The Portland daily press., 1865-11-22

quiet in view OF the uncertainty Of the commercial
future. Holders rely with show Of confidence,
| upon the general scarcity of merchandise. -
| Buyers come into market only for Indispensable
supplies, and generally succeed in getting some
thing off for ready money. The financial string
ency is somewhat relaxed, but by no means
over. Spectators are growing anxious and ship
ments OF Western produce more liberal. Grain
is in better supply and flour continues to accumulate
Fish firm, with a good seasonable supply. Ag-
rcultural produce is firm. Provisions steady Gro
ceres have been quiet but the supply of many Lead
ing articles, including molasses, is very light. Cot
ton is accommodating on the seaboard and cotton
| goods are lower. Receipts of coal are light
and prices firm. Lumber and building materi-
ais in good demand at previous rates. Freights
| to Cuba, quiet.
APPLES-Ohoice fall fruit is still firm at S6d6 80
$y bril- and occasional sales have been made at even
| higher rates Cooking apples bring $1a1 20 y bu.
Dried apples are scarce at 15a2Oc for Western and
| Eastern.
| ASHES-Pot ashes are in active demand for ex-
poriation at Sci p lib. Receipts light and quite in
! BEANS-The local demand for white pea beans
continues quite active, and prices are firm at
It s7sss Blue pods quiet t@ at about 1Et
| $2a2 %.
| BOX SHOoKS-Manufac are now holding
good pine boxes at 5c with light sales. Freghts are
tre lower but prices in Cuba do not warrant large
shipments at current rates for stocR and freight.
| BREAD is firm and we continue IN ouote
round pilot at 11d13c " h. square at 9a11c ship at
| 79Sc Pfb, and crackers at 551160c p 100
BUTTER-Recepts of choice family butter are i'm
proving, tnougn prices can hardly be quoted lower
than 42945c v Id. Store butter rules with lard at
| 2Sa3lc. ei3
| CANDLES oulds are still quoted at 22a2sc %
! b. Sperm are in moderate demand at 45a4Sc.
| CEMENT The demand for home consumption.
hnA
season, and prices rule firm at 1902 IS u brl.
CHEESE-Vermontf factory cheese is steady Mt ian
20 p ID and New York at 15a2Oc. The market is firm
| with good demand and fair supply ~
COAL-Receipts in PHILADELPHIA continue very
large and with few cargo sales for Eastern ports the
market Is dun and depressed. Cargo prices have
AGAIN declined eaII Sos ton Dealers here CON
ton, delivered. Cumberland remains steady at S1l
| COFFEE Stocks of Java are now very low and it
has become almost impossible to replace them. Prices
firm at 53g56c fb. Rio steady at 34137c. u
| COOPERAGE-The market is without noticeable
change. There is an active denasnd for city made
shocks at full prices and the supply still Inadequate
to tbe demand. Both ash and red oak hoops are in
good supply as heretofore quoed Hard pine headings
are steady at 3l33c there is little or no dem md fr
soft pine; Sales 1900 city made molasses shocks and
| $4,000 Aft. hoops at $780, ll'I . 49,
| CORDAGE-The market is quiet and steady. We
quote American at 29ta22c ~ h., Manila 26la27e'
and boltrope at 2Saa29c. - - -
DhOGS AND DYES - There is a fair demand
for articles under this head and previous rates are
generally sustained. Sal soda has declined TO &c ~
| Id. Other kinds are unchanged in price.
DRY GoODS-Cottons are still lower, standard
brown sheetings selling at the close tor 30G33 ~ I'd
On bleached goods, the decline amounts to about &c
Prints have fallen off 1ld2c The volume of trade
has been somewhat diminished by the falling prices
but will probably reach its former Dimensions when
the reaction already begun in New York and Boston
| has proved itself permanent. Delaines steady
Woolens quiet without change of prices See quota
| tions.
| DUCK-Portland duck continues to be taken up as
fast as manufactured at 81 20 for No. and s5c for
! No. 10. Az 81 1l.tt''t
FISH-Drled fish continue to arrive freely and
taken fast offered Western orders are slack
for the time being and the market has been rather
heavy and dull at quotations, which we continue
without change. u
FLOUR-Receipts are still pretty large and with
light sales stocks have been steadily increasing.
The decline In Western markets has be-, compen-
close are without noticeable change. Corn meal
steady at 81 osG1 % " bu.
FRUIT-Lemons are in moderate demand at 81 80
as P box. Havana oranges selling for SO 4Y 100.
