Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-12-24
From The Cincinnati Ga:ette.J
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The business Of slaughterng and packing, has at
length commenced in good earnest in this city. We
look turn amongst several OF Tie establishments last
Saturday afternoon, and find there twenty now IN
fall blast of which, il not more, upwards Of one
thousand Hogs have heen daily packed for than
week past. The number packed a, each house varies
from 100 10 1000 daily. Extraordinary appears to
be taken this year the business. Large quantities Of
The hams are cut and carved in the peculiar
preferred IN the Eastern markets The salt used ap
pears be better and whittier than heretofore. The bar
rts after being packed, are generally rolled on clean
pnnks, under cover, and not soied either by mud or
RAIN as purchasers will have little reference TO the
condition Of the outside we'll the interior Of bar.
au,i system prevail in all the Cincinnati pork establish
ments that We have visited The price Of hogs con
time Saturdays quoations-Sl 80 10 81 IS, &C
cordng TO size and quality, and 81 al 10 50 90 for very
extra lots. AT these prices The daily transncons, for
cash. are llrge-S 81 offered Saturday for a
fine lo but decline d. the preferng to have them
packed on his account.
We nre erafrd 10 nnicc that establishment is
packing Tor The English market, under the suprrnend
ance Of experienced packer of Irish pork-the meat
up in four pound pieces and Of 80 pieces
will fill Darrell and f John Bull grumbles at the spen
did meat packing for him in this city, he ought 10
60 hungry. The same house is engaged in packing q
large quantity of leaf lard, of snowy whiteness in bad
ders suit the ias,rdous taste Of customer.
We hope and trust that this enterprise may be
full The importance Of having the greet staple Of the
West acquire popular character in The English mar
ke,s is TOO obvions 10 require comment
! The receipt Of Kentucky hogs, it is thought, are
pretty much over, bu, fine droves are daily coming in
! from the interior Of Ohio and Indiana
The Alton Telegraph says, pork continues to come
in, and sells at 81 2o to SO On per cwt. Between
and 5000 hogs were driven in during the week ending
the Sd inst, most Of which taken by Corey and
| Bostwick
The same paper also mentions that offers have been
made to pork packers in that city, by Eastern operators
for several thousand barrels Of lard To be manufactured
into lard oil. This latter business is already extern
svely carried at Philadelphia and New York.
| The Connersvlle, la. Telegraph Of last Saturday,
says: Our town for the last two weeks hes been lite
rally crowded by swine, their way to Cincinnati
/ We have noticed some thousands that have passed
through from Northern counties, and have Of
any time seen such Indifferent lots-they poorly fat
tened, and indeed look but little better than our COM
stock hogs before they are put up in the fall One
drove in particular that passed through last week. num-
oering 500, looked if they had not smelt
grain OF for weeks-or at least not more than
enough support their long, lean, ank bodies; they
went through in a sweeping galop squealing for corn
at every Jump. We think we do not exaggerate when
we say, that if they continued in The same gait they
were in when them, that the next day they
were in the city waiting 10 be butchered
All the hogs driven from this county, looked about
as usua-in excellent order and have doubt SOLD
at the highest market price Fayeite county, for mum
Der Of years back has raised the finest hogs driven te
market from the State Of Indiana. So say Cncin
natti hog merchants.