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FLOUR AND MEAL TRADE.

FLoUR-rhe leading position which Baltimore has long
maintained Flour market has been fully sustained dur
ing the pas: year, the receipts and sales here embracing
nearly 100000 barrels, amounting in value to between
$55 900 and Sc 100000 There marked increase in
the receipts Howard Street Ohio Flour all Western
Flour being included under the latter head but there
considerable falling off, will be seen by refererce our
table ot inspections, in the production OF City Mills Flour
special attention has been paid within the last three
years by mers to the manufacture of the better
of Flour and the production of Family Flour has materially
ceeding those of 1859 bbs and those 1858 about
5000 bbs This description enters largely into dOmes
tic consumption and it is sold in large quantities go
neghboring markets. where it has deserveiy high
reputation, but it is rarely purchased for We have
data in relation to the production OF Extra Flour refer
to- 10 separate heading of this description being madey the
inspectors but large proportion of the receipts for two
three past have been of this descriptions which has o
great extent taken the place export the
much of the Super Flour and sold
here within the past few years. having greatly damaged the
general character of this description abroad We took
sion in our lat annual review to speak of system of in
specton which continues to be generally complained
OF by the trade and repeat what then said that
he system is in theory effective and impartial one, but
loosely administers and of little value has the nspec
ton brand become that the greater part of the Flour which
comes to market is sold by sample and without
Either the who system should be abolished
law should be effectively and mpartally administer
ed We give below table OF the inspections Of Flour and
Meal for O and also tables showing the yearly inspections
of thesa a tices for twenty years past:
INSPECTIONS FLOUR AND MEAL IN THE CITY OF BALTT
YEAR 1860:
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MORE, TUESDAY, JANUARY |, 1861.

rally, e.y reducing the stock of Logs the Mills anl
causing Ii sc dc Vet the usun supply ater - TIE
se n On aacrl business done, and sellers ul
ai'te to rtiu to- the price OF ordinary T. fair Cul-
ware obtained te close there is activity in the
Eet The general depression in business in consequence o.
the distracted c0rd On OF public affairs, pervad th
branch OF trad also and prices mainly nominal Th
stock in the hands OF the commssio7 probably les
by oneha than usually helL this of the year
and the stock in the yards is comparatively light
YELLOW PINE LUMBsR-The receipts q YELLOW Pine
Lumb-r have fallen off tits year. owing mainly to the high
prices Sou h The deficiency has been reduced however by
additional receiots from state We estimate the
whole receipts at 600 OG0 feet vslu at $40 coo
CYPEES5 SHINGLEs-Ihis branch Of trade steadily in
creases, market continuing to control the supply Of the
country around Prices throughout the year have averaged
bet er than last The receipts reach 3O0O0o, valued at
CooPHRAGs STOCK 10 this department of business per-
fecy istrs t. be obtained We esti-
mate however, the total receipts Of all kinds from all
sources within the past yea at about 5000 90 +
Slaves and Heading About $4,000 Slaves and Heading
have been bought for here the balance mostly Pipe and
HID. Slaves, have beer shipped to Europe, and
some few lots to the Vest Indies The quail
than the year BEFORE but they good the
ket demands many lots being much light and sold
reduced price, whereas they OF better size they
would sell to much better advantage the party send
vantage in shipping poor slaves Rough dressed barrel
Slaves sought after by the coopers and
saeabe than undressed The Aegany region furnishes
most of the Stave timber and is much preferred by the
coopers and shippers that received the Chesapeake
Bay Most of the mountain tmberis brought by the at
more and Ohio and the pennsylvania Central Railroad The
advanced sales rapidly made at the following prices,
viz: heavy Pipes, S95l25; light do $45 heavy hhds SIS
G65 light do. $2Jl35 most Of which shinped; n. o.
Barrel Slaves double s3J@40 single do Gaze; do,
quality The closes with good demand for shipping
Slaves at above prices.
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Total. "a Total tons. ........ 1912.

