Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-08

dIe EcpOIItu WneIe OuO may Vduu sVIAp
ear after ear, to find cebs with only
few scattering kernelslthereon, and on
the hill lands, in many cases, the
fodder is parched to a crisp. The ad-
vance in corn during the past week
has been fully Sc per bushel, and an
excited feeling prevails in several
leading Northern markets. Oats are
slightly higher, while no change has
occurred in hay except slightly i'm
proved demand. A good jobbing de-
mand prevails for -four, at steady
prices. Wheat is no higher than a
week ago, therefore -four exhibits no
advance, though prices are we'll sus-
tanned. Cornmeal, to keep pace with
corn, is tending upward, and quota
tions are 25C per Dbl above a week
ago. The demand has Stacked off con-
siderably, receipts are much lighter,
and only moderate jobbing movement
is reported. Provisions in the West
have varied but little in value during
the past week. A heavy con-
sumptive demand has ruled
throughout the South, keeping prices
we'll up except for lard, which is nom
inal and some lower, and while values
Of cut meats are no higher in the
West, jobbers here have established
about &c higher prices on clear rit
and clear pork and bacon, which are
the leading species desired for planta.
ton use. Sugars are quiet anc
wholly unchanged, though accounts
from Louisiana report the prospects
Of the growing crop very unfavOrable
with the outlook indicating but littl'
if any more than one-third Of thu
average yield. A prospective OutturI
Of but $4,000 or $4,000 hOgsheads thi
fall and winter in Louisiana will prob
ably cause higher prices to rule at al
early day, especially for home pro
ducts. We draw half million ton
Of sugar annually from Cuba, abou
four times as much as Louisiana pro
duces. henee, with a good yield i
: that island, steep PRICES may not b
realized. Cuba has, however, felt tn
drought, though to what extent tn
sugar crop has been affected is nc
yet known. The total stock Of suga
: now in Cuba is reported by telegrap
at 75,440 tons. Our merchants ar
laying in baggiag and ties fFeel!
? though the retail trade is yet ligh
(: The cotton crop is ripening fast, an
, the dry summer has put it two week
r or more ahead of last season. Ou
9 FIRST new bale of this years crop can
. in from Tarraut county, TeGa
late Friday night last and pol
. at public cutlery Saturday f
20 cents per pound. A buyer for tt
Z Gaitstip, Tenn } mills went to l93
g but an EastesS buyer wanted and g
!. it. This bale was lrom beyond Il
( Memphis district and will thereto
K not b. entered at the Cotton Exchanl
o as "frst bais.p A new bale arrive
t Saturday evening from President
+ Islaad, five miles below the city,whs
it grew. aud 10 offered to-day. The
bales are nearly two weeks in advan
: of last year, and esaier than aay fir
bales for long term Of years. Th
! are indications Of an early maturing
i the growing crop. Picking is alrei;
i progressing rapidly in the southol
portion of the cotton belt and .
!. long it will be general throughout Il
a South. Tie excessive dryness Of Il
; past spring and su@EeF has cut
/ our garden productions, and the lOe
i supply Of potatoes, onions, cabbag
: etc, Is nov being supplied from i
. West. The retail tEaGc in this ella
i, Of stuff will likely be heavy dAFil
= the ell and winter months, whi
! large draughts of corn and other fel
IL will be made from the Northwest /
Is use among So itherp plantations Yhe