The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-05-14
REVIEW UF'THE
BALTIMORE MARKETS

FOR THE WEEK ENDING MAY 49,
EXCHANGE.-The rates for foreign Exchange have ad-
vanced slightly within the last few days The quotations
today as follows viz London bankers bills l1O44
ll0a do commercial do 1l00110R Paris 60 day bills
5flO do short sight. 5f64; Antwerp 5f1O Bremen 794
amsterdam 4l% d4la; Hamburg 37S; Cologne 7S4;
ALE AND PoRTER-we continue to quote Scotch
Ale in pints at 81 I62T@l rs and London Porter and
Brown Stout pints at 81 62S al Is per dozen
ASHES Pearl Ashes are still selling in New York at
solo put fot 40. are shade lower, and they are
ALCoHoL.-Alcohol has advanced since our last to
cts per gallon There was sale made early in the week
OF 5O Dds western 95 cent at 52h cts subse
queny sales were made of $50 bbls do at 55156 cts
but it is now held at 81 cts. per gallon.
BREAD-The rates for Bread have been advanced to.
day cent per ID We now quote Navy at cts, Pilot
at ~ cts and Water Crackers at 6K cts. per ib.
BRIMSTONE.-We note a sale this week of 100 tons
crude Sicily Birthstone but the terms for it kept
private We quote it however at s47d4s per ton.
BEESWA&.-We hear of no transactions worth noting
in this article, but We quote it firm at 3S39 cts per ID.
BARK.-There sale made last week which was
not noticed in report of 40 No Querctron Bark
at ton but so far as we have heard there has been
nothing done in it this week We quote No at s23d25,
and No 3 at sl7(92o per ton
COTT0N.-There is but limited demand for Cotton,
the sales this week comprising only about $50 bales low
to good mddng Upland and Gulf at irregular prices At
about lower than last week but unsettled
give reliable quotations The stock hand is about 1000
bales.
CoFFEE-There has been a fair inquiry this week for
Coffee but the transactions in it have not been heavy
The sales add up about 900 bags They include 100 bags
good fair Rio, eX "Banshee, at II Sail cts $50 bags
rejected do ii cts 900 bags sound medium grades
at H9llA cts, 900 bags fair do, at 11A@11H cts,
200 bags good do at IL cs 100 bags prime do l2l2A
cts $50 bags Jamaics at IL cts 200 pockets Java
Coffee at 5k cts Coffee has for day or two past been
quiet but it closes today steady the following rates
viz 1O4@ll4 cts. for low and medium Rio; 1lA
9l14 for fair to good do IL for prime do liz
(d2 cts for Laguayra aud jamaica and l5dl6 cts per
b. for Java. The stock is now about Is 900 bags we
note the import this week Of 5642 bags Rio per ship
''Banshee and 800 bags do per bark ELLA Virginia
Total 0,742 bags.
quote them as follows viz 17G22 cts for Adamantine;
2SG30 cts for Solar Chemical Sperm; 42G43 cts. for
SPERM So cts for patent Wax, l2kd15 for Western and
Eastern Mould, and Is 54G164 cts per lb for Eastern
Mould in fancy boxes for West India shipment.
COAL.-There has been very little done here this week
in Cumberland Coal but at Alexandria the market IS we
Learn, very active. The cargo rates are still as follows
viz 50 3535 so for fine; S360a375 for run OF mime and
s4o@42 Is per ton for lump cash, delivered on board
at Locust Point Anthracite Coal is selling by retail at
from S4.75 to s525 per ton of 2.24O lbs. E
CoPPER-Copper is quiet, but unchanged IN price,
anu and we again quote it at "a cts. for refined In
COTS and 27 cts per lb for Sheathing. Yellow Metal
heathing selling q for both English and Amer
can elbow Metal Bolts at "a cts and do Nails at 25
@ per H. We note the import here this week Of l32s
qulntas Copper Ore from the West Coast Of South
america, and of 210 boxes do from Savannah
=. fEATHERS.-Feathers frmer, and quote them
% A at ooG52 cts per lb for good Southern and West
tlsH-Mackerel continue dull but we have no change
60 o since our last in the rates. and quote No 3s at
~ rom The wharf and $40 per bbl. from store There
are no NO and very few No MackereI here. but we
bb ts,a. o nominal at s14d15 and No s16417 per
astern Herrings are in good demand and we nuote
them hrm at S35Od4 for Halifax and "a 5o5 nov hi
% o Lao'aaor lot of 200 bbls Labrador Herrings was
I,; w &c, uays since at $4 80 per Dbl Alewives are
prime lots here. We quote Smoked HrS no =, sny
sS o5S9 so y o9dhsh at $3 32593.75. and do Hake at
Iss his t ~ aSo , lbs Hake are quite dull. We note
Herrngs at 81 which an advance Of 10 eta ner bhI %
ias. w., -. quote full brands nominal at A. so
per ppi pus 'here are none here North Carolina Shad