Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-04-19

Turks lsand:................... o ~ "a IS
Wool, c"um"n unwaShcd.... ~ 'Cg -
Washed ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. oo 9t W
Mcrinu, unwuShci ......... 40 (g ~
Mrrino washed ...........v.. 60 (g 10
HAY. per ton from the cars...O NJ $U % w
REMARKs.-The Flour market during the
past week has been very active; the receipts
from the upper country have been light, and
Western and Pennsylvania brands have been
thrown on the market freely. TIE speculative
demand has absorbed the receipts, and stocks in
first hands are small. The local demand is good
for Virgins brands. We note an advance dur
ing the week of Soc per barrel on all grades and
quote the market firm and active at the close
We revise our quotations aS follows: Family
10 to $40 50, choice Sll; Extras to 81 25; SUI
prrS to s. -. Wheat is very active; receipts
are light and the market has sustained an adj
lance of ) to Sc during the week; offerings OF
80 bushels, with sales AZ 100 for good, 2oU for
choice Corn is very firm and active; offerings
to-day OF 3l64 bushels, with sales at -, 49, and
.lr, an advance of to &c during the week.
Rye i quiet, but firm no offerings on Change
Today. Oats are stcady; sales of 26O bushels at
~ ard I'll. The market is still bare OF lump
Plaster cargues of which are anxiOu$y looked
;,r Ground Plaster is in gooc demand Salt
i in good supply, and the demand is fair, orders
b ing filled ut our quotations. Dressed Poultry
in light receipt; the season is over, and it is
no; advisable to ship. Bacon continues dull,
and transactions are light; country hams are
difficult to move. Lard is very dull. Prime
Butter is scarce and wanted ut quotations
inferior and ordinary is dull. Dried Fruit is
scarce and IN active enquiry. Eggs are dull vt
q decline of to &C during the week, and the
market closes heavy. Chickens are in demand.
Apples are scarce and wanted. Potatoes are
irm Onions are very dull. Seeds are in mod
e.ate request, and the market is quiet. Fish are
arriving more freely, but the demand Is greater
than the supply. Shad have advanced ma
l.rally during the week, and Herrings are held
more firmly. Salters are operating cautiously,
and have no stocks beyond their orders.
FISH ET-The supply of Fish to-day is
greatly in excess of the demand, and the market,
III consequence, rules dull. with a decided fall
in prices The purchasers are chiefly the pack
-rs and hucksters of this city and hucksters OF
the neighboring clties-the country trade, not
withstanding the cheap rate at which Fish are
selling amounting almost to nothing. The re-
CENTS since Yesterday have been 500 600 Herring,
10000 Shad and large quantities of Tailors, Rock
and Perch The Shad sold at from to Sl2 per
hundred; the Herring at from 80 to So per
thousand, and the other Fish at very low rates.
ALEXANDRIA CATTLE MARKET, April 10
Beef Cattle-'Ihe offerings and sales this week
We're very light. Prices rangei from to I!c
gross, according to quality. Cows and Calves
are in full supply, with good demand for NO,
l. at from 40 to $50 per head, while inferior and
common are neglected at from 10 to S25.
Sheep and Lambs-Are arriving very freely
and are selling at from TO SC per 10 for the for
;ner, and from 81 TO 10 per heao lor Inc iaIter.
Hoes-Are arriving in large numbers for the
season, and are dull of sale at from > to 6c net.
BALTIMORE CATTLE MARKET. April 18, 1872.
Prices to-day for Beef Cattle ranged as fol-
lows: Best Bceves at 62aS7 62; general
ly rated first quality at 50aS6 62s medium
or good fair quality at oOaS3 30; ordinary thin
and lowest grades of Cattle 3 5oaS4 5p-general
average of The market to-day So Oh; extreme
range of prices 5OuS7 81. Most of the sales
were from 80 to So 81! per 100 lbs Total re-
week, and 765 head the same time last year.
Total sales for the week SS9 head, against 91I
last week, and 755 head same time last year.
Sheep-There has been heavy falling oil IN
The receipts of Sheep this week, footing up only
half the number of last week, and prices have
advanced in consequence &c per ID, the demand
being good. We quote sheared at 5!s7c, and
wool Sheep at 6a9.c per ID gross. Lambs were
in demand at Bass per head.
Hogs The supply of Hogs this week mas not
been very heavy, but there is no notable varia-
ton in prices. The market has been a little
more active, and closed frmer. The demand
ior corn fed is far, while Shoppers are dull and
hard to sell. We quote corn-fed Hogs at 8 2'a
81 - and still-fed at 50aS6 . per iU lbs net.
GgoRGE TowS CATTLE MARKET, April lS-
There were l25 Beef Cattle, 100 Sheep and
Lambs and SO Cows and Sprngers on the mar
ket to-day Beef Cattle sold at from to nc;
clipped Sheep at from to &c; wool do. at from
to Sc; Lambs at from 2 to IS piece, and Cows
snd springers at from 25 to S65 per head. The
majority Of the Lambs arriving are very inte-
ror The market for Sheep, Cattle, nc, show
ed considerable activity.