, 1869-04-14

Wheat was again lower, In sympathy wiia New
Yorf, though there wns moderate amount Of
business transacted, principally In the Cling Of
shorts, for which there were more buyers than
sellefs at the ruling pr1ceA. Spot wheat, on the
eontrar7, WIS difficult TO sell, n there wBs vcty
little money on hsnd. No spring was In fall de-
mand for The season. and previous prices were
well sustained No. 5 WIZ nleless, and rejected
Little better than nominal At p3kc. Regular wheat
IVES down to the lowest point to-day, aud there
were few who expected 1t to go lower, especially
Is the shipping movement h&s begun, though |, Is
far from being active ~ yet The great fault with
wheat Is the weakness Of holde.A It Is next to
Impoeslble TO command money whererish to carry
It, and the consequence Ia that very few can holdll
On tho Open Board the market was weak At
tlo3A@1.OeH for No. spring. ou1 Change It
opened quiet at the sxmc price, being y to &c bo
low the cloang price Of YESTERDAY, and declined to
sl.osi BY noon, then Improved. and closed nEm ut
3io5H. Sales were made Of ~ bu strictly fresh
No. spring at fLl.; 100 bu do al tlle; 1850 bu
regular No At tl14; l,a00 bu do At s1.t34; . 900
bu do 1t $11a; 1,A0 bu strictly fresh No spring
a: S1.6eN; 1000 bu do n Sl.os; 1900 bu
fresh do At 1.07H; 5000 bu regular
No. spring At si.os.f; 2aooo bu do At t1.ooH;
$4,000 bu do ut 1851: 10, CO., bu do at SLo5k; 100
bu rejected spring Ut 9sAc; 800 ba by sample at
s1.7eH on track Total, 67,soo bu. Buyer nrst
half sold ut t105S41no; seller last half a. s1o7k
e luA, NnA BSlcI may IL 4LuSAtSl.VsH. LUG
market has ruled dull all through the week pre-
y.ously ct tl.osA.elosK for the standard Crude,
reaching the lowest point touched atnco last fkll
To-day It sold lower than II any time for several
yearA
Corn *as dull and easier, though there was a
moderate demand II the decline, principally to Ill
shorts. The heavy feeling IN New Yott Nould
have caused much more Eeaxncss but for the fact
that receipts tightening up Unexpectedly, anl
mr., NAV 1d nnA =
u known to be full Of corn, yet only four boats
were reported for tomorrow, and only two boats
for to-day. OF course there ia no "scasc,t!," but
the efect Is to make fewer sellers. There was
verJ little spot corn Offering to-day, the canal ar
Hsa1s being chleny held to m shorts, for the last
half Of which there asc great many ont There WEB
affair business done In options but At lower pylces
On the Open Doatu tho market was Inactive. On
Change It opened moderately NctTe At Sit for new
regular and sc for seller last half being A,ahc
lower Than the closing price ycatenlay. The mar
ket ruled ste1dy, With these prices As the mini
mum, til noou, then weakened, and closed dull
at e0hc. Sales were made Of 1900 bu strictly
fresh new at ZINC; 4s0o bn do at &c; 1,t10 bu do
ut bskc; s4oo ou regular new at S1Hc; 400 bu do
ut H4c; = 600 bu do AZ Ole 900. bu do at so7;c;
2Aooo bu do at 5o.sc; 10000 bu.do-at 3okc; $500
bu rejected at o44c; 400 bu NO grade at xc; 40
bu DO NJ SIC Total, e2 $40 bu. No sold at dlla
aKc, seller LAST half Of April; 6o4@6lc, seller
May, and &c, seller last half OF May. No. sold
Al &c, seller last half Of April aud s1as71c seller
May New sold At s51a3Xc etlter Last half Of
April, md hoI95tc for buyer nrst half. The
market has ruled dull ali tho week, and to-day WIS
about the dullest OF the lot, while prices were
lower than On any day since Tuesday Of last week
Oats were again dull and casler, though New
York WAS reported stesdJ. There was no inquiry
for anything but Stew car lots, and holders who
were obliged to sell were forced 10 conccde In
quotations. Fresh receipts ranged about 2kc
above the price ofArcEular, aud about the same Is
for the LAST half OF the month, when the charge
for winter storage Will have been paid On the
Open board the market was inactive. On Change
1t opened weak ~. H95l4c, bcinG an nc lower
than al the cloae Jesterday, weakening to tkc by
noon, and closing dul. n 6lA95lkc. Sales vrre
made Of f,4oO bu strictly fresh nt 5ATc; 1870
bu do At AAc; co bu do 1t SIC; $500 bu
regular at tec; 5000 bu do et 81 NC; q, 100 bu
do It t1fc: 6oobu rejected At E1c; go bu At 6oc.
Total >, ,+oo hu. Seller Last half Of April sold al
Aa9Ahc- The oats market has been duil and
declining through the week, End sellers have been
much more numerous than buyers
Rye was Little better that nominal the oulJ sale
reported being Of 400 bu No strictly fresh 1t
3Llsh. The market closed nominal at st.ls3
lls1K for No. !, and slltsl.1s for No. & There
hss been but very little demand for TIE during the
week, And receipts arc la.ge
Barley was quiet and nru, though irregular Is
Usual t1ktng-A range Of 10c On No. ., the highest
price being paidtn North Side houses. Sales were:
1,foo ou No n fl.7s; 10 bu do st sleo; $40 bu
do af tltA; 400 bu do ut sl,sa; and 100 bu do II
516s; COO bu. By sample, at flu Total $500 bu.
Tbere u little more tnquIr! for barley within the
past few days, md prices are dsme1 In tne,r ten
denq.
There WIS IN increased demand for seedg, and
prices ruled higher. We note sales Of Tnothy At
a range Of 311n4A4q: clover II Sson4a.30; tAx
It t495; and Hungarian At 8LDa
The following were the daily sales OF nour