, 1864-03-13

Tot.,.. ,.s1s
With tho limited receipts Of the week, aud the de-
creasine proportion Of heavy bacon Hogs there has
been siraInution In the activity Of the market.
Really prime Hogs have been nmuco wanted, especially
for The and Philadelphia markets. and pstces
tave advanced esasoc upon our quotations OF last
Saturdxy, Medium qualities and Light Hogs generally
having declined In our principal Eastern and other
ma1ktts from scs4c during tho week, hare not sold
50 tcey, and have declined In previous quoss.ious
from ec@soc = 1e1 ns.
The following are the quotations Of tho Ta1uc OF
Hogs the close Of the market this evening" and also
compared with The prcstousEeek: II
rztme TO Extrs qualities. .t7MsI1 ssHs7W
eomnon Gsaaa t to Medium qasiiicS ss53 sSgsS gsS
EATrEnAT ETESIN6, March 1s-Tne market for tho
past week has presented few features Of ch.nge be-
yond the regular dinlnuuon Of the supply for which
re naturally look at this period OF the year Tha re-
ccints for the current week Of lire and dressed Hogs
eusount to F67 head. showing decline at LIZA; hnt
the receipta Of Are apd dressed hogs for the cores
pending week Of last year were 2oti1 head or 1oo7
head over the present week. Tho supplr of the past
and serc1zl previous WeekA has almost entirely con-
sisted light hogs, which, In the aosenee OF better
Qualities shippers hare been compelled to purchase
Ii has however, turned out + 1t the supply to our
Eastern markets, from au sources, has coa.lsted
mainly OF the came class Of STOCK and We cqascaueut
" make during tho week, in New York and other
markets depression Eud decline in prices upon III
excepting prime qualities Of so25Dc, with heavy
sale. This depression in the Esstern maret has been
further stimulated By the receipts Of disery.
ted hogs, which, owing to thu: high prices given,
have been, sent In from Pennsylvania, Ohio
md Illinois At least = month earlier thau
than usual. With the smau receipts OF this market
have not experienced auy corresponding dtpress-
on or decline; II huyets hare not been a numesou4
day, the succeeding ono has fully made up for
the deficiency and 80 tho receipts have bean cleared
ont, generally to the sastacelou OF all concerned.
The demand for really choice Quaalhes has steadily
continued considerably In excess Of tho supply. for
the best OF al reasous namely that thcte ato few
OF them to be hsd. Prime qualities Of eotnfed fated
hoga weighing from 80 to 80 Ds, are worth to day
from $s.5A@16o q 100 ~, and lighter hogs. Il fAt
from ~ II and upwards arc In large denaaad and at
high prices; but poor hogs IN larger snpply than At
present can only be sold st low prices. Theirs has
been YETI tlnk demand for stock hogs, the season
not having advanced sufficiently tor any acre opera
tons, besides which, feeders anticipate that In few
wteH this claas Of stock viii be selling at much lower
rttcs There has baen lair amount Of achSity IN the
yards so.3ay. The entered eaaes amount
to 1Is10 hogs at e5.Dd@10 but principally
1t ss-S0s S = 100 ns- There has oeen marked
decline In the demand for Light and inferior stock.
saippers ctneta1y arc more cautlous, fearing from
The latest adv1ees Indicating demand except for
prime qualities that prices viii sustaa further de-
clint; We consequently uotn that several pu5chases
have been made Of Inferior Hogs fully sc lower than
the psey1ous quotateu Of the market, hat on better
srsdes there il decline eithex IN the aettriy
nrnneas Of the market. s!