, 1864-06-22
Commercial POSTSCRIPT,
CHICAGO MISUNDERSTANDING BOARD.

TuIfDAY EVENING. June q, F196{-10 r. "
There Was large attendance at the Sherman
House toniRht, and the general markets were again
excited and active. The advance in gold In the at
te1noon greatly stimulated tha speculative inquiry,
and prices ruled eonsldesably higher.
What advanced 6@sc over the extreme quota-
t1ors Of 'Chap In tho afternoon about 175.oo1
busbcls chsnsed hands. II 81 691 Is for No l, and
sLRa1.ss for Nos !. Inctuded in these was a cargo
of1so0o bu No Spring TN Armour, Dole Co's} at
SlCs o. b., and I'll 900 bu No Spring at Kcuosha,
It 81 ISL oh. In the evon,nK about 2asMo bn weso
sod. 1t u 759t5s Tor No Spring. and 18 for
No spring-closlnE steady at the inside quotauo
The eales in the evening in detail were follows:
TOO bu No Spring in store at s17G 100 bu do at
Sl5 n, 900 bu No Spring 1t S166 $4,000 bu DO At
&:6': 10 01 bu do At II l.67f: u 900 bu do at $t63
closnz steady At 81 . for No and S167 for No2.
Tbs demand for Wheat WAS entirely speculative.
and some Of the beavtest shippers rather than risk
the markets tho East sold their s:ocks here.
ConM Wal IN active speculative demand 1t An nd
vance OF <H63c z bushel over the extreme prices
paid On Change. About 2s),oao bushels cha.gsd
hands, at Sis for No l. and sl2p9l2l for No 3
c,os.pE quiet 1t tbs inside quotations. Tho sales In
oesall were foliowe: GOO bu No Corn In store
at 4t13 40 o bu No Corn in sto1c at A110; aoIo9
bu do At 4l.2o1; os0 bu do ut 51:l 900 bu No
Canal At u ~ IN store 600 ou e}ccted Corn In store
At fills.
OATS were In very active request. aud prices ad-
sanced 2@3c y buehel over the prices p.td on
Change. About 2as,to bushels were sold at AKA
7ekc for No In stote-cloBng Weak 1t &c. The BAes
In detail wtre IS follows: 10000 bu No Oats TN
oue lott at 75c 5000 bu do In lots at 75c o bu
CO 1t 76c; 300 bu do at 7sKc 4tsco bu do at axe
6oto bu do At 7sHc-closiuE With seers 1t 75c. but
no buyers,
RTE was in good raqnest,j all Al advance Of salc
SIS.
H1ouw,axs were excited aud lrreculsr-ad
vsnctnE from SIS At the close Of Change to $3.50
this evening, then dropping back and cloAng WEAK
Al S1.53. This cAuse Of this sudden advancs and as
sudden reaction the receipt this afternoon OF dls
patches from New York stating that the Cpmnistes
Of Conference had reported IN favor OF tnxln- wines
tho lat Of July, and = % after the 1st Of
January. At 1rst this WAS believed to be fact. but
tha absence Of any dispatches from Washington on
the subject led 5uany to suspect and finally to
COME to tho conclusion that tue New York
report NAs premature, II not entirely
tAlsc, and gotten up bJ parties Interested to excite
the marker and Sell ont. The sales this afternoon
amounted to 3.le0 brs At f4nsa of Sl-543Ls3. In
rhe evening about 5Goo brs were sold 1T range Of
$1s91 60, ~ follows: 40 brs a. slCa; 100 brls at
q 50: so hsls 31s; 1oo brls At $!1 800 brls at
else: 500 brs at sl55 Is. brls at Sl5; 100 bss a.
s1: 6oo brs for delivery at St. LouIs 10Th july
At sls8-
Pno7Imoas were hrtn. but not very active. There
was good inquiry for Mess Pork at S3seo bpt IT was
generally held at 3s7o. In the afternoon, SO brls
City Mess Fork sosd oa r. f.; and in the evening
ITO bzls country do At $500. Bulk Meats in d.
naud, and We note sales as follows $4,000 . =
country dry Sslted Hans At lie loose IS bxs do 1t
14xc; 20 bxs do 1t lsc Lsrd Was III &c aand Ut 16c-
hut there were no sellers below 1870.
Fnx1eu7s wese dull and lower. The following en-
EsEemente,Were Inado this afternoon aud evening 3:
-schr -Wrn Ftske, corn to Buffalo, at tic; PROP
Bunslo. ct exc: bnsk 6unny4ide. oats to buffalo,
at