Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-02-27
From Cincinnati Price Current Feb. 10Th. % .
Financ iai and Com me re n Su m nm airy
for the Past Week.


With little exception. the past week has been
continued jubilee. and business matters have
been therefore greatly neglected. Friday was
spent in making preparations for. and Saturday
in celebrating the birthday of Washington, and
il done with unanimity and an abandon,
the like of which was never exceeded in this city.
The Treasury Note bill is still pending in Con
greSs; the House agreed to some of the amend
ments of the Senate, but disagreed 10 Others. and
the bill is now i'm the hands of a Committee of
Conference. This slow action of the National
Legislature on a matter of imperative necessity,
is producing great deal of uneasineSs, and not
a little Indignation.
The demand for money has increased some
what, consequent upon the activity in the pork
trade, bat all good business paper is snxousiy
sought after at SOLO per cent. Capital is album
dant, and when the security is satisfactory there
is no trouble in getting the money.
The demand for exchange has been quite light.
and the market ruled dull at par buying and /,
prem. selling rate. Gold was dull in the early
part of the week, and further declined to prem.
buying and prem. selling rate; but subsequently
advanced &c under the advance in New \ DIRK,
dealers asking 81 prem, but Yesterday the news
from New York put itd0wn to % 913 prem sell
ing rates, and = prem. buying.
The influence which induced the speculative
demand for the advance in the price of pork and
same result in the eorly part of the week. and
and PRICES further improved. This brought
large number OF country packers into the market
who were disposed 10 sell at the advance, and the
result was a dampening effect The speculative
demand subsidized To a great extent, and the news
that Tennessee had yielded to the force OF our
arms, which came about the middle of the week;
that the Governor of that State had ordered the
citizens To Law down their arms and convened the
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passed. consistent with the Constitution of the
United States. not having been fully confirmed,
the pressure to sell increased and the market at
the close quite heavy at sll 1912 for mess
pork and 33a ,5c for bulk 60. IT, eSe being the
rates asked
Lard. though held firmly at 7i5c tor prime,
was dull and heavy, though there was a good de
mand from manufacturers at 81, for head and
gut and we understand that &c was paid for the
latter.
Bacon was offered pretty freely at Il &c for
shoulders and Size for sides, of which about 200
hogsheads sold
continued good demand for sugar cured
hams at 8 ,a7c for uncanvased and 7a1i &c for
canvased. including packages.
The basis of the dem md for provisions being
the successful movement of our army into the
South, and the prospect OF general trade, from
thence the immediate result, renders the war
news received from day TO day highly important
70 dealers in pork. as the market responds to it
with regularity and prOmptnes quite remarka
BILE The news received yesterday afternoon.
that General Buell., at the held of 10000 troops,
had taken possession of Nashville, without oppO
sition, and that our flag floating over the
State House: that Governor Harris and State
officials. with the rebel army, had fed to Mem
phs still more unsettled the market; some were
more disposed to sell, while others felt otherwise.
The news publish in another part OF our pa
per, we think ought to have very marked ntiu
ence upon the market Indicating. as il does. that
the largest crop of pork ever packed in this coun
try has been packed the present season; for 1t We
take into account the increase in the shipments to
the Eastern cities the total increase will not be
less than half million hogs, not including the
increase in the weight, which will not be less than
, per cent
The demand for -four has been good and prices
advanced To 81 506l - for supertine. but the
market closed dull and heavy
Wheat advanced to 9sdSl for red. and
81 O5Cdl 10 for white but closed dull
Corn remSins steady, and has been in good de-
mand at 30c.
Oats dull 1T 2sd2-lsc.
Barley advanced to 72@75c for fall, with a
speculative demand. and closed firm
Rive 52d 53c, and in good demand
Whisky huctuated largely. having went up to
l>c and back TO lie. closing firm. however.
In the grocery market there l. but a limited
Iobbing business doing Sugar is IA a sc lower.
Molasses i selling in the small way At 40d 42c.
Coffee is held more firmly under the advices from
New York but the demand continues limited
We are indebted to Lieutenant Najen. the
Acting Quartermaster. for the following company
lists of the rebel prisoners at Sample Barracks,
Lafayette. The list is exclusive of non-cowmis-
stoned officers:
32d Tennessee Col. Cook-Company A, Is;
company b, A; company q. AZ: company ID.
81: company f. a. company +, 50; company G,
a.: company II. 6l; company ], 81; company
h. -
ilst Tennessee, Col. Ferguson-Company A,
-: company b. 60: company c. Sc; company ID.
-: company r. 5; company /, 10.
Total number OF prisoners, az.
sT- DIR. Dayton, of South Bend. has been
elected Trustee of the State University. in the
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