Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-09-01
C0ETWERCTAL.


AIExAsDgIA MARKET, September 1.-The
market this morning presented no new features
Flour continues scarce and prices are nominal
~ unchanged. There were 8O5 5uSheIS OF WnlLe
Wheat and 1886 Of red offered, most OF Whlch
was sold at 100, 100, 2O5, 30, go and no. ac-
cording 20 quality, for trashy, poorly cleaned
and tough, to fair and good most Of the oller-
ings indifferent. Corn quiet. with light oHer-
ings and limited demand sales Of 100 BUSH
ols mixed at 120, 121 and 123. Rye quiet, with
sales 1T 100. Oats in fair request; offerings Oh
1871 bushels, and sales at CEASE.
SU,1AC TRADE.-O the 31st ulti1no, we pub
lished an extract FROM the Norfolk Journal, de-
scribng the large quantity Of sumac trees grow.
ing spontaneously N all the upper counties or
Virginia, and abiding to the number OF per-
sons engaged in picking the leaves and prePar-
Ing them for market. According to this report,
these leaves are dried and brought to market
in bulk, and readily sold at lie pound. There
are two or three mills engaged IN the business
of grinding the sumac leaves into a ane power
and then the article of commerce IS ready LOT
is used for the purpose Of tanning, and readily
commands Sc per ID. In most sections II mas
become quite q lucrative business, and IS g
large source Of revenue to the people.
4 few weeks after this was published, our AZ
tention being thus called to the subject, we
| found in g Liverpool circular the following pa
ragraph referring to the same matter:
| "A great deal Of interest has been created by
| the arrival Of 200 bags native American sumac,
| Fredericksburg brand. This Is the Irst lmpor-
| tation of the kind, and If the Americans pro
| duco this with the same Zest they do other artl-
| clcs they take in hand, a very vast business
may ensue, to the total eclipse Of many Of other
! foreign sumacs. The analysis Of the lot to
hand is
| Vegetable matter. 10
Iannln. 13o
.....'..'',.:'';'... ~
| Avery small proportion of sand indeed, though
| none at ali is preferred. The commercial val
NC is started Of IS per cwt, but its future status
| will Of course depend upon the merit OF future
| productiOns." 4,
By the last British mail we have at han
| from the author Of this circular the follOWln &,
which may interest our readers:
I'm Europe Sicily sumac enjoy the highest
reputation, Welding 1G per cent of tannin. The
American, you WIN observe yields l54-no
great difference We have always some lO,OOO
| bags Of this article "coming and going" but 1t
| does seem strange, that as J. write, LOO bags
are on the way from this TO Philadelphia Bos-
| ton, &c. ALEX. D 'MACRAE
| Notwithstanding the announcement OF an
export trade we still think that the imports OF
this article will be found to predominant over
| the shipments, Us there were landed in the Unl-
ted States from foreign ports last year -, T9O, sou
lbs, valued at $3.50, AL. No record appears to
| be kept Of the exports, except under a general
| hoading N. Y. Journal Of Commerce.
State Bonds and Stocks.
| [QUoTAT1oNs N RICHMOND YEsTEEDAYl
Virginia ex Coupons.
Virginia New
Virginia Registered Bonds, Old ................473
Virginia Registered Bonds, new, l866.........4,GS
| Virginia Registered Bonds, new, l867..........45
o. & d, r. r. 1st N 60 Bonds ..Y,.,......"".I5
Do do I'd do Gper ct Bonds..".....T2
| Do do I'd do 8 per Ct Bonds......"..82!
The rice crop Of Georgia and the Carolinas
promises al abundant yield. though nothing
like the crops realized before the war: 1t will
take much time to produce that result. and a
| large expenditure Of capital and labor
| There WAS very little done at the Baltimore
| Stock Board yesterday morning, and nothing
| in the afternoon. Virgnia registered bonds,
| old, sold Ut 1iaa48.
The Philadelphia Cattle Market was, yestcr-
| day, firm, bnL unchanged.