Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-10-26

RpNARKS,-Ihe market llllS morning opeiou
varv quietly, prices very fiat, and butSteW buy
ars Flour nominally unchanged, but quota
,;ons would hardly be sustained. A very limit
ID anouirv for Wheat, and prices very flat !;
oFsrings OF about 1900 bushels, p good deal Of
which WAS withdrawn for want Of purchasers.
Sales of very inferior to fair red at 15O IT'S, ZCo
M 22O and 225. Corn dull at further de-
cline. offerings of 1910 bushels mixed and 100
If rellow-old-and $50 Ct new sales Of Old at
u.s. lls, and some smalllots at 800; new 50 cts.
Rye dull, with small sales at l4S. Oats droop-
inc, with sales Of 40 bushels at 6S.
NEW Yokx MARKETS LAST WEEK.-Cotton
The market was quite active, aud has exhlb-
tied considerable s!eadiness, prices having gwen
wsy only &c during the week, notwithstanding
the fail in gold the closeness of money, aud the
very liberal receipts. ~. 80 .--.-.-@- ,4vise
Tobscco-In Kentucky leaf there has been a
fair demand for export to the Mediterranean
and Africs, with some business for consump.
lion and the sales foo. up GOO hhds for the
week, prices ranging from to l6c tor common
to prime :.
BreadstuTs- market for -four and grain
the past week has been dull and dropping, ow-
ing mainly to stringency in the money market.
lower quotations from LIVERPOOL the decline IN
gold, and increasing stocks. The decline was
Checked, however, by some speculative orders
on Western account.
The New York Stock Exchange on Saturday
vas the scene of the widest excitement on the
Erie question, and Wall street was almost
thrown into conyulsions on the subject. The
first sale of Erie was made at 43, but there was
ssudden and sharp decline to 39s, which was,
however, succeeded by recovery TO 434. At
towards the stock fell TO 4O4 and the market
III laI he Hot
closed up 4la4l5 for Erie. Itwas day ofgreat
excitement and wide fluctuations. A number of
bankers are refusing to deal in Erie, and some
small failures are announced The panic in
Erie created feeling Of distrust among money,
lenders. ..~.s.a.r..z --s.,q---
The New York gold market was very weak
on Saturday, and the price declined under an
increased pressure to Sell.
Receipts Of Produces &,c.,by Railroad.
The following are the receipts of grain and
other merchandise by tho Orange Alexandra
Manassas Railroad, for the week ending Oc-
Der oath, 1858: Corn 1852 bushels, corn in the
ear e94 wheat 620O, rye asa, oats 5000, corn
meal So faxseed 5, onions 80, bean 10, turnips
Is, potatoes 10, chestnuts 20, buckWheat g.,
sumac 81 sacks, wool % sacks, -four 302 bbls.
dried fruit bbls, tobacco II boxes, apples LOG
bbls, hides 81 bundles, old brass 100 lbs. butter
50 frkins, eggs 80 bbls and boxes, fowls 10 coops
cabbage box, dressed poultry 1 box, dressed
hogs s, lard lrkin, sage l sack, COWS, sheep,
calves, &C., 46, bark a cords, sand Is tons,
wood ID cords, spokes 1900, rags 400 lbs, sun
Der 10 500 feet, cookie machines l, wheat drills
], cattle 8 car loads. sheep car loads Freight
sent forward 665 tons
The following are the receipts by the Alexan-
dria, Loudoun and Hampshire +. r., for the
week ending October "a, 1868: Corn 5000 bush
els, wheat 1890, meal 240, oats 808, flour 1O7 bbls
butter 81 bbls and frkins, eggs II bbls and
boxes, bone dust 81 bbls, whiskey bbl chick
ems II coops, calves head, hogs 81 hesd, wood
81 car loads .a2'3.ti