, 1864-01-18
The daily receipts at the various yards compare a.


We give the following quotations Of the ya1ue Of
Hogs at thecloeo efthq datly market this evening:
R1Ms to extra 4ualiies. .$5i5G655
Common to medium .......:.........,..,s 3.sGS300
With more favorable receipts there has been in-
creased activity In The market. The high rates Of the
past ten or twelve days have, during the week. some.
what declined and we note . decline upon the quo
atons Of the mnrket for last Saturday evening OF 25c
on prime to extra hogs, and Of SIC per 1oo on com
MON to PRIME.
| SATURDAY EVENING, Jan. .1k-The recetpts Of Hoss
during the week ending this evening bear Ter favor.
able comparison with the receipts Of tho preceding
week and very plainly show TINT much haa BEEN
done In tho way Of clearing the various lines OF ral
why ot snow with which for soms days they had been
eEectna1ly blockaded to the ncouyenieucc aud losa
OF thousands Of Western population but placed
By the side OF the receipts Of ths corresponding weak
Of last year they sink Into comparative insJ1uI1.
cance, amounting to. less than oEe-ionr.h Of whnt
those were. But comparing our receipts from octo-
osr1 1ss up to the present time with the correspond
Ing period Of last seasou. considerably ahead
as no less than 11 m hogs more have been received
during this than the preceding season.. Il is how
eEeF pretty evident that receipts Of live Hogs for
tna remainder Of the season Will be comparatively
Light This will not only result from the yemaIuiur
SUI through the country being smaller than 1t was
at ta1s time last year: but thst from the difficulty Of
oota.nlnEa 1a1lWay accommodation for shipping live
In scme parts Of the hog DISTRICTS, they being kill
Cd and packed where they are On the Hannibal and
81 Joseph Railway a1one many thousands Of hogs are
being packed that were bought foz shipment to this
msrEet had there been railway iacilites for forward
Ing Them The SNOW storm Of the s1st ultimo has al
70 materially affected the tFAnsisslo Of hogs to this
market By rendering not only railroads hut a1 other
roads tmpassable, large number OF the latter re-
mainE even TO the present time. On Thursdny eyen-
Ing last rather heaVy fall Of suow took place be-
tween Arlington and Mendoza, = fair quaptity Of
which, drifting into the deep cuttings OF the Burnx
ton Railway, completely blocked up the line for some
hours Ave trains Rive stock were kept back and
ed here about2 O'Clock this morning having been
detafned from Is to IS Hours fortunately With no other
loss+ The general receipts Tor the week have been
more regular as we'll as more liberal, and although
there has been far aonnt Of activity In the market
still has been evident that the high rates which have
oceu obtained for the past fortnight were about as ur
popu1ar rs they well could be. sun with small re-
cetps for the demand, sellers have held their ground
hsny, and It has b3en with difficulty that any conces
sion has been obtained Thts was especially the casa
p tae early part Or tie week when the shipping de-
uaud alone would have absorbed considerably more
than the entire receipts Of the Market SINCE Thnr..
cay competition haa been less active aud reductjnn
on rates Of p to Sc per 100 ns from common
TO prime hogs has bean conceded There were inthe
yards this morning upwards Of 1000 hopa and 1nrtne
the afternoon several CARE more h.ve avI~oa ~
Kock Island ana Burlington lines The entere sa1es
during inc day an cunt to head at prices raucinr
nom ss'@6.'5 per 1e0 Ms, tho bulk being at a35oa
~ very e1ffa qualities We note one lot Of 81
lAlno!s hogs averaging a3 Ms, which wcre sold By
Geo. Adams At the Fort Wayne Yards to Bnrbeck i
so.t as 9e!5. The general receipts will
oeaf tavorable comparison With any former period,
consisting ns they do ofeo large proportion OF prime
arc about co hogs left over uaso in the various
most of which arrived after the principal busi
less or the day IVES oyer. The market has been to1
efsn1y aetivo today-packers bavo been buying more
1eelS. There hns been decline on yesterday squo
taaona at which the MARKET appears tolezahly steady