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FINANCIAL AND COHMERCl1L.


SATURDAY EVENING, Msrtt +, 1854
The week in spito OF the abomlnab.e weather, has
ocFn an active one. tho demand for both currency
sao e1chehee continuing uuabsted to she clo7s.
ior ms aoason have been unusually hea-
". kascs OF dAcount Al heretofore Urn at u Der
cent.
rev foF4 oxchauzets Arm Ut former rates, vsz ee1
g buyinE: selling H@ *. Ne.sly all tas banks
WA. eet Ut PAY very nearly the sane 1sure.. aud
ecaesal!g the iau rate. We1o not tbs openln; OF
Navigation 30 near At hand ami tho consequent moyo-
@ent OF pEoduce 10 make exchange. the banks would
all acauiesce In . rise.
Hold opened In New York II ~ T. H. at f5:H; 1915
q. 19H; p. n, 1G1; ,, 16lx ;33) 1s.K cosnE
ts' Aae NATRct here was fevesIsl. opening at iG3
oeolininE to 1Go and closing a: ISL.
stver steadyat15o@ is2. Legal Tender uotss dnlt
~ q pu5inE; selling X Q X, Offerings larger than
1oe; selling 100.
RANK PnrstnxzoY.-Pe.cr II. p1sou. has beou
elected President OF the Phoenix IN Y1 BANK 10 oil
uo vacancy can4cd BY the death Of Thomas TIlestoa,
EsQ* MI. john Parker hna been made C1shitr
NATIONAL F1EAKuEa.-1t appears from tho United
htates ife1sureta Statement for the month ending
with February. that Of the twentyelsht mlions sub
3ectto o1a1s, fourteen millions are Ia New York.
three millions seven hundred thousand In San Fran-
ciaeo aud eight millions in the National Banks.
1hcanouns Oh dcpoelttn coin at tho various tcpos-
tories is slated to bc SIS 5oo Of which s9os1o Is
in New YORK, s5ooo IL lnsan Francisco. and 81 oll
tGo in BALTIMORE.
D1nHorors or THE p. n. II. Gothic following
gentleman have just beeen eactsd directors Of tue
fcunsylvanla Railroad Company ~. Edgar Thomson,
Josiah Bacon. Thomas Mc1lor, John uu1na, G, D,
EoeuEartcn. Eis:ar Morris, a. ". Casa, Pitts5ur.:
Wisiun q. Smith. Pit:aburg; Samuel 7. Dodlne Jos
cpl b. Myers. :,
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THE PROVISION TRADE OF CHICAGO
Pork and Beef Packing for 1854.
CHICAGO THE GREATEST BEEF AND PORK
PACKING POINT IN TIE WORLD,
Receipts and Shipments Of Hogs and
Beef Cattle.

IL smother column OF to-aay's TsInuzE ue publish
full particulars Of the Pork nnd Bcof PACKING Of tire
sessoa Just c1oscd, compuel BY MI. Henry Allvard,
Provision broker. The number Of Hogs packed ia
this city amounts to 95i.15!,, aeanst ~. during
the ecnson OF lsEs-3. Tie number OF Dceyea packed
during the season toots up 70,036, gainst l6 the
prc7ious scason.
With regard to the Fork Packing lis needless to r.
mark that tic slight falling OF In the number packed
Ii dre solely to tho tortncas Of Tho CROP and a!s to
TIC great scarcity OF Hogan the eastern markets. In
consequence of Which prices clcnt beyond the
ltms Of packers, and imncnsc roYca were stiaed to
New York. Boston. ptiladelphia and other poiats 70
supply butchers and packers thcro Bj reference to
tables published It will bc seen that the total
receipts Of 1.-Two and Dressed Hosa during the sca3oa
amount 10 CO. against 1,23645 during the prc
vious eceson. From tta It will be seen lint while Tho
receipts Of 1Iogsha fallen OF at all other lcaaiu.
points, they have nctnaly increased bcrc. nosyith
standing We had avery short crop ali over The conn
,Ey. Hed the shipping demand bccn no greater saaa
during former seasons the pnck!ng this season Vpua
have been greater than during 1ss9-6s. ;.@.
