The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1858-12-13

5000 bags per May Queen at II cts 1876 bags lots
at II to cs 1oO bags at 1O4 cts Total 1926 bags
REMARKS.
The market remains steady and frm-demand fair
without change in prices We quote prime Rio at II y to
j cts fair to good fair II to II cts medium to l0
cts; Laguayra Il to Is cts; Java l44 to 159 CTS.
WHITE ELDER, Coffee Brokers.
Baltimore, December IL 1855.
FL0UR.-There has been quite active movement to-
day in Flour especially in City Mills and for this descrip
ton the market is decidedly firmer in Recent ad
vices from Rio show that Baltimore Flour is growing in
there again and all the sales of City Mills made to-
up about 6000 hhls, and they include $50 bbs. Ohio
Super at So $50 bbIs. do. at $512h 500 bbs Howard
bbs City Mills Extra Sc and . 500 bbls do. at So 25 per
bb., Howard Street and Ohio Super closed steady at
52k for good brands and for standard City Mills do
holders were generally asking but Tor some choce
brands $5l24 and S525 per Dbl was demanded We
quote Extra to-day S537 x So 80 for Ohio, $550aS575
for Howard Street and sea % per Dbl for regular ships
ping brands of City Mills. Rye Flour is steady at 3S1H
from 81 So per 100 lbs Corn Neal is selling at 81 for
Baltimore, and 81 25 per bhl. for Brandywine.
rates for Family Flour 1t is still selling in lots to the
trade at 81 so for Baltimore ground 81 for Old Dominion
and 81 rs per bbl. for Welch's.
| GRAlN-Grain was in brisk demand this morning. and
for ali varieties the market firm The offerings of heat
reached l3 bu which sold at 100 dl25c for
good strictly prime red 1l5lS for inferior white,
l25 13O for medium fair do, 13140 cts for good
prime do 45I lag for fancy lots do and the mar
ket closed steady at these figures Corn in active de-
mand for it firm yesterdays rates.
There about IS 600 bushels, mostly offered
nearly all of which changed hands at from 60 to 65 cts
white and G4d6S for yellow small lot of old white
sold cts. We quote Rye firm at u for Maryland
3,GSl cte for P.nnsy voria and Oats steady at 42G
| 45 cts for Virginia and Maryland, and 45G46 cts.
for Pennsylvania. There some 1900 bushels Rye,
and about 4.5O0 bushels Oats received to-day.
| IOGS-IIogS continue in fair supply, and we quote
them steady at yesterdays rates, viz: $3.50 for light
and $G.S7&G7 per 100 lbs net for prime heavy lots
Sales to moderate extent making at these figures.
MOLASSES.-New crop New Orleans Melasses con
tinues demand and we have reported to-day sales of
GO bbs. at 81 4 which is further decline There is
no demand for foreign Moasses We quote Cuba nomi
nal 23G "A for cayed, 26d2s cts for Muscovado;
or. no SIaIp
PRovISIONS.-The Provision market to-day has been
quiet there is hardly much buOyancy of feeling it
there was day ortwo since There is some inquiry for
Bulk and have reported sales late yesterday and
to-day of $4,000 lbs. Shoulders and Sides at 6k and S
cts We note also sales OF some 30 TO 40 hhS Bacon at
cts for Shoulder and 9 for Sides. and of 20 bbls
Mess Pork sl7 25 per Dbl. We quote Mess Pork to-day
steady Sl7 %, and Prime do at Sl4 bh Lard is
still inquired for but hear of no sales being made to-
day. We quote at l02l cts for Butchers and 11dlA
cts City Western Leaf in bbls Lard in kegs may
be quote II Hd11 Beef is steady at $l2 for No
l. SIS per Dbl for Mess Butter and Cheese in
moderate demand at unchanged rates.
RICE-There is some little inquiry for Rice, and we
sales to-day of 30 tierce to good at 81 3k
cts Prime is held at 32 cts There is large stock
Rice 500 eces having been received here with
: SUGARS-There is fair inquiry for New Orleans but
there is nothing whatever doing in foreign Sugars. We
have reported to-day sales of So hhds good fair
new crop New Orleans at 81 62HQts. Sugars may b
quoted to-day at the following rates, viz: S65Od675 fo
refining grades Cuba and English Island 81 25dS fol
grocers' styles Cuba s75OdS.50 for fair to prime Por
Si.OUk
p SEEDS.-The demand for CIoverseed continues brisk
and the mar"t for it is quite firm There sales thi
morning Change of about $50 bushels at $3.50 for fair
and s562k 75 per bushel for good to prime lots Timo
thy seed is steady at 2G212H, and we quote Flaxseed
l. $1.30G 140 per bushel
SAlT.-Liycrpoot Salt is in good demand and we quot
it firm al 50 cts for Ground Alum 100 cts for Marshall
and Jeffrey Darcys fine; and 149 per sack for Ash
toms do Turks Island Salt may be quoted at l6dl7 cts
per bushe Some sales have been made within the las
= day at these figures.
:, WHISkEY.-Whiskey may be quoted firm to-day a
25 for City and 26 cts for Ohio. We have reporte
sales of $50 hb of the former and go bs of the latte
= at the above figures
y y We publish below the agreement entered into by TIL
Importers of Coffee in this city relation discontnu
!, ing the allowance, now made, of per cent. tare.
The undersigned Importers of Coffee at the port of Ba
tmore, have been long impressed with the onab,
a of the old usage of allowing two per cent
" sales of Coffee. The Coffee bag is valuable and mportar
to the purchaser of the Coffee costs the Importer 1.-THE R
bag for illustratOn) 35 cts. each it weighs about
pound, while we by old usagc--that should have bee
discarded long since-deduct for the bag 15th whe
Coffee is worth II cts, 35 cts. bag. thus furnishing fr
y of charge bag costing So cts and also deducting her
~ for in of tare allowed the actual weight
" the bag 25 making the of the bag Il
g Importer which is given to the purchaser, 60 cts.
propose the correction of this wrong charge IL
purchaser with the entire cost of the bag, but for Il
" abatement OF the evil recommend that the aOwan(
- of Coffee sales should cease, whereby the pu
A chaser will be charged with the actual weight of Il
% bag about pound equal to eleven cts being lie
W than one-half its value to him.
y For the foregoing and consderati do heI
" by and pledge ourselves to each other, that
H. after the 1st January 1859 the Importers
d New York and Philadelphia will adopt like determn
% ~ ton, will, in whatever, allow any are
. Coffee but full and liberal weight to the pu
m chaser will continue to allow the scalage Of onequart