The Portland daily press., 1867-09-18

PRIDE has iaen pr 81 30 per tox siBes our last NJ.
por. In dried fruits thsre is no change Peaches
cordnv To on haesday at 80 5O@S5 per crate
S ,nHss3 ~ quahty and condition. Bartlett pears at
III per boi; and sweet potatoes at IS 75a6 rs
GRAIN-The demand for corr, :.
sales have been heavy during the week Our onoo
tations We're maintained on Tuesday. Oats are
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES is a fair aR smanas rs A..
Oriental powders at cur quotations. ~" ''o
HAY-There is no demand for export, and OPERA
lions are confined, principally to the retail troda
Wequote old pressed at $22d2i per ton very little
coming forward. New hay is selling at sisa2O per
HIDES AND SKINS-The market is very Quiet.
with Interpretations. Prices remain without change
from last week.
IRON-The advance in gold renders the market
for iron very firm with upward tendency as deal
ers cannot replace their stocks at present rates
Nails selling at 5t96c per lb for assorted sizes
tons are unchanged.
LEAD-Prices have advanced C. The demand
both 3, for sheet and pipe. is very good.
LEATHER-There is some Improvement i'm the
changed. t' ii-s -
LIME-We advance our quotations Zoe per cask.
the price on Tuesday: The article has gone up 25c
in New York, and the lme-burners in Rockland
have advanced their prices.
LUMBER-Thero is no variation in the lumber
market. The supply of all kinds is ample and the
demand for house pur poses is good though that for
shipping islvery moderate,
MOLASSES-The stocks in the city never we're 80
small at thus season of the year. especially for good
et'aes as they are now and there is but very little
OF goou quality coming forward. Importers and
1oboers are very firm in their prices and no conces
M MAYA sToREs-euot and unchanged, with a
OILS-There is fair demand for all kinds of oils.
QUOTATIONS remain the same as last woek. .....
OAkUM.--The demand is very light No change
In prices: .
| PAINTS-The demand for paints and leads con-
| tinues steady. No change in prices. =
| PLASTEk-Prices have advanced 25c per ton
| and the demand is good
PR0DUCE-The market is well supplied with all
kinds of produce. Cut meats are unchanged; eggs
are more plenty and selling at 2H6125c by the pack
| age; potatoes come in freely and many early one:
are forced upon the market at low prices, but they
turn out poor things, they les. affect.
PRovIsIONs-Price remain firm at our quota
tons, but the transactions light. The supply il
moderate but equal to the demand.
| RlCE-There is a steady but moderate demand fol
Carolina rice. Prices unchanged.
| SALT-fhere have been no arrivals of salt. but
| there Is lair supply in market. The demand il
| change = -I ''
steam refined soaps of Messrs Leathe & Cores man
| utacture. Orders come in from all over the State
The prices have recently been reduced will be no,
| SUGARS-Fhere has been some advance on the
refining and raw sugars, which has rendered III,
market firm, with an upward tendency tor all re
fined sugars. The demand Is large for all Pol tan,
sngars We give the prices as they Tues
day:
and pearl is held at our quotations.
SHOT THERE'S more demand tor shot, Price
| have advanced 1c per 10.
TEAS-The market is well supplied, and the dc
mand, though steady, is not large. Our quotation
for OoIong and Japan are well maintained.
/ TlNS-Prices OF both pig and sheet have all
danced in consequence OF the high premium on gold
The market is firm and the tendency is vet upwards
TOBACCO-The supply is large for the deman
which is rather quiet.
VARNISH-I'he demand for all kinds of yarnip
is good. Prices are without change.
W0oiuThere is hardly any demand aud the ar
tele is dull and dropping, at reduced quotations
The new clip comes in slowly, purchasers not bein
ZINC-1'here is a steady demand, and prices ar
unchanged.
FREJGHTS-No Improvement and very littl
offering The only chartere we have to note for tn
week are bark Gan Eden, to load here with lumbe
for Buenos Ayrcs at S14 per M bark Josephine 10
same at same terms; bark S. w. Holbrook, for Glen
tuegos with cooperage for $4,000 brig Minnie Mil
Ter, 23s tons assorted cargo for Maanzas $500 out
brig Uncle Jerry, 10 loada Ellsworth, with board
for Havana, at $40 per NJ new schooner Vesta, I
load at Gardiner, for Washington, ID. c., at 81 {
per ton Tor ice and SO per M Tor lumber, on deck.