As It IL. how ever, tho fact now cannot bs cont4o~
tertcd that Chicago Ia ne 0Teutess Fork Fucknp p9ut
in the United tatea ad t tho tocyldt Tue high po-
ton held by Cincinnati in this regard quartor Of
century. Ia now occupied by her younger sister the
Queen City OF the Wett. Tho following table shows
The humber OF Hogs pscked in Chicago and Clacin- |
matt for twelve Bcnsons: 49,
uous pACKEp IN CHICAGO AMI o1rcrrw ATT vor
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The downward tendency In gold has materially
checked tho speculative tuqury for Produce, and ID
the absence Of any shipping demand the general mar
kets are dull and e1ser.
The Wheat market today ruled dull and depressed,
anu VIC notc further decline in prices Of 1c p bahet
with sales Of No. Spring At s1I4R113x, and No 2
Spring at 81 1!0sal 1oh-c.ossng dull.
Corn wa6 also easler, and the market c[osed dull.
with q down ward tendency. Old Corn was sold ut
sessc fur No. ard Sc for N,.2 Mem Corn was sold
ut Ssc for MOL, 71K978c tor No. and 20 315xc for
winter inspection of New Corn"
Oats werc steady under fair demand for eh!nmcar
South, and We note moderate salcs ut ss598.kc for
No. End Sc for No..
Rye vas quiet and neglected. trtaing sales Of No.
having been made at S11o, and No. ut &c. Bsrlev
In store dull aud neglected but there was rood
demanu tos slr to prime lots In bags
The market for HtghWines ruled extremely dull and
VIC quote sales Of ony about CO.. br1s at s09slc-the
market closing quiet and nominal at B0c.
The Provision market was generally firm but nutet
Meas PORK IVES In fair de,uand at &aooo at which
prcc notc sales Of $50 brls. Prime Mess Pork Is
quit but nrm at els5o-holders generally asking
$500. Bulk Meats continue scarce spd
fr1n-wlh sasea Of Hams at 10K9loKe loose. and
Shoulders nt sAc loose. r1cket Hams are still In ac-
tive demand and Em with sales to-day Of 90 tcs city
at 1ec. There Was nothing done In English Meats,
IArd VAS extremity dull and tho tendency was wu-
wsrd with sales Of ONLY 100 tca prime 1caf at l2c.
Mces Beef sIn good demand at e1eD0 At which p7tce
n1n, with ssles OF sG0 btls at al3.7s.
Timothy Seed IS very du1l and sslesof falrto good
wtre made to-day 1t $22c9s25. Flax Seed IL In fair
demand at S2.N@20o. Clover Is still dull at 500
In Livc Hogs there has beeu M active demand for
prime quslittcs and the previous quotations. Of the
market hare been fully sustained. Light and thin
hogs have been less actsye, with decline Of &c 4
100 ne. The entered sales amount to 1tafU head at
<afoa7 ~, mostly at *6.2a97.21.
In Beef Cattle the receipts have been extremely
anlsc5t and ussc has been 1onc Ia thc market. The
entered sales amount only to 261 head, ut sissxa
5s73S gross, There has been no change on previous
quotations.
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We print elsewhere IN interesting letter
from our special correspondent rclative to
the feelings OF the Southern people. He &C
companicd Gen. Shcrman's expedition, and
thereby came in direct communication with
people who tor the first time in the war had
seen Union army. The whole letter, as
Well as the one descriptive of the expedition,
VIII bc found Of greet interest There Is ono
point brought ont In our correspondents
letter which deserves especial allusion- He
senos us . copy Of letter written by 3fr.
singleton, OF Mississippi Of Gen.
Singleton, of this state-and member of
the rebel Congress. The writer lets ont the
whole plot now being arranged between
CoIpcrAeads and the rebels. Hc soya t,a
Confcderntes must gain military succnss s'as az
this spring, go that Abraham Lincoln m,r he
defeated ut the polls, and adds he would ha5,
such IN event with delight, for in the defeat
Of the Republican party alone consists peace,
What That peace Will be, every one knows.
