The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-10-13


Sterling q 10 GA 10 SAP ssaash
The rates year from the disturbed
credit which made bills unsaleabe. 1t will be observed
that Notwithstanding the large import of the present
compared with the years 1916 and 1885, exchanges
the LIST lower than them and have since been further de-
pressed by the extraordinary supply of bills against the
stock We have, then, the facts that under the low tariff
and independent treasury, exports greater, imports
more considerable, exchange in favor, prices
steader and regular business certain and profitable
than under the old state of things.
The fall business is Just now anguid but will with the
approach Of the closing of the canals, become brisk AL
ready produce hurying down in quantities which
weekly exceed those of last year. and by the time the
nails close probably the deficit will not be great
supposed OF the imports for the month of September and
the first week in October the proportion of dry goods
been as follows.
wooens. Cottons. Silks Flax. MisceL
sss LIST ~s.. S% ss 1895 1895 s ss s
The credits at which goods have been sold into the ne
rior have not been promptly met and failures both in this
and neghborng cities have resulted The produce
kets for several days have been very heavy ahou
fdence in large foreign demand is good. English
houses disposed to advance breadstus say three
fourths the market value and there shippers -four
Liverpool, hold until February, when the duties
now Is. per Dbl, come off finally. Inasmuch the ar.
rivals of breadstufs pretty heavy, under the
pulse impaired by the news few weeks since, shippers
the last few days, offer less and holders are not inclined
meet them. The rates close-common State and mixed
western IS 37A; straight brands So 1885, pure Genesec
SIS 80; Georgetown and Brandywine IS 62l $5 u.s. Rye
dour 80 80 SO 62i. Corn meal SO 37h For grain the
demand is fair, and there saes white Gcnesee I27
inferior Illinois lob cts fair Wisconsin log cts Ohio
red to good mixed ll5 l18 do. white 100 Rye
lower sales So delivered Barley rs cts Oats plenty
at 80 river; 81 34a cts canal southern "a %
Corn has declined sales round yellow 76 New Orleans
s. white southern 81 fiat yellow 65 II
western common mixed 62A 66 do. high mixed 65
10 The expoes the last 10 days. l6003i bushels
-four u, 900 barrels.
The market has been very heavy and disposed
fall. The receipts this year reach 1878 bales against
49, 1876 bales last year. The quotations follows
ordinary: middng. to fair to ga fr.
S NJ. and NJ n s.Y a:S s,sa s:st 7,::S
The exports are Just quite small.
Ohio pork is lower by Is cts; sales at Sl2 s7A
Sl2 rs; prime SO Beef is dull small sales new mess
812 so; prime IS rs &c. Ohio lard is lower by ct
sales bbls 81 81 cts, closing 81 Hops (new) II
cts old Il Whiskey has declined sales State prison
rs cts Ohio 24A 24l Tallow country rendered 81
cts. Tobacco sells, Kentucky 81 81 cts Wool has
been pretty steady at former rates. The impression that
the prices ut the lowest, and, with the existing de
mand for owprced woollens, there will be an improve
ment
Freights are, the whole, active Flour to Liverpool
2s 3D.; corn 3D. bulk wheat Sid; -four Glasgow IS Cd
cotton to Liverpool 3l6 1882; Havre Id; Hamburgfd
The stock market has improved somewhat under the in
ucnce arising from the OF the negotiation abroad
depression had resulted from fears Of failure and the re.