THE NEEDLEwoMEN OF PARIs.-In a series of ar
tcles by NJ. Jules Simon, published in the Revue
des DeuC-Gonde8, some interesting particulars are
given respecting the needlewomen of Paris. The
author has taken great pains to ascertain the ma
ture of the work executed, and the wages earned:
and it results that the needewomen ofParis, ifpos-
sble, are even more to be ptied than the wretched
creatures so powerfully portrayed by Hood III his
famous Song of the Shirt" NJ Simon saws that
the wages Of needlewOmen have been annually di
minishing since 1647, and that at present the
average wage is between l franc and rs cents for
a days work OF twelve hours. And here is his ac-
count OF the life of one Of these poor toiers, whose
yearly earnings, when able to work, he puts down
at 5OO francs: First, as to her lodging. This is
one OF her greatest difliculties-for, since Paris
has been embellished by new streets and vast pal
acelike houses, the dwellings of the working class
es are continually becoming dearer and less num-
erous. The most wretched garret, on the sixth
story, costs from 100f to l50f. year-M. Simon
estimates it at only l0Of; 115f for dress, 36f for
Washing 36f for fire and light, thus leaving 2l3f.,
or a little over 81. a year, for living-a sum, as
NJ Simon Justly observes, just sufficient, by the
most rigid economy, to keep the poor needewo-
man from starving. And to gain this miserable
pittance, she has TO make eight shirts daily, or to
sew six pairs of gloves, or to make six waistcoats
or six pairs of trousers. No one, adds NJ Simon,
can conceive the misery ofthese poor women. They
must be visited to form any true idea of their
wretchedness. Their garrets have no fireplace, no
stove, no chimney, and are generally provided
with only the most slender necessaries of liie
What wonder if death is frequent visitant of their
dreary and unhealthy abodes, or that they should
turn from the paths of virtue when starvation
seems imminentH
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PORK BACON. BULK MEAT. \ LARD.

Tie Provision year properly eDds TIE first of Novem
ber and the present season has opened with unvor
able prospects. The pol teal TROUBLES in the Southern
States which by FAR the largest of the Pork
raised in the West and Northwest have deferred packers
from purchasing Hogs and the trade generally from enter
ing into their usual engagements and in consequence
prices have declined very materially. The demand for
English Meats has however been large since the
ment of the and in Cincinnati alone 9GCO
boxes of Middes have been packed far this season,
against about 1900 boxes for the corresponding
period last season, and full one half the Hogs
packed here and the other Atlantis ports have been for
export to England. The both Of Hogs and Corn
desood to be ght south Of the Ohio rve but north of
the crop of both reported to he unusually good.
BUTTERThe receipts Of Butter from the Glades If Penn
sylyania during the just closed about 1909 kegs
with probably 200 kegs still to come to marie The
cpts of Roll Butter considerably less than in
while the receipts of Western Butter solid packed,
about the same in qualityhe two kinds being equal
about 600 barrels. Prime dares Of Gades have ruled
at Is to 6 cts and fair IL to II cts which
New York has taken from 5000 kegs and the
Southern and home trade about 5000 kegs leaving on hand
stock Of from 5000 to 900 kegs Roll sold during the fall
months at II to lG cts for prime, and cts for
mon. Owing to light shipping demand Western solid
packed Butter generally ruled quite dull at to II
There an increased European demand in October and
November which relieved the market in great measure of
common to fair qualities but there is fair stock in
rEt hands, fully equal the demand for home eonsump
ton nd export AT the close prices depressed and trade
prostrated
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ABLE OF TIE Prices OF Pic IEov FOR 1860:

CoPPER.-Batmore has for several years past been
of the principal seats in the United States Of the Copper
trade, and at this time is unquesonably the leading
ket of the country for refined Ingot Copper. So we'll
established has the reputation of Baltimore Copper be-
smelling establishments here both in full operation
throughout all last year, and the production Of Ingo
Copper reached 10 900 900 lbs the value Of which
upwards of two millions OF dollars This trade has sprung
up here within the past or years. but it has be-
of great Importance to the city, large capital
being invested in it, and great number of persons
ployed in the works established here Baltimore better
situated for smelling Copper than any other place in
the country there being coal equal the Cumberland
coal for this purpose, The supplies Of consumed by
the smelling establishments here drawn mainly from
the mines Of South America and Cuba but within the last
year two very considerable amounts have been received
from the mines recently opened in North Carolina, Geor
gia, and own State. Ingot Copper huctuaed but
little through the year, the prices for it ranging from 81
to % cts per lb The large Copper Rolling Mill the
Gunpowder was in constant operation during the year.
&C., unsurpassed in the country.
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SUGAR AND MOLAssES TRADE.

