Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1844-08-17
ST.. LOUIS, August 9TH.


Remurks-The attention of the business
community has been almost wholly absorb
ed in the election which has Just closed,
and but very little has been done in the mar
Ret. The receipts Of produce have been
quite inconsiderable, and the levee has pre-.
sensed q more quiet aspect than any prevl-
Gus week OF the season. Ia prices or de-
mand, scarcely any change has been effect.
ed since the date Of our last report. The
river is falling quite rapidly at this point,
and all the rivers above are falling, but are
yet in frst rate boating condition for medi.
um and small class boats. The weather
during the week has been delightfully."- pleas
ant,
Tobacco-The limited receipts are still
comprised OF medium and inferior qualities
the market for which has undergone no
change. Good and fine manufacturing quail.
tiles continue in active demand, and would
bring large prices, but there are none COM
ing forward.
The sales at the Planters warehouse
amount TO IS hhds. and at the States WERE
house TO l6 hhds. chiefly Of low grades
Prices for Passed ranged from So so to s.
80, and for Refused from 81 IS to So 80
per 100 lbs.
Hemp-Thers has been very little done
N the market. Tho range Of the market
" from $50 TO $40 per ton, As in quality
and order, and in fair demand.
Ledd-Sales amount to only few hun
drsd pigs at So 80 50 80, which are the
outside figures.
F!oxr-Only two or three small lots
were received during the week, and no sales
OF importance have been noticed. We
quote country mills at So IS; fine and
scratched at s. IS a S. so; and city mills
at 81 a 81 e5.
Wheat--Very little coming in, and the
demand and price for good and prime lots
have improved to supply city miIlsrs. In.
fsrior is in limited request. We quote good
and prime tall at So a 72ic. inferior and me-
dunn at IS csc. spring at As soc.
Corn-A lot Of l,400 bushels, on the
cob, was sold from u flat-boat this morning
at soc. per bushel; white and yellow we
quote at IS S7ic. per bushel, including
sack.
Oats we quote al IS a SOC. barley at So
s7ic. farseed at 80 a CSC. per bushel;
bees,odr at 26c. per ID.
Bacon-There is no change in the mar
Ret; we quote hams at Al a Sic. sides at
4c. and shoulders at Sc. per ID.
Lard-Prime is in demand at Sic.
Inferior We quote at q a 4ic.
Hidcs-Dry sell readily at SC. green and
green sailed at 81 a 4sc.
Whiskey-Rectifed has improved; we
now quote good at l9ic. raw is in good de.
mand at l9ic. per gallon.
Poidtoes-Sales from wagons and boats
are made, in small quantities, at IS s7ic.
per bushel.
Sdl--We noticed sales Of about 1000
sacks Of ground alum, from levee, at 81 SIS.
Sales from store are made at 81 62i, and
L. B. at 50 IS per sack. No sales Of I.
]. or Kanawha.
Frcights continue scarce. The follow
ing are now the current rates to New Oh
leans. Tobacco 50 50 per hid; flour Csc.
per Dbl. lead loc. per 100 lbs. hemp 81 per
ton; cattle 81 per head.
NEW ORLEANS MARKET, August 3.
There has been little more animation in the
demand for some articles of Western produce
during the past week, and rather improved rates
have been obtained for several descriptions. To-
Sacco also is in very fair request, but apart from
these, and as general remark, the market may
be said to be exceedingly dull.
ToBAcoo-The sales since our last have reached
TO about l4O0 hhds, and although some slight con-
csssions may occasionally have been made on de-
scrptions comparatively unsaleable, yet we cannot
discover that there is any change of sufficient i'm
portance to warrant an alteration of our figures,
which are, for inferior IL 2&; common 81 8;
fair 81 4; fine Al 8; choice and cigar leaf 81
cts per ID. We have again TO remark that the
demand is almost exclusively confined to light
leafy lots, and their inferior qualities. Tho heavy
dark descriptions are unsaleabe, except as occa.
si0nal parcels are included in round lots, which
are otherwise desirable. Missouri Tobacco con-
tinues to be totally neglected. The receipts are
light, and as they are composed in great meas
ere Of strips, the stock Of Leaf Tobacco in first
hands 10 now reduced TO about 1000 hhds. Stock in
warehouses and on ship-board, l2,005 hhds.
FLouR.-The transactions for the week amount
10 about 5000 bbls, the greater part of which has
been taken for export, and the range Of prices for
Ohio super6ne may be quoted at 81 al % per
DBL: according to quantity, quality, Choice st.
Louis Flour is readily disposed of to the bakers
and city dealers, at rs IS 25, according to
brands. Sour flour is ia some request, and the
prevailing rateis SO per Dbl.
-PoRK-Msss 90; NJ. o. 90; Prime. 90 SO; with
few sales at these quotations, and only limited
demand. The present stock, in round numbers,
is about $1,000 barrels--say of Mess 5000. Nj. o.
1000. Soft Mess 1000. Prime 5000 Soft Prime
1000; other descriptions 1000 barrels. Last year
at this date, we stated the stock at 5000 barrels
OF which 5000 barrels were branded Mess and
5000 Of the qualities below.
BAcoN--The market is still pretty well supplied
with Sides which sell slowly ut 81 cents, At