Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 5, 1874, Page 6

6 THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: MONDAY, JANUARY 5, 1874 MONEY AND COMMERCE. NM.CNETARY. SATCRDAY EVENTSG, Jan. 3. The Jocal money market coutinues tight, and the demand fur money seems even greater than it was at the beginumg of the wee. The Laaks are etill acco.modating the pork-pac.ere aud otlier reguar customers freely to a large extenc. but, in the op=n marxet, mouey bas become scarce within the past few days, and luans on tte very best collatcrals and the best names could not bebad for sixty days [ur less than 12 per cent” pe: anoum. Exchange Is scarco i G0cto75c per §1,000 premium. The ciearingaof the Chicego banks for the week wera: Balanrey. 143,857 Total....... $10,338,261.73 §1,859,025.68 Corresponding week luet yn..rpo b .. 13,711,152.23 1,725,499.46 JANUARY DIVIDEND: The majority of the Chicago Lacks have de- clared tieir nsual semi-anuual dividends, not- withstanding their losses during the panic. The followiny 15 the List of ail that have vet made their mteations public, though othiers Will pruv- £blv o 80 within & few dugss Tiret National, 5 per cent. Third Natioual, 5 per cent. TFifth Natioal, 5 per ceuz. Union National, 5 per caut. No:thwestern Nutional, 5 per cent. Commerc.al Nauoual, 5 per ceut. Germau Na.ional, 5 per cent. State Savings Iustitution, 5 per cent. Ceutral Natwnal, 5 per cent for thg, past year, r cent to sarplus faud. avinge, Loan & Trust Company, 234 ves cent for threa wmouths. The Me:chauts' National declared no dividend, but adds £100,000 to ita surilus fund out of the Frofits of tle year. “Tue Cook County, Fonrth, Mechsnics', and the Tyaders’ Nationals, aud the Nutiona! Bauk of ILizows have declated no divideods yet. “Ihe Chicago City Railway Compauy declared and raid 2} per cent for the quarter. This, witli two exira oividends of 2% per cent each, paid 1n cash in October, makes 15 per cent cash . cividends paid out of the probits of the year, besides paying for the construction of the Clark strect line aud other acditions to_the propesty, the wholo piofi:a ejaalivg over 20 per ¢ent un tlo capital. LOCAL STOCKS AND GOVERNMENT LONDS. The follawing quotations of lucal stocks are farnislied by Mesera. Hammond & Gage bid. Asked, First National Bank. 145 exdiv. Fifds National Biok % 13 Union Nationul Bank. 140 Commercial Netional ex div Merchants’ Natiopal Bl .0 Germen N 120 Nt hwestern Natioual B Corn Exihange National Buvk. z C:ty N:tional Bank. 150 National B.unk of Ilijuois.. . Cafcugo Cily Rai it I Wett Divis R. 150 155 Noith Disvi-ion Kailwa; e 10 Bl Wetch Compes. ] 5 Watch Compass 5 Bk Contyie .93 96amt Chnicago Gus Light & Cuke Co.... Jd02exdiv Chamber of Commerc . e 90 Truders’ Insurunce Company.. .97 100 Mesers. Preston, Kean & Co. quote as follows this afternoon ; U.S. s of 1. @ D. S. currency Gs... 114l @Lld7 Gold (full weight).. ux Gold coupons, ¢ 11 i g Gold_exchangs, £ 1632,@109% Steriing excuange (large drafts). Cuicago City T 95 and i * Caok County Ts.. 95 wnd ut, Town, county, aud vity 10 yer cent 5@y Selta. 180 pES 1608 not 180 1205 not war 18! wees 147 Agricutturl codege land-scrip . 173 THE CHICAGO 4 PACIFIC RAILROAD A paragraph appeared in this c.lumz of TuE TRILUNE yesterday intimpating that the Chicago & Pacific Rait-ond conld not be expected to build up even a subwban business until 1t bad better depot facilities in thiy city and sume counections wath some otber read. either bere or at tha west- eruend ot jtakne, 1In roplyto our remacks, the Geperal Freight and Ticket Agent of the rond eends us tho following. shicu shows the bnsiness of the road in s much more favorsble light: Cpicaco, Jan, 3, 1874, To the Editor of The Clicano Tritmune & Sie: In the issue of 'HE TRIETNE of this moruing you copy an atticlo frow the ftockford Gazeite which coea great mjustice to this Com- pany. It states that, **although a train runs 1rom Elgiv to Chichro and rotuin onco a day, it does not begin to fay expeuses,” &e. The facts are. thet we ure runnirg tbree trains each way daily between Chicazo and Elgin, snd for the past two months our operatiug expeuses have been less that 70 per cent of tlie esrniugs. Our passenger earnings for tle mouth of October were over £109 pes milo. Our depot iu Clica.o is not in a very conven- jent place, but we expect early m the spring to have as central location as sluost any road ranning out of thecity. Our road west of Elgin isnearly all gaded to Byron, 50 miles, aud the tics areon our docks iu Chicago, awailing spring {o Le Iaid. We bave buili up the fiest subur- ban passenger business ever secured by any company in the eame length of tiwe, aud onr busiuess is increa-ing every month, a8 our rec- ords will show. Knowiuz that you do not desiro to do injustice 1o auy one, we ¢ ust you will givo “thig as prominent a place as you gave to the ar- ticlo refocred to, Yours respectfully, Geonge IT. DANIELS. General Froight and Tickes A eat. REAL ESTATE. A change is evidently coming over the real estute market, There Las Leen no time since Jast August when there was such a perceptiblo inciease in the inquiry for all classes of prop- erty us within the past week. Thisis the unani- ‘mous report of nearly all thereal estate brol:ais. Oue well-known Lzoker, who deals almost ex- clusivaly in first-class business sud residenco property, tells us that whereas he did almoat nothing for mearly three months, up to two wecks ago, he bas within a few days mado trans- Betioug to the amount of several hundred thous- and dollars, and that he bas now not less than threa castomers, capitalists from othier citics, _ who are bere looking for chancas to invest in DUINESS PROPERTY, either improved or unimpioved. Several impor- tant trunsactions in this class of property bave been about concluded in the last few days and will then appear in the daily liets of tranefers, but for the present the brokers are unusually reticent akout the prices obtained, aud the re- porter is obliged to give a pledge of secresy be- fuie e can get enough information to couvince bum thet this ambiguous talk about large trans- sctiors ¢ uot all gammon, The canse of this gamec £ , npervousness about publicity. scems 0 artoy --wuat the fact that nearly all the sales have been made at a cousiderable DECLISE IN PRICES _from those at nhich the same property wonld bavesold a year 8g0. A8 near o« we can esti- mate, she recent tiansaccions indicate an average declive of 1510 20 PER CEXT N on business property generally, as compared with 2 year ago. State, Clark. Madison, and Wasbington streets it has not been anywhere near vo wuch, and probabiy few pieces of nrop- eriy on thase streots couid be bought auy lees than o year.ago, except 10 cases wheds ownens were obiz2d to rell Within a giventime, But, wmith tie exce; tion of ihe Madisou rtreet froutave, it iv probsble that nore of the business pluperty west of Fifth svenue, and as far as the nver, would se'l for as much ag it was held at a year 8go by from 25't0 30 yer cent. The real estale Lrokers, however, all claim, and with some show of reason, thet tho recent traneactions in busi- ness property have nearly all beea furced sales, and that, therefore, they do nmot indicate any general reduction in the prices of even such property a8 is offered for sale. It is true thar while the owners of four-fifths ot the prop- erty in the busincss district north of Vaa Buren street, would not sell for less thun the prices they asked a year ago (aud most of them would not eell even for that) any property now forced to sale must sell for & good aexl less than last year's price. 