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THE ILLINOIS F^HJMER. 



COMMER CIAL. 



Farmer Office, | 

 June 28Tn. j 

 We are now in the midst of splendid harvest 

 weather; and so finely forwarded has been tii« 

 wheat crop under the hot suns of the last two 

 weeks, that there is quite a willingness to assent 

 to the opinion that there will be, in the west, a 

 full wheat crop of excellent quality. The corn 

 ^ill have to contend against all the difficulties 

 of a backward springand incessant ruins throuo;h 

 so mach of the proper planting season. There 

 must necessarily be a considerable loss from 

 the flooding of so many bottoms, where corn is 

 usually the surest and largest crop. Still, the 

 apprehensions in respect even to tlio future of 

 this crop have much abated. "We have carefully 

 examined oar exchanges throughout this State, 

 and their general tone in relation to the corn 

 crop is encouraging, 



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MONBTARY. 



Fabmkr Offick, ) 



Springfield, Juno'JS.j 



The St. Louis Democrat announces that in 

 that city money is very planty and demand 

 moderate. No change in rates. Sight Ex- 

 change on the East dull at Ic premium. 

 Sight on New Orleans 4C premium. 



No change in discount rates on currency, the 

 Illinois and Wisconsin bills continuing at 1 per 

 cent. 



The Macomb County Bank, Michigan, has 

 resumed payment. 



The Chicago Union announces the fact that 



counterfeit tens on the Commercial Bank of 

 Racine are in circulation. Look out for them. 



To-day (the 28th) the people of Iowa will 

 vote on the proposition submitted to them by 

 the Legislature — for the General Ban king Law, 

 or against the General Banking Law; also fur 

 the State Bank of Iowa, or against the State 

 Bank of Iowa. 



Altered Bank Notes. — Twenties, "raised" 

 from twos, on the Blue Hill Bank, Dorchester, 

 Mass., and Concord Bank, Concord, N, H., 

 are in circulation, and the alteration is so skil- 

 fully done that few could dcctect it without 

 previous knowledge of the plate of the different 

 denominations. The vignette of the genuine 

 twenties of the Blue Hill Bank is a female 

 seated with the figures 2 and on either side 

 The twos have a view of a v;!':igc street. 



In New York on the 24 . land wiin ;; 

 were quoted as follows: 



IJuyiag. .Selling, 



40 aero warrants, <p i«cre 112c 115c 



SO do do do 00c 'Mc 



I'iO do do do 79c 8;!c 



100 do do do 8'Jc OJc 



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From the VVatiLiugtoii Union, J'liic 10. 



The Ijast Treasury Notes. 



The advortlBetnent for four millions of Treatiury Notes, 

 which resulted in the bids, which were opened on Monday, 

 produced an offer of $'28,635,000, or more than Boven tliucu 

 the amount demanded! The luinimuiu amount of interost 

 proposed for, by the contestautB for the loan, wuh 414 per ct.; 

 the maximum 6 per cent. The amount of the oRur at 4^^ 

 per cent., was $2,760,000, which amount wasof courseawurd- 

 ed at thxt rate. The remaining $1,250,000 of the loan was 

 awarded pro rata to bidders at 4% per cent., who each ob- 

 tained an eighth of the amount of tl.oir bids Thus the 

 whole loan was disposed of at a rate of interest averaging a 

 little above i% per cent. 



Tbe foliowiug i» a rccapitutation of th» loau: 



At 4J4 per cent $2,205,000 



At4>| (iO 9,500,000 



At 6 do 10,835,000 



St. Louis Market— June 23. 



Flour— Tending downward. Sales to-day 1000 brls city 

 superfine, delivered next week, at $3 75; 40 hrls do at $3 9(). 

 and 150 bags do at $1 90; and of country 300 and 280 brls No. 

 1 superfine at $3 60, part delivered; 40 brla do at S3 55; 40 



brls branded extra at $.0 80; 50 brls common at $2 75; CO 

 bags superfine at $1 GO; 400 bags do at $1 75 and 72 bags ex- 

 tra at $1 90. 



