, 1842-09-17

o ceiEindeed, the proportion OF Infe-
rior Tobacco has been immense, and
q the sales of leaf during the season
have not, therefore, averaged above
8 cents per pound. The receipts of
a the year, as given above, include a.
: bout $4,000 hogsheads of strips, which
S are almost invariably sent forward
E on country accouns, but are estlma-
: ted to be worth her Sl25 per hid
There have been scarcely any arri-
walls OF stems this season.
There has been a fair inquiry for
Iobacco since our review of last
Saturday morning, but in conse-
quence OF the very limited stock on
The market the sales have only a.
mounted to about 100 hogsheads.-
we give the particulars as follows,
VIZ: IA hhdS, x. of which Z at Il.
and Z at 2 cents; SO hhds.. of which
D Bulls-eye at II; 95 x, at 2; % do.
at 2t; 8 Seconds at Al; and 9 Firts
at ST; IA hhcs. at Ii a 24, Al, and 81;
- hhds. at Ct, a., and 5; 10 hhds.
y, at 2t cents. At the moment. the
stock on sale. including all descrip
tons. does not exceed $50 hhds.--
Prices remnin the same rs previously,
say Tor Ordinary lots II for *,
81 a 81 for Seconds, and d a ii for
FIrsis; Fair lots. 9, q, and 5; Fine
lots. 2i. d.. and 81; Selections, q a
- a. a d., and ST a 81 cents per
pound.
WESTERN PRoDUcE.-Scarcely ut
any period of the past season can
the Western Produce market be SAID
to have exhibited much animation.
and during the greater part of the
time IT has been dull and depressed
beyond all former precedent. The
receipts OF many articles. particular
~ Pork. Lard, Corn, Wheat &C.. have
increased considerably. and as The
demand Tor consumption in the Cot
ion groNInC regions of the South has
materially diminished within the past
year or two by the successful efforts
OF Planterstc Produce for themselves.
a great reduction in prices and Gihi.
Guilty IN e!icc,ing sales have been the
results. i'has been necessary. there
lore. TO seek other markets to 4 grea-
ter extent than usual.
FLoUR.-When we left the market
on Saturday last it was very dull at
81 25 COR supcrfne, with a dropping
t%endenc". in consequence Of numcr
Gus arrivals. On Monday. howevcr.
several thousand barrels were bought
up for shipment and bakers use a.,
S4 ia a a IS and as the receipts had
fallen off again, holders put up the
price to 81 SO a 4 IS, and some ask
ed as high as SIS 90.
PoRK.-Some few hundred barrels
prime have been taken for tie north.
the West Indies, &c. but the market
generally remains very inactive at
our quotations. The stock is much
reduced, being now only about 49,.
900 bbls. of all descriptions, of which
about $500 bbIs. are branded Mess.
and 4,500 do prime. The stock al
period last year was about
$1,000 bbIs.
BEEF.-The supplies of this arti-
have been less this year than last
by about one half. Nevertheless the 1
market has been dull and heavy {
throughout the season in consequence :
Of there having been very little ex a
port demand. Occasional small sales |
are made at our quotations. e
BAcoN.--There is a light supply. a
and our former quotations are still .
maintained, but the demand is not Ii
brisk. Total receipts this season c
22,725 casks and l,288,0OO pounds d
n bulk. Total exports 14,479 casks. ; ;
LARD.-The duilness which has +
prevailed in this article for a week or !,
wo past still constitutes, owing to q :
he absence of demand for export !
small sales for consumption are made :,
I 81 a 7 cent, and we still quote ex- !,
remes at 81 a 7 cents per pound. ac- u y
to quality. The present . .
took, including bbIs. is equal to about :,
5000 kegs. !.
GRarN.-Shelled Corn in sacks has 70
cen arriving pretty freely, but a de- cI
land for shipment TO the north has al
gain opened. and holders are now
rim at 80 a 81 cents per bushel for
rye parcels. Oats are in limited re- -
Iets at 81 a 80 cents per bushel, in
.cks. Wheat is very dull at the
oment, owing TO the difficulty in r