, 1870-04-04

The following were the cloeing prices on
lhcadstuffs to-day. and one year ago:
Flour, spz,ar eztr, 1sn a 9: ;s II As:'t ,ssa
Wheat. % NE "a srttas. r: :s,.,s IesSt1issx 8
Sssa: Ssss a.* 81 : & Z ;s E :5A :3A
nsf 1:si,s, r. Il a. : : : Z e. IL IL s1,s 8
The following grain has been received since
the titst Of the above tables was ma !e mp, st :
O'Clock this morning: cars wheat: cars
corn: cars oats; l car rye. Total, Is cars,
or 1000 bu.
day and modesate activity in the g1aia mzr-
kcts. with higher prices III round. though gold
was ''on, and New York WAS no hig ghcF c1-
cert on corr.
HiEhwines wetc strong, and 1c higher. salcs
market c1oeed With hrm holders \. $3.50 : LOO
for wood aud irnn bouui3 lots
tTos1sloue we're quiet, but firm 1t vester-
day prices. The market opened rather dn'l
on lard, with stronger feeling On the part ol
holders Of meats. but hofders Of lard would
not sell unct outside figures, aud buyers OF
shoulders would not Alvance their yiewa
There Was good deal Of discussion ahout the
stocks OF PROVISIONS NJ this point (repOYted il
crr irsue Of this morningl and il Vas thought
that the report is too Light for tha facts. es-
recaIy IN the casc Of Lard. The market closed
Fork. :sas.25: lard, l4:sc: bulk shoulders,
:lifc do rcugh sides, l2llec: do short 1ibs,
l3Ac;do short clear, 1aa.c: sEeet picked
bans. 1&.sGl4atc: mess ordinary. e25.259
25:N; gresses, 1@l1c: city talioW, 9t19Ac;
sales we're made Of 400 brls mess At S2,6.:1,5;
70 bsls do At so6 100; 900 urls do seller last hall
Of April at $50; 50 tce lard At l41ac: 100
bIis sweet picked hams At lie; LII, ,O00 me
shoulders at 9:se: 10000 ms do buyer first
: naM ~, at ySSAs;s hl1s piFs Tongues At $1,000;
hrs tallov It ss4c; ou do At s. Sc
IN rf
market to-day was light ene. md only fair
business Was transacted. The prices realized
hOHeTeE, were about the same - on the two
lays preceding, Several lote Of white winter
eat1s changed hands, brt the terms were not
made rnbic- Spring extras 7nged It a3.ss@
anes At SS-95taS.35, and buck~heat hous 1t
: 40. The following Transactions were re-
ported: White Winter Elt<zs-390 hris. brands
gwen, On P. I. Spring E1trss-500 brls Zig
[.o7f" at s4.75: 100 bgIs ;. 0riensal II a4.75;
o 5.s sE 9E,ods s53e9, % % ? = i d % HEls no,
spring ExhAs-l00 bzls- not named, At $500. |
SIling SupeIhnes-100 btls, not named, At
:3,S5; 100 bTls do st S3.o5. Buckwheat Flour
10 bEls At s7.0o. Total, 1850 brls.
!, Wheat was strong. and 1fc higher, though |
New iork was quoted dull The canse Of this |
lno.ualy is found in the fart that many opera-
orr Seem to have m1de up their minds that |
Eheat is lew enoneh, md oust advance, draw
ng the New York market up With it. There il
title demand for money outside Of grain, the I
IL, 900 will buy great deal more wheat than
VIC yea9 aso. Capitalists have been buying !
IN quietly for some time past, and holding
tight. fac: sprarcnt in the s.nalInese Of the
deliveries made yesterday and to-day on seller
april Confidence is increasing ..ona the buoy
lrcE in corn, which causes + better consanp- I
i've demand for wheat, md the 4ma1aness Of !
he reccipts. The mIket was, heace, rather
luet to-day, because the offerings
sGre email, and the short Interest
secame bomenhat alarmed It the scArrity.
hero arc now four kinds Of No spring
1hea. on the market; regular; / storage;
strictlr fresh receipts. ard April receipts, III
II which bring di1eseut p1ees-Ehs last