The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-04-03
BALTIMORE MARKETS.

TUESDAY, April 2
COFFEE.--Cofee continues in good demand but
holders generally indsposed to sell unless very
full rates, and the transactions to-day have been
paratvey light The sales embrace $50 bags low grade
Ro at l2dl2R cts 100 bags fair do. at Is cts and 800
bags good do at 134 cts. Rio closes firm 1l4M12K
cts for common %Gl2A cts for fair l3dl9A cts for
good kl4 cts for prime and we quote Laguayra
at 14@l5H cts, and Java at l7d1S cts. per lb The
stock here is now less than 5000 bags.
FL0UR-Flour continues in good demand, and very
firm. There is however but little Offering holders gene
rally in view of the favorable foreign advces being in
disposed to sales and the transactions to-day have
been light, the sales far have heard embracing
only 800 bbls. each of Ohio and Howard Street
Super at SIS 25 bb at which figure both descriptions
closed stiff City Mills Super is held firmly So 25
per Dbl, but not advised of any sales today
sales were effected. We quote it firm at the following
rates viz: 1915 for Ohio s575a587 for Howard Street.
Sc 25965O for regular shippng and $3.50 per Dbl for
FAMILY FLOUR Family Flour still selling by the dray
load at the following rates. viz at 1915 for Wechs SIS
for Baltimore ground do; and S6.259675 for Ohio and
Howard Street.
RYE FLOUR AND CORN MEAL.-We quote Rye Flour
at 81, and Corn Meal at S. per bb for both Baltimore
and Pennsylvania but there is very little doing either
of these articles.
GRAIN.-Wheat and Corn were both active and buoy
ant again this morning and for Wheat prices
to cts per bushel higher than yesterday There
were about 900 bushels at market nearly ali of which
taken for export at 1S3937 for good prime
red 15Ol65 cts for fair to prime white, and 10
choice do and beth red and white closed firm at the
above figures. Corn sold very readily to-day out
side quotations of yesterday, and sales of
white were made at an advance The receipts reached
about 70 600 bushels the greater part of which changed
hands at from So to 81 cts for yellow 5S6o for or
nary %e hand aRa oSgGS Cts TOR good to prime do
the receipts amounting to ABOUT 900 bushels. They
were however in pretty good demand, ard of the
lots of Virginia and Maryland received sold at 3O
80 cts. We quote Pennsylvania at 32134 Rye'is
steady at 6S cts for Pennsylvania lot of 100 bushels
the only one at market to day, sold at this figure
M0LASSES.-Moasses continues inactive, but there is
occasional inquiry fer it, and day
We still quote follows viz Cuba at l7S cts for new
crop cayed; 2Og22 cts for do. Muscovado English Isl
and at 1920 cts for old Porto Rico at 2sG32 cts and
New Orleans at 32G35 cts. for crop.
PROVISIONS Provisions were rather irmer again
to day. but there nothing of consequence done in
them the increased frmness the part of the holders
having had the effect of checking operations Bulk Meat
was inquired for but no sales were made. 1t held
firmly at 6% cts. for Shoulders and s4 for Sides
For Bacon there fair retail demand, and it is selling
in obbing lots at X cts for Shoulders and OK cts for
Sides, but quote round lots at 7H@7$ for Shout
ders and 9H(G9S cts for Sides We still quote Lard at
9&G9B cts. for Western in bbls and tc Mess Pork
Sl7 Prime do at SIS 50@l4 Rump do at SIS and Beef
at 2 80 for Baltimore packed No l. and SIC per bb for
do Mess
RICE-Rice may be quoted steady and firm at sxla4
cts for good prime lots. There trade demand
for it, but we hear of no large sales being made.
SEEDS.-There is considerable Cloverseed Offering but
the demand for it is limited and the market may quo
ted dull and heavy 1t in price at from s462%
s4S7x bushel of Ga lbs. for good to prime lots We
quote Timothy Seed nominal at S2.75G3, and FIaxseed
SUGARs.-There has been considerable done to-day in
s52 27i hhds do at 25 all of which were taken for
refining, and 10 hhds new crop New Orleans at $3.50
Sugars close steady at the following rates viz S4
525 for refining grades Cuba and English Island SIS SIX
@575 for grocery grades Cuba $56 for ordinary to
prime Porto Rico; $4505 for common New Orleans and
S550(G6.50 for good to prime do.
SALT.-We have change to note in the rates for
Salt, and still quote Liverpool S5@9O cts. for
Ground Alum, and $50 cts per sack for standard fine st.
Ubes at 15G17 cts, and Turks Island at 15(616 cts
afoat, and 1SG20 cts per bushe from store. We note
sale today of cargo of ZOO bushels Turks Island
at Is cts per bushe afoat
WH1SKEY.-Whiskey is scarce and the market for it
continues firm with an advancing tendency. We note
to-day bblS. cts for itv
and is cts for Ohio. and quote both descriptions as
closing firm at the above rates.