, 1870-05-02

CHICAGO, April so.-The inquiry was measrc,
but rates were 1rm and unchanged: To BuGato-
W ssuEees Tseas and barley nc T. Kn
ton-Schr Perry Hannah, wheat At nc-
N1LwAUKER, April ss.-Grain freights aye quiet
Rates arc Nominal 1t &c for wheat per sail to But
talo and 12c to Oawego. Lumber ffetghts are quiet
but Shade nrnel, ne supply OF iambeT a. m
to Milwaukee, sso0@e e5 a' N arc the going rates,
the tnalde being generally accepted From Man
stss g % Y paid The Iates isoa keEaanese = = y y
From Oconto TO Milwaukee, 500 . N Is thc pre-
vaIling figure, and the schooner L B Shepard
has been chartered At the same for ten trips
RAcNK-Freights opened at Raeine at 5H@sc
to Buffalo, Lumber charters are held at $a~s59
TORONTO, April ea-Tne7e is a good demand for
veBsela, but quite enough OF thsn 70 meet It. The
opening Of tie canals. however, Is ltscly to ndacs
Amongst the vessels chartered have been the
schoo1e1s ". u. Foster, for Kingston. with car
With cargo of wheat at sXc. The Three Friends,
for game place. au1 with similar cargo at SIC.
The Eureka, for oswego, with q cargo Of PEAS at
for OsWego, With . Like cargo at s1c. The Smith
and Post, fer Chicago, With hurley at 4e Several
vessels have been chartered % take lumber to Os-
been chartered for Cleveland, and the Australian
for Buffalo, with cargoes OF pig iron at 81, gold,
coLiIsswoop, April sa-The ffeights between
this port and Fort William, are: For our, SOC per
br: pork sec per 100 rs; for pens, eoc per bags
metchandlsc sc per @ loe Il bGsfsr q evS ges lo hd
sx@ze 5; 5aali and steam to Buffalo, and L 70
nesoi inmber TO Buffalo, at ss.oo.-Biade. - =
CLEVELAND, April 2s.-But very Little business
WAS transacted yesterday on the doc6-hut lev
dull and unchanged. 4: G. Cleveland Mas chas-
tered for four carEoes Of iron ore nom Marquette
to Charlotte, at <+.sa4-He7aM-
DETROIT, April 23-The stmass meeting " OF YES
Eels has adjourned se lie, and there Is now bet
ter balance between demand and supply. StaVe
shippers are beginning to make some inquiry, and
Bufisio. For lumber f1um Bay CITY . Chicago,
sa.a5 Is offered, and from the same po1nt 70 ono
ports, . Is about The standard Iate: icons eonaas1 a
Detroit Is s. 70 Cleveland, s. 1sN@as IS has most.
eesn & Pa'ef fne 6e' foo%nR a1s reposs brs
| Cohen, hoops, Stevens Landing to OsWego. Fl On
The raii: Sow Gain, AZ lumbar "a AZ ,s sable h 70
Echr D. Ferguson, plaster, Alabaster to Cleve!aua
s1-eek per gross ton, a. b. The rate for Wheas
Buffalo y p51psshsF s s. fsto faf emana for
vessels, and the gloomy apprehensi0us on the part
Of owners are rapidly giving plsee e nops, @ and I'd
the demand exceeds the supply at a Is and prices
I have rather nar1ieniug tendency. The staTe
t1ae WIN have to remain quiet until ahont tie Eth
l
4 and the receiving Of slaves at present In Buffalo
| would therefore involve an expense foE exha exha
| handling. Shippers consequently prefer to wait
and run the rlsk OF an 0d1vance In lake freiGhta
Grain shipments from Toledo conttnue at 8 dead
lock, and vessels from :haf place aIe coming bach
In guest Of c0arse frefghts- We believe one caEyt
OF ccln Is all that has beer shipped from
that port thus far by rail- But this :ssart
Of lnlngs cannot lass long, and owner
oughs to regard themselves fortunate In be
Ing ahle 10 obtain coarze frcights Until the rusf
1 for grain ehipmcnts comes, As come II must- ~
| ECON rs farmers fnish their seetllng-which VII
I not be lone-the good promise Of the coming csoi
Will force them TO sell, and the farge STOCKS IT nov W
1 held by The elevators VIII move 3otWaru Ihete
| ts eyeFy Indication that June will be more lively
month for grain shipments than any correspond
| Ing period for many JeaTA The 5ehoonef p0rt
ind was taken Tor salt from East Saginaw to Chi
cago, at CSC, nlIing out at Bay City at &c ChAs
tiers: schr Miranda, foE lumber, ifom Mar!15slll 7
to Buffalo, at 4G0 on the rail; scnr II. W. f1oag
lumber, East Tavns to Chicago, $500 from dock
l schr Dolphin, dry lumber, Rtchmo1dville t
Cleveland, ts.s0 on the rail-Pbsk