The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1857-01-08
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ThurssslAy Meraing, Jan, i lss;.

TharsslAy Morning, Jan. i lss;.
res the psn week OF I've, sad during thu
usaal prspasatieaster sAc llo,iasyA trade 10 ,h'
city has been semswAA, ss,sksr than usual. ba
principaliy coainsd IN retail transactions. Con
siderable quantities af goods arr daily arriving
from points below, and our mere As,x ecah
ieutly lock fcr better Wholesale trade IN thc
ever, decline in the price Of several staple ar
tioles.
FLots--wh,eh has been very S,in, since III,
Close VI navigation, has been subjected 10 con
siderable decline: owing In part. 10 eoapea
ton II the home manufactured article wuh the
Imported, and In par, to the Mll stocks IN
hand t...
GsAt> -W all kiads, In price tcmains Aboai
stationary, though sems articles are slightly
lower than last week, owing ~ the amount
brought Ia from the eeua,r..
woop ANp Nav Which . week r ten days
ago we're hard to he obtained. and al aScom
moai, high prices. nov that the reads are more
thoroughly htoken out, aud those articles NOR,
accessible, are coming 10 market IN considerable
quantities and are settling AT reduced rates
large quantities Of hay were destroyed last fall
by FIRE, and Ia consequence, II will prohahi,
command good price during the whole winter.
Hitherto the heavy snow storms prevent
cd our farmers nom bringing 10 market the
usual amount ~ produce, and consequently the
business portion u the city, CHE lower end ID
Third and Robert sueet,) assumed less ac,,,it,
Than might otherwise have been expected.
PorLrev 10 now quite eosrce, and brings
rather high prices, II being mostly brough, ar
nom below aud only IN small quantities. The
supply II Wild fowl, usually brought In great
abundsnee At hi. season, has fAiicn "a so,ne
what az late, and our hunters fail 10 moe, the
demand.
orsress, ---s00 bbis, In store nv Msssr..
Braekru 6ress, ere nov selling al Sis pei
Dbl. Recon, reports from the East, state tina,
q vessel laden with them to Norfolk, Va, not
being able TO find = market
The trade In frNs and sxfxs /. nov remarka
bly, good, there being a healthy competition be,
tween rival houses, and good prices are main
tanned IN all kinds. Cattle Hides are principal,
bought up by i,insfsnt traders, who hnd 1, nm
object to take THEM below where they eau he
tanned.
RorSp Hoes aud VssIso>, two staple articles
II consumption in this Northwestern country
are selling quick at pal cents On
Brvrxisocs Coat. This article. which has
but recently been introduced 10 any eonsiiora
bio extent into this community, Ia essential noi
only 10 iron wofksrs, but In man, eascs Ia u,nIp
ing the place Of wood. coal yard (. kept oi
the ievee, where the commodity re,aiis at d
v bushel and si7t per t,n,
A comparison Of Der market quotations with
those III Dubnqac and places brlow, NJ the
present time. shows that tho pfres u pro,l.
ions here are considerably the highest. The
large amount Of immigration blihet Mt a time
during last season when II was too late for pro
ducinp many articles from our own soil, Il more
probably the cause of this result than any az
ference that may be supposed To yi-, between
the natural capabilities ol the two sections al
county superfns -four in Dubuque. is que,
cd al teda6.25, and extra at tG.sou6Is whils
In this city articles designated by the same
brand command u oot.;.5o and tsdts 80 per
bbl Aboa, the same proportion esi.o, be.
tween the prices Of pork, potatoes, batter,
eggs, ac., and bids fair 10 remain TOT some.
time 10 oonw,
The lsteet market reports m Louisville and
~ Louis, state that hogs arr unusually scarce q,
the former place, snd that the number killed
This ssason, up 10 the goth alt, wa. ls7.7ao
head, leaving only 100 ~ pens. Coed hog.
readily commanded u. Is per osi.. With sever,
ersl sales at 6qtlo et-. higher, Thr~ priess
were usually paid by the proprietor. oi porL
houses to secure III. killing from the hoots
they have been bought al % and nna.,. A.
~ LOUIS ., the time stated, sales we're made
al tS.c2iqt5.75, And tbs supply very light
This principal articles In the msrke, We quote
as follows
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