1t is a noteworthy fact, howerver, that every one of the recent sales of business- property has been made at from FIVE TO TEN PER CENT MORE +han the same property coald have been bought for tisty days ago. ‘TLis upward tendency of prices and increased vity 10 connection with business property is uut quite 50 positive in counection with FIRST-CLASS RESIDENCE PROPERTY. Nevertheless more of thus kind of property, bith improved and uaimproved has clanged owners witkin the last two weeks, than in nearly two montns previous. In 8 good mauy instances theso tr.nsfers of residences have been in the ecttlement of the indobtedners of the former owners. In others tho owners have concluded to move furtber out and have ex- changed central for suburban property and & little mouoy, inteuding to build cheaper homes; aud, in some cases, this haa been the means of drawing new residents to the city to occupy the mo:o_expersive houses thus ~vacated. The Hough munsion on Prairio avenue, south of ‘Twouty-first street, is tho finest reeidence that has appeared iu the published list of fiansfors for some montbs. Tho prico in the deed is $50,000, which 18 thought o ba from $8,000 co §10,000 lcas than the prop- erty would readily Lave eold for a year ago. The bandsome 1esideuco No. 110 Calumet a suue, mentioned in tno published transfers yes- tercay as eold for £35,000, was, we understa id, it from a fathar to bis dangliter. A lot 40580, on the coruer of State avd Obto Sireets. wus sold & fow days ago for §4,500, nearlv all cash. While this isalutle too near to busmess to bo con:idered firsi-class residonce property. it was nevoribuless s very low price. We Lear a:80 of other and much more desirable jroperty on the North Side being offered at from 10 to 15 per cent less than the prices at which it was beld g year ago. Thero secms to be a better demand for resi- dence lots at from £80 10 £10) PER FOOT than almost muy other class of property, The great batk of tnis kind of property is in the uear suburbe, and yet within the reach of horse- cars aud othér conveniences for doing bustuess i the city. 5 SUBTRBAN ACRES in almost any direcction but soutbward snd svutbwestward are very dilicult to sell. Wo bear of tuo rale of ouo tract of sixteon acres iu the nortieast quarter of Scz. 85, a milo south- west of the Brideweil. for nearly all cash, but the parties decline to state the price for publica- tion, because it was very low. We Lear also of several offers for acres at various poiuts south of the Souths Parks, but as thoe prices offered were low and owoens of land iu that direction do not f-cl di-posed to make muel reduction iu prices, noting important has been accomplizhed 1 that qaarter ately. The property within ba'f s mite ol t1e north'division of the South Puik 15 probably more firmly Leld up to former prices than any Gtuer 1p or about the city. The exty continues to grow, aud its extenston along the lines of tho variods railroads runmng soutbe ward through Englewood and Ilyde Paik is ehown by the continual incresse of mnew wooden houses that aro being built oven now in the season when there is usually a groat decreaso in the activity of building in any quarter. SOME HECENT sales which have not appeared in the published list of trausfers yet aro a8 follows : W. . Kerfoot & Co. sold 3 lots on the corner of Forly-cigith snd Hailsted streete, each 24x118 feet ; Cousideration, $3,000, A'so 110t 24x115 fuet, on Lin- colu strect, eouth of Harrison strest ; conaideration, §1,500. Aiso one lot 283100 fect on the northwast cor- ner of Jobn sud Walsh streets ; consideratiou, £1,800. Als01 lot 253123 fect, on ‘iwenty-fifth street, eiween Baddin ,-aud Wenlworts avenue; consideration, 500, Also1 lot 24x100, on Dobyn's atreet, Letwcen Blue Tsland avenue snd Waller street ; consideration, $1,000, ‘Also two lois, 58x115 feet, on tho southesst corner of Lake strect und Crawford avenus; comsideration, . Halr & Co. sold four lots in Block 1, Kebler's Suld,vision, at Lowndale: consdderation, $2,500. Alec (wo loté near the sume locality in Lawndale; con- sideration, 1,200, G. B, Puinton sold one lot in North Evanston ; con- sideration, £50. Fowier & McDaniels aave sold Trop- erty this we. k in Evanston amounting in all to §7,800. Tenry W. Brocks rold six lots west of the railroad, near South Englewood ; convideration, $1,00. OTHER BICENT SALES. Alber? Cresby soid 50 fest on Washing’on strect, be- tween Dearvorh and Siate (Opera-Houso property); cons1d:ratiun, $210,000, Caurles Busby sotd 2) feot on Lake street, near La- Sul:; con ideration, $50,900, Also, 52 fext on Clinton street, near West Lake ; consideration, §: b2 Tue Methodist Book Courern £0id 30 feet on Wark- ingron etreet, cast of Dearborn ; cousideration, $32.000. orey & Magill sold No, 625 West Adama street, witli {mprovements ; considerstion, £12,000, _Also, two lots on Adaw strect, near Leavilt; consderation, $95 per fook. Aluo, two' luta s Wicker Park ; consideration, for Doth, £4,500. Also, 10 10ts in the same subdivis- ivn ; considerntion, $1,50), ~Also, 150 fect on Michigan aveine, near Forty-first street; consideration, $125 yor foot. Also, 56 fect on tho nor.beast corner of M.dison and Carpenter stroets, with improvewents ; conzideration, 50,000, SUMVARY OF T.ANSFERS POR THE WEEK, The folwing s tho total amount of cify and suburban property transferred during the weck end- mg Saturday, Jan.3: City projerty—Number of +ales, 110; considoration, $1,203,541. ~North of city limite—ntmber of eale! cousidsration, $19,203. South of ciry limits—Number of saes, 20; cousid: ra- tion, $31,440. West of city limits—Numuer of salos, 3; eorsderation, $10,900. Total sales, 136, Total conlsideration, $1,386,951, COMMERCIAL. SATCRDAY EVENTNG, Jan. 8. The following were tiie receipts and shipments of tho lending articies of produce iu Chicago during tho past tweuty-four bours, and for the carresponding day One yoar 8go: BUIFPMENTS, Flax seed, lbs, Broom corn, C .Ted micats, b Bee, rls.. Pork, brls.. Lard, lbs.... “Tul.ow, 1Ly, Buatter, lus, Dreseed hogs, N Live Logs, No. Cuttie, No. Sbeep, Nu. Hidey, Ls, Higlwiues, Urls. Wool, lhs Poatoes, bu, Lamber, m ft... Suing.cs, m Lat, m. 450 Salt, bils, | 150] Withdrawn from store ou Friday for city con- sumption : 2,183 bu wheat; 9,727 bu corn; 1,185 L oats; 2,304 bu xye; 5,076 bu barley. With- diawn for do. during the weck: 15,553 Lu wheat ; 32,963 bu corn ; 5,341 bu oats; 5,233 bu rye; 10,695 bu barlay. v The following grain bas been inspected into store this morning, up to 19 o'clock : 343 cars whoat, 106 cats corn, 45 cars oats, 8 cara rye, 8 cars barley. Total, 515 cars, 192,000 bu. Tac following were the receipts and shipments of Lreadstuffs and live stocx at this point during tho past week aad for the correspouding weeks eundivy as dated : RECEITTA, un.3, Dee. 21, 185 76,0 1206,710 154,750 180,462 12,004 61,540 14,650 1,03k 6,457 12,608 207 What, bu. WL 8778 Corn, bu pITeTTI 1] Out, oyl gL Rye, bu... 1S B Brley, bu., 63,619 35,200 Dressed hogs, pUST" O] Livohogy, No. 2 23014 147 Cattle. Ni 6,500 42606 4,736 A resolution was offcred on 'Change to-day, aud 1aid over till Monday, under the rules, to the effect that, inasmuch as the proprietors of the Chicago & Alton Elevator have retired the fecent surplus of outstanding receipts, the house be again declared regular. Our ouly remaris 1 this counectior i3, tlatif any member of the Bosid ot Trade hus doubts about ihe stability of the imstitution in its preseat condition, tothe extent of making bim uuwiling to handle those grain-receipts, lie ought not to voteto cram down tbe turoats of his fellow-membe:s meat that his own stomach would revolt at. “I'ie leading produce mukets were steady to- duy, and quict, wheat and four bejag about the oniy articies that exhivited an;thing