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consiilenible, as we have old stocks of wheat on hum], 
and the past harvest was fully an average one. We had 
reports of serious disaster to thegrowingcornby frost, on 
the closing nights of August, but later accounts show that 
though the injury was considerable, it was far less exten- 
sive than the first newspaper reports indicated. The 
drouth still prevailing in some sections will further re- 
duce the yield, yet on the whole there will be a fair crop 
of corn— perhaps nearly an average one, taking the whole 
country together, if no further casualty occurs. With 
the remaining stock in the country from last year's crop, 
there is not the least danger of a scarcity. . . . The 
Breadstuff markets in this city were less freely supplied 
and were quiet during most of the past month,— prices 
fluctuating frenuently. Recently rather more favorable 
market news from Europe, and a rise in Gold and Ster- 
ling Exchange, encouraged export buyers, and heavier 
purchases have been made, the market closing buoy- 
antly Cotton has been in fair demand,— falling off in 
price early in the month, but closing at rising rates. 
The stock here on the 1st inst. was only about 15,000 
bales ...Provisions have been quite plenty, and prices 
have been unsettled. The demand has not been very ac- 
tive Tobacco has been more sought after, owing to 
the frost reports, and has been held with more firmness. 
Wool has been in brisk request, particularly within 
the past ten days, chiefly for manufacturing purposes, 
especially army cloth-contractors having made very 
heavy purchases. Prices are firmer and advancing 
Hay, Hops, and Seeds have been in more demand In 
most other agricultural products, transactions have been 
moderate. The annexed table will show the changes in 
prices, since our last, and also the closing quotations. 
Current Wholesale Prices. 
August 19. Sept. 17. 
Fr.or/E-Super to Extra State f 3 85 @ 5 25 $4 00 ® 5 45 
Superfine Western.. S 85 ® 4 35 4 00 ® 4 4;. 
Extra Western 4 50 ® 8 60 4 40 @ 8 50 
ExtraGenesee 5 30 ® 7 00 5 50 @ 7 25 
Super, to Extra Southern .... 5 25 ® 8 75 5 10 @ 8 50 
Itv-E Flour— Fine and Super. 3 40 ® 5 25 3 50 @ 5 30 
Cokv Meat 3 90 ® 4 30 4 00 ® 4 50 
Wheat— All kinds of White.. 1 27W51 1 45 128 @ 1 50 
All kinds of lied 85 O 1 30 85 ® 1 29 
COEH— Yellow 69 ® 73 77 @ 79 
Mixed... 66 ® 68)4 76 ® 77 
OA-rs-Western 55 ® 61 65 ® 73 
State 62 @ 65 67 ® 73 
IIVK ... 80 ® 90 SO @ 90 
Uvrley Nominal. 125 
Beans— per bushel 2 00 ® 3 35 1 50 ® 3 00 
Cotton— Middlings, per lb.... 67 ® 67K 68 ® 69 
Hops, crop of 1862, per lb 15 @ 22 16 @ 23 
Feathzbs, Live Geese, p. lb,. 48 @ 53 48 @ 50 
Seed— Clover, per lb. 7K® 8 9 @ 10 
Timotliy, per bushel 1 87H® 2 25 2 40 ® 2 ,o 
Flax, per bushel 2 10 ® 2 40 2 25 ® 2 55 
Sugar— Brown, per lb 9 ® 13 9','8 ISM 
MoLASSES.New-oi'teans, p.gl.. 35 ® 4;, 3iJ~j® 53 
Coffee. Klo, per lb 25 K@ 2S% 28 ® 31 
Tobacco— K.entuckji*c,p.lb.. 9 ® 23 10 @ 25 
Seed Leaf, per lb 15 @ 45 13 ® 42 
Wool— Domestic fleece, p. lb.. 00 @ 75 60 @ i4 
Domestic pulled, pel* lb 55k® 70 60 @ .0 
Wool, California, unwashed. . '25 ® 50 23 ® 50 
Ta blow, per lb 10!,'® 10J-J Mk'® 10H 
On, Cake, per tun 38 50 ©4-100 38 00 @44 00 
PORK— Mess, per bbl 13 25 ®13 37>< 13 62>4®13 7d 
Prime per bbl 10 50 ®10 75 10 50 @10 75 
BEEF-t-lain mess 10 00 @12 25 10 50 ®13 50 
Lard, in bbls., per lb B%® WY» 10 @ 10X 
Butter- Western, per lb 14 ® l.>4 15 ® 19 
State, per lb 10 ® 22 16 ® 23 
Cheese 8 @ 11^ 9 ® 12^ 
Broom Corn— ner lb 8 @ 10 8 @ 10! 