Wheat — Spring nndclnb 2@3c lower. Sales to-day include 

 IGOO bags fair to prime spring and club from COgiCic; 918 

 hags choice do do at 64(5C5c; 255 bags mixed and common 

 fall at TOc, and 00 bags fair now fall at 75f. No sales reported 

 to shippers. 



Corn— Better unalitiis soM at full price?. The inferior 

 and damaged qualities are "lull. Sales today 95 bags <lam- 

 aged at 46e; 481 Img.H prime white ut ti^aHih:, delivered; 400 

 bags prime white at 02f, dclivcivd, and 5000 bushels do do, 

 tonrrivp, on privat*! tt-rmii. 



Oats — Market declinins, and sales have a wide rongn, in- 

 cIuJiug652 l<iij;s musty and inferior at ■lo(U45r: -i:3Sli.igsg<p()d 

 and piinif at 4li@47c, and 555 bag"! prinn- and clioicf at 48c, 

 in bugs. -Also, 160 bags at 44c, bags returned, 



Darlet — Very dull. 40 bags fall were sold at 40c. 



KvK — Sale 23;! bags in two lots at 55c in bags. 



I'oRK — No demand or salw 



Uacon — Country sido* largely di'clini'd. Sales reported 

 werelO casks goodclear sides at "J-^c, and 5 casLs do ut l^-^c, 

 in good casks. Market very dull. 



Lard — Nothing doing. 



Tallow— Sales 10 tcs prime at flj,<c. 



WuiBKT — Iloldors asking higher, bnttliedeui»nd iiiaclivo, 

 attd the sales were 185 and 80 brls at 19c, 



Shipstupf — Sale 150 bags at GOc, without bags. 



Gunnies — A lot of 100 tales new, fair weight, wius suld on 

 private terms. 



Fruit — Sale of 27 bags dried apples at $1 30. 



Hides — The market for lltnt is steady at 14c. 



CoopjiRAGF.— Pale !iOO floi.r brls at Hie— Jull. 



Skep — Sales 17 bags hemp ?eed t COc, anil small jiaikap-es 

 flax seed at $1 V husli. 



Onions— Sale 60 bags new at Jl. 



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^l. liuuis liive Stuck l>Iai-kct>-June 3C. 



Hellevue lIoisE. — There is a good supply I'f betf cuttii^ on 

 the market of all dcrriptions, with a luoilerato demand for 

 city use, at 5).< to 0),4C net for good to clioice, and 2}^ to 3c 

 gross for ordinary to lair; conjiiion ali selling ut $15 to }.20 y 

 head. Ko deni.iud for shipment South. 



IIOGS — The stock at i)rr»ent in market is fnlly ample for 

 the demand. Fair to choice retail to butchers at 4% to 5c: 

 common and light dull at 4J4 to 4J,-^c net. 



SnEEV — A moderate supply odVriu'g at prices ranging from 

 §1 50 to 2 50";'. lifad, as to quality. Demand limited. 



Cows and Calves — A good stock offering with u limited 

 demand, at $25 to 40 for good to t.xtr.i, and $15 to .^JO for 

 common to fair. 



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New York Cattle Market~Juue 23. 



The cattle at I'orty-fourth were derived from the lollowing 

 sources : 



PeTinsy'.vauia 220 



Iowa 72 



KvntucK V 215 



juii'ai'od with last wefk, are 



Ohio Pol 



New York 91 



Illinois 2,081 



Indiana 247 



The avcrair prices to-day, as 



about l)-^c(*li/^c lower. 

 We quote: 



Plica of Bof lU Farly-r< I'llh m'/k/. 



Today. " Last Week. 



rreniium Cattle none none 



First quality 01<^c(<j.'j3,.<c \(J'/tC(aiWy,c 



JHedium qmility Si.^r(,i,9 'c 9v'rc(<!il0 'c 



Poor quality 8"cf<',8l^c 9i.{c(«-9l,c^c 



I'Dorest quality 7 c(«;7)^;<' SJ^ctniOc 



General selling prices... .8 c(j, 9 c 9 c@i0^c 



Average of all sale.s h]^c@ OiJJc^lO c 



At Brow^ning"s, Chambcrlin's and O'Brien's prices do not 



materially ditler from those at Forty-fourth .street. Urowii- 



iug reports becvo.-< at 8c^ lUc, Brien reports beeves at 



Sc@10c. 



