Baltimore commercial journal, and Lyford's price-current. [volume] (Baltimore, Md) 1840-1849, 1848-01-22

inroyed "a! ct but within the past three days the
| ady vantage has been again lost. The sales Of the
week embrace 2700 hhds, taken for the North chief
y at 2a3 for inf. and com to las for prime and
choice lIoaSSeS- Prices for three days back have
been II per gallon for interior, and 74dlS cts
per gallon for prime. The week sales amount to
| ] 500 brs. Fiour-About $4,000 brls. have found
pnrchascrs mostly Ohio, from tlatboat, at s $3.50,
with some Illinois at 5.62i S5.75 per brl. The
rates here are too high to leave any margin for ship
pcrs and good part OF the purchases are doubtless
for sprculaton as very confident that prices
will rule vet higher. To-day we hear OF no large
sales G?aiA-A strong moycmcnt took place in the
Corn market early in the week, and some 3O,OOO
bushels taken AT Oh, b. and 90 cts bHt suose-
uucutly prices sunk again, and about 10000 sacks
have since found purchasers at 55a51 cts. for green,
and 5Sa6O cts. for good white aud yellow. To-day
/ 5000 bushels sold, including 1000 prime white at 90
cts Not sale of Wheat has tranSplrcd since our
last OF Oats, about 10000 bushels have been dis
posed of at lGI2 cts. in bulk, and 45di1 cts. per
bu,hel in sacks. PrOrjSi0nS-lhc Pork market has
Hucuatcd somewhat, but prices have generally tend
ed upward and some $500 bales been sold the clos
ing rates being 9.S75aSl0 for Mess, and 7.5Oa7.75
pcr BRIL- for Prime These prices, however, have
only been maintained from the scannesS OF the stock
aud the lghness of the receipts, and will doubtless
rive way when the stock increases. Lard was in
rood demand early in the week, and some 2SOO brls.
and tres and 5000 kegs sold at range of 6G74i
cts but within day or two cts. per Id. has been
the very outside rate, with few buyers at that Ba-
con has been exceedingly dull, and prices have again
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prime new Sides. HhiSkey-Thc article has been
very dull and prices have rccCdcd TO l9Sd29 cts per
gallon for large and small lots. CCBee-Fully 10000
bags Rio have been sold this week, and within three
days prices have gone up ct. The rates now are
69a6f for old and 65a7R cts. per h. for the crop.
| ErcIange-The demand has been limited at Ia9 per
Ct prem for Sterling; New York, 60 days. 2d23 dis;
! Sight, 4al premium. FreightS-Somc eight or nine
| Cotton engagements made early in the week at ID.
for Liverpool, cent for Havrc &c, and yesterday
l5-32d. in British and American ships. To-day
bark taken for Providence, II. L. at ct. for Cotton
one for Portsmouth, n H., at ct, and 2OOO bales
taken in an American ship for Liverpool, at ID
CINCINNATI, Jan. II.
RcmurkS-'rhc river rose very slowly on last w ed
| ncSday, but during Thursday nearly at a stand,
and has since fallen rapidly, the decline amounting
to about - feet, the effect, in part of the severely
freezing weather. At Louisville on Monday the RI
yer was falling rapidly with feet water on the falls
The Cumberland on the Sth falling, but in fine
boating order. The weather gradually became mild
cr, and on Friday and Saturday was warm-too much
Orthc packing business but Saturday evening
were visited with severe north wcstcr accompanied
BY about inches of snow, and it has since been Sc
vurcy cold, but was rather moderate yesterday.
The Miami Canal closed by ice on Sunday.
FrcightS-Priccs to New Orleans have been firm at
| a shade above previous quotations. The rates yes
tcrday were % to 80 cts. per 100 bs Lard per key,
~ cts; Flour per bril-, 45d5O cts Pork 55d62 cts;
Whiskcy 70a15 cts. Nothing very little doing
between this and st. Louis. To Pittsburgh the rates
Orleans heavy, the products of the hog consttut
ing the largest share. State Of 1rdde-The sales of
Flour are slightly larger than last week. but within
the last three days have been small, the receipts
having been reduced again. In Grain, but little has
been done. A large business has been done in hogs,
with considerable sales of pcs. from the block, and
extensive transactions in Lard. Only a moderate
business has been done in Groceries, and the market
for Sugar and Molasses is weaker. Excepting the
Provision trade, the business doing in the city is only
moderate for the The scarcity of money has,
undoubtedly considerable influence the market,
TO check operations. Catie-Thc supply is only
moderate, but the demand is mostly confined to the
wants OF the butchers. Prices range from 2.5O to
$3.50 per 100 lbs, meta small lot fair quality sold
to packer at former rate, but sales mostly 8 to
| $3.50. HogS-There has been good demand dur
! ing the past week, and the sales reported amounted
| to about 10000 head up to Monday nght-cXtrCmc
rates 2.25a S2.75-lcading prices prior to Saturday
240a 80. So but subsequently the market has been
more firm, with sales Of medium to very heavy at
$50 to $275-one lot of AIS head, ay. W.T. 260 lbs,
| at S2.75; 1000 do. good, at S2625 About 30 900
head were probably slaughtered within the week
ending Saturday night, which with the previous
10000 head slaughtered here, and, say 10000 at
| Ncwtown and Columbia, all of which have been
goned here, make 356 600 head, and to this must be
added few thousands brought in dead by railroad
river and wagons, making altogether not less than
100000 cut here this up to last Saturday night
The height OF the season is past, and the arri
walls diminishing. Considerable, however, will yet
be done for two three weeks. In connexion with
these statements, 1t is proper TO remark that at
raj of the points in Ohio and Indiana where hogs
usually packed less has been done this year than
usual, which has tended to increase the number here.
The hogs unusually light, attributable, it is
said to the fact that early in the season spectators
bought stock largely and at high prices, with a view
to feeding but the decline in prices has been great
that the is considered worth more than it would
bring in Pork, and the spectators in very many
instances had bought credit, they were compelled
to srll-othcrwiSa the smaller hogs would, as they
/ should have been, held over. OaS-Salcs reported
Of 30 brls, winter Lard at 65 cts.-brs. extra. We
quote Nos. , and at 6Oa65 cts. PrOriSiOnS-A lot
Of 1000 brs. Mess Pork was sold few days since at
1.2j per bril-, and 300 brs. previously at the same,
but most holders unwilling TO sell below IS.
There have been buyers at the former rate whose
wants not yet supplied. A sale of 30 brs. Rumps
at 1913 CT Bulk Meat were sold 10000 lbs
Shoulders and Sides at - and g. cts; 10 600 lbs
Shoulders at 3 cts; the Sides and Shoulders Of 900
hogs one week in salt at and . cts. The demand
is yet very limited. OF Green Meats the sales re-
ported amount to about 10 900 pcs Hams-l000 Sc
lcctcd cts; 100 pcs. at B. cts; 1900 do at 81 cts;
the residue at cts; 1000 pcs. Shoulders at .70a
| y l75. For Lard there has been a very brisk de
mand and the sales amount TO II $50 kegs and 300
brls and tres. The leading rate for kegs has been
81 cts.-small lots at 81 cts; go kegs at 81 cts, and
considerable lots on private tcrms-bccvcd TO have
been at or near ctS.-No. in brls has sold at 5 !
to 81 cts.-5s the leading rate; the market advancing
towards the close with a sale of l27 brs. Mon
day at 81 cts. At close the market was very firm
most holders asking 81 cts. for No. in brls., and
. cts. in kegs. Demand undated II Reporter.