SUGARs-There much larger business done In Su-
here last than during the previous one, but al
though the prospects Of the trade in the early part Of it
ed dsadyantageously to all parties interested The market
markable vgor and the reported of large
fciency there compared with the year,
great strength to it, caused rapid absorption
ulaors and regular dealers Of the receipts arrival The
salts aciory results OF e early shipments from abroad
had the effect or stimulating exports 10 this country and
the receipts early the began to assume, at all
the principal Atlantic ports magnitude
10 chess the advancing tendency in prices which had
Yiousy existed Prices were however olerahy well main
tanned the and fall and holders gener
witness sufficient at least to them from
loss The disturbance trade from political de
sroyed these calculations and the article in consequence
experienced almost unexampied depreciation, the de-
cline in the value OF the stocks held the various ports
amounting to several millions Of dollars. Within the past
two three weeks however the general condition
market has improved materially An increased demand
for Sugars for home consumption has sprunF up which
reaction in prices offuy half cent per To- the
est point touched The receipts of Sugars
amounted in the aggregateto about s26000oO lbs which
lbs those the prev wear
and OF this amount 600 lbs were copsnmed by e
two refining establishments here, 1900 lbs
on hand, and the remaining 100000 lbs passed through
the hands ofthe grocer The receipts mainly OF for
egn SugarE. The Louisiana crop was yery
received at any OF the Atlantic ports, In relation the
crop OF 1860 and 81 have reliable information es vet
but it is generally thought that it will be light one in
which supplies for the coming he
of the receipts of Sugars and also the range
Of the leading descrip lions for two years past
IMPORTS OF SUGAR INTO BALTIMORE IN 1889 AND 1860.
1883. [hhds boXes,bars. lStO. hhds. .tbOxes haas
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HARDWARE TRADE.

The general Hardware trade in Baltimore has long been
an extensive and ourishing and it continues to
hbit has for years past evidences Of increasing
prosperity Baltimore has always enjoyed, and justly so,
an excellent reputation Hardware market. Besides the
numerous large dealers in Iron, Steel Nails Castings &C.
there twenty five importers and wholesale dealers
in general Hardware, Cutlery Guns &c who do
business. principally with the South and West The
Southern trade here steadily increasing ard we are in
formed that large sales Of Hardware have been made
within the last two to Alabama Mississippi and
other portions of the South that had not previously pur-
chased their goods here In this branch Of trade Baltimore
is able to compete successfully with any of the Atlantic
cities The dealers all import these foreign goods direct
from Europe and their purchases of American
made directly from the inufacures they able offer
inducements to buyers which exceed any other
point. The trade within the last three
in common with other trades been very much depressed
the political and commercial panic which has prevailed
The Hardware trade of Baltimore is estimated amount in
value to nearly three millions Of dollars annually and
large proportion of the sales are of goods Of foreign
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INSPECTIONS OF CORN MEAL RYE FLOUR FOR THE LAST
TWENTY YEARS.
GRAIN TRADE.

The Grain trade has long been of the principal items
in the business Of Baltimore, and Grain market city
is second in Importance only two three other points in
the United States The bulk of the Of Maryland to
gether with large part of that OF Virginia and Southern
Pennsylvania passes through the hands OF The factors here
and years past the aggregate value of the Grain
sold here has ranged at from S6 to annually
We estimate the value of the sales here last be about
S60O Our city advantages for the
cuton Of the Grain ade which not enjoyed elsewhere,
and which, long as they continued, must make Bal
of the principal seats the Atlantic Of this i'm
poran trade In the first place Grain is sold here directly
by the producers which is not done in other large
ket and each crop to market separately, there
better opportunity make selection than offered any
other point and secondly the handling Of Grain which
nconsiderabe item, is less expensive here than any
market Of equal magnitude while We haXe certainly equal
showing the monthly receipts Of Grain here during the past
year. and also the aggregate receipts for five years and
by reference TO them it will be that the aggregate
cepts last $50 600 bushels less tn in 1889
Our tables extend from January to January, and they
sequenty include portion of two crops.
STATEMENT OF THE MONTHLY RECEIPTS OF GRAIN
BALTIMORE CORN AND FLOUR EXCHANGE DURING TIE
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THE LUMBER TRADE.