Egss— Fresh, per dozen 14 ® 16 17 ® 21 
Poultry— Fowls, per la. 16 @ 18 14 ® 16 
Dueks, per pair 1 00 ® 1 7o 50 ® io 
Geese/each 100 ® 1 50 7a @ 1 50 
Turkeys, per lb. ... 18 ® 20 15 ® 19 
PoTATOKS-Pykman, P. bbl.. 150 ® 2 00 125 ® 1 55 
Mercers, per bbl 175 ® 2 00 175 f 2 28 
Buckeyes per bbl 12a ® 1 37 
SweetDelnware per bbl 6 50 4 00 @ i 2d 
Jersey Sweet per bbl — 3 50 @ 3 o 
TURVips-Knta baga, per bbl 1 25 ® 1 50 2 00 ® 2 25 
Onions, Red & Yellow p. bbl. 3 50 2 50 
Cabbages, per 100 4 00 ® 6 00 10 00 @12 00 
Dried Apples, per lb 5 ® 7' 4 ® 7 
Dried Peaches, per lb In ® 16 14 ® lb 
Peaches, choice per basket. 1 50 ® 1 75 2 00 ® 2 50 
F.-iCbes common per basket. 75 ® 1 25 1 00 ® 1 nO 
Apples, choice, per bbl 2 50 ® 3 50 2 50 @ 3 00 
Apples, common, per bbl 1 25 @ 2 00 To ® 1 oO 
Peaks Barllrtt, per bbl 10 00 ®15 00 10 00 ®15 00 
Pears, common, per bbl. 1 76 @ 5 00 3 00 6c 5 00 
Pumpkins Cheese, per 100. . 8 00 <»12 00 7 00 @10 00 
Tomatoes, per bushel ... ... 50 ® 75 75 @ 1 00 
Squashes, Marrow, per bbl.. 2 00 ® i 50 
Plums, per bushel 3 50 ® a 00 
Jjf. Y. Live Stoclc Markets.— The Cattle 
- markets have been abundantly supplied with animals 
during the past month, the average being 5,669 per week. 
At the first market after our last report, with 4,657 offered 
for the week, prices advanced ?ic, and the stock sold off 
rapidly. The following week there were 5,820 on sale, 
and prices fell off 5ic. ; cattle about all sold. At the next 
market 5,194 cattle were offered, and all found pur- 
chasers at nearly %c. advance. The week ending Sept. 
15th brought the largest number of cattle ever seen in 
New-York and vicinity ,'for a single week. They footed 
up over 7,000 head, and nearly all found purchasers, 
though prices were %c. lower than at the previous 
market. A small number of the best cattle brought lie. 
per lb. for the estimated dressed weight ; good steers, 
9,Ye.l2>10c. ; common cattle, 7Xc.<a8^c. ; and some very 
poor steers, dry cows, etc., sent in on account of the de- 
pastures, went at 6c. ©6}. Average of all sales about 9,^c. 
Nlileli Cows. — About 100 per week are now 
offered at the regular yards. The demand is not brisk; 
common to good fresh milkers sell at $30 to $-10 each; 
first class $45 to $50 ; fancy animals, at higher figures. 
Slieep and Kjambs.— Receipts have aver- 
aged 15,890 per week for a month past, which is a great 
increase over the previous month. They have been sell- 
ing well, and just now there is a large demand for store 
sheep to winter over. Good fat sheep are worth, for 
butchering, 5c. per lb., live weight ; common sheep, 4 1 2'c. 
Lambs are abundant, and sell slowly at $2J£ to $3,'i each. 
tiive Hogs— Are in pretty good demand, 
at 5%ta!5%c. per lb., live weight., for corn-fed ; and 5&c. 
(o:51aC. for distillery hogs. Receipts average 9,506 per 
week for a month past. 
Xl«e Weather — For a month past has been 
hot anil very dry. From Aug. 17th, to Sept. 18, less than 
one inch of waler fell, alt told, the most of this inch on 
the night of Aug. 29th. Pastures and meadows are dry- 
ing up, and the buckwheat crop will doubtless be short. 
Early sown winter grain will hardly vegetate until we 
have rain. Our daily notes, condensed, read : August 19, 
to 24, clear and hot — 25, cloudy, P. M., slight shower at 
night — 25, N.E. rain A. M., clear, cool, P. M. — 27, clear 
cool — 28, light rain — 29, clear and fine A. M., cloudy P. 
M., with rain at night— 30, clear, cool, with hard frost in 
some portions of the West — 31, clear, cool, fine 
September 1, cool, light rain— 2, to 10, clear, fine, moder- 
ately cool, getting dry — 11, clear A. I\I., cloudy P. M.— 
12, 13, light rain, but not enough to do any good — 14 to 16, 
clear, dry, warm — 17, passing clouds and shower at night. 
Rain Fall for August 4.59, most of which fell be- 
fore Ihe 12th. The Barometer has marked a pretty even 
track — from 29}£ inches to 30K inches. 
Thermometer at 6 A. M., New-York. 
[Observations carefully made upon a standard Ther- 
mometer (Fahrenheit.) — r indicates rain — s, snow.] 
1 
. 66" 1 8 . . 
..70 |1I.. 
..67r|12... 
68r 13 . 
..67 111.. 
70r 
,, 67 
6Sr 
.68 
.. 69 
...71r 
...66r 
JULV. 
15 70rj22... 
16 71r 23... 
17 66rl24 , 
18 . ...65 125 , , 
21 72r|28... 
63 
..64 
. , 65 
70 
. 70r 
...70 
29.... 
30 
71r 
73r 
4 , 
5 
6 
7 
Aver' 
!.68°. 
AUGUST. 
. . . 74 59 
filr 
2... 
3.. . 
4... 
5... 
6 
7... 
..74 
..76 
..74 
..73 
71r 
..68 
9 
10... 
11.. 
12.. 
13 
14 
71 
. ..72 
..75r 
'",67 
...69 
16 68r 
17 68r 
18 56 
19 62 
21 66 
23... 
24... 
25... 
26 . . . 
27 
9,H 
...72 
74 
...74r 
...6Ir 
56 
...59r 
30 54 
31 54 
Aver'e..6S° 
SEPTEMBER. 
1 . 
3 
...60 14... 
...57 IK - 
...59 1 7 67 
...58 8 63 
...60 9 67 
10... 
11 
12... 
.,,56 
53 
...61r 
13 ,, 
14 ... 
15 
P6r 
.62 
..62 
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