like sc- tivity. Saturday is usually less active than other daye, and operatons do not seem to have yet sectled down to work since the opening of the year. The pumber. in attendaace was less than ordinsary, snd thoso who were present seewed to bo favored with fewer orders, cither to buy or sell. Tho receipts of greix were liberal ; but the present miry weather will probably lessen them next week, msit interferes with travel on the roads 1n the country. There wes no sppearance of sckvity in the dry goods market, while in most depariments +4rada was positively aull, In standard blenched and brown cottons, prints, and some fow other lwes thero was a rar movement, but the aggro- gate distribution was comparatively small. Prices Yemarn steady and firm 8s previously quoted. In the market for staple and fancy grocenes there were no new doveiopmonts. Coflees, Sugars, sirups, rice, and, in fact, most articles enu- merated in our hist, met with a liveral local and in- torior demand, and were, wichout an exception, firmly beld. Suzars, sirups, molasses, and rice have again advanced at the East, which gives the market here an upward tendency. No quotable changes were uoted to- day, but_an early advance in certain of tho staples above noted is confidently looked for. There was moderate activity in_the buiter and chieeso markets at unchanged prices. Tae for- mer srticle shows signs of weakness, but the latter is strong. Notliug new was devaioped in connection with the canued goods aud fish mar- kets. Dried fruits coutinue active 8o fir as domestic varieties are concerned, and aro firm allaround. A o alvauce in prunes is noted, with which exception quotations twers uu- changed. There was a quict fecling iu tae bag- ging market, and values wero not wubjected Lo Buy material change. Pig-iron, leather, aud oily were moving with somo freedom at full prices. The lumoer market 1s very quiet, ayd 1o al- teration in quozationa is reported, although there aro inctances wirero concessious are made for currency. Dmlding matorials, iron, pauls, and metals were also quicz, cspecially brick, lims, ete., while the lasy named articles meet with a moderate demand, and are gouerally quoted firm. Sait was in moderato re.juest aud steady. Cooperage wasin light demand at recent prices for paokens' goods. Poles wero dull and lower, with largo offerings. Tho wool and broom-corn markets were © agmm _quict. Hops _and sy were dull ond weak. Hides were tolorably steady, with tue offerings fair aad snfficient to meet tho demand. “The poultry und game markets are in & very ui- satisiactory condation. ‘Lho offeriags, es;evially of the foimer, are very latae, aad, 0w, warm weather, it is feaied that much of the stozk will become worthless befoe it can be dis- posed of. Prices a o irregular and lower. Tho Udewnnd for green fraits was light and prices ar3 vartable. though sound fruit is steady. Ihighwines were less active, and sieady at the price waich Lius ruled for several davs past, wid 02 apparect oexiio to deviste from it. Sales were reported of 150 brls at 93c per gallon. Drestied hogs were dull and easicr. The weatber wss too warm to make it 8afo for ship- pers to take boll, winle local packers bid lower grices than hoiders wero willing to mccept. Tlence notling wae dome till about 1 o'clock. Thio market closed nomiually at $8.25@6.30 fur choico frozen lots, Sales were revoried uf 80 trozon nt &6.25, and 225 soft at $5.0) per 100 1bs. Totel, 305 bead. Provisions were very quiet, but firm.* The re- ceipts of Liogs were uot large, but the weather was uatavorabic for cutting, and packers hell off, causing a weakoning in quotations. This, lowever, Liad no effect on the prices of prodnct, except as it tendod a littlo in tho opposite direction, by iaking meats and lad relatively scarce. There were geversl or- ders hete for proiuct, but packers geuerally de- mauded an advance ealy in the session,” and then bayers felt osck, making the day ono of the quietest of the scason. Mesu pork was held 100 bigher, but modided later in tho nbsenco of do- mand.’ Lard was 6@10c per 100 Iha bigher, but with none wanted, excopt to fill options. Aeats were firm at full previous prices, with few offar- ing, 08 the stocks are reporzed to bo swall. Puckers scom careless about working norw, be- ing coutent o taire hold sparingly enonzh to let prices drop on n lizht sunply of hogs. at tho same timo that 1t will tend to keep down tho s:0cks of pravisions, especially of pork, which is incxcessivosnpply. Thestocitis estimatadaz 110,- 000@1320,00J brls, aud of lard 41,00 50,600 tes. The warket clojea at the foliowing ranze of prices : Mess pork, caeh or scller Januacy 314.80@14.40 : doolier Fevruany, $14.75@11.50 do selicr March, $15.25@15.30 ; prime meks pock, $12.70@13.00; extra prmo do, $:L0)@IL. Lard, cash or scller January, $3.5014@ do seller February, $3.75@3.30 ; do sclier March, $9.05@9.10. Green hams at S5¢@Jc for 16 and 15 Ib averages ; sweot pickled hame, 9@10c: dry salted wests, loose, at 5LE@5%4c for honi- deis ; Th@7}{c for Cumberfands’; TXc for long clear; 7l{@7J4e for short ribs ; 734¢ for shoit clear ; thie same boxed at {c por 16 above those vices. Green meats iic fower than salted do. Aats for February délivery 5¢@]4c higher, anl for March dohvery S¢@i{¢ higher than cash prices. Mess beef,” $3.25@8.50; extra mess o, 30.75@10.00; becf bams, $92.75@23.60. Ci:v tallow, Si@6}c: gresse quotable at 44@ Ge. Sales” wero reported of 150° bris mess pork, cash, or seller January, at 314.50: 500 brls brla do, soller Tebruary, at'$14.90; 600 brls do at 814.80 ; 250 b:ls do ot $14.75 : 450 tes lard at £8.55; 6U0 tce do at $8.50; 500 tes do, seller Febiuary, at §8.85; 250 tes do at $8.80; 1,000 tes do. seller Aarch, at $0.10; 250 tes do at 5905 20,000 Its groon shouldors at5kc; 23,000 1bs salted do at 534c; 100,000 1bs do, buyer I'eb- tuary, at 8:. Louis, and 100,000 Ibs do, seller AMareh, at Keoluk, nt 6c ; 250,000 Ibs short sibs, soller March, a: 8¢ ; 180,000 1bs gzeon hams (20 1bs) at 78{c ; 500 tes sweet pickled hams, at St. ;.luuis, (14 1bs), at 1034e ; 75 tes yellow giease at He. I'he Commercial Bulletin gives the following as the retuins of the packing at tho principal points, 28 compared with the same time lust £oason as far as returued, and tho aggregate packing of the 83300 of 13733+ Todate, Agqreaats, 19724, Chieago, Til, Alilwa ikee, Wia. .. Cincunati, 0. St. Louis, 3o, 1ics, Ia.. *Estimated, The Commercial Report gives the following statement of the shipments of the various de- scriptions of hiog product for the week ending Dee. 31, 1873, and sinca Nov. 31, 1473, ae com- pared with the co.responding poriods last yeas Tork T e S ifams Skl FE T | b | et S | Wek ona'gDoe. ! pear o Laml Lem 9370 10 wo 1574] 9,04.4. Sinco No. I 17 *Green hams rhipped during tho week, maoe, gniust 85,88 pes tho correspunding perind last yoar: 1, 183 607,738 Dok, agatnst 6,60 pos tha cut meats oxcept shonlders and S. P. 33 433 Suoulders, brs, . Short rib, "»xs.. S.aort cleir, b Loug clear, bxa Loug nib. bxs.. Camuerlands, S retfords, b: Staffordsulre, S0, StatlordsRire, Long cut hams, bz 635 Wilshiro sides, bxs.. 916 Hams, Lxs 1,233/ Shoullers, pes - %lSa0ciders, tes 450 8. 