in Ia I
Tennessee as short more than half, in conse-
quence of the excessive drought, and that in
some paris of Virginia there is an slmost entire
failure. Both corn and cotton n we been seri-
Ously injured in Middle Georgia The crop of
cotton IN Alabama is good, and wi exceed
that Of last year. In the Mississippi prairies
the cotton is small, but with the good stand il
has and its healthy appearance, the prospect is
that the yield will exceed that of last ear.
From present indications the people of the
South. the farmers and merchants will be in
better condition than at any time since the
war closed. and rs a consequence large trade
with the West may confidently lie expected"
Corn was quoted in Augusta, Ga, on the sth
inst. as scarce with moderate demand at s. 81
for prime from depot. and in Columbus, Ga, it
was quoted ut 81 40dl 50.
The Macon (GaD Telegraph of the 9th inst
says: Corn has advanced fully ten cents per
bushe since the date of our last week y review,
and the stock in market IS now very low. In
the face of an extremely short crop of corn in
Tennessee aud in the Northwest 1t is a source
of much satisfaction to know that the crop of
corn in the Cotton States is larger, perhaps
than it. has been for years, and with rigid
economy in its consumption our planters may
be able to keep down famine prices next spring
and summer The Telegraph quotes corn at
81 SO per bushel. In regard TO cotton, that pa
per says:
Correcting an estimate made by the Charles
ton News, a correspondent of that paper insists
that the crop of this year Will not be more than
100000 bales over that of 1868. We shall be
surprised if it il as much, All the accounts of
the crop in Georgia which reach us, show that
the fields now look much as they usually do in
November. The crop IS almost universally
made. Picking will be pretty much over by the
middle or last of October. This is an eXtTaUT-
binary state Of affairs, and although a greater
area was cultivated than last year. we have Sc
rious doubts whether the yield viii be greater.
We hope it will, but really see no chance for
it.. an
The Ranken Knitting Company, of Troy, New
York held a meeting on the I'd inst, and re-
solved to shut down their mill at Cohoes forth
with, on account of the sc.rclty OF cotton; Inc
stopped from the same cause. and 1t Is said that
most if not all the cotton mills I'D the vicinity
will likewise suspend.
ducah Herald the following in regard To the to-
bacco prospects in Southern Kentucky. Tennes-
see and other points:
In the first place. | would speak of the crops
ofLyon. Caldwell and Crittenden counties, from
all parts of which counties ] saw farmers and
Others nearly every day. have not yet con-
versed with the first one VINO does not represent
the tobacco crop as being the poorest one for
many yeArs-nOt one third of the quantity
planted has yet been topped. Another third
of the crop NAV be ready for topping within the
next three weeks AS for the balance, if it is
ever topped it will have to be in October or No
Vember next by frost.
From all the information | can gather net
over three fourths of The number Of acres plant
ed last year have been set this summer. and,
making due allowance for seasons, etc. these !
three counties viii not make.mOre than halt the |
quantity they did last year. and much of that |
must be of very poor quality.
From Missouri learn that the crop is forty |
Or Fifty per cent more than it was last season. '