This radeconstitute considerable item the aggregate
business OF Baltimore but of such steady and
varying character that the report of year will
nearly for another We estimate the total receipts
at this port for 1860 at from eighty to eightyve millions
of feet, about the for 1882 1t would have been
somewhat larger but for the heavy eshet in the Susque
hanna the Spring. and the general depression of business
IN the closing months of the past year From the Susque
hanna region and from Albany, whence few loads OF the
better qualities Of White Pine usually derived es
mate entire receipts at about sixty millions OF feet From
the South Including our own tdewater region, the re-
cepts OF Yellow Pine Lumber of various qualities, reach
from ten to twelve millions Of feet. By the railways the
receipts of TIMBER poplar cherry and walnut plank Ftaves
shocks, &C. may reach from twelve to fifteen millions
The report OF the Master of Transportation OF the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad shows movement Of Lumber for 1850
vious year.
SUgouEHANNA LUMBER.-At the opening of the nayiga
on the demand for Lumber quite active, and hte
Pine ranged from $4 to $5 for Culings S5 to s26 for
SELECTS S5 to $50 for Common and Panel White Pine bill
stun brought s5 to S6k Hemock boar oist and scan
ling $40 to S Oak ship plank s25 s5 Oak boards S7
to So Poplar plank boards scantlng ruled dull at
l5 to SIS Ash plank in small supply and in linn
tied demand at $40 Rated Lumber throughout the
season was neglected. and sales could be effected with
out considerable reduction the prices Of boated stuff
The great freshet in the Sgsquehapna River in the early
part OF te season by which nearly feet of Lum
Der were swept on from the Lock Haven and Wamspor
Booms caused considerable interruption the trade gene
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READY MADE CLOTHING TRADE.

Last year of great prosperity in this branch of
trade. The Spring commenced with the most fiat
terng promises which continued until the Fall season
nearly The increase which amounted to about
II per cent came from the South and Northwest,
principally from the South The merchants of those
ons who previous to 1850 had made their purchases in
the Northern cities found that the market here both in
regard price and quality BETTER and the induce
ments offered by the trade, greater than in the cities
North Those engaged in the trade here increased their
efforts the patronage of the South and West and
the result year of prosperity equaed in the
history the trade Before the commercial disorders
menced trade for the year had almost closed and
sequenty it not affected seriously thereby. The
ing Spring trade however is sensbly feeling the effects
of the commercial prostraton, and unless a speedy
change for the better takes place, the trade will suffer
greatly. Many of the houses have been compelled to
place their employees three quarters time, while
few have discharged number of their hands. Two of
the principal houses continue working their full comp
men An early settlement of the present political ques
tions would be followed by immense increase in the
trade and those engaged in it anXously hoping for
such result The trade in 1859 reached $4,000 000 The
estimated increase Of II per cent would give for the
1860 81 $685. 000 which, by those engaged in the bus
ness is thought to be rather under than over the trade
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CIGAR TRADE.

The sales OF German Cigars have OF late fallen of consd
eraby the heavy stocks in importers hands have been of
undesirable styles and anly Of the crop of Tobacco OF
1851 This stock is materially reduced, and the
potatons during the last twelve months have been light
The yield of the German Tobacco 1859 ne
and look oncemore for active business the
ing season.
The Domestic Cigar Trade has increased large degree
and Baltimore may rank among the first cities in the on
in the manufacture of the here being poyed
about 5000 hands, with Invested ca al Of two millions
Of dollars, and producing hundred millions Of cigars
annually Through this increase in Domestic Cigars, the
demand for Leaf Tobacco Especially for Havana and the
Connecticut seed lea has been extensive than dur
ing previous year and large quantities being
snty received from first sources enabling us to compete
with any Eastern city in its sale; and 'acurers
the excellent assortment on hand at as good rates and
terms, as they have hitherto met with in New YORK, from
which market they had been compelled to supply them
selves LAT
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LIST OF NEW VESSELS REGISTERED AND ENROLLED IN THE
DISTRICT OP BALTIMORE DURING THE YEAR 1860
PsTSa5 R.T2sT NAMES OF VESSELS ross ON ACCOUNT OF
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495,OO0 81
S05,0O0 81
Total..........745,00 900
D 100000 l.O2S I

