Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 1, 1874, Page 6

WONEY AND COMMERCE. MONETARY. ‘WEDNESDAY EvEsTNG, Dec, Sl The year which closes to-day will long be re- Tembered a8 & wotable one in financial ex- perience. But, a3 we drift away from the event which made it notable, and get a clearer view of all the causes which induced the September Punic, it becomes more and more appazeut that the importauce of that event was exaggerated ; {bat it did not mdicate any general rottenness in our commercial system, nor tie sudden awakeniog frem any delusive dream of unsub- £tantial wealth, like the collapse of the South Sea bubble, vor even that our estimates of the values of property and commodities before the pamio wete too high. The psnic was not an unexpected event. The experience of the !w. months since the panic began ta sub- side ghows that nothiug biss declined in prico except ralrond stocks and railroad boods. Tao great majonty of these had declined many months before the panic, and the entire business community were prepared for the event which was to put an eud to the speculaiive schemes of buildiug railroads in advance of the necessities of the country. The result of the panic has been 1o put an end to just vo much manafactusivg in- Qustry as was induced Ly the ezcessive building of ruilroads. Dutas raireads sro still being uiit, aud will coutinue to De buily im all the well-settlod portions of the Uuited States, the exteut to witich manhu~ fzcturiog 1udustry will be curtaded will e too small to affect thie geveral progpority of the coun- try. Infact, the collapse ¢f tue unvecessary rail- road projects was only an incident of tho stesdy increase of weulth sud populadion in tie Uuited States. Lhis progress hus not been retarded by the collzpse of speculative schemes, Un the contrary, the chauces for all neceasary impreve- meuis Lave been Lenetited, aud tho new year 1574 will apen with every prospect of a more sulstautial commercial prosperity than bas beeu expericuced for severai yeats, “Cuere is uow but ope source of apprebeusion in regard to finaueial affairs, aud that isin tue poseibility that Congress ay, in ubeaicuce to the persisient demuud of one part of tho people, attewpt to intlate tae currency by autborizing A1 nesease ib the volume of greenbacks. Eveu if it be zdmitted thst tlero 1s pot cunency euough, it must be spparent to every one quani.ed with te prciples of currency that the Lest way to remedy the evi, und to make the volume of currency flexible, 1 to authorize free banking, and so alow the business comwmupity to have just as much curency a4 they Lase capmal to pay for. ~ Conzess, howeser, 1 in 3 complete muudle on the carrency question. retwned here after o stay of some weeks Wasaugtou say finsucial plans Leing discussed,and that they ate s ditterent as the colors of tue rabow. 1sis difliewly to specify auy particular fealure oa whick there is a prepunderance of opiuion, ex-~ cept that an iucsease of cuiTency, eiiher by an iucrease uf greenbacis or of bans-notes,ur Lo, i6 most popular. ‘Y'ho woney market continues rather tight, but it is geueraly regarded s only & tewporary condition. A large wajonty of the annual settle- menws bLave awresdy beeb owher made oF pro- vuted for ; though, perhaps, a good many Lave Leen deferred untis after the 4th of January. Tue tirst unbroken business week of the year begins of the 5th, and, 28 it is known that a good many gettlements bave been defersed uwutil then, i is 0L improbable that for & _week or two after that the dewaand for money will be as active 23 now. 1he intetest and dividend disbursements will not leve much effect to increase the supply of money in tue market unul after the middla of the month. New York oxchange was in demand agsia to- day ot 50c per $1,000 premima, and several of 1ho baniy were shipoing currency 1o New York. LOCAL STOCK AND JOND MARKET. Mesers. Preston, Keaa & Co. quote a3 follows tlus afternoon. Seliing. 11 @y U361 s "elisk Buyno, g T. 6. 35 (new issue .. U. S. currency G {old_exchbange... 5 103 Sterling exchavge (isrge drafts). ... 135@100% Chicago City T, % 95 und int, Conk County T 95 and ut. Town, county, und city 10 per ceat BBGHN coin fosisisaressan wastnsen 95@ITY TATEST. o yEw Yous, Dec. $1.—Custom receipts, $160;- Treasury disbursments, $1,058,000, snd 8124~ D90 currency interest. Goverument bouds strong in the morning, but dull oa the last call. State bonds dull and nominal. Money loaned at 7 curreucy to gold, and 1-33 premium, and closed at 1-64 premium. Gold was steady at the closs at 11034, Carrying rates were 5 to gold, with 1-16 pre- mium to Friday. ‘I'ne clearings were 874,500,000, Doth tbe Gold and Steck Exchanges have re- ldénmicd Fisk & H:\lch.so 4 terling was dull; ays, 1083@1083{; sight, 1095@109%¢. TR AREIE Stocks ~ were strong this morping. The priveipal _ denling were in New York Ceotral, Lake Shore, Rock Island, North- wostorn, Bt Panl. Wabash, Western Union, aud Pacific Mail. Prices advanced {@%e, but the udvance was subsequently lost aud the mar- ket closed quiet and steady. There was no af- {ernoon Board at the Stock Exchango, though the Gold Exchangs was kept open till 3 o'clock. Tha sules of stock between 10 sud 1 o'clock, £0,800 shares, of which 11,800 were Western Uuion, §.900 Union Pacific, 2,000 Wabash, 6,400 Pacitic Sml, 9,600 New York Ceutial, 4300 St. Yaul, 19,560 Lake Shore, 2,500 Roci Island, aud 3,000 Northnestern. . Sterling, 1083¢. GUEFTERNMUENT BONDS, Caupons, ¢ Coupous, 0T, Coupons, Couy.ons, '68. Coupous, 1040 <oupons, Currency Gs Coupony, New BoxDs Virginias, old..... B Nortts Carolinias, old. 14 North inss, new. 11 Teuncesees, new.. Virginias, zew.. Canton... Western Ugion. . Adame Expre: Wells Furgo (ex. Amencau Express. Tuited States Ex Tacific Mail. New York Central. Hariem' fd. ichigan Central. Pittsburgh & Fe. W, Northwestern.. | Union Pacific stock. Union Pacinc bouds. . B3% t; | Central Pacific Londs, 96X S |Dsl, & Lack & W... 104 B., Hartford & Exio.. 8% REAL'ESTATE: The following instrumenta were filod for rec- . ord on Tuesday, Dcc. 811 CItY PROPERTT. West Sizteenthst,n wcorner of Contral Park 2v, dsted Sopt. 10; consideration, $18,500, Winchester av, 43 ftn of - Polk st, of, HxIMX L sted Dec.10; consideration, §1,100. Taslorst, 23Bftw of Western uv, ® £, B5xIUX {t with 25x124)( {t in same block, dated Dec. 20; con- sideration, $4,775. Warren av, 404 710 £t wof Sisunten &, 8, 48312 1t, dated Aug. 15 ; consideration, $3,400, Park av, 225 ft e of Hoynost,8f, 25x1Gy 1Y dated Dec. 20; cansiderstion, §7,00. West Lake st, 200 ft ¢ of Franciscost, 5 £, 24x148 ft, ated Aug. 20; consideration, $1,600. 0uk s, 60 ft ¢ of Lumber &, n {, 30x84 6-10 1t, dated Dec. 303 consideration, £5,400. Tas picuises No. 173 Souti Peorla t, dated Dec. 22 e S on &1, ¢ of and near railrond, 81, 505 £03¢ 1t, with Luiidings, dated Dec. 163 couslderation, o0, vk &, 163 £ w _of Waller st, n £, 243100 ft, dated Nov.18; comideration, §3,00. Maxwell at, 0 w corner of Newberrs st, 8 1, 40126 1t, dated Dec. 233 considerstion, $3,500, gusta st, 54 1¢ ft wof Noble gt, s T, 241124 1, with v dings, dated Cuicvgo uv, B € corn April 2; considcration, $3:20). r of Samuel st. 8 1; 50x118 ft, ated Dec, 59, 1672 ; consideration, $2,200. Thirty~igth st, 158 6-10 £t ¢ of Luke av, 81, 239-10 X713 £, dated Dot 297 consideration, $4,000. State pt,n of Tuyior'st, o 1, 19,2100 £, dated Dec, 203 consideration, $5,000. Frents-nin(h si, 8 ¢ corner of Vernon sv, nf, 57z 100 £t. dated Dec, 26 ; copsiceration, £1,500, “Frairie uv, 125 §-10 1t south of Twenty-first st e f, £02178% Tt, wi:h bufldings, dated Dec, 81 ; co! era- top, 550,000, Oramel 8, Hough ta B, F. Yerdons who lave | that -there aie dozens of | The premises No, 635 West Adams st, dsted Dec. 22'% consideration, £12,000, Thirty-fir-t st, 1 e cor of Shurtleff av, & f, 253100 ft, dated Dee. 31 ; consideration, $2.000, a West Taylor st, 8 w corner of Washington av,nf, 5 acres, dated Doc, 22 consideration, §19,000, Weat Sixtoenth at, 48 ft e of Paulina st, & £, 2431001t, dated Sept. 1; consideration. 