The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1864-09-28

Ehslsh Blisteed and German steel 4Oc spring steel
~ and 25cper ID.
LEAD-The market for Pig Lead y unse tied pri.
ces3@4c y fbiowsr. We notice Re cent sales Of for
eign IN New York at 161@l6ic, and 100 tons Spanish
in bond, Ill 10, cash.
LIE ATHER.-Prices for all kinds Leather are de-
vet We now quoteN lights As and Ale. do medi-
ums and heavy 40 and AZ and slaughter 30 and 6s-
In French and American Caf skins there is very lit
lie doing and prices continue nominal.
IUMBER-There is a steady, active demand for
humber and prices continue to advance. We now
quote clear pine No. and S4eG50. No. SSS@40.
%. Iiemiock ii0i3 D III. Cedar Shingles Extra.
SI25Dl.50; No. do S3g3, 80 Extra Pine S6Sgo5o;
Laths. Spruce sl.67@200 and Pine DO, S2oog2,69
per NJ. Box Shocks and Cooperage VIII DO iouho
under the appropriate heads.
MOLAss ES-Thsre has been so little done for the
past few weeks that can scarcely be said 10 nave
had any market yet there is little or no Grange 70
of most other kinds of merchandise yet the tenden
cy Is downwards We have no transactions from nrst
nands to aeport and the jobbers are doing very niue
We continue to vuote Cienfuegos 81 90 and 25!
Muscoyado 80 and 81 Porto Rico 81 90 and 10 ;and
cuba clayed 50 and 81. E
NAVAL SroREs.-we notice further decline
On Splrits iurpentine and now quote SO 6593SO per
saton. lar, Fitch, Turpentine and Oakum contln-
ue 70 rue steady, atour former quotations.
10 now continue quite scarce, with
no immediate prospect of any insreased supply
| advances. " ~ ~ '-0
dn,es, OH mas fallen and con nues to
tertain DOWNWARD tendency We now ouote raw
It's and boiled l62 " 1gal. Anothar adgs aus H.
taken place in lard oil, and we now quote 00s2 ~
Kerosene oil remains steady quiet ar tho scine
noticed in last. aud continue to onota
lots 90, and Eve Dbl lots 1921 and nge bbls Ios a
gal in our last we quoted an advance of 81 o bSI
nuote Bank and Bay SHOTS: Shore s42@44 How How
ring oil remains firm at s4Oa4l y Dbl.
PAINTS.-We notice slight giving way on some
oual ties paints and Lead we now quote Portland
lead in oil Q 60G22. Cumberland do 205092l Amer
| loan Zinc Sl3 J5@l5, Pure dry lead 2O1c, Rochelle
yellow and English Venetia Bed &c, and Lithargt
and Red lead Zoe
+ PRoDUCE-The market is now quite amply
| stocked with all kinds new crop vegetables, ane
prices steadily declining the supply increases
The continued ample receipts Of new Potatoes ha
| produced recent decline. and we now quote S259i
per bbI or Sl60 " bushels. Eggs continue to RUE
at about 24925 per dog, Lamb is in good supply
few Chickens Offering at 259zs; W %. In othel
Poultry there is nothing doing except In small lot
wild game. .4. . .r
PROvISIONS-The market for Pork has ruled
quiet and without essential change stock in the
market are very light ann trade limited. Towards
the close of tho week we notice that prices in New
York were decidedly lower, and favored buyers
We scontinue to quote Portland pkd Extra Cieal
S45946; Clear 42a45; Mess 40042. and Prime 5000
" Dbl. Smoked Hams remain unchanged at22923'
" ID.
PEARL BARLEY-This article.has now most 40
lively taken the place Of Rice and is quoted at 9to
| RICE.-A recent advance has taken place on RicI
and We now quote l51916c per v.
SUGAR.-The decliue in gold has created an OK
tremeiy dull aud uns tiled market and prices ar,
but nominal We now quote Crushed, GranuateC
and Powdered 2S4az9t. Portland sugars are nom
| inally lower; we quote "A 2042l. and yellow 20t@
81; Musooyado remains steady at 2la24; and HsVa
ma Brown 264 q 28c per ID, The N \ Price CurreB
says there is very little doing in raw the fqctuatioI
and decline fu gold bringing abe market almost to
stand. We make no particular change in quotations
but they are quite nomnsl,
SPICES-There is nothing of Gaoment doing in
any description and quotations are necessarily nom
SALT-There 10 q steady moderate demand Will
aquiet market and prices about as follows fol
Turks Island, Cagliari and zLiyerpcol 500 ~
unchanged as yet from previous quotations.
SEEDS.-There is quite an setiye demand fol
grass seed for foreign shipment and prices have ad
vaneed to Sc for Herds Grass, S5Db % for Red Top
and 25a2Sc for Western Glover Serd. sEz1
S0AP--The market isq quiet and quotations nom
Inally unchanged. The following are the factor.
prices for soap Leath e.. Cores extra No -
and Cranes Is W ID. ,,asi--a -.7 -~-
TEAS-The demand has been Kmitsd and sale
moderate, and the market wi bout material fuctu
elton from our quotations of last week. and price
continue to range at 100 and 1856 for choice grade
OoloDg and 100 ana l25 for common and fair quality
Oolongs. S0uchong we continue TO quote at B5 ant
Hopper ID.
TOBACCO-fhe 9a ket remains dull and inactive
Dealers are buying very sPsrngIy; larbe holder ex
press much confidence for the future as prices mus
advance to meet present and future increased take
upon manu- sctured as soon as the old stocks are ex
haused.
Observation-Disclosures Is dull and at the close o
the week there was but little offering for Cuba TIN
late is rather unfavorabie shippers and con
se1laently demand for vessels; there two or thre
now in port uuengaged and nothing Offering as YET
The steady aud rapid decline in gold and foreign ex
change r.ders 1t extremely uncertain for shippers
venture present rates Of freight and the high cos
of lumber at this port. ~ = f-er.f 1a