The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-12-09


and 800 do humpback at price not transpired Whale
bOne.-Market without transactions
The Cincinnati Gazette of Wednesday says:
The past week has been exciting one in the pork
trade Under large receipts the trade heavy Wed
nesday and Thursday, but supplies having, thereafter
diminished prices rapidly recovered advancing daily
l5c to Csc, until to day they touched the highest point
of the 81. But this figure barely reached
and the effort by which the feat accomplished
evidently much for the trade stimulated and inflated
as it was for it was followed by rebound which also
extended to products and the market for both hogs and
provisions closed heavy and unsettled a decline This
morning buyers sharp at Sc rs for hogs averaging
200 lbs, but later in the day the anxiety the part
of sellers, two small lots having sold, the meantime
at 81 and the market closed quiet 500 to S675 5000
(d675 the leading rates for lots averaging 200 lbs
In this mornings issue basng figures upon the re-
ported daily arrivals, estimate the receipts for the
week ending this evening at 10000 head This too
low it appears by 900 head the actual receipts
reported by the Price Current in its weekly table being
$500 head.
The total for the shows decrease compared
with last year of sS,073 and increase of $3.50
pared with 1857 When it is considered that the bust
ness commenced late this year and that there in
ducements to send hogs to market early, but the
trary many Inducements for feeding them late the de
ciencv surprising as it was not unex-
pected Those who base short crop theory upon this
hbit therefore, liable to be very much deceived We
have as yet nothing to justify antcpations of de-
cenCy, hut there is much to confirm contrary opinion.
The trade is tremendously inflated uncontrOably wild
and almost destitute of solid basis These things being
readers at distance need not be surprised to hear
of sudden collapse 1t is that the receipts
pared with 1857 show increase of 259 head while the
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this place in s55S 446667 head against $50 S26 in 1858
50. Mess Pork which sold yesterday on the spot
at $l7, was offered freely to-day at Sl6 49, and
large could not have been sold at Sl6 So The
bears pceping the woods again, and it was
easier find ShOrtn sellers; but the market un-
settled that cannot give reliable quotations for for
ward delivery. Bulk meats declined from 6HG7k to
6E S4 for shoulders and sides. Lard may be quoted
l04dlOH, with moderate demand at the inside rate
The weather which bad yesterday and this morning
is quite cold Onight. with Seet and snow There were
buyers for Supertne Flour to-day at S5lOa5l5, but
higher hsnres-S5 2oG5: 5:25.are demanded Wheat firm,
$1.1S for do red Barley, Corn, Oats and Rye firm A
moderate demand for groceries at firm prices.
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH
New IoEk Dec; 0 s-Cotton is tirm1sales of 5000
$40 Southern s565a575 wheat is firm@saes Of
27 900 bushels Southern white 81 55 Western do 81 SO
at S5dSS cts; old do 92G95 cts. Pork is heavy-Mess
Sl6.37 HG9l65G; Prime sll 62k@1175 Lard is firm at
10hdll cts Whiskey is steady 2S Sugar is firm
-Muscovado cts. Moasses As cts RosSn is firm at
sl.55 Rice is steady. Freghts frm-Cotton to
CnAnLEsroN Dec S-sales of 600 bales Cotton to day
Prices have been irregular.
SAVANNAH, Dec S-Sales to-day OF 500 bales Cotton.
Market generally unchanged
MOBILE, Dec SSaes of . 900 bales of Cotton at 10 &
@l0A. Market closed dull.
PHILADELPHIA Dec S.Flour is quiet at S. .25 5l5 81 4
Wheat is buoyant-saes of 900 bushels white Fl 81 X a.
143; red Sl3Oal32 Corn is firm; sales of 600 bush
els new yellow 70 cts Oats better at 43G44 cts
Whiskey closed steady at 26d27H cts.
MOBILE, Dec. 6-Sales of Cotton day. 900 bales
1oSGO& for mddling-sale for three days IL 900 bales
receipts, $500 bales; cotton eights Liverpool 716G4
exchange on New York 9l6GA discount.
MOBILE, December 6-Sales of Cotton to day, 5000
bales at 103Gl04 for middng; sales for three days
II 900 bales receipts Is 500 bales cotton freight to
Liverpool 716Gki exchange on New York 9l6G4
discount
New ORLEANS, December 6.-sales of Cotton to day
$500 bales at 10Ad sales for three days 90 500 bales
receipts bales against 40 900 bales for the time
last year the receipts at this port 1873 GOO bales
ahead Of last year Sugar huoyant at advance; sales