The Portland daily press., 1866-01-31
- HES Pot ashes are quiet and tending down

=, HES Pot ashes quiet and tending down
a 4 @slc % ib.
BEANS-Are in good supply and prices are steady
and without change. We quote white pea beans
AMI magrows at So 5C@2 IS " bu, and blue pods at
about S24225. AZ
BOX SHOCKS Advices from Cuba are still
unavorabIe. The marAet is fully supplied Tor the
present, and reported 7a7g reals. In this
market the ruling rate is still ABOUT Too though
there is but little doing and manufacturers incline to
hold off,
BREAD = Is steady ard continue to quote
round pilot at 11a13c v fb, square at 1Oc, ship at
.&sc Sib, anu CRACKERS at 5O36Vc 4, loo. --
BUTTER-Receipts of choice family butter are |
fair but not large, and prices steady at about
3S4zc y ID. Store butter is in better deIna I'd, and
has advanced 10 23d26c
CANDLES-Moulds have declined to 17Gl19c y fb |
sperm are in moderate demand at 40a42c.
CEBIENT--Prices at this season are nominal al
S270g2T5-P bril- 3 - = -.f-l s'A
CHEESE-The market is quiet with light demand
ana I1lr supply, prices ruling shade Oil az log l9c
ID Tor Vermont ana New York. @ Il
COAL-Dealers continue to retail Lehigh, Red and
White Ash at $50 v ton, delivered. Cumberland re-
mains steady at Sl2. Anthracite is unsettled and
tending down.
COFFEE-The market is quiet with a Light con-
suinpdye demand. Java is now quoted at 4O@43c "
Id, and Rio 25o30c. Recent mportations have fully
supplied the market, and prices are accordingly
lower
COOPERAGE-There is nothing new to notice IN
cooperage. There transactions to report, and
prices are entirely nominal, as quoted elsewhere.
COPPER-The market is steady but very quiet
Copl sheathngis quoted at 55c ~ fb. Yellow metal
shoatning is selling at 4Oc, and yellow metal bolts
for 43c.
CoRDAGE- There is q iair demand for all de-
scfiptions, though the market is rather weak at
Manila at 24G24ac, and botrope at 26a265c.
4 DRUGS AND DYES-The market is very quiet
with ory limited orders for leading articles. Alcohol
is duh at "a Us W gaO Opium has declined to SO Is ID
fb camphor to 81 49, aloes to &c. ana arrow-root 70
3Jc. Dyc-woods are without quotahe change.
DRY GOODS With the raw material still tend
ing down, cotton goods are quiet, and prices
anu with a prospect of replacing them at re-
duced rates would be inclined 10 meet buyers on lib
eral terms Standard brown sheetings are held at
about 3Ia32cP yd. Prints are nominally unchanged.
American delaiaes are jobbing at about &c., Wooens
show no material change. q
DUCK-P ortland duck is now selling at 81 rs for
No. 8, cless y yd than the Boston quotations.
FISH-The market for Goldfish is rather more ac-
tive,with some inquiry from tile West, and an i'm
proved local demand Mackerel rule firm with un-
changed. hight stocks. See quotations. - hi
FLOUR-Thefe is now fair con umptiye demand
and stocks steadily decreasing. Prices of strictly
sound foufs are frm at quoted rates. s5Unsound
flour, Of which good deal has forward is SELL
ing at all sorts of prices Buckwheat -four is selling
at 6g7c ~ ib, and corn meal at s1@l CO y blu.
FRUIT-Lemons have declined to SIS 5Na6. and
oranges to So Is 95 81 box in consequence Of the
arrival of cargo of Sicily fruit, The market far
Malaga raisns is more steady and settled at 81 5aa
70 " box forbunch, and 81 7595 for layers.
GRAIN The marketfo for corn entertans steady
downward tendency, and at the close Of the week
ruled at $191 O5 tor Western mixed, and 81 O6d1 10
for Southern yellow. Stocks ample for the present
demand. Barley is dub at the present decline. Rye
steady at 81 25l1 so. Oats are not quite SO
irm, but unchanged at 66060c. Shorts in moderate
supply at $3G932 9 ton.
GUNPOWDER-Is steady at Sc so for BLASTING and
So 90 for sporting. 13
HAY-Pressed hay has ruled very dull at obout
$13 " ton, but is looking up little at the close
Loose hay has been selling for about $13a15
and straw for S10911. iH--f KS
quiet and shows material change since last week.
We continue to quote Buenos Ayres at 27(I2ec and
Western dry sailed at 1885, and slaughter at ssJc
Lamb skins are steady at S1G1 80.
IRON Bar iron is in moderate demand at ha5Ic
}Y fb for common and 5sa64 for refined. English
sheet Is firm at Iz9SacP Id. Cut nails steady at
81 50GS W cask. =
LEATHER-The market is still quiet and nrices
are trife easier Hemlock sole closed at 35d42c ~
fb; only Ii lit and medium weights are wanted. Fin
ished caliskins have declined to 81 35ll1 Co.