1, Middies, B:lics, tes Birmingham-, bxs, [Jawis, tea..... .8 Trish cut, bxs. 241 Hocks, bris. .2 Bacon, by, 241|Backs, bris, 20 Stan’debireliams,bxs 25) Belifes, Uxs..0ocineas 14 ‘Total number of boxes of meats shipred during the ‘week, 5.820, sgainet 16,008 boxes the preceding we Total pleces shipped during the weck, including green hams, 41,524, against 101,820 pieces the preced- ing woex. Flour was again in active demand for export, and quotably firmer_on gnod snipping grudes of spring oxtras, 8t $5.6214@6.00, with no chauge on oiher grades, and 1o particlar demaad for thom. Spring superfines weze iu light demand for shipment, and the local inquiry was small. Bran was steady. Sales wero reported of 40) brls white winter extras (Wis.) at $6.12% ; 200 bris do on privato terms; 1,700 bila upring extrasat 20.00; 100 brly do at’ $5.90: 900 brls Srease, tes . do ar ¥5.87)5 ; 100 brls do at 25.85 ; 200 brls do at £5.75; 100 bris do st £5.373¢ ; 1,400 brls do on private lerms; 45 brls superiines at §4.15; 137 brls do ot $400 ; 25 orls rve flour on private terms, Total, 5,207 brls. Tle followiug wero the closing piices: 2 TFair to good white winters, Choice do... led winters Choce to fancy Epring extras. 3iedjum to good do. Gaod to choice Miunesota. Patent do.... % Fuir to choice spring, suporfin Cowmon do Lye flour. .. Buckwheat do, Bran... Wheat was strong all throagh the session, and moderately active, at an average advance of 1ic perbu; under reports of greater firmness in oo, and the expectation of « decrcase in our receipts in consequence of bad weather. Somo partios had privato advices that Liverpool was quiet and casier; and they £old early, butbouglt in egain later in Lhe day. ~ Tho demand was not urgeut, but very permstent. Cish wheat was wanted to a liberal extent, but the inquiry was cluetly for the upper and lower grades. Options | for next moath wete tho most active; . buyers 1ooi at the delicieacy ot Greas Britain, and the fact that ehe is taking hold as rapidly as can bo done without forciag up prices. Hence they think the prospect is good for those who are on tho loug side, especially 1f they can hold on till thoe summer, The principal thing to be feared by those who look for an advance, is that our receipts will bo too heavy to be carried without shrinkage before the opening of pavigation. Seller February opened at $1.205¢, and roso gradually. to 31.225{ at the close. Soller January, or cash No, 2 spriog, sold st SL1T%®@ 1193, closing at the ouiside. No. 1 spnug closed at 81.213¢ ; No. 3 do at §1.153¢; snd re- ectod do at 8107, Cash sales were reported of 100 bu No. 1 springat £1.213¢; 9.200 bu do at $1.21; 10,000 bu No, 2 sgring at 81.19%¢ ; 10,200 bu do 'at €1.1934 ; 5.000 bu_do at 31.19X( ; 9.800 § 2,800 budoat BLIBX ; 12,800 bu doat $1.18¢¢; 14.800 bu do at 31.183¢; 22,400 bu do at 31.18%¢ ; 26,000 bu do at $1.18¢ ; 4.400 bu do at 81.181 ; 400 bu No. 8 spring a1 §1.15}¢; 2,000 bu do at $1.15%¢ ; 6,100 bu doat $1.15 800 bu doat 811437 ; 1.600 budo at S1.141¢; 800 bu rejocted epring sk $1.07; 7,900 bu’ by enmplo at ©1.23 delivered. Total, 147000 bu. Corn was quiet, but strong, Bveraging Xc highor. though ouf reccipts wer azain more fib- eral than the recent average, and Liverpool was reported with a downsward tendency. ‘Thero was searcely any demand for cash corn, and but few lots changed baands. High mixed was at a very glight premium. The demand for options was ratber light, but offericgs were comparatively ferw; hence, s small ngzregato of trading. The bad weather was generally regarded s tareatea- ing to reduce the volumo of supplies, ana the piospect of veceiving much corn at present is rather dubious, a8 50c per bu is the ruling price on track in Sonthorn Illinois: heuce they cannob afford to send it hera to sell at 5dc, Beller Feb- ruary sold at 5c. declined to 543(c, and advanced tc 535¢c, closing ot 55@55)ge. Selier tho month, ar cash No, 2, sold at 53}i@ble, closing at 5375 @sle. Seller May sold_at 603§@6Usc, closing with the outeide bid. Now No. 2 eold af 50c. Rejected closed at 52¢ for old. and 46c for new. Cush eales wero roported of 1,200 bu high mixed at 533{c; 5.000 bu No. 2at ic; 8.600 bu do at 533{c ; 14,800 bu do at 537c ; 14,u00 bu co at 3334c ; 2,400 bu now at 50¢; 40 bu rejeeted ab 523 ;2,490 bu do ot 51)e: 1,200 ba pew do et 360+ 4,400 bu do at 45c; 1,600 bu do at 42, Total, 56,400 hu. Ouca were quiet and a chade casier, but very stealy, Thers was a modorate demand, but buyers wanted Jower prices, as tha receipts wore Izrger, whilo bolders wete not inclined to reduca vudo at 2.1 quotatiooe, in view of s toported firmer feeiirg in New York. Seller the month, or cash No. sold ac 939 @33}¢c, and selier February at 8, @39)¢c, both closing eteady. Notning wasdoing ia May; it was nomival n: 43i¢c. Cash eales woro reporsed of 15,100 bu No, 2 at 38%¢; 7,100 bu do st 83%5c; 600 bu No. 2 white at 3336c; 1,200 Lu rejected ac Sdc; 600 b1 by samplo at 43¢, froa on cara; 600 bu do at 413¢e, delivered. “Toial, 25.800 bu. Riye was quier, and Y4elower, owing to a slight increase in the reccin:s ; closing a¢ 70i¢e for No. 2. Cash sales were: 400 bu No. 2 a: 77c; mdss.flDfl bu do at 76}¢e. Rojectod was nominal at 782, Barioy was less active, and irregular. No. 2 was nonanderstandable. There wero rumors thas $1.45 was bid for 20,000 bu, but the only sa'e reported was at 81,42, which was 1o lower. N0. 3 was in good slupping d2mand, aud adyanc- ed 5¢, opoviug at €1.13 fur 2¢ storage lots, ana closing thm a: $L18 for do. Re- jected was also firmar, clyaing at $1.03. Cash sales wero reported of 49) bu No. 2 st §L.42; 4,800 bu No. 3 fresh st $1.18; 5.600 bu do'at $1.17; 500 bu doat $L19; 409’ bu do at $1.15; 400 bu do rogutar ab §1.14; 1,600 bu re- jected at 81.U3; 400 bu do at $1.023¢: 2,800 bu Qo at 31.02; 1,600 bu do st S1.00; 810 bu by wample at 81.25; 400 bu do at $1.20; 1.300 bu do at $1.15; 400 bu do st £110, an frack; 300 bu do at'$1.00 deliverod. Total. 22,000 ba. EUROPEAN MARKETS. Tho followiug d:sputches wero received on *Cisange to-day: 3 Jax. 3.—LoxpoN—Cargoes off coast. Wheat, mp< ward tendeacy. Coru siexly. G221 cargis No, 2 spring wiueit off coast, Gls. LIVERPOOL—Wueus quiet. Curn, downwurd tendenry, 37401, St of Lresdstufls in Londoo—Fiour, 230,000 to 250,0° wheat, 330,000 to 320,000 qra ; coru, under 50,000 qra. Stork: of breadituas in Li ‘erpoo.—Fiour, 160,000 o 170,000 brls § whieat, 160,000 to 170,000 qrs ; corn, 59,060 6,000 qre, Liverioor, Jam, 3—11:30 a, m.—Floar, 232295 Gd. d@124 103 Wintes waeal, 124 6 @123 847 wpring, 131 34¢ silte, 134 Ta@133 11d; Cuay, 16@Ts 3L Cor, 01, Pork, 0ls. Lard,'4Ca 61 LareER—2 p. m.—Pork, 033, Rest unchanged. Laren—3 p. m.—Grain in store—\Waeat, ‘167,003 aqrs; corn, 5000 grs ; four, 39,00) bris aad 37,04 [: crops oF 1873, The St. Louis Democrat of the 15t inst. gives the followin ¢ official s:atement of the produc- tion of corn and wheas iu the Misswssippi Valley, compiled by Mr, Dodgo, the statistician of the National Agricaitural Bareau: Wheat. 19,0.0,000 16,10, 0.0 105, 000, X O 8000 0 Duelto 14,8152 HOG PACKING. The Cincinnati Price Current of the 21 inst. publishes returns from 230 interior poiats winch do not include Chicago, Cincinnati, Bt. ouis, Milwaukee and Indiangpolis), giving tho ‘whols nu:nber packed to dates of reports (13:h to 30th December). the esiimated number tor winter scason 1878-74, the total packiug at the eam) points during scason of 1372-73, and thie whole packing iu tho mentioned States, ox- clusive of cities named sbove, duriug season 1472-78 Total Al fn- Estimate same tenor season. placex. 1874-74, 187478, Otio, 253,419 Iadians 358,924 Iavos., . Towa. . . 234,800 Kiusas, < 43,100 Wisconsin, ..., 15,925 Miunesota ... 20,400 Nebruska, 35,000 Kentucky.. 27,087 Teuness: 22000 7,900 Miscellunests, Total. 2,018,567 The packing st points given excoeds the num- ber to corresponding dutes lest season 233,000. ‘The puints not beard from packed a total of 17! 