The Portland daily press., 1873-08-25

NEW YORK, Aug. 23-Ashes quiet at 25 for pots
Cotton is in moderate request and steady: sales 225
bbs Flour less active, prices generally without de-
cided change with limited export and moderate
supene and State ools % f. e oU U5
to good extra Western and State; So "a 25 for good
to choice do; % q 40 for common to choice White
Wheat Westerns 6 80 q so for common to good ex-
ira Oho 20 a 10 rs for common to choice extra ST.
Louis sales of 25CO bbls extra State arrive soon at
30 65; market closing quiet; Southern Flour in
sales 600 bbls at 40 IS for common to fair extra;
80 q 10 IS for good to choice. Rye Flour is steady
sales 275 bbls at 65 q 10. Corn Meal is in fair
request and unchanged; sales $50 bbls at IS a 40
for Western, the latter price extreme for fancy
brands; 8 70 a 80 for Brandywine. Whiskey firm
and fairly active; sales 250 bbs at co. Grain-re-
eipts of Wheat "a, 210 bush supply quite limited with
fair demand for filing pressing freight engagements
market &c better for forward delivery with moderate
sales " 900 bush at 40 Tor poor No Chcago SO
for new No Chicago and Iowa Spring; l So for COM
mon No Q Milwaukee so called; 30 for No Duluth;
So for No Winter Red Western; also sales rs 600
Nos and Duluth Sept and Oct at 46 for No and
No private terms also sales of 1000 bush VIM
ter Red Western first half Sept at "a; also consid-
cradle sales No 2 Milwaukee for October and Winter
more active sales 500 bush State at s4c 900 bush
Western for Sept at CSC. Barley dull and unchanged
Barley malt is in fair request and steady sales 1900
bush State at 90 Corn-receipts 243 56S bush Corn
opened strong at q &c advance, and closed quiet
with the advance partly lost sales 15 900 bush at 81
a 5Sc for steamer Western Mixed; 5sk a Coo for sail
81 "a CSC for high Mixed and Yellow Western; IS 08
SIC for kiln dried; 50 a Doc for heated also sales 1900
bush Western Mixed deliverable from 18th to 10th of
Sept at Sole. Oats-receipts 81 $50 BUSH Oats rmer
and less active sales 81 900 bush at Al q 42c for
Mixed Western: As "a 47c for Wife Western; Al a
4isc for Black Western. Coal qule hrm at 5 90 q
weak at 2ic for near by lots. Hay dull and heayy-
Hops dull and in buyers favor Leather is quiet and
without decided change; Hemlock sole, Buenos Ayres
and Rio Grande light middle and heavy weights at
2S q SOC; California do 26a "a &c; Orinoco do 26 a
&c. Wool firm and in fair demand; unwashed % q
frlh aQd I'M Mo- Had nlSrf
Coffee strong; Rio quoted 20t a 22c. Sugar strong:
sales 49, hhds; fair to good refining quoted at 81 q
9 NJ "a Sc 81 hg R anS sales Of
for crude refined at 163c Provisions-Pork is quiet
and steady; sales $50 bbls mess at 10 12 q IS 25
Beef quiet and unchanged at 90 a 10 80 for plain
mess; II 25 "a IL so for extra do Beef hams quiet at
Is 90 "a 2s co. Tierce Beef is steady at IS 90 a % 90
for prime mess 20 90 a "a 90 for India do Cut meats
ouiet and unchanged; middles firm; 100 boxes lone
clear and 81 boxes long and short clear for Dec at
7sc Lard weak; sales $50 ties old Western steam on
81 at sc new At Sc also 5S es pr S0 od aSSt
$50 for last half do at q II Lice; 100 ties new on
spot 1T ssc Butter quiet and unchanged at 16 a &c
Western; % q 3ic for State the Latter price for
very choice. Cheese is quiet and weak at lea "a 13e
for fair to prime State factory. Naval StoresESpir
ITS P @ duh and nomnaly unchanged at 48c
lbs at 50 q SIC.
Freights to Liyerpool are steady: Wheat ner steam
lid.
CHICAGO, Aug. 2S.-Flour steady. Wheat excited
and prices higher but Irregular closing lie off from
the best prices of the day; No Spring at % a 2i4;
No closed at 193on spot or seller Aug 124 seller
Sept; 0S4 do all the year; No at 0k; rejected at
95 "a 96c. Corn firm and in fair demand; sales of No
mixed 800 a 39ac spot or seller Aug; 3es "a Acc
for seller Sept 400 q Ale do Oct; rejected s6l q SCI
high mixed 800 "a 4Oc. Oats advanced and in fair de-
mand; No on spot 273c; 26sc seller Sept; rejected
231 a 24c. Rye steady; No at 65. Barley is excited
and prices higher irregular and unsettled No FAN
openedat IS, sold up to 80 and closed at 81 olu
cash; seller Sept steady at II bid; No spring W
spot Provisons-Pork sold at 10 ~ g 10 20 ISL gu
10 So @ II 30 seller Sept. Lard Is STEADY at ee'