The Portland daily press., 1874-08-17


NEW YORK, Aug. 15-5 P. M.-Ashes are ouiet and
nominal at 70 Tor pots. Cotton is quiet and IN
changed sales 542 bales; NIiddling uplands at lie;
forward deliveries q 3-1ec for fair business Re-
cepts OF four 100 bbs; the market is shade frmer
ior shipping grades, which scarce; other descp-
tons are dull and nominally unchanged sales 15-
500 bhls-part last evening; 20 "a 70 for superne
Western and State; 40 q so for co nmon to good
extra Western and State; IS a 80 for good sT to
choice do; 80 q Is for common to choice White re-
Wheat extra; so q 20 for common to good extra
Ohio; 50 q % for common to choice extra st Lou
Is, including $500 bbls shipping eetras at so a co.
the latter for choice; market closing quet Southern
Flour is frGer; sales 800 bbls; common to fair extra
90 g 81; good to choice 40 @95. Rye -four
dul safes $40 bbs at 20 q 49, Corn Meal is firm;
sales $50 bbls at IS @ Is for Western Brandywrs
70. Wheat-recepts 2s,5OO bush; the market is lie
better and less active the advance and firmness in
freights checking the EXPORT demand sales 125.00O
bush at 20 for Milwaukee in store; 26 "a 26I for
No 2 Chicago; 80 q 80 for No milwaukee,: 1 %
q 50 tor ungraded Iowa ard Minnesota Spring:
50 q 81 for No Spring: q g % for old Win
ter Red Western; 81 q "a for new Winter Red
Western; 80 q 81 for new Amber Western; IS "a
IS for White; So q As for new White Kentucky;
50 for old White Western in store. Rye dull at 80
changed Corn-receipts 500 bush; the market is in
fair demand for export and shade irmer closing
quiet, the advance asked checking the export de-
mand; sales 2s5.ooo bush at so g SOlc for Western
Mixed; 81 q size for high Mixed and Yellow Wes-
tern; 954 for White Western; also 100000 bush
Western Mixed last ten days in August and first
ten days of Sept at sOc Oats-receipts 59s75 bush:
the market Is heavy; sales 1900 bush at AS q SIC
for new Mixed Western so q SIC for new White do,
crop. Hops firm at 10 q 15c for low to fair 20 "a sec
for good to choice. Coffee unchanged. Sugar more
active and firm 1916 q Il6c for fair to good re-
tnng Sic for prime; sales of 1905 hhds of at zee for
Molasses 7ac for Martinique n SC for Porto Rico;
l4OO bags at 7se for Psrnambuco; "a q &C for Bra
and unchanged. Petroleum about steady; sales 1000
bbs crude at spot at &c; 5000 do refined on spot
at 1 seller Sept quoted at 112c; eases ic. Tallow
Is dull at SIC for ne; sales Of 1000 lbs at a. Sc
Naval Stores-Rosin quiet at % a 80 for strained;
c for sae and a y @ Egs T At 70
III q 19c for Western. Coal unchanged at 90 a.
625 for Anthracite y ton y cargo. Leather firm;
middle and heavy weights at q q 3Oc; California do
at 26 @2s9c; Orlnoco at 25a q 271c. Wool is firm;
ed at It a SIC; Texas 1s a. SIC. Pork is dull; new
mess % 49, Beef quet sales Of 10 bbls at IA IS for
extra mess; Is 90 Tor packed. Beef hams are un-
changed; sales 10 bbls at q 90. Terce beef quiet
Cut meats quiet; sales OF 40 boxes clear bellies at 121
mJdles frmer at 11s g 12c for long clear. Lard Is
"A 1-9c for prime steam sales of 1000 seller for
Sept at 14s q IA l16c; 500 ties do sellers option for
the year.1t 1l4c. Butter firm at 20 q 29c for Yves.
