Baltimore commercial journal, and Lyford's price-current. [volume] (Baltimore, Md) 1840-1849, 1849-10-06
Whole Number 591.
New Yonk-3 days preceding Sept. %.

New YoRK-3 days preceding Sept %.
CQfte-Markct very firm and sales restricted,
owing to the small stock. BY auction, of Brazil,
3Ol6 bags sold at 7s@7b cts, and 1882 do. Sa So,
average s7.S4 u 100 lbs, 4 mos. Cotton-The
late improvement is partially lost, owing to the
steamer Americas rather miavorable advces, but
do not alter our last quoted rates. Drugs
and UyeS-Maret dull and sales unmportant.-
Dyeuoods-Al descriptions fair, particularly st.
Domingo Logwood, 80 tons OF which sold at Sl5.5O,
cash. Flour and .Aeol-The market for Flour
without any particular alteration, but at close
rather in favor of buyers, the extremes o2o and
So SO for new Western and southern. Rye Flour is
dull at 3G1 S3.124, and Corn Meal S3,l24 Fruit
ThemarSet has been scantly supplied for some time
past, but cargo of new Malaga is Immediately eX-
pected. Gra0l-For good and prime Wheat hold
ers demand higher rates. Sales of White Southern
at Sl13 and fair red 80 cts @Sl. Rye 59a 594 cts
delivered. Corn, in consequence of the steamers
advices, advanced Yesterday ld2 cts, the closing
rates 59d 62l cts for mixed and yellow. Temp
Sale of 80 tons Clean Russia at -l95, and 4Ou bales
American dew-roted at 1909 Sl65, 3 mos, the stock
of the latter now reaching $500 bales. Hides
Market well sustained and several sales, including
10000 Buenos Ayres and 1906 Rio Grande, at ll3
cts mos, and 400 of the former on private terms
HopS-Sales of new for export at 1lG14 cts
Lead-Sales of English and Spanish at S4.374, =
mos; and 1000 pigs Missouri on private terms
.MOlasses-Is without any new feature. .Ndrdt
Stores-Spirts Turpcntine is lower, 500 brs. sold
at 324 cts, cash OHS-Not much doing IN any
description, ana some holders OF
| to sell at lower rates PrOrSj0AS-Omo Mcss
Pork is in good demand, but Prime is tritle lower
Sales of Mess at 1906 a S1Ol24 and Prime S3l Ia
! SS,37! Sales of Lard in brls at 64d 63, and prime
| in kegs at u cts. Sceds-Clovcr and Timothy very
quiet Spirts-Sales of Whiskev at 273@2S cts.
| SugurS--Demand less active The sales consist OF
! 1900 hhds. New Orleans at 81 g. cts; 800 Cuba,
! SEA 81; 400 Porto Rico, 54G7l 1000 bXs. Brown
Havana, 54a cts, mos.-.Ship and Com, List.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 30
Boyk-Sales Of GO hhds. No. at s35 " ton
| CoGSe-Salcs of 5000 bags, principally Rio, at
! aS} cts u" ID. on time. Flour and Mead
Sales of IA 5000 brls. common brands for shipment
at 5G >5.l24-now held firmly at the latter rate.
| Rye Flour has been in good demand at 3a $685. u
/ brl. Corn Meal-Sales of 800 brls. at Penna. at
S306E, and small lot at S3l22, now generally
held at the latter rate. The quantity Of Flour and
! Meal inspected during the week ending 9th inst.
was as follows: Wheat Flour, brls 10,464; do,
hf. brls. 225; Rye Flour, brls 74l; Corn Meal, brs
| 1874. GrGjn-Thcrc has been a fair demand for
| Wheat, and, with moderate supplies, prices have
undergone but little change: sales OF ordinary and
prime reds at Ola II 06, mixed 106i a 81 .09 and
white at 1.0Sd 81. 10 10 bushel. Rye is scarce and
wanted; sales of southern at Sc, and Penna. at 90
cts. Corn-Prices have declined; sales of yellow
at Go, G4d 63 disclosing at the latter--and some
white and heated Goa 60 cts ~ Sc TBS. Hemp
| Sales of dew-rotted at about $40 ~ ton, on time.
