, 1859-02-25

A<ss, that Tho dixtsmpsr il making great havoc
in the nsishborhood Of Myresville aud North |
Fork, ons man having lost spWards Of ono hun.
dred head.
1t Detroit on The ed. 1sed Winter wheat
sold at sls4@l.ss: corn. 75@7ec.
The Buffalo ,Adperttsr Of ths ed states that
within the past week 10000 bb1s Of -four have
beep shipped from that city for "home use." It
aays "there has been an inordiuate demand
from ali quarsers."
The Cincinnati 9ds<tte Of yesterday thus re.
visws the market Of the preceding day
Whatever buoYancy the provision market has
exhibited within tho last week, it lost today
under the advicea from New Orleans, which are
quite unfavotshle. The decline there yesterday
W.s serious, and every article Of the hog pro.
duet, excepting Mess Pork, is lower now in ksw
Orleans than in this market.
There was SONS anxiety To sell bulk meats TO-
day, but buyers withdrew. There has been no
demand Of consequence for mass pork for come
time, and quotations must be considered nomtn-
al. There ID not much bacon On the market
but in the absence OF my considerable orders,
there il enough for the demand. Lard closed
dull at l131e for prime barreL The wanE o! 3
shipping margin, when We compare our quota
tions with seaboard prices. ia still prominent
{eatuse OF the trade: but parties who own the
ssoeks, maintain their courage. and when the
demand tRlls of, they settle themselves DOWN
couteutedy to await, to await the next move
| ment on the part Of consumer. SO far this plan
hrs worked 10 advantage, and priceB have besn
| Sustained rem arkAhly we'll against the combined
| influence Of the new Ehatern trade. The heavy
| eud OF the stock il held in the " est, ana sofa
| only III consumers require it.
l. correspondent OF ths London 7gmss written
| as foElows of the ups and downs of the Wheat
| market The facts presented are worthy Of
being reflected upon:
For no less period than thirty.two years -
| ever since 1e27-the price Of wheat hos moved
| in qusdrenni4t periods: four years up and four
| years down-with = regularity 30 steady and
invarisble thtt it il difficult to cast ones eyes
! on the soale of 'auunal Averages," and escape
cycle No expansion into verbal statement
will do Justice 70 the expressive tale which the
diseram Of annual prices affords to The eye.
| Briefly told, however, and omitting the frRe-
tionai figures. it il as followa:
"Fsom 1927 10 1881, the first qusdrennial
period, the prices Of wheat rose from 58s. in the
tirAt named ear tu 66s- in the lsas. Thence to
1885. it teN BY regular annual steps. 5ss., 52s.,
and 49,, t, 39a. Il the next four Yeara it ross
with EQUAL f. ku,arlty, through 49,, SIS. and
g., 70 7os il 1889. TheE down, BY tho gra-
dations Of 66s, Ga and 57s., to Sos. in 1843.
i I'd QEAlb, oV4t 0Ah~ 80N Otfss ~ V0es
in 1877 Down again in turn, By the regular
stages Of 57s,, 44a and 40a, to the figure fear.
{al to agricultural eyes. of 8ss. in 1851. The
next four years it nouried again by the en-
conragiag degrees Of 4ls.. 5Ss., 72s, to the
Crimesn altitude Of rs. in 1855; whence it has
declined, in ohedienca to the sans singular law
OF succession to 69s. and 6sR. in 1856 sud 1851,
and to the still lowsr it holds in the year just
expired, the third, and happily the penultimatt
OF cur present descending serles.''
The Csrlinvllle (lll) Frs< Democrat has infor
nation from farmers in all paris Of that county
relative to the Wheat crop. The uniform opin
ion il, that at least one half the wheat soret
Last Fall is winter killed. The freezing a
night and tbawing during the day heaves th'
wheat entirely ont Of the ground.
There are 10000 bushels Of Corn in Boston
WOOL.
The Cincinnati Gdzttts Of yesterday has th
following:
There il a strong speculative feeling in th
new crop will command very high prices Agent
!; are through the country, contrasting for th
clip in advance. Wool growers will lose moth
ing. We think. by ho1ding of. Prices are NOT
only 20c per ]b higher thnn they were Jea
ago, and We lock for the establishment Of sti
caurage farmers to take good care Of their ahee
aud reject The offers OF spectators. The suT
ply Of wool now in the country is not equal t
ihe demand, and in this regard there is no pre-
babili:J Of 8 change for six months to come. I
| leust.
+ COMMERCIAL CIRCULARS NJ TIE AFRICA.
L!vKproo1. Feb. 4. 1862
B8tAps7uRFs.-The demand has been Unite
J during the week. and the general tendency
} pricas for Wheat. Flour and Indian Corn hf
bsen downward. but they nre NOT quotsbl
lower. The almost entire cessation Of shipment
t from the United States seems to produce no {
, feet upon our market, the prevailing opinio
> being that bat small quantity Of Foreig
, Grim OF Flour will be required. Hereafter 4
t BreadstuHs will be sold by the 100 pounds. {
"Centa;" onr quotations are adjusted to til