, 1864-01-04

week. compared with thosc Of tho previous one {Sofe
mss peen no decline In The activity sad yuness OF the
nssKet. acre than ordinary Interruptions have o.
CURED Inc regular cou1se OF husnes. by the lrrex-
ua11fy OF INC Arrival OF trains during he earlier nart
Of the week. and further By the entire tuspctston OF
all receipts since Thursday, which has taadcd In no
small dsgreo to nnscttle the maskrs causing tbn rhef
coneunerst to curtsil their extended Operations With
the prospect Of Light receipts. the closed this
evening With considerable Anness It shr quotations
given on l1st Saturday.
sATrhpAI EvESIs6, January 2.-Thc d2iy natket
for the week now ended has been held during the c1-
sing days Of one year, and the commencing d.ys OF
another, and, matter Of course. Its active a2d or
derry arrangements have beeu disturbed by the al
sence Of some who fora while have exchanged tn.
post Of business for tie huWc-drcstde, where with
the cheerful greetings Of friends and the happy COM
forts ucIdentat tho scsson the cares and pursuits
Of eyery day life hay0 been neglected and forgotten
independent, however, from this usual and expected
departure om the ordinary courso Of bn7antss, the
market has been more seriously affected bT the ex-
traordInary severity OF the we.ther which has been
accompanied with snow storms Of 50 violent: char-
acter to render the chief uea Of railway utterly
Imrassablc. We, therefore, ind considerable fall
Ing of in tho receipts!of the week, amounting TO g
cent, Is compared with the previous one- It must,
however, be borne In mind that large number Of
hogs fom Missouri, Iowa and other parts hsve been
On their way here for some time which, bnt for tho
Causes referred TO, won1d have been hero as the latest
haye borne very favorable comparison either with
the previous week or the corresponding Of Janu
ary, 1s As tho best Indication OF the actual ststc
OF the MARKET note that throughout the week the
daily receipts have met with quick and ready
there has been scarcely any chsDse in the 1r
and healthy tone Of the market; II any variation It
has been in favor Of xa1eEs and not few instances
hare occurred In which stock hiss been sold and re-
sold two or three tlmes with advance previous
prices each tine. On Wednesday and Thursday sew
eEal buyers were compelled to depart from thar or
dInary practice, BY going round to all tho yards to
make up their required quantity Of stock By Thurs
day evening tho yards were almost entirely cleared Of
stock, which By the way Eas fortunate thing con-
sderlng the fearful and extraordinary gale and
storm which visited during tho afternoon and
Ing. The transactions since have been Of limited
character That they asem only intended to spare rs
the ask OF recording perfect blankl the business Of
the yards tho first and second Gays OF year.
Although the commencement Of 1854 has been 30 un-
psopttiors, yet the sesson which II so rapidly
Fastening to Close has been more than ordinarily
advantageous for Sellers and msy Jet prove to be
not much lass so for onyers. We wish them both SILL
more prosperous snd successful periods during the
seaAon Of tho Jsag We now have entered upon.
HOG sALIs sI1cE THURSDAY.