REMARKS ON THE REEF MAEUET. 



A glaucoat the figures aboVR will go far to tell thestoryof 

 prices at Fcrty luurtli street iuilay — 3.905 cattle at 0110 mar- 

 liet, ami 4,50:1 r.ctived in tlie rity i:i one i-liort week ! And 

 this in tile liciglit "f tbe strawberry season, when a i>\-itu nf 

 this di'liciourt tVuit iii prospect as a disc it. wuuiicrlully di- 

 iuiiii'<liei tlie appclite lor M>lid lieel- Durinn no week tliis 

 vri.; 'r flic la>t lias bcuu wituet.sed such a ru.sli ol bullocks to 

 lii- laiket. Tl 10 largest previou.s rcCL'ii»i.-i llii.s year came in 

 'in- ;..slweck Ui .lanoarV: iiumlK ling ,'^,790; llie lar.;<wt hut 

 year, 4,332, ai rived during tlie week ending .\ug. 19. 



Sales commenced yesterday at ■j'^c docliue trom I.- <t week. 

 Tliis morning no owners ti.ou;.^lit of mkiiig witliiii Ic \.> \h 

 of last Weiinosday's current rates, and prices went d^iwn — 

 down — ilowii until nis^ht kindly oinie on and stjji^ed eporu- 

 tious. Wo pikr owiiera — not, loiwevc;". the c^jii culatipi. \ wlio 

 grew excited by their ]irolits last woek and rushed w-jtward 

 to buy up droves on tlio w.iy, and got solely bit in tli opora- 

 tioii. Tli"y ought to have Icnowu better. lVrli;.ps t!;u one, 

 two or live huntlred dollari* loss on single droves may rub otf 

 the gnms from their eyotcctii alittle, A few tip-top auimal.s 

 may have reached 9;'^'c 'H Ih, net, though not a grcil number 

 of nvi n the better grades found purchasers at cvit 9c, if a 

 just estimate of weights bo ta'.cen into the reckoning. There 

 were uuiu'jrous couutry buyers on hand to day, luckily for 

 thems-Ives as well for the owners of cattle. Some drovers 

 took their cattle from the yards to pasture until a l>ettor 

 prospect warrants thorn bringing tlieia in again- Kut for 

 these two causes the market would have been even more 

 Hat. if possible. Butchers bought froe'y to-day, thug cur- 

 tailing the demand for next week, whicli must, unJor any 

 circumstances, bo small. 



The following are the droves from Illinois : 



145 AVhite & l\aekard MeadAHolcomb 



94 J T Newman C W Congor 



119 J Bryant T Wheeler 



33 T J Darnell .1 Miller 



90 K Paddock Gillett AToffey 



24 GillettAToftev Owners 



90 .1 Bach ■ Westheimer 4 Bro 

 105 A Allerton Owner 



121 W J Hutchison Hoag A Sherman 



10;'. .1 H Williams Owner 



113 Alexander & Virgin S Ullerv 



58 R Caldwell W H Harris 



60 Piatt & Co W H Harris 



91 Wm Van Djck Owner 



110 .10 Bone White i Sou 



S:i .-. D Haring Owner 



Alexander A Crum contributed 7S Illinois steers, of only 

 iiieUiuiit Hetjli, v.-hi. li J A Merritta-KeragpU nearly 9c, rated 060 

 lbs net, 



Gillett * Toffey sold for R Paddock 113 fine Illinois steers, 

 rated 700 ft)s net, at 7JJ^'Vt.Pc. A few of them were sold at Ber- 

 gen at similar rates. 



Valentine ic Martin, on their own account, 133 fairish Illi- 

 nois cattle, weighing 725 Ibg,atS@9c, 



Alexander A Virgin coutribnted 224 Illin(d8 stcerB, which 

 wcro divided between K Murray and S Ulery. Murray's lot 

 were nice, tidy steers, rated COO lbs net, which ran outatSJ,^ 

 (a 9},;^o. tilery's were a trifle lieavier, of similar quality, and 

 brought about the same ptice. 



