The Portland daily press., 1868-12-05

GLOUCESTER FISH MARKET Dec. 3.-For the
week.-George's Codfsh-Sales at 7124 a 725-
sales OF Bay No. at % so a "a 0O Shore mostly
closed up; the few hand held at 20 90 a 16 90
for No. and 2: Fresh Halibut-ast 50 les Of Grand
Bank at II on " cwt for White and 90 for Gray.
smoked Halibut 111c y fb. Oil-Cod 60c " GAL
Advertiser.
NEW YORK. Dec. 4.-Cotton opened steady but
closed quiet and scarcely firm sales 1000 bales;
Middling upands 24sc, Four-saes 10000 bbls.
State and Western more active and shade irner on
low grades; superfine State go q 90; extra do 65
a 60; round hoop Ohio IS a 90; extra Western
6 45 a 50; choice White Wheat extra 6 90 a 975;
Southern quiet; sales $50 bbls; extra 20 a 10 90;
California dull sales 800 sacks at 70 "a IS via
Horn and II 90 a - 90 via Isthmus Wheat az &c
better Spring with fair demand chiefly specula-
tive; No. Spring 81; No. at 50 a 539; Amber
State 50 a S41; White California 2 20; Amber
Michigan co. Corn tavors buyers; sales $4,000 bush.
Mixed Western II a 10 tor unsound, and IA "a
100000 BUSH; Western 74k "a 75Bc Beef very active
sales 1850 bbls.; plain mess ID 90 a 16 50 new
extra is 90 a 20 co. Pork dull and heavy; sales 700
bbls. new mess 25 90 q 26 co. Lard firm; sales 1850
terces at IA a 155c for steam and 152 a 15Hc for ket
tie rendered. Butter steady: Ohio rs a Soc; State
40 a SOC. Whiskey quiet; Western O3 tree. Rice
quiet at a SIC for Carolina Sugar quiet sales 100
hhds. Muscovado 102 11tc Coffee in fair request
sales 1000 bags Rio private terms Molasses quiet
Spirits Turpentne 46 "a 46Jc; Rosln at . As a 90
Petroleum steady; crude 17c; refined bonded 31Jc.
Freights to Liverpool dull Cotton per sail 516 Cd;
Corn per sail 5td.
CHICAGO, Dec. 4.-Flour quiet and unchanged
Spring extras 90 q 90. Wheat active; No. at
1 %; No. Q at 151. Corn quiet; old No. 75c; No.
dried 60 a &c; rejected kiln dried 50 a 6Oc. Oats
firm at 47c. Rye quiet at 10 "a 13t for No. and
~ for No:2 Barley quiet at 56 for No 2, and
364 for rejected Hghwnes easier at "a q 944c.-
| Provisions tirmer. Mess Pork-sales $500 bbs. at
q so a % 90 sellers January February and March.
| Lard steady at IA a 14Ic Green hams 11Ic Short
rib middles 12c Boxed green shoulders SC. Dress
ef Hogs more active at 70 % %. Cattle nominal
ly unchanged. Live Hogs dull at 10 a 90 Tor fair
| to choice.
| CINCINNATI, Dec. 4.-whiskey at GO tax paid
Dressed Hogs active and buoyant at % a 60; re-
ceipts 5000. Mess Pork speculative sales at % co.
and for January at this rate. Bulk Meats quiet but
firm at "a 9lc for shoulders; clear rib sides 124 q
12Ic; clear sides 13ic Lard firm; sales prime steam
at 133 q 14c and 144 q l4ac for prime kettle Green
Meat held firmly II a 102 a I2c for shoulders
sides and ans; bnt little was done.
| MILWAUKEE. Dec. 4-Flour dull and unchanged
Wheat quiet at % for No. and 10 for No. 2. Oats
steady at 47ac for No. q Corn quiet at SOC tor Ole
| delivered Rye steady at 1 08 for No. 1. Barley
| nominal.
AUGUSTA, Dec. 4MGotton easier; sales $50 bales
week 3S2S bales; receipts 1857 bales.
CHARLESTON, Dec. T. Cotton quiet: business in
terrupted by the heavy rains sales ZIG bales Mid
ding 53Bc receipts 972 bales; exports, coastwise
| 1882 bales.
MOBILE. Dec 4-Cotton quiet but firm; sales 100
| bales Middings 22sc; receipts 1875 bales; sales o
| week $3.50 do; receipts 906S do; exports, foreign
none; coastwise, 2O73 do; stock S4,27o do.
| SAVANNAH, Dec. 4.-CottOn opened dull but clos
ed in fair demand; sales 1882 bales; receipts 1928 10
receipts Of week, uplands 1904 do; Sea Island 81
do exports to England uplands 9lS3 do; Sea Islam,
., Io 20 9tneT foreign ports, upands 2oyi do stoc
5000 do
NEW ORLEANS Dec. 3.-Cotton sitter during til
day p o,oo closed unchanged; Mddings 222 a 23c
sales Sl0O bales; receipts CLOG bales exports 229
bales; sales for the week $4,000 bales; receipts 40
2l7 bales; exports to Liverpool Is 1871 bales TO othe
foreign port IL, S55 bales and coastwise 3l12 bales
stock in port los, 435 bales