Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1866-04-06
Tha Horse Market.

We have seldom seen the various sale stablcss full
or trade as vey as at Hnr: sae c wned
get. Now the trade is entirely Of miscellaneous
nature from the free sales to city railroads. to cart
men, contractors, eypressmen, farmers. street.
cleaners and gentlemen who want a fine span for
driving on the avenues or IN the Central Park; also
being free purchasers. There is also some call for
horses to snip to Mexico. The greatest inquiry just
pow .0a Tng work having opened
bic, and trade was comparatively dull but with the
past few days Of line weather people looking after
and though prices are not low the idea to pre-
vail that they Will ADVANCE especially if a duty
should be put upon Canada horses. as it probably
IN anticipation of this largo numbers of horses
have been brought from both Upper and Lower
out and other horses advance in consequence. One
noticeable feature in the trade is the almost entire
absence of Western horses heretofore plenty at This
for the spring trade. The Western horses find 4
better market at home. being bought up by dealers
for the South, which is scantlly supplied with work
hcsas There is little doing as yetin speed or fancy
arses being rather early for that trade but there
is M qy i sgcen ns s SPans 0f hrR as
Single horses at $500 ana $500 each But, as remark
largely made up Of "CanDucks," which sell better
than at any former spring for many years Ihey
vary from Sl5 for poor back 10 S40U and SIi2 Ior
an ordinary or rat her inferior worker. up to S2OO
ana SzoO each for fine. heavy
RittsburS Petroleum Market. April >.
business in the Oil way is inactive. The sales were
the smallest we have noted for some days. 4 fur
| tnef advance has been established which put
cheSH ca ade Tor the present at least; besides, the
steck IN TINS market is held by a few dealers who
refuse 10 part Wth their stocks unless at the ad-
vance The market Was ARM at the following prices
bulk and packages returned: l-i5c closing nj m
latter Ggure. This would be equal to i922Ga mack.
ages included. The receipts by rail since IN,
issue issue were 1893 barrels. Trade to oil Civ
brisk since the rise in the Aegany Boats are do
ing good business. We note among the departures
the Belle Echo. and LecaiFe. w2t1 good trips The
fine packet Ida Bees, No. 2, leaves this afternoon
The sales that came under notice follows:
Crude Oil firm. with moderate demand-saies oil
32l bbs without packages. ut l5csales Of ITO bbls
bbls 405 gravity at 1415c sales Of 800 bbls, 40G4
gravity. deliverable in 10 days. a. lac.
Refined 0il-The market was inactive. We did
not learn of any transaction in bonded tor present
and future delivery. Prices nomiaal-sales OF l5C
bbls of free, in 50 Dbl lots at 50, 5l52c D gallon.
| ST. Louis Markets. April =.
Tobacco-Low grades dull, but all fine grades nice.
ready sale. We quote Planters Lags at $6.6O@7l0
common shipping leaf at $l0@1075 medium manu-.
featuring at Sl5@l6; good do $2GG2050. Cotton still
dull-saes to-day of ordinary 99c: and strictly mid
ding SIC. WhiGky-No sales. Flour dull-superS
S550g6Z5; spring extras 65675; fall extra S6.75@
1850. Wheat Demand for choice fall good and some
sales were made at 81 65. Corn-Fair demand but
market closed iower-sales mixed and yellow at 500
Gle; white at 63@65c. Oats lower with sales at $3.50
42c. Mess Pork more active with sales of country
| at S26.75. Beef Cattle-Receipts since Saturday
small and demand brisksales day range from AZ
| @6c. Live Hogs-Receipts small and demand fair
The only sales to-day were at Sc for live hogs