, 1870-02-25

There Maa tAr altsnda AGO on Change today,
And quiet sat Of markets, with decline es'ab-
llsbed IN mort departments OF trade; y.r tue
markets generally clnsa dSn.
HlRhu1nes were drm nt yesterdays outside
quotations, under news Of strength IN Cincinnati
and New York. The market closed steaoy. ea,es
weIe: 70 brls at 93Hc; IS brls iron bound at 93Xe:
Al d 80 b1la do At oic- The offerings were light
Dressed hogs were hgan In moderate dtnsud,
md prices ruled nrm. We note Ba!es at a range
Of s1os7K@1o.bo for rEat; slat2xslo,9o Tor
heavy; clos'us at slo.5a,3Io.73 10. goo1 lots.
Railroad rates hare been reduced 1Oc On nour
and &c On fourth clsss and grain to the seaboa.d
cislee.
Prov.s'ona we1e dnll aud very weak. particularly
on pork and lard, which were reported on IN few
York, Whfle the dacltae ia gold operated very
bearshly on lard, which Ia largely sold for export
Meath were steady and quiet, with an easler leel-
ing, buyers Offering Ac less than yesterday; hold
e15 we're not pressing, Us Afocka On baud are light
particularly Of iuu cured lots, the srocks OF which
are nest5 s11Esnsted.s 1aSe na1k opened At t77.oo
buyer March, with cash lots nominal i. eeNs9;
soon declined TO tehy5. with free Eellera, b..
lcg &c lower than yesterday. Lard showed
. decitue OF &c per y. Tbs follos1ng
xere ,sss closing quotations: Mess pork, $50 lsx;
do seller uasca =. ssdoo:do buyer Hsr,ala:
adeax; lard as14Ac; green han. al lssi dty
salted shooldes8 al 1oc; do rough Sides 81 17;x9
121tc; do enozt rtos 1t isAc; eoxed ahuxt r.oE 1t
lac: boxed Cameerlands at 1870: bu1ed short
c'ea1 A. lk4@l<.fc; axeet picked hams At 1s9@
1oc; Ettascs 79:sHc; city tal1ow at ok9oxc:
Mess beef al 3l1oo31209; extra mess do At slaoo
@1Ao0s mes, ordinary, {pork3 At Ss5.50a2a0O.
saies were reported OF go hrls ness At s.s.oo,
buyes March; 900 hrs do at tas.s5: 600 bels do
buJer April At s27.oo; $40 hElS safler March
at ssa25; GOO brls d. at ss6oo; 1.03o htls At
sedsa cash: 1000 or,s 1t 1aB cash; 800 br,s
do On private terms; 10 bfla mess ordinary At
s36eo; p tcs lard at 14Hc; 100 tea do at 14c 100
tcs do At 14Ac; 100 tea do seller March At 144c;
lot tcs loose lt1d At 14e: 100 tc5 kettled &: o
tcs No. AZ 13xc: :. .oeo pcs Rre.n ham, At 1a<c:
1900 - do td1eased hos.) At 1s4c; $50 scs swee:
picked haus At 14Ac; to,019 Ms anort Tbs at
1aKc: ~, 900 ~ DO al lstc; $4,000 n, do seller
last inkf Of April at lac; 150, 600 Ds do buyer
Mtrch ut 14c; 2o,9o0 nj rough dtde9 {ne1vy) at
lsc; S brs ptzs' tongaas at ia oo Is tel sheepI
hans At &thao; IS pkss yellow grease II sAc;
t1nAu sAles Of ta1oE At a92Xc.
The general features Of the nartes for iou. re-
mstn About the same az on yesterday. Winter
extras ars tmpro1,ug ia demand, and prtoes ar
fully sustained. Choice grades Of Spring extrHs
and Supela1ea are Jet In light B1ppy, and In
few tnat2cces higher prices were realized. Rye
and bockTheas nour continues In light rcque4t At
fo1met quotattonA Sales 70 day iuctude the TO-
loving: White Winter E1tr1s-5o0 b.ls brands
given On p. + Red wluter E1tTas-1oo brls
not named at t19a Spring Exras--aoo hrls "5nr
and Crescent" 1t AI5; 20 brls HWrtgnta" At
$40; 500 btll Desnto ''ss e 70; 800 b,ls brAnfs
gwen on p. t 10oe-ls not named at $Aqs; 100
nrs CO At &4 1a; 1eo nr!s do At $500: go brls do
at SASS; 800 btlA do at S7.p14 Unsound Spring
E11ras-4oo or.s nok uamed AZ sa.ssk: 80 oris DO
At last; 100 h.ts do q. $40. Spring 8apernnes--
ees bis Florence " at sa-eos 100 brls not nsred
st Il e.: co nrlA do at - 20; - br1 do at Is 10.