1,000, > West Monroe et, between Clinton and Caxal ste, n f, undisid d ¥ of 195{x189 ft, dated Dec, 18; considera- tion, $1.230. Washington st, 130 ft ¢ of Dearborn, nf, 20x183 ft, dated Dec. 247 consideration, $42,000. ' Methodist Book Concern to Coarlcs Busby. NORTH OF CITY LINITS, Lota 21 to 21, in Blork ! of Lake Shore Subdivision of Lots 2 to 25, Pine Grove, dated Nov, 24; considera- ton, §9,700. FOCTH OF CITY LIMITS, Four lots In Provident Homestead Areociation Addi- tion, dated Dac. 26 ; consid -ration, $1,600. South 25 ft nf Lat 10, in Bl 20f Patricks’ 8 w X 8w X Sec 15, 35, 14, dated Nov, 15; consideration, 0,290, ot 17, in Block 2 of Pick'sLots 6 to 10 of Turner's Zogeox Sec 9, 33, 14, dated Oct. 13; considersion, 00, Lota 30, 31, and 32, in Block 2 of Heintz's w X Seo 4,38, 14, dated Dec. 29 ; consideration, §1,000, WEST OF CITY LIMIT: Tots 18 2nd 19, fu Diock 1 of Blanchird's part n w X Sec 36, 40, 13, dated Dez, 15 ; consideration, ' COMMERCIAL. WEDNESDAY EvENING, Dec, 31 The following wera tho receipts aud shipments of the leading articles of produce in Chicago during the past twenty-four hours. The cor- responding day ons year ago was Now Year's: BECEIPTS, BHIPMENTS, Flour, br! Broowm coru, 5., Cired meats, 1ba ... xi.... o o Pork, ris. Totatbes, bu, Lnmber, m ft. Shingles, m. Larl,m Salt,'bris :l : Witldravn from store yesterday for city consumption : 2.096 bu wheat; 8,522 tu cormnj; 1,253 bu oate ; 361 bu rye ; 806 bu barles. store this mormmng up to 10 o'clock: 202 cars wheat; 60 cars corn; 21 cara oats; 17 cars barley. Total, 834 cars, or 113,000 bu. The Bosrd of Trado of this city has adjourned ! over till Friday. Now Year's Day will be ob- served a3 a complete holiday. | The anatal election of the Bosrd of Trade will be held on AMonday next. The first caucas for i the nomination of officers will be “eld on Friday. The receipts of wheat 2t Milwaulkee, from Ang. 20 to date, are 15,970,000 bu, sgainst 9,190,000 bu for the eame time in 1872. The difference is 6,780,000 bu, or an increase of nearly 74 per cont on the receipts of the new crop. steadier to-day, the aveiage prices being nearly tho same 88 yesterday, with fow fluctuations and a fair amount of trading. Beiug the Jast of tho month (as well as of tho year) there was a little more doing in providing for deliveries to bo maie on Friday, but the pressare either way was not great enough to vary prices, as most of the January trades were settied ap before Cliristmas. The receipts of produce were smaller.than usual, bat large enongh for boliday week. Dry goeds sold Lo 8 f2ir ageregate &t substan-~ | tially former prices, While thero is no appesr- { ance of weakness in any department of the mar- ket there is special irmuess in sheetings, shirt- ings, prints, ticks, stripes, and denims, as the demand is ~ chiefly centered in these, whie the supply both in manufacturers’ ond dwstributors’ hands is light. There wag only & moderato amount of trading in the grocery market, aad values were Tot sutjected to any decided change. Prices of most articles enumerated in our list were nn- equivecally firm, while in some lines tho tendon-~ ¢y is to advance. Butter was in fair request at full prices, and cheese also was moderately ac~ tive and fum. In the dried-fruit matket there werano new fentures. Apples, peaches, black- berries, prunes. aud curran:s aro moving froely at strong prices, while raisins, citron, femon- peel, ahd otier holiday fruits were noglected and weak. Fish romain steady. No new features were noted in the leatber, pig-iron, coa), paiut, and oif markets. The demand for lumber is still of a limited character, and prices &re toleraply steady, and for some describtions, which are scarce, may be quoted strong. Building matorials ara also quict and nominal. The improved touc of the won market, previously noted, continnes, and both jobbers and mautfacturers anticipalo an early revival of trade. Itis believed that the down- ward tendency of the market is now arrested, at least theta iu less disposition to ebade prices, and somo prospect of an advance is manifest. Tinners’ stock and metals were quiet, but most— Iy quotable firm, and an advancein tio-plate will probably occur early in_the year shonic the re- ceut advance in New - York ba sus- tained. Nails aro quict, but firm. Wool is firm, with very light Stoc.s, and prospects of & good inquiry. The broom-corn, Lop. and_Lay markets wero unchanged. Tim- othy sced was more ective and firm, at $2.70@ 8.00, Other seeds wero quiet. Poullry and gamo wero 1n largo supply and weak, excopt ven- 1von, which was higher, and choice poultry brought yesterdsy's prices. Highwinea were sgain inactive at the quota- tion of the past two days, and were reporied to be firm thereat. though Now York was easier. Sules wero 250 brla at 992 per gallon. Stocks are light. Dreseed hogs m‘;xa in active demand by sbip- pers, aud apother ad¥ance of 15@25¢ was effect~ ed, though buyers Leld off tilf Inte 1 the session. The best bid ot noot was $6.10 pe: 100 Ibs; the first eale was at £6.25. and the warket closed at £6.40. Sa'es were reported of 110 head (choice Tight) at §6.50; 420 at £6.40; 161 at $G.25. Total, 691 head. Provisious_were active, and irregular. Mess pork and lurd ruled s shado easier, sud weakoncd during tho session, thaugh with & good demand, the reason being that some operators were ap- prebensive of o heavy mmket or Friday and Sat- urday, when tue Janua'y deliveries aro mado. There was no cbange in the price of live Logs to cause the easier tone. Iudeed, the receipts wero small enouh to induco groafer strength in meats. which were generally held higher—espe- cially green lots. "Flie packing of tho senson to dato is estimated at 1,040,000 khead of hogs, agaist 643,783 for ennw time last year. Thetotal parcking of tho WeA to date is estimated at 3,900,000 Load. Tho market closed at the fol- loviug rance of prices : Mess pork, cash or seller Jaunuary, $14.20@14.25; do seller Feb- ruary, $14.65@14.70 ; do ecller March, $15.12}¢ @15.20; prime mees pork, $12.70@13.00; extra ;}nme do, $11.00@11. Lard, cash or seller anuary. £8.9714@3.40; do scller February, £8.70@$8.75; do eeller March, £9.00@9.05. Green bame at §7{/@% for 16 and 15 Ib aver- ages; sweet -pickled bams, 9@10c: dry salted meuts, loose, at 5{/@33c for shoul dets ; 7@7%¢ for Cumberlands ; 7}{c for long clear’; TH@7xe for short ribs ;T3¢ for shoit clear ; the same boxed at }{c per I above these prices. Green meats Xc lower than salted do, Meats for February delivery 3¢@}4c bigber, and for Murch delivery 24@37c higher than cash prices, Aesa beef, $8.25@¢8.50; extra mess do, £0.75@10.00; beef hams, $92.50@23.00. City tallow, GX@Giic; pgresse quotable at 4i¢@ Ge. Sales were reported of 500 bris mess pork, casb, or seller January, at $14.30; 950 brls do at §14.25 ; 250 Lile do at £14.20; 2,000 brla do, seller February, at $14.75; 2.230 brls do at 213,70 ; 500 bils doat ©14.65; 1,000 brls da, seller Marols, at $15.20 ; 500 brls do ot 815.12:4; 132 brls extra prime pork at $11.00; 730 tes lard, cash or seller Janueiy, at $4.40: 100 tes do (choice