Baltimore commercial journal, and Lyford's price-current. [volume] (Baltimore, Md) 1840-1849, 1848-02-26

New Enthusiastically night, Feb. II.
ReSndrkS-Thc business of the past week has been
quite extensive in some departments OF the market
among which may be especially noticed our great
staple Cotton, and Indian Corn, though at consider
ably lower prices for the latter Lard, too, has been
in brisk demand at pretty steady rates and IN Pro
visions generally there is but little changc-Detta
COttOH-Thc market towards the close has been
active making total of 80 200 bales for the week.
taken chiefly for England, the Continent Of Europe
and the North Prices close fully up TO our quota
tons of last week, which we continue. The receipts
at this port show an increase of 63 SIG bales as com
pared with those to the same time last year. Prices
Middlng, 6ia7; fair, cal cts. Stock on hand, not
cleared, 23o, 500 bales. I0bacco-Thcrc has been
rather more doing in Tobacco, and the week 5 sales
amount TO 300 hhdS., mostly old crop, at pretty u
prices, with one lot of 10 hhds. new crop, chiefly
Admitted at 81 round, and small lot OF hhdS \. ,
also new, at g. cts. round The stock on sale which
may be 900 or 1000 hhds., consists mainly OF Mason
County of which sale has yet been made TO csta-
blish 4 scale of prices. Sugar-Thcrc has been
pretty good demand though for day or two prices
about ct. lower. The sales of the week embrace
about 5000 hhdS., of which 1900 were taken ycster
day aud to-day. We now quote fair 3ddih, and
prime to choice 3d5i cts. per lib. h0idSSeS-Ihc
transactions of the week amount to 1900 barrels, OF
which 1000 sold to-day. Inferior sells at lSa
Isl cts. On plantation, nearly 3OO,OOO gallons have
been taken at l5Gl6 cts carly in the week, and lat
tcry at l7alS cts. per gall. Flor-Thc sales have
not exceeded altogether 5000 brls., including to-day
only few retail lots at 49Od So for Ohio and Hi
nois. Grdin-Thc receipts of Corn have been large,
and the sales heavy, summing up for the week about
10000 sacks, 1851 900 bushels. Prices, however,
have fallen off cts. per bushc, and the ruling rates
have been 3Sd4O for inferior, and l3dl5 cts. for good
to prime shipping parcels To-day sales of 5000
sacks at 3Sal2, and 6600 do. white and yellow, 45 cts
per bushel. Oats have been selling steadily at Aba
l6 cts. in sacks. small lot of 400 bushels Wheat
brought s 06, the first sale for many weeks. ProU-
SiOn$-The Pork market has tuctuatcd but little
throughout the week, though rather lower for
Mess, while Prime has been firm. The weeks sales
embrace about 1000 brls. at 9.3Oa 9.5O for Mess,
and Ia ST 30 for Prime. To-day 100 brs. have been
disposed Of including Mess at BOA 9I5, and Prime,
in three lots, at l24a S7.l5 per bril- Lard has been
in active request for shipment to Europe, the North,
SC, and $500 tres. and brls and 5000 kegs have
been sold at 81 cts per lib. Uhiskey-lhc rates
throughout the week have been 20G2l cts for Rccti
fed. CoBte-The sales of the week include $4,000
10 10000 sacks Rio, mostly at 81 cts. for prime. The
whole stock in first hands is about 10000 bags Er-
change-Forcign bills sell with difficulty at lower
rates. Sterling las per ct. prem; New York Sight
do, iat per ct. prem. FrciShtS-Thc rates for for
cign remain almost unchangcd-sd. for Cotton tc
Liverpool, CT TO Havrc, &c. To-day notice
$4,000 bushels of Corn taken for Liverpool at lid