The treaty between the Copperheaas and
rebels would acknowledge the Independence
Of the lattcr. VIC Invite the attention of
loyal men, and Of such Democrats rs haye
not become hopclcssly disloya1, to this state
Of things. II Is worth their serions consId-
Grafton, aud must be met maalully ut the
polls,
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Government Subsidies to Ocean Stenln-
CfHe


The New York Chamber OF Commerce has just
presented to Congress memorial PRAYING for Gov
ern1ncnr aid to our ocean steam service The doc
umcnt is veyy lengthy and elaborate and ID well
adapted as any such production could be to make
tho intended impression on Congress- unless indeed
IT. ycry claburatcness shon1d be objection with
INC cats OF persons to whom 1t ID addressed. The
memorial rcconnts what has been done by Congress
~ Iofter this branch Of orr nayisatlon. represent
H.; tlS NC eubeIdy system as eliminating in 1885,,
rnssi s.I we Fad seven lines ol steamers, re-
rjncs 4hs3 a'd TO the extent Of $a.,4a6,eB.
form OF nail subfidies has agradn.)iv g de- ds.
SeIia, Ssssea, INC transportation Of Postal matter
na:lns oeen transferred into the hnnds ~ fore;T1
steamers until we have now not a3nH3s i;na -
W.aa - sle1nefs carving our 1nails The AmerIcan
MhFF tIam g. sle5nt1r now running are-tj,e Parifr
Man @ n!tseaMehip o., employing cleyeu ste.rners
Ionnnee o1 32Mt tons: the Atlentic ami hss,ae h,e
btenmship Co.. with ye vessels Of tots tanna.
q Gso tons; y. q. Roberts California StcsmsSio
liIe running from New York to Agnifwsii ,o3
from fauama to San Ftcncasco. with fTe afn.r,-s
Of 9,6ls touei Havana and New Orleans I,ns
Nata tTo steamers Amounting to 4ON tons:
Spoord and Tilcstonfs line, running two stcsmrrs
o. Total tonnage Of 1900 tons; New York AMI
Hirelnta lind, now running between New York and
nagc Of ~ ions; Cromwells line between Eev
4otk and New Orleans, With four 81na1 vessels No.
grceAitng o. tons; and the New York and Poi
land line with two ANAL steamers emouutIn. tn
grihtr 10 92 tons Thus the eight Lines or kmsr3
cau ssca,utbpa comprsc thsrty-Eevcn veseels with
an aggregate tonnage Of C 1s5 touR After twenty.
five xGIs OF experiments, this Ia III that Apericao
has 10 show III tho form Of oceaQ et9em
tonnage. l
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Union IrtumpI,s In New Jerrcy.


At the town election in Orange, n. j., on
Wednesday last, Nj. DAWN n. Ropes Gun
conditional Union) was elected Afayor, aud
Rev. B. I. Barrett, Superintendent Of Schools.
The entire Union Ticket, with the exception
of Marshal, was elected. Last year the op-
position caIied the election; but the voters
of New Jersey have determined to make an
earnest effort to place their Suite on the side
OF tue Union, and this local result Is but the
beginning Of the end =.
The Union party, on the 9th, elected their
candidates for Mayor, Aldermen and the
whole Council ticket, In Camden. In salcn
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BY reference to another column 1t will be aecn that
there arc now fycieht packtug-houscs In operation
In the city Quito number OF these arc necessarily
On Email scnle, hut chicago can boast mora Largo
packing houses tEan any other city. and some OF thcu
arc perfect understanding al1 the improvements
which art or eelence could accomplish. As many Of
thcm have been built within the past two or three
yeass. they have hee2 erected on entirely dtreut
principle from the od.fhthfoned porkhouses, which
and Mississippi Rivers, and ueic comblaed capacity
Ia equal to ,aco, 90 hogs per season.. -
But the pork.paeking u only branch OF the bu-
ttcees. During the past thirteen honsea have
been engaged In packing Beef and they hays cut ~
CSC bceyca, being the greatest number cver packed be-
fote In my city In the wofld.t The following table
gives the statistics Of for thirteen years.
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been more than usually active, and upoa such thu
market has advanced fully 1o@:Gc during the Tec1.
Medium qualities have been less active and the de-
nand for Government having considerably dtmtn-
lshed prices have declined @ec since last Saturday
On common grades the declinc has been more mar,ad
amounting to about Soc 2 III s, with l,tlc or m in
qu1ry. The following arc the clostng Quotations of
the market this evening, and Is compared With last
week:
CLOSING PRICES.