kettied) at 8%c ; 250 tes do. seller Joo- uar. at €8.70 ; 1,000 ics do, scller March, at 9c ; 20,000 s grecn thoulders (light) at 54 ; 40 boses do at5i{e; 70,090 ths na'ted shoulders at 5%c; 140,000 iba do ab 5i¢c; 50,000 Ibs do selter Tobruary 8¢ 53c; 150,000 Is do at 5ife; 850,- 000 Its do seller March gt 63yc; 40 boxes doat 54e cash: 100,000 Ibs shiort ribe at £7.20 per 100 e 50,000 (bs do at Tics 100,000 e do_ seller Fooruary ab 75c; 40 boxes do'at 7i{c cash; 20,- 009 vs short clear at 7Tifc; 500 boxes long and short clear at 7ic; 2),000 1bs green bams (14 Ius) and 20,000 1x 0 (15 1b8) at Sc; 60,000 s and 5,000 pes do (16 1h3) at 8o ;100,00 tbs do (20 1be) at 73{c; 5 tes snect rickled belliea at Yc; 3,000 1bs bacon hams at 13l¢c canvassed and packed. A Flour was more activa than for several days past, exporters taking hold razher freely of good spring estras. Otoer graden were ueglected. The local tradé ouly boaght sparingly. - The market wasa ahade stronger, in sympathy with The following grain bas been inspected into | 1 carrye; | The leadivg produco markers were generally | wheat, but no material advance was affected. Bran was firm. Cash sales were reported of 30 bris white wivter extrss (Wis.) st 36.00; 200 brls.spring extras at £6.121¢; 300 brisdo at £6.00; 1.700 Lrls do at 85.6214 : 200 bris do at 25.50; 5)0 brls do at £5.3734 400 brls do on privato terms; 100 brls superfina on private terms ; 50 bris rye at £4.50. ‘lotal, 8,750 brls. The following were the closing prices: Fair to good white winters. 75 Choice do. esin 800 Red winters % 5.15 Choico to fancy spring extrua. .62 Jtedium to good do.... 475 Good to choice Minnesota. 6.00 Puatent do...... . 8.00 Fair to choice spring, superfive. 300 Common do. 2.50 Rye flour 450 Buckwheat do. 750 Bron.., 3250 Wheat wos active and stronger, thouagh aver- aging pearly lc lower ; it ciosel about lec bigher than on 'Change yesierdav. The En- ghsh marlkets were quoted streng, Lonlon being Yo por quarter ugher, and New York was cor- respondingly firmer, while our receipts were Dbolow tho recent uverago. hese things caused alargo speculative demand Lere, which ocea- sioncd o firmer tone in the market, aad would have produced a cousiderable advar but tab muny operators were afraid of tho deliverics on Friday. If the cash wheat hus mat been all provided for, there msy Le a set-back ab the closo of tho wock. Iu view of ‘this con- tingency, & great many held back to- day wbo bave made up their minds that wheat is good property at present prices. The domand for cash wheat waa about the same as for two or three deys past. There are seversl slupping-orders here, but buyers are not auxious to take lold till they find the way opeu to the seaboard ; and nearly confive tair purchases to Nos. 1 uud 3. No. 3 was taken frooly by partics who sold it for delivery in Feb- Fuary, whicl opsion was. most wanted. —Tnero was very littie doing for mext month, those trades having been mostly settled up before to- day. So.ler January opened at €1.16¥{, rose to $1.173¢, declined to £1. advauced to €178, foll back to $L17 ; Seller February sold ut §1.20@1.2115, closing at 319134 Cash No. 2 spring sold at $L17/@ 1.18, Closing at the outside ; and No. 1 spnug was steady at $1.20, with Northwestern receipts of do nominalst #1.21, No. 3 spring closed firm at SL.UY, aud rojected do gt $1.10. " Cash sales were reparted of 8,000 bu No. 1 sprivg, part Northwessern, at $1.20 ; 10,000 bu No. 2 #pring 11,400 budo at $1.175 : 29,800 bu do 73{ ; 2,400 bu do at L. 1724 5 17,000 bu Qo at $1173; 400 bu No. 8 epring at $1.1434: 2,100 ba do it $1.13% ; 4,000 bu do at SL,14 ; 100 b do at 811835 ; 1,000 bu do_at SLIZH{ ; 2.500 bu rejected syrivg at $1.10. Total, 90,200 bu. Coru was quiet and firmer at tho eame rango as yesterday, ecovering from the depression of { Tast ovening, i _sympatby with wheat, and in consequence of light recoipts. 'The racent weak feelny was dus to rather liberal selling on the part of & few operators, who havo reasoned out {hat there will bo & declive fow weeks hence, But they bad got throngl this morning. and tho pataral strength of the marlet reasseried itself, undor reports of firmuess m Laverpoul and New Yorl, though the interest was pot maintained to the c.ose. -Lhere was very littlo demand for cash corn, the only buyers beiog those who wasted it for city = consamption. Setler January openod at £3,5c, advanced to 5ic, onid reduced to 33%c, closimg at 533¢c. Boller February old at 531%@5534c, closing at s43e. Sellor May sold at 0@ GUigc, and setler June at 61c. Cush No, 2 closed at 50%;c for old, sud 53¢ for new. Rejected closed at 5l for old, pud 4524 @47c for new. Cash sales were reported of 18,000 Lbu No. 2 at 5dc ; 6,600 budoat53j.c; { 13.200 bu do at 533gc; 80U bu do mpew at Slc; 1 1,900 bu rejocted at 52dc; 5,600 bu do sc 52 400 budo new at 47}5c; 1,200 bu do_ at 47 000 bu do ut 465¢c; bUU bu ear at 50c delivered. ‘otal, 49,800 bu. Oats were very quiet but strong at about I{c above the prices of yesterday. A few car lois sold easily at 88}c, but 383,c was the ruling price thréughout for ecller Jaary, and for cash lots with tbat excepiion. Scller February gold to a limitod oxtent ut 3)¥{c, and seller Mav atdde. There were very few oilerings, and cash or seller the month wag generally Leld at 392 at tho cluse. Cush sales were reported of 23,400 Lu No. 2 at 38¢c ; %400 bu do wt 83igc; §1,200 ba No, 2 whito at 8837c; 1,800 Lu rejected at 3334c; 600 budo a1 33c; 600 bu by samplo 8c 40c, op track. ‘Lotal, 80,000 bu. Rye was quiet and firm at the recent advance, tho receipts being very small. Duyers bid 73¢ for No. 2 on 2 storage, regular los of do beiug nominal a: 77c. Cash sales were limited to 2,000 bu No. 2 at T8¢, and 400 bu rejectod at 74z Barloy was less aclive, und irregular. No. 2 +was in Getter dewand, aod advanccd Se, elosing fivm at 9145, The lower prades were quiet. and about lc lower, closing at 112 for No. 3, and yde for rejected in houses not preferred. Cash sales were_reported of 1,200 bu No. 2at £1.45; 4,800 bu do 8t $1.43; 400 bu do st $1.42; 1,200 bu do at $1.40; 100 buNo,3 (N.W.) at £1.16; 400 bu do (N, W.) at £L15; 800 Lu do, fresh, at $1.125¢; 2.000bu do st $1.12; 2.400 bu do regular at £1,10; 400 bu rejectod at | £1.00; 1,200 bu do at 98c; 2,400 L do at 97¢; | $00 bu by samplo_ st £1.50; 400 bu do at $1.40; * 300 Lu do at $1.25; 400 bu do at §1.23; 400 bu da at $1.15; 400 bu do at & 400 bu do at £1.05, ou track. Total, 20,706 bu. nors, Cucaco, Dec. 30, 1873, To the Editor of The Chicago 1'ribune: 1 wrote the bull article of * Honesty " in yours of yesterday. It was stated by good authorities, prior to the panie, ** that therc would be a prob- ablo doficiency of 20,000 to 30,000 bales in Awer- ica from the deficiency of the crop of 1373.” This may yet prove an error. Charles Green & Co., the largest hop-dealers in Amoerica, .have claimed that tho New York crop of 1873 equaled that of 1872, Wisconsin has produced 13,000 to 15,000 bales against 18,000 in 1872. Tho deficie cy iv contumption frem causes produced by toe panic_will surely cqual 15,000 bales; many au- thorities_claim 20,000 to 25,000 bales, Callit 15,000. Wo have already imported sincs & 1,'1873, the equivaleut of 17,000 American Lales at the port of New York alope, and probabiy 3,000 at other points—or 20,000 in all, s0 far. “ Waqlls” places the consumption of last season at 160,000 bajes, This svear it will be 85,000. Brewers held over 6,000 bales of 728, and_there were fuily 10,000 Lales in tho United States of (8s to T2c. New Yotk produc-d this yoar fully 40.000 