Mead & Uolconib sold for Whits & Packard 145 fair cattle, 

 trom McLean county. 111, estimated weight 700 lh«. They 

 averaged about 9c, The owners thought the present a pretty 

 hard mafkct for a first attempt, M * 11 sold 14 of C K War- 

 ner's cattlo at about $80 %i head. They wt re fat, but rather 

 clumsy, welching about 900 lbs. 



J T Newman brought in 94 fine Illinois cattle, which ranked 

 favorably with the bestilroves of to day. Allerton & Conger 

 were trylufc to average them at 9c on 675 lbs weight. V.ilen- 

 tlne it Disbro took six of tlie choicest at OJ^o, buyer, 9c sel- 

 ler. 



cows AND CALVES. 



First qualify $50 00@e6 00 



Ordinary quality 40 00@45 00 



Ceiiiiiioii quality 25 006ji30 00 



Inferior quality 20 00@23 00 



VIAL CALVE.S. 



Kx-tra (piality, per ll> '..5l^(a6}4c 



Other qualities ■. 4 (^ So 



SHEEP AND LAMBS, 



Prime quality, per head $6 00® 8 00 



i>r;;inary do 3 50® 6 25 



lui'erior do 2 00@ 3 00 



&WIXE. 



'First quality ...A]4@i%c 



Other qualitio.-i 4}4@4%c 



49f 



Xcw Vork Wool IVIarket—Juue JJl. 



Tliere is cousidonble mere inquiry for the finer qualities 

 of Old Native Fleece and pulled Wools for manufacturing 

 purposes, and with a greatly reduced stock in the principal 

 markets on the seaboard full prices realized for all offering. 

 It is now fully understood that last year's clip was very 

 light, and that there has been much less of it held back, oc- 

 casioned by panic prices than was anticipated. The stock 

 of iloece in tliis muket does not aggregate probably over 

 300. ouo lb , witli an estimated similai- quantity in the interior 

 ol the State, The stock of I'uUcd Wool here is very light, 

 and does not exceed 300,000; this, as well as fine fleeces is 

 wanted to work into fine doeskins and cassimers at 373^@40 

 cents, and for fnll-blooded lleectg manufacturers arc willing 

 to pay 4234@i45c; but our readers will bear in mind that 

 these figures are lor strictly bne old wools, ready to work 

 into cloth. The clip last year may be roughly computed at 

 5(1,000,000(2,55,000,000 IKs, most of which was bought up im- 

 mediately after shearing at very full pricci — rates which 

 'ouyert subsequently did uot realize. With these and other 

 facts count'cted with the revulsion of 1857, now in tlie mem- 

 ory of <l''alers and maunfactu.-ers, it is but natural that they 

 would act cautiously attho opening of the Wool Market now. 

 The new clip, as we have already stated, will bo a full aver- 

 age one, probably amounting to 05,000,00orc^ 70,000,000 lbs. 

 This is now coming on the market at a decline of 5@10c, av- 

 eraging 7J.r,c ^ lb. This is uiouorate, compared with the rul- 

 ing prices now and last year of old wool.-; line llceccs then 

 sold as higti as 80c, a>id pulled at 45c. 



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Stock or Bacon. 



Tlie following is [lie e.ni mated stvck of IJucoii in eiuciii 

 nati as computed last week: 



'iacoii s'dc.«, iiacked, I'm 1,520,200 



Bacon 8lioulder.-<; piivked, Ibi 1,955,000 



Bulk sides, loose, lii.-* i.,015,0C0 



Bulk siioulders, b-o.-e, ISj 3,575,000 



Total 9,065,200 



Western JLand Office. 



T. K maYiieii. 



FOR THE 



PUKCHASE -\ND SALE OF CITY PRO. 



perty, Fanus and Unimproved Liauds, 



PAYMEXT Of TAA'ES, 

 Collection 0/ Claims. 



fwovemnient JLands 



Eh'TERPD WITH V.'ARHANTS OR V ASH IN JNT 



LAS'-D DISTRICT IX ILLINOIS, IOWA, MISSOURI, 



MINNESOTA OR NEBRASKA. 



LAND WARRANTS BOUGHT AND SOLD. 



Office oyer N. II, Ki Jgely's Bank, West side Public Squaie, 

 Springfleldj Ills. 



