, 1863-07-30
Wool.

So far as our market Ia concerned, there arc no
new features to report. The receipts By rail last
week amounted to IL, 90 pounds, the greater Dor
tfon Of which WAS pnr chased IL the country some
time ago BY the manutacturere' agents, and is now
finding itB way East. TkeEe IL very little being
marketed here, and only In sma1l lots OF from 100
TO 1000 poands. Dealers arc holding back. wait
Ing for more Myofsblc advtces from the Esst, and
consequently the market IL dull aud almost neg.
lected, The sales during the week Will not amount
to more than 1o,eoo Ds, at q range Of 5o0soc-
mostly ssG57c, ~
NEW YonK-The Economist says: Our market
for wool here at New York etn exceedingly duil,
and the operations since thu 9th u JuIy, rs our
1eaders know, have been extremely limited. There
is 10 disposition to buy to any extent Of any do.
ssription;, s operators prefsFlng to take their
bod On D to .t thetr woo!s, ant as an importer r.
ere 1es meaa eaa I'm oDtn tn T r WAR 20 maeh
now the asking prices Of nmcsttc Wool rn1e the
% salne Of Fore,.n; ;, wlsh ttey would all hold at
moro for my Foreign Wool.1 At tie present prIcc
OF exchange, the imports Mat certainly iucreaso.
and thia mutt reduce the dfce of Domestic, fo1,
efp er teade T ast enst LAYS
been extremely limited, al conilued to pressing
wants. Manufactures hast been more nnmerous.
ntt the1r purchases are cinancd to OF 10 bale
nfs, mostly at extreme PRIZES. The sales Include
suNn Rf Fleece at GSt1.5c; 10 bales California,
4c0 do Mestiza, 1D9 do MEXICAN, md 100 do Cape,
~ on private terms. The range of Mesttza Ia aI@
:ec, aud Cape 3aGS5c. The tendency at the close
~as decidedly downward for all descriptions.
FosToE.-T The BuQef3n says: just at present
there is not much doing In the wool market, and
not much to do with. The balance OF old Gin ia
60 light, and the receipts OF new go sparing. that
consumers almost fear to operate at the fisk of
stiHenibg the Market, even iu the face Of tho de-
cline in gold and condition OF the country
Pr scedents ere evidently good for nothing as re-
CARDS the laws which govern the Wool trade this
stances, woall have created panic among grow
ere, a1d brought the whole stock III theiF 6ands
almost simultaneously upon the primary markets.
are now received by them with the most provoking
rang Jf04d, and they eecm determined to stick TO
their figures, calculated under circumstances very
different from those which now exist, let whatever
may happen: Sales for the week have been very
Light. probably not exceeding $50 900 bs domestic,
mostly New York fleece, At 7a117bc: aud including
:0Mo ns Vermont NEW at7Ic, 900 Pennsylvania
tsld( at 8c9t5c, and several lots Canada atdsG1S7c
the latter figure for selcct for worsteds,
Flllled which ia very scarce, ranges at 7a190c In
foreign the transactions have been light owing to
the unsettled rates Of exchange, and comprise
few hundred bales Of Cape ut 35Qta7.
PHlLAnEIPI1A.-Therei Is not much doing, and
very little stock here in the hands OF the dealers to
operate in. In the Interior Of this State and
Throughout the West, ne hear OF transactions at 8
10 ~ cents per b below the figures demanded two
Wet ks aso Amotg ths sa1es WERE
~ ~ ~ ps low medium and tub ut (cash) .T5182c
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