bales; Wirconsin, 13,000 ; New England, 6,000 ; Pacitic Coast, 4,000; otber States, 5,000 ; imports 0 far, 20,000.aud wo have a total of 104,000 Lales, against 85.000 of coosumption,~ecall it 92,000,—and wo luve s surplus of 14,000 bales. ** Wells " in « late cir- colar elaims that there are at least 20,000 bales purcnased abroad on American account. Ouwe- quarter this amount would produce a pauic in prices. Tonesty makes a terrible blunder in saying Wisconsin Lops are nearly all sold. Thev ain’t half sold, and he ought to know ir. Somoe im- portaut scctions the:e Lold neariy all their hops; sud tho growers Luow 1, and, taerefore, will casily recognize the gloving orror, snd_ will not be induced | To Lold their hops, and allow speculators to siip out. Speculators do hold hops; ncarly overs bale bongbt in Wiscousin aud New York on speculation are held there to-dav. These specu- lators are ofiea found to bo farmers and out~ siders, who were gulled early bythe reporsed de- ficieucy in Germauy, but see uo chance to get out (io face of the late enormous and unprece- dented importations) exeant by the eifect of such articles as Lhose of ** Hinesty.” Browers turough tho West are far better sup- plied than his travels iadicste. 1, too, Lava been a traveler, aud find it otherwise thau as be stated. " Hone-(y " mases s prediciion tlat hops will goto 60 cents by March 15 noxt. 1 | i bo has money, ho should improve the present opportapity, aud buy. I will make a prediction, to-wib: th; American growars aud dealers will carry 1873 hops into a new crop. The German specuators are loaded | to the scuppers with German Lops. and mauvy of them aro rained men. I bave shown that we hase bad 107,000 bales in Amenca since Sept. 1, 1873, which are more than the regquircments. * Emmst Wells " says thay there are 20,000 bales Germav bops already cugaged and bought for this couutry ; that will probably arrive suyhow. If thus is only hal! or one-tuird the facc of tao, caso, it will be & death-blow to futu:e prices. My advico to American holders of Lops 1 to sell whenover they find & chaice. VINDEX. EGROPEAN MARKETS. The following dispa.chies wers received on "Change to-day : Do, 31—~London—Cargoes off coast, wheat stroag, cornste: Curgoes, ou passage, wheat upward tendency and coru stewdy. Artivals o coast mod- erate. English country murkets for wheat firum. Freuch do steady. Mark Lane—Wheat 1s dearer; corn good demand, Liverpoul—Wheat steady; corn quiet at 378 91, Imports iu o tie United Ringdom for tae past week: Fiour, 35,000 to 42,000 bris; wheat, 185,000 t0 190,000 quariers ; corn, 75,000 to 60,000 qra. Wic-t, 6),000 to 65,000 grs, ¢, 31—11 3.m.—Fiour,23@29s Gd. C'uh, 7d(@133 1115 spring, 121 3@ 1d@12s '8d. Curn, 37 94 Lrverroot,D. 14:@Ms 313 white, 134 12; 104 AWinter wheat, Pork, 05, Lurd, 405 6d. Laten—3 p. m.—Pork, 618, Rest unchanged. TRADE OF CINCINNATL The report of the trade and commerce of Cincionati for the past vear, compiled by Col 8. D. Maxwell, contamns the fcllowing: The volume of business In whisky, taking the whole Tange of thia trade, does ot appesr o have matcrially changed., The reccipis and apipments, as thown LY the books of the Aerchants’' Ezciaange, have sligatly fallen off. Tae total receipts, embraciug also such ‘whiaky a8 conies to the city in wagous, buve been 273, 1% 849 barrels, compared with 816,041 barrels the preced- ing year, showing 3 1oss of 42,193 barrels, Tho ehip- ments have been 369,002 barrels, compared with 395,764 in 1971-%2, o loss of 35,562 burrels, From the figures furnished by tho Collector of In- ternsl Revenue, it appears that tho production of dis- tilled spirits, 15 this country, for the year ending July 81, 173, was 7,681,597 gallons, or 151,632 barrels, com- pared with 6,315,956 gallons, or 126,319 barrels in the -aceding year, & gain of 1,365,641 gallons,. or 25,313 Fitrels. “raciuded in the siatement for the past year are 7,237,190 gatlons which pald the tax of 70¢ per gallon during the year, amountuug, in the aggregate, Y0 $3,066,034.83, 80d 344,405 gallone in the warebousca July 31, 1873, on which tax had not been paid. "The whole number of brewers witiia the city Iimfts, proper, fa 25. Tho capital employel is $5.000,000. During the yesr ending Aug. 1, 187, there werd man. ufactured in Hamilton County 467,070 barrela of malt liquor, or 14,501,430 galious, In tas production of thia tub following articles, wero used: Birley, 1,189.4 bushels ; hops, 1,091,610 1bs 3 coni, 3,200,000 Luahels ; coke, 2,000,000 bushels; ice, 60,000 tons, valued ot $300.c00, Thote were employed 88 brewers, drivers, Sooviers, ctc., 1,500 men, 1o whom were pald Waged amounting in the aggregate to_ $1.400,000, It is esti- mated thut of the totsl quantity of malt liquors manu- fuctured here, three-ffthaare for home consumption. making the total mnade in this city for the past year for home use 230,674 Lurrels ; for ehipment, 187,116 Itwill be remembored, however, that the barrels, Iatter figures are only estimat Tbe books of the Merchants' Exchango show the exporis by r‘iz: and caual to have been 123,625 burrels ;80 after making proper allowauce for the beer, etz., which 2023 out In Otlier conveyances, tho quantity estimatod 88 being manufsctured for shipment would appear somewhiat 100 large, The nggrezate commission, wholesile, and Jobbing salea in dry goods, exclusive of clothing, for the year ending Aug. 31, 187, were approximately a3 fol- Jows: Dry goods, $19,735600; notions, fancy and furnishing gonde, 9,933,300’ millinery, $1.560,000. Total, £.25,248,300. In elothing, tho year has been one of tho most satls- factory in the history of Cincinnatl. Not that large profits have been maile, but that un fmmense business hias Leen done. Iu no depactment of manufsctures and trade has inore vigor been displayed. The busi- Tnews of mannfacturing bas been reduced to tho most complete system, Everything has been utilized. The Dest cutters luve been employed. The latest and best styles have been scizod uvon by the mannfacturers, and new Relds of trado have bees invaded with su eu- thusizsm, oid the oid land held with 8 tenacity which bas been benefiefal alika to il concerned. The total sales of the wholusale dealers and jobbers of clathing for the yesr, according to actual returns, Where they wero procured and estimated in the abe senca of returns, foot up at $13,163,000. This embraces tne sales, slso, of piece gooda at the Louses that deal in clothing, though of coursa this conatitutes a very in- conviderable part of the whole sum. ~Tie word t wholesale” ia usad because larzo quan:ities of goods of tisis kiud are now sold here, to job'ers from all parza of tue West and South, The manuficture:s en- dezvor taadpt their work specidlly to the wants of these localitivd, thus makiyg this warket peculiarly atiractive to tlic dealers who supply the demands of these localities. QUR REVIEW. The reviews of the trade, commerce, and mann- factures of the city for the year 1873, which have apreared in our colamns during the 'past weak. with other valuable statistical matter, will to ublished in pampnlet form and sent gratuitoas- 5 to the leading merchants and mavufacturers .of the Northwest, a3 8 gude tu them in thew business dealings with Ciicago. LATEST. Tho matkets wero almost neglected in the al- ternoou. Wheat was firmer, ranging at $1.18@ 1.184 for January, snd closing st SLISK@ 1,18%. Also at 31214 @1.213( seller February, closing at $1.2134@1.9115. Corn was quiet at 533{c for January, and 55c for February. A sale was reported of 500 brls mess pork at $15.174¢ sellor Mareh. —_—— CHICAGO DAILY MARKET, WepNespaY EVENING, Dec, 3L ALCONOL—Quotalle st §1.86@1.01, BEANS AND PEAS—Were quict, thongh choice with the naual local demand, 5032.60 ; medinns, $2. © peus, $LOGLZS pe: —Continies fn moderate roquest, tho aunexed quotations : Clhoice to , TX@S: ; corn that will wurk itsell into s choice hurl broom, Gi@ic: for good do, Gx@ue; good to chuice stalk braid, 8g7c; inferior Lrush, 4@5:, BUILDING MATERIALS—Weren snd nominal, as follows: Stueco, £2.5 ca, casting, &) 23:24.00; Rosendale cemctit, $3. Ulles, Louisville, and Alron cement, $200 9l brl; .00@7.50; marble dust, $3.00; limo fime' (brls), SLI0GL25 9 brl: toans met Navy beans, 50 2. 