Baltimore commercial journal, and Lyford's price-current. [volume] (Baltimore, Md) 1840-1849, 1848-05-20
WEEKLY CONNER JOURNAL

continues depressed and irregular, with few sales
making, and those at rates kept secret. Buyers
claim TO have obtained reduction oil 5d2 cts. from
the rates six weeks ago. FlOur-1he receipts Tor a
week back have been unusually light, and in conse
qucnce, sellers have been able TO obtain a gradual
advance of 25a37! cts. per bril- The sales up to last
evening were some 1000 brs., at 4.25G $3.50 for
Ohio .375a S4.G2s for Illinois. To-day's transac-
tons include only few small lots at 1920 $475
for Ohio and Illinois. Grain-1hc Corn market has
not iuctuatcd materially, and the sales OF the week
are nearly 10000 sacks, at 23d25 cts. in bulk, and
25a3O cts. per bush. for mixed white and yellow IN
sacks. To-dayS sales white and yellow were at %
and 81. The largest sale Of Wheat was 5000 BUSH
els prime, at 50 cts, a decline. ProriSionS-lhe
Pork market has not varied much, and the week 5
transactions comprise about 4oOO brls., at o.2od
Ss.37i for Mess, and 6.75G 81 per brl. Tor Prime;
and also $4,000 lbs. in bulk, at 2.2Oa 80 for hog
round Lard ranges pretty much as last quoted, and
800 brs. and $500 tres found purchasers, at 39a5
cts for the former, and 5a6 cts per h. for the latter
including, to-day 5l4 kegs and loo NJ DrlS prime al
g. and 1850 kegs and 81 hf brs choice at O. cts per
h. Bacon has rather improved, and sales OF 100
casks have been made, at cts. for prime Sides and
2!a23 for Shoulders. COtee-The sales of the week
are 1900 bags Rio, at IS for ordinary, and 6fa7 cts
pcr h. for prime. JTRiSkeU-Not over 1900 brls.
have been sold this week, at l55al6 cts. Exchange
The rates for Sterling still extremely irregu-
lar, and almost nominal, at 5d55 per cent prem; N
York Checks, para per cent prem. FretghtS-Both
Foreign and coastwise are less firm. We notice five
American ships taken for Liverpool at 9-6d.; three
for Boston, at cent. for Cotton, sc. British vessels
for Liverpool filling up at ID
CINcINNATI, May 10.
RemarkS-The river has swollen about Ia feet since
our last datc-at close is rising rapidy-say at the
rate of 81 feet in 81 hours. At Louisville on Mon
day, there were 81 feet water in the channel, and
g. feet the fallS-sutcient to allow boats of small
size to pass The Ohio again in fine nayigabc
order from its head TO the mouth and must necessarily
remain so for some days at least This has again
brought out the Pittsburgh packets, and in other par
tculars has given landing more lively appear
ancc. Several New Orleans boats, with heavy
freghts of sugars, moasses, Sc, have arrived since
Saturday evening. FreightS for shipment, however,
are scarce, especially for the south, and prices are
decidedly lower TO New Orleans quote 2Od25
cts. per 100 lbs, for pound frcights; Flour 3Oa33
cts; Pork 40 cts, and Whiskcy so cts.-ratcs to
St. Louis 20a25 per 100 lbs.-to Pittsburgh H.
cts. per 100 lbs; Whiskcy 40 cts. per bril- Consi-
dcrable Bacon has gone forward in the latter dircc-
ton within the last few days. Freights for Toledo
are still scarce, and the shipments diminished; and
for the w abash Valley the quantity is much reduced
the supplies of mdze having mostly gone forward
State Of Irade-Thc light supply of Flour, ndcpen-
dent of any other apparent influence, has caused a
decided advance in the rates. Grain of most kinds
has been in fair demand but all for domestic purposes
For Bacon there has continued very fair demand,
resulting in better feeling although decided adj
vance. Cheese drags and still reccdes in price
RepOrter.