, 1864-03-28


ny w fsf ttnsesse II ths rsseps Of ao.s during
there las been fully IS much activity il the market
11lees nave continued very drm with an advance on
last Saturdays quotations OF oc on prime TO c4e.s
Hogs and Of 2a9esc on eommoner grades.
ihe touo~ing are the closing prices Of Live
EGGS at the Close Of tho market ths evening and aso
compared with the previous week:
CLOSING PRICES.
This week. Last week
FTiMe to extra Qualities. ....*72@1.s s1poa7a5
Common to medium ........ A19s50 s.N560o
= SATURDAY Evks1Ea, March 26.-The receipts Of
Hogs during week very plainly indicate that
tho supply il yet exhausted, aud that probably
are not I'd resr that contamination a. many had sup
posed OF Live Hoas tha receipts for the present
week afe2 l7s than for tho previous week. and
OF Live and DrtEsed they arc ,8 mora. In point OF
quality there has beea but little difference, II any, the
Eecetpts this week we1c shade poorer A few lots
Of choice fat hogs have arrived seemingly to remind
us what Ienly prime qualit1es mean. but have nt
most eut11ly lost slight OF the e1FA corn fed hogs
which were 30 plentiful few weekssince Hrhesc are
evidently paytd ont Tor this SEASON. Dstilery hogs
are coming In more freely. aud many Of them show
good feeding being, for this class Of stock In good
consIton they wei be. and the result, there
Is much less difference between the prices OF corn
fed and dtstfllefy fed hogs The essential
point being to the comparative yield Of 1ard No
dlunto common qualities have also been well repre-
tented n tho market, Of the latter some seemed SO
wEetchedly poor that ne could hardly help forming
the fdea that the who fed them had been trying
to ascertain bow Hnall Quantity Of food was
fa1J for the sustentat1pn OF Ase.~ II 80 be had got
down tolcrsby near 10 kha smallest dose. Such, how.
ever. has been The activity Of the market that stock
OF all descriptions has sold, and freely ut prices far
ahead ofany ever previous paid In this market. In
tadne The bulk Of the trunsactiozs daily during the
week We get the following tgures.
Mond1ay b1ik Of safes @725
Wcdnestay q :. ............,,-... I2s9i50
Thursday .................. 7z568
ff5!Ssa fa.s13a.v - ....:... 32ss7iS 12s9s7iS
The lowest price paid during the week Is $575 for
lot Of 2o7 ~p,ga. averaging los ns- A: class
ofstock that under ordinary circumstances 1t would
bo absurd to bring to this market with ricw to
sell them.~ N the daily transactions Of the market
there has been steady End active demand. wholly
for shipping without those fluctuations which our
iye stock market IL ut al times subject; this how
yeE need not excite surprise. considering that the
eLtre receipts form tho base Of the supplies of
Ave or ak markets. any two OF which could take this
who1o without very materially affecting their values
With more liberal receipts for the present week,
prices have been drmer, especially the b7st
ofstock, having advanced Since last Saturday 3aioc
and 2o@2sc On medium to common GRADES.
The receipts at the various yards since last
evening fall little T. sho7t. Of 5000 hogs
The entered sales at the vsrtous yards to-day
amount 10 2,7 bend at $57s775v bnt prtncipslly at
$715G740 = 100 Ms. At SITS but one lot was Sold at
the Fort Wayne yords, hy Webb philnps,to Holmes
far Philadelphia, consisting Of Sl4 head averaging
70 ms, brought from Missouri With larger daily re-
cetps than usual there were fears entertained
by few that the market would be less nE1p and oua
or two lots Wefe sold at lower rats than wou have
been paid for them yesterdays b1t generally the pr
ces paid today show no decline yesterday squots-
tlons. From 1he appended list Of sales 1t will ho
that the prices paid todsy have been as high ~ On
my previous day Of the week. and at these the entire
receipts at all the yards have been cleared out.