Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-09-12

at So to Is. Sales Of 400 sacks oats wer
made to-day at 521Sc; one lot Of choice is he'll
at $50. Potatoes are In better demand, rang
ing from So 90 to SO IS. as to quality. Cab
bage arc quiet with sales Of crates good a
easier; sales Of eight boxes to arrive wer
made at SOC. and Is boxes to the trade at SO 4
TO Sz7sc. Chickens are in fair supply. will
sales at So to 81 so for young and old.
New York telegram Of the 8th informs vi
that an important and general meeting of tn,
Nail and Spike Manufacturers of the United
States was held in Philadelphia on the pre-
vious day. at which proposition was made
and unanimously adopted to advance the
wholesale prices of all sizes Of American nails
and spikes IS cents per cwt. On sales Of from
200 TO 1000 kegs a reduction of 10 per cent. is TO
be made, and on all upward Of 1000 kegs Is
cents per cwt. On all sales south of Baltimore
no limit to prices was established, and manu-
facturers are at liberty to establish their own
prices.
Regarding the production of tobacco in the
United States a Washington telegram says
that the Statistical Bureau has made an official
statement Of the tobacco crop for the year end
ing July l. 1871. which shows: Production OF
smoking tobacco thirty and half million
pounds; chewing tobacco and snuff sixty-four
and half million pounds; cigars over one
and a quarter million pounds. Importation
of leaf tobaeco over eight and quarter mil
lion pounds; cigars. 7S9, 927 pounds. The same
dispatch says: "0yer seven millions of bar
rels of fermented liquor was produced during
the year. The opinion of the Bureau is that
the consumption Of malt liquors has increased
and the consumption Of whisky has decreased
during the year"
From store on orders prices are as follows:
BAaGNq = Is steady at ls11s2lc for hemp,
lgte and fax Ia to "a lbs. haling Irvine, 100
lie; second hand gunnies and burlaps, l49l6c.
=, BEANS - Navy, 81 5O9l IS; white mixed.
BAcoS-Firm and higher; clear sides, 50 to
yc; clear rib, S1s to sac; shoulders. 71z@754c;
sugar hams. l2lzgl61zc, as to brand
breakfast bacon, lO4@l2c1s, plain and can
Yased.
BRAN-Firm at 81 0O9I 10 % 100 in store.
BuTTER-GOod Western, l5@lSc; inferior,
dull and nominal; prime, 2Og22c; strictly
choice. Sc.
CABBAGE-Quieta at 81 5O@9OO.
CASpLEs-Light weight star, II to l3c; full
weight, l7glSe.
CHEESE Common, 9@llc; chedder quiet at
l3c.
CoFEEE--Rirm atl714@2l1Gc for Rio and 2s]l
930c for Java.
CoTTossEED- 50 90 u ton on levee.
CORN NEAL-Firm at % from store. and So %
from mill.
CoRN-Firm at 6T@Gsc for sheiIed on orders.
h0Gs-Are steady at 32@S3c for choice fresh
HAYIFirm at 81 4Ogl 50 per 100 on orders, as
FLoUR-Firmer; inferior, "a so to- rs; super.
q 70 ~; medium. s. 5O@6 SO; extra family,
80 1907 W; choice and fancy, 81 50gS SO.
HARDwARE-Axes,D Der dozen, $40 so TO II;
shoyels, Ames'. Sli so; spades, Ames', SIS SO;
rope, - to 2lc casting. Sc; plOws, Avery,
each, ~; iron per n. &c; east steel 20 to 25e;
herman, 10 TO 2ge nails per key, 81 50 to 80.
IRON TlKs--5l4@554c.
tARD-In Kegs, ll1lGl2c; tierces, JOY sl0g4o;
caddies, s139l3Zc.
LIQUoRs- Rectiled whisky per gallon, G5 to
Soc; Bourbon and Rye, 8 IS to 4. so; Robert;
brandies, 81 10 to 2 So; HighWines. 9S to 9lc
claret wine per case. 90 70 to SO; port and
sherry per gallon, 81 25 TO 2 so; Home bitters
per dozen. So 50 to 7 so.
MoLAssEs-,ILouisiana. firm $1,000 in bar
NAILs-Steady at 81 so rates.
OATs-Firm at 56g57c from store.
OsIoNs-Steady at SO 50 per barrel.
PowDsR-klie per key, So; mining. 81 80.
young. 50 OO@3 IS. as to size.
POTAT0Es-Are frmer. with moderate sup
Ply at 81 90@S rs u barrel. Sweet potatoes.
sTper barrel.
Pork : Firm at SIS 5O@14 90 in large and
small way.
sALT-s2 1903 IS y Dbl. 81 75@2 co "A sack.
SUGAR-Firm; Louisiana. lo9i2c for com
mon TO fair. l25149l354c for yellow and white
clarified refined crushed and powdered. LAG
l4l4c; Coffee. A. B and Q. l31491414c.
SHOT-Per sack, So 60 10 IS.
SARDISEs-Quarters per case, so to q,
SOAP-German mOttled. &c; common, &c.
STARCH Quiet at4H 10 51sc per h.