The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-12-20

toFpEE.-Rio continued in good demand and prices
ing $500 bags, ex Edith Rose, on private terms fhe
present stock embraces bags Ro including IL 900
bags in Baltimore "a 100 bags Cuba I23e Maracalbo,
descriptionstota TO- 900 bags The present quotations
nominaly follows-Ro prime, 20t.c. good,
1Vc zoe zoe fair lsks ,'o ordinary HE sc
bags Csc 20c native Ccyion, 24c CSC. Maraeaibo,
2oc: 23hc; Laguayra, zoe 23c. st. Domingo, IKE.
a1Skc.-all gold, net cash, duty paid.
CoPpER.-Pig was IN good demand and prices were ris.
ing Since our last the sales have been 800 900 lbs, at
40c 4ohc for Baltimore, and 4otc Ale for Portage
Lake. Since this Tuesday morning there have been
transactions, In the absence of sellers, at tho current
rates and the market closes with strong upward ten
special change. Trade moderate.
FasiGHrs Cotton offered very freely and rates we're
decidedly stn Some few agents offered TO take lots to
I'LL up at I'D but most all the tonnage at led Tho
engagements were:-To Liverpool, 1900 bushels corn,
at 1900 bales cotton al I'd 71od 500 tierces
beef at D. Cd Per steamer 500 bushels corn at I'd
To London per steamer $50 ticrces beef at 3s 3d. 80
hhds tobacco at 2s The charters are brig, 10 Havre,
petroleum. nj o. Cd a bark, from Galveston TO Liver.
pool cotton, at Id bark from Philadelphia 70 Aspin-
wall, private terms.
descriptions, but prices wore very firm Dry cod sold
In small lots at 81 % 80 for Grand Bank and 50 Is
50 so for st. Georges The latter In small supply
were scarce and nrmer We quote Shore No. l, $24;
do No. 2 nominally SIS So large No. ., SIS; bay No.
I, si7 50 q SIS 50. and DO. No. 2 nom1ay sc 80
scaled Salmon selling sparnsIy at $as $40 for
No. l. and S38 a t3s for No 2-stock moderate We
quote picked scaled fsh 80 IS and picked cod
So IS a 80.
MoLAs.tS continued quiet but steady, with moderate
trade inquiry and few sales al our quotations, IA fol
lows.-Cuba muscovado $50 Soc. cuba clayed, 3sc q
40c. Cuba centrifugal, 34c a 40c Porto Rico Soc a
Soc The present stock embraces 400 hhds. Cuba
muscovado and I, 500 hhds Porto Rico We note sales
by auction OF 20 hhds Porto Rico at 45e, aud
lao bbls crop, New Orleans, at 81 81 70.
PROVISIONS Receipts, bills pork los do. beef, 247
pkgs cut meats and $50 kegs lard The pork market
fairly active but at irregular and lower prices mess
closing heavy at e27 SIX regular The sales were about
10 600 obs for present delivery at $27 10 $2s for mess
and s23 f23 70 FOR prime mess, small sales new mess
we're made at $50 $50 CO. Beef without noticeable
change the sales about 500 bills, al $1 for
were dull and unchanged with small sales nj $32 x34.
Bacon was In demand we note sales OF 500 boxes at
lac 4c for Cumberland cut deliverable in January
and February, sellers option Cut meats were
dun and heavy, the sales were only 200 pack
ages, al lie. 13c. for shoulders, and 13c l6c.
for hams Lard ruled lower; the GALES about 500
packages a5hc. a19Ac, the market closing with sales
OF the best II 1gc Butter was dull at Csc CSC for
Western, and soc 45c for state. Cheese dull and
unchanged with small sales Ia 19c as TO quality
the latter rate an extreme for factory made
PETROLEUM. -The demand was altogether iess active
to-day and both crude and refined tended favor Of the
purchaser The sales only about 4 500 bbls,
closing 42c for crude ooc 67c for refined bond
and s3c. soc for free.
SueAR-The market quiet and dropping. Tho
sales we're confined 10 Is hds Cuba muscoyado at 13c
14ko.. and - hhds Porto Rico on private terms Also.