Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-08-03

Observation-Disclosures of Wheat are large, and
the market is unchanged in prices; offerings OF
ZIG bushels with sales of white at lis, 12O, 10
and 100 for fair to prime, and 138 for strictly
prime, and red at ITO. 40, l25, $50, l35, 1877 and
1873 for ordinary to choice. Corn is without ma
tersl change; offerings of 2770 bushels, with
sales of white at 891 and 90, and mixed at 49,
Oats are steady sales at so, ST. 81 and So, with
offerings of ll67 bushels.
CORNERS IN OATS AND CoRN.-Tbe "cor-
ner'' in oats in New York, on Thursday, still
continues Oats are held by few spectators
in New York and elsewhere. The stock on Sat
urdsy was held ut ST. for mixed Western. The
advance of prices IN one week was thirty three
cents per bushe. The corner in oats is thrown
in the shade by q co1Eer in corn IN Chicago ON
Friday The bulls had kept very quiet, but
had monopolizea the market The following is
q fair account of the panic, from q dispatch re
cived in New York from Chicago:
AT noon it became known that the corner
had contracted for the shipment OF lO2l ,o0O
bushels, and this meant business on the face or
it. The confusion and uproar was bewilderlng
Leaders were beside themselves with excitement:
From ia the price went to TT, then t. IT, and
then Sturges sang cut he would pay 81 cents
The astonishment waS so great death-llke still
ness prevailed for few moments. 1t TOOK
SASN
ton was finally taken in, confusion again ran
riot. Am d frantic yelis and hoarse screaming,
corn was sold to the combination by the bears,
and was accepted in as large quantities as offer
red One firm alone sold $50 UU0 bushels at 81
cents When the board crossed and the gong
sounded the signal for retiring, transactions
we're going on with undated fury. The parties
who figured most in this transaction are four IN
number, chief among whom is Jack Sturgls, OF
this city. E. K Brucejs another successful one;
The Bank OF Montreal furnished the funds, and
Jesse Hoyt s. Co., of New York city, handled
the corn"
The possibility of corner In such staple
NAV need explanation The dealing is confined
to old corn, the remainder of last years crop, OF
which the combination is said to control 7,oOV,-
COO bushels, either in Chicago or ahoat. The
combination extends from Iowa to Liverpool,
with New York and Chicago as the operating
centres. 1t would be well If these gamblers III
grain should be choked with what they teed
upon.
RAILROAD RscElprs.-The following are
the receipts by the w. G, V. M. Il u. 5. K. K.
for the past week:
Corn 2745 bushels wheat $3.50, rye 65. oats
1852 timothy seed 3 bags, milltced W bushels,
potatoes IS bushels onions ~ bushels, ground
sumac Il ,O42 It's, -four 3l9 bbls, tobacco 339
boxes, tan Dark Is cars, leather 1t rolls, wax 5O
lbs, apples bb!s' butter u frklns, eggs rs Dolls
and boxes, sumac SO sacks lard hrklns
calves, &C., 10, whiskey l bb hay - bales
brooms IS bundles, sheep skins bale and l5O
skins, calf skins l bale and ~ skins, hides I
bundles, HAIR do bags iron 7O85 lbs rags 2749 lbs
fowls IA coops, lead Is lbs, oak lumber 500 feet
pihe lumber Is, 0 feet, empty casks Il, drill
machines /, cattle and sheep IA cars.