, 1865-03-10

There was good attendance On Change to-day
and the general markets were steady.
In provisions, owing to less favorable neHa
from New York, there was very quiet feeling,
aud the demand was light. Meas Pork was In
moderate request, md We note sales Of 500 brls
at 2c,ul33G0. Prime Mess Pork WIS In limited
demand and dull, with sales Of 500 brls atS3175@
3too. At the close there we're few outslde lots
offered at f30.b0, bat good brands were held firm
at $3i. Sweet picked Hams were In active re-
quest and drm, with sa1cs Of 800 tres and 20 hhds
at IN for city and 1Gi delivered at Quincy. Lard
was dull and shade lower, with sales Of 100 tres
prime ateam Leaf Lard at M4c.
uishwfnes opened very weak and &c lower, hut
towards the close there was f1rnez feeling.
Abont 500 b1ls were sold at $2.09na.lo, closing
firm.
Dressed Hogs we're quiet and the sales light at
13}@t4c.
The Flour market has rc1apsed into state Of
chronic Inactivity, and there has not been enough
business done during tho past two OF three days
to establish quotations. Buyers arc generally
holding OF until the opening Of navigation. The
only eale reported today was 80 brls white winter
at $1,000.
Wheat opened at yesterdays inside quotation,
but subsequently, advanced to $1.334. After the
first dispatch from New York the improvement
fell of, and the market closed quiet al Sts7{ for
No. Spring. The inqu,ry was mainly on ac-
count Of short sellers. Nc note sales Of CO. bu
at $tsTi01.3sf for No. /, and $1,aa for No.
Spring-closlng at Sl,37s1 for No. i. Fresh re-
ceipts Of No. !, In Flint & Thompson's, sold It
$1.3sI@1.aSz4.
The market for Corn IVES quiet and withontany
decided change. We note sales Of 10, 600 bushels,
at s5@etc for No /, sc for No 2, and 73@7ic for
Rejected in store.
Oats we're quiet, with an easier feeling, and the
market closed dull oud less firm than On yesterday,
but without decided change. About h3oo0 BUSH
els changed hands, at t94 G6oc foz No l. and 57s<c
for No 2--cloaing quiet ut sol.
Rye was Ices active, but prices were without de-
cided change. We note sales Of car loads at o5c
.Df1.t0 for No !, and 9Gc for No2.
Barley was dull and no1uiua1ly unchanged. We
note sales OF one car lead at S1.00 for New No
in store.
There Is 4 steady demand for Groceries, thoush
In small way. Buyers throughout the country
arc EctiDg cautiously, and conaus their purchases
to immediate wants. Stocks arc Light In the city,
and holders are not anx1ous to press sales.
Seeds werc quiet and firm at Il 00Ga4 50 for TIM
othy, sl3.c0@13,50 for Clover, ss-50 for Fix and
S1.f5 for Hungarian.
r.llow was tful1 and almo.r neglected, trldlng
rales Of country having been made at 131131c-
There was nothing done In Lake Fseights, and
the market hes not fairly opened.
LATER.
In tho afternoon and evening the Wheat market
WIS dull and weak, aud ne note very material
decline atncc Change. No. Spring Wheat closed
with sellers at Sf.sG, but no buyers. Oats and
other cereals were neglected. Whisky WAS en-
tire1y nominal. Provisions were very nat, and re
note asale Of 500 br1s Mess Pork, for delivery in
May, buyers option, at Ss6C0. Prime Mess Pork
was offered at s:0.C0 without buyers, and sales
were reported lower, but Without proper authen-
tica!lon.