, 1864-05-07

There Was good attendance on 'Ghenrt to-dAyt but
owing to the ycrs uafavorab1e news from NJ y York,
and the decline ln gold the lcadln= grain nasrkets
ruled duh aud ra1cky.with decided do Nnfall at the
clsse, In the 1eadfng articles, When the New York
report CAME In quoting gold ut 1ssK, the announce-
mcnt YES received with loud and prolonged cheers.
but when the utws wAs announced that tho army Of
the Potomac had moved, aud taat Graut photographed
to Washington that Ii bsttle wonld not take pace
within 48 hours he would more to Richmond, the
enthuslssm Of the Board kEeE no bounds, and cheer
after ceerraug building Many operate
who bought early, basisg their margins the
port Of hattie On tho Rapldan given In morning
paper. conspicuous for detamlpg snd dsmsgta9 the
Government felt extremely uneasy At the decline III
gold. but 10 sympathy Eas extended to them
There was inquiry OF any consequence tCr Flour
and The market ruled extremely du1I; md In order 10
teallze,. h0l' ers would have been obliged to make
eoueesslon OF 1N9e6c. Ths transactlons were re-
str,cted entirely to the ipg Of small oraera and tho
city trade Tho sales loot up 6o bfls ut Tor
While irters, snd 36 rs for Spring E1tsus- The
kct closed heavy With downward tendency.
The tart Ct for Hhest opened steady At decline OF
fKc Oh the closing pF1ceb Of Yesterday On 'IhanEe
after TIC receipt of the New York dispatches be-
c.me orte partckr, and the marker rapidly declined
son,e &c Addtt1ona1. About ls70o bu changed hands
at si:a@l.24 for No Spring; St.1asl .:2}t-mossly
s1.1f@1 a1-for No Spring, ard <1.llk@121 for B.
lsctea sp,ip: At the close there were more sellers
than buyers, at Sl19 fas NO and &1a Tor No !, and
the market closed heavy.
Corn was extremely dn11-partcnlsrly No land
the market de cined fully H@1e on Nc new In esore
Tho tslcs foot up 4p,too hu. at BLOC for No new:
s6k@91He for No new: ssGes9Gc for Rejected: aaa
EkGs8Hc fer No Kire1 CGrn thy samptc} adoat.
At the ciose the srket was dali, with saers at 96Kc
for No and pc for No
There an Act3re demand for Datst and the mar.
kct ruled nr1n and bnoyans At an advance OF lf81xc
on yetterday prfcez but after the re:elos Of The New
york dispatches, the'deman fen OF and the taar1ct
closed heasy at decline Of nc On tho highest point
rca he'd during the dsy+ Abort 12t.hO bu Changed
hands at E&sskc for No Oats in store, and &c for
|; No .-cIosiug wcas at Csc for MOL.
+ There wes fair dsmand Tor RFe, and the market ts
rn at e advance noted yesterday. but sae limited
'af1cspgs greatly restricted tsAuaacons Slles Of Nj
/ In etorc werc madf At s!.H.
Barley WAS In good request and tho uar1et ru1ed
Arm advance Of 1c since yesterday. with sales Of
SO at &lE Tic storage>, mud By sample n $l.f1-
Tbe market for Hsshw1nss to-day ruted very quiet
at m advances Of x9ic gallo1 since yesterday noon
with sales OF abort sc brls at st53Ll7-thr market
closing quiet and nontral at $l+l6k.
There was good demand fuf Mess PORK At e97-0o.
but sellers were generally pss1ng $500. and ve mute
sslcs Of lG0 trls st els % In fold and 100 bts At
fe750 in currency. Primo Mess Pork Vas in demand
At $500, bat sellers weFa hoaIsrg as ss7ao. Bulk
Hans xcrc IN demand Ut tic, sna shouders ut 1axc'
IocEe bnt the offerings were too trfhlnR TO attract
tc attention Of buyers. Lard was heavy, With sales
Of 90 ten Fttme Leaf country s'sam) At 1aHc-csas
!nS with plenty q sellers at that price ...
Salt IVES moderately active, With sales OF Fine 1t
$2.E4oa 80 delivered On coTa-
Grass Seeds were neglected and nominal. FlAx
sfet in fair demand and steady. with Light salts
At $s.75ez2 IS.
Ala5ge nect Of eaIl vessels fram the lower lakes
atrivtd today, sn1 1se.ghtt fall 1Gec tu On grain
10 Lake Ontario. Early In the day enc vessel was
chartered ut &c for Corn to Buffalo, and IKE Tor
Wheat to kingston but later chartess were 1t zc
What to Kingstor, at which rate they closed dun.
Ths na7l ct for Beet CxtIe today was more 1cttre
and r1Ices were t,fmerw1th 1ales Of eI8 head, ~
sRDse ef $s.t&sA5- chiefly 1t t7,SGa,oo for good
kfsdea.
Hcgs wire altn moderately acti.e. but there was
TO change 10 qaetations. Nearly scoo head changed
bands, 1t 20 eSSa9 9.7s--ehiea5 At $53A9Z&.
Or ihe tr.t rasa will La found report OF the opsu
hs Of The Albany Cattle Market today.