, 1865-01-15

There wss fa!r attendance On 'Chaugo to-day.
but owlrg 10 tho decline IN gold and tho scarcity
Of money, tho general markets ruled extremely
dull, and prices were shade lower.
In ProyIslona VIC have TO report perfectly stag
naut market and downward tendency In prices.
The scarcity Of money has checked the local spec.
u1ative demand, and there IL little or no inquiry
from tho East Mess Pork WIS offered at t31t0@
$50 on the spot, without buyers, aud the ou1y
sales reported were 1100 brla for delivery In Feb
ruary, buyers option, At *S9. .5o3 aoa and buyers
option up ill March 18th, at $ao.50. Prime Ness
Pork declined s0c@1.oo . brl, with salcs Of 400 bu
on the eror ut 90, and 500 brls, buyer all
January at $500. Sweet Picked Hams were in
limited demand, with gales Of 10 brls at 17}c. Bulk
md English Meats were neglected. Lard was also
neglected, prime steam being freely offered at s1ic,
without buyers.
Dressed Hogs were less active, and wc note
decline Of 10a15c per 100 ns, with sales at 1i3Go
15c-chiedy at 1s9@1t3c dividing On 200 lbs, at
which price the market closed quiet ...
Highwines werc In fair request and firm, with
sales Of go br!s at ss.1a-closins steady.
Flour was neglected. Wheat declined lc per
buRhcl, with light sales of No. Red at {l.TB; No
Red at s1.5s; No. Spring at $l.6s51 .G6t; and
Nos Spring at st.5o-clo:fng weak at siGs}1
1.6of for No. Spring. Corn was quiet at sa0s3c
for Rejected In store, and eic on track. Contracts
were made for z, 000 bushels No. Corn to be de-
vercd during the latter Ealf Of April and tho first
Of May, at CSC In store sud 9Gc aaoat. Oats de-
clincd }34c per bushcl, with sales Of No. l at
e54@GGc-closlpg weak at 651G5@c. Rye was dull
and &c lower, with sales Of No. at S106. Barley
was neglected and dull at S1,Sl for new No. : In
etore, ard St.sG@1 81 by sample.
Salt ia rery dull, and we note sales OF Fine at
s1N free Of storage till Feb. 43d, and at $s10 de-
liyezea on cara. Single car loads are selling at
8. a.a5 delivered.
Live Hogs were rather more active, but Without
any visible improvement iu the tone OF the mar
lct OF in price. Some few lots changed hands at
| a couccss1on-thcsc werc exceptional cascs-but
the general Of the transactions were at yester
| days prices. About 1900 head changed hsnds, ut
| $100091a75-mostly $11.b0@12.s5.
Beef Cattle were steady at yesterdays figures,
with sales Of about $50 head ut s. s507.5o-mostly
$5,003a,25.
| In the afternoon tho markets were dull. Spring
wheat nominal at less@1eo for MOL. fothingdo.
Ing IN provisions, either for "s2ot" OF "fhture.'
Review Of the Chlcazo Provision aIarkcs'
1 :: CHICAGO, Jan. II. 1865.
The receipts ct Hogs !o< the Pvt week So san p ap
4l Fos tas fe11espopa!ns 1s Rsfios t.
axs5s' rs5 aS9 s@s @ 59s:.sd bss.s
year The number OF hogs which had accumniatea
At the various points during the pfesaou4 lnsenee
rnta 1yenther had only commenced nsray1ng. as L.
evidenced by tho above receipts which IN the ano-
scoucnt week increased over H.00 head. Thc
\ past week has been ono OF singular inartneas IN
11ur MARKET Ihe excessive stghtne*s 9f money.
tho couscqucnt absence Of speculation. the gr1du"
Il closIng up Of the packing houses, end tae son:
"a mako our hog nnd Proyialon markets dpi snd d
dragging. 1twas scnesal1y, Anticipated that the
Pf s aoss H.; TesS sa7e 'sSs sss Ss ss'asss e.
past week, bnt owing to the great cxcr.
| lions made by drovefs {sbmuiatcd by the
previous high pricet) 70 get ~ the Hogs hey
eouji fnti 10 nnsrkc3 the general expectations
i haTc not been realized; andtho result has been
fbntthp droycss have In oat ttnatanees been forged
! either to pack here or take th9lf hoEs Msthel
| East, on their own account. Curious thr1tsless
ness, though It may seem, on ne psfs OF Armoln
II ID, nevertheless. net that thay have allowed
their cupidity to gain tue supremacy and tnat
lafcc proportion Of tho Hogs lately pfoncht 4
market hnvo beon breeding sovrh and young ptEa
WHICH would Ia former gcasons have been Toserv
cd 10 Increase their stock or to aten for the carl,
| YnhFkct The following autu1an. Tho atock Of log
now In fho country for tho spring and SHINING
J mnrkcts must be- extraordinarily light a. thcr
| hayo lccn comparatively no eattle fca 1nrin3 th
past winter, md Tho dlsleriea arc all idle. Thes
, ! hnvo tccn usually our two great sourcce otsur
nv. Tho returns from tho various packing point
conc In but slowly. but they all show moro shs
son TO chanRe our original opinion that tho tots
1cfcicncy will he at least 00,000 head. and ma
frsch, of poesibly oxceed 1,o0Q, ,0oQ-also, that "
shall fill short 1t this point ono hunaerd thousand