Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1866-02-17

wharf at 5000 cts bushe1 and in bbls at 2.75, AMI
at eaE g5o s 5B Dbl MERGERS are scarce and firm
.P0WDER.--Pow is selling at S6.25@65O for
Blasting and Mining. and $50 e keg of 25 DIS for
PLASTER: are no sales making. and it is
PR0TIST0NS.-For Provisions generally the
market has through the week been very quiet There
has been some demand nd for 5 Bacon from the sont
mostly for that quarter but in Bulk Meat Lard aud
barrelled Pork there has been movement what
ever reported. Although it is now pretty well de-
monstrated that the Hog. crop. is largely short OF
mat OF last year yet in view OF the copparatiyey
era. tendency to lower rates in almost every
thing ths trade are operating with great caution,
and very few Of them seem disposed to purchase be
lows viz: Mess PORK 81 S2992950 = bbi Bulk Meat at
l2l3@l254 cts for Shoulders. and 15A@l514 cts for
els for Sides and 24 cts for plain and sugar cured
Hams; and Lard at ~ cts for City, and Is cts foI
Western All varieties close steady. although the
BUTTER AND CHEEsE.-There has been some move
ment this week in Glades. some 500 packages com
ut SOC 80 cts and we note also sales Of Western
az z cts for common. and 22s cts for good Roll is
1905 cts. Cheese is in good demand and firm At 20
cts tor ordinary and 2l22 cts for good to prime
York Cutting, and 2314@25 cts for English Dairy.
,PETR0LEUM.-Pricesfo for Petroleum have again
declined and we nowquote Refined II cts in bond,
and 6I S cts III gallon s free We note sse this
gallon in bond. In Benzino there is nothing what
ever doing and we give no quotation for it. We
note the export from this port this week of 5000
gallons Refined Petroleum to England.
RICE;--Rice is very quiet. Some sales are how
making at the quotations. W hich still fol-
lows viz 912@l0 cts currency, for East India, and
1908 cts currency for Carolina.
SUGAR,:-Sugarsh have improved since the date of
our last review fully IA cent p 10 and the market
been active and 6uoyant The decline in gold within
the last day or two has however checked the move
ment in them, and depressed somewhat the previous
ly very buoyant tone of the market The sales this
week include $50 cases and 31T bags Brazil Sugars.
III cts for the former and ii cts mos for the latter
1888 hhds good refining Porto Rico at l12c mos both
lots taken forrening 20 hhds Cuba at II cts 100 hhds
do at l24@l2%4 cts; % hhds 90 at Il cts; Is hhds
cts; 15 hhds do at Ia els months 20 hhd5 new crop
do on private terms and lot of 40 hhds Cuba and
Porto Rico, sold to-day for refining, at II cts mos.
following rates. viz 11l4@1124 cts for fair to good re-
fnug Sugars; l2Agl4 cts for fir to prime grocery
prime Porto Rico; and l4a4@15A for Centrifugals.
We note the receipt this week Of cargo of 245 hhds
crop Porto Rico which i the only s import
have again been advanced. and we quote to day az
follows, viz:-Hard Crush at 1i9s cts; White Soft
Crushed at 1871 cts for A. 1873 cts for circle a 1919
cts for B; i54 fore Extra; and fellow at l5 ets
.SALT.-The market is inactive, and the feeling in
it rather heavy. Liverpool is, however still selling
in lots wanted at 81. Is for Ground Alum. $S6q9Se5
do. and Turks Island at 5000 cts q bushel.
SEEDS.-Cloyerseed has been very dull this week,
there being no shippers in market Il has been selling
$50 = bushel without buyers. The receipts are
large There is a fair demand for Timothy seed and
it is selling in lots wanted at $3.50 . bushel. Flax
seed is steady at S2.85G2.90 q bushel.
STAVES.-For R. .. HID prices are lower, and
we now quote them at 5000 p NJ; some sales have
been made this week Of these figures We still quote