The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1864-07-20
For Market quotations See Last Page,


unless otherwise stated and That in ling small or.
ders, higher rates have to be charged.
For Market Quotations See Last Page
AsHES.-Pot Ashes remain steady at the ADVANCE
noticed In cur last issue and We con inue TO quote
both Pots and Pearls il9i1l p ID.
+ APP LES Green apples are row about ont of
market and prices nominal n seas y Dbl Dri d
Apples are steady and quiet at l39l4e p h. Stocks
light.
BREAD-ws note a further adyazc1 for all kinds
of Bread since the cate of our last issue and now
q tote follows: Pilot Bread IS 50as; Ship Bread
0ao7 so y 10 Tbs, and Crackers Sc U0g6 rs y brl
or 50aG0c per 100.
BI CARB soDA-prioes are somewhat higher
aud now range at about LEG lole p ID. Sales light
Blu rTER-continues in limited supply al receipts
light and prices have an upward tendency frem our
gu tafions, which arc now for choice table Butter
5QdJ2c fair quality country BAH Butter 2>d 20c
and store Butter nominally at 259 2es y ib-stock
nnimpo tam.
BEANS-Pea Beans continue TO Offer moderately,
and the market steady and quiet. We contin nc Il
quote 1880. Marrows remain steady at 80 Goa
8 20 and Bus Pods - 50e2 10 y Sushcl
BOX sHOoKS-Tbe marge. nomipai at our QUO
ta,ions although there is considerable inquiry ~
vet. There is much confidence o higher prices when
the season opens-tbe demsnd is 80 heavy for Ion z
lumber and purch ses could hardly he effected At
present Increased quotations., some manufacturers
holding as high as II.
CooPERAGE.-Ths market for cooperage has
senee OF City INSIDE shocks renders prices nominal
and business unimportant. IN. re IL nothing doing
Cooporagc d our quotations for st kinds remain
unchanged.
GEESE Receipts are light and prices have re-
Gently d,ances We now quote New York a d
Vermont I1e,.0c, for choice diaries Inferior Quail.
It's selling Al alitte below these quotations.
COsFEr.-A further considerable advance. in
Gold and Exchange continues TO favor the export
movement, and there is also more inquiry for con-
sumpti n. though the purchases for home use are
mosdy in small iots 70 supply immediate wants Our
quothtions now range as follows: Java Ha5sc; Kio
s. a55, and Cape +5G47c ID.
COaL-Dealers have made a recent advance on
Coal. White ash, Lehgh and Franklin is now sci.
ling from the yards rstail for y per ton Cumb-
erland coal sli, and Chestnut sl3,5 per ton-mar-
ket firm.
CoRDAGE-Manilla Cordage hss twice advanced
since last first TO q &c and Thursday to 2Sa &c.
American l9Fe 2O.c, and Manila and Russia Bolt
Rope 2oa32e y ID.
cANDLEs-prices are firm and steady a, the adj
vance previously noticed =, we continue TO quote
Mould lSglsi. ana Sperm S5ai0c per ID.
cEMENT-has az ain advanced s to loc y cask,
aud dealers are now asking 2 i0a2 20 y cask.
CREAM TARTAR-Pure Cream Tartar has un-
d rzone iurther advance and is now firm at 81 y
ID. Pulsesized we quote Soc.
DRUGS AND DYES-Drugs have undergone
General advance during the week. ana now sd.
just our quotations follows Alum TIC Aloes s7c;
Borsx sse; sulphur lascs sal Soda 4a6t; Bi Csrb
500 l0a l0Jc Cream tartar 5Ocd 81 Msgnesia asa
soc; opiaa SO 10; Madder l9ei vi rol 23c; Al
cotol 6odS % and Fluid 80 y gal. Dyewoods
remain quiet and unchanged.
DUCK-prices ! ave sgsin advance. but are nomi.
nsl at present quotations, as there is but little for
sale in the market and g 70 any thing doing; We
Superior No 8. o0s2 oS, and No II do 4i0gl as y
pard.
DRY GooDS-prices have undergone a further
decided adssuee. the probation on heavy Cotton
fabrics ing 5ase y yard will be noticed BY our
quotations elsewhere. We have increased our quo
tations for all nds Sheeting Shirt ng Drills, Tick
log. Denims, Cotton ade-. Cambrics. Prints, De-
quiet Gu fe past week a. the atrr uiion of coun-
try traders ia now directed more pgrcu arly to hay
making and attending 10 tho crops sc, Yet the
Goods,
FRUTrS-Trade in groen fruit is as yet nnimpor.
tanE as the season l. hardly sufficiently advanced
Oranges we now quote SIS 59G9, and Lemons s9Gl0
on Rsisins. and now quote Bun CHI box 76G15 o.
AID Layers Wd5 % Cufrants are STEADY az 2Aes23c
and Citron Ss9i0c and Figs s0aslo per To- Pea Nuts
are very aud higher, being now held at 81 50
y bush.
FfSH-rhe demand is good aud all kinds fish are
quick and Sctive at our quotations Large sales for
Western marke'e continue to be made. Large cod
are trm at recent advances. Hake and Haddock
er err and a We now quote al several Ee.
have arrived during the week and cold nj quotations
FLoUR-Trade has continued with considerable
animation hros ghout the we K chiefly for consump-
ton. aud there has been less speculative demand
than f,r the two os three precious weeks owing 10
the unsettled state of $ fairs around Washington.
