The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1864-05-25
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ASHES-Prices remain firm and steady at recent
advances, and we continue 10 quote Pearl Ashes II
| 91ltc and Pots 9g9lc y fb-sales moderate.
very buoyant. We now quote cored and sliced loi
| @iiic fb. We learn that stocks are very light
Green Apples are getting more scarce and prices
steadily advancing Russets comprise the only sound
fruit In market aud now command s5G6 per brl.
| BREAD-we notice q recent advance all kinds
Of Bread snd now quote Pilot Bread 81 00aI go Ship
Bread 6igei y ID, and Crackers "a z6'e4 50 y Dbl,
BICARB soDA--we notice q recent advance ON
Soda and now quote stesic y ID.
BUrrER.-we notice adeclinin 4 ten dency for But
Ball 23d27c per ID. Store Butter Is in very good
supp y, ranging from ISa2lc ID.
BEANs.-rhere is slight supply and prices are
having an advancing tendency. Sales OF Mario W
and Pea Beans have been made during the week at
sSgs 2o-Blus Pods We quote at "a 60 and 2 rs !,
| bushel.
BOX SHo0KS-Prices for BoxShooks are entire
ly nominal there is little nothing doing in Box
es just at this time; the demand lie light and ship
ments are meagre. We continue previous quotati-
| ons without change
| CHgESE.-we notice an advance on cheese and
| now quote New York and Vermont choice daries 20
has appeared in limited supply and is quoted at II q
| lie pib.
COFFEE Prices are very buoy antand as trade Is
limited. prices are nominal at So 96ac. Cape 429
| ~ and kio 46a4sc p ID.
C0AL.-The market remains firm and buoyant at
an advance of 81 per ton. Dealers now ask nj
ID per Tor White Ash. Lehigh aud Franklin. de.
| land sll so y ton.
CoRDAGE. Manila has rect ntly advanced 40, and
the market 10 firm and buoyant at 22t 1 23c. Amer
| loan Cordsge Is q ISL. Russia Hemp - % 23c; do
Bolt Rope 22i g zsi; and Maniila Bolt Rope 2si q
| 24c perP
CANDLES are firm and steady at recent advances
and continue to quote mould I7c in large lots
and l7tc for small lots.
C0oPERAGE.-The stock OF city made moasses
shocks has been mucn reduced by sales for the
past ten days that there is little In the
market and prices are trmer though with limited
demand for both sugar and molasses HID shocks
and Headings remain steady and quiet,-there is
some scarcity OF hard pine and prices are more firm.
Hoops are In limited demand with fair supply.
CEMENT. We notice continued buoyancy for Ce-
ment the for the demand is fairly open and
prices firm Mt 1876 g 200 per cask; best brands
are firm At our extra price.
CRsAM TARrAR.-Prices remain firm at the sd-
vance noticed in our last, and continue quote
pure cry stalls soc, and Pulverized i5c per y.
DRUGS AND DYEs.-Business has continued TO
rule very quiet in common with all other branches
OF trade. We notice decline OF &c Gum Cam
phor, and quote 1659l.T 70 y ID. Indigo has ad
yanced and we now quote Manila line: ,I5g2 25.-
Fluid l5a3 TO- the latter being for pure. in Dye
woods we note an advance on Hypernic, Redwood
ant Red sanders. Other Dyewoods are wi bout any
change.
DRY GCoDS-our quotations remain nominslly
the at the date of last reports trade has
been we'll sustained considering the continued diver
sion OF all other branches OF business, in conse-
Quence of the excitement attendent ur on the
renewal Of the great battles In Virginia The i'm.
provement in cotton has increased the frmness and
buoyancy Of all kinds of cotton frabrics prices
the most part are nominal pending the result of the
movements ofthe armies aud the movements of the
gold market.
p~s.n .ss - r.
tions which we con inue as 70 lows:-Portland No
Cotton Duck 81 "a u yard No 10, T0c Navy sumo.
rior No 3. 81 IL; No 10, Zoe; Ravens buck e2c.
FRUIrs-we continue to quote Raisins. and
6P box: Currants are In demand at higher prices
prices We now quote 221523c. Figs also high
er. being held at S,ssio. Both Oranges and Lem
ons have advanced since our last. will be observ-
ed by our quotations Now Dates are now in
ket at prices ranging at lsa20c p ID. Pea Nuts
hrm at sS,toeS,76per bushel.
