Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-03-26

white 45a47 do yellow 44a46A Western mixed
/ spot and March 49, a47; April 461ha46Hs; May
464a46as steamer 441ss44A Oats hrmer, WITH
better inquiry; Southern 3sa42; Western white
39a41: do mixed 87a39; Penna 39a41. Bye
steady and quiet at 7oa73. Hay steady and
quiet prime to choice Western $l3a15 6O. Fro.
visions dull and nominal. Mess Pork $40 25s
il rs. Bulk mests-shouldels and clear rlt
sides picked taa64.. Bacon-shoulders 5 clear
rib sides 81 hams loiba111h Lard refined ~
creamery 25a32. Eggs steady at II 1hal2 Cot
fee quiet; Rio cargoes ordinary to fair SAaS4
Sugar quiet; A soft GA. Whskey firm at 81 l9s
20.
! NEW YORK. Mar 26-stocks dull and firm
Money easy at 14a3 Cotton quiet and steady
uplands 91s; Orleans 8 GIG; futures quiet and
| firm. Flour unchanged and quiet. Wheat high
er Corn dull and weak. Pork dull at So 75a
| OPS. Lard steady at Sc 35.
RICHMOND MARKET, March 25.-The market
remains quiet and business very dull. Prices are
without change, and there were no sales OF
Wheat reported on Change to-day. Prime white
Corn brought 48.
LYNcHBURe MARKET, March 25-The market
remains quiet and with very few changes to note
Corn 45a4S. Rye and Oats nominal. Receipts of
Tobacco light, and prices have undergone no
| change.
FREDERICKSBURG MARKET. March 25.-In
nothing has there been any change to note since
last report. Receipts of produce of all kinds con-
tinue very limited, and the general dullness pre-
vailing exists here also.
BALTIC SUGAR AND COFFEE MARKET, Mar %.
and easy, with liberal supply offering and
a moderate demand from retiners For re-
fined sugars the market is quiet and steady at,
for cut loaf TIC; cubes z powdered Z; gran
ulated 65a softs-moulds Ga Dicks confec-
TONERS 63s: confectioners' A 6k yellow 5a4
Glbc; Columbia &.
Coifee-The arrivals in the past week were
10000 bags. The inquiry for invoices is light
and the market is quiet and nominally steady
with liberal Offering Stock in rst hands 81, $40
bags equote Rio invoices as follows: Ordinary at
81 fair at sata good at 9A, and prime at 9lh
per Id, 80 days.
Cattle Markets.
BALTIMORE CATTLE MARKET. Mar. 25.-Sheep.
Some $50 head of Mondays offerings are in the
pens and there have been no fresh arrivals since
that day. Trade has been slow, with no demand
for common Sheep. Prices 2aaa6c gross.
Hogs-There have been no additional receipts
since last Monday, and some 90 head Of that
days offerings are on salo at prices unchanged
since then. Some dealers are expecting higher
quotations next week.
NEW YORK CATTLE MARKET, Mar. 25.-Beeves
no offerings; dressed beef dull at 6baS1bc per ID
for sides Sheep firm st steady prices for good
stock demand weak for inferior to fair, particu-
larly for common and ordinary yearling Lambs ;
fully one half of the receipts remain unsold ex-
tremes 4laa67sc per ID for Sheep, and 6a7a4c for
yearngs general sales at S5a6 % per 100 lbs
for Sheep and Sc 25a7 25 for Lambs. Hogs
none offered alive; noninally firm at 81 Goa
4 SO per 100 lbs.
CHICAGO CATTLE MARKET. March 25.-Cattle-
market slow and 10 cts. lower; shipping steers
$3 9Oa5 60; stockers and feeders So OOa4 40;
cows, bulls and mixed 81 75a3 rs bulk $3a3 90
Hogs-market active and 10c lower; rough and
mixed Sd O0a4 So; packing and shipping 81 %
Sheep-market slow natives 81 5Oa6 so Lambs
81 O0aG 90.
QUEENSTOWN CATTLE MARKET March 25.-At
Queenstown this week 279 head of Cattle were
offered, with sales at 3a5Ac per lb. Some 421
Sheep and Lambs were offered Sheep sold at 31ha
&c. and Lambs at 5a615c per ID. Clipped Sheep
brought 3a5c per ID. Some Cows and Calves we're
sold at S21a45 head.
MARINE NEWS.
PORT OF ALEXANDRIA, MARCH 26, 1856.
San rises.. 80. 81 suE SETS. 6 1e
SAILED.
Steamer Couohoe, Baltimore, by Perry, smoot
& Co.
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