, 1864-04-17
COMM ERENA2
eA1uhpAr Av1sDde. Apr,l ID, 1884


Of the gold hulleun-whAch indicated III 1t the open
Ing Of Change. and 17o,f at Its close. ofcousse
der such stnts Of affairs st Is not remarkable that
wehhve to noto decline In the price Of necrY every
article Of Importance Hist, ana that thc.o was
great anxiety to Fell, aud little effort made
buy. The spectators were out Of the market, ond
and there we're but few orders to be n1cd except by
ehortsellera who have hccu loading outsiders during
the past few days 1t high prlo's and who were today
buying their stocks In It much lower 1surrs.
Therc wa no norcucrt cfsny account In 0.ts and
the market ruled very dull at decline Of eoHc Oh
the c1cttng prizes paid yesterday Change. The
sales foot up Is 600 bu at 6sH@59 for No. l. and
6sc for No. 2-closlns heavy At t5,t,
Rye opened In fair demand bus c oscd dull, owing to
the decline In Hfghwlucs, 1T depreciation o. 4Xc'
with sales at for No. and s11s for No. In,
store.
Barley was dull and 10 lower, with tr1alns sale, Of
Nc. 2 at $l,78.
The Floar market VAS unusually dnll aud neglected
today. and IN o1tsr to res-c. hollsrs would h1vo
Seen obliged to submit to y depreciation of.59soc
The eAlcs were tzttItnH some 6o) brls-At $6so for
spring extras It G5,1sas2 q for spring supes. There
was no fnqui.y for tho liner qualities VI aprns or
wIntsr extras.
The wheat market ope5od 1xa?c lower, With sales
at LII for No. and tl.s4 fer No. but A. the gold
glad to realize &nd aod ont best They could
-thamsEket cloEing very duH at &l2a tor No. I, and
S for No. "a decline stace yesterday noCn of4asc
per buthc. Sales included about 13 100 h1 at S1e5a
1z7 fer No. spring. s17iG12A for No. 2sorinE. and
$L1e8l ii for rejected sprtn1. There was no inquiry
fer Red Winter, and the market Is entirely nominal.
Corn n1to participated In the general depreciation
but ruled very Gull at 4 dccl,Eo OF ok45Hc-vlth
Gales s6eo bu at g@9sc for No. news 9f@o5e for
No new, and 8ala1c for rejected new; 96e for No.
new {. 0. b; a5Hc for No. : Cana1 Cora aaoat, and
0GNc for winter inspected " ncw corn" In stare.
There wss quite ranc in tho market for HiGhvlne6
and prices fell s39c per g.llon below tho rutns prt-
ccs paid 'Chantc yesterday. About 10 br1s were
sold at range OF Il 1Gl12-closinz dull aud nominal
at u De&lc9. Tho cAaso OF this sudden reaction La
HjGhwines is mainly to he attributed TO the fact that
during The past nve or Tx Gays When the market
advancing rapidly large number Of outsdeEu u7do
purchases With the hope being able to sell profit
before the wines were Inspected and the bills Ia
but not being able to and tho sencY IN the
money market being such that they could
not perfect ARRANGEMENTS for holding. they
were forced to sell at whatever price thoy.
could get. Besides this, however, during
the past few days. prices have been high that DIS
tcrr could pay thst &c lax, take their SOCKS
ofEoEd. nnt sell Mt hAndsome proat-whfch many
Of them have wisely done-lcavlng taa epeculatorG
with their stocks out n the COLI OF course such
eventualtty, any business man might have expected;
pQtso great WIS tho rush to make Investments IN
1ish~ines at 9flt91. that operators did not pause
to consider the fact that. tho dist1lles can
sell at esc@stno per gallon /. and have
q fair running profit, In addition to
this sisc there ts the poehbility-soe say Aprobs-
blNtythnt IN consequence Of the recent cxtraordlna
~ 1be In gold, and tha clamor from a parts Of tho
countr, for Ccnfrsssto tax lururtss aud thus sAvc
pB from ruin, Mr. Wtehburno msy again prevail
his coaeuto.s to tax stocks en- hand aud In this
way e1cLte auothor panic greater than the nrst. -
The nsrket for Provisions was quiet End nomtnar,
and have transactions to rrpost wt<hy Of note
Lard Was dull and easier. With Light sales At isH@
1s4c. =.
n groceries the market has bsen shads qu'etsz.
the result Of the Repernl reaction 10 monetary affairs
consequent upon tte decllnc. In Gold. Prices have
sustained no cimnuton. AID there Is still on all the
leading staples Strong upward tendency In the mar
ket. sugars In very limited and In n4deqnate sup
ply. Our quotations on double A Portland have sd
vAnced Nc, which is tho only change mads today.
Sytups rule rerT dr tho better grade being scarcs
arc IN somc instances held at higher prlcss than we
quote. Coffee is very active, and Rio bslng RESTRICT
ed and irregular supply. u very nfm with upward
tendency. Teas are still active With great scarcity
OF choice InpeElals and Sunpowdsr.
In Carbon OIL there has been annae nxeitement In
tie masket and result Of the limited supply, to
Relher With the additional tax to be levied. notc
further advance OF &c q gallon We Qnose Light
Straw at fS9G7c and best White OIL at e7G69 q gallon
Eites arc In geod receipt ana very active Gfeon
Flint there further advance OF Ae-we quote 2ox
Gi21kc.
and increasing demand. The market Il trmer. Sales
OF Ohio 1tuit are reported to hrst hands At 11c-
The rarE 1t t6r Beef Cattle TO da was bnoynnt and
nY and we note sales OF 96 head, at range OF 3t75
Gs1s gross chiefly at % 5oa7sp This Is IN advance
OF Ice since yesterday. and SC on tho week i
The market for Hogs to dny active and excited.
and pr1cts advanced sc 10 ms. with sales Of 1905
head 1t $5.75@8N-chlcny at S7.so@79o The prices
ruling to-day the highest known In this mar,
ket, Or In my part Of the West.
=. LATEST.
There WAS fair attendance on tbs second board ut
the Sherman House tonight, but the general Produce
markets weTc with tho exception OF Wheat, dpl and
neglected..
NH1AT WAS In mndeFata speculative inquiry and
ruled 1@1c higher Than tho closing prices paid On
Change, With saits follows-s.ooo bu No Spring
r. Ts) At sl:27: 900 bu do At Sis6 3+go bn do at
tsE $50 bn Co a., D. co.'s} 1t u y; Il so bu
No Spring at el.3; 10000 bu do ss Il .: 80 ba do
Is n. Co.D nt t119: 3.oaa bn DO {saue housc) 1t
&l.l6H-cIoelnE tt $les for No !, and f1t3 for Eo2
CoHH was dali, but shade fsmer than at tho close
on Change. Sales were 500 bu No. l New Corn 1t
Gee s, go bu do 1T 9'kc.
OATS extremely dull-sellers Offering ut 61o
without hud1ng buyers.
u1cuwaEs rallied little In tho afternoon, but
closed dull At the closing prices Of 'Chanee. Sales
we're: s0 bEls In tho sfcrnoon) At &lo9 20 r1s at
al.o9-closirg very dull nt Slo3 Without nndlnx
buyers
Drrrxn was In fair request on Canadian ac13unt,
with Gales Of 12o kegs IN lots at average price
ase.
'Pcov1s1oSs wero dnl, md neglected. Straight |
brands OF good city Ness Pork ure nrnl-y held at ]
S26en. Lard freely offered at 1sKc without dad
Ing buyers A sale or 200 tres primo Mess Beef wsa
reported at s24.to subjsct to approval.
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