, 1870-03-31

closed With buyers At 97c for ison-bound lots.
Provisions were quiet but ffzner Mess pork
was Csc per bri better, having recovered from
the depression. Of Yesterday, produced by ap-
Esehsnaons y o. ~ rsef anPp1 now tbs. 81
We may add that al the pork objected 10 has
been accepted, and tho difficulty Is over. L,rd
was lllc better, and held very firmly. with no
offerings OF round lots at any price. Meats
we're IN lighter re1ucs., but strong 1t previous
rough eides At l2l3c abort ri.,s at 13l. l3:3c;
short clear At lie sweet picked hams .. 1{0
144tc- Ness pork closed Hteady al la5. 1910
?S.G0i do buyer April, 5a6. 0{aat.7s; mess or
din5ry. S25.256a45,50. Lard 14lfc- GreAses,
1@l1c: city tallow, 9'aa.4c. Sales were maie
Of 80 bElr mess ii =26. IS: 400 hr,s It $4,000;
SEQ hrls at 526.75; 1000 hrls buyer April At
go. IS; 500 br!s seller April At 5.G.25: 100 tcs
lard at l4tsc; 400 tcs, at St. Louis. 1T lie;
$1,000 tl'a shoulders 1T 9i<c: 40 loxes do at
SIC; 10000 lts rough sides at 12ifc; 2n,0t0
hs short E',s a Is &c, 20:tto Tbs short clear
ut lie: 0,000 fhs do at 13s &C: 262 tcs aweet
picked hams, country. 1t l3sic; 10000 tbs
short clear bacon, in gunnies. st 15ltt; 5000
Ms baceu shoulders at lie; 1900 Tbs bacon
hams at lee; . .tls country tallaw at sac; II
pkgs white grease At 10ilxc-
A fair business was transacted in the market
for four, the demand, as On the three days pre-
cedhe. being for low grades Of srring extras,
Which sold quite rcadily at former 1uota-
tiona. The stotks Of spring super
hncs are Light, and under an i'm
proved inquiry firm feeling prevalcs the
mazken. Tue upper grades-white aud red
winters--ars not inquired for to any great e1-
tent At the present time, get holders arc not
disposed to grant concessions in order TO in
duce sales, Transactions include the follow
ing: White Winter E1tras-300 hrls, brands
given, on private terms; 20 1Ils: not named.
q s6.25, Spring E1t1as2oo brl4 Star and
Crescent at e4.15; 800 brls, brands given, on
terms not made known; $50 hris moi nAmcl
at 500; 3o0 Iris .lo at $3.50: 200 hrls do nj
$40; 100 lrls do at S3.5O. Cnsounl Spring
Extra-100 brla not nsmed ut s3.lh. 253 hrls
do at $a.3a. Spring sureranc---loo brls not
named At 1890. Gnso,l,d Grnlcs4s hrls At
22.N. TotAi 5000 brls.
Wheat was steady at yesterdays svcEase OF
Trices, and rather active, though sith less
tloiug than yesterday. Tho drop Of tho after
noon, to f5c, WAS recovered from this morn
lug, New York heine quoted hctsor, and though
Liverpool wa. reported Id oiY, this was COM
rensasel BY al advarcc in Eoll lseccipts
were light, causing scarcity Of frcsl, Offer
mgr. and quiet market for outside grAdsr.
though the shipping demand was fair. The
dealings i'll No. spring vese principally spec
nlati,e, and for May. The market or"net at
i51sc for regular No. ., declined to 75*ss: aai
closed steady at 7534c- Sales ware male Of
500 bu No. spring at Sic: 500 bu No.
spring At 75c; l.G0O bu do 1t 77ssic; 800 bu do
at T7ll4c; 1000 hu do At IKE; 1,+po bu do a,
IGc; L, ,00o bu do at 75sszzc: IS, 600 bn do II
75I;c; q, coo In do At 75nlc; 400 bu N. s
spring At 72..tc; 400 hu do al 7a,!! e; 1880 ba
rejected spring at 67c; 1,eoo bn Do at 66,ie:
400 tu do at ef..; 400 hu 10 at 65I e. Total,
SCI 90 hn- Seller Apri! eold 1t 75t5M75 75,1c ;
and seller Nay at 80l11G80s<c
Com was very frn--lnitc buoyaut, under n
l:elt supply and dspccnlatirc demand. With
afair shipping inquiry. No. ? averaged 19l1tc
aaa ns5 eotps asa ss'1s1S sseS stto0s to 5S
Qniet and coresrondingly higher. at 75G7Gc.
