, 1870-03-21

ls7fci ~ tea country 1t 193<d; 100 tea sollor
rl. Ar1,i * .ls$o; 200 tes do e is1{oi 100 tea
sNoof ptckied hams 4 lie; 100 tea do (fron |
s5esara sesssa hsE' e = 1;s; ; . GO ~ q sassa LTD
fIst half April, At 1ac; COO boxes Cumbe1l.nds |
GuAc; ~ pkgs white grease At 101fo; Is
pkEs mixed grease It 7fc; 10000 16a city |
Tho stock OF nss. pork in Boston ia about
x ny VI bris; received to date, this year, about |
Flour continues in meag1e demand although
tno aggregate business vas considerably larger |
than On tnday- Prices, however, remain firm I
saa ns snou. sg.s s .'s ~ :. s nate sb LEX md
most sought to1, are II Light supply. Spring !
snpertneH ase dull and neg Elected. The follow |
ing sales wera repu1ted to-day: White Winter |
E3tras-10o lRls not named At S7.11H:. us
"ser and Crescent ase4.7s; 80 IDS ION.
entail" It si.75; 800 brls, brands given, on
te1ma not msde known; 40 brls not named at
s5.25; go h1ls Do 1T s40711; 800 br1s do at
named at $3.50. Total, 1,s75 tgis.
Wheat was dull and 5s@hc lower: The
York WAS IN similar condition, so that the
hIght advance in gold WAS more than counter
baiAnced Tho market uns, however, quite
lbcrauy at the decline. Very little eash wheat
| changed hands, there being no buyers except
| Tor a few email lots for shiP iPment The feeling
IL Wheat has been quite strong recently, par
met with in the spring, and partly because
wheat is now selling Al less pei pound than
| corr-au anomalous condition Of things
| which can scarcely continue much longer,
| However, this confidence seemed to be depart
ng to-day, as our prices are still about &c too
high to allow Of export to Europe, and the
EEelsh markets do not exhibit the
strength they were expected to
show at this seseou. Tho bear
element were free in their offers to bet, md
summer. Tho market opened 1t 7sc, being Nc
1owex tkan tho price At O'Clock yesterday,
rulf& u1eady till noon, improved Hc, and closed
at 4@fac. sales were made q soo bu Nc;
10. ? i T1te; ! 500 bu do It 774si !, 200 bu
do At Tic 500 tu do at 1870 Is 900 bu do
At f61<c; 81 000 bu do at 765zc; 81, 900 bu do
1t 761c 5000 ba do 1t 56}}se 16, 900 bu Do
At &c; 4oo hu No. st 70e !; 100 bn rejected ess
seler lhe month sold 4 7s@7s1e; buyer Tho
month, or seller April At 76A @76s4c; and oeller
1 May, Of buyer April, At Bo1S oslo,
Corn was finn and higher, under nevs Of
strength in prices in New York, aud the grow
article In the country, snd viii Ill be wanted
for seed. No. 2 WAS 1<c higher, closing firm ut
71k@72c for regular lots. New Was firm at
former outeide prices, closing At sc no g.ade
strong at 1s savsn9s On yestsraas p5'S;ss S.;aa
! In corn options, ouing to the fact TINT opera
to1s Rene1ally refused to sell short. March
corn Is much the dearest article IN tho board
to-day. Sales we're made Of BOO bu choice "
sample at 16c o. t; 900 bu No. a. r
, Loo bu new At 6Sc; 5000 bu do 1t SIC; soo
tn no grsdo At CSC; 1890 bn do It SIC; 400 bu
do at ss14e; 400 tu DO At 6ss; 500 hu DO oo st
s11<c; i,2oo bu do y stc 4oo bn do It t. eec
sess e sa xsS 81 sSrp soa 4 81 :? Tst sse
April 1t 72hc. Buyer March was nouinh y
Oats were strong and more active 1t IN ~
eIs8e advance Of Ac, New York being quotcs
highes:r The market opened At 3sX imRI9s R,9s,
were made Of Goo bu No. At 33Lc; 600 bn d.
at 38sxc; 1000 bu do At 373SSc; Is, coo bu do =
size; 10000 bu do at 57}5c; II, 900 bn % 4
s7Ee; 10000 bu do at SIC. Total, sS2co 20
0p.ons ontS Z s9 sso 5sossa sssss =. Api ssgss
seller last half of Apn1, and A@Aohc sene
Bye was dull, and prices wero nonainally ur
changed, No. WIS quoted Ut e4eStSs Z Z
cording to date Of receipts Sales II snc3nne ~ 81 u
Csc, 400 hu do 1t s45so- Total, e,sasJ Du. B.
iected wAa quoted at 60@61c.
Barley was more active for sample lots, b1
prices wero without quotablo change. sals
being made At range Of 45c@$1:1 rs
quality. Store lots we're inactive. Ttansa
tons include the following: 400 bu chois
Canada at &1.lb; Il 900 bu do at 81. 90; 800 (
- Minnesota at 75e; i90 bags Ut 7oc; 1888 do
20 Csc; 500 bu delivered at 43c. Total IL, 800 b
a. No: 2 WIS nominal at 5ot@s5; No. 1t 5000
~ and rejected at s0@3sc.
&: There was better demand for seeds, II
i: for timothy prices wero higher. Clover vi
lK also hrmer but unchanged i'll prices. 9th
X varieties were c..:ests c..::es 81 former prices. We no
sales at a range 1t S495G5,35 for timoth,
se4otaa, 60 Tor clover.
ely We have the authority Of Collector McLea
ns Of this pozt, in Saying that no material "a
,er ing will be effected in keeping the books c
tho new plan proposed BY tho department,
le, which no record VIII be kept OF our lake cor
~ rueEce. The only additional cost would oe
SET the larger quantity Of paper used, and this
20 surely vel5 snail consideration to induce T.
IS sweeping out OF existence Of the msans Of q
l7o tanning even approximate commerc1Al 61ac
4oa ! tics -.-..
o5A Inc proposal 10 1Q4Dl N1utUh4 E311Se 8
enri.f{nn arnonr the ranbers Of the Board
Ing TTaJe meets VIII raneraf favor. II is intep
* - =, ~ ~ ~;ad m n,s;thont eoat nnd vitho