Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1852-12-24
COMMERCIAL
Trade and Monetary Affairs.

'ALIIAoltE, Dec. %
The firemans Insurance Company of Baltimore r..
el.fed semi-aanual dividend Of 81 per cent ,sa,
an aud after the Bird d. of January.
The Ocean Mulu1l Insurance Company of Bal,iuz.
bas declared a semannnal dividend of3 p9r cent No.
all on aud after the Isl ofJanuary.
Money is in active demand here. the offerings n, h,
we lenrn are quite hsayy. but pretty generally e y
very liberal spirit. Rates the street hase moi a
,aneed We therefore continue to quote No epdo,..,
eaper at Cd 7 anaoubted single names a 10 vi,,
an I4mpe supply Of eapiiu 10 absorb all hut ehs,
p these rates
hetotaI value Of foreign exports, from the pom :
Baltimore for the week ending The 10th inst a..
800 y82 o. Among the articles shipped were 2 ~
b1l. Of Hour 90 bushels of wheat ,629 barrel ;
meal G78 bushels of corn, and 254 hhds oftobaeeo
The stock of tobacco in the State warehouses in R
more on tie LIST Of January, 49, Il 500 hhd.i
peeted last week or hhd-. inspected previously Dc
SO hid. -naking in all G5,546 hhds Exp5rad
since January ls TO foreign ports, Sid hhds Sfoe
now il warehouses and on slip-bourd 2 ,93e hhd..
WESTERN HOG rRADE.-The Louisville I
nal Of the 10th ia,t, soyl:
The Hog market quiet yesterday, but continue.
firm Holders are generally asking higher for their mr.
ducts sale yesterday of 800 head nude nj AZ
. from the hooks and about 300 head ins the conntrva
a p gross A sale PIG bbls Of mess pork at sI8.
3D. aud COO bbs SO =; for 1000 bbs. lnecss sJf
= ~as also refused. Lard is frner
Since the above WIS il type, we learn Of sale of spo
to 200 hogs, in Shelby county, near the rail- Dad NJ
81 70 gross.
The ST. Louis Intels encer of the 10Th Instant saw.
Sales of6O0 hend No. hogs day before yesterday ~,
price not made public and LOO head to-day to a..
rive Mt an early day. S. we have heard of no sDe.
above Sc ahougha choice lot of hogs would most k
ly bring shade higher The only hogs in this cirge.
gagged Yesterday killed and 500 hcad. The enlire
business thus far will exceed Is, 600 head
The ST. Louis Republican, of the 18th, Which reach.
Us by private hands this morning, inadyance Of the mail
say:
Hog. have passed the boundary of Sc and we hue
sale of 800 head deliverable next week at S. To- nj
the Wedge House. to-day, 60 head, to butchers at Sc .
The market is well sustained
The Cincinnati Gazette the 18th inst says:
The weather had some effect upon the hog market To-
day bnt prices nevertheless we'll sustained. and
the demand about equal the supply. The s,alqs
included 800 head at Sc 65i 700 and Oh do at S.,
-
Notwithstanding the d!sagreafl4
weather, large business done full prices The
sales comprised 100 bbls prime pork at $ll % 100
do Rumps at $I4 so: do mess S z; 900 do do den.
cradle Madison, ST.; 100000 bb sides in bulkut
&C.; 1000 do shoulders SCI 10000 do sides, d.
lyerabe February st, 7e 200 hhds bacon sides de.
yerabe from st to 18th February at 94c pkd: 200 do
do deliverable same time, at 81 cents; 300 bbs prime
leaflard at l04ci 00kegs do 103c 200 bbls slop
in two lots buyer furnishing packages, at 81 8c1 00O
green hams asstic.; 900 do do SIC; 1900 do do
mostly sop at SO 40