The Portland daily press., 1865-11-29
REVIEW OF PORTLAND MARKETS.
WEEK ENDING Nov. %, 1865.

WEEK ENDING Nov. %, 1865.
NOTE Our quotations represent prices of large
lots from first hands, unless otherwise stated and in
filling small orders, higher rates have to be charged
Forfgures see quotations in another column. :
The extreme quotations of gold during the week
have been 146s Friday and 1889 Tuesday. The
fluctuations between these limits have been incon-
siderable and have exercised no special influence
upon the general markets. Trade continues very
quiet, In view OF the uncertainty of the commercial
future. Holders rely with a show of confidence
upon the general scarcity of merchandise. =
Buyers come into market only for indispensable,
supplies, and generally succeed in getting some
thng OIL for ready money The financial string
ency is somewhat relaxed, but by no means
over. Spectators are growing anxious and ship
mcnts OF Western produce are more LIBERAL Grain
Is in better supply, though corn is higher and flour
continues to accilmulate. Fish tending down. Ag-
ricultura1 produce is firm. Provisions quiet and
pork dull. Groceries have been dull and refined SUI
CARS are easier. Cotton goods are frmer. Leather
buoyant. Metals active and advancing. Receipts of
coal are light and prices firm. Lumber and building
materials are in good demand at previous rates.
Freights to Cuba, quiet ssh III ...s ...,-,.
APPLES Good fall fruit is in better supply and
prices nave receded to So 5Ja6 4Y bril- Dried APPLES
are still scarce at 15a2oc y ID for Western and
Eastern. La ,TtE F..T = r7-'T ri i :
ASHks-Pot ashes are in active demand for ex-
portation and have advanced to 9I0f1c % lib. Re-
eeipts light and quite inadequate. 49,
fBEANS-The local demand for white pea beans
e 60 1aa quite active. and prices firm at
~ 1o43 Du. NATIONS in demand for
shipment at 27593. Blue pods quiet at about
$2a2 %. s-f.,t,..--.r
BOX Observation-Disclosures are now holding
good pine boxes at &c. with light sales Freigbts are
Utilize lower, but prices Cub1 war
shipments at current rates for stocR and freight.
BREAD is firm and we continue to quote
round pilot ati1e13c W h. square at 9911c, ship at
case PH, anu crackers at $4,000 " 10O Eysa
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of choice family butter are i'm
proving, though prices can hardly be quoted lower
than 42@46c y lib. Store butter rules with lard at
CANDLES Trowbridge's moulds are now quoted
at 2o92lc Pfb. Sperm are in moderate demand at
45a4Sc. t..I "
ckMENT-The demand for home consumption,
though diminished, continues quite active for the
season, and prices rule firm at 81 70d2 IS ~ bril-
CHEESE-Ye factory cheese is steady at 1S10
zOc y ID and New York at Booze The market is firm
with good demand and fair supply.
h, CoAL-Receipts in Philadelphia continue yery
large and with few cargo sales for Eastern ports the
market is dull and depressed. Cargo prices have
but eights to this port have Increased by the same
sum- Dealers here continue to sell Lehigh, Red and
White Ash at SIS y ton, delivered. Cumberland
has become almost impossible to replace them. Prices
unchanged at 5395ec " ib. Rio steady at 34a37c. q
| COOPERAGE--The market is without noticeable
change There is an active demand for city made
shocks at full prices and the supply is still inadequate
to the demand. Both ash and red oak hoops are in
good supply as heretofore quoted. Hard pine headings
are steady at 3033c there is little no dem and for
soft pine. -, la-l Il 'Ul i.a
COPPER-Copper sheathing has advanced to
plump 55c y lib. Yellow metal sheathing has also
gone up to 36c, and yellow metal bolts to CSC.
| CORnAGE-
quote American at 2Ot G22c " Id, Manila 26A927c,
| and boltrOpe at 2Ska29c.
| DRUGS AND DYES There is a fair demand
for articles under this head and previous rates are
generally sustained. See quotations elsewhere. i
DRY GOODS-Cottons are considerably firmer.-
| We reduce our Quotations of bieaehed sheetings
prints and delaines also quoted a little lower.
Prices have evidently touched bottom for the pres
emit and business is perceptibly improving. Wool
ems are quiet with moderate stocks. See quotations.
| DUCK-POrtlald duck continues to be taken up as
fast as manufactured at 81 20 for No. and $50 for
No. 10. .,i.4 ~
| FISH-DrIed fish continue to arrive freely and
are taken as astas 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. 4.ts 81 rstr
FLOUR-Receipts are still pretty large, and with
| light sales stocks have been steadily increasing
Spring wheat dours are scarce and wanted. White
wheatS duh and heavy. Prices mostly nominal,
though we hear OF sale of 500 brls Canada extras
Saturday at an average price of $12 " brl. Corn
| meal has advanced to, 81 O5a10s y blu. II rsaks
| FRUIT-Lemons are in moderate demand at 81 30
as v box. Havana oranges are selling for 80 " 100
Raisns are IN good supply at $5G5 25 ~ box for
bunch, and IS % for layers. Figs Lave declined to
| 2S930c W fb, and peanuts TO So 70 " Blu.