Prime to extra qualities. ssEsas5o
Common fo Pmedium $780,: ... " s5oS5so ssfs3
SATURDAY EvEs1Sa. MARCH 12.-There is not
n1nch worthy Of note in the number Of Beef Cattle
receiyed during the past week. The number an
rro1imacs vesy closely to the receipts Of the nre
vous week and to the corresponding period Of last
year; hut In the character Of these receipts tho pvo
portion cf extra stock has been unusually large this
week, and further, the prices paid for it has cen
higher than have ever previously been gyeu in thta
market. There is no difficulty IN accounting for this
marked increase In the value Of shipping stock. viii,
tho New York papers before u.s. and the con!rmstory
dispatches to hand from other quarters. When We
read such sentences tho following III reference to
Bulls Head market 3Jondny last It ID The highest
market We have ever known In Eaw YORK; by q cent
q. ponnd higher than It was In 1B57' we ceased to
wonder at the Increased actiTity among epners herr
ana the cagerness with which our prime
lots we're cauGht up Price has been secondary con
etetatfon. the quality being right and ne yentn+a ~
say that primer Cattle titan now on their wav IN
New York. &C., from this market never lefs chic.ro
during any previous week. There is little opht thst
double the Quantity wou'd have been sold as easily.
In medium grades there has been for seyern1 wraIa
past fair amount Of activity. consequent mon ,hc
large demand for army Contracts, and PRICES kaVs
ruled high and drn; but for the past two or thrce
days this demand has very scnssbly diminished md
In several Instances VIC have observed ttat fir ne
diar7 qualities that week or ten days siucc 7gon1d
have betn sold immediately, hare been 1tngcr,n1 IN
Tue yards day ait2r day, without buyer 0vuerr o.
stock In The country should be little morn csreeo
Ia King Inquiries from reliable men in his r.rset
ana mere arc many alvays thoroughly posted, b. 4
supply moro evenly. keeping pace with the dem,nd
rhe bess state Of thinEa to prevent sappolntmeutJ
There has been scarcely any business done u he
'nrds to.day thert being ,litt1e stock. and conso.
aucatly rev buyers The entered sales amount to
9l ncsds At psr LOO ns. Prime snd e.
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OF TIlI: COPPER
EfEADS

ScAL ~ Lie IcDelb VIC know OF no class
phose duemmas arc more 1umerous or de.
plorable than those Of the Copperhcads- We
give sample.
l. Unless they can pass for Democrats they
1ave no party, but
2 II they tT to pass for Democrats the
party won't layc them.
5. Unless they can combine with the rebels,
neither can succeed, but
4. If the rebels succeed they can no Longer.
combine with them.
s. So long as the Union canse triumphs,
they can never rule the country, but -
O. Hhen the Union cause fails there will be
no country TO rule.
Z, Before sighting they would seek dis
union peace, but
8. Before getting di8union l,eace they
must fight the UnionIsts.
9. Peace to them means pace with those
who are fighting against the un,on and war
with those who are fighting for It, but
10. They find 1t costs more "knocks'' to
fight the country's friends, than it would to
subdue its enemies.
II. They believe In all the rights of man,
especially In lis right to own men, but
II. They oppose "Woman's rights par
clastity and her children.
Is. They tavor tho largest liberty, to-vit:
the liberty Of State to seccde In order to
promote slavery, but
II. They oppose insurrection and rebel
lion, especially the rebellion OF the Federal
government against the supremacy OF the
eluve States.
Is. They syn,patlize with the conservative
efforts Of Jeferson Davis to preserve the
"Unlon Us IL was and the Constitution as it
is" but
18 They believe all the acts which Abra-
ham Lincoln has done, can do, or ever may
do, 10 maintain the Union, arc nnconstitu-
tiounl and Revolutionary usurpations.
II. They would eolonizc all soldiers Of
color, but
Is. They do not believe in colonixing the
Vnllandighans who desert their eolo1s.
10. They fear abolition least it may lead TO
anialgamation, but
20. They like slavery because it compels
amalgamation.
q They believe that God has made the !
negro their inferior, but
g. They fear abolition will make lin their |
superior.
IS. They know Mcclellan to be opposed To
tho war, or they would not nominate him,
but
e. They want him to carry on the war, |
because he Is opposed to Its being carried on.
