The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-02-13
Inc quotations for exchange and coli
at the close were as follows.

New Yorlt!... 15Ni51; SELLING
Philadelphia. .I26tI5 dis 70
Dostoh .....- ......l20II5 dis I'd
tlnOre................l2GI5d Is dis III
r. .5GH652 prem 57m5S mr.,
1 1iifeI -';'.;:.............356s40 prem = nrer
DeIi'hd Notes. .........4S050 prem
We were visited by another heavy fa1
OF snow since our last but it il nov
nearly gone 1t fell to the depth of s I,
III inches, but at no time was the tenn
perature below 20. This snow mnst
prove exceedingly beneficial to the GROW
ing wheat, which is reported to us az
looking we'll.
The markets have been greatly de.
pressed, owing to the decline in gold
and speculation has altogether subsidized
ana those articles which advanced most
largely, have declined in similar man.
ner. Flonr has declined soc per brl., and
IS duli at 50 10 for superfne, which was
hard to buy in the foFepart of the week
at 80 p, and family sold yesterday at
forepart of the week at Sc so The mar,
ket closed very much unsettled and
prices nominal
Wheat also declined Zoe per bushel
from the highest point, and closed dull.
Corn and oats adyanead, and both 10 o,
owing to scarcity, but fell back to 81.
An active demand for barley, and prices
largely advanced. Prime fall went up
to 81 40 The sales during the last few
days of the week were very large, and
buoyant
Whisky advanced to 52c, with a de-
mand largely in excess of the offerings,
as few are willing to sell, but all anxious
to buy. There seems to be a very ger
eral impression that Congress will in.
crease the duty on this article quite
largely, and it is the anticipation of this
which has caused such large and sud-
den advance in prices here and else
where. So far the Legislation done in
taxing the article has been almost alto
gether in favor of spectators, and ifI
Congress desires the Government to be
benefited by any further legislation, it
should place the additional tax on all
notc Manufactured, as well as all to be
manufactured, and if any increased tax
is put on, it should not be less than 3Oc |
per gallon, thus making the whole tax
SOC per gallon. The article will bear
this as well as Zoe, and there will be Just |
as much consumed in the country. Clio |
yer seed went up to So and fell back to |
Sc 30, closing dull. The bitter bitter still
brought in large sT,dj; ssTnd ;s q shade 6rmer
tsnot 5 and lead further advanced.
The provision market has been eX-
ceedingly quiet, and prices OF all artl-
cles are lower. and barrel and bulk pork
are nominal. Lard -dneliHed ) to &c |
nfgfIest point, and closed dull, |
tRs7f decline hing h soaa aant IS ef fqht h dIm damand The
we'll as others, but not to the same extent |
as in that for breadstuffs, because, we
suppose, the advance under the gold eX-
citement was but light. There is not
much pressure to sell, however, and
should buyer go into the market to
any great extent, he would find it diff
cult to buy city mess pork at less than
$l4 so; city lard less than 5000, and
bulk pork less than #, Col; still sales
could not be made at these rates, because
BUYERS have withdrawn. 800 hhds. ba
con sold Yesterday at 6& for sides and
5M5 ZIG for shoulders, the latter rate in
ly,tight hhds. This was bought by a
New York house to fill a Government
contract.
The grocery market has been firm but
quiet, and prices remain about the same
they were week ago.
The demand for star candles is active
and pressing and prices higher and un-
settled. Full weights are held at 2l to
22c, and large purchases could not be
made at the inside rate They are being
taken to all parts of the world, and the
business done so far this season, exceeds
that of last fully 20 per cent, and this
is the case in all the other cities where
the business is carried on.
1t is estimated tGat over seventyfve
million pounds of lard and grease will
be used in making these candles in the
West the current year. There is no
doubt that the increase in the consump-
ton of lard this season over last, in
making these candles, will be fully TWEEN
ty per cent.