The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1861-07-30

the same quiet and dull aspect, heretofore
noticed; the demand for money for trade
purposes has been of a moderate character,
and the market ruled easy at 10(012 per
cent for acceptable business paper, and ca
do for call loans.
Exchange has been in supply in excess OF
the demand, and rates ruled easier at the
close. the buying rate being par and selling
rates 4(08 prem. We quote:
Buying. Selling.
New York ......... par@74Prem. 74gS5 prem prem
Philadelphia. par@14prem. 1908 prem.
Baltimore prem. prem
Not much doing in uncurrent money, and
not much change. The quotations will be
found in another place.
On Monday the news of the retreat of our
forces from the vicinity of Manassas juno
ton, after three days fighting, and having
driven the rebel forces back to within two
miles of their main batteries, produced gen.
eral dismay throughout the entire city and,
during the whole afternoon, the most intense
anxiety was visible in every countenance, so
much so that business has been since then,
generally neglected, and the retreat and PAN
ic of our troops is the great absorbing sub
iect of conversation among all classes.
The weather has been quite cool, and the
tempersture still remarkably low for the
season-the range being IS to 70 deg,
though once or twice it went up to So
This is bad for corn, and should it continue,
we cannot look for full crop.
Flour ruled frm.at So 1908 90for super
fine, o004 25 for extra, and 50GD4 10
for family and fancy. There has been a
considerable quantity of new offering, but
dealers buy it sparinglY; some sales very
do Of There
is little or no demand for export but the
stock of old is about exhausted, so that the
local demand being equal to the receipts,
which continue light, dealers are enabled to
obtain very full prices. 6,048 bbls. COM
prise the receipts during the week, whilst
the exports were confined to 1918 bbls.-
The city mills are not doing much.
Whisky was steady at 13c. and so closed
last evening.
Butter unchanged; the receipts are light,
and there is a moderate local demand for
prime to choice at 10@12c., the latter rate
for W. r. The lower grades are extremely
dull at 6@8c. Grease butter sells at a
@5c.
A better demand for hides, country tam
ners being in the city procuring supplies.
The announcement from Washington that
! the House Committee had reported a bill
taxing coffee I0c and sugar sc. per pound
instead of the rates recommended by the
Secretary of the Treasury, and there being
some probability that the bill would pass, in
duced an excited and unsettled market for
sugar, coffee and molasses, and very heavy
purchases were made, at prices higher from
dav to-day, until holders became Indifferent
about selling, and in many cases put prices
up to a point which was equivalent to with
drawing from the market. Buyers, not
being willing to follow up the advance asked
| at the close, withdrew, to a great extent,
and the market became quiet toward the
close, though holders remained firm. The
advance in coffee is 3(9lc per ID /; in sugar
Ic per h., and in molasses &c per gallon
the closing rates being, for sugar. 72@9c.;
coffee, 143@16e an6d, p9'l s
go Jugs UUHee, lOI pris molasses and
I,2l4 hhds sugar were exported during the
week, showing an active demand from the
country There has also been a good de-
mand, partly speculative, from city dealers
Should the bill referred to become a law,
the impression is that coffee will advance
to Is or zoe, and sugar to l0d1l2e. Refined
sugar is also higher.
The receipts of wheat have been light,
but the offerings of new crop 10 arrive
were quite large, without any disposition to
buy. Old was in good demand, in the fore :
part of the week, and prices advanced to
80 and 95c for prime red and white and
new on the spot sold to fair extent at IS
and 85c, but both closed dull and heavy,
and the tendency of prices was downward,
and new red not So cable at over roc and new
white at 80@s3c.
Corn has not changed and has met with
a fair demand at 28c. Oats steady at 23c.
Rye declined to 40c, but subsequently ad-
vanced to Ale, and holders asked 43c at the
close.
Linseed Oil declined to 53c, and the de-
mand quite light. The manufacturers did
not succeed in keeping up the price TO 55c.
Lard Oil declined to 6597Oc for No. l
and extra, and 6Oc for No. q The demand
is exceedingly light.
The market for Provisions has not chang
ed There has been a moderate demand for
bacon at 8, 81 and 7sc, for bulk meats at 4,
ST and &c, and for mess pork at $l4 so,
and lard has been sold to a limited extent,
at SC for barrel and fierce, and 84(0S4e for
keg 1t was easier to buy this article at
| the close, and yesterday 100 tierces sold at
SC, and 200 kegs at SIC. There was not
much of any article offered at the quota
tions, but enough to supply the demand
which is chiefly from those having army
contracts Many holders ask S14 75@15
for mess pork, 44@53 and SIC for bulk do,
and 54@67c and 73c for bacon, and refuse
to sell at less, but the demand has not been
| large enough to establish these prices.