Is. They pretend 10 belle re that Mcclellan !
made war on the rebels, but
~. They rcpublish his official report as q
campaign document, to show how SUCCESS
fully he made War On the Administration.
q. To require rebels to swear to support |
thc Constitution end laws, before voting, is
to infringe the right OF outrage, but
q. To prevent volunteers who are fighting |
for The Union from voting, is to sustain the
right Of suffrage
20. They deny that the civilization Of The
North IL superior to that Of the South, butt
50. This involves the admission either that
Ind as arc tho rebels, the Copperheads are no
better, OF else that the coppcrheads enjoy no
share Of Northern civilization.
81 The aboye Mcts tend to show that this
IL contest notbetween States, communities,
or institutions, but between all the dcpravity
Of the human heart, on the one side, and
what the seceeh organs openly scoT at, as
q God and humanity" )" On the other.
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Tallandtgham in Rebcldoua.

Vallandigha1n's sympathy with traitors
while sojousning in Dixie is being ventilated
by witnesses who were with him. Lieut..
Col Frcmantle, of the Co1dstream Guards, .
British officer, has published a book entitled
a. Three Months in the Southern Statcs,'
3ifh Z poTtzait Of JEFF Davis. His book has
been published in this country. Speaking Of
his visit to shelbyyille, Col. frcmantle thus
describes Vallandigha,n's fratcrnizinr with
Polk and Hasdee:
ssWlcn arrived, I found that Gen. Hardce
WAS In company with Gen. Polk and Bishop
ELLIOTT, OF Georgia, and also with ME. Val
land1gham. The latter {called the Apostle Of
Liberty is /! good.lookins msn, apparently
not 1nucl otcr forty, and had been turned
ont Of the North three days before, Rose
Grams Ind wished to turn him over to Bragg
by lag Of truce, but Us the latter declined 10
receive him In that way, he was, As Gen. Har-
dee expressed it. dumped DORM in the neu-
tIal ground between the two lines, and left
there He then received hospitality from the
Cohtecefases, In the capacity Of q destitute
stranger. They do not in any way receive
him officially, and It does not suit the policy
OF either party to be identified with one an
other. He is now living at private house
& ~ SAe1hy'34c, and had come over for the dny
with Gen: Polk, on a visit to lIardee-. lie
told the Generals that II Grant was severely
beaten in mississippi By Johnston, he did not
think the war could he continued on it's pres
cut grand scale"
On arriving at Wilmington, North Carolf-
No, short time atterwurd, Col. Fremantle
again fell in with the st distinguished exile"
He says:
Major Norris went to call upon yallan-
dighaln, whom he had escorted to Whining
ton as sort Of semi-prjsoner, some days as0,
M1. Vallandigbam was in bed. lie told Ma3or
Norris that he intended to run the blockade
that evening for Bermuda, whence be Should
find his way to the Clifton Hotel, Canado.
where he Intended to publish newspaper
and agitate Ohio across the frontier, Major
Norris fonnd him much e1atea by the news
OF his having been nominated for the Govern
orshjp Of Ohio, and he declared if be he .yas
duly elected his State could dictate peace.
II travelling through the country together TO
Wilmington, these two used to converse
much on politics. Major Norris once said to
him Now, from what you have seen and
heard In your journey through the South.
yon 1nust know that q Reconstruction Of the
old Union, under any circumstances, is Ut
terly Impossible VallandiEla1n repiied. ).
Well, all can say is, ! hope, and ut ali
events know, that my scheme Of a suspeu-
sion OF hostilittes is the only one which has
apv DfOSDcct Of RurcesR ~
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The New York Herald on Poor Pierce.
The n. 7. Herald says Poor Pierce and the
spurious peace democracy have been fairly
skinned III the New Hampshire elections. As
we hive 1t, poor Pierce was the recognized
leader and expouudcr Of his miserable faction
Ing that, In securing Democratic Legisla-
ture, lis reward would be sent in the Uni
ted States Senate. Poor Pierce, as a demo-
cratic cx-psceident, was regarded by his stu
pid followers as very great man but the
people of his State hare pronounced him an
impostor. He retires from their tree1ng re-
bnke under cloud Of disgrace. He 1ias COM
p1eted the work Of demo1ishing the Northern
rump Of the old, worn out, and obsolete dem
ocfatic PARTY.
