, 1873-12-20

Ing ut tho inside price Of yeBtorlny, as Now Yorls
was qnotcl down 10 0!lc. Sales licro woro ro-
ported Of mo br]s at t'oo por gallon. Thoro IL
not 10 mnch confidence al fow days aEo in tue
nnticfrationa of M ncroaso tn tho duty, az 1t "
widtl " Thought that tho l'arty in power will
doom 1t unsafe to augment taxation.
Dfoaaod hogs wero qniot 81 abopt tho eanio
tho account. 1lloro was q good domnnll for
cloico frozo, for shipment but tho weather III
too mild to fonter this condition, ovcn at s5.76
per 100 Lbs. Moderately frozen lots wore taiot,
nient at $500; while nuft sold ut $3.50. saloH
woro lirnitod to 227 ns S675; 1877 nt $500 and
272 ut $500, Total, dco bond. hlnny Of tlle
logs nnw coming In wero sold previous to their
Provisions wero dull and iloavy rho mnrkot
oroned ont seemingly firm, tho reason boiug n
anlnllor number OF hogs rockwell, md very
slight stiirening In price. Sellers ul product
held Of, oxpenttny nh advance, but they found
on tho narkot, and lilo doulino In gold icluoed
tho iiguieB at which tnrd and meats could DO
taken Tor export without losa: 1ienco lheao arti-
sa ;ews sSm but 1f @ hs held 1oye
woalncaR, especially iii pork, wlcl, gradually
slid down to lilo extent OF :5o por brl. THO
speculative purchases Of pork 1,ayo bcon worry
lHr8e., md mao principally BY country oporatorv.
ynnco to szo.oo per brl undor 2 falling oil iii tho
total yield Of Tho liog crop. At preuont toy AFRO
reported 10 bo holding bacl tlIor ltngu III tho
country, by. telegraph, md TINS force the puck
eomIinafion. i is battlo Of tic T,ians (not
l'gl,t-uns), and ordinary 1nortala may well
fear. to bo caught in tho struggle,
wlncllovor why i n,ny turn out:
Tic marlet olosed Mt tho. following tnugo of
s1s.su@l4. .0o; div seller lanuaiy, s1A.1o@14.l5;
du seller February, s14.GODii.G5; do pcller
Marcel, SIG. .1o@15.16; prime meas pork, sl2.75
@l9.bo; oStra prime do, sio.75@1l.o0., Lardt
jaaary @ 5s.4o@s.45; % fS.is seiier roSrary M $sSo
@8.75; do soor March,. &BU5@A00. Green
hans at 81 @sISc sweet picked lnnls, 81 G@a15o.
grecn shoulders ut I354c; rough silos. CSC;
do short TIbs Or long c!ear, o'l@e2so; do
salt, 6e for Shoulders, S}s@6yso Tor sI,ort
ribs aud long clear, md 0jse for short cloar;
boxod shoulders, 5i,4c; do Cumbe,lanls, 0lsc;
do abort ribs Or long, clear, ,0}s@7o; do
ahost sseaE 7s Do Long GUY o4 huns g@
moro than for December. Mess boef, SS.00@
1926; extra mess do, S0.00@9,25; beer hams,
s22, ,00@225o: City tallow, o. 1@GI5c; grrnfe quot
ablo utdl406c. ealos wero reported Vi $50 brls
vt s14.25 600 brlA d. aolior February, at sl5.oo;
800 brls do At S14.80; 1,750 brls do at STATS;
100 brls do ut S14G5; $50 ls's do Mt sl4.G2lIc;
25u brls d. Rollcr March, ut 9l5l5 20 tcs iard ut
s1e; Soo tes do ST. reora) IT sc 2 les d.
Mt DC; ,oou his short ribs ht G3se !; 40 boxes
long olenr ut G5kc; 80 boxes Cn,abcriauts (32
ls) at CSC; 100000 lbs short libs, BOILER
February, at 7e; X ejo 1so o9o lhs green hams (lG
tcs m swoot +piesklel INNS (1o lMbs) M At 5 20. " ' "
Flour was less active ut about tho Bamc prices.
There wae only on0 exporter III tile narltot, sud
lie bid but $3.50 for good spring oxtras, while
loldors generally insisted Oh S*5.75. Wo note
TINT ono round lot sold yesterday for export wRB
thrown back Oil tho nlnrfoA tfl.uay nwii1ty tn The