720 during season 1872- 'he aggregate fall- ing off at futerior poiuts wiil be in round bum- bees 200,000, ‘The o>timates for tho season cx- ceeds pac ting to dates of reports near 402,000, Tho whole acking 1o the Wee?, to Jan. 1, is ap- preximately 1,500,000 at_interiar points, and 2, 500,000 &t the six iarger citics, or a totalof 4,000, 000, whict: is 1,410,000 lo=s thaa entite scasou 1372-73. As'1egards the six largor Western packing points, we do uot csteem 1t practicable st ths time to undertake an estimato of what will be doue during tie remuining two months of tho season. ‘The packiug to daio ot these points - aguragates 2.495,000. againsé 1,945,000 to sumo tiie last season, or an cXcess tis 10ason amouat- iug to 550,000, and leaving 900,000 moro to_bo acked to_equal last season’s numbers. Our atest advicos give uumistakablo ovidence of light supplies of Logs yot to be marketed. ‘The Price Current al+0 rofers to the phenom- enon of & much groater slrinkage, aud says : “ Muny of the larger number of hogs this year sbriuk more than one-bfih of the gross weight. whercas last year 15 per cent would cover the slrinkago in muny inttancas, and wo doabt if the avecage, was more than 17 por ceat. In somo test cases made with meats it is found that the shiivkage in cwing aleo is more than double what it was last vear. Ihe cause of this is gen- eally attributed'to the inferior quality and de- ficient quautity of corn, but whetlior this is the true explunation or not the fact remains tho 3 LUMBER. The Saginaw Courier says: Reports from nearly every point where Inmbering operationa are conducted ara to the effect that thiere is not one cump this yeur whers there wero five of six last winter, and “~:t {n many localiles they have hnd no snow 10 epeak ot This is the caso in tho ucigh- Dorbwod of Loomis, and some locabties on the Cass, and at no points, excopt possibly on thie Shore streams aud thie Upper Tittabawassee ia_ tho'hauling anywhero uear decent. Tuis will_cfectually “disposo of addi- tioual operations, and will also curtail the operations of those already {0 the woods, A number of camps, it is reported, have stopped work altogether. The Ma~ son County Jtecord, published at Ludington, at the west end of the Fiint & Pere Marquette Railway, says that mavy campa on the Pers Marquotle bave' sus- jended work for want of Euow, We are inclined to tiluk that this falling off, while it may bo a temporary Dardship to some lumbermen who are hesily in debt, will work advantageously to tio lumberlng interests in g:neral und to localities dependent upon tho lumbering businesa, Ths shortage iu the log crop the prescut winter will decreaso the supply of lumber io the mar- ket next season, and should there be » reasonable de- mand for the article, prices must consequeny ad- vance. WHEAT PRODUCT AND DEMAND. The Bostoa Journal of Commerce says: Laat week artificlal matters carried the New York wheat market above that of Liverpool, from circum- stances connected with the fact that 1,600,000 bushia on the frozen canal Lad been sold, to arrive, both fn New York aud Liverpool, and the fulfilinent of the contract carried up prices in New York unnaturally, The recelpls which Luve Leen coming into New York by rail Lave been astoulshingly large fur the season, exceeding 100,000 bushels a dsy after the clasing of the canals, Last year, during the close of canal navization, the receipis at New Yark were but about 500,000 bushels s month ; this year they have excceded that amount a week,* 50 the exporta in the winter are likely to be much larger than last sesson, a3 the foreign demand s about certain to continue, if the prices ate reasonable, while the West is full of wheat, and the recelpts at the Western markets aro larger than usual at this season. Also, save tho first cold sap, the winter has been sipgularly mild, the northern chain of lakes -being kept open later than usual. At the sametime that a stesdy export demand 18 loaked for, it ia not expected that high prices will pre. . rang:: vail; tho European markets hase many resources, aud potatoes, turnips, etc., are more cheapand plentiful in Great Biitain this yeir than they huva been since 1843, wile they are o clieap on the Continent that they are ahippod to England largely and sold for near- ly nominal prices. Ther again, the autumn and win- tor {n Eugland and on_thse Coitinent, thus f., hava be:n uncxceptional for planting wheal,—the best sea- son for five oraix yeirs,—so that the' best intcrests of producer and shipperaro opposed to estra high prices. LATEST. Wheat was active in tho afternoon, closing about tho same a8 on chango, selling af $1.9287 @1.23 seller February, closing at $1.2237, aad at £1.20 bid for Januory. Cotn was quict and sieady, with saley at 53@s3%e for February, clozing at the laxide. No sales of other grain or provisions were reported. * U CHICACO DAILY MARKET. Sarenpar EvENtNg, Jam. 3. ALCOHOL—Wan steady at 21.86@11. BEANS AND PEAS—Tne demand continues light, Cliolce hand-picked navy beans seli in 3 roall way ut 2,75 per bu, We quote: Navy beans, $2.50§2.60 ; me- diume, $2.25@2.40; common, $L.30G2L0; pess; $1.00 @1.25 per bu in bigs BUTTER—Thers was s trifle easier foeling in the ‘market for this staple, though prices wore mot ap- preciably lower, sl.5' belng rendered at the fol.omng Choice'to fancy ycllow, 30@33c ; medium to 15G20e; com- good, 22@27c; inforor to common, mop 'to chotce roll, 1@, BAGGING—Rerains quict and firm at former qucta- tious, We repeat our lst, 26 followa: Stark A, 3te; Lud- low &, 3de; Lewiston A, 533c; American A, 39¢; Amos Otter C éek, 42¢ ; burlap bags, 4 and 5 gunnl s, singee, 1i@lc; do double. W0l Backs, 63(woac, 110D CORN—Lomains quiet and withont spocial chage. Fulowing are the quotadons: Cuoice to exira Burl, 7);@8:; corn that will work ftself intoa choice burl Lroom, 6% @7c; for good do, 8%@6: good to clolce stalk i, 6@Tc; duferior Lrus, 4 [0 BUILDING MATERIALS—Thero was 1o Improve~ ment fn the demand 101 Materisis, Pricesare nominaly Harness French caj, Jodof rench calf, Lemoino. French calf, 24 t0 35 lbs. Frecch kip, 60 0100 ths. repeat quotations First CleaT..oe..n. 00 Becondclear 1inrhto 2 {nch. i7.00 Tuird clesr, 1 inch, 03 Third clear, thick. iz 43.00 Clear flooring, 1at and 2d together, rongh. “vas 33.00 Clear siding, 1st and 3d together..... 2200 Common siding. ... 19.00 Common flooriug, 'diessed, Drat 33,00 Common fiooring, dressed, second. ... 20.00 W.gon-box Loaras, eelected, 14 inchea and upward. 36,00 A stock boatds. . 46,00 21.00 14.00 1200 Joist, scantling, T, fer etc., 13 feet und under, green, Joist and scantling, 18 t 24 feet. Pickets, square, Pickets, fiat 8 rmnnt g8g28 Cedar posts, spl X Ced.r posts, roun Lath. 5 No. 1 sawed ehingles. 50 RorStar.. 35 @ Bhingles on track (A)....... S12¢@ 325 ‘Threc doliars ner car to bo added when transferred, which ckarge follow. the shinglcs, ‘Thickness—Five shingies to be two inches in thick- ness. Leagth—Sixteen inches, 1ARDWOOD, sc-shaf(; Talnut — Counters, $100.008160.00; cloary X 5.00 ; commos 5.00350.00°3 cull, $20.¢ 500 Bouriug, S, $508 e Ask—Clear, $23,00210.00 ; common, £16.00325.00 cull, $10.00:515.00 3 fluoring, $37.046 10.00 Ouk—Clear, $26.00@40.00; cowmnion, $16.00825.00 ; cull, $3.4UG13.00. i ickory—Clear, $33.00850.00; common, $20.00@ 35,00 cull, $12 00@18.L0. %8 3Maplo—Ciear, :2003J5.00; comimon, $16.00325.00 ; cull, $10.0015.00. Butternui—Cloar, §35.00860.00; common, $20.00@ unchauged, v follows + Srucco.$230; New ¥erk stuc | ao co, casting, 83 25@4.00; Rosendiio cemient, 832584503 | * Charry—Ch ! i Dlicn, Louiavine, wnd Akron cement, $200 3 bris | 330 ma oo 07 commat, £13.009 Portlind cement, $7.0027.50; marble dust, §3.00; Lime in buik lime ' (bris), $1.10G1.25 F brl; white s $1.50@2.00; plisterng ] bu, 40c ¥ brl; fre brick, 9. 