Baltimore commercial journal, and Lyford's price-current. [volume] (Baltimore, Md) 1840-1849, 1847-12-18
DOMESTIC Nj A II X f L S.
EosroX-weck preceding Dec. | !


BosroN-wcck preceding Dec. H..
| Candles-Rcmain about the as last week.
Sales of 400 boxes New Bedford Sperm, good brand
at 80 cts, mos, for Southern markets. CoGee-lS
rather inactive and sales light The possibility OF
duty being laid on the article has not yet caused any
/ speculative movements. DrUgS-Sal' 5 OF Turkey
Opium at about & .5O per ID; Castor OIL, Sl2o per
Gallon mos. FiSh-Wc have no alteration TO note
IN prices. The market is pretty well supplied with
Dry Fish and MackVrcl, but the strlngcncy IN the
Money market has prevented extensive operations,
and tends TO keep down prices. Fio,T-Thc accounts
bv the steamer Britannia have caused increased firm
ness in the market, and belief that the article Will
be wanted in Europe during the winter. Some OF
the largest holders do not offer their stocks for sale
al present prices Sales of Gcncsec and Michigan at
| $3.50: Ohio, S6.25. Southern has risen; 800 brls.
Fredericksburg at $6.62 mos, which Is an ad-
vance of % CTS. per BRIL- 300 Georgetown, SO 10, 4
mos but now held higher. FIHu-Bv auction, 2OJ
csks sun Raisins, black mark, $3.50; 925 csks. blue
mark 50a SO 80 per cask; 2lI boxes Bunch Mus
catel, in layers, "a S2.27; 600 half do 2Oa i %,
each: 10 900 boxes Bunch Muscatcl 1000 sold, 1850
Slit; 800 half, 2o5O sold, 1On92.; and 1850 omar
ter 42a50 cts each 500 half kegs Grapes $50 sold,
35a As, each; 200 boxes Lemons, "a S2.l2! per
box; 300 half drums Figs, cts. per lbs 90 trails soft
she'll Almonds, ID, cts per Id. Also 10000 drums
cargo Figs, 5 5q95 cts. per h., mos. Grdtn-Thc
market has been rather quiet through the week, with
limited transactions Corn maintains its price, car
90 of good Southern yellow flat brought % cts; white
brings 1Oa72 cts, according to quality. Guny Bags
There is a good demand for the article, and prices
are rmer Sales of 200 bales, small size, at l6al65
cts; and 80 bales to arrive, at l9 cts. each, mos:
Hemp-Manila has declined, and sales Of a lot OF
loose and in bales at cts. per h., mos; and bales
alone at cts, mos There is but little doing in
Russia or American HideS-Two cargocs recently
arrived from Montevdco and Rio Grande, together
about 20,0OO have been mostly disposed of on land
ing at l05 cts and 1000 Montcvideo of another cargo
at Oi cts. per ID, mos; 1000 Mexican dry and dry
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at 65 cts, and 1000 Curacao at So cts EACH mos.
H0ps-Steady sales in small lots at Gal per h.,
cash, as to quality Htdiu Rubber Shoes-By auc-
ton, at Salem, 81 900 pairs; womcn's and misses
figured, 42a5O cts per pair; wOmCn's figured 40
cts childrcn's figured, II cts. per pair, mos No
LasseS-The sales have been mostly in small lots 10
the trade, at % d25 cts for Cuba sweet; 50 hhds.
Trinidad, at % cts per gallon, d mos. BY auction,
10 brls new crop New Orleans, 3Od3l cts; 20 hhds.
Mansanilla % Jar cts. per gallon, 4 mos. Oil
There is very little doing in Linsecd, and sales only
in a small way of Amer. at 56d51 cts, cash Pro
riSiOnS-Ihc sales for the past week have been
mostly in retail way. The stock of Pork is near
Is exhausted. SQitDetre-Thc article is dull, and we
hear Of no sales. Sugar-Thcre has been rather
better demand this week, and about 500 boxes dis
posed of at private sale, halt for export BY auc-
ton 800 bxs. Cuba browns, 55la $50 per 100 lbs,
/ mos. iSltmdc-Salcs of Sicily, in small lots, at
4 100 per ton, = mos. IpOOl-American Coarse is in
demand and sells readily Finer qualities not
much wantcd.-Daiiy -1dr
New YoRK--weck preceding Dec IL.
fShes-Pots have been steady at S5.62s, closing
500, and Pearls 1871 "a ) I75, closing at 81.
BecSwar-Salcs of 5000 lbs. yellow at 22a23 cts,
cash. COfce-Continues extremely inactive, with
small sales OF Rio at 6a7 cts. mos; and 500 bags
ST. Domingo, gao cts, cash. COttOn-l transactions
light, but holders rather firmcr. Drugs and Dyes
sale of 1900 lbs Ginseng at 30 cts, cash. Flour
amt .Nedi-Priccs of Western Flour have fell off e!
Gl2 cts since the arrival of the Brtanna's adviccs,
the closing rates, which still tend downward, rang
hi }
The canal and river navigation, from the mdness Of
the weather, still continuing unobsructcd by ice.
Southern remains steady, with sales of Alexandria
and Baltimore City Mills at $3.50 Rye Flour
quiet 4G2 "a = AS Small sales Of Corn Meal at
343. ia : $50 for Jersey. Grain-The foreign news
has had depressing influence on Wheat, the market
closing du the sales OF prime white Gcncsee pre-
yously were at ! .43, and prime white Virginia
: %. Corn went up temporarily, but subsequently
relapscd, and the closing rates were "A for mixed
Western, and Is for yellow Oats lower, and Nlr-
ginia selling at 42a43 cts. Hemp-Amcrcan is dull,
and declined $50 per ton in one instance, 800 bales
dew rottcd having changed hands at > 100, Hides
Continue dull. irOn-ls inactive, and Scoth Pig
lower. LeGther-At large public sale OF Sole a
advance Of ct. per h. was obtained on the rates Of
the previous week. 4NOtasses-New crop New Or
leans for which there is fair demand, has sold at
27d2S cts. mos, to the OXtcnt OF 1000 brls. NaUd
StOres-Rcman generally steady. OILS hale is
dull; other descriptions without change Provisions
The market for Ohio Pork Is unsettled, and prices
generally tending downward the rates 9 and . Ia
for Prime aud Mess; 500 brls Of the former, how
ever sold for export at 1925. Sut-Lverpool is
in fair request and full prices have been realized
Sfeds-Gcnerally dull. Spirits Demand for foreign
has become moderate. WhIskcy 26a264 cts. Tor
Western, and q in drudge casks, with demand fair
Sugars-Muscoyadoc remain dull, and prices have
declined CT. with depressed market The sales
comprise 80 hhds. New Orleans at 5a5s cts; 200 p.
Rico, 40; 80 Cuba, .a5; 100 bxs Brown Havana,
3 ,a6!, and 100 White do. g., mos. BY auction,
hhds (ub1 sold at ~ II Porto Rico N