Sc grade Was &c higher and wanted, closing at
1sis tG7;c. Numerous bets werc made to-day
that the crop Of 1869 Will sell up to 7l.0o, ana
tue speculatota are buying It up IS though
they expected it TO BE- ultimately worth its
| Weight in goll: ISLES to-day zero: 10000 bu
do at 7G11zzc; 5000 bu DO 1T &c; 1000 In new
At &c; i,6Fo bu Go ut 75,.c: 1900 IN do at
| ;sc; $500 bu no grade at 53c; 1,G1l bu do at
/! &c. Total, 40, e0obu. No. sol1 at 7Ga07Gsic
seller April, and IS, tttaso,' e seller May.
Oats were firm and &c better under good
inquiry FROM the rhort interest, With some
! shippiug demand, ulilo New York Was also
! quoted nrn. The market onened at 37554c. al-
vanceta TO ;;ssc. and closed Ar1n a: eaGas1zc.
ssles were made OF ! $40 bu frcah receipts at
| ss2tct GoO hu at 3os tc: II, 500 bu at 33iic :
l5,c01 bu At asf e; So 200 bu at Sc; 1000 bl
\ at 1IAc. Total, "a, 400 bu. Seller April sold
At w g 3se; seller 1T half do at 41c; aud
nye Was very arm, but quiet, the offerings
s'eing light. and transactions wcrc confined to
regular, there being nj strictly fresh receipts
on the market Sales we're: 100 bu No. At
Gac; and 500 bu do st 6s'fc. Rejected was
nominal at 62@6tc.
Barley WAS moderately active On sample lots,
Gt NfpyiHf1& Nfirea CtnNl 1ota
sQ@ Sc for No. 2; 37fG40c for No. 8: and 500
SIC for rejected Sale: we're: /. 70O In Canala
on private terms; S0a lu do Il S1.Ol; 400 bu
Minnesota at So; 500 bu as 5Sc; s00 bu Iowa
/ ut i5e: 400 bu 10 at 43c. Total. 200 hu.
Seeds were quiet, bat hrm at yester3ar's
rriccs, At 81 .4c for timothy; ss.s5@a7s
for clover; and s1.c0Gl.i0 for Hungarian,
| The demand was rather light
Now that :he pork difficulty ia settled, nc
suggest tie alvlsalility OF aboiuhiug some OF
the absurd regulations which appear to be in
s:stcd On eolelv in the interests Of srccs.lasors
il packed at other points, III all pointa equal 10
what i required by our rules. shall not be de-
| livesatle on contracts made here. Again,
there is no uee iu double weights. II barral
ct Ie7k in New York IL required to weigh but
enu he, barrel of Chicago pork ought to },e
:. .rcsular" Il il weigh the same; iu lie Latter
case the expense Of sspaekius would he saved
Oh the scaboard,
Mr. To+rntius &to~n,r;s4-.- b., ;.,,.a
o;ri.r n.it;.et. 80; w.. - :. 49,, , .ssuea
ia ss0a I4atls aeseolou ~ tne 1nles recently
adopted io1 The registration ot warehouse re-
ctiIts for Erail, and GiEe5 the following potiti-
CATIONS:
aThc ot1cc n 1nsnect,on Bec;s,ra- vii IN orcn
on on| ,1tor .t ~ eun - ~ " olNH
ctlintlou Of warehousr rrcrints ft,r rrsjn
Receipts dated April :, and subsequently. witt
r. nc received ios registration 1t anJ time during the
pc.4,,., .,,,s ,-o,+,,,. - ,,, ~,
criye. iot rrs1strss;ou from atosn IN m :" "
Cniectnr MI a,nI.s Ta.a;ye - oriar. - r,n-