The activity ofthe market has not however material
ly reduced stocks. inasmu great bulk of prev.
ious transactions were sps cHatan. The receipts
have, however been quite light r the past two or
three weeks. The adYises from abroad are more en-.
eouraging. and though there IL little or no marg
on shipments a, present prices it is quite probable
thai We shall with Sc an increased export movement
A -. o.. Il.
vito dropping tendency from the following quota
tons
Superfine Portland In pseti,n 50Glo-Fsncy do
10000 050-Extra do il,o0Gl IL ,50-Douhle Extra
do lI50 q l2.50-EX Superior do l25 a O0--Wesf-
ern Exras, do IL all, 50-St ouis Favor to brands
do 1900 g lSG9-s0n'hsrn Illinois do Is 00esl4 90.
Patapsaco Fsmty l5e-Canada No Super l0Gll.
GRAIN-Corn remains steady at about / 20 for
Sou hern yellow, and IS flr We-tsr IN m xed. Oats
are firm and now gu ted AZ 95al %. Rye Is steady
{ the advance noticed in ourlast. harley remains
quiet and nominal a. l0ldl ~. Shorts Bnd Fine
Feed remain quiet at 40 eea42 90. The n. Y. Price
Current says the extreme pressure lin the local
hnances has nrset all previous calculations with
"a d TO the Wheat market. and brought speculative
Transaction 10 sudden stand The decline in prizes
81 ace our last is fully 5gl0c, aecordn to actual
transaction, ent from the a.pect of sfairs al the
close il is doubtful II -sles could have been effected
10 any considerable extent except at reduc-
ton.
GUSPowDER-we notice an advance on Rifle
sud Sporting, snd now quote 7Sgs. and Blasting
HIDES AND skINs-The demand from trade
Is o'fiy modefase, but price well sust ained So
American are firm and steady, and we Jniinee to
quote So q SIC, and Western rs a 2Ic, other de.
scriptions remain steady As follows. Slaughter 0
al0; Cait>kins a, c Unsettled; now quote 25d30c
II. Green saltet'hdes and Sheep pelts remain
steady but armat prev ious quotations.
HAY-The market is dun and prices nomin al.
We now quote p essed hay s22 q %, and loose %
os23. Straw is now worth slo per ton. a.s
prirax fo- AID asert,.;oo. A. AIT.
vanced in sympathy wi gold until towards the
close, wht the advance was checked by subsequent
reaction Of the sold market We quote as follows;
Common l0t; retned lldli!; Swede 10; Norway
IL: Cast Steel 234; German and English Bis Steel
42a45i Spring do 22Sa25 Sheet Irons remain nomi-
nal At quotations.
LtAD-we notice further advance on Lead and
now quote sheet and pipe 24i, and pig Lead 23ic p
Lea HER-A material advsnoe has taken place
on leather during the past rwo weeks-we now quote
n. \ Light 81 d35. Me6inm WITS 30 a &c; Heavy
do. 10 a 49, Saughtef IS "a 60c American Calf
Skins LOG $50 and Rough A q i1e p ib.
LuMBE R-marktt continues to entertain strong
onward tendaI CIV We now QUO No II and
rs clear Pine $500 y N; No. s2sGS0. and No i,
s2kag2; Shipping S23G25; Spruce Sl1 q 20; Hemlock
10 Ga y III. Spruce Scanting and Timber scarce at
Sl4 alS Jnist are also very scarce and firm Hackma-
tack Timber $1,000 p ton. Clapboards Heart Extra
are selling at S33; Clear do S3odSl No. l. Sl9dl5;
Sap Clear s24d25; do eds S20a2l: Spruce Extra are
worth 81 90 go %. and Ne. sl29ls. Shingles,
fAIFd lne are quoted 81 Ct oOd3 10 ana Gear ZINE
80 59a3 70. Extra shaved Cedar Shingles are worth
SO s7al4 90; do % 80 25G3 90 y NJ. Lsths, Pine
are sellingat 81 50g2 25 and Spruce at Al S79l so
D NJ. Our quotations for box shocks and cooper
age will be found elsewhere. &c. $
LARD-prlees have slightly receded during the
week. and the market closed ye terday at about l9
zoe y ID Tor brls or tubs
METALs-prices for Tins. Sheet Iron, Zinc and
Sh aipg Me ais entirely nominal at onr Quota.
tons deacrs de Zine 10 make prices in the unset
tied sta OF the u old aiket 1T
MoLASSEs;-Choic grades are quoted higher
and are generally held above buyers views, conse.
Quently transactions have been unimp rfant ana
p ices are nominal ia great extent. While there
l. no disposition 10 sell on the part Of importers
grocers ard jobbsrs purchase only for immediate
wants. We hcw q ote Porto rico / 90, some are
asking 25i Cienfuegos oodl Of; Muscovado CSC
l co. and Cuba Clayed s5s9Oc Pgsl.
MAILING notice late further advance on Cut
Nails, and now quote laalo 50per cask.
NAVAL SToRES,-A reaction has taken place