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Spriugfield Market. 



>^ OmCX OF CHE iLUNOIt Fakmxk ) 

 Angnat 6, 1867. S 

 FLOUR— Extra white, $8 50;8uperfine$8 00; common *7 60 

 WU£AT— In demand. Kew|l 10; White $1 20. 

 CORN— Saleg at 40@60ctB. ^ bu.; white ihaUed for bread, 



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OATS— Sales at 42@60 cts. bo. 

 HIDES— Dry flint 14 f) lb. 

 BRAN— 15 cts. Vbu. 

 SUORTS— fine, iOO f» cwt. 

 CHICK£NS— $2 00 ^ dos. 

 TURKBYS— None 

 ONIONS— $2 fk bn. 

 POTATOES— $1 25; new $2 ^ bn. 

 APPLES— Dry $3 50@$4. 

 BDTTER— 15@-20 cts.^ ft. 

 CHEESE— 11 cts. ^ ft. 

 EGM3S— 12@12»^cti.|idoz. , 

 HAY- $6 1» ton. 

 CORN MEAL— 80c. ^ bn. 

 HAMS-Smoked 15@16;^c ^ ft. 

 MOLASSES— 80@S5c '^ gal ; sugar house $1. 

 GOLDEN SYRDP— $1 20@1 26. 

 SUGAR— Brown, 12@16c » lb. 

 TALLOW-10@12c ^ lb. 

 BACON SHOULDERS— 10@12o. 

 SIDE MEAT— 13@15c fk lb. 

 LARD— 12@15c. 

 BEANS— 3 50 per bush. 

 COPFEB— Rio,14@16)^cii ft; Javal8®20c. 

 RICE— 8@10c 



CLOVER SEED— $8@10 "er bu; Timothy, $3}^@4. 

 CANDLES— TaUow 15@20; Star 30@35c per ft. 

 PEACHES— Dry $4 50. 

 SALT— G. A: $2 25 <i^ bag; barrell $3. 

 WHITE FISH— $8 ^ half bbl. 

 COD FISH— ^ lb Mic. 



MACKEREL— No. 1, ^. bbl $18. ' 



BROOMS— ¥ dozen $1 50@$2. 

 BUCKETS- ft dozen $2 50. 

 VINEGAR- fibbl 12i^@15c. 

 WHITE LEAD— ^ keg $2 26@2 60. 

 LINSEED Oir^¥ bbl $1 10. 

 LARD OIL— $1.15 ^ bbl. 

 WHISKY— Common "fi gal 35o ; rye 60c. 

 ROPE— Manilla 16@20c f) coU. 

 NAILS— $4.75@6.75 Igi keg. 

 SOAP— Palm $7@8 ^ box. 

 CARB.SODA— 7i^c ^ keg. 



WOOL— Firm at 30 to 48c for common to full-blooded 

 Merino. 



St. liouis Market-- Au^st 1. 



Flour — Sales 50 bbls scratched, at $5 25; 180 do low grade 

 extra and choice superfine, in lots, at $6 50. 



Wheat — Supplies consisted in most part of damp and dirty 

 new, which were dull and sold at irregular rates — good and 

 prime dry qualities are sustained. Sales comprise about 1600 

 bags, damp, dirty and mixed f)rom $1 10 to $1 IV; 385 bags 

 ■lightly damp at $1 20@1 22; S50 bags private; 258 bags 

 good dry at $ t 25; SIO bags prime do at $1 30; 116 bags choice 

 old red and white at $1 35@1 371^. 



Corn — Inactive, but firm Salea comprise 620 bsgs prime 

 yellow at 69@70c, and 50 bags white at 70c, in new gunnies. 



Oats—Sales 170 bags poor at 57)^c; 25 bags new at 65c, and 

 200 bags to arrire on Monday at the same; 50 bags old at eSc, 

 and 300 bags prime do a^ 70@72c, in good bags. 



Rye — Sale 51 bags at $1 30, in bags. 



Barley — 600 bushels spring were sold to arrive at $1. 



Cheese— Sale 50 boxes in lots at 10c 



Whisky — Sales comprise 428 bbls in lots at 26c, cash. 



Bice — 50 tcs were reported at *il4fi. 



Bags — Sales 2500 new osnaburgs at 19c, 60 days, and 3000 

 No. 1 second-hand gunnies at 10c — an advance. 



Apples — 7 boxes new, containing about one bn each, sold 

 at$l 60 ^ box— a decline. . 



Coffee — Sold during t»«e week by one house 1600 sacks fair 

 to prime at lll^c to 12c ^ ft. 



Sugar — 100 hhds during the week at private terms. 



Molasses — Nothing heard. 



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New Orleans Cattle Market—July 24. 



Arrived to-day, 230 Attakapas and Texas cattle. The mar- 

 ket during the week was well supplied with hogs, sheep, 

 milch cows and veal cattle. Western beeves were scarce. 

 The market whs moderately active at our quotations, viz : 



Baef Cattle— Texas, Attakapas, etv., inferior. $11@19; fair 

 •nd choice, $20@38. 



