Baltimore commercial journal, and Lyford's price-current. [volume] (Baltimore, Md) 1840-1849, 1848-05-27
DOMESTIC MARKE TS.
BosTor-week preceding MAY 20.

Java, s3agl; Rio, 7a75; Maracaibo, 6laO, cts. per
lb., mos There is no export demand. Drugs
Sales of good Opium at $3.50; Soda Ash $50 per ct)
3a35 cts, per h., d mos FiSh-Mackcrcl continue
plenty and rather dull. FiOW-GOod brands OF
Gcncscc and Michigan selling at SO 80; Ohio, via
\. Orleans, $500 per bril-, cash southern IS rather
scarce, and brings $3.50, 4 mos. Grdin-Ihc Corn
market has been very steady and firm through the
| week Good yellow flat, for mcalIng, sells at 1iG
IS cts; Southern white, 5Oajl cts per bushcl, cash
Hemp-Salc of 100 bales American dew rotted, good
/ at 4 100 per ton, q mos. Manila can be purchased
at about 9 cts per h., 6 mos. Hidcs-Ihe stock
has been increased by further arrivals this week,
and the market is heavy. HOpS-Sell only in small
lots at 5la6 cts. per h., cash. hOtd$SeS-ln Cuba
there has been fair business doing and sales OF 100
$4,000 hhds. at is cts. for sweet, and cts per gal
lon, mos for tart, the latter TO dlStllcrS. Ndrdl
StOreS-rhe market is well supplied with Spirits
TurpCntnC, and the article is dull. Ott-Llnsecd Is
rather less FIRM but there is no change In prices
observation-disclosures has been very good demand
through the week for bril-, both for export and home
trade, and the sales pretty large Beef has gone
off freely and is becoming rather scarce an advance
| of 90 cts. TO & per bril- has been realised on Mess
The sales of common Mess have been at l0a s TO- 80
| per bril-, d mos. Pork also maintains its price, and
| holders are firm sales of Mess $l05O, and
some lots as high as s which is an improvements
prime 50 per bril-, mos. Lard continues plenty
and dull sales in brls. and tres. 53G6 cts and kegs
TAI cts. per h.. mos, according to quality. Hams
are also plenty, and Western bring 7a7i cts per lb,
4 mos, for fair to prime. Sugm-For Box the de-
/
Browns and Ycllows at a6 cts; $50 boxes Whites,
for export, at cts, short price; some Cuba Musco-
vadocs, al. cts; 50 hhds fair New Orleans, A.
cts per b., d mos. 1Miow-Sacs of 10000 lbs.
Spring rendered at u cts. per h., cash-Daiiy i'd.
New YoRK--3 days preceding May 90.
| C0fee-ls without change, and the market remains
inactive. The sales include 1000 bags Brazil at al
cts. 4 and mos. COtton-Marllct active, and the
| sales OF the week comprise 5000 bales, the range
from 8, to cts. for mid. to good fair Drugs and
! DyeS-Sacs OF Mexican Cochncal at s /. 30; Turkey
Opium, 3 25a ) 50; prime Vanilla Beans 10; ON
bro Nader 9iGO cts; and Spanish Liquorcc Paste
! Is, all mos. Flour and lIeaL-With pretty large
receipts Of Western Flour, prices have further de-
clined 25a315 cts, the range at close, though stu
unsettled, are 5.5Ou ) 5.15, and GCncscc Ga S6l29
Very little doing in Southern which remains at g. 25d
| SG.375 Rye Flour, 81 "a S3.7j; and Corn Meal
, SOC 80 o.. Fruit-SaIcs Of 1900 boxes Bunch
Rai>ins at l.4Oa ) 30, and hf. do y! cts. Grain
! Wheat has been in better request and commanded
full prices, white Gcncscc lIOa y ~, other w est
crn $50, and Illinois 9l.20. Rye has sold at H.
