, 1866-05-18

INC general markets tu-day wGo unsettled and
fowts, Int there was considerable actiy1ty among
clippers Of coarse grains.
TIE rrov1sion market il dalI and heavy. Mess
Pork t. uGminal]y lower, and We note sale Of 100
hs!s city packed ut s3o.3Ts; but stocks genet
ally held firm at $3l.00lai.50. Sweet Picket
Hans were In tafr demand, With sale Of 100 trcs
Mt lsc. Bulk Meats were nm but inactive. Laru
Nsz dull and easier, with falcz OF 150 tres prime
Kettle Leaf Lard at asA@asHc.
TIE market for uIghwinca was dull md nominal
al Ss.lSGa.1sh5. bonded wine. ate IN fsIr denand
at &C.
The unfarorable tenor Of the adsices from New
York had depressing elect On tho Flour market,
which ruled dull md fully s5cents lower, The sales
were. light, only LOO brla, at 1880 for White
Winter, and <9.1ehgE1o-e5 for Spring Extras.
On the cuzbetone thIe morning there ,vas perfect
panic in the market for No l. Spring Wheat, and;a
decline OF 8Gt1oc took plarc, but subsequently on
Change there VIE better feeling owing 10 the de-
1nand BY fhort Ece1a, and the maIEss rallied 1G29c
from the lowest point reached duune the forenoon
closing however very unsettled Receipts in the
Northwestern were veIy q11et and prices were &c
lower than at the close Yesterday. No. aSpnne was
6lse lower and dnll. The saIcs foot up 900 009 bu
At $1.67G1.s0 for No. In the Northwestern; 2L55
a 6a ior No. regular; S115G19 20 for No. in tile
Northwestern; Sl,d691.1o lot No. On the North,
md S100Gt1.G TOT the sane On the South Side
clottne At sl.62 for regular No Spring.
At the opening the Corn market fell OF about 80
1c, but towards the close the decline was recovered
aud the market eloted Nc better than yesterday.
About sGs, COO bu changed hands at 4D5s951c for
No. l 471SGssc 1or No. 2; 57a f7Hc for Itejected,
and 1ehc for White in e'ore; 51G5ac for No.
aloat, and SIC for No. free On board-elo.Ing firm
nj 51c for No. ] In ttore.
The demand for Oats was limited. and the uar
ket was quiet AZ urther decline Of .1c with sales
Of $4,000 bu At 31h@sfsse tot No. i, md e19e94c
for No. in eto1e-cloeing kteady at the decline.
The inquiry for Rye was light, and the market
Tor No. was elsc loner, bat tribe drmer on No.
2. Sales were made at Csc for No. !, and GllGsc
tor No : in Lore
Barley vas eteady snd nrm, With Gales at s11s for
prime Canadian del SIC for old No. in etose, and
s5R5o for fample fots-
Lake FzeIghts were in good demand md fs7n,
with e1ragcmentt at 10c tor corn 10 Buffalo.
Seeds we're firm but quiet, with light sAtea 1t
$f.e514.75 for Timothy SG.s5 for Clover; 7DGl75c
for hungarian, and taBo 70, Fl.1. The last Is very
scarce.
Tai3ow was quiet but a11n, With sales Of county
at lie. Prime packers is nominal At Eye.
There L. an active demand for Lumber eareoes,
and ~ the supplyNs insufficient to meet 1.-the mar-
kct has advnntcd $1.0o on good carsoes. Osdlnssy
and inferior arc without any material change
There il fair bnainees doing II troceries, and
the market IL steady and 1rm Al our quotations.
The following. dispatches were read to-dax on
'Change:' ...
New foHK. Msy n.
Flour dull. Whtnt carrier. Com ft1uer. Oats
e'eudy. Pork lover ~ E3o.ls5ii. Lard dull. Whls-
key steady. Gold, 12oX.
LATER.
Flour htayy al $B75q95A. Wheat easierat s1!76
AeC0. Corn At Gel63c In store. 0a1s t,m At Is
@Gcc. Pork and Lard weak.
So LATER
In the afternoon The 1narket for No. Spring
WEeAt was dall md 1c loHcr-cloetng With se!1ers
Of reEular at $l.61.