Hogs 9@9i^. Sheep in lots ft head, choice $5.50; infeiior 

 and ordinary $2.50@4.50. Milch cows ^ head (40@75. Veal 

 Wttla $6.60®10.60. 



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New York Market—August 6> 



Flonr 5c better in com. grades. Sales 5,000 bhla at (&26(^ 

 50 for superfine state; $6 70@6 80 for extra do; $6 20@ 

 6 50 for superfine western; $6 6(>@7 for common to medium 

 extra do; Canadian, steady; sales 300 hbla at (S 86®8 60 

 for huper fine; $6 80@9 for extra. 



Wheat firmer, salea 8,000 bushels; $1 44>^; Chicago, 

 spring; $1 51@1 53 Mil club, and $1 90@2 06 ne«r ired and 

 white southern. < 



Byedoill, $1 10@1 13. 



Cora market lower; salea 15,000 hushels, 86^^B8}^cfor 



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Oats fi;rmer, 60@06 for state and westeraL 



ProTis: ions— Pork market firmer; sales 200 bbft; t3A:20& 

 24 35 m< iss; $19 50@19 60 prime. 



Beefst.eady. 



Cut m eats firmer. h • . ! .< ii 



Lard better; sales 800 bbls 15Vg@165^c. 



Whisky— sales 400 bbls; 31 J^. 



Stocks are duil and all down. Money firm with good 

 demand and supply. Sterling exchange $1 09^i8 firm ; C & 

 R I 95c; I C 99i^c; M 8 49c; NYC 6b-85; Mo 6's 80; Lacrosse 

 & Mil. 32J^c; G i ;C 95J^c; Erie 35c; OAT 69i<ic; M * M 64c; 

 Hnrlem lU^c; Panama Sl^^c; Del k Hudson $1 20; M S pre- 

 ferred 78c; Erie bonds 71-68. 



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New Orleans Market— July 31. 



Cotton firm. Sales 900 bales at 14^®16c ; sales last week 

 4300 bales. 



Rio Coffee — 10}^@llc; prime llj^c; sales last week 690 

 bags ; stock in siore, including that at quarantine, 11S,000 

 bags. 



Mixed Corn— 75@80c. 



Mess Pork— $24 ; stock in port 12,500 bbls ; shoulders lie. 



Freight on cotton to Liverpool 7J^ ; to Havre lo. - • 



Sterling Exehange — 10 sliiUings. i ..if} 



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St. I<ouls Cattle Maiiiet— August.!. ,'' ' 



Baldwin's Yards, Broadway.— A light stock of goodoffer- 

 ing, with an ample supply of inferior and common.: Fine to 

 choice sell rather slow at 7J^@8j^c ^ ft. The lower grades 

 sell at 2'^@Z%c gross. Feeders are buying at those prices. 



Hogs— Supply ample for the demand. Fair to choice sell 

 at 7}^(g>8i4c. Shippers pay 6J^@7c and the demand limited. 



Sheep — Light stuck offering and demand limited at prices 

 rangiug frnm $1.25 to $3f^head, according to quality. Lambs 

 sell at $1.55 to $2 25. 



Cows and Calves sell at $25@45 ^ head and demand light. 



New York Cattle Market— July 30. 



The market at Forty-fourth street was abundantly srip. 

 plied with Beeves to-day. In addition to 2,646 firesh cattle 

 received during the we.'tk, there were some 150 head remain 

 ing from last week's sales, making the real supply 2,900 head. 

 The footings at all the markets give 3,317 fresh cattle, against 

 2,963 for the previous week. 



The (oUowing shows from what States the supply of beef 

 cattle at AUerton's cajne : 



New York 334 Kentucky.. 109 



Ohio 486 Indiana...; 673 



IlUinois 1014 ' . 



The current prices for the week at all the markets are as 

 follows: 



BEir CATTLI. 



First quality. ^ cwt ».... $n.50@12.00 



Ordinary 10.00@11.00 



Commcn 8.60@ fr.50 



Inferior 7.50@ 8.00 



General spiling prices 9.5Q@1Q.50 



Average of all >i<ttes « 9.76@10p0 



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I.and Warrants. .--•:•>?• 



For a few days past, says Thompson's Bank Note Reporter, 

 the call for land warrants has been quite active, and caused 

 an kdvance; but the supply now is about equal to the de- 

 mand. We now (July 27) quote: 



Warrants. Buying. Selling. 



40 acres $1.10 1 15 



80 do 85 ' 1 00 



120 do 91 , , 95 



160 do 96 99 



Chlcao^o Cattle Market— July 20tli. 



Cattle — ilarket for common beeves is dull. Good fat cattle 

 will bring $4 50@'> "p! IOO tos gross, though 60 bead of very 

 fine cattle averaging some 1,2UU fts, sold to a city butcher at 

 about $4 50 ^ lOU ft^. 



Hogs — The range for fathog8i8$6@6grosS;Wlthfew sales. 



Sheep — They are dull sale at . 



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