The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-03-18
8 aCnnd board.
CITY TRADE REPOUT.

New YoRK, Friday Afternoon March II.
Flour continued in steady demand, and fair amount
of sales were made including Genetes Michigan and
southern brands at full prc.s Some sales of pure Cs
nesee were made at an advance. BY telegraph
port 1t will be that the Boston market communal
firm. There was want Of activity to-day In the Bai-
more market but holders Of Howard street asking
better prices There very little wheat Offering here
to-day, and wa heard Of no sales. 6enesee aud good
Ohio continued firm. Sales Of wsre made to o
sold at previous rates. though holders asking
ter prices Cotton was fam, but sales moderate
Provisions exhibited very little change Pork ooptinu-
cd inactive Considerable transactions We're made 10
lard other articles remained about the There
fair amount of business doing groceries without
material change in quotations
AsHEs-The market was dull at So SIX for pots and
ut So for pearls
BEEswAxs of 800 lbo Southern yellow were made
at $50.
-Flour-The sales of good TO pure Gene.
see footed up about to 5000 bbs at So 62S to SO 75
and 200 do Ohio at So GAY Sales Of about 1000 bbs
Western Canal were made, deliverable in April at So So
south'rn brand, were o :" shs supply and held
made at So So and 200 do Howard street So 3
Whsat-Gsnesee was held firm at 1900 1870 The last
sales Of mixed and white Ohio made at lao l42c
Corn-Sales of 1900 bushels prime Northern yellow
were 0n made at 55c and 1900 DO do at 551c s'es
made at 4sc. Meal-Sales of 400 barrels were made
at 81 a. Holders, however were frmer, and generally
demanded So 30. Rye-sales of 6ooo bushels were
made at so u $40. Rye Four-Saes Of $50 bbls were
made at So s7h Oats-Sales of about 5000 bushels
River were made at AZ a 4ss. B.ans-sses Of 800
CoFrEE-sales of $50 bags of Java were made at $40
and 800 do Rio were made att.
,CorroS-The demand to-day WAS quite mod crate
shippers being busy with their for the
steamer Hermann. Prices firm at 81, for fair Up.
lands which is tho line of the market Sales 700 bales
FisH-A cargo Of herrings was sold, including about
1900 boxes. Thsscaed brought coo, No rs 49, and No
rs 2so 10 drum; dry cod were cold at 81 per qunal
There were 500 bbs Massachusetts, msckere ahoat un
sold
HEMr-Themarket continued quiet, while quotations
FRUiT-The demand continued active, and we note
sales of 800 boxes wet dried raisins at 40 6
at ~ and some small parcels OF Western dried peaches
HAr-The last sales of Staten Ialand were mad.
ct 500.
LlMEsslss Of four carsoes made, including 1900
oaks, at TIC.
MoLAssEs Several lots of prime New Orleans were
disposed Of at &C. and parcels of inferior do at
200; Cardsnas was selling in small way at 100.
MAHoGANY-We notice sales by auction Of at logs
Cuba at sac q 12llc, months.
NAVAL sTohEs-In the absence of later advces the
market continues very ansuid and the sales chiefly
Ons-Moderate sales of lnseed were msking at $50 a
Coo, though some sales reported ut less figure.
The various other descriptions remained without mate
rial change.
PRovIsIoNs.Thsre were sellers of mess pork ut $40
N there were sales making in retail way, in all
Of ia hhds were made ut 7c. Shoulders
were worth 4Hc Sales Of 500 ibis made
Kegs vera ss
50 to-day 1900 do sold at sXc; and 500 do " lie
lsuds large, at 10 cts CheeseThere were few prime
dsriss held at &c. good deal In market was inferior
and only worth 60 to oKc fair quality was worth 6c
to TO Butter-This State continued firm, and good
was worth l5c to 2lc; Ohio worth l3c to l6c "a
packages Pennsylvania inferior sold at l4c ard 20 do
do at l5c to loo.
RICE The market continued firm for common al
So 25 ana prime do at So 62t with small sales to the
trade.
SPIcEs-Sales made by auction OF $500 mats cas-
sia, damaged at 94c 1890, cash; sound do was sell
ling at 1910 a l6o
SUGAR Sales Of lao hdds Nsw Orleans were made at
Axe 4hc sales Of 80 do do made by auction, at
50 81 . IS Six.
sEEp--Saes of 1000 bushels faxseed were made at
81 40 . 81 AZ.
ToBAcco-sales Of 100 hhds Kentucky and Virginia
leaf, made at Axe.
WHALEBoNE-Sales of 10000 lbs northwest, we're
made at 27c The sslss from the Brutus, 1t was slld
ad reached about 100 0O0 los this week, all OF which
was sold private terms with the exceptions stated
FREIGHTs-CottoD was engaged to Liverpool at ioi'
and to Havre at go. Bseswax was engaged TO Ant
werp ut &c.