LIME-The demand is now quite light, but prices
are nominally unchanged at 81 75g1 80 y cask.
LUMBER-Is in steady, moderate demand. at
prices essentially unchanged. Shipping boards are
quoted at S2la24. Spruce S17919. Hemfock S13015
Clapboards S26@27 for extra spruce; SsSg4o for ex-
ira pine. Laths at 1898 20 for spruce and 25I375
for pine.
MOLAsSES-The market is still very dull. Old
clayed is shade lower at I5D50c. New Muscoyado
settled il anticipation OF the new crop though there
Is but little on the way yet, and the prospect is
that early importatons viii be light.
NAVAL STORES-Southern turpentine ia selling
in small lots at 81 35 y gal. Rosin ranges from
$40 for common to S22 for No. 1. Coal tar pitch
quiet at 50 5o@S 75. New Hampshire tar is held at
steady at 12915c % fb
OILS = Portland kerosene is selling at Sic for
1000 gals SIZE for brls and soc for bril- fl m the
factory. Prices OF crude fish oils range kom 5000
81 % brl for Pogie Shore and Bank. Lard oil Is
scarce but only in moderate demand Sperm oil is
firm at about 81 81. Lnseed oil is dull, and shade
easier, closing at 81 A tor raw, and 81 30 for boiled
PAINTS Desirable brands of dryIeads continue
SIS pants are ,sas il oil j s gpoed at
in price, Demand light.
PLASTER plaster is firm at So 25 3y tom
Stocks llght, and but little doing. Ground plaster
is held at about SO 30 without sales. a.e. -
PRODUCE-The supply offresh meats is very good
and prices rule without material change. We quote
beef by the side at 3a13c " Id and lamb at 1Gal2c
25930c, geese at 2Ga25c, and turkeys at 25dS
30c Eggs easier at "a a36c y doz. Potatoes con
inue to bring 7O98Oc p bu. Onions are dull at
S225@2 30, and cranberries heavy at $12 5aa113
% brl.
PROvISIoNS-The market here is quiet, with light
stocks and q moderate demand. Beef is firm and
upward. We advance our quotations of extra mess
to S20G22. Pork is dull at further decline. We
quote prime S2S@24, mess S31932, clear s3Aa35 and
extra clear I1a1nS are worth Round
hogs cont 70 arrive freely, and selling at 14@
15c y fb. Lard is shade off at 2Od21c for kegs.
RICE-Is steady at 129l4c Tor India and Carolina
RUM-Portland distilled is quietbut firm at 50 30
sP gal. a.l -
SALT-Stocks are ample. Prices are nominal, and
we continue to quote Turks Island at 81 25a5 yhhd.
and Liverpool and Cadiz at SAG 80. Table salt re-
mains steady at 33c y box. la
SOAP-American CASTLE continues to bring 17c-
For prices of Leathe s. Cores soaps see quotations.
SPlCES-The market is dull, and prices, though
without quotable change, tend to lower figures
Sales limited to small jobbing lots.
SUGARS-The market is dull and heavy, with
buyers holding off and favorable accounts of tie new
crop from Cuba, dropped again, and closed at l78S4
l72c for crushed and graduated, and 17l917lc FOR
powdered.
taned We quote SoucLong at 10000 " lib, -Oolongs
at 95e9S1 10, and japan at 81 2ee1 80.
TlN-English pig remains steady and quiet at 45c
" h. IC plates have advanced to SIS 5G916 y box.
TOBACCO-There is a steady demand from the
trade and prices continue to very regular as quo
ted elsewhere I
VARNISH-Prices remain steady, with moderate
sales at quotations.
WooD-Hard wood brings at retail s11912 %
cord, and soft wood SO 50a7 80. Manufactured kind
ling wood is still quoted at 35a5Oc box contain
ing about a barely for soft and hard.
WOOL-The market has again been very quiet. The
enquiry for medium wool is nevertheless on the in
crease, and hollers not anxious to press sales
though buyers are indspoed to operate freely in the
pr sent cond ion of the market for wooden fabrics and
general merchandise. SA sGg
Observation-Disclosures continues dull, with but
little improvement in the demand for vessels for the
Cuba TT de, although believe all tue idle tonnage
in port has been zen up, allow rates. The engage
ments reported for the week have been as follows:
sch Emma, for Mayaguez, p r. with sugar shocks OF
i5c, hoops IS " Nj; schWndward for Porto Rico and
back at IS 10 for moasses and Gle for sugar brig c.
II. Kennedy, for Cardenas with box shocks at lie;
brig Hattie T.. Wheeler, for Sagua with an assorted
cargo-ternls not TRANSFERRED; brig belmont Locke,
for Porto Rico with an assorted cargo, and back to