, 1872-11-16

and closed at so1@s1o. Seller the month sold
at 311z@31Xc, closing at s1Nc: Cash com
closed firm, with holders at 92c, and little Offer
ing. Rejected was in good denand, and q STRONG
at 29]4c. Cash sales we're reported Of q, 890 bu
No. at SIC; $1,000 bu do at 91Ye; IS, 400 By
DO at 31Mc; II, 400 bu rejected at 293ac. Iotal,
1b1, 800 bu.
Oats were less active, and somewhat easier,
especially on fresh receipts, which were Ao low-
er than yesterday, while options exhbited " nnt
than nominal at 21c; seller December quiet a.
22c; and seller January quoted at 22}5c. Fresh
receipts closed at 21115c. Cash sales we're re-
Ported Of seo ba No ct 2 23so9 hu 90 70
1870. Total, a, 300 bu.
Rye VAS in fair demand, and firm at the recent
advance, receipts being very Light. Wmeh 9i Keeps @
down the volume Of offerings. Cash sales we're
short receipts, at 51c. Seller. December Was
nominal at 5311c.
Barley was dall, and declined &c per bu. The
market was firm early, under demand
aof aoa ha lev rsnor car lots fqa for ants
line Of shorts out for, the first half Of the
month. But the demand was soon satisfied, and
then Tree sellers broke the market down from Gao
to &c, the market closing duh at the inside.
sold at 57@55c, closing at 5611@57c: No: 8
Cash sales we're reported Of II 400 bu No. 2 at
64c ;ss 6oo By do 1T t6s}zc; 8oobr doat 6se; .29o
bu do at 62Ac; 2, 400 bu NO. at SIC; 400 bu do
at Sic; 2o00 bu do at 5oHc; 1s, 400 bu do ut
Soc 1000 bu rejected at 39c; 1000 bu do at
$50; 300 bn do At s7}}ao; 1900 bu do at 36c; 300
bu BY sample at 8oc; 800 blu do at 75c, on track;
1,6o0 bu do at 70c, delivered. Total, $1,000 bu.
WHEAT IN CALIFORNIA
The San francisco Commercial Herald says:
Tho receipts Of wheat from tho interior begin.
ming to Tane; not that the supply IL exhausted in.
land, but tho Quantity exposed to the elements has
been measurahly conveyed to place Of safety, and
that the grain once housed and storage expenses IN
transport it to market until some additional induce
men is held out, sufficient to the increased ak
adjacent ] to tho tde-ssaters s. Of tic bay, iar and
near inland arc now filed with grain to rep1etion
Not little Of that warehouged las already been
and secured vessels needed for it's e.poration to tho
United Kingdom. We're it otherwise, there would soon
but this being the case prices only steadi1y main
tained-no material variation observable for seyeral
sre Res sn o ons
The very Limited demand for low graaes Of snperne %
ilIers purchase only the better grades OF wheat
those euited for the manufacture Of extra hourand
that chiefly for local use At this date tie China de-
export business in superne or hence It "a that cur
city mills less Idle, finding outlet for
extras.
TEE BOSTON FIRE.
The New York Journal Of Commerce says:
The effect Of the Boston fire the dry goods market
IN hs city Is not yet fuy devsloped Ihe
but careful estimates received to last evening place
the destruction Of wool at from to 600
ts, end 1t is said TINT between 5000 md 10000
balen Of fannels burned. The losses are about
equally divided among the manufacturing companies
and the jobbers The clothiers have suffered heavy
losses STOCK and the main reliance Of all will upon
the insurance companies.
ss 1a a 95sa n h the
RED their productions from the mills to their Boston
| agents for more satisfactory protection.
chants received kilograms from tho manufacturers
whom they represent to advance the prices OF wooens
Ro1 be
and the tendency is to an appreciation OF value tor
other leading makes. In some cases, agents mare
advanced the average prices OF h1nnes about cents
per yard, and Of blankets 50 cents per pair. There
seems to bo feeling that general advance will be
made in the prices Of a cotton and WooNen fabrics,
but II is too early yet for any uniform action In this
Sufficient time has now elapsed to get at some idea
Of The effect Of the destruction Of fhe shoe, hide
| and leather houses Of Boston,. It has been
ascsrtained thst not single whoeaae shoe &c OF Or
staoding When consider the vastness Of tho shoe
nnd leather interests Of the United sates and remem
iine In an3untiag to s4eo TO- 900 year, we may well
pause to eatimae tho consequences Of cleaning out
5seo 81 e aae into that
Boston is, essentially, the centre Of the boot
shoe, hide aud leather trade Of Ill New England,
anu Ii !1IBe ueeEte o"4tI ~ suo
which in New England turn out about 500, goo 900
worth Of product year. And the leather centre Just
burned out ia the centre Of Boston's interest in tho
whole business. The receipts OF hides IN New York
and Boston tor the past four years follows:
Ia6s. 1869. 1870 1871.
New York. 33l 9O2 2s79,074 s726,47o s,116,&oG
Boston........ $1,000 o15. 500 l2s9,so7 1,149,eos
The receipts Of leather for the year 1871 were: New
York 314 sides; Boston, Att C30 sides. Boston
shipped last year to points outside Of New England
| 1906, ,398 cases Of boots and shoe8.
| LATEST.
In the afternoon wheat was fairly active and
advanced &c. No. 2 spring sold at S1.03A@
1.0317 seller the month, and 81 51.034@1:04 seller
was moderately active, and steady at $3.50 seller
the month, and 31@S119c ael1er. December, the
latter closing at 31o. Other grain and provisions
we're neglected. One charter was taken for corn
| to Buffalo at &c.