, 1860-02-17

Total.......... -. $50 ess eae4l SIS SEQ ~
The receipts Of Hogs. lire mud dressed, to. day
amounted to 40o. There was good inquiry fer
dressed. both by packers and shippers, and the
market was firm, Nearly all the desirable
1ots on hand, however, were closed out yeste,-
day, and the shippers obtained but few. The
In good demand by packers and sales were made
at s5.0o@5.e5 gross. Beef Cattle were in bet
ter request, both By packers and shippers and
the market was about 4c hctter-salcs raneip.
as higL as a. 90 for prime becres.
In Provisions we Lave 10 mole q firm but quiet
market. A lot Of ESQ bb1s country n. o, and
Ness Pork were sold Mt $3.50 and $685..
Holders Of City Mess, however, arc still firm, 1t
sl7-0o. Bulk Meuts are in good demand and
firm. A lot Of 1000 pieces Country Shoulders
were sold at Gac packed, and 500 pieces Sides,
fcity) at e4c packed. Lard is in better request,
and 10ac is freely offered, but the stock here il
light md holders are FIRM at l0:@10lc. 4 lot
Of 50 bbls Country Leaf was sold at 1osc.
TAllow is in good demand and firm at 1oac.
Hides steady.
The Flour market to-day was quiet but FIRM.
with limited sales ut $4s1f@a.90 for choice
spring extras, and .ss5c@4.oo for spring su.
pesdne. Wheat WIS steady, and The trausac-
tions we're small at 96l@91c for No. spring in
store. There was quite reaction in the Corn
market to-day. At the opening several cars No.
we're aold ut 4oc; but it speedily advanced I"
41@4lsc on Change, and in The afternoon sew
eral thousand bushels changed hands ut 4ac-
IN advance Of &c on the opening. Upwards II!
10000 bushels were sold, Mt 41@4ac for No. /;
S9@40c for No. Q; and ss@:ac for Rejected;
Oats were also in nc i've request, and an advance
of 1@ac took place, with sales at 3e@33c il,
store. Rye and Barley quiet and unchanged.
Timothy Seed in good request and firm, wit!.
more liberal transactions at $o.50@a.s5.. CIn~
yer Seed continues dull at &4-G0@s.G5. uunsa-
riau. Grass :again advanced aIc, sales being
made at $1.1oG1.1a1. Highwines we're firm II.
20c.
MoAE '.EkpoxsEr Hoes" ."-Another lot Of
choice Hogs we're exhibited today By tile pur-
chaser, Mr- Geo.. A. Searerns. They were a lot
Of 80 head, raised ut Scponset, Bureau Co., in
this State, by j. L. Enslaw, averaging 3os lbs
only six Of them weighing less Than $50 lbs.
They were I'LL only sixteen months old, aud
were pure Berkshire and Suffolk. Tho price
paid for them was $77.$7} per 100 lbs. They 60
to Boston.
"MAxMorn WnEA7."-Wc have received Il
sample Of Spring Wheat from J. B. Smith, Da-
carah, Iowa, which probably exceeds anything
ever brought to this market. It is Of the variety
known as tue "Mammoth Whcat," called 50,
we presume, from the largeness Of the berry.
We are not Informed how much il will weig3,
per measured bushcl; but We are assured that
two bushels Of it made Of lbs Of Superfine flour.
The yield per acre was 4S bushels.
K.w YoRs-February 14.-Receipts, 1875:
bbls aour; 1915 bus wheat; 4s,'A7 bus corn
S5e bas oats; 500 bus barley; 20 bus rye; q:
pkRs beef; Gs6 do pork 4o7 do bacon; Go d.
lard; 1851 dressed hogs.
Ponx PAck.Sc.-The Cincinnati Price Cm.
rent Of yesterday contains the following:
We received returns from twenty-five add.
tional plaees, during the week, and ind the foot
ipgs compare rs follows:
1e@ year. twenty-five paccs
Deficiency. + as
Oeueaae reported lstt
Told decrease 20 far r....,.................1lo, o,i
When the Price Currsot'S report Of 1855.
was published, the Chicago packing was moi
closed, and it was set down at 17a,ooo; 5ul
after that date some $4,000 head more were cut
making the total for the season 1S5. 900. VIII
the Hrioe Current take notice of this md make
The necessary correctiong This season will moi
eioso before the end Of this month; and we q, E
now close on, il not quite up 10 100000.
Sr. LOUIS, Feb. 14.-The Republican Of ycstcr-
day says.
was 30 boat up for New Orleans, except those
whose fright engagements werc nlrcady full
the market rms not particularly brisk for lead
ing articles Flour continues scarce and firm,
aud grain was steady at full prices, with the cx.
ceptton Of cora, which Pr 10 means dccllned
want Of a boat ound south. The hemp which
came in yesterday IL not Jet reported sold, 4:
It ia held above buyers prices, Groceries ert
reported firm; prices, however, nre no higher
than our lasi quotations. and business is stu o.
4 limited charactss. Provisions continue in
good demand. md 4re easily held up Mt current
Quotations. All kinds are in fu1! inquiry. -
SEEDS 1E C1xc1sSAr1.-The Cincinnati P1ic'
Curent of yesterday says:
Clover Seed has disappointed mani, Who ha7e
speculated in 1t the last three mouths On st.e
ground that large advance would be estao
lished in tue price Of it as soon rs the Spring
demand would arise !; hut the rcverAe has beer
the case, and the result is, the largest stock o1
the article ever held hero at one time, is now in
this rnarkss, held chiefly by epeculators-orer
10000 BIB .. haviug been rcceived, and but TO-.
900 exported during tue season, and good
deal OF that exported is held elsewhere on spec.
ulation. The receipts still continue unusually