, 1869-05-12

A0fy oetuH luF E1I loss WHICH, lUNeFElI Ouly C0u-
mSnded about nc premium orcr seller The
month"; In place IF the cxtavagant margin Of s'tc,
Nhicn ruled for several days past through the
pressure for spot wheat 70 1u called options Tue
shippers were not extensively tn the MARKET ex-
ecpt for Nc, l. and hence the aggregate Of sales
was lsns, wh!1e seller May tthe only op.ion,, was
more quiet, In the absence Of speculative desre
to invest The Improvement La prices vas mainly
due to the Hore encouraging news from New YORK,
which, again, was more Influenced by the price Of
gold than hy any other cause; and there WAS much
css OF disresiton to sci, than yesterday Most OF
the purchases for shipment ars going by railroad
On the Upen Board the market WIS quiet Al 3l.llH
q LIZA seuc: the month. On Change 1t opened
nart, hut cs1u at sLI7S for spot No. spring, be-
Ing about Ike better than at the close ycsterlny,
and Euled steady at that price through tho morn-
Ing hour thea improved a Hc, bat soon fell back,
anil closed much nrmer, with b15crs at sllaE.
Sales were male Of :, ,60u bn No. spring at 5L1s;
Son hu do NJ S117X: 800 ou do ut sl.17; ~ b1 do
a: s1.l6A: 4p bu do II tl-l6; b01o bu No. spring
a.sLls1a; 1850 hn do at sl.13; 5000 bu do at
SLlq1s; 3, $40 eu do al tLlaA 800 pu No ssrring
at fl.u6 40 bu do At S102 6o bu no grade At sSc;
60o bu ny sample 1t sl.l1 Total, 7l,GN hu. he
Iecied WAS nominal At q losc. Scllcrj May sold
at fI1:4 4L1a,s; -seller May and June ut y ii :
Liz. Tue market has exhibited q good degree
OF Improvement In prices during the past weeE,
44k GAaEN uA N4Au14 kuS pA3k iNV 4A}As
Corn Was slow Of sale, the New York alvicca
naktuG buyers wary, while holders were yet 11n,
In anticipation Of rise after the eject OF the re-
cent vpluminous receipts hss exhausted Itself.
There were few shippers In the Market hut
principally for reiected-canM receipts OF Which
sold IN liberal quantity. Nos ani
were, however, moderately active In options.
New was especially dull--almost uusalnblc.
On the Open Board the market WAS quiet II SIC,
nnft ta fhA nj mt nm Nn Nh for< "a ntt
Change 1t opened strong and bnoyant with
hGyes Of No. At boe-the closing pr1ce OF yes
terdAy-but little better than nominal Til noon,
though nc more WIS paid for one or Two lots in
preferred houses After ne receipt Of New YORK
ndslces the market declined, but closed 1rmer at
ss.[@asHc for No, I, and o5kc for No. 2 Safes
were male Of l6 so hu No. 1t o9Kc; 10000 bu
do at o9Ac; a9,10O bu do at sc; $500 bu No No
At e5hc; 4oN bu do at ooHc; l,co0 bu do At Ss Aod
bu DO at 54hc: 800 bu do ut &C atloat; 1900 bu
do white al s1Lc anoat; s,51 bu canal No, In
storr at 3'c; $40 hu rejected It sic: 10 bu do at
o0..te; satO hn do at ooEc; a,eN.hu do at 53c !;
d,<0o bu DO At 49c: ,o0o bu {cholce) do Al 53Xc
anoat; =, ,o10 bu do at JIG aioat; s2,0j1 u 10 at
5'Hc anna:; h.0o hu do at &c ntioat; 5000 bu
new At t1sc; $40 bu do tcity> ut aSc; 400 bu no
grade at &sc 1890 bu lu at 4sc; SO bu car a eic
Total us 'e9 bu- No sold al - 3akc, seller the
month; o9E,at0Ec, buyer the month; and 4+s4
SIC, seller June. No, sold At slts4s.e seller
the month: AK95is.c, seller Last half, bsb;t1
Ht:c, seller June; and 1t SC, buyer tho monIh
The marke, has been dropping Tor nSe days pas.
and closes nearly at the inslte range OF the
week.
Oats we're moderately active, and a shade
nr1uer, undcr talr Inquiry for shipment, though
that being +oDn saushed The activity peas mt re-
tanned shInu9a the sesslon- On the Open Board
the market was Inactive. Tn Change It opened
quiet aud unchanged, with huyers u s1c, sales
f'cang Effected towards uoou At s1kc. The market
then declined TO opening quotations, and closed
easter at 81. sdiKc- Sales were m1te OF 36,9N bu
II e1kc: 1s,nD bu al sltc; s',i u bu a: Sic; AeDo
bu aoat At 6o@ 40 hu hJ SAN 2lcAt &c eAo ba tt-
1scted at soc; 80 bu do ii t8Ac: Gu bu do at
5sHe. TotAl, $1,000 bu- Seller the month sold II
60as@61Ic; buyer last half ns SIC: aud buye1 the
month II 6ba60kc, The market has been strouz
at CT. during the past week, but has been easier
for torr DAYS past A f.. . .c.crn. has been tateu
Sc saipmrn, II the decline. We note the pur.
chase Of s,,k'e bu on Monday for this purpose, not
reported in cur issue Of the next date Thor-h
the receipts sfe 1alr, the amount In sturr u
rapidly thinning down
Rye was more nctiye and steady III yesterday =
| prices, with fair inquiry, though No. 2 was =
shade weaker, being In greater supply, and the
marte1 closed II the range OF prices paid. Sales
| werc made os koO bu No at xLlsx; 500 bu do at
sils; l-aN bu DO At sL1ss: 5000 ou do =. Ills:
4o'' hu No, X fila; 1870 bu do \: SLisk; 500 tn
do Al s,1s: 90 bu do At sl-12X, Total, $50 ou.
Barley was little better t1au NOMINAL bur uru,
The only sales reported were Of 40 bu No. ut
sl.es, and - bags BY sample At slIa. The stock
! on hand Is very Light
sce,fs were Again dnll, but prices ruled steady
md unchanged We note saies Of Timothy At
$50, f.x At s23a and Hungarian II $1.la The
supply is equal To all requirements Of the trade.
/ A&{1yk 41Jn Mt