The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-12-17

NEW YORK, Dec 1861 .M.-Cotton unchanged
sales 27OO bales. Flour-sales 5000 bbls. State and
ohoaa SS
speculation inquiry; large holders have withd lawn
their samples; sales &c. 900 BUSH; No Spring 22t
opened quiet but closed 1c better sales go 1000 BUSH
old Mixed Western sound ~ @ Is; Oats dull;
| sales $4,000 bush; State "a g 65c; western 63 q
Pork dull and heavy; sales 2s5 bbls; new mess 80 90
50 5O old do 80 80 q 80 IS; prime do "a 90 26 co.
10 q 19sc. Whiskey lower; sales $50 bbls; Western
closed dull at o. Sugar dull sales 1850 hhds; fair
good refining C g 1lsc Mo 9, IS d@ New Or
steady. Freights to Liverpool dull; Cotton per
| steamer 5-l6 a 3D..
CHICAGO, Dec. 16.-Flour duh and easy; sales of
Spring extras at 8 30 a 625. Wheat frmer and
No. advanced; No. at S73 q SS3c; No. at S43 q,
&c., in the afternoon No. was frmer and more ac-
tive at s64c seller December and size seller January.
Corn quiet and Unsettled; sales No. 2 at II "a roc
| in the afternoon No. at n q 773c. Oats steady;
No. Fat AZ q 42Ic. Rye dull and nominally 75c for
High Wines dull and weak at 95c. Mess Pork low
er and nomnaly SC 90 q 80 30 cash and 81 90 q 81 30
seller February. Lard dull at 1sc cash and IS @ 1870
| seller January. Bulk Meats-kough sides nominal
at 14kc; short rib mddles 143c. Green Meats-hams
15c; shoulders lie; shoulders in salt 80 days 13c
Dressed Hogs easier and lower at II 90 a IL So Live
Hogs dull and nomnally lower at rs q 8 80 for
common and II 80 for extra. Cattle in fair demand
and tirmer at 40 q 5 so for fair to good Cows and
$50 q Z 90 for good shipping,
CINCINNATI, Dec. 16.-Whiskey held firmly at CSC
with no sales; SIC offered Hogs unsettled; sales al
ga q 10 40; no buyers in the afternoon with few Of
terings; receipts $500. Bulk Meats dull and offered
| freely at II az 155c. Bacon neglected and strictly
| nominal. Lard dull and unchanged.
| MILWAUKEE, Dee. 16.-Flour unchanged. Wheat
frmer at S6bc for No. and S3Ic tor No q Oats are
| nominal. Rye and Barley nominal. Corn decln
| ing; No. at SOC.
| NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 16.-Cotton active and firm
Mddltng 9plands 24I q 24ic. Sugar and Melasse,
| unchanged
| Foreign Markets.
HAVANA, Dec. 16.-Sugar quiet and quotations
| unchanged.
LONDON, Dec 16-1l.15 A. M.-Consols 90 "a go
| for money and account.
American securties-Unitsd States5-2O's 1862 cou
pons set; do 1865 old, SSH do 1867 S4a; do 1O-40s
| s2s; Illinois Central shares, 99t Erie shares 19s
LIVERPOOL, Dec 16-1115 A. M.-Cotton steady
sales IL 600 bales; Mddling upIands liz a it'd; az
Orleans II q 12td Corn 2s2s. Pork 1905. Lard 76ts
LONDON, Dec observation-disclosures closed at 92
a 92i for money and account.
American securities quiet; United States 5-2O's
1852 S5a do 1855 old, S4a do 1867, "a; do 10 4O's
s2s Stocks quiet; Erie shares, 1919; Illinois Contra
shares, &c.,
LIVERPOOL, Dec. DECENTRALIZATION steady
Middling uplands 113d; Middlng Orleans 12d; sale
$4,000 bales. Peas SO q SIS. Bacon Cos.
LONDON, Dec. 16-Evening. -Linseed Oil firmer
Refined Petroleum Is Std. Tallow 4Gs Cd Spirit
Turpentine 2ss Cd a 28s Cd.
FRANKFORT, Dec. 16-Evening.- United State
5-2Qs closed fiat at 9ls Rs.s4-