, 1869-04-11

OF the nbore liberal shipments OF PORK 1853 bris
were MeAs-and Of these, :, SSt went to New Or |
leans and other points IN Louisiana o! the middes
rs bo1es and Of the shoulders SIT bo1es Tete for
liverpool
meeting Of the PORT packers' Association was
held on Thur1day last, At which q resolution was
adopted condemnlng tho practice Of milking Watef
md other substances with lard ~ inju1ols to the
character Of the provision trade Of Chicago. The
standard or coope1age Wa also changed, to take
effect n the commencement Of tho next packing
season: BArrels to b - incnes long, and tie.ces
TO be 81 inchea on the head.
The volume Of business transacted IN the mar
ket for nour today WIS only Of 4 laif character.
BuJe,s Here IN light attendance, and their pur-
thases were condned to supplying immediate md
pressing Hants Prices, however, underwent no
material change, and the prevailing feeling was
one OF drnness- Afew lots Of white Western ex-
tTas cnAnFrd hantts ut prices ranging as q +N3
$50; reti winter e1tras al s&7o; spring extras ut
fAsI,h@c 100; sprtr3 supernnes Al stooaA LIS. and
fJc nour At tA2a.S611. No movement In
buckHheat nou1, and quotations were en-
irelJ nominal Sales include the following:
White Winter Extr1s- 20 hris :" Peoples Palmyra"
As $50; 80 bril- not named at to.<a Red Winter
E1tra-ls0 brls not named At $6.15. Spring Ex-
tas-soo hris not named 1t 500; so brls do 1t
$50; % hris do 1t $3.50; 100 b1is do Al $4s.S; o
pfts. brands given, on pEtvate terms, Spring Su-
EGlA4]tla-41O ~ - AO& AA4uGA - $At21 4uV uQ
At - 60; go b1ls do as ts5>: 100 bris do 1t &loo
Rye Four-as bEis "Iloektont NJ $3.50; 70 hris
"Delois City At $6.3a TotA 1875 brt4.
Wheat VIZ casief and comparatively q1tet
There wAs fair dcma1d early, and pr;cea were
lower owing to the character Of the New ToEk AL
vtces but the demand WAS soon sattsnet, and then
the market droopel under competitive offerings
nom holdcra, being weaker oa SPOT grain than On
options No. spring was in fair demand, md
ruled nr.u under Light supply. No. aud reject
Cd were both very qu&et and really Gun.
On tho Open Board the mstket was quiet II
$loet61osA for No spring, closing 1t the IN
dde- On Change It opened quiet at fLosk3L
lower than at the close yesterday, and then took
On Weak phase, declining 10 t1o1z By noon, but
Improving back TO sLos, and closed weaker at
t101A9L06. Sales were made Of l9oo ou 40 !
spring. strictly fresh. 1t ills: 900 bu Do II 17x:
1.s1o na regular do at sl.15; 1aoo bu do II SL1th
~ bu strictly fresh No. tpr1uZ At ttlex; 1,soo
BIT do At 3110t; $500 bu do It q. 10; 1900 bu
reguar do as Il osK; ooo bo DO 1t SLo5S 1Aooo
bu do II $losx; $4,000 ou do at s1o5; 90 bu do
II $-os@s; 2s,ooo bn DO II sLosk; 100 b1 No
spring At 9LDs 1900 bu do II t1.o3 <oo b0 rejected
spring a. ssc. Iotal. ~, 800 ou~ Buyer the nrst
nal sold At t1. 0s9L0S; seller takt half at 9l-1a3
L1ok; teller Nay II $1u49llstt; Rnd buyer
Msy at tLI49lt4N.
Corn xas dull md SLOW Of sale The arrivals
were very liberal, and orders to buy we're few, Jet
to1ders preserved their nImncss admirably. No
one doubts that corn ts verJ low, but 1t IS also
| apparent that Il We consinnt To receive qu1rtar
Of r1ItEon bushels per day, without any demand.
pHees will dag, md nay decline again 10 the
bali dollar on new. Holders were expecting N
| attendance Of tuyerz today, but we're dlsap-
pointed, and though they held od In hopes that tue
| bcg.nntng Of the week WIN bring grester
activity, theEe were ret few VINO were willing 10
| sell AZ decline. The moyemcu: East in car sots
naa been liberal for seEerA days past, but some Of
| that hss been cone 'stttout sale In the Chicago
| market 1tts noticeable that the proportion or
No corn In the canal a17ra,s Is taus far g.eater
tnau had been anticipated Tue amount Of corn
IN store n this city ia now about = 40, 100 ba.
| On The Open Boaru the p1a1ket WAS inacttve On
Change II opened quiet at the closing prices Of
JesterdaJ, at Sc for new, and &C bid for No l,
seon improving to the position Of hqyeE1 It Sc,
bot weakened By noon and was dnll as that quota-
ton. closing weak Al os19afc SALES we're
| made of 40 bu No, 9 st &c; 80 bQ
rejected Al &c; $3.50 bu do II s44c;
so nu do II e4fe; 100 bu do At sc 500 bu new,
strictly fEeah, NJ cahc; 800 ba DO as 5Skc; $3.50
| bu do as sc: 500 bu do at atc: 1,en0 bu do 1t
ssAc; 500 bo do as &c: 3, 40 bu regular new At
asfc; q, 500 hu do at exc; u coo bu do It SC;
1aooo oo do 1t a9xc; 500 bu do At asHc; 500 hu
ftsah no grade II SIC; !, 800 bu No. zdoat on p
t; 600 bn rejected ahost, at oaXc- Total, 1ss 900
No. sold It Gs63xc, Be1let iasr ha1t Of Aprt and
DC seller Nay; No. At 65kc seller Nay, and
a@Ho buyer Asy. New II 1a35sxo seller Last hslf,
| and oS4c buyer the month.
0ats were quiet and unchanged There was but
litt1e dcu.nd, thoEgh the ahlptuen:s br rau alp
again increasing, as shuNn On tho bulletin, and
railroad men reported 8 further inquiry for ca.s
The dulnes Of the market tor some time oaxt
with the sppsrnt acslEity In shipment, u e1p1tn-
I able BY the tact that most OF the oass reported
I rt.tr, $&a k.-