The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1865-03-28
Review of the Portland Ma kets.
Week ending March 2Sth, 1856.

Nofe.-Our quotations represent prices OF large
lots from first hands, unless otherwise stated, and
in filling small orders higher rates have to be charg'
ed. For figures see quotations in another column.
TIE stirring events of the past week have tended
still further to upsettie the markets, that quota
ons afford but proximste idea of the rates at
which goods are hell or may tie purchased Both
dealers and purchasers in many aric es entire
ly afoat and obliged to be governed by the Z
cumstances of the hour rather than by any rates Tx
ed 3oa on prior day This is par ic LARRY
in aim st all articles of domestic Dry Goods.
The lats stirring news from ,hs front, near Rich.
mond and Petersburg, ard the glorious march Of
Sherman. through the very heart of the rebel coun.
try will tend in further to bring down the price of
gold and thus add to the disorder which prevails in
almy st al The crclts of trade
e. ''Ait 4A4 ~ s- ------ 80 IlJEilGn all1 1i r
APPLES-Green apples are becoming very scarce
and high. Dried apples coted a I'D sliced, are dull,
but prices remain unchanged. oJU GeI5fsl
BUTTER-The price of Butter has hal down.
ward tendency most gfaiifJir to consumers. The
market is pretty well stock ID, and the receipts
quite large The price has ce,lined about eight tents
| per pound fr ,m previous gu stations. " -rs.--
| CANDLEs-Ihe price has declined sill shtly since
last week. 30 sf $50. ,.s--,.-,-,f Ii, "a .t. ,-
| DRUGS AND DyES-We note more changes this
week than usual alt ia fav.r of the purchaser
Paints and oils have been in very active demand dur
| ing the week. ua v 5a faffnF ~ aHiIssf ssft7as
! DUCK-The steady define in Cotton has effected a
iurt 1er decline for Portland Duck.
| DRY GOoDS-By reference to our quotations it
will be that Dome tic Ccttons have sxperies ced
still further define, ana still the tendency is down
ward The marie: is entirely unsettled, and prices
! are nominal rather than real. w
/ FLOUR-This ar icle has declined about 70 cents
per bare, during ihs week. The market is dull,
and purchasers not disposed TO operate beyond The
! supply of their most pressing temporary wants.
GRAIN-Wheat 3 d Ill and heavy, and further
decline Is chroniclei Corn il dull, til very light
stock in market Shorts and feed are $ eady and
firm. -
hAY-The demand has fallen of and Hay is only
taken in all lots present just sufficient to meet
the demsnd. Dat and Rye Straw continue in good
demand. --------a--
IRON All descriptions Of Iron have followed this
decline of god. The trade il quiet and inact We.
LARD-A decline of three four cents is n oted
and the tendency ia still downward. G3TFAVy7
LUMBER-fLe ma ket is inactive, and prices re-
main with little variation.
MULASSE The molasses market in sympathy
with the great depression in gold has been irresua,
and unsettled throus hout the week, snd our quota
reductions have not greatly stimulated demand, al
purchasers disposedto hold on aad see what new
developments are to be made.
PROYIsI0NS-.he Pork mlrket has rece.yed .
great downfall since our last weeks report. Tht
MARKETS entirely unsettled, and sE@S6 decline pei
barrel in extra Gear is ofthe 'ssigns which ad
monish prudent operators to stand from under
SUGARS-The Sugar market h ,s sympathixs ID uitI
gold and prices have come down so that 20 cents ft
lie best refined suga is the figure though the pric
is merely nominal. e.
TEAS-A gratifying decline is noted-mors graft
flying to those ..ho have topu chase than for thos
who wish to sell. But th,se who have had thei
"good days' must now be resoncLed to eubmit Il
the other side of this balance sheet.
TOBACcO-The declining tendecy fgold II ader
the market for tob 1890 still moro depressed if
sibe, as there is no disposi ion to operate at an,
price, hence quo.at ems entirely nominal pr
FREIGR Te.-The Price Current reports the fol
lowing engage ntnts - slt "a a.is3 1aca atu gli
Brig Endo US. hence to port north side Cub,
with privilege of second port and back north Of IA.
s 5qE olas g. and ESQ addtionslifreturi
HID shocks at &c., Molassss sh5efs s az sq
80 on deck. Bark Fannie to load a. Eucksn ~ y
frankfort with box shocks for port norIh sid o
Cuhe at 22,, received from oBgsds. Brig w
DJisko. for EatanZas with box shocks and emnt,
hhds the round sum of SI,l40 big O. C. .ary
hence for Mata zas. with box sh ,oks at 2O, lumbe
at IS " N REQ iFed fesm aoD gside Bark EIlizs
White for Havana with box shocks at 10, received
from aongsd de Br sch Mary VIII te for Halifax
s. with four at zoe per Dbl - - -''--->' :
Seyera c'astwse engagements are reported, no
necessary to he reported in this coane.tion.
, The 7 Ship List of 25th inst says:-With fal
in cold of ebout fifty per cent t 10 goods marke
could hardly be Otherwise than dull and unsettled
though the period has arrived when the OPENING d
naviga ration usually impa Is 10 mercantile cent?
good degree Of activity and buoy ancy by bripgin
the aH rent ections Of he country If to compa re-
lively asy, cheap and quick comm unication Bu
this season Is conspicuous exception to all genera
rules Though the dry goods interest remained al
} most unscathed up to within short tim AGO mi
is no gaarant Q for the future. If goods to an,
amount had to be fore the market at this stage
there is not the lesst doubt that many Of our m
would go to the wall. 1his may be as ser aimed b.
glancing at the auction sales from week to week :
almost every sue esive sale is at great reduction
from is Immediate predecessor, aud the sales are al
most witho1te tosption asimmense sacrifices Cot
ton has steadily fallen. until row it s scarcely abov
40 cent? per pound, against 81 go ths highest poiu
touched during the var; and yet the 5000 to 40,
COO bales Of savannah cotton femain und spo ed OF
and when sold, it mu be, another break will h,