, 1872-12-20

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tor short clear 814@s19c for long cut hams.
Mess beef, es,5o@3.00 extra mess do. 99.50@
1000 beef hams, $28.00@29.00. City tallow,
7]797Ac; grease 4uotab1e at 515@GAc. Sales
wore reported of 200 brls mess pork at $11.75 !;
mess porh at rs; $50 brls do at $1o.25 T. 400
tcs lard at To; G5 tea do (kettleD at TIC; 100
tcs do Qast evening" ut S7.1O; 900 tcs do seller
January at s7.06A; 1000 tcs do seller last half
January at $7.1215; 500 tcs do seller March at
$40; 150 000 lbs shoulders, seller February, at
sac; $4,000 lbs green do (cssh) at 3]o; 10000
TBS green short ribs at &c; 800 boxes light short
ribs at 5sIc; 20, 900 lbs long clear at $40; $50
boxes do at 5Ao; 900 Tbs green short clear at
$50, 1000 boxes long and short clear on private
tbs) at 7Ac; 10000 pcs aud ITO, 600 lhB do az
fbB) at To; 10000 lbs do Us 1bs) at 6c; 90, 600
ibs do (20 lbs) at &c; 80 tcs sweet picked hams
Us lbs) at SIC.
Flour was quiet, and may bo quoted easier,
views. Tho market has ruled so weak in New
York for several days past that several Eastern
orders have been withdrawn or tho brokers
notified Of reduction in the limit above which
they may not buy. Duckwheat flour was easier;
bran dull, and rather weak. Sales we're reported
Of 100 brls spring extras at $5.75; PIG brs do at
$500; 1,100 brls on private terms; 100 brls
Buperhnes at 9412115; 100 brls do at $500; SO
brls buckwheat at $500; 50 brls do at $7.s71zz.
Total, 1716 brls. Also, 10 tons bran at SILL On
track.
Wheat was firm and relatively steady at about
the same range Of prices as yesterday. The
market advanced early on the receipt Of news
that an ad vance in Liverpool had ensued owing
Europe. OF this tie private advices did not
speak, md some Of them were said to quote
Liverpool dull and dropping, which was deemed
probable when New York WAS subsequently, re-
ported to be lower. Then our market eased OF,
but could not be called weak. The fact ia that
there is good deal Of confidence in tho future
OF wheat, which may carry it, as in forner years,
considerably above the ruling price in Now York
minus the cost Of rail shipment. tlitl.er:
reduction in lake freights in the spring, giving
\ cost OF only 24@25o per bu transit to New
York; our market might bear a 10c advance
but, Of course, there is good deal Of uncer-
1ha1n1X hn a1ont sS as me 10 may DO met
the West. The demand to-day was principally
OF d local speculative character, that for ship
ment being chiefly for the lower grades. Seller
January opened ut -$l.132s, advanced to $1.14,
seller the month, or cash No. spring, sold at
$1.13@1.134 and se1ler February at 51.15s1@
1.1655; both closing at the outside. No. l
spring closed nominal at 31.20; and rejected do
at 91c. No. 8 WAS sold at S1,02 in Armour,
Dale & Co.'S, and Rock Island; s1.01 in Central
elevators md 51.o01G for North Side houses.
Cash sales wero reported OF 400 bn No. l spring
at S1.2O; 1900 bu No. q spring at $1,l31l
q, 800 bu do at e1.131s 5,ooo bu DO At 5l;l3;
2o0o bu No. spring ct 51o2 1000 bn do at
spring at 91c. Total, $4,000 bu.
Corn was rather more active, but weak, de-
oliniug 1c further, under g greater pressure to
sell than has been noticed for several days
the continuance of liberal receipts here with al
most no shipping demand, caused many holders
to want to ''eet out OF it, though there was not
much disposition to sell short. as dealers were
apprehensive that l. further material reduction
would cause cessation Of receipts. The mar
ket declined steadily through the session, clos
ing at the inside. Seller the month or cash
No. 2 sold at 301@3011c; seller January at
and seller February at 311HS@
1880. seller Mag was nominal at $500; and
sel1er June at 9s1zc. Cash sales were reported
so1lc; 5000 bu rejected at 29c 2,400 bu ear
at $50, on track. Total. 125.200 bu.