1.000, $5 g_bLrick (common), £3.50° @id; WG15.00; sewer rick, $£3.50; Milwaukee and Racine preueed, $35.00@30.00, do_common, $14.06310. Tudiang pressed, F15.00325.00: do’ common, $10.0U@15.0; Bbre-clay P Lrl, $3.00624.00. CHEESE—Nothing new was noted in this market, 8 fuwr demand existing, ad pri cent udvance, Wo quot 10:; Outo factory und Western faciory do, 15¢; lower grades, 1i@1Je, COAL—Was in I'gac request only, th restric.d 10 amaut orders, Sust to supply current necosisties. We quoto: Lelugh, prepared, £10.50; Lackawanna, $9.00; Erfe, $4.50; Wainut Hill, $4,50; B.ooks, $8.00 ; 18 osuburg, $8.509.00; Canuel, 2,004 .50 ; Hocking Valley, $6.30 ; Iudiana block, $7.00; Blrelay, $5.00 ; Kirkland Gruté, $8,00; Minonk, $5.503 Wiimingten, £5.00 3 Midway, $.50. COUFERAGE—Tue demdud coutinnes light and prices e.ey, thuugl without quotable cLange fur man. wfactur.d woik. P0'cs were in Liberl suppiy, dull and lower, Wa quota: Pork barre's, $L23Gl. Lurreis, SLOOGLI0; Lird tercs, 515 g, ;+ pork st .ves, rough, $71,00@23,00; do, V02600 ; tierce stuves, rougn, $:2.006 od or sawed, §23.00@23.00; wainky staves, , 344,00 35.00; flour staves, $.50 circie flour ' heading, T}5@9%0 per tet ; flour oo -poles, $10.00@12.05 per 1 EGUS—Were wituout quotable chauge, but rather weak, under a moderate kel demand, and a etoady uc- cumuacien of stocks. Fresh lots ate quoted ut 23@ 34:: packled at 15 18c, FEATIERS—Wera uncbanged. Wo repeat: Good | 1, £9.0is 10 choice hve-gurso fouthers, 0@02:, from frst handy; jobbing prices, T3¢ 2 fer cont discount or cash, 20, $14.00; 4o, rovfizg, 1420, IC, EL per keg, . $4.50 ; 6d Go, £.75 ; 4d und 5 do, $3.00 ; 3d do, €5.75; Whitewood—Cle.r, $.0.00@40,00; common, $20, 25,00 ; cull, $10.00@15.00, iy e xlos, per set, SLOOGL50; Wagou Stock—ILi: kor; wagon folcs, each, 45@33¢ ; hox board, $0,00w 40,60, F.orida red cedir, 35¢ ner £t ; do countars, 50. METALS' AND TINNLRS' SFOCK—Tuis inarket was {u substantially the wume condition a3 for eeveral dsys past, Trado §3 moderate, and the market for many goods firm, We quote TiN PLATE—IC, 10x14, 12.60 do, 12512, $12.50; 14z 303 do, 20x4, 2600, P10 Trx—Large, 40c; small, dic; bar, 43¢, LEaD—Vig, 83c; Lar, 16c; pipo, full coils, 10)c; eutdo, 1e.” SueiT Zisc—Full casks, 103c; baif ceshs, 103c; less quanticy, i1 slats, Bxc. Suger [208—Xo, 23, 54¢ Tatea; Russla fron, 8, 0. d 13, o No. 1 stained, 19¢ Americah Kussfa—A, 14¢5 B, Lle. GALVANIZED 1R0S . 16@20, 13¢5 No. 2G4, 16c; do, 2526, e A discount of 23 er cet 13 made Coprren—Coprer Lottows, U7:: Lraziers, over 12 s, Liniied copper, lanished copyler, 41c; do, ¥ . 1to6, 9¢; 7109, 10c; 10to 11, 1c; 19, 113¢; 1340 ;6515 and 16, le; 17, 1307 18 16¢; 19, 19¢ ; 20, %5c; fail bandle, 50 per ceut dis count; fealce wire, by car-load, Gic. NAILS—Coutintie ir, light réquest and firm, ot the retes given below: 20@C0d $3.253; 8d do, 4d do, nwe, §7.25 ‘clinels, $0.87%. NAVAL ‘STORES—Were quict and steads, as_fol. lows: Manlls roje, @ b, 16c@173c; sisal rope, 9 55 hemp sash cord, % 1y, 196220 mariine, 5 tarred rope, B Ib, 17(18¢; oikum, B bile, 6.50; pteh, @ brl, $5.50@.00; tar, B Lrl, §5.00. ULLS—Piles ranged the suma 2 on the preceding Aays of the week, A liberal amount of galvs was ac- FISH—Were quoted irm, nnder a fair inuuiry from | complished au the aunexed quotations: Carbon, lig locat and interior deales o prees fodowing : No, extra winter Lrd, 7 No. 1, @i 1 nhitesier, k-lrl, $5.35@5.40; No. 2 do, .46 | No.'2, G7c; lusced, raw, do boiled, €Lt 5,255 No. 1 trout, $1.755.00; No, 1 shore-mackerer, | 1.02; whale, 80@32c spcrm, §2,10G2.2 pew, M-url, $1LOUGLLL0; No. 1 lay. 3 | strictly pure, 51.10; do exira, 0 10.00; Ro. 2 muckerel, ¥-brl, $8,25@3.30; fambry | Lank oil, 0c3 sirails, 63c; elephentoil, 95:; turpens mckerel, J-brl, $7.L0@T.45; No.1 shore kats, £2.15 | tive, 60C; naphtha, o gravity, itu; naphilis, com- 52,257 Lauk codtish, 33,006 Guorge's col- 11, $6,0026.2 ; Labrador hurring, split Lrls, $3. @005 do, 1.-brl, $L25@.50; Lilrador hirriug, round ' brl, $1.5063.00; do i -brl, $1.00@425; box berring, No. 1, Wwdlc; box lerring, sciod, 4@ 4dc; Columbia’ River sdmon, X-bris, $2.75810.0). FRUITS AND NUTS—Coutinue fu uclive demund, and ars frm. Domestio vaizties ure fu_short supply, und tue tenden.y is still in an upward direction, Tne N.w York Journal of Commerce kays: ** The spocula- Lve feang ot the Weat, ond comparatively Ligner ruling prices there for apples, is diverting most of the stouk in 1at direction. W undecstand that Western Dayers are scouring this State, aud puyivg 8@8)e for upples. This nuturaily causcs (he receiycs ot this to be Light, and prices sre Leld very frmiy. O:lier fruits participuts in the better feeling Weat, ana are also heid very strong. Tae demaud here from Lome buyers contiutes hlersl, but actual trado is iterfered wiih owing to scarcity. Suippers are looking sround for uew quarter apples, but seidom find quantily enough 1o admit of & mar- gin to opersie.” We quote: Fomricx — Dates, active, good do, 3. (51.00@1.50 ; ducks, dressed, gooce, dressc i, 3,00 cemmon to fuir, 4@ 122 8ic; flaxseed, $1.60, and mammoth Glover TUTATOES—TD: local demand was a Lt!la more rices ruling about the Lawme, ciioice lots biing- ing outside tigures, We quote: Peachblows, SLOGS 1.50; other varicties, $1.00.21.10, PUULTRY AND GAME—Tuo poultry market is fiat, The supply is overwhelmingly large, and it soama probable that a large amotnut of siock will becomo unsit for sule. The weutuer is unfuvoralle for Lolding it, and there is little domand, though _receivers are otfer- ing frecly at reduced jrices, veninon excepted, We quote : Chickens, cholce dressad, $2.00; common to 2.3063.4.00; i dressed turkeys, T@sc: prairie chckens, SLUO&ZLA 3 Tururidges, $2.23 ; quall, 5. (@EL00; wiid turkeye, 10d per b ; venison saddles, 10 @lIlc; do carcasses, G@ble; rabbits, 75 GSLUO per doz. SEEDS—Wero' rather moro acuvo at about former pricea. Tin:othy eold ut §2.75@3.00 ; millet at 5 Hungirin was In demsnd and frer, bri SO The following salea were reported : 1 cor and 30 bags 1L@10yc; fige, mew, drums, 12@l2¥c; fgs, in | prime timothy ut $3.00; Y7 bugs at $2.95; 166 Lage go boxcs, layers, 15@16c; Turkizh prunce, 14@I4xc; | at $2.90; S1bagsat $2.55; G0 Logs doa:$2.80: 11 Talsing, layers, nuw, $75@2.86 ; raisios, loose Mus- | Lagsat §2.75; I5 bags mammoth cloverat 3. 5 catel, mew, $L00@3.10; ruicins, Vlencia, new, 1@ 12¢; Zante currants, new, TX@Skc: citron, 30@33c; iemdn pec), 13@20c, DOMESTIC—Alden apples, 18w 2c Michigun, fdeed, 1134@12c; Micbiganquarters, 104@ 1lc; Western do, Bk.@Jxe; Southern do, ¥@3kc; Ppeaches, pared, 23@Udc ; peschos, balves, 13@lic 3 do, mix>d, U@10%c ; biacklerries, new, 14@Lijc : rasu. berries, Sia38¢ 5 ritted cherries, 20@27c. NUTS~F) Lerts, 17@17 ¢ ; almonds, Terragona, 2X@23c ; Navles walntits, 97@28¢; Chill 'walouls, 23@2ic; French walnuts, pew, 20a2lc; Brazls, 10@10Xc; pecons, Texas, 9%@I0%c; Wilmington peanuts, I@10:; Tennessec peanuts, 6X@7Lec. GREEN FRUITS—Vuencia oranges were quoled lower, O iscrwise thers waa no upechal change, e cint Mal ga grapee, which are a tri or. Vo quote: Southern oringes, do, $11.50@15.0) per caso; California pears, $1.15 @600 per cuse; good to cholce apples, $I.U@ 400 per brl frem store; common to fair do, £L00@2.50. Cultivated cranberries and Cape Cods, $10.00@12.50; do, Cary’s, $I400. Muliga grapes, £6.00 per Lox, or $11.00@12.00 per Lrl. GLOCELLES—I1o duy's éalcs in this department of trude mude 3 very fair aggregate, and the market again prescated a fine fieulthy foue. Thers were uo quota- Dlechanged in prices, and we Tepeat our lat as foi- Lws: BI-Cans, S0DA—TH@IC. Corrrs—uchs, #iGd03c; O, G. Javs. ST@ITHC; Java, No. 2.3+ @i3xe: faney Rio, 1y @33c; clicic Co, S1@M%c; prime Rlo, 504 @sbicc; good do, 204 (@394c: common do, 233@20c; roasug do, 216G 84c; Sivgapore Javs, 3U@sdsc; Costs Lica, fancy, 815@31c; do, prime, w0}@3lc; Marscaibo, 