| GRAIN-The corn market is frmer as the close
Of navigation approaches. Western mixed has adj
yanced to 81 05Gi 0S y bu, and Southern yellow to
81 OS91 IL. Rye is scarce and firm at 81 3Od1 49,
Barley is quiet and shading at 9Oc a co. Oats
steady at 5S963c " Blu. Shorts very firm at S2S930
| GUNPowDER-Is steady at Sc 50 for blasting and
! rs 50 for sporting. /f.4 i'HF.fFf
| HAY-There is now an active demand for pressed
hay at $15916 " ton for shipment to Southern mar
skets Loose hay has been selling for about $14aI6
and straw for 80 5o910 80. 49,
HIDES AND SKINS = We continue to quote
Buenos Ayres at 30132e, Western dry sated at 1870
hides are wanted at our outside figures. Lamb skins
| are firm at S1s11 Co.. ~ ai
| IRON = The market is firm and active
Stocks of both foreign and domestic very light,
and the difficulty experienced in filling orders still
continues. Domestic iron is higher, though there is
as yet no qdotable advance in this market. Russia
sheet iron especially scarce, and has gone to SOC
| DOE. Cut nails are firm at $S69S 30. IaaT-ta
| FLEATHER-The market is firm and active
Hemlock sole closed at 32a42c % Id, with strong up
ward tendency. Finished cafskins are in fair re-
4 quest at 81 509g1 20. t.
| LIME-Continues very scarce at 81 7541 so "
| cask. Demand less active. % =. .''-t''
/ LUMBER--The ma rket has been more quiet, but
stocks still light and prices are unchanged Ship
ping boards are quoted at $216s24. Spruce S17a19.
HemIock s14d16. Clapboards $26a27 for extra
spruce; pine are out Of market. Laths at 80 259
i 800 Tor spruce and 259i for pine IL Z y ~
MOLASSES-Stocks very light, there being
scarcely any in first hands, and the market, though
dull closes steady at 60962c for prime Cuba clayed
75S5c, and Porto Rico 90c01 90 with little of either
in market No arrivals reported during the week
Y NAVAL STORES-Southern turpentine is selling
So for g So for g No. , adngS r 1it 8%
quiet at So 5oe3 49, North Carolina tar is jobbing
ID large lots at So 5Ol 90 and Wilmington at IS 5O9
i 10 Oakum steady at 12G15cp Id. '''1
-OTLS-Portland kerosene has advanced to s7ac for
1000 gals, 9Oc for brls, and 92c for bril- at the
factory. Winter sperm oil has gone up to 50 S.
Crude fish oils are lower prices ranging from 5000
3Iy Drl Tor P0ge. Shore and Bank. Castor oil has
| advanced to So 49, -1LJlJc Z
PAINTS Desirable brands of dry leads continue
scarce and firm. Union lead in oil is still quoted at
SIC 80. Other paints steady and without change
| In price. Demand good. ~ It
1 PLAsTER-The market is steady at So 5oa3 p
| ton for soft. Stocks light and but little doing
Ground plaster is held at 80 with moderate sales.
! PRODUCE-The supply offresh meats is very good
| and prices rule without material change. Wequote
beef by the side at 991sc % lb and lamb at oiic.
| Poultry continues TO come in freely. Chickens are
| quoted at 14G16c, turkeys 15d,1Sc, and geese at
| l4916c. Eggs are very scarce and firm at 3sd42c
Potatoes are selngat sos 20 ID brl. Onions bring
$3a3 %, and cranberries $12 5Oa13 " brl.
4 PRovISIONS-The market here is quiet, with light
stocks and a moderate consumptiye demand In New
York beef is steady; the pork MARKET however, rules
dull with increased receipts and disposition to real
ze on the part of spectators and Western holders.
The principal Western markets are also very dull,
and packers show no disposition to operate. Round
hog is held at about 1791Sc ~ ID. Lard is without
change; we quote at 3lg32c P I'd in kegs. 81 ~ e
| RICE-Is steady at 12914e for India and Carolina.
RUM-Prices are nominally unchanged; there is
| now little or no sale. ti4.f4.-f '7lin, ..4aI.I
| SALT-Several cargoes have recently arrived for
this market. Prices show no change hitherto, and we
continue to quote Turks Island at 81 25d]5 4Y hid
and Liverpool and Cadz at $40 30. Table salt re-
mains steady at 33c " box.
1 SOAP-American CASTLE is steady at 1sc. For pri-
| ces of Leathe s. Cores soaps see quotations.
! SPlCES-The market is quiet and prices Are
without noteworthy change. Sales limited to small
jobbing lots. - =
4 ySUGARS-The market is quiet and we con-
| tinue to quote MuscovadO at 14d16c and Havana
brown at 16a17ic. Refined sugars have still further
declined to 10fg19sc tor crushed, graduated and