Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-09-04
COMMERCIAL,

ALEXANDRIA MARKET, Sept. 4.-The market
continues active and firm. Flour is scarce win
an upward tendency. Wheat hiss further nu
ysnced, and this morning l45 wss PAID tor
choice offerings of ISL bushels with other sales
st l25sl4s. Receipts Of Corn have increased
and prices hold firm sales to-day Of i93 DusneiS
at Ct and g. One small lot of Rye was WILL
drawn, and 200 bushels Ct Oats brought 81
BALTIMORE. Sept 4.-Virginis Is, ola. 39i
dafarred 81. consolidated G5s do. "a series A.
Cotton firmer; middlng Hall flour sctlve
and higher; Howard street ana W esIeFn o. SuS Ss
ASA IS; do Extra 5asS 70; 90; rasn h:SS So DO
Rio brands 25s$7 50; Patapsco Family 20 oV
Wheat-Southern strong and higher; WesteIh
opened firm and higher. but closed o9ii. N.Y. VIZ.
the advance lost Southern red prime 14Daiao,
do. amber l5Oal52; do. white l45sl52; fenna
rcd I45: Western steamer 1928; do. No. winter
red spot l424; Septr 1877; Oct E4a; has s0id AZ
137 Corn-Soutbern quiet; Western dull and
lower to sell Southern white to ; Do yellow %;
Western mixed spot az; Seprr 81! Octr oSt
steamer r. Cats steady sou tier a panO
Wetarn white 34a3G; Go. mixed Sas'ai fenna
So .35. Rye quiet; prime GO Hay UNCHANGED.
Coffee dull. sugar fem good to prime re alng
StAe! Whiskey dull and nominslly 81 H.
New YORK, Sept. 4-Stocks buoyant. Money
5
heavy. Corn dull end barely steady.
Hus1Nzss OUTLOOK IN NEW YoRK.--A Now
York lettec says:
1.-The coestwise steamships. especially those
for Charleston, Savannah and GalVestcn. al
went off Saturday afternoon with larger 1feignts
than they hayeha atthis season, for years ana the
merchandise composing thsir csrgee' embraces
almost everything from clothes pin to steam
engine Agricultural implements and iertlhHsrs
are features of tie consignments to deoEgls ana
the Carcliaas Merchants here say the people
in 1T section are now paying up ependiGly.
The railway trunk lines also report that they
have forwarded more goods this week than is
usually the case thus early In the season: a
noteworthy feature Of thu dry goods business
vii, be three important auction sales next week
Of French aud Italian silks. veVets and other
costlv foreign inportstiors AS f)r tho export
trade, all things cons'dorcd II ro"'a not Ds we'll
moro satisfactory"
The general freight agents OF The Western
trunk lines msdo an advance on treightS yester'
dsv by reclsssifying articles which have been
sh;oped at %. per hundred such as grain: meal,
&c. putting them fourth class, ol when the rate
is 95c from Chicago to New York ms atvsnce
begins day. but 10 contingent upon n CORES
bonding advance from st Louis. TIE rate to
Philadephia is g and Baltimore 81 Freight
rates on flour and grain to western points were
raised at st, Louis &c per hundred, and gan
Was made fourth class.
The Baltimore SUMS tnaacisl artc' 9 says:
The chic feature ia the business si!uation is
strong movement in grain, based upon favorable
advices from tho European 80 wall as the prl'
mary markets Trade generally Is mora active,
and the opening of tho fail season Wi |. 1t is ex-
pectad be attended with q decided Improvement
in all branches of commerce The. demand Tor
money is increasing. but ths supply continues
annie, and rates remain at Alas per cent
Tho Fredericksburg News says: he receipts
Of whoat this season are considerably larger than
N any season since the war. This is in gres!
measure owing to the completion of our narrow
caugo read to Orange Court House, its low rates
of transportation and the top prices paid ny our
,nilers and merchants.
The anthracite coal trade showed steady and
daily Improvement all the past week. Prices
sre higher on increased pre- action, and all the
carrying companies except those connecting
with tbs extreme northern coal ueids are pretty
fully at work.
PORT OF ALEXANDRIA,. SEPT. 4.
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