Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-09-09

l2Sal3jc; white l3lGl5Oc. Corn is quiet
white SyGs2c: yellow 9AG96c.-a lot very
prime $, BY weight. Whiskey is held at 253G
26tc. Provisions are quiet and unchanged.
NV YORK, Sept. S.-Flour is dull sales OF
5000 barrels, State Il sJGf4.95; Ohio $3.50
1856; Southern $i7OG$5,5O. Wheat is more
quiet; sales OF 5000 bushels; Southern red 1920
1900; white l2tGl45c. Corn is heavy; sales
dl5,OyO bushels; mixed at 67972c white 500
Sc. Pork is firm mess at $l7.453$l75O;
prime $3.50. Lard steady, at lla6lli. Wits
KEY is steaiy a, 24ic Stocks are firm. Cum
berlsnd Coal Co, Isl Mo. 6's S4i.
RECEIPTS og PRopuCK AT RICHMOND DURING
TEX xo>7u OF ArGusr-BY VIRGINIA CENTRAL
RAILROAD -l32OuU bushels of wheat; ll,A43
bushels corn; 62s hogsheads and ilS boxes to-
bscco, u hogsheads stems; 500 packages MN.
asctuTed tobacco; 5 o feet lumber; a. tons
pig iron; s2s d.. bacon; 1897 lbs. butter; IL
lead cattle, IS calves; 90 dozen chickens; 5o
packages egg; 4 horses; 9 hogs; l6l sheep; ia
amos; So bs. WOO; II bbls. apples; 2ls bush
els corn mel; us lbs. dried fruit; zoo bushels
rye, 2,l6j bbis flour; l24 bushels rye; 1854
bushels oats; 81 bushels haxseed; $50 bushels
grass seed; 9s bs beeswax; 4o packages leather;
" Packsses SHOES; ls5 empty barrels; II barrels
bottle lOi barrels whiskey; 81 packages mine.
M ~aiel; 80 packages rags; 3 machines, and
"! miscellaneous packages.
Nv rpunx 49, $3.50 - lila
.'r bushels wheat; 3,7O3 bushels corn; 2,4oO
~aossaeads tobacco; ll,37si boxes Manufactured
'%00.cco, Ia empty barrels; 96 bales and boxes
%'nrdries; 70 rolls leather; 63 bags wool; 90 bags
'sss foxes beeswax; 4 bb!s. peaches; % pack
ss% trled fruit; 80 bbls. apples; rs car loads
saves ) bbLs tonI; | COW; | cali; s frkins but
s' bags brar 3 barrels potatoes; 4 lambs; 2
barrels bacon. DC
of h~IcHsOND, FREDERICKSBURG nj PoToMAC
RAILROAD -S5,Osi bushels wheat; 1890 do.
.S'L' Sio 90 corn meal; 5s2 do. oats; 81 do. rye;
Hl0 peas, 100 hhds, tobacco; a empty bbls 8
PACKAGES, 4s2 rs butter; Is packages eggs
.""s 'ea'h-I; 4l5 lbs. bacon; 81 sheep; 7lambs;
,'s''ss, : cattle; | horse; SO packages rags;
"pCOIds wood, , Jars, IS lbs. lard; 3 bbls. fruit;
WI Nouf, aud l2,O9S b. miscellaneous freight.
o. RICHMOND AND PETERSBURG RAnRoAD-
,y.saOssneats tobacco; 1885 bushels wheat;
-s,aeads tobacco stems; PIT bales cotton;
ID. bacon; 1866 empty -four barrels; 3d.
vs. non Castings; 20 cords wood; 10000 feet
..nosi 2Ilj2 bs. rags and waste; 10000
I"a' 4sS7 lbs. miscellaneous articles; as
Tes spirits ,urpentint; $4,000 Dbl. headings
UV.SASEs RIVER AND KANAwHA CANAL
go bushels wheat; 5,723 barrels -four; l,5t5
.s-'1as tobacco; 4,s74 packages manufactur
az. 10! hogsheads stems; 1853 bushels corn;
~, VIZ pig iron; II do. copper ore; 1853 tons
;, ~ ions stone; "a tons lead, and 2s5 cords
- "e ABOVE statement it will be seen that
oS"'' received al Richmond, by these vsri-
~" VDICes without, reference to the James River,
ing lie month OF August, of wheat 456, l4O
- corn S3,q34 bushels; Tobacco 6,55S
~'sa'i 1870 boxes, and COS packages.
,r.a RICHMOND WHEAT MARXET.-ln our last
y."e had the satisfaction Of present
Dr., D." Uu' readers a comparative tabular state.
:u,,W Tue receipts OF wheat at Richmond,
Nd d. we months OF July and August this year
,rn,~ his statement showed that the re.
atS. ". ai, ,a's season, were largely in advance
w .eee'p's for the corresponding period Of
srn,.S and We stated, moreover, that, -
u,n, ..eG with every antecedent year, the re-
sssa July and August, this year, were un-
.poT sI' large. Now all this was true
ps',s Uu'' inasmuch as the well.founded i'm.
V,r,;a. Ias gone abroad that the wheat crop OF
su. = nas proved wofully deficient this year,
sd,n,.Ta' distant readers may be puzzled to
sr con, na why 1t is, that, with a yield twenty
a.l.aS'ess than last years, the receipts at
s.s,y.inH market IN the State should Be so az
sonaIs is'se' 1t is proper that the seeming
lss,.n! should be explained, and, Tor the en-
,isnn, !. Of all concerned, it becomes Us to
t.. b, ae explanation. In the FIRST place, we
u. eons very dry Summer, and in many Of
'Vuhues the d1nnaht h,. haa. 100000 "a