2.00 Yortiand cemen in buk, S0C@H.00 white sand, W brl, $1.50@200;3 plsterng bir, ¥ b, land plaster, §2.00 g bri; fire brick, 3 1,030, $35.00@%0.00; building brick (common), £ 003! @7.40; pressed brick, $1.00@15.00; sewer krick, 4503 Milwaukee and’ Racine preesed, $35.00@50.00, do common, $14.00@16.00; Indiang preswed, 13 sls.flo?’;;‘iom do" comion; $0.00@15.00; fire-clsy s 0 BOT FER—Tuere was 8 good_degree of actisity in the demand for tho different gradas of buttor, a:t the Qquotations prevalent on the preceling days of tho Week were gouerwly well sustained. Taerecelpts cone tiuge modorate, und stocks are mot sccumulating. We ropest our Lst as follows: Choice to funcy sellow, 20@uc; medium to good, 22@27c; iuferior to com- mon, 15@2): ; commou to choice roll, 18@30c, BAGGING—Was quoted quictand firm at tho fol- lowing range of prices: Stark A, 34c; Ludlow Lowiston A, 323c; Amcrican A, 29¢; Ambs- 23¢; Oker C. urlap bags, 4 ond 5 % guupice, Hnglé, 13@l8c; do double, wool 8acks, 3 and there 18 talk of s further advance in prices. While the market is far from beiug active, the volume of sales i# larger than at this time lust sear. e quots: New York factory, mild, 15@15%¢} Ohio factors aud Western factory do, 14@15¢ ; lower grades, 11@Lic. COAL—No new fvatures were developed in this mar- et. The Tecent Jecline in Lickawanna does not appear to hove bad tho effect Lo increaso the Qetnznd, orders till being of & hsud-to-mouth charicter. We quote: Lebigh, prerared, $10.50; Luckiwapba, £9.007 Eric, $3.503 Walnut Hill, $3.50 § 003 B.ossburg, $8.5089.00; Canuel, €.008 Valley, $6.50 ; Iudiana blosk, Rirklsnd Grate, £4.00 ; Minonk, $5. 003 Midwas, £3.50, Packers’ goods wero quict and quotations withuat change, 13 follows: Pork Yarres, $LO@LI5; whitky burrcls, $LOC@2.10; Lird tibrees, $L3X@L00; flour barrele, 48@35¢; pork staves, rough, $21.00@23.00; do, bucked, $24.00@26.00 ; terce staycy, Tough, $13.00@34.00 ; burked orrawed, .00 ; whiskey staves, rougl, $26,00228.00; do 003 flour staves, $).50 11603 circle sing 00 four b $14.00315,00 per 10, Bt $1 EGGS—Were in light loral demand, with smpls offeriugs. We quote: Fresh packages, 2i@24:1 plckled, © per ect; flour hoop-poles; sidles fuclude 3 cars pork burreld 5@ 208, FEATIERS—Jobbers report tolerably fair interior triao, but the local demand i3 Umited. Geese feathers are salable at quotations, the outsido price betng for choice. We quote: Good to chofce live-geese futaurs, 60562", from first_bands ; jobbing prices, T0@75¢; 2 per cent discount for cash. FISH—Remain quict, and firm a8 previously . Following sre the prices current: NO. i83n, -brl, $3.23@5.40; No, 2 do, $5.00 No. 1 trout, $4/ o, 1 shore-mackerel, bil, §13506 No. 75 @30 15,005 5y 25@8.50; fumily mackerel, 3-brl, $3. Xerel, ¥-brl, §7.0067.353 No.1 shore kits, $2.15 25 Dink codfish, $3.00@5.25; George's cod- tisll, $5.00@6.23; Labrador berring, split Uris, $.50 @903 do, i-brl, $4.23@4.50; Lalrador herring, round’ brl, $7.50@8.00; do x-Url, $1.00@4.25; bax bersing, No. 1, 84333 ; box Lerring, B¢ 43¢ 3 Columbia River salmon, X~brls, 5610, FRULTS AND NUTS—There wa an active demand for domestics and_for the more staplo deacriptions of foreizn fruits, snd the general market malutains ita firm fone, No further cuanges fn v.lues were noted, and we repeat our guoations of yesterday: Fone Dater, 10@10%¢; Ggr, new, drums, 13@12xc; iu boxes, Layers, 16@16:; Turkieh prunes, 4@ rafeind, layers, new, raisins, looe 1, new, $2.90@3.107 Tui 1@ ¢ ; Zanto currants, uew, 7% Jemnn peel, 15@20¢, DOMESTI Michign, 8.iccd, 11k @I2¢; Mickigunquarlers, 10 1lc; Western do, 8:.@iyc; Boutbern do, B@8i peachos, pared, 24@24¢ § porches, Llves, 13@14c 5 dv, mix=d, 95:@10%¢ ; blackberries, new, H@13, Lerric?, G Jitted cherries, 26 Lerts, 13@ almands, Terragona, 22@c ; 3 ainfits, 47@23¢; Chill walnuts, Si@2c; ¥ alnuts, new, 2033lc; Brasils, 10@103e; yo-ans, Texas, 95@i0c: Wimington pesuuts, @103 Tennresec peavtits, 6X@7c, GROCLRIES—Busiticss was again reported quict, with pri‘es firm and unchanged. Below ate the cur: rent raten 2 Br-Canv, S0DA—TH@8C. cus, ‘4ua0%c; 0. G. Javn. e faney Rio, $15,@. el:oics i gfi@:flzgc; good do. 20 Lg do, 27k 3 Costa ltica, faney, ie; Marscallo, W@ CasiprEs—Star, full weight, 17 @18¢ ; stearine, full welght, 13X @143;¢ ; do, short weigut, 18} @133/c, LioE—Faiua, 15(@8C &1 lina, B @Ic, Tungoon, T SUgals—Patent cut loaf, 124@127¢c; crushed and yowdered, 1L@1%e; graouisted, HY@1125¢; A, standard, 104, @10;¢ ; do, No. 2, 104,@10%,¢; B, 103 10kc; extra C,974@10:; C No. 2, 9:y@d7ic; yellow C, o, 1, 95,@0xcC; cholee brown, 9 @Jkc; prme a5, 9& ©3 fair do, 8, @37ic ; choice Molusses sugar, ¢} fair do, 83{(@Yc; cummon do, T7;@BYc; w Orleans sugar, choice, 95 @9;¢ ; do prime, 4G ; do, fuir, 8% @Skc ; common, 74 @72e. StuuPs—Diamond drips, SLY@LYS ; siiver drips, extra fine, E0@Y5¢ ;_good sugar-bouse airup, S5@G0¢ 7 extra do, 66@¢ ; New Orleans molagses, choice, 5@ 89c ; do prime, 10:@73c ; do_common, §5@He; Porta Tics moisses, choice, 62@G63c; common wmolasses, 52 @dic. ‘B1L2RATES—Common to best, 8%,@102, Spicks—Adspice, 17@18:; cloves, 42@43c; cassla, 25@2uc ; nutmege, No. 1, $L5@1.503 ginger, pure, 23@30; do No. 1, Golden West, 6 It Soaps—German mottled, S @5, @Cc; White Lily, 64 @6Xc ; Wh to Rose, 65 @6%c3 1iim, 6@Yye; S:ion Imyerial, 630 whire Rus- sian, 5:.@0; Champalgn, Gx@Gxc; primrose, 8@ bNe GREEX FRUITS—Were m moderate local demand t aboul ihe same range of prices, Cranberriea are duing alittls vetter thap they have beep, nithotgh the trade is mostly in a retzif way. Stocks Buve been considerali reduced, and re:iy choice sound berries ate scarck, at B ¢ by thoce who have them. We quote : Lezons, $1.00@ r Lox ; Soathern oranges, $7.00@11.50 per briy valensia do,’ $19.00,313,50 percase; California pears, $150@4.50 Ter case; gocdto cliolce apples, 0U@4.00 per bl frcm etore; common to fair do, £2.0002.50. Cultivated cranberrics and Cape Cuds, $10.0031230 3 dn, Carx's, $13.60. Malags grapes, $5.50 per box, or 311,00 per brl FIAT—A few orders were received from he Enst and ZLake Superior regions, but the market wae, generally kpeaking, quiet, The recejpts are light, but umple; & slight increase in the volume of o receipts would probably causo a decline. We quots the whole- 8ale prices paid by dealers, as follows, cars to contain 20,000 Bs: New timothy, prime, £15.00@ 1550; do No. 1, 514.00214,50; No. 2.