Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-06-28

The depression in the market continues, ara
the trans ctions are exceedingly light. Most OF
the stock OF Flour HIS been worked off. and sales
sre slow ut quotations. But little Wheat i:
coming in, and wo on:,nue TO write our quota"
irons ftr cd, one lot OF which sold to-day u!
10, and o-o hi OF new st 50 Tho merchants
have all received largo orders for Bags, ana II Is
thought that the farmers will send their grain to
market and not hold it, AS there Is litto. If any,
prospect of an advance IN prices. Corn ID scarce
and wanted, and prices keep up; no sales were
reported to-day, bu. quotations could be sus'
tanned Nothing doing in Rye or Oats. Country
produce is only in limited receipt, and sells
readily at quotations. Bacon is frtn at the sd.
vance noted on Wednesday. Wool is not com
ing in so freely, and quotations are unchanged.
RICHMOND MARKET, June 2T.-Tho market
is very quiet and transactions limited. Flour
dull and quotations unchanged since last report,
viz: TOAST for fine to family brands. sales OF
old Whsst on private terms and neW fuIta ana ana
Lancaster Of prime quality. at ~. ~ ana 49,
the latter Cor choice Lancaster. Very I'ltIe Corn
Offering. and no sales reported Sales of good
spring Oats al S. Nothing doing in Rye
LYNcHBURa MARKET, Juno 2I.-Tho market
is quiet, with very little produce coming IN
Flour dull and weak at 4a$6 for fne and fancy
brands Wheat very quiet; old 9O'lC0; no new
on the NAL ket. Corn in light receipt. and prices
firm at 6Oa65 for white and 5Sa62 for yellow
Oats are in some demand at 4UA42 Rye nomi-
nally 5Sa62.
FREDERICKSBURG MARKET, June 21.-The
market is very quiet Flour dull, the quotations
being from 3 Is to Sc so for fine to fancy family
brands. Receipts of Wheat small, new coming
in slowly; the quotations arc 9JslCO Tor common
to fair, l0Oal05 for good to prime, and llOal!o
for choice Corn GSsG0. and quiet; Oats "'a3I
and Rye EomiDaly 56a6O.
BALTIMORE SUGAR AND COFFEE MARKET
Suggestive note the sale yesterday, to 60 to
Philadelphia for refining of Il cargo of 4lO hhd'
Porto Rico at a private price, but no sales were
made to-day. The market is, however, steady,
and We quote as follows viz:
Cuba and p f., fair to good refining 3-l6aI5
Cuba, centrifugal, 7346!; Porto Rico grocery
grades 7ia72; Demerara centrifugal That's; Re
lining grades Eng. and Fr lsPd. Gsa7.
Collective report more active and decided
ly stronger market for Coffee, sales being made
here to day, part for New York account, OF
some 10. 00O bags at llIcsl4!. and we quote nj
the close as follows. viz:
Rio, ordinary cargoes, 13al3tc; fair DO. 1913
151c; good do. 153s16; prime do: lGslG4, ana
job lots. ordinary to choice, 13sl7!c-these fg-
ures being an advance of i! to &c on previous
quotations.
NEW YORK CATTLE MARKET. Juno Is
Beeves-Arrivals for the last three days 2.4Oz
None put on sale to-day.
CaIves-Recepts ,353 The supply largely
exceeded the wants OF the trade, and sales were
extremely slow at a reduction OF. about &C per
Id. State milk fed veals ranged from 43c to C:c
Der ID; grassars and buttcrmilk calves 30 far a:
u, ca q, IN. bllttnr-
milk calves were likely to 60 rs low as tic per
pound.
Sheep and Lambs-Arrivals to-day of 3. 40
head. The demand Tor Sheep was only mode;
ate, and most of the dealers reported dull trace
with weak feeling and a downward tendency
toward the coso A picked lot Of weGthers, -
lbs average, taken for export alive, sold upl"
SIS 10 per 100 lbs, and car load of choice rs!
Ohio Sheep, close to 100 lbs average, atS4s ~ per
100 lbs; otherwise the range Of sheep was q g.
per 10. Lambs were active and h'gner, WIN
quick snles Of Southern State and Western ~
safe per h. and of Maryland and jersey STOCK
At 7s7ic per 10. A few poor culs went as low ~
&c per lb.
Hogs-To. days receipts were 1851. None
for sale alive. Dealers nomlnaly quote la'F l"
good corn fod alive at 4 COAST 10 per ID.
CHICAGO CATTLE MARKET. Juhc 2i-H1g;-
receipts u 0Uu; market opened dull ;.nd ID c'h'S
lOWbI subsequently luC O'I'lip ps"'slJ
ed. and the market became active Ilgbt pach'
ing and shipping s5aS1; fair to eytrn slGoYIn
AID shipping 8 20 .S4 IS shipments 1OCO CALI
receipts 300; shipments 3C00; market N""'
good TO choice shipping oonS5. iohrep-',
ceip,s 100; market rather frnier; shIes -
$4 624 per cwt
QUEENSTOWN CATTLE, MARKET June 90
49, head Of Cattle were offered lGJ Of when gov"
st 3nt4cper h. buttew selling the latter Ieu'h'
% left oyor: market dull. l00Sheep and Lamp,
offered, sl of which sold at 3!a44 per 10 Tor yu
Sheep and 5.6c for Lambs. bu. few selling AZ lI1
later figure; market brisk - Mich Cows sd"
a. 2OsS35 ahec; market very dull.
CINCINNATI Hca MARKET. Juno I'll Hog
active and shade higher; common . "a
So 80; light ASA Is; packing loas4 ~; bu'cA'
ers' 25a$4 IS receipts 400; shipments oSo'