Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-06-11

REMARkS.-lhc market TINS week Il
unusually quiet-the offerings on Change scarcely
sufficient to warrant quotations. and the trahsar-
tons on a very limited scale. Flour is quiet. and
If there has been any change il has been with II
downward tendency. Outside Of the regular city
demand there have been very few sales. and the
market closed quiet nj 81 S7.2j for | mon street
Superfne, $500 $3.50 for Extra. and Ss.5O@ go
for Family, according to brands. There has been
scarcely any Wheat offered on Change during the
week, and the few samples that have been there
e1posed. were of very small lots aud inferior quail
ity-principally red. The supplies from the coun-
try trading with Alexandria have been exhausted
and until after harvest we cannot expect very
large receipts. We quote nominally white Wheat
at 5000 IS0c. for fair and prime. Small sales OF
red at l4O@ l5Oc. The prospect for good crops
this season is still aattering. In some sections OF
our own State there are complaints of joint worm.
Hy, and scab. and the recent hail storms have
done some damage. but ~ We have said, this Is on
" in some sections, while from a large portion Of
the State we have the most encouraging accounts.
The prospects in other Wheat growing States Is
also good. The supplies of Corn have fallen on
while the demand continues good. Our quotations
are unchanged ard nominal. Rye and Oats are
in limited supply. and there has been very little
done in either during the week. Prices remain
unsltered, with small sales of Oats at above tgureS.
Corn Meal is in abundant supply, with iair enqui-
nv. Prices have declined, and We now quote at 80
Ia 9Oc. Guano is quiet. During the past week
- 60. .,,rl,at hoe chnun "a 1ulI and downward
tendency. We quote Brown Sugars at a decline OF
fully z Of a cent p pound from the highest point
reached in May. The market for MoIasses hardly
40 firm as last week, but the decline Is not so much
as in raw Sugars, say from 2 to &c. e gallon
Cofecs hold their own. Salt uppish, and tbs like
" il will continue to advance for some months to
come. We have no change to note IN other ar'i-
cles. Business in the Grocery way has been quite
active this past week, owing to the fact that many
Of our best country merchants bought sparingly,
when on in the Spring, anxiously awaiting the
crop prospects, which now promises from all the
sections that trade here with a. a very lar Weld
and if prices keep up, it will he equal to the ordina-
~ crops. We find less croaking than usual
ismong those who have visited our market lately
about the crops and hard time', and we predict a
very busy fall for all working business men Pro
visions quiet, and sales small. We have n" change
to note in prices except Butter, which Is tending
downward. with n greater abundance. Eggs Ftli
scarce, and selling at l24@l 4c. r dozen. Lard y
active at ll3@ l2c. Seeds dull and nothing do
;ng Fertilizers are dull, and but few sales repor-
ted. There is a decline in Guan' reported wh'ch
may be quoted at $50 for Peruvian No. l; 'alf"r-
MIA S45; Super Phosphates $40, and Desurss 90.
Freights are active, and vessels in great demand
A large amount of Cumberland Coal has acrumu-
,s,sd ot the wbarves here, and vessels are at once
taken up. The rates are high but owing 10 Il
very few arrivals. and the pressing demaha "
cannot give accurate quotations