+ do, $12.00@ 1300 ; mixed. $10.00@11.00 ; prime prairie, $10.00G 10503 do No, 1, $4.509.00} do No, 2, $7.03GT.50 { LoosE 0x WAGON—Timothy, $1L.00@I3.00; prairic, 7.00@9.50, For delivery of pressed, $L.00GLS0, sccording o distance. HIDES—The commission men are receiving com- paratively few hides, snd consequently there s litle doing on the streot; but they are coming forward quito frecly iu large’ lots. No changs in quotations was reported: Green city butcbers’, Gy@Txc; grecn cured, light, 10c; do, heavy, 9c; part cuted, en calf, 13c? green kip, 10 dry calf, 20c; dry - kip, 17c; dry ealted, 14@15c; dry flint, 16@17c; descon skins, 35@40¢ 7 grubby, scored, cuf, or otherwito damaged, twouthirds price; Lranded, 10 por cent off. Sliecp pels, wool estimaled as washied, per Ib, 37X@40c, HOPS—The demand I still' confined ‘to_small lota for immediste cousumption, Prices are withovt uotablo change: Common to prime Westers, 23840¢; New York State, 40@45c; Buvarian, 40@45c. IRON AND STEEL—The market is at the moment quiet, but a cheerful fesling exixta among dealers and manutacturers, the prospects of a decided im- provement in the demand naxt wonth being very flat- fering, Tihe market {8 steadier,and manufacturcrs are quite firm in thelr views, We quote: 3 3-10@ 38-10 rates Iron. Horse-s100 {ron . 6 @54 rtes 5% @6 rates L8 @9% B Al German plow stoel wD Cast plow stecl...... ®id American tool steel /b Clirome 100l stecl DL English tool steel rates Lnzdsb spring steel . ratea Amerfeun cast spring steel rates Btecl tire, X-in...... Rib ‘Toe calk steel o Sleigh shoe steel . B Catter ehoe steel orenrire £ Catter shoes (upered and Lent fo share). W BB 3 LEATUEL~Trade was fair st the prices given be- 0w : HEMLOCK, 5@ 3 Rough uper, Rough upper, damaged Buftalo slaughter sole, B, A.” sole. 1.20@ 1.35 505 1.10 Ao 43 55.0u@30,00 80 French culf, French ki 4 1.00@ 1.50 LUMDEE—Tuo market is vers quiel, ba: des.ers appear 10 look on the future with coutidence and hoid their stocka stexdily, aud somo descriptions which ure known to be scarce, with Arioness, Folowing are tus quotations First. clea . vessess 65,00 33" Yogattier, Clear flooring, 1st an rough, . Clear siding, 15t and 24 togefber, Commop siding... Commou fooriug, dicssed, Brat. Comizon flooring, wr: ssed, eecond..... Wagou-box boards, selocted, 13 inchea and npward A stock boards. C stock boards, 38, 2. 1 33 20, 58538 .00 v .00 00 00 Joist, scautling, ete’, 1 feot a , spiit. Cedar posts, round. . No. 1 sawed shingles AorStar. 3 Shiogles on track () £ 300 (@ 314 ‘Three dollars per car to Lo added when transferrod, wLich charge foiiows the shingles, ‘Taickness~—Five shingies 10 be two inches in thick~ 1 Length—Sixtoen inches, BARDWOOD. Black Walnut — Counters, $100.00@150,00 ; _clesr, 265.00(@53.00 ; common, $35.00@50.00; cull, £20.00 85,00 ; foorin, .09, Ash—Clear, $23.00@40.00 ; common, $16.00@25.C0 cull, £10.00@15.00 ; tiooring, $31.00@40.00, Olk~—Clear, §25.00@10.00; comumon, $16.00825.00 ; cal), $.00@15.00. Hickory—Clear, $28.00@50.00; common, $20.008 85,00 ; cult, $12 00@18.00. ‘M plo—Ciear, $22.00@45.00; common, $16.00@25.00 ; cull, $10.00@15.00. Tusternut—Ciear, $35.00@60,00; common, $20.008 e, Cherry—Clear, $40,00300.00; common, $15.008 85.00 7 cull, $12.06@18.00, Witewood—Clear, $20.00@40.00; common, $20.00@ i 25,00 ; cull, $10.00815.0, Wagou Stock—Hickory axles, per set, §1.00@LS wagou poles, cach, 43@35¢ 3 box boards, $0. Fiorida red codar, o per {t; maboguny, S0E40c do counters, 50¢ : rosewood, 50@80¢ : white Lolly, Soc. METALS AND TINNERS' STOCK—Tuere 1s 1o Change to note. Tae demand is restricted to small ordets, but the market for most motals i frm, in sympaiby with New York, We quote: T PLaTE—IC, 10x14, $12.00; do, 13x19, $12.50; 14x 20, $13.00; o, roofing, 14, Ic, '$11.50; do, 20333, 24,00, Fra Try—Large, £0c; small, 41c; bar, 42 LEAD—Pig, B5C; bar, 10¢; pipe, full coils, 10Xc; cut o, 11c. ‘SmeeT Zixo—Full casks, 1035¢; half casks, 10yc; less quantity, 11¢; slabs, BXc. SutET Iz0N—No. 24, 0%(C rates; Russia iron, 8, 9, 204 10, 22:3 do, 11 xnd 12, 21¢; do No. 1 stained, 19¢ Tates i American Russia—3, Mc: B, 1. GALYANIZFD I20: , 15c; Yo, @Y do, 255, 17c; No. . 53, 20c. of 2 per cent 43 made CorrEn—Coprer bottoms, 47:: Lraziers, over 12 tis, #ic: tinned copper, 56c; planished copyer, 41¢; do, cut to eizes, 43c. Wine—Nos, 1 06, 9¢; Tto9, 19c; 10 to 11, 1ic; 12, 10c; 15 and 10, 13 17, 13 0, 20 tall bundle! 30 per cent dise count ; fenve wire, by car-load, Gyfc. NATLS—Are quote ] irm at the sunoxed rates: 20@ #4255 84_do, $4.50; 6d do, $4.75 ; 42 and 00 ; 5 do, $3.75; 3d do, fine, §7.25; clinch, 163 ‘ounk §5.87, C¥AL STORES—Remain quiet and steads, 58 fol- fows: Manilla rope, @ It, 16 @L7%c;, elsal zope, 3 1y Te@is Forcpas: 5 s lensp sach cord, g Ib, 182 @ise: ; marl akum, 3 bal e tarred rope, R 1b, s 4 €5.00@6.50; piteh, B brl, $.50@6.00; tar, @ brl, $5.00. OILS—Noting new wss developed in this mar- The folowiug quotations wore gemerails sducred to: Carbon, 15c; estra winter lard, T&asoc; No. 1, Ts@ie; No. 2, 67c; linteed, raw, 95@93c; Ao boiled, $1.001.02; whale, 80232e; gperm, $2.10@2.20; ueats-foot oil, strictly pure, $1.10 do extra, 90c; do No. 1, 7 Lunk oll, 6Ue: siradts, lephant oil, 95¢; turpentine, 50c; naphtbs, 63 grvity, 170 ; naphtha, commion, lic, POTATOES—Were o moderate local request, and choico fots ruled frm at $L10@L.13 from store, fan'y bringing £1,20, Quotablo at $1.10 in ear lote, deiivered, POGLITIY AND GAME—The aupply of both poul- try snd gawe wes very large, aud tho latier, except venison, which was in request fur shipment and firm- er, was dull and Jower all round. Tucre was o fuir trade In pouliry, chicily fu o retail way, and quotitions wore generally obtzined, thongh chickens ara lower. 1t is probsble that a large amount will hava to be car. ried over, ond lower prices ate auticipated, We quota : Chickeur, good to choice dressed, $2.00@2.50; com- mon do, $LWE@LA0 ; ducks, dreased, £.00(3..50; gees dressed, $1.00.410.00; do live, $8.00@0.00; drasse T1@12c : common to fair, @i0c; yrairie $2.55@3.00; pariridges, 32.50; quail, 15-@ §id turkeyr, 10@14c per tu; veuizon sadiles 104 @llc; do car usdes, Ggc; rablits, 75.@$1.00 per doz ; buflalo, 3@5¢. D SE Timotby was more active and firm at £2.70@ 9,00 clover waa quict and firm at $5.70@5.50 ; Mux i3 firm'at §1 80; Hungarian aud millet were dali at 8@ 700, We hote salcs of 190 Lags prime timotby at LU0 ket, $1.00; 83 Uogaut §2.053 78 Lagat §2.90; €0 bugy’ good at $2.85; 23 Logs at $2.E3Y ;131 b 2.50; 43 bags Commmion at §275 ; 33 Lags do at $2.70; 10 Lags clover 9. 'SALT—Was fn mederate demand st steads prices : Onondaga ana Ssginaw fine, §1,90; Canada do, §2.00 ; ordinary. coarse, $2.00; coarse diamoad, $2.10; groung Qiiry, without bags, $0.00 ; dary, with Ynge, $4.00 ; Achton dairy, per sack, §5.00. Groung o, $.70@1L80. Torks Island, $1.50G x bu,, TLAS—Wo quote the murket fuiry scive ind fam, o8 follows: Young hyscn, cominon to fair, 3i@isc; do, pood. 6i@6ic ; do, choice to ex- tes fipe, £@§1.10 ; common to fno old Ly~ 50D, G3@37c; common Lmperial, 52@63c; good to chofeo do, 90-@H.10; fair to guod guupowder, 73@%0c; choice Pngsuey, $1.10@1.20; extra Mosune, $1.55@ 1.4 ; choice to extra new Japad, 0@l cotr mon 1o good do, $5@75c; fair to good old, 626G comuron o, 40@45¢;_colored natursi leaf Japan, §7c: common to £oe Oolong, 37@47c; good, 5T@6T choice to extra, 85c@E.00. TOBACCO—Prices remmp unchanged. Weanote : Cur—Extra, 0@80c; choice, 6@63c ; medlum, 3 0eF 1o colnmon, 35@45e. Yruo—Nutural leaf, T5@80c; balf bright, 60@70¢; black, sound, $5@35c. Su0xG—Good to cholce, $3@3% ; medium, 2@ 30¢; common, 25@%ic. WOOD—T4 dull at the following prices : Beech, $9.00 @0.50; maple, §10.00@10.50; hickory, §$11.00; slabe, 6,20, delivered. WOOL—The market faalmost bare, nearly all the wool offering having Leea bought up within tke last two days, The receipts are moderate, and there i8 3 strong fealing, s it ia pretty certain that all the wool offered will be wanted. We quok Tup, waikid, Prime....e.. e Tub, washsd, common £o good. Common dingy. Fleece, wshed, T.coce, washed. X & Flecee, washed, medin: Coarse, washed.... Floece, unwashed, med Fleeee, untwashed, coarse sud dingy Fieece, unwashed, fiue. Buper and extra pulled ————— Pittsburgh 0il Market. PrrresURou, Dec. 31.