To.n', s,1es nra.
Wheat was quset, and 1c lower, o7tug 70 quoted
dccrne n Lterpcol, reported dufEesg IN NcF
foIt. ard luttoes downward movement n gotd.
Tho nA-ket, however, ru'ed steady. a. holders
were rot specially weak, Though buyera took hold
very cautiously, Rotcp fol ther drop In the
gold premium Tie purchasing xas ali dsne BY
the abort iois!ust. Il any oi whom seized the op-
por,uniy 70 MI N. VERY few casa ssles OF No. 3
were reported, aud the transactions ia other
grades were less than usual, The minera and dis-
ulers w!lndrAwins. The market opened It so4c,
decsed to sc, Improved back TO s,1c, and
closed II so49so,:c. though New
York wal Announced very we21
II the c'osr. S1lel were reported Of
500 b1 No. spr,ug Al s'1kc; SO ba do II e7o:
1890 pu do 1t s6Sc; 500 ba No. 2 At s,xc; $3.50
bu DO At soac; s. so bu do 1t so4c; 1900 ou do
At se,,c; sos ha No a. Ike; 5000 nu do It
axe; $500 ru DO 1t 7a4c; 5000 bu do At 73c:
100 hu rejected at Co.: 1900 pu DO at s3Sc; 7<e0
tu do at &c To:s1, 11s, 100 bn. Options IN No,
spnnK ranged on the Open Boatd q, sa.s9slc
seller AAroo. and s0A2sohc for Rame option On
Change.
tailel. while March lots sod down t. the price OF
casn dehveEtes. Tne naeket opened as ss4e, AL
closed tsner as e0kc. New vss IN soue demand.
ard no de.s. being 1fna, were abe to counaod An
Advance Of nc. I he market opa1ed a. 6ac Aud
closed 1fp At the sane qoossuon. No geade Wiz
scarce ard II far request from dstll'er., With one
OF two shipping orders, while offerings were e1.
etthl1elJ light; 1t coaed urm II s7.. Sa!ea we're
reported Of !, 10 bn No 1t saH:; IL 40 hu do 1t
exc; 800 oo new At sc; 1000 tu d. At &c; 1000
ou 20 grade At 81; 500 oo do ss Sic; i,sa bu do
ss eoc 500 ou do Il &c: 400 ba 5eoH c2r ca1n q
SIC; 100 ou white % It CSC, batn On r1cs Tu'a,
$500 bu. Seller March sold at 4 range Of e94(9
faase, coatrR II s9ac.
Oa.s veIe dan tnh x c lo*eE. though SeT York
was reposted nrm. Teern has been yess little do
nand lor casA lots for ZONE tna past, sad the
thipEents Iessefday rel 70 zs1o. Hence the ad-
vantage Il With buyers There vas but lis:e
u c1ah to-ds5, tho chief trading b=fEE fos Apru
deuEe'J. with decided preferences fol tho last
naf OF that Month. The market opened 3: ssAc
Al d closed 1t The ZANE figure. Sfes wsse reported
OF a,fO' IN No 2 1t a7Ac; 500 b7 do at 55ke;
~ ou do n ssAc; a60 bu rejecsed.ss sc. Total,
s',6oo BE- Seller the mouth sold =: sS4c; seller
Aatch ii ss4c; seller April ~ sc; eeer last hatf
& April At &i.c; b7Ier lat. ha'' ol April At 4sc
AID ouyer Aarch It s9Ac.
Rye HAS refy qatet q yeStcrdsy's prices, closing
stesdy- Sales we're: 800 bu No 2 at 6sKc; SO bo
90 II &C. Tolst, !, ,eDc nu.
Ra,1eJ was dul1 but nomiragy u.chSagsd At
ss3'3c for No. 3; s6,94oc tar No 3; aod sa3ssc
fer rejected Sales were: 400 bo No. ~ sSc; 100
op n eec.ed Af ssc; 400 pu Canada II LILO: &o on
Xrnpesosa At 3lto; 4eo ha 60 al s7Ae; 400 bo do
Il *, al On tfAc1. Total Seo bc.
| SEEDS wire quiet, with ea'es OF rsx !. 51o5t9
a65; clover It Is oaas.T5t and timothy at t5. 6h3
| Aea
Rapssels c.rcu'sr (Nous1e41, c. Wy slves tn
following table, showing the n!Rtes. lozess, aan
ass1sge price OF EDslsh Wheat frp1 os1c!k, TO
turns, 'cE twenty -IoQr years:
| Tear Etahest, fpKe4x ArsTpot