Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1866-01-03
EVENING STAR.
Financial and Com mercial.

The new year opened with a generally buoy
ant feeling in the New York stock market.
There appears to be a very general disposition
TO engage in operations for a rise. At present
The speculation is confined chiefly 10 Erie,
Cleveland and Pittsburg, and Michigan South
ern, but will probably soon extend over the
entire list. Governments continue firm and
active. even-thirties are especially strong;
the first series rose 4: second series, u, and
third, 4. The miscellaneous Inst is generally
quit, but steady Money is increasingly abund-
ant. The demsDd from brokers is moderate
and is generally supplied at per cent with
exceptions for large amounts on Governments
at per cent. Gold is steady at an average rate
of IA =, with light demand for customs. The
supply, on interest account, from the Sub
Treasury, has not affected the market the effect
having been anticipated
The baltimore markets continue unchanged,
as Will De seen from the following summary
from The ipiericdR.
Coffee-Prime Rio is scarce and in good de-
mand, but common grades are duh, and prices
snow an unusual range, being quoted as fol-
lows: Common TO fair quality 1-a19b cents,
gold; good do. 9Aa2Ok cents, and prime to
choice do. 2Oka2l cents. Nothing of import
ance doing in Laguayra or Java.
Flour--We have only TO note sales of 100
bb!s. choice Howard street Super at g. 81 y,
and 1GO bbls. very good Extra do. 1t $40 per
hbl- Market firm for retailing descriptions,
the stock of which is only moderate.
Rive Flour-Saies reported at SJ15as6 per
Dbl Demand moderate.
Buckwheat MeaI.-Receipts meet the de-
mand. Sales at Si5Oasi.75 per 100 lbs bulk, as
TO quality.
Corn Meal-No sales reported. City Mills
nominal at Sias4.25 per Dbl.
Graln.-Transactons in Wheat were limited
to soIne small lots of ordinary to very fair red
AT 2l.a23O cents. Prices neminally unchanged
at the close, viZ:-GOod to choice white 26Oa
1aIr 10 strictly prime red 23Oa250 cents, and IN
Terror and ordinary do. 1S5a230 cents. Corn
was in moderate demand only, white selling
at S5aS7 cents, prime yellow at 50 GEMS, damp
and inferior do. 7SaS1 cents, and fair do. at 81
cents. No sales of Oats were recorded; we
quote at 50a52 cents, weight. Rye brought S5a
% cents, a lot of 80 bushels being taken az the
latter price.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS limited and mar
Net very fiat at the close. Sales reported of Is
binds. new Bacon Shoulders at 16al6b cents: 10
hhds. new Bacon Sides at 10 cents, and p bbls
Western Lard al 1871 cents. Mess Pork may
be quoted at S3l for new, and at $50 for old:
plain Hams at % cents; sugar-cured do. at 25
cents; Bulk Shoulders at 10 cents do SIDES at
16al6A cents; City Lard at 19alOs cents: and
Western do. AZ l94 al9k cents.
Sugars.-The inquiry for all descriptions is
very moderate, but prices are n0minally I'M
changed, VIZ:
Cuba and +. i. fair 10 good refining. 81 50a12 10
prime 10 choice grocery. - 25a13 90
grocery. 135Oa14. so
Porto Rico fair to good grocery. :. II 5Oa13. so
prime " to choice groc'y IL .50aI47 IS
"hisky.-A fair amount of business was
done in this article, but the market closed
heavy. Sales comprised 100 bbls. new West
ern at 1927, 100 bbls. do. al S225k, and 50 bbIs
do. at s. 70.