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Commercial Matters— Market Prices. 
Tiie follovxing contlensed, comprehensive tables, care- 
fully prepared specially for the American Agrir.u!tunst, 
show at a glance tlie Iransaclions for a nionlli, euiUng 
Nov, 15, I860, and the exports of Breadstulfs from this 
port thus far, since January 1 : 
1. TflANSACnONS AT THK NKW-YOnC MAHEKTS. 
liKi.'Kiprs, Flour. Wlieat. Corn. lii/e. Harle;/. Oat<>. 
0;(lays(/ji.?iirth,«'31.000 l,*il3.000 l,li)(;.00f) ItJT.OOO 2.184.1)00 MO.fHJi) 
■,'Odays/«««in'th.'.'SS,nOO 519.000 4,I0l.UOl) i:jli,nflO ;'.n,O00 817,000 
Sa les. Flour. Whe<it. Corn. //'/«?. Ztnrlef/. 
•i: (\Av>itf/i>t month, rv»3.ooa 2.04r>.oo(i 5.(3:0.000 476,000 2.iai.nnii 
•.'0 days ^a^i month, 3i9,000 7.J4,O0U 4,T27,OOU 287,000 2:i,S00 
%, Com}}nrifion wit/i mme pcrion ra tms ttma I'oi yt-tir. 
Reokipts. Flour. M'/ieat. Corn. Fiie\ Jiarlei/. OatJi. 
27 dftvs tS(ir>....?,'n.00O 1.21^000 1,406,000 IfiT.OOO 2,1A4.000 849,000 
27 days ISC . ..414,000 617,000 3,103,000 i:V,000 1,S29,000 I,t7r.,fl00 
Salks. Flour. Wheat. Corn. lii/e. P.arleii. 
2idavslS6C 36:5.000 3,0tr,.000 5,679.000 476,000 2.135,000 
27dayslS63 317.000 1,616,000 2,629,000 141,000 838,000 
3. E.rimrt^ from New-York, January 1 to Nov. lb: 
Flour. Wheat. Corn. lif/e, Oatn. 
136G S]|,06fi :^0.7:« 10,656,000 192,489 3,067,567 
1865 1,214.S78 1.947,421 3.i7ri.l63 170,694 6f|.8:U 
18ft* 1.764.S42 ]1.9S*2,576 814.G0S 45;J 39,6J;i 
1863 2.378,5*5 I4,I9it,328 7.4S6,S;i5 415,249 123.996 
1862.... 2,683,086 23.216,817 10,542,556 1,888,790 144,163 
4* Receipts of Breadstuff's at the bead of tide water at 
Albany, from the cominenc'emait of Navigation to Nov. 7. 
Flour. Wheat, Corn. Rye. Barleu. Oal-i. 
1800. .. .261.400 4.378,R00 92.546,000 940,400 4,059.400 8,330.500 
lSa5 ...704.200 7.37S.200 15.142,600 782.100 3,193,300 8,620.800 
1864.... 970,400 13,415,600 9,035,500 525,300 2,018,700 9.440,000 
Current WaoLESALR Priors. 
Oct. r>. Nov. 13. 
Prick of (sold 153'-i' 143^ 
Flour— Super to Extra State $7 75 <au 75 $8 75 %\2 40 
Super to E.vtra Southern. ... 11 80 @16 50 12 25 ©17 .50 
Kxtra Western 8 50 @16 50 9 50 (3)18 00 
Extra Genesee 11 80 @14 25 12 50 (§jl4 00 
Superflue AVestern 7 80 o^lO 10 8 75 (alO ,^0 
IlVE Flour ,. 6 50 ® r 60 6 75 <^ s 2.5 
Corn Meal. 4 75 (^ 5 25 6 00 ^j 6 25 
"Wheat— All kinds of White. 2 85 (a 3 30 3 00 @ 3 45 
All kinds 01 Red and Amber. 1 70 @ 3 00 2 05 Ga 3 20 
Corn— Yellow 96 @ — 1 30 fi^J — 
Mixed 94 @ 96 130 @ — 
Oats— "Western 54 @ 61 67 @ 70 
State 62 @ — 71 ® T3 
Kyk 105 @ 1 28 ISO @ 1 30 
BarlkY- 1 15 @ 1 32 1 10 ft^ 1 31 
Hay— Bale ?» 100 ft 95 ® 1 45 1 00 @ 1 45 
Loose 1 00 @ 1 50 110 fgi 1 35 
Straw, ^100 lb 65 ^ 1 00 70 @ 1 00 
COTTON'- Midiilinia. ^ ft... 41 @ 41 34 oa 3T 
llors— Crop ur 1500, ^ li> 35 m tiO SO G« ft) 
Feathers— Live Geese, ?* ft. 25 @ 82>^ 35 @ 95 
Seed— Clover, ^ lb 13 ® 14 13 ® 17 
Tmiothy. ^ bushel 8 30 @ 3 73 3 23 ® 3 75 
Flax, ^ bushel 3 20 (§1 3 45 Nominal. 
