Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1861-02-28
Weekly Review of the J.. LOuil
Grocery and Produce Market.
SATURDAY EVENING, Feb. %.

SATURDAY EVENING, Feb. 70.
A complete resumption of up river navigation
has taken place and more sctiv. trade has been
had in Groceries and Produce this week than last
A still more active trade is expected the ensuing
week. The levee has been pretty well crowded
with Groceries from the South, and Corn Provis-
ions &C., from the Illinois and other rivers going
South. Pretty large sales of common to fully
fair Sugars were made at 5@6s@6sc from first
hands. Good to prime plantation Molasses has
sold at 34@35c q gallon, and good sales Of Coffee
at last weeks rates-134@l4s for common TO
prime. The following is the latest New Orleans
Grocery market, which shows that prices in ST.
Louis, considering freight, commission, &C., are
quite low: .. .......
New ORLEANS, Feb. 21-P. M.
Sugar is quiet at 4I@5Ic. Molssses 29@31c.
Coffee firm at i2@13Ic. Sales Of the week Is,
500 bags. Imports $500 bags. Stock at New
Orleans 81 500 bags against So 500 bags last year
The trade In Provisions has not been large this
week, though some 5000 bbls mess and M o.
pork has changed hands during the week; at til.
close city mess is worth SIT so, and country
17@17 q for good to choice brands. M. q. sold
at $40 IS; rumps sold at $40 5o@I2 for inferior
to good; Ioles at So Bacon sold pretty stes Oily
at about the following rates for prime city pa OK
ed. shoulders Tic; R. sides sie to 9,c; c. R.
do, and long clear middles at loIe; C. sides at
lie; plain hams SIC to &c; S. C. do, I0.c, do,
canvassed at lie. Lard has been dull at sic for
prime in ties. Very little country bulk meat was
sold; shoulders, sides and hams are held at about
&c, SIC and &c.
The Flour and Grain trade have not been &C.
tive, except Corn, the receipts of which were
some 81 900 sacks this week with good demand,
witt. slightly reduced freights until the close
when decline.at New Orleans, and the liberal
receipts, lowered the rates yesterday and to-day.
City Super Flour is 81 IS, at last quoted.
SALES, MONDAY, 2jrH.
T0BACCO-Market steady with fair de-
mand. Sales of hid Tugs at 81 25 2 hid, dian.
ters' do al 50 25@3 50; hid new seconds, high
turing at So 6O@3 IS. Also, 2 pkgs at 81 S.
Bids on hhds were rejected
HEMP-Two small lots were received but not
sold.
FLOUR-Same as Saturday.
WHEA1-Market steady and firm. Sales On
Saturday not reported, p 600 bushels fall. 10
arrive on private terms-understood to be at a.
bout 81 3O(gl 80. Receipts small to-day, with
sales small lot mixed as 81 10; iOS bags fair fall
at 81 Is; 333 bags good fall at 81 30; I4e do
choice at 81 80, and 90 bags do private.
CORN-ReceIpts were more liberal to-day but
the market was firmly sustained particularly for
the finer qualities in the new and reserved gun
MES. Sales include 800 bags mixed in second
hand bags at Soc, 200 bags mixed at 36tc, about
200 bags mixed, new gunnies, at 37@37ie; 5000
bags yellow, and yellow and white, mixed, al SO
@3s4c; ,0Oo bags mixed white at SO IG3ec; S.
600 bags mixed white and white at 39I6a4Oc;
700 bags do de at Ale, delivered; All do choice
white at 4O4@4le, and 100 do do at iIIc.
oATS-With moderate receipts the market
remains steady. Sales include 1850 bags far
and good At s0@alc; 625 bags prime in lots at
32e, and PAT bags choice white and black for seed
at 33c, in good and new bags.
PORK-Same as Saturday.
BACON-The demand is limited and prices as
follows: shoulders TIC, rib sides 9ac, clear sides
long, loic, short do lie, PLAN hams 9lc, sugar.
cured do 10ac, packed.
LARD-Very dull. Choice offered at sIc, in
tierces and, prime do in kegs at 1Oc. without buy
er; r., p sale Of 70 tlerees prime at DC:
and market steady and firm. Sales comprise 3ss
bbls in lots at 14c.
HlDES-Wtth increased receipts to-day there
were no buyers at anything oyer lie for flint
Green and salt are now quoted at 4@5c.
SEEDS-Clover dull and lower. Sales II bags
at 81 %. Timothy in far demand; sales u bags
at So 30, and so bags at 81 40,
POTATOES--Market extremely dull. Sales
400 bags mixed at 2sc, and 10 bags choice Ne
at 44c, in good bags.
FRUlT-Stock and receipts large and demand
small. Sales confined TO 100 bags prime dried sp-
Piles at rae q bushel.