Rasins are in good supply at S5i95 rs " box for
BUNCH and So % for layers. The demand for both
green and dried fruits has been very good during the
week. G-.s1-5t or
GRAIN-The corn market has ruled quiet with
liberal receipts. Western mixed is quoted at 81 O3e
05 P bu, and sales have been made at 81 o. though
placed at such prices. rye is scarce and firm At
81 3091 3d. Barley is quiet at S1Dl 10. Oats
steady at 5S963c bu. Shorts very firm at S2S93O
GUNPowDER-Is steady at SO 90 for blasting and
| $s 30 for sporting.
| HAY-Ihere is now an active demand for pressed
hay at S15916 " ton for shipment to Southern
kets Loose hay has been selling for about $16dg16
! and straw for S9a10. 70 .r..l r57
/ HIDES AND SKINS-we continue to quote
Buenos Ayres at 3og32c, Western dry sailed at 1sa
! 10, and slaughter at sac &c. Heavy slaughter
hides are wanted at our outside figures. Lamb skins
are frmer at S1a1 90. r.
IRON : The market is firm and active
Stocks of both foreign and domestic are very light
and the difficulty experienced in filling orders still
continues. Domestic iron is higher, though there is
as yet no quotabe advance in this MARKET Cut nails
are firm at SSGS 3d. .g- i, o. r...+s.-l ..l 4r
| LEATHER-The market is firm and active
Hemlock sole closed at 42c y H. with strong up
ward tendency Finished calfskins are In fair re-
| quest at 81 5OG1 70. H..
| LIME-Contnues very scarce at Al 7561 40 3y
cask The supply of casks is said to be deficient in
Rockland. Demand less active
| LUMBER-There has been considerable activity in
the lumber market and stocks are still light. Ship
ping boards are quoted at $21024. Spruce $17a19
Hemlock S14916. Clapboards S2e927 for extra
| s so for spruce and 25c84 for pine. CIV 80 %
MOLASSES-Stocks are very light, there being
scarcely any in first hands, and the market though
and 7Ga75c for Muscovado. Cienfaegos Commands
759S5c and Porto Rico 9Oc1 90 with little of either
| in market. No arrivals reported during the week.
| NAVAL sToREsasouthern turpsntine is selling
| in small lots at 81 go ~ gal. Resin ranges from
$40 for common to s22 for No. |. Coal tar pitch
quiet at So 5o93 - North Carolina tar is jobbing
in large lots at Sc 507 so and Wilmington at as 5
10. Oakum steady at 12915cP fb. .,
OILS-Portland kerosene is quiet and tending down
at sSc for 1000 gals SIC for brls, and 9oc for bril-
at the factory. Winter sperm and whale oils are
prices ranging from $31@3sP brl for Pogie. Shore,
and Bank Linseed oil has again advanced TO 81 81 %
| gal. Castor oil is firm at 80 70. T1
PAINTS-Union lead is firm at SIS 80. Pure drv
lead is scarce at the same figures. Other paints are
steady and without change in price. Demand good,
PLAsTER-The market is steady at 50 5o9s %
| ton for soft. Stocks light and but little doing y
Ground plaster is held at 80 with moderate sales.
PRODUCE-The supply offresh meats is yery good
ana prices rule without material change. We quote
beef by the side at 9913c % ib and lamb at collie.
Poultry continues to come in freely. Chickens are
/ quoted at 14916c, turkeys 15a1Sc, and geese at
19916c Eggs are very scarce and firm at 3sa042c
Potatoes are selling at $595 80 ~ bril- Onions have
declined to 3a3 20 % bril- Cranberries easier at
$12 50913. '~~''0- -
PROVISIONS-The market here is quiet. with light
stocks and moderate consumptive demand. In New
YORK neef steady; the pork market however, rules
dull with increased receipts and disposition real
abundant corn CROP and the anticipated difficulty OF
packers in controlling the funds necessary to move
% % flUp is aOg asa aea
quote at 31932c " 1b in kegs.
RICE-Iti is steady at 12914c for India and Caro-
lima.
| hOm-fr1ceS are n0m1nally uncnanged; there is
| now little or no SALE
SALT-Seyeral cargoes have recently arrived for
this market. Prices show no change hitherto and we
continue to quote Turks Island at "A 25a5 ~ hid
mains steady at 33c ~ box.
| SOAP-American CASTLE is steady at 18c. For pri-
ces of Leathe & Cores soaps see quotations.
SP1CES-Thc market is quiet and we have only
| to notice a furthsr decline of &c for nutmegs now
quoted at 81 so " fb. = 90 ftEl y .
| SUGARS-The market is quiet and we con-
| tnue to quote Muscovado at 1iopf6c, and Havana
brown at 16917}c. Refined sugars have still further
declined to 2o92o4c tor crushed granulated and
| powdered. 81 = ll2 sl sQuNo-sIFE NtT &
TEAS-Stocks are light and prices are well sus-