, 1864-10-24


m.tket th!1 evening" aod compared With Inst WeeE
c1osIHa PRloKs.
This waot. I,ast vaek
Rrtme e s1ns qualities. siss9ail 9itssssi-s
common % nediun.."....... szo;a S;o S:6s 81
TIE following are tho comparative prices Of Hoss
ttts eyeair r. kn for the corresponding peod OF Last
ycax. -
Prime to extra quaua, .iodossmo, tsasoo asso
C.mmcn 70 medium ............. 7io5 sso 275gS3s
F1on the preceding table !. Will ba that WIN
Aners supply for rhls rer:od OF the yeaf the nas-
kat his varied but little from the coapE Quotations
Of tho nazket lAlt week. Prime to e1tra grades are
&c per 100 Ds ovaE, and on eommon thin and coarss
h2gs the market has aa1o declsned 2s961c per n
On comparing the current rates Of the market this
evening with the corresponding period Of last year.
It will be seen that we arc still paying moso than
double the pf1ceB then given, although tha corn crop
Ia now abundant. whilst then the1e wAs eyszJ resson
to suppoae It would b. comparative faluse.
SATURDAY Evxs1He, Oct *2.-The weak nov e1o3ed
hiss been the bus'eat Te hare had this seasoc ad naa
very foIcit1y zemnd8d us that the hog esaaon hss
Asssu fairly set IN.
The market nas been characterized by A
fhtr degree Of activity. There have nor
been wanting various influences to xtye
1ee To depression a-d . more than ordtu.rY
nrctnStton1 IN pricel: but Wtthal our quota.i,ns
aboys given OF tbs current rs*B OF the market this
week aud last; which are undtrstated rather than
uTestAttd. prstent bold front, aud teem to 1udfcaso
that whether We ara agreeable CT Otherwise. uora
Will pro ably retain greater degree Of nrmuess All
ahgher range Of prices Than hss ever been ureamsd
Of.
Some otthe disturbing Influences in the me yemen.,
0; the week we1s the downward tendency and mac.
tyty which hst ch.rscrsrlzed eone OF tha principal
Ea,tet1 ma.kets. In Rew York prices decimal tn
Monday and Tueaday Ike p n. al compared with
r tn the preceding week; the fnctust1ons in
gold, Indicating anything hut sound p3s1s
IT Shtpptrs and Pnckeres to operate upon
ard last. though net 1esit. the detention Of
stcct in transit: thee at Pitt Rbur9 to-day. b.
tseen GU 10 80 D u cow of1ye stock, which should
hare srTiyed in Now York yesterday nn3 to-day.
Tue Pennsylvanta Central Railroad Company
are We understand, ontlble for this detention
sud By way Of friendly counsel, wa would advise
them to eee that dssl Of this sort are not repeated
uth-y wuu1d not have Chicago shlppets nalps tha
Northern Ioutos inste5d ut theirs.
Our diily receipts haTa been xannra,ly large. bnt
On Thursday they Wefe heAVaer than usual. shefo
WAS consequently temporary decline In prices, aod
owing 10 the small uumner Of pacRef1 buY1ng trade
wasa1l1 and depressed, prices rnllug wsak, with
downward tendency. Tha1e has since bean markad
1np1oyemt nr, the result OF Hh1th IL aten In the
s!lsbt difference In this and last weeks quotations.
Tpe market to-day ha1 been moderately active:
tte,e were in the yhrjons Jasds, in:ud!ng the daily
receipts about 1cta hogs the entered sste; amount
to 9.s72 head thus leaving nearly 2seg hogs In IL
yards this evening unsold.
P1ices ranged from 91,oe9l1.3o but chiefly At so73
ssa grads cornfed hogs were sold. By II. Brovn to
II. ~. Illdeo, their average Weight was 7s3 ps 1ad
veIe fed Ia Wisconsin. It II probably tho best drove
lhe arEer olo1cd fhis evening with lsir demsnd
at pItyioue quotations.