, 1864-01-24

markets.. and tic total *uspen4tcn Of ans on
the Ftttbu1x and Fort Warns Railway, thela nas neea
Accnsidcrsbto decline In tho demand 1of snA'aas5s
this, together with tho comparatively small number
OF uogR required FOR packing haa tended 10 depf.s
tho market very considerably and we note dechns
during the week Of r priHe 10 ni&za grnaes. and
Sc on common to medium fiassn oursaeos.tsons OF
hA1unoA1 1kvEsuo,1Ir,s H. -Tne total receipt Of
Live Stock during tho week endl2 this evs1ag ookn
exceedingly fnl by khs side Of tho receipts al tho
corresponding week OF last year. showing decrease
Of about 1H per cant. We SIC. however, receiving
considerably larger proportion Of dressed Hogs
this year than !asts during The present xeek ws have
received no less tlsn CO l dressed against 81 for
the corresponding week Of LAST year. Comparing
the Total teceip.s ot live and dressed Hogs for tho
present with tlecorreepoGdine week Of 1861 thcro
Is balance in 1aror Of tho, prcGent week Of
2.fi HcEs, OF about a>s per cent. Why This
yesr the reference should tc gtsen u sending Hogs
tcste rattcr tlfn alive into tie market ca ha readily
understood hen We consider tho utter tntpo.silty
OF ehrptDs stock, which existed d7rlng thd extreme
scrcrlty Of the weather for Eeresal weeks past pn3
tic consequent accumulation Of business In th frcsht
departments OF al our railways. which has resulted Ia
an Unusual detention inthe transit OF freight: In
addition to th1a, there has been for some tinn past on
OF tho connecting lines OF saway lcss tAu one
third OF tho accommodation provided, IN tue wsy OF
cars required 70 transport tho nc1c1stn hog
products Of tho districts -ronpccted! With them
trto this market "a intended. In ONO ease a1ono up
wards OF tNeEty thousand hogs, tho property Of one
hrnelone In the district through which Aannihal
and st. joseph railway runs had 70 be- slauXhtesbd
there for the ktps that tho railway cou1i NOT
scEd thetn On alive. With the hog trade gro wing
byyesr. with the growth Of ous popul.tiou and con-
etolal relations. quits evident that some early
movement raust he tade to countetaet the cvfl t4uA
Etfe11ed 10. - . ..I
Daring tho. week which has now c1oaed there has
been Eo1e than usual to test the patience and stab
t! tho mkrket. for though the one hundred snd
ono djfcnltts arsds In existence wese not enough.
the Fort Wayne and PltisbusE Railway, Linz o{
immense Importance to shippers to Fhi1adelpha ISL
tinoro and P;t.sburg. wits a number Of other good
markets. hAs been entirely closed: thus compelltpga
1arIo numhez OF buyess to suspend thel, oporations
II consequence OF pseke1K doing raoEo largely than
customary in Dressed Hogs there has been much lea
th1n the ordinary demand with gtpraf dopie esslon
and dn}nefs In tho naa1fet to which We have at AL
eyepss during tho present Season, bean wholly
unsccnetuued to. We hayp,' however, somehow o.
Gther got through scven days Of unvaryns duisncss
strictly resembling each other In all thcr fcAd1as
characteristics occasionally to ead to t!e inpres
aon that 1t was one long d27. and not the ordinary
seven days that 60 to make whole week. To sum
up the results OF the whoe, nd that With receipts
anount'oH 70 les than tNcntyetght Thousand hogs,
there Of that humber IN the yards This evening
GONG I'VE thousand unsolu and tcat upon tho
ea1cs h1eh have been effected there has been de-
cline TIT the Quotations Of the previous week Of 2sc
en- prime 70 e1ua Qualities. md Of 5oc on al lowsx
E1ades. =.
This morning there wercI1n the .yartous. yards be-
tween seycn and eight tncusssl hogs. out Of which,
Humhe1s the ca13y Iece1ptS amount 70 about 1taV.
Throughout The das there has been no change in the
dalness Of yesterday. excepting for short time ts
afternoon, when Information was brought that the
Rtehnfgh ard Fort Wayne railway would be open for
general traMc, perhaps Monday bat certainly be-
nreswcdeesday uest, tho effect Of which threw such
ray Of sunshine all faces, as - have occasion
secn cast through he hterstices osa DARK thunder
cloud. We hope, However, that the Information
will turn out TO be correct. Tie utered sales today
amounted to 500 Hogs. At Prices ranging from *A1
1886 The bulk Of which were at s52o95So. At these
ri 6, however, We note decline from yesterdays
quotations upon all except cxzu gsades OF 15c per
NV Es. y: - :.