, 1869-04-09

There was fair attendance On Change today, /
hut quiet set Of markets. fact due principally
10 the great etttngenc! found IN the money mar
ket Orders to purchase for shipment East have
been received here, but tho money wherc1tth to
buy Is not procaralle and hence the purchases arc
NOT made. The opening Of the canal caused the |
bulletin reports to spring up to-lay to tho msgnI
t1fe OF summer nguTcs, but there was no coue- 1
spending Increase In the demand. Tnc sElrpeEs I
are lying lle, and, go far have not bought single
cargo for the Lake route, and probably will not do
50 till the formal opening Of navigation Plenty
Of veAscls are offering, a1d rates Of freight arc
easy In consequence. The markets generally
closed weak.
Iljghwtnes were dnll at yesterdays figures
Sales were: .; brls fire. ut Sc HOLDERS nte weak
Provisions ere dull-lmost lfcless-tae7c be- |
Ing no buyers on the market, and but few eellets.
Mess pork Was entirely nominal and weaker, Fe1l-
ezs Offering 1t ut Sso.ao, while $500 was the best
Lid, except In one instance, where s3o,25 WAS !
u1ercd Larl WIS also dull md weak; 1t sold 1t
1'kc, and WIS held a1 that 1lgnrr, but could prob
ab'y have been bought for less at the close Sales
were: $50 tcs In lots Mt Ike; IS tcs No at 11c;
1te cases F., P i Co.'S caddy At 2okc; 80 kegs do
rranet At l21ac: and Is half bEls do at fahc
Meats were also inactive, except that 4o,0os rs |
C1mberlands sold At 1tAc, loose. Rough sides
were nominal al 14Hc: short ribs A. 13,sc; and
short clear al 1sc- Shoulders were nomina at 1lH
t4lsc; Bweet picked hams At l5S,E1sc. Hzcaae
was dull Sales were: ITO tcs yellow 1t 11Hc buy
CT Antu Beef hams sold 1T fa7.00 for 100 oE8
city, and 200 bgls Milwaukee cus reported as
sold yesterday II sceoo. Tal1ow WAS lifeless.
There was no material Increase In the demand
for rour, and the market ruled quiet but frm At
unchanged quotations. The supply Of upper grades
red md white winter eztras-s largely In excess
Of the inquiry, aud buyers as general thing state
their own prices Spring extras are In fair stock,
while the supply Ci spring sIpcrnoes Is consider
nbiy reduced, and In some quarters, It Is with
diligently that ordcTs are t!IeI. Rye and back
wheat continue In measre inquiry. anil the
Views OF holders n1e entirely nominal. Sales OF
red winters transpted nt.tda0; spring extras at
ta2,ze&1a; anu spring supernnes at A2a~%6o
We 1uosc the following sales: Red Winter Extras
800 bris ".Acnc At $3.50; go hrls, brand given.
on y. t Spring E1tr4s-l6o brls "MonteaEe" ut
sA1a: 100 hr's "vcrmIlEon' at as; sl3 btis,
brands gtrcn, on private terms; 100 hrts not
named Mt tsss leo hfls do At s6sa; e5l hsIs TO al
y.o0: . bsls DO Al saw; 100 bIs do at sao); LID
l,fs do at S.A2a Spring Su pcg1aes-so1 htls not
rAel at Il g.: 20 h1.s do 1t 3A25; 100 hrls do nj
sL19K. Rye ElouT-25 brls at e6ea, Total, 1915
brs, ..
Whea, WAS a shade easier, and quite dull. as re-
EaE,ls the aggregate Of tfansaeEo1A, thouga the
market WAS one Of considerable animation ali
through The session. There WAS even less than
usual doing In spot wheat owing to tha scarcity Of
money. and operators lell hack On options, which
can te settled on payment Of differences. THERE'S
more willingness 10 buy than for few days past,
| and therr IS q fair Eastern demand from the
1nll]crs for No. spring. but the money Is lacking.
