, 1873-12-24

Wheat was active, and strong, though ayorag-
ing 10 lower tLan yesterday: The lnarkot waa
yory ssrenE eary nnaer tue %s
In Liverpool, and shore were no sellers At nl,dor
II. .l6 for january. Private a4yinos from Liver
pool quoted TINT market 81 weak aud this, with
k,o news Of worry largo receipts horo, brought out
such decided desire to sell that the lnarket
opened 1l5lo lowor than the aboye figure. Tho
bulietMeu saceipta were neasay 2S5, 900 BIZ, with
an inspection of 437 oars for tomorrow. and I'LL
,ncrenae Of Our stocks III stpro during the past
wool by very uearly 4o0,0 abu. while thu
amounts waiting to como in nro 1oprcsentod ~
enormous. or course, with such rocelpta. thu
oifouuiEH Of car"lotH veto large: but tllero wcre
buyers Tor R3l--a potion being wantoa FOR ship
mont, while the ross was takpn t. carrj against
January optioua, on which there Waa d premium
Of s6@9<o fur carrying sovon days. The speeu-
snorts taking hold freely, whito Caradiaa
operators bought much moro huelaly
than heretofore {or Fcbrnary delivery.
THIS nude tho narkos. quite strong,
iu spite Of tho adverse facta aboyu uoted Seller
Jant.a,y opened Ut Sl.la9+, recedca to al.l4, I'D
vanood to 91.l5. aud oaaeI down to Silly ut
tha olo1o. selor February sold ut 'S1.l7@
sl,1sA, closing at s1.l741:, eol!or TIC month,
or casn No. z .rpiing, so'l ut sl.13a@l
sl.l4}1zl@1.l5, with . premium Of 80 for North
wostorn receipts. No. spring closed with
loldors at &l.07, and rojcctsa do at 90. cahh
saloH wero reported OF !, quo bu No. sIring Ut
sl.l6; 400 nu DO ut Shay l.2oU bu NJ: l
6, 900 bu NJ. 2 spring at 6l.l44 5A.ntl9 tn do
ut SI.l4; 20D Gu III at $l.l3h &C. su0 BIZ do ut
sl.1394 IL, 200 bn TO at sl.l531; l3,2u9 pn Do
Vt $l.13E; 5,600 1u No. spring ut Slut 5, Go0
bu do ut 31.0G41; 800 bu do ar 9l.06]9; 5000
bu do at $l6GA 400 bu stejected at sl.Uu.
Total, la6,4Uo bu.
Corn wan loss active, but steady at about tho
aasno range Of prices as .ycatorday. Liverpool
was reported buoyunt. and Now York firm, but
there wore not nlauy buyers In nLfbntance to
Ihero would probably layo beeu MITCH bottor
domand, uuder tho circumstances, but tor tho
uncertainty about the receipts iu tho Hougll
Elevator, wlloi, my buyer Is liable 10 have do.
| liyorod to him OH contracts, so long ns thoy arg
Irregular" Tholo is little doubt tlut thoy will
DO ruled or tho Board, as tho majority Of opera.
tor. are tired Of them, aud would bo glnd to gel
rid Of tho Incubus. even at a s,nau loss. Dusi
| nesB il tho cash department was ospec!allj
slack, mud tho INJURY, why y hl'
frequently than usual. Nobody wanted tlt
| uough receipts. The quantities OF corn arriy
ing alo still Bnall, but tlle amounts moving TOR
ton; but thoro nro sgus for Dotter lou,Hld
opo,ol at t3ylo, declined to $500, advanced tee
531lc, reeeded to 5a1Go, md closed trnler q
| 033he. 6e!l0F taUFHafy holu nc o494QDo4S4t
mud seller Nav at 59}1GlG0o, mostly ut tue out.
side. Cash No. corn, outsllo OF f1ongaa, Bolt
at b9}l@53Me. .cloainG Ut lilo outside. H1el
mixed demanded premium Of }4o over No. 2
Old rejected WAS qulot ut G2c, mud uow do wal
moro plentiful, closing ut 47c. Casll sales Wort
reported OF 2,400 bu high mixod ut 53s{c; g,U0t
bu No. q at 63>9u; 1000 bu do ut 5341o; l,2ol
In now do at 52o 8D0 hu do At Gle; $500 hu re
Jected at 52o A0Q bu do, now. ut 4a34a; 500 b1
ito ut 4So; G,0u0 bu do ut He; 4,0Q0 bu car by
s4mplo ut 5uq. Total, ~, 100 bu.
Outs vera dull, aad averaged 9{o lowor
though reported ilrln i'll Now York. Illcra VII
no apparelt soaaou for tho decline, except thp
tho malkek was nervous, AZ 1t has been for 9ev
eral days past owing to tho fact that tho ulnaalo
operators are at their wits end to know wllat tl
larger ones arc going to do. Casll No, q, o
seller tho month, sold at $50, wifi, 8 car lots u
ea4c. sel'ef JANUARY osan0d at 35a4e. mud II
cade1 to a3l1to at tho closo, 'Bollor Eeb1lal
sold at so}2stGy33}4c. casl, sales were reporte
ef ,800 6u No.2 at s3Ae: 10000 bu tlo ut $50
| Ryo Wpa rattlar 1nora uotiya, alld averaged l
higher Gnaer rather better demand, with ligl
oGs:inga. Rales were ropoltod OF l,000 bu NJ
Ut 77g 800 bu do q! 701le a.,d ], ,U0O hu do q
70c Total, 1900 pu. Tho market closed stead
at 77c for No. 2 OIL % storage.
barley was quiot but lrln at previous price'
NJ. 2 sold Ut S140, aud tIat pllcs was bid fe
moro, but loldofs asked On advance which pu