, 1874-05-22

| oNE1tklNH: CbGIV UU WQGMEs 4tvt{ QQ C0fN. La
bu oats, 724 bu barley.
Tho following grain has been inspected int
atore this morning, up to 10 o'clock: III car
wheat; 2o7 cars corn, e,oo0 bu No. / and 400
.bu rejected do by canal; 2S cars oats; 5000 b
No. do, by canal; cars rye. Total (848 cars)
10000 bu. Inspected out: 115,4s3 bu whoat
1s5,S2s bn corn; o2eo5 bu oata; s5s bu rye
16,O82 bu barley.
| Some Of tlo knowing ones are inclined t,
doubt the truth Of tho statement that arrange
ments IRE in progress to ship ]arge lot Of cor
to Chicago from Peoria, as boat-load OF cor,
sold at Peru yesterday at o1o uflont, to 60 dowt
the river. It would seem that tho price Of corr
IN the South is high enough to attract groa
| quantities. there, and keep down our supply te
within small limits. NevcrtheleHB, that Poor1u
| corn will probably come hele.
St. Louls did no .1opg rest bappy In the DOS,
aeHsion Of the first barrel of -four made from tile
! now crop Of vleat.: It waa sent to Chicago, aud
arrived here this horning.' Alas for tho poyorty
OF human vanity The flour turns out to hive
boou made from a mixture OF old and new wheat,
and the old wheat was muHty liko the proyerb
to which Hamlet referred.
The petition to commence trading on Change
at o'clock, circulated yesterday, was mot to-iay
by anothert to keep tie opening time at ID
O'Clock. This second document Received several
hundred nignatures-many times more than the
first.
:. The English dispatches to tho Board Of Trade
today quoted the significant fact that Wills
can now bo bought In Liverpool, at seler's op-
ton during 1874, for 53s 6d@bAs per 4e0 lbs, or
xoo IN currency leAB per bu than for delivery on
the II spo5. 1hta shows conclusivoly eithor that
England La very short at prosont. or elso TINT
California Is expected to ba very long on tho f,,-
ture Porhaps both.
TEE MAnKETg.
Tho lending produce marAats woro irrenular
fn-fn SHf
while breadgtu1s wese unsettled and teaded t.
"eaKnesH, partially as consequence of finor
weather.. The shipping movement WIS quito
active, giving healthy trade in grain, though it
waa Tar from 6oing buoyant one. Our stocks
celpts being small for tho scason.
In tho d1y-Boods markot the changes were un-
important Fair activity characterized the do.
maud man. + for standard cotton productions, aud
seasonsble dress fabrics and furnishing goods
we're also being freely distributed at. yory full
rates. The grocery market presented . fair
a,egree OF animation, and moat articles in the
ss lss were hela hrmly. The only apparent woak-
neglected. Butter, is coming forward with
steadily increasing froodum, and, for
opi apiXthng E not abtsa sst'ty IL prime is @
Choose is dull and doclinng 1ayers ura ortnr.
lug from hand to mouth only, not caring to stock
up at the ruling prices, or with tho class Of
goods now coming forward. The fish trade con-
tinues quiet, with but slight fluctuations in
Layer raisins advanced 30 per box, which was
the only change noted. Prices Of coal, pig-iron.
leather, and haggng were unchanged Oils
we're fairly active, except carbon, aud ruled firm.
Carbon was duli and heavy, with Sellers at 14@
h'gSer, AA'E@ anu NO. '''a'0u "as h''d shade
There were no npncially now features to note
~ connection With lumber. Tho yard trade con-