—Crode petrolenm frm at £1.00(41.10 ; refued quict as 13k4c; January, 13xe; February, 1) THE LIVE-STGCK MARKETS. CHICAGO. 'WEDNESDAT EVESINQ, DeC. 31 The recaipts of live stock durizg the week 1V been e 2 453 641 _CATTLE—The higher prices receotly established i New York, Albuny, =nd Buffalo, apd the spparcutly bealthy condition” in which thono matkets now are, seema to have fully restored the confience of ship~ pers, and they were again §n full stiendance and eazer to aecure stock. Thoarrivals were somewhat larger tian ‘had geperally becu looked for,—to-mor1OW being 3 holi- day,—but the quality wa3 inviting, avd there proved to beno coneiderable surplus, ouly u few common and medium lota remaining nusold at the wose. Altiough ehippers secured thie bulk of the gtock, local butehers bought liberally, and considersble purchases wers alsa made by feeders, The runge of prices Was $2.00@ 6.35 for inferior to extra, withh ales chiefly at $4.504 5.50 for common to choice shipping beeres, at §2.75@ 4.25 for butcbering catils, and ¢ $2.753.25 for stock~ ers. Itisexpdeted that Lutlittle busine:s will be ac- complished t0-morrow, and unless the receipls provo moderate sellers may be called uro to accep lower steers, averagiag 1,200 to 1,350 o Mcdivm Grades—Steers in 1uir desh, aver~ 2£i0g 1,130 10 1230 8. uusuens o, .o ASORLTS Butckers' Stock—Common to fair stecrs, snd good 10 extra cows, for city slaugter, averaging 850 10 1,100 1b6......uus ol Stock Cattlo—Common caftle, in decent tlezh, averaging 750 to 1,030 s, Inferior—Liglit and thin cows, st.gs, Luils, and scalawag stees Cattio—Texs, clioice coru-Lo Cattle—Texzs, summerod Nort Cattie—~Texay, throuiis droves. CATTLE BaLES] ~No. 18 medium steers.. 35 chofce steari. ... 29 fuir stecrs. Ed L o o x%h:a‘z‘.' o creom cnenen sanhseg 5.3 563 520 81 choice sieers.. 563 4 fair stecrs, . 40 17 fair eteers, 475 11 fair steers, 450 15 fair steers sy 4.9 10 good stocrs. 19 choice stecrs. 13 fair stecrs. 20 choire steers &5 choice stecrs 33 common 53 good stears 15 extra stecrs, B I ’ HUGS —Tbe gencral features of this ma uuhanged in any essential particular. Acti chiraetc rized the demand, and the advanced prices es- tatlished yesterday were firmly maintained for all de- scriptivas, while for the best Jois there were bugers ot slightiy higher rates. Shiprers took hold & little mure freely thau on yesterday or Mondag, prices at the Est laving sdvanced to a point where tloro is again a mar- gin for them to wock upon ; but they are not yet ope- Tating with their accustomed freedom, their purchases szating only aboat 3,000 bead. Tue ranze arkit was $1.90@3.00, though very few rold aliove $5.50, und Dot many beiow $3.00, whild the bulk changed hancs ot §5.10@5.50. The mariet closed tirm 2t $4.90@>5.10 for common, roarse, uneven, and mixed Joty, 2t $3.1535.25 for medium grades, and at §.5%3 5.0 for good to extra, The ontside figure was ob- taived by Gregors, Strader & Ca. for two droves aver- agging 336 il 399 fbs. A droveof 82 head, aversgiog 371 Lis, sold at the same figure. 10O BaLy5. jet.) Yo, PriceYo. A 50 ) 93 2545 [‘.&u f 5.35 26 5 107 198 5.60 (5T 138 334 5.10 1126 3 500 123 30 (100 .00 | 41 510 |4 E 5.0 49 6 238 500 |41 G 211 615 (22 43 19 525 |23 3 233 530 189 6 208 b5.30 |80 74 30 540 03 01 s 5 31 40 207 545 6T 85 411 . a9 51 24 4.9 |44 52 195 600 48 61 510 |53 40 525 |97 54 535 |21 170 510 200 4G 5.10 86 SIIE! ‘he murket wis par to clioice qualitics, with sales, mostly NEW YORK, New Yons, Dec. 31 —Brris—Armeals, 34 bead, comprising Y6y POoT 1o very choice Tex:ns. and or- dinary to good natives, The demaud is moderate, but offerings ute firmis heid, and_previous quotati. *4 afe B 1 maintsined, Quotstions sre: Oxdipary to - Texaus, 8;@10c ; ordinary to good pative stee.y, 10 12, ' of SiEze axD Lasms—Receipts, 2100 hesd, ma.: very poor to ordinary stock. Frade dak, at 8% @6¢ for poor to prime sheep, with afow cioica 1 Lambs suized, at T@TC. SwINZ—AsTivals, 5,420 head. The demand stront® The woderate receipta enabled sellers to furcir o s.nce prices. Live hogs are quoted firm at 5:: @526, With two cars of ordipary Ohlo st $3r. City dreseed are active, at 7@7/ic; Western dressed ranged at 6 @ic. BGTFFALO. Burraro, Dec, 51.—CaTTLE—~Recelpts, inclnding re- ported artivale, 493} total for the week, 3,77, The Tarket is active and strong at yesterday's prices, Al ofTerings were disposed of. SHEER ASD Lasina—Receipts, inclnding rerottad ar- total for_the week, 4,400, Buye.s and t, with o fair rospect of tha latter rivals, 1,400; vel'ers are Ko apas ylelding. ; Hogs—Rerelpts, inclpding Teported arrivals, only | 600 ; total for the week, 7,6, against 15,500 for the | samo time last week. The yards are bare ,of stock. | Yorkers, $5.26@%.50; beavy hogs, $5.0065.80; p Tots would briug §6.25. g MARKETS BY TELECRAPH. Forelgn Markets, Lrvenroor, Dec, 31.—Cottoa dull and galer; mid- 8@8';d; Orleans, 8)d, Salcs, 10,000 | f au, 6,000 speculation znd ezport, 1,000, | Sales of the week, 39,000 ; export, 3,000 ; spaculatiom, | 100, Steck by sctes! count, 593,000 ; Awmerican do, | 110,000, Receipta for the week, 43,000; American, 24,00, Actual export, 2,000. Stock afoat, 368,000 3 ‘Asmerican, 240,000, Breadsintis—Quiet, Provisions—Pork, Gs. Rest unchanged, TLospox, D c. 3l.—The amount of bullion gone fnto the Bauk of England on balanco to-day i £361.60% Cousoley for, money, 9 17; ; on account, 92. United States Securftie:~—5-203 of '5, 10! of do of 67, 1075 ferred, 633, Taliow, 41s Sdicdls 54" Panis, Dec. 3L.~Rentes, 51 402, New York Dry-Goods Market. NEw Yong, Dec. 31.—The year closes with s very quiet market for ail deseriptious of goods, The mat- ¥et for cotton gooda s steady at unchanged pricca. Tieavy standard sheetings, medinm and fine bleached shirtings and wide sheetings zre clozely eold up to productions. Woolen goods for men's wear show symptoms of Improvement, and agents ho'd fzir or- ders for fature delivery. Linens aud whits goods aro in better demund, The Wool Trade. BosoN, Dec, 31.—There 18 no changs {0 report fn the wool tharket, which remains quict. It iaguoted na follows : Ohio aud Penzsylvauls flaécos, SIG@55C for extru and good lines of medium ; 55@5Tie £ double extrs widtl, very little ofiering under 60c; Michigan and Wisconsin, 43@33c, according 1o qualit Comling fleeces sold ut. 574¢, Lut held mostly at &0 superfine and extra pulled in demand and scarce at 40 @336, a8 to quality. The Produce Markets, NEW TORK. Nz Yong, Dec. 31.—Corrcx—Qulet and Irregular ; middiing uplands ac 163c. PreapsTUFFe—Flour quiet and unchanged ; recefpts, 10,000 Lris, Pye flour unchanged. Corn-mésl scarco aud Srmer s Western, $4.00@4.25. Wheat leas active and searvely £0 irm ; receiais, 12,000 b i $1.57@L.60; No. 2 'Cilcago, $L.38@1.59 estern, §1.50; g0 Miwaukee, SLOO@LCL: Rye quiet, Barley carce and 5, Malt quiet. Corn 3 ciosed dull ; receipts, 5,000 ‘store, 815 @8ic ; afloat, 54 'Oats firmer; fairly so- Western, 89)@Ic; firm ; Cai t, $I opened o shade Sriver Lu; mized Western fn @d5c; pew mixed ; Te@SIc. tive ; Teceipts, 9,00 Lu; whie, 61@62cs Ha% axp Hors—Unchanged. o8 for March, Phnged. Middlés tirm gt Lardsteady ¢ Western steal JopiaTY; 9%c, Pebruary. 10-40s, 104X : mew 5s, 10315 Erie, H@IX; pre- | $16.50., 3 lonz dl Beef and cut meats W 775 sbort clesr, 2 816, ‘BITTER AND Cireese—Unchanged, Yarser—Dall aod Jower az9ie, cash ; 8 13165, Wi 28 followa: i ST. LOUIS. cotls Mo Sheni | gr, Lows, Dec. §l—Baeadervsrs—Fom 188 fomS LS | eqpriine winter £.0065.50 . 