Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-10-11


len-cOfties ........-...-.-s-. lCOH
currency Skies. MS
London advices of yesterday quote 5-20s
90 at 81 !; '65 at 904S; 81 at 89l; and 10-40s
S544.
Tennessee Bonds are quoted in Now
York at 622o for the old, and 60Sc for the
new.
The following are the quotations OF the
New York stock market: Central and
Hudson 93ii; Scrip Sss; Erie 22l, Reading
100F; Southern 93ss; Cleveland and Pittsburg
LOG; Rock Island lis; Northwestern Com
mon 81; Preferred 6Ss; Western Union
Telegraph 38s; Fort Wayne 80.
Bank Tennessee notes and State War
rants may be quoted at Csc
Southern bonds in New York.
The sales Of Southern State bonds at the
New York Stock Exchange on the 9Th
inst. were as follows:
FIRST BOARD.
400 Tennessee six per cents new ...........65 s.
1,OOO North Carolina six per cents, new.. FIX
3,OO6 Georgia seven per cents. ...............9
o,OU Missouri six per cents -................. Box
SECOND BOARD.
$4,000 Tennessee six per cents, ex coupons. SPY
10000 Tennessee six per cents, new. .6O7S
"a
1900 North Carolina six per cents, new. 80. q
The sales on the 9TH inst. were as fol-
lows:
FIRST BOARD.
10000 Tennessee six per cents, OK coupons. 62X
10000 Tennessee six per cents, new. COZ
10000 Tennessee six per cents, now. .6O4
1000 North Carolina six per cents, new..- Ut
5000 North Carolina six per cents. new,b c 26E
1000 North Carolina six per cents, new. .....26H
5000 South Carolina six per cents, new
Jan and July. .....-.168
5000 Alabama eight per cent bonds. .IOl
1000 North Carolina special tax..............23
The Cotton Premiums at st. Louis,
The awarding of the premiums amount
ing to SIS, 900 for the best bales of New Or
leans, Upland and Missouri cotton was the
principal feature of the St Louis Fair on
Friday last. The Republican, says that the
display of long and short staple cotton was
one of the largest and finest ever given
comprising as it did 242 bales The COM
mittee, after about three hours in inspect
ing the samples, made thefollowing awards:
New Orleans or long staple cotton-Best
| bale $500; producers, Montgomery d Sons,
Hurricane, Miss. exhibitors John Roe &
Co.
Second best bale $500; producer A G
Carter, Linnwood plantation, La exhibi-
tors Sells & Co.
Third best bale 5000; producerN P Bur
ton, West Feliciana, La exhibitors Shry-
ock & Rowland.
Best two bales, raised by one planter,
$500; producer L Moss head of island No
80; exhibitors, w L Ewing & Co.
Second best two bales $500; producer
VA Collins, Isaquena county, Miss; exhi-
| bitors Shryock & Rowland.
/ Mnp4r,,,,g~,, G. 6
first premium in this class, are colored
| men.
Upland or Short Staple Ootton-Best
bale $500 producer W b McSban, Lee
county Miss; exhibitors Shryock & Row
land
Second best bale $500; producer Geo
Alexander, Napoleon, Ark; exhibitors Sells
d Co.
Third best bale $780, producer A L Hill
| Marshall county, Miss; exhibitors Sells d
Co.
Best two bales raised by one planter
$4OO; producer E A Lyerly, Clark county,
Miss; exhibitors Shryock i Rowland.
Second best two bales raised by one
planter $3.50; producer II Foster, Yazoo
county, Miss; exhibitors Shryock & Row
land.
MISSOURI COTTON.
Best bale $500; producer W M Edwards,
Dunklin county; exhibitors Anderson &
Watson.
Second best bale $500; producer w J
Mccormick, Dunklin county, exhibitors
Anderson d Watson.
Third best bale 500; producer Joseph
Mitchell, Charlottesville, exhibitors Lewis
Manson & Co.
SwEEPSTAKE PREMIUM.
The committees combined to award the
| sweepstake premium, and appointed NJ essrs
Theo Meier, r w Smith and W A ODER to
reduce the samples to beexaInined to nine.
After this had been done the following COM
mittee was appointed to award the pre-
miums:
Theo Meier, II S K Bowen, NJ H
Moore, Il W Smith, NJ Morey, Green
| Clay, w A Ober, Ii Taylor and Joshua
PicO,
The following was the award:
For the best bale of cotton raised in the
United States in 1870, embracing all classes