, 1863-09-30

LOa1pftfk-1 At 1ecelPt8 Qu[1nG tue week Show an
increase On those Of the week previous Of upwards Of
two million feet While As compared With the leccints
during the corresponding week In 1862 there Is an in.
c1case Of more than 100 er cent Tho totsl scee3ts
Of Lumber since Jauuaryl, show sn Increase on 1862
OF e. D feet, and m Increase on thoss Of lSeI OF
ovcr l2e 100 900 feet.
The market during the week, notw1.hstaudine these
heavy receipts has ruled acttye and nr AMI although
VIC hare no ntysuco to note in prices, neither have
any decline The Inquiry for e6goes seems to be as
active as ever. and prime qualities Of mill run 81.
acoat at $t5 5to9135o From these figures there no
atase1nent for desirable cargoes and medium grades
are quick sales at $tiee@1i co. Common east shore
carsoes are steady at slsooaloo; but tlosc Of the
inside figures generally Of very inferior qusti,y
The feeling at MI the leading numbering points on
1his Lake, and on Lake Huron. Is very fFm and we
learn bJ Detroit papers, that Chicago dealers have
made hcayy contracts at Sagfcow for NEXT years de.
livery. md at what Is thouget to be high 1gures We
Inclined to eoubt tie truth Of this statement IL
generally considered here to be risky matter TO
operate faz ahead In such times as these unless Mt
low prices.
The following shows the sales OF lumber BIZ tie car
60 reported during tho week:
SALES OF cArGoRs pCtIS0 THE WEE.
Cargo sciE Barber, = strtrs from Grand River, ut
schr slauson. from Kcwaace. mostly strips. at
Cargo sehr Adda. kalamazoo, mixed, Johnson's i
n1flls, &, ,Gtoft on contfaet, 1t $l4G1.
.t Gsrs sehr Ashtauua, Grand 1a7eF. mixed, IT.
&C; GaFEe sshr Itsha5a sett oconto, rat,ed strips,
Pa4t ss5Eo bHg Geneva, Grand River, mzed;; 1000
81 nIiIs E Green Bay 1oa
Sifs f s o} }Rfs ees,'as fksf:P 4 S1e' TFu
n GsrSo ar Y od hstss x Truesies
Gs5rS schr Challenge, mixed, Noorcs mill, eo,oco #,
Cargo schr Rosabells, Muskegou, millrun, good, at
SsEEs ssaE SE 3'R mtsSe S
ton y Co : mills, 159,0o0 it at as 50
G,rgs, t5tE East,en ), .Nenominee, saauld'ngs
fsal l II A5ne 4 T9Sgs s,s e. useson Rob-
In the yards there is stu unusually firm feeling
and all kints Of common selling ut $13 o. AtthIs
quotation the dealers nre holding firm, except for
very Inferior quail ties Upper qualities are quiet
but firm.
sHRGLEs-Thc receipts during the week, as the
table given above shows, hayc been coyy-exceedfng
thofe Of the week previous By orer 3oo0opo. and
amounting to more than three times t-e receipts on
the eorTespon Ing week Of last year.
The market during the week has been Arm, but not
yery active Cargoes Of good shaved and sawed have
been sold readily at $365as75 aloas, and ut these
figures there ls fair inquiry 1t Is to be observed
however, that at such quotations, our dealers are
anxious 10 bug only to meet immediate wants-tho
unusually heavy receipts rendering them more eau
tous than for several weeks past. The following sales
were made:
100 coo prime Green Bay ''star," shared at si25 on
'sds'R6 sssf nils
2s8,N0e 0eawed. at g 81 and 100, 100 saved af &sE
a, dsTE9 & te arrive prime Rogue River shaved
sssE ss7 55o sssfss sssfo i n'x S9ss ss
yards tho dealers are holding nrm a. *loo for
prime sawed and shared, aud 'star shaved are held
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