The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1858-12-20

ness doing-saes of 500 bales this morning
| last evening al prices within our range.
NEW YORK CLASSIFICATION.
Uplands. Florida Mobile. NO: &Tex.
Ordinary. ........l0S 10a 1923 109s
Middling .......l2 II 124 124
PRovIsIoxs-The demand for Pork is more active and
the market is better for Mess but quiet for prime The
| enqu Y for the future is active.
The sales 100 bbls. at SIS 50 60 for new prime
$3.50 for old Mess SIS for do Included in the sales
500 bbs Mess for January at SIS 500 bbs for May
and June at SIS and this price refused $3.50 for 500
bbs prime for March, April and May and 500 bbs old
Mess part on private terms.
Beef is dull and heavy the inquiry is light the arrivals
large-sales Of 16O bbs S6d65 30 for country prime
s. 5Oa9 for do Mess $S50dl0 for repacked Mess, and
SO so for extra Beef Hams are quiet at S13d
Is. Cut meats steady.
Lard closes better, with firm demand for the future
for April at IL cts and 500 bbls for April and May
| IL = cts. Butter and Cheese are firm.
MoLAssEs-New Orleans is steady at 354 ass cts, but
the active demand has subsded. Foreign quiet, and
| prices without essential change.
RICE.-The market is dull but prices rule steady at 3d
| 80 cts. as toquality.
SUGhRs-At private nothing of moment has been done
this morning The auction sale of 200 hhds New Orleans
passed off at al 81 100 cts being about &c lower than
the prices obtained the last sae12O hhds Cuba sold
last evening at 81 cs 100 boxes Havana at 66@69s
TALLow.-The demand is good Sales of $4,000 lbs. at
! 10sS cts. cash
WmsKEY.-The market is steady Sales of 500 bbs. at
From the Journal Of Commerce.
BREADsTUFFs.-The market for State and Western flour
is active and huoyant and quotations
easily realized for choice lots The sales 5000 bbls
at 81 35 so for superne State and s5a5 25 for extra
State S4.4Od4.SO for superfne Michigan Indiana Ohio
Iowa &c. and S5d6 % for extra do including shipping
! brands of round hoop Ohio at S5.35d5.50
Southern flour is in better demand, part speculation.
and the market closes with rather fmnesS although
there is important change in prices; the sales are
3100 bblS at s. G625 for mixed to good brands of Bat
more; S6a650 for good to extra Brandywne; So 75G 80
for Georgetown; S575d75 50 for Petersburg City SG75G
for Richmond City SS.50ds75 for GallegO and HaNall
Canadian -four is firm with sales of 500 bbls. at S525Gl
o2 for the range of extra brands superne is out of the
market and nominal
Rye Flour dull, with small sales at ss$OG41O for the
| range of fine and superine.
Corn Meal is quiet quote Jersey at So 40G3 80;
Brandywne S and puncheons 49, the sales 100 bbs
Jersey at S3.4O.
Wheat is quiet but the market is steady with sales of
21OO bushels Southern at S113G "a 500 white do.
| at 81. 40, and 8, 200 mixed Wisconsin at $l1sA.
Rye is rmer, with sales of 1000 bushels North River
at so CENTS and small lots from the railroad depot at equal
| to rs.
Barley is dull and nominal at 7OG93 cts.
Oats are buoyant, with active demand at 45a4s cts
for Jersey Delaware and Pennsylvania 49d52 cts Tor
State; 53d56 cts. for Western 5Sa56cts. for Canadian,
| and Sc d57 cts. for Prince Edwards Island.
Corn is dull there is steadness manifested in
the market the sales 500 bushels at 16d cts for
mixed Western; 75d76 cts for new Jersey yellow ana
| 81 cts. for old Southern white.
| BOSTON MARKETS. Dec IL 2P M-Flour-thc re-
cepts yesterday have been IL IA bbls. The demand
continues quite moderate and market dull but prices
main about the same Sales of common brands Western
S4.5Od475; fancy brands at S4S5G5 %, including
round hoop; common extras at S550d575; and family
and superior extras at s. 5s 25 ner Dbl ncludinp ali
kinds Southern is steady, with sales of common and
fancy at SOFAS rs; and extras Sc bbl Corn
is in moderate demand at S0S7 cts for new yellow san
SIS cts for old white; and SOdS5 for Western Mixed
Oats continue very firm and have been sold at So cts per
bushel for Northern and Canada and SO for Prince
Edward Island Rye S3dS4 cts per bushel Provisions
Pork is rather dull and the sales have been small SIS
G4lG for prime S19d1950 for and $2la2l so for
clear cash and mos. Beef is dull ranges S9G9
II so for Eastern and Western Lard Hdl2 cts in bb
and tierces and 13al3k cts in kegs and smoked Hams
10hdl1 cts. per h., cash and mos Butter, good quail
ty, is firm at % % cts and common, duh at 14G1S
cts cts Cheese , is in demand at 9GlOH cts for common
cts. per lb. for small and large.
BOSTON BOOT AND SHOE MARKET For THE WEEK
ENDING Dec 1.-THE tone of the Boot and Shoe market
remains the noticed last week. Business as
at this of the year. has been quiet and do
look for any active movements until after the first of Jan
Some orders have been received and few buyers
from the South and West already in the look
ing about and giving some orders for Spring goods They
also buying few heavy goods to piece out their fall
stock From present indications evident the Spring
trade will quite early this year. the opin
ion generally prevails that it will be prosperous
one. The New England trade have about wound up
their fall purchases and the business with them will be
light until March
Manufacturers continue quite actively employed and
some fear that too many goods making for Spring
sales; but with comparatively light stock here and in
the INTERIOR easy market and the approach
of the time active Spring operations believe that
all the goods turn will be wanted. Leather
has been in very active demand and taken as fast it
arrives by the manufacturers. Prices very firm and
some kinds have again advanced
For California trade has been quiet this week and
look moderate that market for the pres
en The exports to that market this week by the Dragon
from this port amounted to 6l and by the Harry
Hastings 1895 cases From New York notice ship
ments of Al cases. Private advces from San Francisco
received by last mail state that large quantity of Boots
and Shoes had been received that week Prices
cedng but the full effect cannot he known until anothe"
mail the goods not having been landed. The near ap
proach to winter and close of the fall trade with of
heavy shipments from Atlantic ports, will have a
dency to cause prices to go very low during the winter
and spring.
