Evening star., 1865-02-24
Baltimore Markets.

Coffee continues dull Stock in first hands
only $500 bags Rio but there is considerable
ranging from IS to 2lH cents, in gold. duty
paid as to quality; 21x cents was bid tor 500
bags prime. The government awarded con-
tracts to parties out of the city Tor 3,4OO bags
Rio at 40 l2aS41 per hundred lbs.
The flour market is quiet. There Is very lit
tie quiry for export from the unsettled con-
dition of gold and exchange, but with light in
spections, and good inquiry to NIL government
contracts, prices are steadily maintained for
both super and extra brands.
Grain.-Receipts continue very moderate,
was in better supply the past day or two, and
prices favored buyers. Oats dull and lower;
sosalso rye.
No transactions in molasses reported this
week, and prices can only be regarded as nom
Provisions are dull, few sales, and prices
nominal.
The stock of sugar is light, though ample for
the demands. The only transactions for the
week was $50 hhds. Porto Rico taken for gov
eminent contract from the bark Modena at 10
WHISKY has been heavy throughout the week.
No sales of Importance. Government took 900
barrels old rye at s34O and 81 Sc per gallon
Beef Cattle The offerings at the scales
Thursday. OF the receipts $50 head were left
over unsold, 200 taken by Government con-
tractors, and the balance taken by Baltimore
butchere at prices ranging from 81 to Sl2 per
=
an advance of 1hc per 10 on the inside figure.
The cattle were mostly OF good quality. There
was only fair attendance at market, and the
supply was in excess of the demand.
Sheep.-The receipts were very large and
prices lower. Sales were made at Gall cents
per lb. gross, as to quality-butfew sold at the
outside rate.
Hogs-The supply was unequal to the de-
mand, and prices show an advance of haac
per Id. sales of ordinary to good live hogs
were made as fast as they arrived at Is 75aS20
per 100 lbs. net.
FINANoIAL-From the New York CONNER
cidl AdvCrtiSer
There is more general activity in financial
affairs, and the market shows more strength.
The fact of the news Of Sherman's successful
advance, and fall of Charleston having pro-
duced SO little effect upon gold has removed
the general apprehension that the price would
decline under the rapidly improving aspect Of
the military situation, and there is, conse-
quently, more general disposition to operate.
At the first board there was stronger feeling
throughout the list and the transactions were
larger than for some days past.
Governments were not quite 80 active, but
quotations were steady, except upon Ten
forties, which declined TO 102A. Skies OF 1881,
closed at Ill, Five-twentes at IL i for old
ISSUE and 1lOk for the new. The large sub
scriptioas to Seven -thirties naturally interfere
with the demand for other bonds.
The gold market is more active. There is
speculative movement, the tendency of which
is for a rise. The price opened at 1881: but
the report of General Grant having sustained
q reverse, under an attack by Lee, streng ngthened
the price and the quotations steadily rose to
2Ol3s
There is very little demand for money. The
moderate wants OF stock brokers are readily
supplied at 9 per cent, and large balance of
loanable funds Is LETT unemployed. There is
but q moderate demand for discount. Ban
kers' Bills or Al commercial paper would pass
at per cent, but no amount Of such paper is
offered The rates on such paper as is in the
market is SAG psr cent
There is an improv we'd demand for foreign ex-
change, and rates are about 4 higher for ster-
ling The best bankers sterling, 80 day, has
sold to a limited extent this morning, at los 4;
but that quotation is above the views of buyers
generally. The irmness Of gold, under news
price considerably, has strengthened the conf. :.
dence of buyers, and some who have been de-
ferring their purchases Of exchange in expec-
tation of fall of gold, are now making pur-
chaseS.