Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1854-10-30

The Markc is,


MEssRs. EDrToRs The favorable news
which we had the pleasure TO note in our
last report Of the markets still holds good.
and we are sure your readers will find it
TO their interest to read the following let
ter, which perchance may enliven their
hopes Tor better prices although at present
they are high. Our last ard most reliable
private advices from New York all agree
that flour will rule high for some time TO
come. Even the most astute buyers and
spectators are being agreed on that point.
We cannot give our adviees entire but
will sum up the e.ss. a New York
writer, entirely well informed speaks a.
follows:
After the close OF navigation but little
can reach us, even should the farmers il.
the West and Canada be disposed 10 sell,
and the prospect is now that Flour can be
imported from Liverpool cheaper than it
can be obtained from Ohio-,indetd but
little can be brought from the West during
the winter, the means Of transit being. SD
poor. The majority Of the mills In this
State and the Yves. have been idle during
the past two months, hente i: is quite out
oil the question fot is to expect anything
like good supply at the close df Tie nav
igation, as il q TOW top, lAte ta gel it to
market this eiittlitn The bIlk OF that
coming forwsrd Is of ordinary quality,
hence the increased frmness and buyancy
in the better grades. The partial failure
in the crop OF this State; iron wliiih our
better brands are made, renders il quite
certain that good brands must bt cpinpara-
tivelv higher than other gtades, For solfit
months to come. ;, -,
The news from England, ithiooussh favor
able, does not influence Tie market, but
rather causes the farmers to hold Oh their
wheat, which of course lessons the sup
plies in New York. On the 9Th Dec.
navigation (of the Canan will be officially
closed, and unless tremendous SUPPLY
comes into New Yoik, fof which no
probability exists,) the railroads cannot
supply that market ard lie New England
States. The railroads have never carried
yet, enough flour to supply the daily de
maRd Of New York city and the Eastern
Sidtes-these markets requiring 5000 bar
fsls daily After the 9th OF December
then, the canals will be closed. and
the railroads cannot possibly supply the
demand, to say nothing Of any surplus
that might be waited for speculation aid
we, like the New YORK dealers, believe
that prices will rule higher during the
winter than at present irfesfentise 81 any
export inquiry. We cannot in all SINGER
lily, advise our. friends TO sell their flour
ut loss--from present appearances, we
will have to supply the home or local trade
of New York and the Eastern States x
While all Of us are liable to err still in
this case matters assume an unmistakable
aspect. as regards firm and advancing
prices. We only regret we cannot give
bur advices entire, bat your readers may
rely OH this letter, at the same time giving
room for the fallibility of human calcula.
ton.
We report markets for the week as
follows:
Flour firm-S.5O and looking up
Wheat l so to 100. Corn &c. Meal So
10 50. Salt 400 IN small lots. Guano
$50. Plaster-Rock $50; Ground fresh
$50. Cl,ver Seed 7.50 to s. 90.
BRowN &, SHook,
Commission Merchants.
In Staunton, Butler g. Co. are giving
for flour 81 IS 500. Wheat LAO 100
Rye IS 10. Corn 60, a G5. Guano is
selling $50. Plaster $12. Salt 8 3.25.
1t will be observed that tie prices for
breadstuffs have slightly advanced.
In the domestic market--we 1uSte But
ter at 16a cents. Eggs, u cents per doz
Chickens. half grown, f6 cents. Lard, 10
cents. Turkeys, medium size, SO cents
Ducks, 16 cents. Potatoes 624 cents
These are the general prices. In, some
instances, articles mentioned vary higher
and lower few cents.