FIsH-Prices for Dry fish are nominal q, old are
about out of market. New large Cod in good
demand at highest quotations. Stocks ofalI kinds
ant. Small Cod We now quote at s6g6, 50, and new
Haddock s2.50 per OF. Magdalene herring have de.
clned and We now quote Sogs5 per Box.
FLoUR-Prices for all grades of nour are l0al5
OTIS better than at the date o. our last although The
market is inactive and but little doing. and quota
tions are merely nominal, but the extreme buoyan.
cy OF gold enhances the views Of holders. The stock
in market at this time Is quite ample.
GRAIN-Corn is very scarce indeed. there is so
little in market, that it is difficult to give gu
ton, and prices have advanced about loo since
last review. We qaoe i6Sgl60 the bulk of sales be-
ing at 80 per bushel. market buoyant Rye eon,in.
ues scarce At high prices; we quote i55Gl60 u
bushs. Oats remain steady and quiet at former prie
isquet and nominal at previous prices Shorts are
held at sssa4o and Fine Feed s4oa42 y ton.
Observation-Disclosures remain steady and quiet
and Sporting GIGS.
HIDES AND sKINs-Both dry and green Hide,
have undergonea recent advance; We now quote
Buenos Ayrrs 3ia32; Western 25as26; Slaughter Ca
10: Calfkins excited and prices unsettled; We
now quote 25g30c y ID. Green sailed hides and
Sheep pels remain steady but firm At previous quo
iations.
Good pressed hay is in active demand at s2s q "a
" ton. l. lose Hay comes IN yers slow; prices are
nominally the saue as pressed.
IR0N-the market is firm and buoyant at our
quotations as follows: common 1tc; refined Sc /;
swede loo; Norway llal2c; Cast Steel 3Ia 80; Ger.
man do 25gEc; English Blistered IS, and spring IA
| gl7c y ID.
LEATHER The market has entertaine ed much buoy
sncy fora week or two and prices have advanced
Dc Mediums c GsaSy sor %
| Gl6iPib.
LUMBER-Hish prices for all kinds Lumber con-
soned Lumber Spruce Boards are in active de-
mand for shipment. We now quote No. l's and as
az; Shipping s2ss25; Spruce GO; HemiocE 10
0gl2 NJ Spruce Scantling and Timber are scarce at
si4GlS. Joist also very scarce and firm Hackma-
tack Timber sl0d20 y ton. Clapboards Heart Extra
are selling at S33 Clear do S30a3; No. l. sl3dl5;
Sap Clear s24a25; do Eds S20a2I Spruce Extra are
worth sl7 90 (a2o 90, and Mol sl2gl3. Shingles,
Extra Pine are quoted at 81 5og5 co. and Clear Pine
80 50d3 49, Extra shaved Cedar Shingles worth
50 S7es4 90; do I'd 50 1893 so " NJ. Laths. Pine
are selngat 81 sega Is, and Spruce at 81 37gl so
v NJ. Our quotations for box shocks and cooper
| age will be found elsewhere.
LARD-Has further advanced. and the market il
| strong and buoyant at l6tai5lc v fb-stocks very
| limited.
METALS-we notice a recent advance for both
| Pig and sheet Thu, and now quote Banca 6sd60c
| Straits 64g56; Char SO 50a17; do sl9 90
| g2o, and Coke sl5al5 so.
| MoLASSES.-The market Is so much unsettled
that we give no reliable quotations for moases
as there is wide ni in the views OF Import
crsandGrocers and prices partake off corresponding
variation. There Is considerable Centrifugal molas-
SEES on the market at this time. offer all the way
from I2dI5c, which restricts transactions in choice
| c'ayed, which is held at 73G-0c, and We hear of
some lots even hgnr than tn sc quotations. Re-
| cepts have been light for the week
| EAlLS-Cut Nails have again advanced and prices
| are nrm 81 00(97 80 per cask
NAVAL Sr0RES-Turpentine remains firm and
steady at recent advances and continue 10 quote
/ 6n03 10 per cal. Resin is also higher and Is now
| held hrm at $44 00d4S % per Dbl.
oNI0Ns.-There few Bermuds Onions in
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