Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1860-04-25
P o OF MARKETS.

RALEIGH MARKET.-REpRoTED BY M. H. Brown,
Grocer.-Bacon.-Selling from IL to IL LIZ hog round;
Hams 13c. Lard-In demand at IL 12 to ID. Flour
Meal-The market is well supplied, selling from CSC.
to 81 per bushel. Corn-Selling at 80 to Csc. per bush.
Fodder-is worth from I soto / 10. Uats~Scaarce, sell
ing at 1 25 per hundred. Potatoes.-Sweet so; Irish
81 to 1 25. Dry Hides-From 10 to 14c. Peas-White
go to 81 90; Clay IS to 80. ~Egks-121-21 5c.
FAYETTEvILLE.-Bacon 10 a ID; Coffee, Rio 1s
a IS Laggira IS a II Java 10 a 20 Cotton fair to
Gunny Is a IS Dundee IS a 20; Flour 5 80 to 6 80, ac-
cording to quality Corn ! 10 a 1 Is; Wheat / 90 a Is
es, Cuba 80 a 80 N. o. 50; Salt, Liv, sack 1 Is 1 80
Alum SO sugars, loaf u a ID - crushed - 1S;
{. { 8 IL a 8 ia q Turpentine, yellow dip dip 2 90 a soS viz If.
gin / SIS a l 60 hard 1 Is spirits turp. 81 80.
WILMINGTON MARKET.-Turpentine, yellow
2 so, virgin 2 0S, hard SIS. Spirits Al; buyers not
operating and sales small. Rosin, No. /, 1 26 to 1 %
asking / 20. Tar 26. Beef Z 50 to $50. Cotton quiet
at 10 "a for strict middling; no sales this week. Dried
Z. Corn II to rs. Molasses, bbls. SO, hhds. q to 2S.-
Bacon II IL to IL 1-2. Shingles 2 90; contract do. $50
to 80. Timber S. to 8 so.
RICHMOND MARKET.-REpoRTED BY D.. T. WILL
LIAMs 6 HICKS, Produce Commission Merchants,
the way of Petersburg marked to us, will be promptly
forwarded BY our Agent at that place:
B~ACoN.-Stockl light. Sides 10 so a 10 rs Shoulders
s so a s Is. Old Hams 10 a lie, as in quality. Plain
new Hams II SOC. Sugar cured IL so a 13c. Todd's
sugar CuroQ mans ii cents.
FLOUR.-The market more active, at an advance of
flour at Sc so to 100. Extra 81 90; Family7 - to 8;
CoRN.-fhe market is dull, but has had no material
decline. We quote to-day, from IS a so cts. per bush.
ToBAcco:-There is an active demand for desirable
qualities. New Lugs So so tod. Leaf Sc 90 to IL.
WHEAT:1We still quote good to prime Red 81 80 a
1 35 good to prime White ST so al So. Receipts linn
tied and market firm.
NORFOLK MARKET-REpoRrED BY MoPHEErERs
q GHIsELIN, Grocers and Commission Merchants
FLoUR.-Them market is firm but not active at our quo
There is no enquiry for seipment and the demand is
confined entirely to the home consumption;
CoTToN.-The sales ofthe week reach 800 to 1000 bales
at Z a Z 12 for deep stained 10 a 10 IA for light tinged;
10 1-2 for good white; 10 "a 10 rs a II for best
Prime parcels are scarce and the demand for such de
scrlptlons is active, while inferior and low grades are
NAVAL SroREs.-spirits Turp. scarce and wanted
at a 45; Common Rosin 81 80 a 1 IS; Tar 81 rs q
LIME-None afoat. Thomaston from store SOa 80.
GUANo.-Peruvian in good supply at $5S a 60 pei
ton Manipulated standard brands $50; Sup. Phos
sALT.-L. B. / 90 12 a / rs; G. A. 81.
April 81,
PETERSBURG MARKET.-REPoRTED BY BROWN
LEY, GREEN & Co, General Commission and Forwar
ding Merchants.-ToBACCo.-The market is active TO
good clean Leaf, and fer such prices are now very fair
Lugs and low grades of Leaf continue dull at very Low
prices: We quote Lugs at2 to 81; sales mostly at g.
BACoN:-va. cured hog round is dull at ii IA to L
for round lots.
WHEAT.-.We note a very active demand for prim
White, and sales to-day of several parcels at 81 Is
good White 1 60; Red 1 As for prime; common lots O
Red and White / 20 to 81 40.
CoTToN.-Prices continue unchanged for desirabl
lots, while common grades are entirely unsaleable.-
Prlme 10 "a; fair to good s to 91-2; stained to SC
Receipts very light.
CLOVER SEED-Has considerably declined. Prim
Red S. IA a 5 "a.
CoRN.-Sales of prime at 75c.
UANo.-Petersbu Manipulated Guano $48; Son
Drero Guano S32; Nevassa Guano S2S: Potash an
Plaster 81 per Dbl. Peruvian Guano $50; Jarvis 1
Bakers Island $40; Bone Dust $50; Kettlewell's Ms
nipulated $50; Reese's Manipulated $50.
OATs.-Common country grades so to soc: goo
Seed do. 81 to 6Oc, with a good supply in the marke
FLoUR.-ForC City Family, the market is very fri
per, 6 to 6 1-2, and Fine S to 5 l2. Cargoes of 500
1000 bbls. can be had on better terms. Country brand
are worth SOC less.
prime Laguyra Is a Is 1-2 fair - good grades 12
/ cent less. Common la 10.
MESS oRK.-Cincinnati brands, not repacked, $21
$21 12 for best mess, and $40 12 a $40 for Baltimol
inspections; Rump do SIS a SIS IL,
MoLAssEs.-Sales at auction on yesterday at 80
3o14 for bills; 271-2a asc for tierces, and 26 a 26.1-2 fl
hhds. W. quote New Orleans at Al a SOC.
RICE-Firma at 5 to 5 1-2c.
ExcHANGE.-On New York 38 per cent. premium
April 81.
New York, April 21.-Cotton dull. Flour and Co
upward tendency. Wheat quiet. Pork dull. Prin
nominal. Mess ST. so a $17, rs. Sugar declined
eighth. Rest unchanged.
BALTIMORE MARKET.-Flour firm. Howa
Street c. Wheat firm at ! 70 a / 50, for white, Al
l 4Sa / 90 for red. Corn active. White 70 a II. Y
low 20 70. Pork firm. Mess IS. Prime 10.
NEW ORLEANS.-Cotton-sales to-day of so
bales at.11 market steady. Sugar quiet at 6 a z. Flo
quiet. Corn buoyant at 20 a IS cents. Freights
Cotton to Liverpool 15-32d. Exchange on New 70
unaltered.
bales market unchanged.