Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-11-12
BUYING.
SELLING,


The weather toward the close OF the week was
quite cool and wintry, aud on Monday night there
VAS smart frost. rendering the temperature De
cuilarly favorable for pork packing; but the re-
cepts of hogs so far being light. there has not
been much done. and though nearly all the
houses have made beginning. the amount done
IN the aggregate has teen hardly enough TO justi-
fy us in saying that the season is fairly opened
for curing. bat all the houses can cut TO their
full capacity soon as the hogs are in. The
mild and unsettled weather which prevailed up
to SUNDAY. and the extraordinary high price eli
feed OF all kinds. deferred drovers from bringing
their stock To market. with probability that they
would have 10 wait favorable weather TO sell un
der heavy expense; but the cool, frosty tempera-
ture Of the last three DAYS, and the active, not
10 say pressing. demand for hogs at S696 25
will bring IA large supply the pre>eat week. ami
We anticipate an animated market. The larRe
number OF cars now under the control of the city
authorities. and being used by them in the trans
portaiion Of coal viii cause some incouvenente
to drover- etst of this city. aud the receipts from
that direction will not be a large ia they other
wise would be; bat from the Vest the receipts
will be large, tor there i douDt that the de
termination 10 sell hogs soon rs thew can be
put I'm a >aleabe "rdi;on il general AT All
points: for. while Corn J. selling NJ 90 cents 10
10 cents per bu,hcl. which are the rates current
At all interior points in the eutre West,
farmers will avoid feeding il to hogs except
10 very limitel extent, barely enough to
enable them 20 sell them. In this district where
the corn has not been badly iniured ny frost, this
will he the case. - well as in those that it has: so
that the trade may look for very heavy receipts
at the onset, and for a short season
The prices current now are startling. and the
question heard ON all hands is what are buv-r-
going to 10 with pork, Mt these rates. Our ex.
perience Is, that no rules Of logic or philosophy
can be applied successfully TO determine the
causes which actuate men in dealing in pork
There are outside parties in the market who are
stirring up the matter A farmer from Illinois,
for instance. came into market last week. and
bought about 900 hbls mess pork, packed last
sea-on aud il holding IL in anticipation of n
scarcity which he thinks " Ill come When out
side parties % into a trade and operate. they al
WAYS distance H.. and render the movements in
explc'be u those in it. and who understand il.
IA they suppose. In September We stated that
the pvrk crop would be a short one IA compared
with the last One. and we have seen nor heard
OF anything since TO change that belief; but
notwithstanding this, unless a foreign de
maud commences with the sensOn, present prices
canno, be sustained, we think for the foreign
demand il The only one of magnitude we can rea
sonaby look for; and the all absorbing question
now j.. will they exist even il gold remains
about a. it is uowr But suppose the rebels are
defeated in Chattanooga. and gold declines. as il
most as>uredly will, What theng
The total receipts of hogs during the week
were about 10000 head. all of which sold Al
s. 75d5 80 tor those avera ging under 300 los
anu $500 % tor those averaging 2D0 lbs and
upward La onr next. we will give the compare
tive receipts tor the season. The totil receipts
from Nov. | to date were slightly over 90 O0t
head AZ tins' ~ 0O0 head at the corresponding
date last year, but this indicates nothing. rs tn,
weather. before this good last season fo
packing
New mess pork is held at $l7 81. but none ha
been sold. AID indeed hut little - for sale The
beliei = test hut few hog viii be hl To make mes
pork ard hence he speculative feeling in tha
art ce here ard elsewhere
Lard advanced % IL for old nd ilI5c 70
new and has been IN active demand With an in
creislng disposition To buy and decreasing ont
To sell
Bulk meats have rot chrngcd essentially
thonlha considerable amount ha- been sold at
AMI 5sfc tor shoulders anil ..des the Il ter. how
ever could not DC bought below cents At tn
close
Bacon has been bought very freely on order
from the Etst. md some from 81 Louis am
Louisville. at SO for shoulders packed, and 61l
Tor sides; bur Yesterday l5o 900 pounds Of should
ers sold At SIC loose Clear bacon sides sold "a
7Ltc loose yestetdsv Both these and the should
err taken 20 till Government contracts.
Head or gut bard must be quoted at l0ll a
l0l9c. and in demand
Flour has been in moderate demand. but price
are unchanged
Wheat rather dull
Corn. oats and eve advanced materially.
Whisky largely advanced. purity owing TO tn
scarcity ct corn, AMI partly to the late order pro
hb,ins the distiation OF grain in Kentucky.
Groceries firm. bur prices unchanged
butter .nd eggs rather higher