From Australia the advices are also unfavorable late
Melbourne Price Current says that nowith landing the
enormous amount of imports much has been sold
in the last three months is generally sold in month
Boots and Shoes much neglected soft goods and
though the summer is coming which generally gives
this trade activity not the least signs of improve
ment yet apparent In this, in everything else
the weight of stock crushes all chance hope improve
ment, and makes what in other times would have
considered fair demand insignificant and impoent to
BOSTON COTTON GOODS MARKET, FOR THE WEEK
ENDING December I'm the Cotton Goods trade there
very little change since last week The business has
been fair for the and the market is very firm for
all kinds, with the prospect early Spring trade
Wooen Goods are firm and tending upward The stocks
generally are light and prices of Wool have been al
daily advancing for some weeks prices of goods
must evidently range higher. Brown Sheetngs and
Shirtings held firm with moderate business and
light goods an advance of c has in instances been
realized. We quote heavy standard Sheengs at S4c.,
medium goods 7(d7Ac., and light goods 5AG6Hc.-
Beached Sheengs and Shirtngs very firm but have
been quiet, with light stock Of all desirable kinds
Drills quiet but held firm The stock is light and
some mills are sold ahead until the lst of January,
Beached S%(dSAc. and Blues IO4dlObc. Denims,
Stripes Ticks, Jeans and Osnaburgs steady with
| m.-
Prints in moderate demand but styles are begin
ming to arrive and look for active arket
Gnghams quiet with sales of the Lancaster at
lOc Delaines have been quiet. For Wooen Goods gen
orally there has been rather inquiry, having at
racted attention of the comparatively
price of goods and the high price of Wool The Jobbng
business has also been good for time past and
larger perhaps than for the two previous years. From the
New England trade, particularly the demand has been
good up to the present time Cloths have been very quiet
The stock here is small with limited demand from the
trade Cassmeres are in fair demand and sell at full
prices Satnets are more active and considerable
sales at about per cent advance Blankets quiet
in Flannels there not much activity feeling gene
rally is very good for all kinds of Wooen and Cotton
Goods and the trade look for early prosperous
business the coming season.
PHILADELPHIA MARKETS, Dec 1Stll-P M-The
Flour market has undergone no change and continues in
the same quiet condition which We have recorded from
day to day for weeks There is very little shipping de-
mand and the transactions confined to $50 bbs good
extra at S562% $50 bbls extra family Sc; bbls
y at 81 and in lots for the wants of the home trade
$5l2k(d5.2 25 per barrel for and good brands
family and fancy lots. Superne is freely offered
lowest quotations. Nothing doing in Rye Flour Corn
per barrel.
GRAIN-Wheat is dull, and Notwithstanding the limited
amount coming forward prices favor buyers. Sales
5000 bushels prime Southern red at 81 259l 2s per
bushel, and 700 bushels white 81 35 al As, the
highest figures cannot again be realized. Rye is
wanted and sells on arrival at so cts The market is
poorly supplied with Corn and it is in demand for ship
ment. Sales of 3(d4000 bushels yellow at 70ld72
cts; afoat-the latter being advance of cts. Old
yellow is and worth 81 cts. Oats dull and
OF the receipts are storing We quote 1t at 4445 cts
per bushel.
BARK is steady Sales so hhds No Quercitron at sos
per ton. No sales of Tanners Bark
CLovERsEED comes forward slowly and commands $3.50
575 Ga lbs for fair and prime quality No sales Of
Timothy or Flaxseed
WHIsKEY.-The demend has fallen off, Sales of Penn
sylvania barrels at24 25 cts Ohio DO at 25 G26 cts
hhds at "a and Drudge at 23h cts.
WILMINGTON MARKET, Decem Der 1S.-TURPENTINE.
Sales yesterday OF $50 bbls, and to-day of 100 do
so for virgin and yellow dip, and 81 60 for hard per
$50 lbs.-being an advance of 10c for the
qualities
SPIRTsSaes yesterday of 225 bbls. at 44c per gal,
and to-day of100 do. at same price
RosIN.-Nothing doing in either grade
TAR.-Sales to-day Of 20 bbs. at 50 25 per bbl
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 17.-Cotton-saes to-day 1000
bales, the market closing dull The by the
Arabia had effect the market, and middlings sold
at 11SG11S cts. The following is the weekly state
ment
Sales of the week. 81 800 bales Receipts of the week,
6 500 bales Receipts week last year. 6 900 bales
Exports of the week. 62 600 bales Total exports the
season. 494 500 bales Receipts thus far ahead of last
year. at this port 207 900 bales Receipts thus far ahead
of last year. all Southern ports 63 900 bales Stock in
port 1913 900 bales Stock in port time last year,
291 900 bales Sugar is steady at 5A cts. Moasses is
quoted at rs cts for choice.
Flour firm at $5.10@9525 Corn dull at II cts. Pork
dull at S1S.25 Hay-New York sells at $3.50. Coffee is
quoted at IL cs sales of the week, 600 bags receipts
in bapS