, 1864-01-17

Hogs At the Close efthc daily market this evening:
Prime to extrn qualities. .s@6.!5
Common to medium m.................,..... abDS500
With more favorable receipts there has been In
crested activity in the market. The high rates Of the
past ten or Twelve days have, during the week, soe
what declined. and We note decline upon the quo
tatons Of the market for lsst Saturday evening OF sc
prime to extra hogs, md OF Sc per 100 Ds
mon to primo.
sATu1DAT ETKEHo, jan. 16.-The recejpts Of Hogs
during the week ending this evening hear very favor
able comparison with the receipts OF 1he preceding
week and very plainly show that much has been
done In the way Of clearing the varors lines Of rail-
way OF enow with which for aoIns days they had been
eGcctually blocknded, to the Inconvenience and loss
OF thousands of our Western population but placed
by the side OF The receipts OF the corresponding week
Of last year they sink into comparative inslgnin.
csnce, amounting to less than oue.four Of what
those wcrc. Bnt Comparing our receipts from octo-
ber, tas ur to the present time with the correspond
Ing period Of 1sst season, considerably ahead
no less than 111 SOL hogs have been received
during this than the preceding season. 1t Is how.
ever pretty evident that our receipts Of live Hogs for
the remainder Of The season will b comparatively
light This will not not only result fom tho remaining
SUI ply thrugh the country being smaller Than It was
at tlis time last year: but that from the dic1y Of
obtaining: ra1waT accommodation for shipping live
In sotc parts or the hog districts, they being kill
cd and packed where they arc On the Hannibal and
St. Joseph Railway Alona many Thousands Of hogs asc
being packed that were bought for shipment to this
tutfket had there heen railway nctlc. for forward
ing fhcm The snow storm Of the 31st utu1o, has al
materially affected tho transmission Of hogs 10 this
a1kct by rendering not only railroads but all other
roads tmpntsaGe, q large nEulbcr Of the latter
mnlDg even to tho present tlmc, On Thu1sday even
Ing lass ra,her heavy faI Of snow took place be.
tween Arlington and Mrndota, . fair quantity OF
which. drifting into tho deep cuttings Of tAo BurnS
ton Hallway, completely blocked up the limo for como
hour; dve trains oflive riock were kert back And
arrived hese about O'Clock thia morning having been
detained from Is to 81 hours fortunately with other
lofs. The general receipts for Tho week haya been
moro regular we'll A. moro liberal, md although
there has been ait anonnt Of Ii tho market,
still has bscn evident that tho high rAtes which avo
been obtained for the paat fortnight wcrc about
popular ~ they we could bc. 9tll! with small Re.
ceIpts for tho demand. sele ha1o held their ground
nEy, and has b7en With difficulty that any
sion has been obtained This was especially tho
In tho carly part OF the week when tho shipping de-
mnnd alone xonld have nbscrhcd considerably more
than the entire receipts Of the market. Since Thur
Cay competition has been less &ctiTo and reduction
previous rates Of IS to Sc per 100 n from COMMON
to primo hogs has been conceded There were in tho
yards nis morning upwards OF &ooo hogs md during
the Afternoon several cars more have arrived per
Rock AAnd and RrrllnEton lines The entered sales
during the dag ount to s8 head at prices ranging
from Ss.7s@&:3 per 100 bs tie bulk being At s5-5n3
6E0- In very extra qualities note one lot Of 81
fulnots hogs averaging ao3 ~. which were sold By
Geo. Adams At the Fort Wayne Yards to Bu1beck d
Co., at e8.;.. The general receipts will
bear favorable comparison with any former period,
consiting shey do ofso large 0zopor;toa prime
and qualities. OF the receipts OF the week there
nre about 100 hoEs left unsotd In the various
yards most OF which ntrtred after the principal busI.
ness Of The day WEE over. The market has been tol
eraby active to-day-packers have been buying more
tatons at which the market sppcara tole1rbly steady
md r1m.