State of the Markets— Notices, SfC. 



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{^CT" We have received several letters of 

 inquiry, touching late communications. A 

 gentleman at Plainfield, N. J., states that he 

 was much pleased with the communication of 

 Edward Tatnal, of Wilmington, Del., on 

 the value of manure. He says " your corres- 

 pondent speaks of lime and manure ; he puts 

 lime first, but does not tell us afterwards how 

 he applied it; the quantity per acre, the qual- 

 ity of the lime, or the nature and constitution 

 of the soil to which it was applied." Friend 

 Tatnal will confer a favor on many of our 

 readers, by answering the above. 



A subscriber sends us three dollars, postage 

 paid, in advance for the Cabinet and says— 

 « Whenever you have a chance to give the 

 gunners a threshing in your paper, let them 

 have it I never saw one yet, (if good for any 

 thing) who was not w^anted at home at the 

 very time he was shooting down the little 

 songsters." We will give it to the wretches 

 whenever opportunity offers, and that with 

 the greatest cordiality. Our correspondent 

 is right in calling them "gunners;" gentle- 

 men are never thus employed. 



State of the Markets. 



Philadelphia, August 13. 



Flour,— The retail demand for Flour is 

 quite active. Sales for the week ending the 

 11th inst have been made at.f5.25 for old 

 stock, and $7.00 for new superfine. A lot of 

 scraped sold for $6 per bbl. In Rye Flour, 

 sales have been made at $4.25. A lot of 130 

 bbls condemned was sold at #4. Corn Meal 

 in hhds at $16 a $16.50. About 744 barrels 

 sold at !p.30. 



Grain.— The supply of new Wheat is 

 small. Sales at a fair extent at $1.50 a $1.- 

 55 per bushel ; a lot of inferior sold at $1.45 ; 

 last sale of old $1.30. Rye— Sales moderate 

 at 92 a 95 cents in store, a lot of inferior at 

 80 cents. Corn— The long continued dry 

 weather this season has caused a speculative 

 demand, and prices have raised higer. The 



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supplies come m very sparingly, and sales 

 have been made at 85 a 95 cts. per bushel. — 

 Oats — Sales have been made of 3,200 bushels 

 37i cts. afloat ; 1,000 in store at 38, and a lot 

 of 500 bushels at 41 cts. 



Provisions. — There has been an increased 

 demand for most articles under this head, with 

 reduced stocks. Sales of Western Bacon 

 have been made to a considerable amount at 

 11 a lU for hams; sides 10, and Shoulders 7 

 a Bets, per lb. In Mess Pork sales have been 

 made at $21 a 21.50 per bbl. Prime $16.— 

 Lard— Sales of over 400 kegs Western at 9i 

 a 10 cts. per lb., short credit. 



Plaster — Two cargoes have been sold on 

 the Delaware side at $2.50 per ton ; two or 

 three cargoes to arrive, sold at S3.25 per ton. 



Cattle Market.— At market 260 Beeves, 

 130 Cows and Calves, 600 Hogs, and 1,300 

 Sheep. Beef cattle were in slow demand at 

 $8.25; for good and prime $8.50; about 210 

 sold. Cows and Calves sold at .f22 a $40 

 each. Hogs are inactive, and only a part of 

 the offering was taken at $6.75 a $7, as in 

 quality. Sheep and Lambs brought $1.75 a 

 4.75 as in quality. 



Silk Growing in P lorida.— A correspon- 

 dent of the Albany Evening Journal, writmg 

 from St. Augustine, says—" All the experi- 

 ments of our ancient city the present season 

 in silk making are successful and interesting. 

 We have, at this time, growing in our sandy 

 but luxuriant soil and appropriate climate, 

 nearly ONE million of morns mult icanlis irees 

 of various sizes. We yet shall supply silk 

 for the whole American consumption and for 

 exportation. Hundreds are preparing to enter 

 upon silk growing, and there will be a rush 

 for Florida at the final close of the Indian war. 

 We have our thousands and tens of thousands 

 of orange trees that will bear another season, 

 and thus restore this deligiitfiil fruit to our 

 own country. Our oranges were considered 

 the largest and best in the N. York market. 



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