3@ Suxge. Caspres—Star, full weight, 173<@180 stearine, full welght, 14%,@1437c ; do, short weigut, 13%@133(c. Rick—Fata, 7i(@8c; Bangoon, TNETHc; Caro- Lina, )@, BCoars—Datent cutloaf, 124 @123c; cruabed and powdered, UL@ll%0; granuisted, HY@11z5c5 A sndard, 104@L05¢ ; do, No, 2, 10X @10kc; B, 106 C,95@10:! O Ko. 2, 95@95c; yeliow £1.90; Canada do, §2,00; ordinzry, coarse, $2. Qiamond, $2.10; ground solar, $2.10; datry, without advance. Wo wtill quote : $1.5@ 1AV ; choico to extra new Japan, common do, 40@45¢; colored natural leaf Jajan, 7c; common to fine Oolong, 37@47c; good, 51GGTc; We repeat our quotationa: Fleece, unwushed, fine. Super and extra pulled. vaga millez 3’ 70, bags Hungaiin at SL85; 680 bags do at §0¢ ; 175 bags prime fax at {1.80. SALT—1be dmnd was sgain moderate, previons priccs being maintaived : Onondaga ana Saginaw fiue, 2.0 ; caaree Lags, $3.00 3 dolry, with Lags. $4.00 ; Ashton dairy, per £5.00." Ground elum, $1.75@1.0. Turks Isknd, £1.50@1.75 per bu. EAS—Kemuin very firm, with a tendeacy to Younz byson, common to far, 3i@4Tc; do, good, 57@t7c; do, choico to extra_fine, $ic@sl.10; common to fite old hy- son, Ga@se; common’ imperial, 52@f5c; good o chofre do, 50:@sL10; falr to good gunpowder, 7@%0c; choice Pingsuey, §1.10@1.2 1.00; common to good do, w3@35¢; fulr to good old, 6 cholce to extra, 85c@51.00. TOBACCO—Tuis markst was without new features, Frxe Cur—Extra, 70@80c; choice, GI@05¢ ; medium, 5U@35c; poor to common, 33@ 43¢, TLuG—Natural leaf, 75@3lc; balf Lright, 60@70c; black, sound, 43@55¢. Sxoxmia—Goud to choice, 32@350 ; medium, 28G 30c; common, 25@27¢. WOOD—Met win only & emall demand at the o nexed prices: Bezch, §9.00@9.50; maple, $10.00@10.5 bickory, $11.00; slabs, $3.50, delivered. WOGL—The maikot’ wus quiet and nominally firm, Tuv, waehed, prime........ @3t Tab, washzd, common to good. Common dingy.veresconrs Fleece, woahed, X & XX, light, Fiecce, washed. X & XX, dingy. Fleece, washed, medium light. Coarse, wushed. Fleoce, nuwsshed, coarse to medium. Fleece, unwashed, coarse and dingy.. = 1045 C, Yo.1, 9@J:c; cholco brown, 9:.@JKc; pnmo X a6, 9@0% ¢} Lir do, BL.@YZic ; choice molasses sugar, THE LIVE:STOCK MARKETS, (@yxc; fair do, BX@vc; common do, T5@3%c; CHICAGO, New Orleaus sugar, clivice, 9'y@9%;c ; do prine, 8@ 9¢; do, fair, 8@c : colmmon, TR@TXC. Smops—Diamond drips, $1.50@1.85 7 silver drips, extra tiue, 80@35¢ ;_good sugar-house sirup, S3@UC] | a8 follows: extra do, 63@7e ; N W O-lans molasses, cholce, 80G Cattle, 85c ; do priwe, 1@ lo common, GJ@35¢; Porio | Mondsy. Rico moiasses, ch @6Sc; common molussed, 3 @d5e, ‘SALERATUR—Curmmon to best, 8X@10c, Srices—Ailapice, 17318¢ 3 cloves, 42@43c; cassla, 30@3dc 3 pepper, “iGsue ; nutmegy, No. 1, §1.25@1.30; do No. 3, S110G1L13; ginger, pure, 28@30 ; do No. 1, 20223 ; do No, 16@10c.. SoAPS—German miottied, 6/ @AKc ; Golden West, & @6y ; White Lily, 6% @6xc; Whlte Rose, 6L@0c; palm, 6@kc; Savon Lmperisl, 6@6ic; Wwhite Rus- Bian, 5x@0c; Champaign, 6x@LXc; primrose, 6@ sy TAY—Continues dull and easy, and 1t fs doubtful if the outside quotations could i obtained readily, We quote the wholesale prices paid by dealers, us follows, cars to contain 20,000 Ibs : New tinothy, prime, §15.00 @15.50; do XNo. 1, $14.0014.50; No, 1, do, $12.0@ 15.00 ; ‘mixed. $10,00@11.00; prime prairie, $10.0013 10.50; do No, 1, $3.50@Y.00 do No. 2, $7.00(37.50; Loost oX WaAGON—Timothy, $1LOU@13.00; prairie, $7.00@0.50. Tor delivery of pressed, $1.OUGLS0, uccording to distance. TIDES—Were in fair request, at previons prices : Green city butcheny, 6% G3yc; green cured, light, 102 do, heavy, 9¢; part cured, BG9¢ ; green calf, 13c; green Xiyy, 100; freen frozen, 8¢; dry calf, %c; drykip, 17c; drysaltcd, 14@15¢; dry flint, 16@17c; deaton skins, Tuesday. Week ending Dec, 13 ity has prevailed in thus depuriment of the live-stock SATURDAY EvENING, Jan, 3. The receipts of live stock duriog the week bave been ‘Shipments were us follow Cattle. 1,009 1,183 ‘864 1,886 8 5,783 4, market, and firm prices have ruled, Moderate re-" ceipts and Ligher rates at the seaboard gave shippers coufidence, and although our recelpts were somewhat Larger than in former sexsous at a like period, thero W not a “ hoof ¥ t00 many, everything selling, and grubliy, cored, cut, or otherwise damaged, | ot generally remunerative prizes. In paint of quality twothirds price’ bruuded, 10 por cent off. Slicep | lhc offerings guve litlo causo for compluint; ihe pro- pelts, wool estimated as washed, per I, 40@420, portion of fow grades being noticeably small, whilethe HOPS—Were duil, Woquote : Common to prime \\n'mqtem, 23@10c; New York State, 50@45¢; Bavarian, 40:@45e. IRUN AND STEEL—Remain quiet and firm. Fol- arerage was unquestionably tho best scen In the yards for many wecks, Medium to choice beeves of from 1,100 to 1,400 Ius aversge comprised the bulk, and for theso tho' ruling prices were $4.50@5.60. Exira graded steers of heavier average sold st $£3.80@6.35, while 33-10@ 3810 rates | two fancy droves averaging over 1,700 ils found puz- 5 @5) rates | chasersat $.70@0.80. Texas cattle and rough thin 54 @G _rates | natives, heretofors forming 50 prominent a part of the 8% @9 ° @I | weekly supplics, Liave been conspicuously in the mi- Norway nail- 9% (@@l0c ¥ IL | nority, and, comparatively speaking, the number of Garmun plow stecl. . 10} @12 ¥ | transfors at prices ranging downward from $4.00 Las Cast plow steel. 1% @12 90 | beensmall Oid cows, light thin heifery, stage, bulis, American tool steel. 16" @3¢ @D | and inferior sioess and oxen sold down as low aw SL75 Chrome tool ateel. 18 @2e W | @.50. The wantsof the local trade were malnly sup- Eaglish tool steel. 20 @2 retes | plicd at $3,25@4.00 for comumon o cliolce cows, and at English spring steel 10 @11 rates | $3.75@A4.50 for common to fair steers and ozen and ‘American cast spring steel 13 13 rates | good to extra caws, Onlya lght demand for stock B.eel tire, Y-in..... 8% 9c P D | cattle has existed, few feeders boiog in attendance, but Toe calk steel. 100 @ | under ssmailsupply former quotations were euaily Sleigh shoe steel 8 P | sustained. Vealcalves sold all the way from $3.00@ Cutier ahioe stcel . 9c @b | &.25 for poor to $5.00@5.25 for cholce, Cutter shoes (tapered and bent to . To-day there was a Tessonable degree of actirity in ehare).......... 2o 100 @D | the demand from the different clasges of buyers, and, LEATHER—Met with s bberal inquiry, and was | notwithstanding tho fact that the receipts wers un- sgain quoted firm at the subjofned prices 1 usually liberal for the last day of the week, thers was * BEMLOCK. .10 softening of prices, salea being readily” effected at City harness.. 39 | the quotations prevalent earlier in tho week, Amoug Country harness, 7 | the arrivals was a drove of graded steers, for which 39% 41 ' $7.00 was offered byan Eastern buyer, They were 60 ) © held ata bigher figure. The yresent altuation of our (4 1.10 | cattle markot, and its surronndings, are favorable for City upper, No. 1, 26@ 39 | theselling inferest, and, if the daily receipts can only City upper, No, 2, 9 23 25 | bokeptdown to ressonablo dimensions, we see no Country upper, 23@ 24 ! reason why the market should not retain its present Coilar, 9 £t. 20@ 23 | healthy tone. Below are the closing quotations : Calf, city. 13521361 QrOTATION Calf, country. .« 1.00@ 1.15 | BxtraBeeves—Gradedsteers, av. Rongh upger, 0@ 831 to 1,350 bba, 55 Rough upper, damaged. 2@ 30 | Choice Beeves—Fing, faf, r Buffalo slaughter sole. 838 37| to 5 year old steers, sversging 1,300 to 4B, A." sols..... %@ = 1,450 Da.. . 