Oats we're dull and again II c lower, in sympa-
heavy. Our receipts were light, but this did not
avail to give confidence, and 10 one seemed to
want the property. Seller the month, or regu-
lar No. 2, sold at 2333@@23Slc: sollcr January
24s5c, III closing dull at tho inside Cash aalos
we're reported Of !, 200 bu No. at 2324c; 1900
bu do at 23551c; GOO bu rejected at 2211c; 1000
bu do at 22o; 1900 bu do ut 2134c. Total, $1,000
bu.
RYE wns more active and 94@1c higher, under
q good speculative demand. born Of the convc-
lion that We shall have q Light supply this winter.
Seller January sold at Csc. Cash sales were
made Of II 200 bu No. 2 at Sic; 1900 bu do
Bsy @ uef Pa so The fa lower e.des 3s
md unchanged. at 49@49115c for No. 8, and 800
for rejected. No. Was in good request and |
scarce at 1c advance, selling at 63@63}5c in Or
1inary houseB; Csc in Armour, Dole & Co.'S;
Cash sales we're reported OF 400 bu No. a., D. |
i Coz At Csc; s. 200 bu do at 63t 800 bu do at
s3}fc; $500 bu do At CSC 900 bu Nc. at 49}zc;
100 bu do at 49c; 400 bu rejected at 39c; sou bn
7sc; 400 bu at 76c; 400 bu at Gac; 900 bu do at
Sic, al On track. Total, II. 900 bu.
A PANIC N PETROLEUM.
despatch from Titusville, dated the 18th,
aays: |
lions to perfect negotiations has caused something ct
panic In the oil regions and there ws general break
~ Rz'st s for po On the Upper GreF
It Oil City, and $3.50 st Parkers, without BUYERS
Prices fell loc per barrel and 1900 barrels we're i'm
mediatcly sold This was followed hy further de-
cline OF from TO 10c. The excitement is ut fever heat,
sud lower prices are expected
RICE.
The American Grocer says the North Carolina
rice fields, comprising the richest lands III tho |
State, and capable Of producing from soc, ,ooo to
600 GOO bushels OF grain year, are all covered
with rocds and bushes, their bitches filled with
mud, their dykes rottod away, and rice is no
LONGER bGaplG plO4uCL NI nA aLI4GAo ~ SAIoAts
Thirty years ago the rice fields Of the Cape Fear
River produced crop Of 200, 900 bushels, tho
most Of which was shipped to Northern cities,
where it was cleaned and prepared for market.
Fifteen years later, just before the breaking out
Of the war, the yiold OF the same region had in
creased to 100000 bushels, and at that
time there we're several mills at Will
mington in which the rice was cleaned be-
fore it was sent coastwise to New York or Balti-
more, or shipped directly to foreign ports. In
1871 rice WAS planted on only one Or two farms,
and tho entire crop WAS only 1o, 900 bushels
than tho amount consumed in the State-and
this year three planters only have ventured to
put in crop OF rice; and, although the yield to
the acre will be the greatest remembered by the
oldest rice-planter around Wilmington, the crop
will not exceed 600 or so, 900 bushels.
cEuoN COFFEE MOVEMENT.
The Ceylon Observer says ''The progress OF
the commerce Of Ceylon for thrty-fye years is
indicated In series Of elaborate and carefully
tables, which appear in d supplement
Of this days Overland obserue1 Coffee, the
produce OF regular plantations, did not begin to
affect tho exports Of the article (previous1y the
produce Of native-grown bushes only), IN
til 1887 In that year, the first OF our
series, the quantity sent out Of the island