! HdeS-An import of 800 Gambia which arrived
at the close of last week. has been disposed OF at
about IL cts. ~ ID. 6 mos. ErOn-The inactivity
and depression which have noticed in the Iron
market for months past still continues, and num-
Der of furnaces have stopped in consequence OF the
continued heavy impurtations of foreign and the
unremuneratve prices of Pig Metal-sales of An
hracite at 10 50t S2 " ton. small sale of Scotch
Pig at S2l.5O Lcah-The market continues very
quiet: 1000 pigs sold at S4.6j T. 100 lbs, cash.
.lI0iasSes-A cargo of 270 hhds. Cardenas sold at
% cts; $50 hhds. Sugar House and Porto Rico at
| 25d 80, and $50 brs. New Orleans at 27d 20 cts.
| PrOriS0nS-The demand for Pork continues limit
ed and prices rather dropping. Small sales of
Mess at lO.2jG >lO.37!, on time; prime is held at
| 912ld 20 %. Lard is in limited demand, and the
sales are only in small lots at ia r cts, in brls.
and kegs. Seeds-Therc is good demand for
Clover, and upwards of 5000 bushels fair and
prime free sold at SIPS, measure; and 4314 $3.50
weight. Timothy is in moderate demand at 2.25
to ST. " h'IShc Flax is and worth 81 As
Spirits hiskcy has advanced to 2Sd 20 cts. in
brs., and 27Id IS cts. in hhds SugW-There
has been active demand, and prices are fully
maintained Sales of Cuba and New Orleans at
ga 81 cts; some white Brazil at 6}G7 cts; and
500 boxes Cuba at 5i07l cts. L. ID. on timc.-Inq
New ORLEANS, week preceding Sept %.
RemGrks.-No department of our market has ex-
hibited much animation during the week which has
Just terminated 1t is yet too early in the season to
expect much activity in trade, though So far as the
health of city concerned no obstacle is present.
ed to the return of absentees the visits OF Gus
toners from the interior. ne supplies OF cotton
come in very sparngly, as also do nearly all the
other products of the Interior and the operations in
our market must be comparatively limited until the
crops arrive abundantly. In the early part
of the week had rain, but for several days past
the weather has been clear and very warm the Their
mometer ranging at 80 degrees, and above.-Price
| Current.
| COttOn-Stock at present on hand 1855 bales
The business this week has reached but limited
extent; but this has resulted less from want of de-
mand than from the small stock sale, and the
high prices claimed by factors. most Of whom
still Indifferent about selling at all for the present,
as the accounts from the country respecting the
crops of an exceedingly gloomy character, and
light receipts many planters have advised
their agents that they shall discontinue forwarding
portions of their crops until they determine more
definitely hat is likely to be the product OF their
fields. The army worm is said now to have become
quite destructive in many parts OF Louisiana, Mis-
sssippi and Texas, and this intelligence has its nu
ence upon the estimates of the crop, which still,
however, vary widely. Under all these circum-
stances market presents remarkably unsettled
character, and prices are SO exceedingly irregular
that it is quite impossible to arrive at strictly
curate scale OF quotations 1obdcco.-There con-
tnues to be a fair enquiry for Tobacco, and the
stock on sale is light ESTIMATED at about 1900 to
1900 hhds actually on the markeD holders
enabled to obtain very full prices Indeed, upon
a comparison of qualities positive advance would
probably be shown, particularly in the lower grades,
| though our previous HgureS are considered ABOUT
the range of the current rates. Cofse.-The stock
of Coffee has been increased the past week by the
arrival of a cargo, per c. Wright, of $40 bags
from Rio de Janero, the first direct import of the
season, and some 1900 bags have been sold from it
at 50 cts ~ ib-About 500 bags old Coffee have also
been disposed of at cts " h., and there is little to
be had now, unless at further advance. The pre-
sent stock out of grocers' hands, and including an
arrival of 600 bags coastwise, is about 1900 bags
WIN. d III. M'KIM,
"AVE constantly on hand, and offer for sale on