The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-07-10
THE CALIFORNIA MARKETS

THE CALIFORNIA MARKETS.
San Francisco, June 1.-The prices current will
show but few changes in the rates or prices inc
the sailing Of the lsthmus on the l5tl-indced tn
alterations in the figures slight, except il
one or two articles, that revision OF the list mi Oh
seem supernuous but in the feeling and genera
aspect of the markets, and the position of business
affairs in California, decided, and may say M
uniavorable change is observable throughout tn,
market has less of neutrality-suspicious. small
and want Of the disposition to buy to sell il
clearly evinced in the very limited number and cX
tent of transactions of the past week. The causes
OF this temporary depression in our commercial
matters, as given by those well versed in trade,
8are numerous, and IN many instances well founded
among which stand first and foremost, the hig h
Istage OF the waters through the interior, and in
THE mining districts.
The success of traders through the Placers has
mot been as great as anticipated, nor do theI
returns OF dust from the interior show any veryI
great Improvement since the publication Of our
last report. The facilities in every branch of trad
'lnS operations through the mines, as well in
THE means of digging, have been restricted FROM
the beginning of the past winter Up to the pre-
|sent time, many of the Placers have been render
led entirely impracticable by the waters Inde-I
pendent of many of the causes to which the pre-
sent state of the market is attributable, the recent
destruction ofproperty by the late fire stand the|
most prominent.
WHOLESALE Prices CuRRENT.-Breadstuffs-
lChili -four, 200 lbs. $ll SIP so; Chill flour, 1901
IBIS 80 st IL; American superior, per bbl so al
ISL; Oregon flour, do. $40 S1l; barley, per lb.
&c; bread, Chill, do. 9 a Sc; bread, Ameri-
lean pilot do. a &c; bread, American navy, al
|5c; crackers, do, IL l4c; corn meal, per half
|bbl. 80. Bricks per thousand, $50 S35. Boots,
|per pair SO Sl2; light, good, do. S14 SIG;
coarse, per dozen, $50 $50; high tops per pair,
|S9 $40 Candles-Sperm, per h. 60 &c., tai
low, good American, do, 20 25c tallow, good
Chill, do, Ia a lSc; adamantne (Litchfed) do. 40I
Ia 45c. Coal-Anthracite, per ton, $50 S35; soft
anthracite, do. $40 sos. CofFee-Manilla, per
10. 80 35c; Rio, do. 80 35c; Java, none in mar
ket. Clothing, sale imted fine black, lower
rates.
Wines-Champagne good, s14 SIS; Cham
payne cider, IS 81; claret per doz. "a S. cor
dial, cherry, per doz. SIS Sls, scarce; Madeira,
per case, So $40; Madeira, per gal. good, 75c q
ISL 10; Malaga, per gal. SOC 75c; Port, per case,
%! $40; Port, per gal; 75c 81; Sherry, per case
sio Sl2; Sherry, per gal. IS a 81 IS. prayage,
Isl so u 50 per load
Exchange, drawn at sight, par; gold dust, for :
silver per ounce, SIG SIG 25; gold DUST taken in
trade, SIC; money taken at from to 10 per cent;
gold dust shipments insured at 81 g. to New
ork; commissions on sales of merchandise
in store, 10 per cent; commissions sales Of
merchandise at auction, a 10; commissions on
sales Of real estate Gas.
FurnIture-stil held at high rates Glassware
and queensware-plenty and low. Stoves dull,
market oyerstocked Lead-Pig, per ID, p &c
lead, bar, per ID, a SC. Lumber-houses at 40U
"a s45 per NJ n; by cargo, assorted, $40 Ameri-
can planned so S60 shingles, per M, a -
Oars, per fl, Q a l0c Lime, per Dbl, Il, 9 50 a
81. Molasses, average per gallon l 81 25
syrup, per gallon, 25 81 so. ... 'a...r
Porter and ale, per dozen, 6 so aS7. Preserv-
ed Meats-Beef, in 2 ID cans, 40 IS cents, little
demand. Brandy fruits, per dozen, u 8, con-
sumption small Oysters, 9 ID cans, per dozen,
20 S25. Professionalism, prime, no sale do |
mess, 10 sl2; do jerked, per 100 lbs, 3 so a IS,
pork, prime, 8 SO do clear, 80 S35 do mess,
o5 s2s bacon, per ID, Is % cents cheese,
so a Sc cents; cheese, common, 20 a 25 cents
hams, superior, per Id, 90 a 26 cents do second /
quality, l6 l6 cents lard, superior, 80 IS cts.
potatoes. per ID, IA II cents rice per ID, 8 l0}
cents tongues, per dozen, a So; sage, 6 Sc.
Brandy, in cases, a S8 do French, gallon, IL
~ 50; do. American do 60 a 70 cents gin, in
cases, 4as IS So do per gall, so a so cents rum