SrGAK— Brown, ^ ft 9:V@ 13^^ 9^® 13J.i 
Molasses. Cuba, ^ffl 42 @ :Vi^ .SO <a 65 
Coffee— Kio.CGoUIprico^S ft 17 (5i 20 1" ® 19V4 
TOBAnoo. Kentucky. &c..^lb. 5K® 30 4>^® SO 
Seed Leaf, ^ ft 3 ® 43 5 ea 43 
Wooi<— DomesticFIeece,%*lb. 37V@ 75 37K@ 70 
Domestic, pulled, ¥* ft 27X@ 60 27><;® 60 
California, unwashed, 90 @ 40 20 @ 40 
Tallow. ¥* ft 12^® ISK 12 @ l2;*r 
Oil Cake— ^ton 58 00 @60 00 53 00 ®57 00 
Por.K—Mess, ^ barrel 3100 ©33 15 25 00 @ 
Prime, ^*» barrel .-. ..29 50 @ 2100 @22 50 
Beep— Plain mess ...1200 @18 50 12 50 @18 50 
Lard, in barrels, ^ ft 16>i@ 18^ 12J4'§1 '^^M 
Butter— Western, it» ft 18 ® 35 17 @ 35 
Stale, «^ ft 36 @ 55 33 @ 55 
Cheese 6 @ ]>f 7 @ 17)4 
Beans-^ bushel.. 1 90 (Vf) 3 00 1 JK) ® 3 00 
Peas— Canada. ^ bushel. Nominal. Nominal. 
F.GGS- Fresh. ¥» d07,<m 30 ® "A ^l ® 36 
Poultry- Fowls, t* lb 19 @ 23 16 @ 19 
Tnrkeys,"^ft 18 @ 23 13 @ 2'^ 
Potatoes— Mercers, ^bbl... 2 50 @ 2 75 2 25 ® 2 73 
Peach Blows, '^ barrel 3 25 @ 2 50 2 23 @ 2 .50 
Potatoes— Buckeye, ?*bbl.. 1 50 @ 1 75 1 50 ® 2 00 
Apples— i9 barrel 3 00 ra 3 (0 3 25 ® 4 50 
Pears. E* barrel 4 00 ®20 00 4 00 ®20 00 
Gold has declined materially since our last, more or 
less adversely influencing all commercial values. But 
Ihe abundance of money, available to speculative oper- 
ators on ea.=y terms, has tended to foster a speculative 
inquiry for most kinds of produce, especially for Bread- 
stufTs, wliicli have been in unusually active request, partly 
for home use and export, but chiefly for investment, at 
much liigiier but irregular prices. Williiu a week or so, 
tiie demand lias been less urgent, and as some liolders 
have been eager to realize on their supplies, there has 
been less btioyanoy in the market. As we write, the dis- 
position to buy fieelyis reviving again, encouraged by 
the favorable foreign advices, paiticularly for Corn, and 
tlie teiulency of prices of Flour, Wheat, and Corn is 
once more upward. There has been an unusually gooil 
p\'!inrt inquiiy for Barley, chiefly the Canada, which has 
arrived in Hueral quantities. Oats have been less actively 
dealt iu by shippers. We enter on the winter months 
with a comparatively moderate slock of grain in s^tore 
liere, incimling, of Wheat. T03,S5.i bushels ; Corn, 2,eii:,' 
909 bushels ; Rye. 271,7-27 bushels ; Barley, 1,078,675 bush- 
els ; Oats, 1,597,245 bushels, and Malt, 57,404 bushels. 
The principal holders are firm in their views, anticipating 
a further rise in prices.... There has been a very exten- 
sive business transacted in Provisions, rliiefly in Mess 
Pork, nn speculative account, opening at rapidly advanc- 
ing prices, but suddenly breaking down about the begin- 
ning uf November, and since fluctuating widely. Towaid 
the clo.se the demand was becoming brisk again, and 
prices were quoted steadier. Mess Pork sold as high as 
$36 a barrel on tho 31st of October, having been engi- 
neered up to that figure by a clique of speculators ; it sold 
us low as $24. 'J5 a barrel on Jlonday, Nov. l-lli, un- 
der a pressuic! to realize. Tlie collapse in Ihe .specula- 
tive movement led to the failure of one large house, and 
several small concerns, whose means were wiped oul by 
the reaction Cotton has been more freely off'ered, am! 
has i)een in less request, closing decidedly lower — Hay, 
Seeds, and Tobacco, liave been less sought after at irre- 
gular prices.. ..Hops have been in good demand at buoy- 
ant rales Wool has been in very slack request, espe- 
cially fur manufacturing purposes, and as ."ilocks iiave 
been steadily increasing, prices Iiave favoied buyers de- 
cidedly, the market closing vei y heavily. 
