, 1877-02-22

NulU MUTE NuF{NK lucHlly LOT c&ky
consumption: l, HIS hu wheat, r,G17 bu corn, $50
b't oata, :saI bu rye, 14B bu barley.
The following grain wAs inspected into store IN
this city on Wednesday mornlng: 1 cars No. . y,
". wheat. 8 cars NJ. . spring, !; casE No, q do,
10 esrs Rejected do, cars no grntlo (.D wheat);
II cars high. uixcl corn, ~ ezra new do. 30 cara
new mixed, - cara No. !: corn, IA ours rejected
do, ears ao crale tla5 corn,; = cass white oats q
cars No. . tlo 90 cars rejected do, car no urudc
tl OATS; . cars No. 2 re, cara rejected do; 10
cars No. i barley, o cars rejected 10. Total, aBa
cars, " III, 600 bu. inspected out: q, 10 hu
wheat, ], 5uJ bu corn, l, p35 bu oats, 1850 bu
barley.
Thc direct foreign exports from this city luriug
last week Include Il. l4J Iu corn. TIL trla rork
!. III tea lard. s,jlD bnxcs meats. S,a10 cases
canned goods (n,estIy nleah), and 1U5, 900 lbs
"frcAh )" meat,
This hoard Of Trnde has dccidctl to transact no
business To-day; and tho Exchange hall will bu
closed In respect to tha memory OF Washington.
The lcadli.H produce markets wcEo agaIu excited
yesterday. and irregular. Provisions wsru stronger,
the tcvcEc decline Of tho previous two or three
days having brought ont good many orders to ill
shorts. Barley was panlcky; and whrut weak,
though sca1cr ,u the altur part nf tho session.
There WIS good deal Of margin calling early tho
failure OF two or three drmu, reported e'sos here,
having caused aerero shaking OF confidence, u,,,
der which everybody wantod 10 havo bis deals
''protcctca" by cash deposits. Gut towards noon
the Hurry wAH over, nn steadtcr tone tn tho mar.
kets lcd very many 10 hopc TINT thn wortt was past
especially In pork. The most Improbable run,oss
wero adoat at one time, and similarity of naInes
led To whispers nbout sane PARTIES who ars not
only all tight otherwise, but hare been operating
On thu gaining s!do during tho recent break,
Ths leclInc In provisions has been particularly
heavy. March pork c1oscd OH t1le last business
day Of December At ST. 57.tsl7. Gu aud on Thu lat
Of Janllry at 4lU. III. Tuesday Il cosei at Sl4 o.
That IL drop pt 81. 40 IN saYcn xreks, s.. Us OF
which has been 4utsxtned during tla present month";
Lard for turch closc tho ufnse lntes Al I'll. 40
G11.A:tz, $40 S7.se5t0,n0, and 50. 43isa. 50 re.
spcc1sciy. THAI II tscl!ne Of very nearly &c per
since Spw Years Day. Ut II per cent. rndcr
such etreum.taaccs thu wonder Il not thut 10 many
asS failed. but that 10 few have sons under. Very
much 1f the trading II dime on account OF outsdO
parttcs md OH ANAL margins a. tho outset that
not y few Of tho commission men ars absolutely Ut
tho mercy Of theIt principals ln case tbs market
goes severely against them. II tnan In tho coun-
Wy ands ha IL already heavy loser on tho deal ho
may conclude u let IL gu by default. II matters
not what The Inv may be on Tho subject; the ct.
feet It the tins II tho same as II ihero
were no redress through Tho co,,sta. Tho
commission nun IL unable 10 respond uhtn the cali
IL made for margins. and th1 deal Is placed on tho
u,atkct, which carries him oil hts fset. Take tho
cAsa OF ono of thu firms That suspended yesterday.
ThAt FIRM was ''long" un lard for severn, parties
out Of the city. Only ono Of Tho whole lot rc.
spondcu 70 tho appeal for uluney 10 project tho
deal and tho tEn, VA. Obliged 10 suspend because
the principals backed out. In such case tho COM.
mission merchant Is AZ helpless a. 4 child, or
courae tho moro prudent Viii uot operate for
another without the deposit Of q good masgtu.
SUCK men arc very seldoa. caught, but even they
are not always proof ssalnst such sharp moyu-
~nF tl.nt.