, 1864-03-14

10" On the completion Of tho great Pacific
Railway, no's under construction, the Transit
Tor passengers ard goods between New York
and San Francisco will occupy only six days,
when the latter port is likely to become an
important depot for the tradc to China, ia
pan, and other parts Of that portion Of the
world.
, 1864-03-14
#l5fFtlanftlnS.
uldHX.

mdH1.
IODINE WATER,
SOLVENT.
It acts upoa the
L[TxX, HIDFyYH.
u1atsEIsS UR0ATss AND GLAHBTLAk 9IsrN8.
The EseRs success which has attended the uss Of
icofsA WATER In private practice, and tho 1ndozse-
ment Of H1aK MEDICAL Authority, enables NJ to
recommend It, feeling contden. that with ta1r rA
VIII atfeel Its OWE excellence In the Of Scrn-
tusa IN Ill forms. Consumption, Cancer, BroucMttn
Heart, Ltvers and Kidney Complaints, Pimpss on aAa
taec. Rheumatism. Feuza1Ria. Nervous ARsctioae
Female #eakness, Dysperas, Debility, sYphk41
Metcusis; Diseases. SC.
Full directions accompany each bottle.
Price & per bottle, o. half dozen st ona time, M.
Gold By dsugxllts generally.
loptss Water Is 4 scientific discovery, preosraR
only BY DR.. Il. ANDEEs q CO, Physicians nat Chca4
lists. f2a Broadway. New York.
Sold By BLISS il sBARr.
uf@o-4ltt3n XkTl8sdp III Lake sfrpat, Chtcaan
, 1864-03-14

,.W a paper called the It17meRo Herald has
Just been started ut Port Royal. It is uncon-
ditionally loyal, and promises to furnish
faithtn1 record Of all news proper for publ
cation, in the Department of.tho South and
among the acets OF the South Atlantic squad.
ron.
, 1864-03-14
ra grades are IN coed demand but alt other Qualities
mr. dnl1 snd iEnc i've .--
NEW YORK DRYG0ODs MARKET.

[From the N. 7. Independent, March 10.l
Trade ls dull for the season.. Unusual caution Is
exhablsed by buyers who limit tter purchasts to In
mediate wants, expecting lower prices from fail In
Eod, which Is yet to come. Prices, however, hare
net materially given wsv. Prints appear heaYy Ii
price, Ut sma1l reduction. Less Is also doing tn
hroWn and shr1ings and sheettngs. JobberY
40 rot pay asking prices readily. Drills are only
wanted !or the arny. Dcnlms ticks. md stripes are
au9e dull but are steady In price, stocks being nSht
ie!a1nes nre In good demand, and sell more readily
than any other class ct goods The better styles ara
scarce, and prices hm. Fancy c:ssiueres afe quiet
except 1or some leading and yorlte Styles which are
having are sold FAST as theF arrive Pfnls
md chccks Inactive SILK mixtures are in scansY
supply. Satinets arc in fair demand. Imported Il.
hr1cs are not very active al private sae tho chief
business Of the Season Will be at auction. Drilish
dress goods not active AZ last wecs though DE-
sirablc stytes arc wanted. French goods axe 10 bn
offered largely Mt auction and little dnlns at priYata
tales Ribbons are IN fats demand. There l5 q rood
Inquiry Tor German doe5kns anu hroadcieths at low
prices. British meltons yorites as wei al Scotch
twceda. Tue tnnortadon5 aze VERY heavy, The i'm
ports OF dry goods last week Amounted TO S;5;553p
against only 2 25 IL the correspondents. week Of
l61 This large supply Of foreign goods ucr rsasi1E
Tie stocEs ktenS ur dstrnst In the n,lntB OF huyer
who hesitate all the buying freely The a-rn
lmrorts n5o Keep up heavy demand for gold to paw
duties, and the advance In the price gold reacts ID
cleck all business. Since tho 5th November the I'M
ports ancnat IN value to Nl go, against lesa tban
twenty Mlons In fhe corresponding period Of 9a-S
Ine following are The Wholesale hel cash prices OF
~ ne lead1ng 6ty!cs Of domestic dry goods sold In
Inc NeW York market.