:\eM' Vorli Uvo Stool*: MarlceJj-t.— • 
The supply during the pa^t four weeks has been very 
large for the season, as is shown in liie following table : 
■n'EEK ENDING. Becven. Coicn. Calrea. Sheep. .Su-(ne. 
Xov.13 ..7,137 76 1,026 27,t20 17,774 
Nov. 6 6,630 100 1.126 32.(N; Z\tAi\ 
Oct, 30,, 6,789 133 1,321 29,766 22,4S7 
Oct. 23 ..0,521 98 1,4l6 27,754 20,503 
7htrfltn four Weeks.... 21,0^0 407 4,SS2 117,626 84.000 
Average per Week 6,770 102 1,220 29,100 21,000 
do. do. kut Month.... G,10:i 103 1,58? 2.=i,5I4 11,320 
do. iXo.prev's Afonth. 6,227 Sil 1,209 23,300 11,90« 
do. do. do. 1S65 5,255 118 1,500 16,091 ll,02;t 
do. do. do. 1864 5,161 145 1,511 1.5,315 12,676 
do. do. do. 1863 5.150 129 6U1 y,94l 21,670 
Total Animals for Slaughter iu past 5 Weeks 1386,000 
The weekly receipts of beef catlleand cows hf been 
nearly the same as the previous month ; veal c. . s 367 
per ^veek less ; shee|i nearly 4,000 per week more ; livf^ 
hogs nearly 7,000 per week more. It \\V\V be seen that, as 
compared willi the weekly average for all of last year, 
the meekly excess the past month has been 1,515 heef 
cattle, 13.315 sheep, and very nearly 10,000 hogs. This 
enormous weekly increase, w hich has continued now for 
above three months, readily explains the material decline 
iu prices — Beef Cattle, under the continuous heavy 
receipts noted above, have g<uie downvvaid in price, un- 
til to-day (Nov. 13.) "the bottom has dropped out," as 
the dealers say. The present rates are no more than 13c. 
fa'Uc. per lb., estimated dressed weight, for llie most of 
fair cattle; 14>j'c.^a)15,'^c. for superior qualitv 16c. fS) 
1632C. for an occasional extra ; 13c.(a>l2e. for common 
thiiinish steers, oxen, and diy cows; 113:;c.(f?in;^c. for 
ponr : and pvph 9c., nv ]e<;'^. for some of the worst. Deal- 
ers who bought a few weeks ago are losing large sums. 
— IflileU Cows have recently bpen in belier demand 
for families. The advance of milk to 12c. per quart, re- 
tail, makes it profitable for families to keep their own 
cows where they have barn or yard room. Ueully good 
cows go at $sni^$100, young calf included; extras $100 
to $110; nnuccasional fam-y $10 to $20 hif:tipr ; fair $65 
tn $T5 ; poor S60 to $50 Veal Calves are :ilways iu 
demand to keep up on the hotel and restaurant bills of 
fare the " veal cutlets," and so with diminished supplies 
the best, prime, large fat calves bring 12><c. to 14c. per 
lb., live weight, despite the fall in beef ; common calves 
1-c. to 10c. ; poorest. 9c. and even lower Slieep aiicl 
liaiiibBhave far exceeded iu supply anything previously 
known here— 29,400 per week, against a week!j;i^average 
last year of 16.0110! November I?t, prices were down to 
4;'.i'c.frt'6c. per ib., live weight, for sheep. With aliltie 
decline in receipts prices are better this week. Those of 
good quality range at 6c. to 7c., and occasional extra*; 
'SiC- tn 7}^c..; medium to inferior Oo. to fic. Lambs 6Xe. 
to S.Vc for pour to extra quality Li »'e Hogs have 
had a great fall in value, partly fmm the heavy leceipls 
and warm weather, but mainly from the heavy timeline In 
packed pork, hams, and lard, in the commen-ial market. 
To-day live hogs are bringing only "i^c. to 8.Uc. per )h., 
live weight, against 10i4'c,f«)n>4C. in our last report, hut 
there is apparently an upward turn in the market. 
A Horse IlojsipitaS.— Every one who kocp;^ 
only two horses should be able to separate them if one 
is sick, and it is hardly the fair thing to turn the well one 
into the yard. If possible, have a box 10 feet sqimre. 
8x10 will do. The floor .should be slightly sloping and 
tight, so that no air currenfs can draw up thiough it. 
Provide a window, good ventilation iiUlcpend^'Ut of the 
window, and a substantial trough i\iiich s^tdulU be mor- 
able, and supply a great abundance of Tiean slrww Uliei, 
All the sirles of the box should be light, so that the ani- 
mal will be shielded from blasts of air, and there should 
be a padlock on the door. This box (and it may he well 
to have more than one) should be entirely remo. ed from 
the other stalls. When a horse shows anything ailing 
him, after tlioroiighly cleaning, sponging off an'i, n.oblng 
him dry, turn him iu here, for such food ami treatment as 
the case demands. Never curry or clean a horse in the 
loose box, thai is able to walk out of it. 
