, 1869-02-21

Tteft TM f3lk Attendance on Change to-day.
bnt Al e1cesively quiet set Of markets. Satus.
dsy ID generally quiet day, unless Il fall A. the
elose Ct nrst or lRat ha.f Of the month, To dsy
shera VA tho additional quiet n presented BY tue
fact Of . double holiday, Monday bstnz the snni~
wrsafJ Of lts birth OF Washington. SPIT buy.
sFs, therefore, cared Do to prrehtse to ho:d over
for three days. Instead Of ons, md the optic ms OF
feGer the north were generally coupl.d With the
pso'lsion "ai,er Monday" r1teea ve,e, how.
ever, generally steady, the decline In gold having
s'opped for The present, while ths re=sipts wt1o
a1io rer5 Light for the halliday reaaon. The msior-
lt1 OF The markets were nttio better than nominal
allthrouSh.
The Prtaidcnt announced ttA. thesa will be no
sesettn Of the hoard oI Monday, pursuant to \
vcte Of the board to that effect II IL expelled
the oper Board will also ad}onrn over.
Hi1hwtreo were morn active sud stronger, the
market rsnRrR fuy 1fe better On sales. sn1 e1os-
Ing With buyers 1t the oattlde prices paid d5ritR
the seselou- aA!es were usce Of no brls nee 1t 20
1goxe, p,icipallJ At tbs last named tgure:
Fr. rn!ors were dull and unml.takably lower.
Ness porS VIA early offered II <faeU, buyer the
nontc, and tina ma1ket was quoted - roEntnal At
ts:-o0o31.75 By oou Then the ylrwa OF holders
v. 1k1ned When Nov Scxk wa quoted OF, and
salts were made =, S1.ee5 rpot. The feeling Wis
s&ll weak, tut the Views Of rome holders. princl-
pa''y tho smaller oueH. declined 10 &sl.m.
at which price thesc wssa toma AAea
made. 1t then began 70 TO under
stocd tbst the pusehaee. was buying for sb,p aeat
and VIA willing to take Ill offered At the latter
pnce This put up the vIews Of holders, snd the
market closed hrret and steady, with buser At
S31.co. Sales wire made Of nr 1t $5t
tos tpot and buyer tho month, md Fa1o0 for
buter March and eeEer April. Run3s
brought {c6.2S for county lot LAtd
WIS very weak In consequence OF ldvlees OF Cd
decline In Liverpool. Sales vsra uads Of about
40 tics 1t lske Tor spot In anaAll lots, md 1shc
ior seller March. AT The close lhere wera no
huyers, ard the market ruled dull and noalpn At
about 1shc. Shoulders aold down 70 nc for ono
lot, AID another Wss disposed Of 1t 13he buyer
March. A few Short Aiha ws1s Rold OF p.iTnta
nrHs-nomtnal a. 1SAl5Ac, Sweet Picklad
Hams were hrEn md nominal At 17As. oihe1
eats were not mentioned, but auppot ed to be :
Ae VT aker al around. Tailow wss 47tet 4 l.Ac-
Craze Wa. more active, but thu terms OF tAe
were Ent Ispurtsd.
phsHp.' Provision C1reuln NJ this weak h.s
the fcl oHlre remarks on the Cincinnati market,
they are qualsy applicable tese;
"Tke market fer Provisions during the week
pst> hat been in rather IN unEettsu cvtdiron
atd t1ices LAM s-ishtsy decllnsd all a:,ic>K :
| Tho ntlirG. ncweTer. with the strong nelde1B u
d.m i and ss.s ate s::r9 m.dc only y ssoae Na'
! ed eu0nz disposition On ia ppEt Of uan7 :,
seallze ii, % 1uRe pranfs. Tie no8 crop dosc no
| stove ttaklug ite weigh. into enf sfders,ior1 a
shost y Has expected, Jst It "a short enourh I,
mein'atn high prices ~ tts season, lad ihe BIOS
81 ,ie4 a.e ,bat We will have dac cnt.iotr. hi III
| uls.una:e!!;; !; ::.swtr n9ures,
| Dre'a. d Ross were dr!., aud .easn Soc lower. Al
l FL. .GGH.i3 Tor light, ard Ff9.noGbl3 10 Ia
| hsAy1. TITO market closed weak as I'll 61sa19 q
f4r fair Average tots. Irregular los v,rs unsala.
b., md The dtmand Was light Ill rou1d.
Tbs Daily ConMercia R.pott and RatkA r.
rdesr gives hs following tsble Of tas move rnt o,
p.oyls,pns tom the city sincs tbs LIT Of NoseH.
beY lx2t: