The Portland daily press., 1869-03-30
Domestic Markets.

NEW YORK. March 29.-Cotton steady; sales 1900
bales; Middling uplands at 2Ss a 29c. Flour-sales
Any Any stst date s41 s g Se % 6etter super
hoop Ohio 60 q IS; extra Western 9 40 a 90;
Southern steady; sales $50 bbls. extra 10 q IL 90.
out Of MARKET Winter q SC better; white Cafilor-
mia 70 @ 10; White Michigan 95 a 90. Corn
Sus eaPosI MaeS
Western 81 q SIC, chiefly at So q s6l. Oats in tair
request; sales 1000 BUSH; Western 74b a 765c.
heavy sales 800 ercss at 17l q 194c. Butter steady
Whiskey quiet. Rice dull and unchanged. Sugar
quiet sales 100 hhds: Muscovado at III q 12tc; 25
boxes Havana at 1871, Coffee unchanged. Naval
Stores firm; Spirits Turpentinet 80 a 5fc Petrole-
am quiet crude 1871 q I9c; refined bonded 3Osc.-
Corn per do q Aid, chiefly at the inside rate.
NEW YORK March 29.-Cattle market-Beeves
without activity in consequence of the Storm prices
aeored buyers; receipts for the week 1927; quota
tions II q TIC. Sheep and Lambs-trads not active
at about previous prices receipts for the week 1872
Swine-demand only moderate; prices shade low
er; receipts for the week s53; quotations at 1O
ALBANY, N. Y, March 2s.-Cattle marlet.opened
unfavorabe for sellers; the demand for New York is
quite light, and for fhe east moderate; first quality
and best extra Beeves at last weeks prices
| but lower grades have declined q &c ~ fb; prime
fat Illinois and Ohio Steers averaging from 1900 to
1900 TBS bring 81 q s2c small lots of selected Ken
| lucky Steers &c. Sheep a &c lower demand lin
tied and prices range from &c for light common to SIC
tor choice extra tat State averaging 1O7 TBS No sales
/ Of Hogs reported.
PHILADELPHIA March 27.-Coal Market-The
local demand is very good and for shipment it has
to Whether hsre w are
throughout the coal regions in the early part Of next
| month"; but az yet no definite information on this
subject can be given. Certain well advised persons
state that strike will occur beyond doubt while
others equally reliable, give it their opinion that
work will be continued during the month OF April.
IL Is very certain, however, that the men are very
unsettled in their views, and it would give no great
surprise ii a general steppage shortly took place.
| CHICAGO, March 2o.-Flour very dull; Spring ex-
dull; demand speculative; No. 1 Spring at 12 a
49,; regular ~; No. 2. buyers at IL. Corn dull
key dull at ssc. Mess Pork nominaly at 80 Isl prime
| mess buyer April 20 25. Sweet picked Hams have
an advancing tendency; sales 1100 tcs at 153 a 16c
Lard steady at 18c Dry sated shoulders lc Dress
a0su supply GS Il S upp n dSs HdSs ds
| tie frmer with fair demand; butchers COWS and
steers % q 6 10; good to choice 25 q 7 So.
| CINCINNATI. March 2s-Whskey at 91c: demand
sales 1000 bbls Bulk Meats quiet and rm shoulder
125e; sides l43s Sugar cured Hams at 1871 q 19c,-
with limited demand. Lard quiet and firm at 1si g
| 1S3c. Hams steady.
MILWAUKEE, March 29.-Flour quiet and firm
Wheat quiet and firm; No. / at 15t; No. at 093
a TO-. Oats firmer at 54tc for No.2. Corn steady;
ley dull and unchanged. Dressed Hogs nominal at
| II 90 a 1900.
MOBILE. March 29.-Cotton quiet; sales 800 bales
| low Middlings &c; receipts 1566baes
CHARLESTON, S. c., March 29.-Cotton market
closed active; sales f000bales; Middlings 277c
cepts S54 baes exports to Great Britain 1877 bales
SAVANNAH, March 29.-Cotton quiet and firm /;
Middlngs 272 q 2sc; sales 500 bales receipts 154e
NEW ORLEANS. March 29-Cotton sitter; Mid
dngs 2sl q 2S3c; sales 250O bales; receipts 2473
| bales
Fereign Markets.
LONDON, March 2s-Afternoon.-Stock Exchange
not open fer business.
ing in Cotton. Wheat at 9s lid for California White
Red Western 9s. Corn 30s Sd for new Flour 2Ss 3D.
Bacon 63s. Rosin 5s Id for common.
FRANKFORT, March 2s-Evening.- United States
5-20's closed at 87s.
LONDON, March 29-Evening~-Linseed Ooil e2s
los g $50. Tallow closed at AIS 3D..
FreigRits.
| CHARLESTON, March 26.-Freights-To Liverpool
py steam I'D W fb on UplaDds and I'd Sea Islands
y 9y sail ID on upiands and q I'd on Sea Islands,
10 the West Indies Cuban ports, SO, Gold, 3Y M on
Lumber for North side, and $1O 4Y NJ Gold, for
south side Coastwise-To New York by steam ac
Y 10 on Up!ands and 1c on Sea Island Cotton. and
on " tierce on Rice; by sail 81 75 "a SO bale on
| Uplands; on resawed Lumber A. AZ M. on Timber
$40 M; on Resin 75c % Dbl. To Boston by steam
via Baltimore, 1c ~ ID Cotton nv sail oil n So
| P ID on Cotton $12 " NJ on resawed Lumber and
| $13 ~ NJ on Timber. "--N
NEW ORLEANS, March 24.-Freights- market
still shows 10 improvement. There is very LITTLE Cot
ton offering for Foreign potts. while coastwise the
regular steamers filling out with rough fTeioht
We give as approximating quotations the following
Cation by steam to Liverpool nominal; to New York
iSD4c: to Boston and Philadelphia a tc ID Ii
a De- 80 Naxu VorE q