Total, l,...,.,...7 600 100000 LOIS 4O8
OF the foreign Wool 407 900 lbs. received from the
West Coast of South America, and the balance from the
Cape Good Hope The greater part of the West Coast
Wool was only adapted the manufacture of Carpets
and it sent to the Eastern markets for sale there be-
ing demand for Wool for this purpose here Baltimore
been found to be rather slow the sale of
foreign Wool and parties engaged in importing it are
generally sending it to other points For domestic Wool
ing of the year up hearng time the market was dull
and sales effected with difficulty, but prices were
nevertheless maintained, but after shearing the
market for time quite active, and prices advanced
in consequence of the competition among buyers
fully Is per cent. After, however, the manufac
had obtained the greater portion of their sup
plies prices fell off again and Wool ruled for some time
previous to the of the panic quite seadi-
ly at decline of to 10 per cent from the highest point
For months past the market has been entirely
trated and it is impossible to give any definite quota
tions for Wool at this time For cash. large concessions
would doubt be made. The stock Wool at the close
of the year not large The value of the received
and sold here last year was nearly 100000.
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PROVISION TRADE.

The Provision trade has for many years been of great
magnitude in Baltimore and ranks at this time has
for some past Of the leading commercial inter
ests Of city There is large capital invested in the
business, and the operations in packed Provisions here
have for years value from six to
eight millions Of dollars annually There was about the
amount OF business done in Provisions here last
during the preceding ami although the market
time exhibited any extraordinary vitality the year
whole, favorable for th trade There
decrease of about ia 900 head in the number Hogs packed
at the West last season. and much larger quantity of
Provisions taken for export to Great Britain than during
the previous and the holders in consequence gem
orally enabled to control their stocks keep prices
paying point through the greater part Of the year The
STOCKS at the close OF the were smaller than they
have been for several years past We give below table
showing the range Of prices through the for the lead
description of Provisions and by reference it will
be that during all the carly part OF it there
steady improvement in the but within the last
two or three months they have fallen off MATERIAL
TABLE THE PRICES 1sT 18TH OF EACH MONTH
IN 1860 OF TIE LEADING DESCRIPTIONS OF Provisions.
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HIDE AND LEATHER TRADE.

There have been very few foreign Hides in this mar
ket past year The sales Buenos Ayrcs which
in September, made at "a cts, showing very
little change throughout the year. The following is the
number of imported and city slaughtered Hides for the
years 1859 and 1860
1860. 1859.
From foreign ports, 65939 From foreign ports 81 O9
coastwise,. ....I5,954 6 coastwse. I25 ,020
City slaughtered, ..55OOO City slaughtered. 62SO2
236,293 274,382
We quote Buenos Ayres at 21x@22 cts. and
Porto Cabeo at 19l20 cts, remarkng that there are
foreign Hides here and that quotations nomi-
nal City slaughtered Hides selling at sH(d0 cts,
and wet country slaughtered at 7GS cts.
LEATHER.-The strike of tn operatives engaged in the
manufacture of shoes at the East in the cary OF the
year. has caused the Leather trade to be unusually dull
here there having been large stocks work
hand at the commencement of the difficulties. The
sequence has been that very few Eastern buyers visited
market, and the demand has been confined almost
rey TO the supply of home consumption. For weeks
past there have been scarcely TRANSACTIONS and
mark that prices have declined very materially through
cut the year. and at the close the stocks larger than
have been ried for years We quote follows
City slaughtered at 3lGl3S cts Country do at 230 cts;
Rough Skrling 262S cts: SpSnish Sole 2629 City
harness Leather black, 335 Country d.. 27629
and finished do S59l0O cts. per 10.
The following is the amount of lie ther nspcctd in Bal
timor9 and Frederick for the past two years
BALT MORE.
1860. 2ll Sides ,22l Sides
FREDERICK.
45CGO Sides 200 Sides
40O,2lI &C 433,92l "