Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-07-24

being ordered commence to, arrive. In
boots and shoes business has been good
and collections fair, both trade and col
lections being better than last week or
at the same time last year. Our
largest houses are now receiving
their fall supplies, one house alone
having already received one bill
of $500 cases, which cost upward
of 100000 and another 1000 cases at a
cost of $4,000. The former sale is no
ticed by the Shoe and Leather Reporter
as the largest of the season by any one
house in the United States. Subsequent
orders by the same firm developed the
fact that jobbers East have, within the
past four or five days, advanced prices
fally 8 per cent. on all heavy work, in
consequence Of which similar advance
is noted here. In hardware fair kusi-
ness has been done, but hardly as much
as was expected. Hats and caps, MILL
merry, etc., show a small improvement
only. In the general market the volume
Of business has been larger than on the
week previous. Provisions, grain and
feed and flour has been the chief fea-
ture; a slight decline in the former and
an advance in the latter is about all the
changes that have occurred. To-day
mess pork is sold at SIG 90 to .l6 so
cash and on orders; clear bacon
sides, 81 to 9sc; clear rib sides, &c;
shoulders, II to 7sc; breakfast ba-
con. IL to l23c, canvassed. Lard, re-
fined lilo; tierce, ii to lie; kog, IL to
l2lc The movement in grain and feed
was confined to small lots, owing to the
non-arriyal of the st. Louis packets
Sales Of mixed and choice white, shclled,
are reported at 70 to 73e. New oats are
nominally 64 to CSC for the new and old
crop. Bran is dull at Is to 49, de-
cline of 50 since our last weekly review.
Hay is firm at 10 to $2l from common
to good mixed, and &c to 1927 for choice
Timothy, and SIS for Arkansas prairie,
with light supply. Corn meal is quiet,
at SO s. upon the levee; some hold at
SO 10, and at the Union street mills
kiln-dried per dray load is s. 65. Flour
advanced 10 to 25c in st. Louis to-day,
as we learn by private dispatches, and
for medium and fancy grades there is an
active speculative demand; so to 50 %
are the selling rates here to-day for the
grades named Coffee is firm, and not
withstanding the decline in gold there is
prospect of I to lie advance per pound
in consequence Of the light stock at
eastern and other markets. A letter
from one of the largest importers at New
York, received to-day, confirms the pre-
diction and states that the stock at this
time is fully $4,000 sacks less than last
year. Cheese are quiet, at IL to lie.
Potatoes sell at $50 to 81. Onions, SO.
Butter quiet, at 20 to 22c for choice.
Eggs, IL to l24c, and quiet, 375 dozen
sold at the inside price. Chickens are
quiet, at 2 so to So % for young, and 4
to 81 80 for old. Sugars are firm but
unchanged. Liquors are firm, and high
wines SC higher.
From store on orders prices are as follows !:
BAGGIsG-Is nominal at 2l923c.
BEANS : Navy. 81 1902 CO.,. white mixed.
B1ooS--Quiet ;clear sides, s11ss 95Sc; clearrib
9sslsc;. shoulders. 71s@71sc; sugar cured
BRls2Qaiet at 81 25@l 80 y 100 in store.
BUTTRR-GOOd Western, lS9l9c; inferior,
dull and nominal; choice, 2l@23c. Who'd
GorroSsEEDEs9 90 a ton on Ievee. 10 oal
OoRN MEAL-Firm at So 65 on levee; IS IS
as 80 from store, and So s. from mill. f
CoRS-Steady at 74975c, with a fair supply.
EGes-Quiet, with fair supply at l2@1211ac.
HAY-Firm at $40 00C12S 90, as TO quality.
FLOUR-Firm, and choice grades Is to Csc
| higher at Sc 25@9 so for medium TO fancy.
| IRON TIEs--5@16c. 1
| LARD--ln kegs, l2gl2Act I tierces. llg1l14c
| caddies, l4gl5c; refined. 1ll4c. ~.
| MoLAssEs- firm 4S9T5c in bar
| rels; syrups, 409S0c.
| NAms-S4 5094 IS rates.
| OATs-Firm at 6S@69c from store.
PoULTRY-0ld chickens quiet at 81 00a4 50;
young, So 50@3 so, as 10 size.
PoTAToEs---Are quiet, light demand at
| So so . barrel; cabbage, quiet at IS 00a7 90 {;
new onions. quiet at So 75d4 90.
PoRK-Mess, SIG OO9l6 SO in large and small
way.
SALr-S2 25@2 IS . Dbl. 81 6O@1 rs a sack.
common TO fair, 1254a1354c for yellow and
white clarified; refined, crushed and pow
dered. l4I1gl414c; Coffee. A. and G. lS149
1p<c,