| No preparations have yet teen male for shipment
hy lake, and The requirement for car
tion OF m carly euppiy BY water,
and at less rates than pr rail-
.ul No spring was higher In consequence Of
the increasing demand at sL1a s1.1S, according to
date Of receipt and location No. and re-
| 1tcted were scarce On the Open Doafd
the market was quiet and weak as
t1,o640 l.0e.t:. closlng with sellers at the
&ns,de- On Change 1t opened quier nt si.od for
No spring, being 1s@kc lower than the closing
Price Of yesterday, and rule,i moderately stesdy
but quiet during The morning hour at y. .easl.otk,
with more doing In ae.et last half 1t 4L09; then
impn,ved to the &c with grrater ACTIVITY! but de-
elncd TO S1.O6 soon afterwards hen became dtmer,
md closed STEADY at t1.e64zlo6h. Sales were
made Of aeoo bu strictly fresh No. l spring Il
sl.1sx o1o In do at st1s so1 hu DO a. tl17 100
bu DO at sL1G; sol bu DO 1t fila; 900 ba e.uar
at s1.l4; e,4o0 hu stsic.1s. fresh No 2s1nnT at
e.e; 40 bu do a sl.es; IL eco ba do regular At
slct.H; 1t,oso bu do as 8losss; $1,000 bu do II
$,.bGA: 5000 tn do 1t tl.oea; $4,000 hu
do At tl-os: 4o0 bu rejected spring al t1.0s:
40 bu do At 81 0a $40 bu teecsed do 1t &c; 800 bu
do at p4c; 80 bu ty sample ut 31,1G Total. le,9o
bu- Seller next week sold 1t st.ot1s11.o7; buyer
! first half nj ,el.Ge1G1o7k; seller last half II
+ sles1 ~. % buyer the foath and seller May It
311H43il1 and seller May anb June At 81. H. 800
! bn arrived here to-t1ay from shct'oygau-
/ Corn was very qnlet-almost Ifeesa The nfst
| arrivals BY canal for the season were reported to-
daJ In the shape OF about 900 b. and the fact
/ made operzto7s very "skeery, though prices Nere
| trm In sympathy with New York. Thern we're no
oy,lcrs to buy fos shipment; in fact money was re~
! ,9x-s4 fhrSn
! chase for that purpose, and few cared to bus to
hold In view Of the avalanche Of cora expected per
| canal within the pcxt week But holders were
! urm, believing that there Will be a gooi demand
| for The property, While there MAS not much, fels-
lively, on the market, ns considerable proportion
Of the canal receipts were not consigned to CON-
mission men The slippers lost 20 much Last year
that they can scarcely he blamed IT they a1c cau-
uous now, and the indications arc that much less
business Will lie done this year thsn twelve months
ago unless there Il w1drr margin Of prodt BE-
tween the PRICES At Chicago and New York. The
present difference promises no profit, unlle slight
! change before the detlscry Of tho caEgoes might
| r,snit IN heavy loss SO far good proportion Of
| the corn received BY canal Ia inspecting - No l.
On the Open Boazd The market Was Inactive. On
| Chausc Is opened no1iInAl at sac foK regular new
"a shade better than at the elose yesterday--but
with not q single sale till about noon, buyers aud
| seneta being about equally umorous; then arst
| sales wcse ula,2e Al s!Hc, and the market soou
| weakened 10 S2lc, there being free Eel!erA 1suy-
e!s then withArrw, and tho trade was restricted to
fresh receipts In oas lots The market closed Iuu
IT hs4oa4c. Sales were nade Of II, so bo str'cs15
fresh new at a+ac; 4ooo bu do 1t titsc; 6,hh bu
do al t4c; TO- +1t IN new regular Ut otc; sAose bu
Do NJ ssAc; .,aO bu DO at saac; laos1 ba do nj
.ss; s,soo bu no gra.1e II s:ke: 1870 HI do nj
e2Lc: 1000 pu do II &C; 1o,Ns1 BIZ regular No
1t &C. Total $50 tu No sold =! ttHsSsc
tclItr Inst taI; and s.Hc seller May. No at
b,%c seller last hail, and the same foT seller NA!
New sold ii II w Asc seller last hAtt Of April
| Cats were dull and easier, hcycFa being TcrJ
scarct. though the reported shipments you'd seen,
t3 indicate a better demand for the aslcs. But
New York WIS quoted weak throughout and The
buy1ng had little money to spare. while s2ecula-
ton IS cuf down b. the ttspfuportouaie high Price
Of GAIA a. compared With wheat and eo.a- Fur
eha.es were principally confined to caf lotA On
the Uptn Eoa1a the market was .1acS'e Ga
Change It opened 9oiet AID dull a the closing
n1cea Of Yesterday nt - e5a4e for ro2ni lots reg
plsr. With car lots do selling II s2lc- By noon Lie
mari r., had declined 10 &C. ana wAs inactive, Clos
Ing wiit sellers It a1Ac. sates wcge ma IL Of 6oo
bu strictly fresh n 81 4c: ,a00 eo do II &c; IL
tu regular At ha%c; Il. coo bu do a. 52tc: 1a,oA
bu do Ut sc; hao hu do 1t size: IL oo1 bu d. At
aILc; 500 tn do at 81 kc:t ba rejected II sic !;
co. bu do At SOC; SO bu rrE1laz do 1t 49, Total,
~, ,s0a bu. Seller last half sold At o4KaAHc; buyer
frst half at naasekc; seller Nay at IS 2SHe. Aod
buyer MAJ at SC.
Rys was qule. nud unchanged. the m1skcs clns-
Ing at Sl.1aeL15x for n.sala. No l. Sales werc
made Of l,au nu regu.as No. At SL1s: so bp do
At sl.13E; %, nu do al $l.ls; 4ao bu fresh No :
ai sl.1xE; 400 bu do II 511A; toj eu b. sample >:
s1-lsS+ Total S6tN bu- 4 la.Ec proportion Of
the rye reported as shipped from Chicago enes
Straight through per esr, without balm. placed On
our market
! barley wAs a lt:le more active, b1t very Hregu-
lar, and scarcely quot2lfc, closing nominal at the
wide range presented IN the sa1es which we're:
1snh hi No Al ste1; 40 ha do .: si:3: SD bu do
=: 3l.b4: saa bu do II 5la4: +oo b1 BY sample at
tl.sa; +eo bn do n s1.7aN. Tota,7 A,ovJ ba Re-
tected WA nominal II Sl.4o.
Their WIZ better demand foG Timothy, and .
higher range Of prices prevailed, Estcs being made
At E2sAsAs; clover sold n $3.50; and na1 1t as
no inquiry for nueHwneat
The following WIS offered b. culbestsoa Bals
as IN amendment to the lnzpecsioa rules, 70 be
actcd upon next Monday:
"on ssles Of buls meats for future delivery. II.