8.20@3.65 Good Deeves— ened, Anely d cat.... 95 | steers, averaging 1,200 to 1,950 1ta........ 4.90@5.15 30 | Modium Gradss—5teers in fair faall, Bvere 3 extra Moyune, | —Common and good 10 extrs cows, fur ABVerazing €30 to 1,100 1os. Stock Catsie—Cominon cal tiesh. sveraiag 730 £ 1,030 fhe Inferior—Licit aud thia- cows, stigs, bults, and scolaway stee CHIX}LT\:X.AS o Cattle_Texis ch 2, Y Wiy ght receipis, an in Sy be prodict,a dy ll}; ':‘i;?gl’ll wovement in prices of cidediy firmer feeling has taken ossossion of markt since our Lt weekly rosien: Taotn'o o Lri-kly a: 3 sharp advance over the prizes pureies the close of the previous week, snd, with 15 mestd dasly surply of oaly about 17,600 bead, the neug] mafutaiued s irm tone Ul nesr the closs. s ) showed igns of we: No cousideralle rortioy of the ady:nce established early in tho week his ot loxt, hawever, closing sules Leiug etfected st o4 fn3 50, or at yrices fuly W2 rer 100 So bighes 1 werd current 3 week ugo. The g3 5ebt 10 mariey during tho past half-dozen daye, thiugs somewlas o farlor to thowo sen: forward duting toe A hoy ember, how a very merked lmgrovemes er last weck, the provortion of comrmun, counye wueven, end mized lots belng | w les promineut. Advices from tho pricipad Lan growiug disiricts coucur {n represcuting th o Ketaple g bave now aboat all be ware, aud it Is conceded thas the packing & frow’ necessity, soan draw to 4 cluse. Dusas o3 week laypers Lavo taken about 25,000 heid, luavie ;'G,u;‘.luful:'l ers sud city butchers, The buik of (Lz reek! Lsllivasd W i 5t 5.0 o s dosie witinn the rango of 3,009 “Lo-day there wes 2 muh quicter feeling th: vaticd on the proceding daysof the weon snit wHAS belug quitabis lower, Lices favred boyers. Tay “*s01E" woatier tended to retard operatior part of packers, aud aitbough ehippers Lo e losrliy. s 8 dosg, 105 %o the cios eporied at £4. s oor ta comtmon, “at $5.15 Syl nfl:l‘:; 35.50(53.30 for g20d 10 reslly choice, % 100 SaLus, No. 51 62 3 40 130 53 110 59 13 a5 SHEEP—Were in good suprly carly in tha w and pracas were lowor, vct Lier (here. 105 & B falling off i the supply, und tuo market has wors back 10 abous List week's quotations, or to §L.2@J. fur common, t0 $1.00@4.25 for maufum, and to $4,509 5.0 for good to choice, Suippers coutinue in thy market, tieir purchaves during e weak amounting 10 1,358 head, or about on.=iird of the supply. Tug ‘market clused firm with every thi 1, The Democrat, in I suuual review of the lvestock d . Locis for tho year 1373, amoog oder hue wiliaing coufessions m.] N “Ween we look andle as meny cattle, hcgs, and shocp as kory o citise do, we 4t confrunted 8t once with- ihe-fug that she Lus provided very inferior facilities for rocening, yording, uud caring for bva stock, aud that this is the cluuf rexson why her Lusnesa in this department is so comparatively 1usignid cant. Suc has no union stock-yards, Her 1iv stuck is rocelved in parcels Ly ten or more yards, These yar.s are widely separated from each orhur, ond it is ditiicult for buyers to get a falr fila of what amount and qualiy of stock daily errives in tho market, for tue best part of a day is consutmed in making o tout of tiie yords. Usder such aircamatance®, St. Louis nesl never expect to 103 large live-stock trads. She muit bave a uulon stock-sard, whereall her stock arrivals can be d:liy ¥lewed by any and every buger in s few minuies. It will not do 10 locate puch a yerd in the State of Tllinois, Where the 5t. Loxis Uzicn Stock Yards aro the iise-stock business of $t. Loais whl b done, the slanghtering of §t, Louls wid be doue in an ablattolr, sud the packivg of St, Loais will be done, Surclv our business mex do not riesire to cerry all this valuable Lusiness inio another State.” Toe reveijts of live eto:k tn Cairagn and St. Loals, during the year 1374, compatv 18 fo.osin : o, Sheem, 435,150 291,384 Usnied Baws Difference.. The total vecsip! 5,087 205,83 ts of hogs in St, Louts for the year were 209,60 less than arrived at the Union Stock- Yards in 'Cideago during the last tro months of the In comparison with 1372, bier receipis have fn- iad 225 year, cressed to tho extent of_only 17,53 cattl hiogs, wile therpis 3 decré:se'of 2,529 cheep. cusiug tho question of the loeaiion of 3 new Fard, the Democrat £ays : ** 1t will never do to i a unfon siock-yard in the wastern purt of the city, izmoring the rivirand relying upon the rajlreads alone, Such a step wou!d be regrettod o dozen limes a year, It would be both narrow =nd unwe, sad would foreser limit the Live-stock trado of Louis to the capacity of the rullways, and afford to St Louis no chance of reslizing the griml advantzg’s she should deriva from her po=i:ion ou tho river, It woull sim- ply be insuring 1o Cicago forever 'the cream of the live-stock trade of ull the States Lordering on the Il nois, the Mssaissippi, and tue Alissouri, fur if tey can only'send their caitia, bugs, aud shcep to us Ly the expensive rail carriage, they will siip to Chicagoat onee; as priceaare voually higher there, Tha timbered Iands of Msssourl, Arkanras, and Texas, rieh fnpe- cans, acorns, and wiid artichtk s, wil yickd hogs by the million n th years to come, and we must enJeaorio. attract them bere.” Just think of the wild pecan, wild scorn, and wiid ichoke hogs of thy *deep wilds and dark Woods ™ o 205 and Texas, coming nto competit'on with tha bred, corn-fuitened swine of Ilinols, Tows, and Wisconain | KANSAS CITY. specinl Diepaten to The ( lienco Tribune, Haxsss CITY, M2, Jun. J.—CATrLE—Market dull Eastern buser madc few salés; Dative Stock steery 4010 §25; Tezan cons and steers, good der $£%5 ; rough Texan steers, $2.00; mediom winter Tezan steerr, $1 % Hogs—Weather nfavoratle for slanghter. Soft and raiuy. Ourket nactive, and prices fairly sustained, closing steady at $4.70@1.90. OCEAN STEAMSHIPS. INE, { lasurance (my sea Tug miost southerly runie has alwass been adopted by this Compens to asoid fcg aad headlands. To LIVERPOOL and QUEENSTOWN, from Piens Nos. 41 and 47, North River , Now York. . 3| Greoce... 17 | ForL mdnn‘;‘«liml) overy fortn'ght. Cabin Pavsnge, S70, 830, und S0 Currency. ; Teerage, 320 Currency. Retura ti or from Germanand S P "T'ho Steamanips of thls lino are tho fa Dirafts 01 Great Britaio, Irlsad, ana the Coutinont, at rtkcast corner Clark and Kandoly (naposite dew WILLIAM MACALISTER, ertian Hours', Chicazo, Georal Wostor Awong. NEW YORK TO CARDIFE, BRISTOL, LONDON, And all Other Points in England and Wales amship Uompany's 353 rom Peansyivania Rade road Woarf, BROKE .. These steains] thia trade, aro pro- vided with ail the Litest improsemen & for (i3 cuinfortaad convenienco of Cabin aud Stecrago Pasozsers. Fiol £80 currency: Sccond Cabis curreney; Steen prepaic Soersay corilicates (rom Car S\ and apaardn. by i Cardifl, at the Cume o lht‘l!‘ fl’nd mANB“"\etl “u AXTER 0., Agoote, No. 17 Broadway, d ¢ ing 2, T Salling twico 5 wesl: from New York, songors 10 all paris of (Great Britain, [reland, Eoribnim, and the Moliorran-am. Uabia from age, Britist aud Irisd puris east, $50; west, al porte Wn')fla ’i;"f" sularites. » carrency. Apply for oF pany's oltics: 0, 7 tuwling Green, w York, aad No carmer Lasalloand Madisunets., Chicago. OENDERSON BROTHERS, Afents. STATE LINE. NEW YORK TO GLASGOW, LIVERPOOL BEL- FAST AND LONDONDERRY. &il w de-huilt steamnrs will from There clesy B it Piner,as folloes: = F wtarday, Jao. BTATE OF GEGRGLA... saasisy Fe. 1 Ao avery altornate Seturday thereafter, tking pay izh rates to al] parts of ‘Great Hritain ¥ S ‘::A'.:::a{ uchea Posiari sad Goraasy for 1 504 aprards. D ettt or, pl;-’.'m wply to AUSTIN BALDWINS OF Acchts, 2 Dronaway. C8tierste. Faauo Oben No. 5 Broadmay. BITTERS. PERFECTION! BOKER’S BITTERS. 3 Beware of Coanterfelts. — FRACTIONAL CURRENCY. $5 Packages OF FRACTIONAL CURRENCY FOR SALE AT TRIBUNE OFFICE..