16,726 .mi XX16.5087.00. Wheat firm ; No. 2 spring, §. - 15,650 Srel fad, miu@l:l'.* bg'u. 5, $1.65. Com d\. ad == T lower; new mized, 0%c, on east track. Oul ol s 538 43719 2968 .2, 40c In clevator, Barley quiet ; No.% prents were #3 follows Sh $1.5@1.45. _Rye qoiet at 82, Cates eem. | “yggrsuy_Steady at 3. Provisioss—Pork firm ut $14.50@15.00, Dalk meats Bz, bnt apactive ; clear rib, B otine fids of the river ; packed Jots, s G ; dear ribe, T3¢: clear, chacged. Greco meats, nohing doing. 7 g, Bicon lear, Txicon the boulders, 5@ S, P, bama, 4 s overage, 10z, Lot firm st 82 cash, at St. Jozepl Mo, ; 83 here seller Felr Hos—Active snd firy Cirriz—Firm and 1 & GENCIN ry, aneel, T1, *Lipping gra 4.90; packin2 lots, $5.10@ 5,15, Iteceipta, $5.00@ Cpessar, Dec, 31.—breapstorrs—Flonr firm and uochapged. Wheat frm at $i40@1 firm ; Bew, 87c; old, quietat 433502, Varley im, Ppesisoys—Pork frm at §1 Lard frm; first Balf of March, 84c. Buk mets firm: 6c tuyer frst half con firn and acarce ; light rales at 7, 81, Cora Rye quict at Yoguic. Ot 25, 8pol $15.75 boye team, By} Kettla sboulders, 6@OHE, cash: March ; cloar, TH@T4C Ba . -and 8xe Lreenmeats pominzl ; buyers and sellers apart ; kell ;. 1Lima Shotldirs, % ; cléar rib, 705 cleur, Tk 499@5.15 | Jupuary; $151 February. Corn steads g Tow-wixed new, Elsic s January ; 3 siiade hett.r; No. 1, 4 10,000 ba; cats, 050 b 1,000 bu ; 02, 1,000 ba. LO: steady. Jnged. Bartnrops, Da ALT! sondin g1od tr3, 46,50 firmat 0% Oats dull, spart ; mess pork, S15. @5¥c; cloar Tith Th(d ciearrib, 8xc. La CorFEE~Very etroug = WizsE¥—Fism ot ¢, Buzsen~—Uuchauged, 0OswEGo, Dic, Il §1.58, Cara steady at 7 at 31623155, PRILADEZTIIIA, In fyir demand and e aud unchasged. Com ‘yeliow, Bc; new, T0@3. PLTIOLITN—Stead , Wismy—Siead; Mruwavzer, Des. 1. and uncharged, Wheast Dee, . aud Liglier; No. 2, §.42. and undanged. Col g, Duts quist ™ Drnor, umchuged, Ho6s-$5.60. BUE! sales of 4700 bu lota. fami; firmer, @%ie. Heorcea; dy'salt meats, Grod Swar et Iy prime, 8181 mand guod; alr, 6233 61 e CottoN—Sles, 162,03 good piddig: exports to fhe coluen YHiovs—Dressed firm at § 0. Tiecerers—Flour, 800 bra; wheut, 16,000bu; com I, o) hanged. in fa.r demand apd higher; 2, $L1774 cash or Januars; §1 dull ond neminal; No. %, Gi3: 0, 2, Sixe. Bye steady; No. 1, isxe. Darles selivt Provisioxi—Atess pork, 1473 Bulk sboulders, loose, at SX¢ @Tige. Lard firm ; ke 38xc; balea; stocl 251,019 Laies; URackd;“auo0d 3.50R 6.5 UISVILLE, Lotsvuyr, Ey., De: 3l.—BIEADSTUFFS—Fiow X 33, Lard IMORE, ! domand ; super Weotorn Whiat gitiet. Coru—dited Weaters Rye firm st L0@Y8. ‘Provistoss~Decidedly irm, but buyers and sellert 9@16.0%, Bk shonlders, G prices than prevalled to-day. The market closed |~ foos—Active and Fi il 5old At $5.23@5.351 ateady st the quotations given below 3 packens ft;ymg $3.A Receipts, 5,7 ship © QUOTATIONS. ments, 1,235, Extra Beeves—Graded atecrs, averaging 1,400 WapEET—He. e $3.15@5.00 | TOLEDO. Chioice Beeves—. , W ar Totepo, U, Dec. 31.—~BreaDsTOFFs~TFious steady to 5 year old steers, averagig LK 10 | Wheat firfny No, 2 white Walush, 31 e 1,450 1bs. ... .. B3@5ED | Michipan, §1.307 spot: §1 Good Boeve- | finely formed February; No.1 red, £ 5Ty Uan Smmeexts—Flour, 40 bris ; wheat, 3,000 bu; corn Provisroxs—Pork quiet and steady, at $15.5¢. Bull mests hedd ; shoulders, B¢ ; 8idos, (4G quiet and steady ; saouiders, 7 Bugarcured hams, 125Gl c. Bacor @3¢ quict xud um 31.—BREApsTUFFS—Flonr firm. 5@0.40 5 € e, Bucon suouldsss, TXC; 32ic GSWEGO, st duil; No. 1 Mijmauke . Barluy firm ; Canada b PHILADELPHIA. 3. — BaeapsTUrrs—Flom Oats duil, Wheat and rye steady old ruds, (¢ Tefined, 133, eru SL.00. UEEE. S. P, e, gel. DETROIT, FALO. 505900, " Comn "firmer, at 703 503 caaks, e infemor, 4@4%c; eome mon, 56 Lair b faliy fzir, 6373, priwe t strick lasaa—Sapply light and do 1,163 balea: Siddics, pa-ks team, 32, R-cripte, —BaeapsTUFFs~Flour quiet Trregular; No. 1, $1.20)73 No. 20§ February c. O stesdy Cora hams, @IS ed, 3l R3c. Heceipts’ 2,000 Hoas—Live, §i-- L cozpts—Floar, 4,000 brls; wheat, 73, SmrpaesTs—Flour, 4,000 brly; wheat, o o CLEVLL, AND. . —EREADSTOFFS—Wheat dall sys old, Giags: mow, 6 No.1. 43} No, 2, 4635 s e, dy and unlian, sl Da. 31.—BuesnstUrrs—Flour quie b Wheat steady § 3tra, $1.60 3 N Wi @1 ; amber, $LiL Cuin steady at G0c. Oatd, 1, 8152 BUrTiLo, Det. 31.—BREADSTCFrsS—Wheat markel penenly brm, 10d frices nomunally unchanged ; oaly . 2 mixed Western, Cora, 700 i 3 NEW ORLEANS, NEW (8LEAN, Dec. §i.— LREADSTUFFS — Flour firmer; Gubie extes, $6.25 ; treble extrs, $7.0038.00; g e 'novIsnsE—Tork ditl, at $15.12)/@15.2%. Dry rah meats e, 4t G4 25@8 5 Bacons G, at B 0R0%y Bms—0id dail. 8t 8923 new, 13@13Ke. Keg, Dy @0Ke. Stocks 3 laxd, kegs, LG3: tierces, hams, sugar-cured, Gt prime to srictly primo, Wiiskv—~7o Cicinnati whisky hero; Loulsiana, r 500 bales; demand less sctive, and prices ens : icod ordinaty 1o siriedly good ordi nary, 1%@145¢; 10 middling to strictly low middling, ; miding to strictly midd! d3gs, 17 gc. T35 .6 Great Brital in, NEW YORK TO FAST NSYLVAX VIRGINIA.. GEORGIA For {roltit or €Q., Agents, 72 L Siearaze to Beaidstico of dacor at sk 9 Retorn d Northeasicorner. Genoral Vestera Azeat. Ppassazasily o A raing a.corly Fore Sharman ousel, Coicaro, WILL! OCEA] STEAMSHIP STA™ LINE. GLASGOW, LIVERPOOL, BEL. AD LONDOSDEBI Thoso elogant now Geo.built Plerls, Seuy Vi steamers will sall from iver, 24 follow: aturdyy, Nov. 2nmark, bas alasys dirad: age, §70, 540 and S tceraze, 129 < at reduca ratos. o frorn Conman nad Seatinasian Fie Stoancoips of this 1 ats tno Tiratts 0alreat Brtaa, ?llad(, ll:d tho Scdiantalphas 5 NPILLIAN MACALSTER, Curren e Naturds), Dec. “iaturday, Dec Passos piats at low rates. rroitin the trad . avery alternato aturday thereaftcr, taking vas, - tenzera at through r2tato'all parts of Great Britaia aud sod - Gerwaag. USTIN BALDWIN & 200 Her "N, 43 Broadwar. N Gonural Westara Agens ste, Cuics, AL LINE, NQTICE—Tais Conpay takos therisk of in 5000,0wn gold) 03 ech of i1s stoamer, ongers tho bost boaiblo guaranteo foF safoly an: suranca (o thas civing been sdopted by . from Plom Coutinaut, 3t (nppteice Boa Sailing wico a weok troi s 29 T PACS's otres, caraur Jsalicas Steam Quenstown, all aeze, e n o4 feam all v Bight Drafot Ge=at. X, 2K, § s 1. DU ViR xess tall parts ot Graat d tha Moditesran: oy, Lo, British Points. From Tow Tork evers Wedne3day. oston every Satarday. Feoin ) wxl:u::!l ?‘ll.'}fl- i arreacy, carts ol B aad 1 pass=agors aad frc rope ¢ lJowes: ik nanl. VT, Geul) swearn Aponts W.c r.bhgasd Laadoipasts. “™BEIDERSON BEOTHERS. Agents. @ CUNARD HAIL LINE ESTABLISEZED 1840- Ttwoen New York, Boston. Liverpook o Gold. 2t e ree) CARRIING THE The mazahicost ncw pablic, Bale, GuocsniEs—Coflee steady, Sagar quiet and firm fair o good rteuing, 74@ize. Molasves—Now Orfeans in good demand at 68@7ic. Rice quiet. Prrnotcvy—Dull and easier; crude, 5xc; refiaed, 13}c. FrnrryToa—Quiet at 4le. Egos—Stady, LraraEa~Sicady at 21@20¢ ; Orinoco, 25@2T /e, Woor—Dull ; domestic feece, 42@550; unwashed’ 19@47: ; puiled, 27@30c. VrovicioNs—Pork quiet and firm; new mess, 318375 @10.50; prime, $13.00; prime mous, $14.25; aalling from New Toarndays. Ratea as lo. Drattaon Great Lritais and kst "ca, 97 funth Cla Of.ca, )l y Tho Sout! Wales Atlantic § poy “adriatic, Biltanaie, York va datucdass el reinad from iXTRe & N and full- e D CAGERORES, Assst umbere, 38 WEW YORK TO CARDIFE, BRISTOL, LONDO And all ther Points in Euglxnfl al pamship Lampany's I7% Bind il fa Pruauivaon B2 ¥ City B nd “Tales a8, 3y e Come Ta Vo Yo.c1 [