Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-08-22

Sides. ........ ~ ly -
shoulders ......... Y lO4 lg !o1
LARD. ................... $685.. y 10 "a 0 l04
PLASTER, ground, per tom. I 5O (9 w
Ground, in bags or bbls... 5O @ III w
Ground, IN bags, returned. 8 oO tg W
Lump. 10 W W
SALT, q. A. (LiverpooD...". ! As g 60
Fine. z % lg "
WOOL, common unWashed... 70 (g o.
Washed ,...............0 Az @ AZ
Merino, unwashed..-....... 70 lg 81
Merino, washed ............... 0 ~ % az
Hay. per ton from the cars...l5 w % 10 W
REMARKs-Receipts of Flour have been light
during the week, and the market is dull for all
grades, there being moderate demand only,
for local consumption; we note shipment dur
ing the week of 500 bbls to Northern ports.
Wheat has been very active, with fair receipts,
but the bulk of the arrivals is damp and badly
cleaned; we note an advance since last week S
report Of 5 to &c on the better grades; offerings
to-day of Bog bushels white and 1856 Of red, with
sales of the former at ljS for good, and of the
latter ut Us, l2S and l40 for common to fair, l5O
LII and lj2 for medium quality, l58 l6O and l66
,or very good t, prime, and l6S for choice. Corn
opened dull, with light receipts, but at the close
Of the week there is more frmness in the mar
k, and prices are sitter offerings to-day Of 272
bu.hels white and 634 of mixed, with sales of the
latter at 6}a64. Ryes in better demand, with
light offerings. Oats are very scarce and prices
are alvanciDg. Prime Butter is still scarce, and
prices are stiff. Eggs are wanted at an advance
Of 2a5c. Potatoes are in limited supply prices
are better. Nothing doing rs yet in Seeds. Ba-
con is firm, but prices are not quotably higher.
Several cargoes of Plaster are shortly expected,
blt none have arrived this week prices are un-
changed since last week.
BALTIMORE CATTLE, MARKET, August q. :
Prices to-day for Beef Cattle ranged as fol-
lows Best Beeves at 25aS6 q; general
Iy rated first quality at 4 25aS5 rs; medium
10 good fair quality ut 75a$4 25 ordinary thin
Steers, Oxen and Cows at 75aS3 10; inferior
and lowest grades Of Cattle 0 OOa$U O0-general
average of the market to-day $4 az; extreme
range Of prices > 75aS6 62. Most Of the sales
were from rs to S. rs per 100 lbs. To-
lsl receipts for the week 225S head. There has
b. en quite heavy run of Cnttle on the market
tbs Week. rather more than were requisite to
supply the demand, the arrivals showing q
marked increase over last weeks receipts.
Sheep and Lambs-1here were few more
Sheep on the market this week than last, and
the demand on the part of our h, me butchers
not very active, but East rn and country buyers
absorbed most of the receipts, and the market
Wa more active, chiefly for feeding and stock
.
ers being wholly limited to those of open-wool.
Good Lambs are in demand. We quote Sheep
nj 4!a6c per 10 gross. Stock Sheep at 2aS3 81
lrg head. Lambs 2a$4 per head. Receipts this
Week 4192 head
Hoys-The receipts vary but slightly from the
nu'nbor reported last week, aad the market has
been steadily active, with y shade advance in
quotations, the demand absorbing the receipts rs
last rs they came in. The demand at this time
Is most active for light smooth corn-fed Hogs,
which command our highest figures, while heavy
logs and sters sell at the lower rate. We
quote At laS7 62i per 100 lbs net. Receipts this
Week GS49 head
LrScHBURG MARKET August 2l.-Receipts
81 country Flour light; demand moderate. The
receipts Of Wheat are Increasing, but most of
ihe lots are common; prime, dry, well-cleaned
lots are wanted white l6Osl70; red 15Oal75.
he market for Corn is not we'll supplied; the
demand is good white 75a80; mixed and yellow
'2a,5. Rye 75aSO There is some enquiry for
Oats; sl prime lots find ready sale at 35a4O.
RICHMOND MARKET, August 2l.-Flour quiet.
offerings Of 4O54 bushels Whest, with sales at
l.al'5 for very good. 800 bushels of Corn were
'ae'ed but no sales reported. Sales of Oats at 43
FREDERICKSBURG MARKET, August 2l.-Re-
WWrs oi Grain light, and ma ket unchanged:
Mequoe choice amber Wheat ut l75alS0, and
'1o'ce white at l75al7S Corn 75a77. Rye 6Oa65.
IHE Coal TRADE.-Tbe Pennsylvania coal
"~"nstlon are still giving out through the
press their intention to raise anthracite coal yet
4sner IN September and October, although the
Tease over last years prices is a dollar per
WI r,n or more. There is probability that this
S@llng ring which, since 1871 hss stepped into
S S,' county with $780, loo and bought
Sr na The coal mines and lands 1t could lay its
~"as on, may go little too far in its conspira-
10 ofee up The rates of one of the necessaries
lie. Stronger combinations have succumbed
y, popular indignation ere this, and already
BY 's Are Intims,ions of demand for legislation
y way OF check on the monopolists. The
lew lew lork Tribune urges the Pennsylvania
,nr A!ufe as it possesses the power to revoke
C,,I Insller of the Philadelphia and Reading
trrraS Sha Iron Company, rs the privileges con-
onir upon them are palpaby being used, not
WIFI: s 20 The injury of citizens of the Common
:I".u, oi r.nnsylvanis, but to the manifest det-
Ns ,n' OF millions of the people of the United