St to 9 n@e SEEDS steady at 10 g &
at 40 gold to aarive. Whiskey quiet and unchang-
ed sales 100 bbls at OF.
steam Id; Corn per steam SD; Wheat per steam at
Chicago, Aug. 15-Flour is quiet aud unchanged.
on SPOT seller Aug oss 9ssc seller H s sptn NJ as
Spring at 90; rejected at 9iac. Corn is in lair de
m na and firm No Mixed at G5e on spst and for
dull and shade ower No at sic on spot 37sc for
seller Aug; 35sc seller Sept 35lc seller all the year.
| and lower at SAC. Provisions-Pork is dun and
shade lower at % % % 3A on spot % 37t a % so
and seller Sept. Bulk meats in fair demand and
,ower shoulders at 81 sec; short rib middles 1IIc
short clear do at I1s g 70. Whiskey sold at 97c.
| Lake Freights frmer; Corn to Buffalo 81; Wheat
| do &c.
On the call of the board in the afternoon-wheat
clsosed steady at O3s q O31 seller for Aug; 90 for
| seller Sept, Corn dnll at e. r. seller no
koceipts-5,O00 bbs -four, f2jOOO bush wheat ,163-
600 bush corn, $4,000 bush OATS 1900 bush rye 5000
Shipments 1000 bbs four, O,Ooo bush wheat, 1872
600 ousl corn, $1,000 bush oats, 10000 bush rye 900
| bush barley.
| CINCINNATI, Aug 15.-Provisons-P nominal
| ly unchanged at % 90 asked. Lard frmer; summer
steam at 1S3 p l4c; kettle only in limited iobbing
fers at 81 q SIC; sides-non offered and nominally
at III g l1s for clear rib sdes ia q liz for clear
Sides Bacon is steady with small sales shoulders
key opened quiet at CSC; Whskey is 1c lower closed
| rather active at 97c
Toledo, Aug 15-Flonr is stea y. Wheat ad-
| vanced and closed weak: No White Wabash %
No White Michigan at % q 239; extra White
| Michigan 21 Amber Michigan ii cash; seller Sept
| ~; buyer Sent ~ No 2 Red cash and seller at
16s az II; rejected Csc; No Amber Illinois 1 q
No2 Red II. Corn is steady; high Mixed at 69c
cash ane seller Aug and seller Sept at CSC; seller
Oct 674c. Oats firm; No 1 at 4sc MOP at 4ic Mich
igan 4ic seller Aug tilc; 40 White Az a 49c.
Lake freights-To Buffalo q q 8; to Oswego at 81
| " o.
Receipts-0OOO bbls four $4,000 bush wheat, Al ,OCO
| bush corn, II, 900 bush oats
Shipments-2,000 bbs -four rs, 900 bush wheat, 49,
| 900 bush corn, $4,000 bush oats.
| MILWAUKEE, Aug 15.-Flonr quiet and unchang-
ed, Wheat is steady; No Milwaukee at II; No 2
a o6s seller Aug 055; Oos do Sept Corn steady;
No 2 hlixed at 65Ac. Oats easier; Ne at &c. Rye
is steady; No at Soc Barley is weak and lower;
| No 2 Spring Sept 90.
Lake Freights-Wheat to Buffalo 3Ic do to Oswego
at &c.
Rece Jts-2, 200 bbs -four, 80, 900 bush wheat.
Shipments 900 bbls flour, 10000 bush wheat.
DETROIT. Aug 15.-Wheat steady; extra at 26l
No White 22a; Amber Michigan at 14l a 1 Is.
Corn is steady at re. Oats in good demand at53
Recepts-2,0O0 bbs flour, l,J0O bush wheat, 0,O0O
| bush corn, 0000 bush oats
Shipments 1000 bbls flour, 10000 bush wheat, COCO
bush corn, 1000 bush oats.
CHARLESTON. Aug 15.-Cotton quiet; Mddlma
uplands - q 15sc.
SAVANNAH, Aug 15.-Cotton quiet; Middling up.
lands 49,.
MOBILE, Aug. 16.-Coton is quiet; Mid ling up
| lands at Ice.
New ORLEANS, Aug. 19.--Cotton quiet; Mdalins