, 1870-05-13

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Tho following grain has beer received ainca
7 O'Clock this morning: Ill cars wheat 1ia
cars and 3,G00 bu corn @ cars and 1000 bu
cats osts = esF1 1 ~ 1ye' car barley. Total 2'o
: Withdrawn yesterday for city consumption !:
$3.50 bu wheat; 1868 bu corn 5000 bu oats !;
392 bu rya o,oo0 bn barley.
There was fuii attendance on 'Change to-
day, but dull set OF markets, the tendency
l'ciug doHnwarls all round, except on oata and
barley. The markets generally closed dull.
Hfghwinca ware scarce, and inactive because
there we're none Offering. The market was
uomiraiiy " better, at s1.0S for Ton-bound
lots.
Lake freiEhts were more active, and a Shade
frmer. There is q fair supply, but owners arc
determined not to accept lower rates, and tLtee
vessels have becn Laid up in ordinary rather
than run at less. Six charters were effected
to-day at A114lc, sI&c aud sstc for wheat to Duf-
buffalo.
Provisions wero again inactive and m-
changed There is no apparent inquiry, but
holders seem conteuted to wait for demand.
and hsve no desire to break down tho market
" offerings OF property which il not wanted.
hsn Il ~ ve5y yg;ha aeuit e Eve correct quotations
ness mess pork i : @ Se tRaasn 2a1sS l'1as soe
quote it at 929 90. Lard was dull at l6@1G1ir.
hut souae quote it 1t 1Glzc- Bulk meats were
quoted at IL 154@117zzc for shoulders, l4s1c for
short ribs, and 164@151Sc for shozt clear.
Sweet picked hams are nominal at 15@16;4c,
aecordlng to quality llcases, 79@131IIc, and
city tsll6w at 9Ifc Sales were: leo bris mess
pork at e22.00 so brls do at 500 Is 10th heavy
overWeights !, 25 tcs lard at 1916; 10000 lbs
refuse short clear at 15c; 10000 lbs short
clear bacon at 11c, packed; CO packages yel-
low grease on private terms; 1870 packages
tallow at % for country and SIC for city.
The aggregate demand for dour was mode
rately large, and finn feeling was manifested,
although the majority of buyers refused to pay
pElcen current on the two or three days preced-
ipg; Transactions tIanspired at S7,25 for
white winters, a i0@5.75 for spring extras,
1856 Tor nnsound extras spring superflnes at
s3.60@3.90; unsound grades at $3.50, and
9i.oo for rye tlour.. We note the following
eales !: White Winter E1t1aa-i5 bris
" Pearl" at a7.25; 200 brls, brand
gl.tSa, % b1,B eSsto int ,cts." tsns ! m spFiRS
Iris a Oriental" at e5.25; 100 brls i Biz
Stone y ut s5.a5; 100 brls 'sNicolett County,
llinn.," at 95-25; 100 bt1B "Calamine' at
*5-e0; LOO brls not named at $500; 100 brls
do at $s.75: 500 brls do at $3.50; 100 bzls do
at S4.40; 300 brls on private terms. Unsouhd
Spring E5das.lo0 brs not named at 1885:
$500; 100 brls do at $3.50. Unsound
Spring Superfnes-1OD brls not named ut
2,925 brls.
Wheat was dull and irregular At yesterdays
inside prices, the average being 11S@3c lower.
GUS sellers bat Fezy few buyera Of my grade.
There Was, however, considerable activity in
options, with very variable demand, princi-
F2lly for June The feeling WAS quite weak
early, Milwaukee snd Buffalo being reported
easier, while Now York and Liverpool we're
%F,a onzy 1.,S..
New York vas Subsequently quoted inactive
aud easier. though with 30 decided decline.
The speculative spirit seemed inclined 10 rest
awhile after IN exhaustive activity OF two or
three weeks, during which nearIy all we're
buyers, and priees r1ahed upwards like lite
the Kite is jerking about itfully in mid-air, but
dropping little nearer to the ground With
each gyTation- The receipts we're rather
lighter to-day, and ths shipments,
both here aud at Milwaukee, unusually
liberal, considering the dulness in freights.
movement of grain It was simply battle be-
tween the longs and the shorts, both sides be-
ing largely composed of parties who had oper-
ated beyond their ability to sustain when the
market turned in direction contrary to what
they anticipated The market for cash opened
at 91a5ic; advanced to 373Sc; declined to $40,
and closed dull at that figure, Sales were re-
tn at S1.01; 5000 bu No. e91ipg 1rrsh re-
ceipts) at sS1fc; IL, GOO bu do az 93c 1O,O 600
bu DO at 9154c; IS, 460 bu do at o71So; 10000
tu DO at 9tSssc; 5000 bu do ut s7Ac 5000
Iu 10 ut 81 sc; 4, goo bn do ut $40 70, 600 ou
DO At 9G21c; Loco bn No. 8 spring at 91o;
2,se0 bu do at 901zc: 5000 bu % at 800 400
bu rejected spring 1t Sic $500 bu do ut BOc.
Total, 49,, ,2c6 bn. Seller the month sold at
31@973fc seller last half at 071(@9s14, and
seller June at 9S@9911c.
. Corn vas dull and l114c lower on No..2. tho
downward movement being in sympathy with
"heat, and from the same general causes, aid
Cd BY larger receipts, in which the proportion
Of No. 2 Was lees than nsu1l. Tho maket Has
forced down by pressure to sell for June,
the Impression being that prices viii droop next
month under freer receipts, the present high ]
prices being result Of the fact that the mat
Tue Nay deals arc settled the prop will be taken
from under, and the imposing structure 1ndv
sag. No. 2 opened at 9d1sc, advanced to 91c, l
declined to Soc, and closed dull at 89@891Sc.
Rejected was moro active at 25szc, decline, !
;;ossios ;hs a. a. see- No grade vas ec.ree,
I, ,oco bu No, at 905zc; $500 bu DO at soIc; !
1890 bu do at s1.; 900 bu do At s9ztc; 10000
ID do at 8o55zc; 500 bu rejected at Sic; o4,000 |
III do ut Sec; LOGO bu do ut 65c: 800 bu no |
sIaae at s4c; 400 bu do ut S3ct 800 bu do At
32c; 5000 bu rejected at 94c ahoat; 5000 bu
~ AL 9VEf 1soVu HA TclECl64 Y CHOW III 3OC1
~ board; 400 bn By sample 1t 89c Total, I
", 900 bu. Seller Hay sold at 891S@9o,sc;
seller last halt do st 901zz@9lc; and seller June
1t 8i@ssc, ~ closing st the inside. Car lots
:old lower than round lots, the latter being I
santed to fll options, while the shipping de-
nand was almost nothing.
; Oats we're moro active, aud firm at yester-
lays range Of prices, opening rather dull at
&c, advancing to SIC, when New York was
quoted strong, and closing rather easy at Sc.
There is still . long line of shorts out for this
month, though many Of them have been filed
It much higher figures than the selling price.
The shipments continue Light, and New York
stocks there. and our sho1t excitement in t{lis
market. Sales for cash were: $1,000 bu (pa1t
[resD At 53c; 5000 bu st 6251ko; 75,006 hu
part seller the month"; at d2ss1c; Il, 500 bu at
!, ,460 bu rejected at 4sc; i, zoo bu no erade st
Aas 6, 600 bu a{loat at $3.50. Total, 307, 400
bu. Soller tho month sold at 52@5ac; selar