New-York daily tribune., 1844-05-30
Tic W-c.tern L,orls an,. Provision Trade.

Very ngily c, lour Nrw-iorS readers inter-
es,cd in the Western Provision trade, a trade cf
great nnl increasing importance TO The Whole corn-
try. The expo!, 0! Provisions from th" taitsd
State is rapidly charging particularly ;c England
and the West Indies hut such i he productive ca
pac!ty OF the Mississippi Valley that the markets
seem now 10 be oyeroaded and sinking beneath The
enormous quartitv The receipts Of barreed Pork
a; N9w-Oresns he whole Of last year were bat lit
tie more thaa .0o,Gc0 barrels, whilst the receipts 50
i4r in the present wear exceed 100000 barrels This
tcommercia!j year will long X remembered for It's
short crops" Every thing seemed short except
public creduity which appeared to have sufficient
capaciry for eny ab.u!dit:. Cotton was shor', and
Hemp, and Com and Wheat, and the Swine crop
exceedingly snort. The pigs had all died, they
SAID and the maternal swine were afflicted with
Singular bar.enness. The effect OF these rumors
was 10 bros 10 the Wes; numbers fspeculaio-s ard
convenient agsnis of Eastern houses 10 make sd
vences upon shipments, who, with our own smaller
operators, ever ready 20 iolo" speculative lead,
soon advanced tie price OF hogs from Az 10 oo per
cent above that fixed on sue by the more pru-
dent Cincinnati The !argesihcg market .! the tnion
Nas tie point where Ilt spectators concentrated,
aud where the highest prices were oi course gwen;
and IL few week. alter the packing commenced tce-
came profitable business 10 buy hogs here AID snip
them 10 Cincinnati Tor sale-0ur Pork dealers re-
,.a.,ns coo! and firm IN the belief that there was
no good ground for the speculation. The truth Is
now kuo,D aud instead of Il short crop OF hogs
and d. iiciency III Pork, q much larger quantity
was packed than cger before. and the specuiatCi>
lose lTo 80 10 81 per ccHt. on their operations
large part OF this loss however Will iall on Eastern
houses whose agemIs were so Liberal IN Their ad'ai-
ti,,4 ,!-ft n.tt
,ponsbily, and i.ttle OF the ro:4 nt present prices
vii repay the money advanced upon II. ii is noi
TO be regretted thai Eastern houses should suicf
little from his cause. the system they ha"e p"T-
sued oi ilng tie country w!ih agents 10 make ad-
is decideJ. injurious IN many respects, arc
shout! not be encouraged. The competition exclet
ny 1t IL decidedly ansound, serving to drive from Tie
trade all the solvent alS prudent, leaving II III 'iis
nandS s! the luxurious and irresponsible.
Although Cincinnati Is now the great polk mar
ket Louisville shows in each years busines all IN
crease the preceding one, and III llue may vai
iinot eclipse her neghlUr. In the winter oi i&-i
th-re were slaughtered here about 33,GUD hugs, anu
during tie last winter about $4,000 exhibiting an
.ucrcasc of near one hundred per cent, whist al
Cincinnati there was 10 Increase over the preceding
,rar But we want more buyers Ul hogs !aan we
nave ilGj. Ii is matter OF astonlshlnehl 10 Us ulat
Eastern operators cUming West sinuid All setu=
iiown at Cincinnati, and THIS, instead oi gong 10
3; one point from space o. several hundred miles,
AT an enhanced price OF course no "!e;c II! 'ie
Uncm can finer hogs ne found Than her--nn "hsrr
more skiiful packcts or extensive packlng-hGrses.
At the establishment OF \. = v hie N %. ol th's
city they can slaughter Gi: PACK lI0O heSs per dHy
feat which is performed at no other PacknS -lot'se
n the Union. All The materials iOr packing ear by
uad here ut the lowest prices. Froghts and insur'
ince to New Orleans are lover here than from lhc
point aGoyc-Ihr difference III ireights beng ire
Jueuty % cents pc:burre!. And, owiHg otht causes
,ciore memjiuaed hogs have been lower here ,han III
Cincinnati Why, then, do not your Eastern buyers
more generally visit us! II they viii look nj tiIe
.rap they will see thai 80 place IN iae '; est mas
liner position Tor concentrating hogs 'ih
-ro ir convenient 10 the fogiasihs Po''''''
h"Giucl<y tiIan Cincinnati and IL II well known tidt
Kentucky hogs" stand higher nan any Oll'cf-.
Thee are several ne,v Pork houses beng erected
acre hs Suuintr, and BUYERS ,uay be assured lheIr
packing aud w be dO;= here cheapi, and well
y an evidence OF the Improvements no" sn'n" "h
ere let me mention shat hf:ck have advanced IN ti!r
tsI cw weeks if"u s. psr thousand 10 -!
In politics AL sces vel here. In rhe irc"ri 'lrc-
ion ior Mayor oi this ciiy the Locn-F"co candidatr
vas beaten 10 hy his Wing compr'ior. we
ia:c brOughl st!0ne ticket ior iht ieSiSe'ur,
and the parry are in capital spnts, moving In solid
:uumn. iir. C!Gy's c'ter on Annexation suited
he Wings exactly. whilst Ar. Van Burens threw
he Lucu-Fucos into convusiuns. The leaders
werc ali committed IL favor OF immediate ahncXa-
ton az al! hazards. Seine have backed OUT, other,
are suilen, while some lave declared for TJ!er.
rnere MANY oi The privaes however who stand
%th the Wings on tins qucsilUn and avcr' pronin-
eat one deciaTcd day Gr Two since, that the party
lropped Van Buren, on account o his letter, he
Sas for Claw IN attempt was made here a few
lays since 10 get up Tyler rIexss-nlee Ting, which
,inried rare sport. ! long string OF resolutions
lauda,ory OF fyer ard Texas, written by hr. Brney
'iursh-i ciiitn. of the Loco-Foco paper here,
presented To the meeting by nnGerns nhis otfice,
which being pat upon ther passage, received ese
r2se. that Ci the mover! Il IS TO be hoped tr. Ty
Ter will not overlook the efforts OF Ms. Marshall TO
yet up Tyler party hare, however unsuccessful, rs
can assure you he has much success IN that
business as any other JUNIOR.
u Prof. siliiman, lir. Sheppard and j. 4.
Townsend narrowly escaped serious accident
short tiuc since at St. Louis, -Mo. They had
been invited to ride short distance from the CITY,
and in returning, the horses became frightened
md ran, they saving themselves by jumping from
the carriage. The vehicle was demolished, and
enc OF the horses killed.
MORTALITY oN the CoAs7 OF AFRIcA-The
bark Hodcrick Dhu, at Providence from Accra.
reports that Inc British brig Shlimsn, from Sierra
Leone for the lcewerd, was at Cape Coast,
March 25, with the loss Of all hands except cap
tain ana second officer
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