all cts; and Corn at 52a5I for mixed, white and
yellow Southern. Hemp-COntnucs inactive. Hides
Sales Of 5000 Rio Grandc at cts, 8 mos; 200
Bucnos AyrcS at mos; and 1000 San Juan at ;,
on time. FOH-Salc OF 300 tons Scotch Pig from
vessel at 2l.5O, cash, and $40, mos. Lcdd-lIas
further declined and 1000 pigs sold at S per 100
lbs, 20 days and 2o3OOO at 81 mos. adding in
tcrcst lioluSSeS-Continucs much depressed aud
the various qualities a cent lower: 400 hhds.
Cuba MuscovadO having sold at 2Oa25 cts, and 400
Porto hCO, l95H2N, all on inc usual TERMS -Ndcdt
.StOreS-Largc sales Spirits Turpcntine at 81 cts,
cash. and 81 on time. OHS-No particular change
in prices, but Whale is dull. CiSOnS-Ohio Pork
has gradually tended downward and Mess is % cts.
lower the closing rate SlO'3I3, and Prime o.25a
SS.375. Lard is heavy and slightly lower, prime
kegs having sold at cts and brls and tres. of fair
TO prime at 5la6i. Picked and dry sailed Meats
are inactive. Spices-Salcs Of 5000 mats Cassia at
Is cts, mos Spirits-Whiskcy is lower, selling
at 2O5a2l5 cts, cash, and drudge at 81. Sugars
There has continued a good demand for MuScovadocs
at the extreme low rates for time past,
the range being lower than before known
in this market The sales are 1000 hhds. Porto Rico
at d5 cts, mostly at 3ia4i !; 400 Cuba, jas; 80
New Orleans, Sal; ST Texas, 5a3, and 800 bXs.
Brown Havana, 45d55, with few very prime Vel
low, 6a6t, mos. IdtioIr-Salcs have been made
of 10000 lbs prime at 5 ,as3 cts, cash. IeaS-Two
public sales have taken place this week, and yester
day the advantage in favor of the buyers. These,
it is understood the closing sales of the Spring,
no others being announced at present TO0t-Thcrc
is a fair demand for Coarse, and sales have been
made of about 10 bales black and gray Smyrna at -
az OTIS; and 100 bales Bncnos Ayrcs and Entire Rios
washed, l2al5, mos. BY auction yesterday 900
lbs. New York and Ohio Fleece was sold on mos.
adding interest viz: $4,000 lbs. n. York full blood
Nerno at 30 .a365 cts; $4,000 lbs. do. b 5G32 :;
81, 900 do. 20sa29t; 5000 lbs to / do. % .a33;
10000 lbs. Ohio, TO 2 do. 30; and 80 ballots Peru
van % c's o Enc sac was wen ".GnuIu' anu lh2s'
nnd lam J;t ]
fHILAbELPHlA-w preceding MAY ~.
ftoW ana .ueaf-lh ne continuance OF limited
demand, and light receipts, has tended to maintain
prices OF Jour- ana inc week SAFES nave Dech only
IN small parcels at 2'oi5GSG' Tor common to TAR
Rye lourls sun scarce ana sales made at 30 "a 59i
per 6rl-most holders ask S. per brl. Corn Meal
IS also scarce, and prices are higher; sales OF 2oOD
DIS. at SZ:''2 ior fnn9' 'Fd"t-lhe supplies Oh
most descriptions OF " neat continue on the most
Limited scale, ana early IN inc week. prices were
urn at ava l'i7 ior Sood 70 prime red and iia
At
given way; ana sales OF good rcdS were made at
i'o2, including some lar qnaty at '3oa , Id
and wnltc at l'4i"S' 40 per DuNhcl Rye at ,o@oo
CTS. Corn has been IN good demand, with sales at
~ CTS Oats 4ldf5 CTS for fchha', and SASS Tor
Sonthcrn. GHSeHS-liaS been IN demand, good