, 1869-12-22

The following grain hA2 been received aimee the
above table waa made up: lGl cars wheat; % cars
cosu: cats oais; car ne. Total. 1ss caIs, o.
e, 600 bn.
Tnere was full attendance On Change to a.y
and rather Light show Of business, With > general
downward movement, both In grain and proyI.
-~u-, principally In sympathy with the reported
decline In tue gold premium, which was reeasded
~ far from nnal. Operators seemed to anticipate
much less difference between psper and gold IN
the future, aud = conesptu tudsn8 Reduction IN toe
prices OF uaos, articles enterl into doneatc COL
sumption.
HisnwineB were about 1c better tncu YESTERDAY.
bat closed dull at Vic. Sales were s-po. "a Of y
bris Gron-houndl At s7sc; 1ep btls DO At 9eo, 80
hrls in wooden hoops At aec and 100 brls DO II Sic
Total, 9.3 orls.
There waA auo,her SICK day in provisions. The
early tclegraDs rom the Stock Yards quoled hogs
OF Ac per II, on light receipts and this made
holders weak The chief WEAKNESS was tn the
speculative hrttc:e-potk-whtch Was early o1Iere.l
At sso7a for FeoruasJ-a decline Of 75c per brt--
and By noon could not haze been sold at 1s0.b0.
By O'Clock tho market had Still further weakened
to SO oe so -, under large odeHucs from outside
operators. and dlfcoursgtng ncws from New York.
There we're few buyers At any price, and the
packers we're not among those Who offered stut1
freely, though they we're generally willing to sell
out tier product on hand at the decline. had ouI.
era offered The hnlk OF the o11er,rgs were
made t,y parties who have formerly bought
..tnng, and are now anxious 10 sell ont belore
prices 90 to lower po!nL The msr-
ket was dull at the following prices: Mess
pork, fi9.be@es 80; DO seller January, Ss2.ss: do
eeler February, $50 81 Is; lard, IKE; DO SELL
er Janua,y, lsA@1.Hc; do seller February, IN
@1tac; T. r. Co.'S caddy lard. 9l3soEc: dry
ta1ted shoulders, 11GliAc; rough Sides ls4c:
ehort ftbt, 14'stal4Kc; sweet r!ck'ed hams. 13T
GlGc; green hams, 1+hal4Ac: green snonlders,
10Ac; grease. Sal4c; tal1ow, s.a3Nc; mess
beef, Sll.oM91a o.: extra mess do, slaao
ts1aM. sAlea were reported a. tollows:
sooo brls mess eezler February, at iao.s 900 brls
do 81 SHo; 500 tlla do at 3soas; tn0 brla do sell
cr last halt January It son.ah; so hr1s do seller
January at to 90; 2to bis do at t2ses; 100 bFls
bu!er J8uunfJ at $50 q; $40 brla cash at 50 Is:
go les larl al Ike; Is tcs country No At I'c;
80 tcs seller February at 17Ac: 80 1cs last
night, seller January Ut l:.lc; 1000 IL green
hams Rt 1tc; 30 tcs sweet picked hams. At NIL
wauSee. At 16c; 10 0o3 rs green shoulders at 10hc
bA.ctH ns dyy sal1ed shoulders seller February At
1thc; SC tcs white Ercasc at 14te; 911 btls tai.
low st aHc; geo brls do tchoce) At 7a.c.
Dressed hogs were dnli and sea5oc loWe, At
tl1.e0a11.ea for light; and s1La1a11.;o for hcavy
while f1l7:ta t2.D0 Wns paid for ore or Two fancy
lots The market closed nominal 1t Slt.o0,s Ills
for Rood lots divttiing on 200 na
Nothing Of importance tfausplrcd IN the market
for 1our to-day. Tho volume OF business trans
acted wa OF Tight character. but quotations
were 1r1p and noulrally unchanged. Sales were
as follows: White Winter E1tras-1oo oels not
named, $500: 60 hrIA do on n L; Red Winter Ex-
tras-1t0 brts not named, aso; Spring ExtIas-
100 cr1s not uamed, 400; 4s1 brl8 do on p. =; CO.
eouud Spring Extras-tD0 orls not naned, saso;
100 b1ls DO. 1855; Spring SnpesaucA-1oo bsls lot
named, sae; Buckwheat F1onr-9s orlB not
named, ts.s3: % hrls do, & 80: 46 brls do, s.2a
To,sl l,ssa brlA At the c1ose quotations range as