Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-08-15
CO.N.MERrI.7L.

ALEXANDRIA MARKET, Aug. 13.-Thr mar
ket for Wheat is dull, and may BE- quoted 21';'r
of on lower grades prime lots are ,cnrce and
not quotably lower; offerings Of 80 bushels
White with sales at III, us, 10 and 23 for fair
to good samples; and 42S Of red, with sales at
luJ, 10. lis, 10 III ID l2j, rs $50, III, 49,,
l:G and lis for inferior to prime. Corn Is quiet;
offerings of 1851 bushels white and mixed. with
sales of the former ut IS nnd of the latter Mt -,
rs, Z and 7S Sales Of small lots Of Rye ut r3-
Oats are dull and lower; offerings of lSnS bush
els. with sales ut -, 43 and H.
ANTHRACITE Coal TnApE--Thc Philudci-
phiu Ledger says: Tile anthracite coal pro-
duction continue. lurge, though for the past
week does u.'i aggregate quite So much rs that
of the previous week. There is some little com
rluint AMONG coal operators that the diScrlmlna-
ton of .yIc per ton made by tn" Reading Rail
rund Company in favor Of all conl shipped east
of New Brunswick has the effect OF giving the
Southern Inarirt. Richmond. Norfolk, AleIan-
lru. etc. the white ash GOA! shipped by way OF
the Northern Central Railroad. 10 the prcdju-
dice "f shippers from this city. Price, Of coal
hv the c:rrg" for the week nj Port RchnHnd.
for shipment east Of B"r'lrnt"wi. were II fol-
lows: Srhuylkil rcd ash ut 7:,S:,. white ash
lump - - >!":llllb"nt - -. broken 3:riSi ~
err / 4uaSt ~ <t..rr + ;naSi IT,. chestnut : 3'I
=, ~ Sh"lian,"nh brukr:, - 80. egg 81 be-,
rhc,tnui =" ~ I" point other than those rH> :
| III Bnra,rrt"wu rnr- ~. 2I,. per- ton higher than
the foregoing quotations. toa>twiSc vessels have
not been plenty nut irclghiS the east have de-
cllncd.
TEXAS CATTLE rKAnE-lhc Fort Scott, Kan
! sne Monitor give. II disc"urnglng account OF the
| cattle trade. notwithstanding the high price
| of b,rf in the Eastern markets, ut Baxter Springs
and the sources Of supply, there Is absolutely no
| market. Thrr" are now 10000 head Of Gait lie
| within few miles of TINT city, and fresh herds
ar, constantly arriving. Not half the cattle arc
bit i;rr sale yet arrived ut any shipping point III
kau.a>. ana after >iX weeks of tcdi"u, driving
over the plain. from Texas, fighting the flies by
! day and the cattle >tnnpcding nearly every
| night. cattle owners arrive at Baxter Springs t"
find prcs- 81 "w at st. Louis and Chicago that
shipper. will not take hold. AT Baxter Springs
| now there j. no -tatcd price and there are no
offers Of cattle. They usually sell 1T about lc
per pound. Last year they brought nearly %.
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PORT OF.4LELa.rDKI.1, -IIGIST 10.
Sun RosE........ 5l3 MooH $Er<.".. Alb
SU% SETS....... boo
ARRIVED.
Schr Hclehc New York, to American Coal
| Company.
Steamer Wawasrt, Fowlkc<, Curriolnan, bE
Potomac Ferry Go.
Schr Era. Norwich by American Coal Go.
Schr Forward, Jones, Havrc de Grace. by W
| 4 SmOot.
| MEMORANDA.
The Bark Hclios 500 tons burden. is loading
| Mt LIVERPOOL with salt for this port.
Schr Joseph Baxter, Baxter, for this port,
| cleared at Boston 18th.
Schr II a Hunt, Peterson, hence,a at Boston 18th.
Schr Merwin, Smith, from New London for
this port, passed through He'll Gate 18th.