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Market Review, Weather Notes, etc. 
American Aoriculturist Office, ( 
New-York, Wednesday, Dec. 19, 1860. ) 
The political excitement, and the consequent financial 
disturbance, have materially affected the markets for 
Breadstutfs, and farm produce generally, in common with 
all other business. There is an abundance of flour, wheat 
and corn in the country, and a large demand for them 
abroad, but the difficulty has been to obtain the requisite 
funds or credit to move them. In the usual course of 
trade, exporters send breadstuff’s, cotton, &c., abroad, and 
draw 60-day drafts upon the proceeds. These drafts, con¬ 
stituting foreign exchange, are sold to importers of foreign 
goods, and the proceeds used in paying for the crops 
brought from the interior. Owing partly to the disturb¬ 
ances resulting from a senseless fright or panic, and part¬ 
ly to the fact that our exports have exceeded the imports, 
and thus brought England in debt to us, it has been next 
to impossible to sell the exchange, or drafts. This has of 
course crippled the dealers here, and stopped their pur¬ 
chases from producers, who in turn have been unable to 
pay fheir home merchants, and they have of course been 
prevented from paying their indebtedness to the City im¬ 
porters and jobbers, and these last have been compelled 
to diminish their foreign orders for goods, reducing still 
further their ability to purchase exchange. The whole 
business, thus connected by a continuous chain, is weak¬ 
ened by a defect in any one of its links. The dead lock 
is now being loosened by the forwarding of gold from 
England to purchase breadstuff's, cotton, etc., and busi¬ 
ness is reviving somewhat_From the above causes, the 
movements in breadstutfs have not been active during the 
month. Holders have been forced to sell their stocks of 
flour, wheat, corn, and cotton, at whatever prices they 
could get, to raise the means to meet their liabilities in the 
West and South, for which they had accepted drafts 
drawn by the country dealers. This pressure to sell has 
depressed prices ; and in some cases the loss has been so 
severe that dealers have been seriously crippled, and two 
or thrde leading houses, and several smaller ones, have 
suspended payment. The better feeling now springing 
tip, induced by large receipts of foreign gold, and by the 
fact that people are getting used to the panic, and are 
caring less for it, is having a favorable effect upon the 
markets, and prices are looking upward. Holders are 
not anxious to setl. The fact that Great Britain must yet 
uraw largely upon us lor food, and send gold to pay for 
it, will cause our dealers to hold firmly for better prices, 
especially as no very great supplies can be received from 
the West until Spring navigation opens. The operation 
of the “panic ” checked the receipts even before canal 
navigation closed, and only small lots have since come 
forward by railroad. The stocks here are pretty large, 
but the demand for Eastern consumption and for export 
will soon reduce them ; and if the political excitement 
shall in a measure cease, high prices are likely to prevail 
here before Spring. This will lead to the forwarding of 
grain, flour and corn somewhat earlier by the railroads. 
On the whole, though the delay, loss, and present embar¬ 
rassment are great, we can read no gloomy indications for 
farmers in the future. There is just as much money, and 
as much produce, and as great a foreign want of it, as be¬ 
fore the great “ scare,” and things will right themselves 
ere long. The present prices—which are better than a 
week since, and those current a month ago, are indicated 
in the table below. 
Current ■Wholesale Prices. 
Nov. 17. 
Dec. IS 
1. 
Flour—S unerf to ExtraState, 
. $5 
15 
ffl 5 
00 
$4 
65 
© 5 
15 
Superfine Western. 
5 
15 
® 5 
25 
4 
60 
@ 4 
75 
Extra Western. 
5 
40 
H 7 
25 
5 
00 
@ 7 
oo 
Fancy to Extra Genesee. 
5 
60 
® 7 
25 
5 
20 
® 7 
00 
Super, to Extra Southern. 
5 
50 
® 7 
50 
4 
90 
© 7 
00 
Rye Flour—F ine and Super. 
, 3 
50 
@ 4 
25 
3 
20 
© 4 
00 
Corn Meal. 
3 
30 
® 3 
70 
3 
00 
@ 3 
40 
Wheat— Canada White. 
1 
40 
@ 1 
45 
1 
25 
@ 1 
30 
'Western White. 
1 
37K® 1 
50 
1 
27 
® 1 
40 
Southern White. 
1 
12K@ 1 
55 
1 
30 
@ 1 
40 
All kinds of Red. 
1 
15 
« 1 
35 
1 
05 
@ 1 
20 
Corn—Y ellow- . 
72 
« 
64 
©. 
66 
White. 
72 
& 
80 
65 
@ 
68 
Mixed. .. . 
69)4® 
-71 
62 
© 
64 
Oats— Western. 
37 
@ 
3 IX 
37 
© 
88 
State.. 
37 %@ 
38 
38 
@ 
38 >4 
Southern. . , . .. 
36 
ffi 
37 
35 
@ 
37 
Rye. 
70 
@ 
72 
63 
® 
Barley. 
65 
@ 
80 
70 
@ 
82 
Hay, in bales, per 100 lbs- 
80 
@ 1 
OISM 
75 
® 1 
00 
Cotton— Middlings, per lb.. . 
Ilk® 
UK 
10)4® 
105f 
Rice, per 100 lbs. 
4 
00 
@ 4 
75 
2 
50 
@ 3 
Hops’, crop of I860, per lb. 
35 
(a), 
42 
25 
® 
32 
Pork— New Mess, per bbl. 
18 
25 
@18 
50 
16 
00 
@ 
Prime, new, per bbl. 
12 
50 
@ 
11 
50 
@11 
75 
Beef— Repacked mess. 
V 
00 
®10 
00 
9 
25 
©10 
no 
Country mess. 
b 
00 
« 5 
50 
5 
oo 
@ 5 
25 
Lard, in bbls., per lb . . 
12 
64 
12)4 
9jk@ 
10% 
Butter— Western, perlb. 
11 
(<4 
15 
10 
© 
15 
State, per lb . 
15 
@ 
20 
15 
@ 
20 
Cheese . 
9 
@ 
11 
9 
© 
11 
Bass—Fresh, per dozen.. . 
20 
(<4 
21 
21 
® 
25 
Western, per doz.. .. 
16 
« 
19 
18 
© 
22 
Poultry—F owls, per lb . 
10 
64 
14 
7 
© 
12 
Chickens, per pair. 
50 
64 
56 
9 
@ 
12 
Geese, per lb.... 
8 
« 
10 
6 
© 
10 
Ducks, perlb .. 
12 
@ 
14 
10 
@ 
12, 
Turkeys, per lb... 
Partridges, $ pair... 
11 
@ 
14 
10 
© 
12 
62 
64 
68 
50 
@ 
62 
Feathers, Live Geese, p. lb.. 
45 
@ 
53 
44 
© 
50 
Seed— Clover, per lb. 
954® 
io% 
7-k@ 
8% 
Timothy, per bushel. 
2 
75 
@ 
2 
50 
@ 2 
75 
Sugar— Brown, per lb...__ 
MOLASSES.New-Orleans, p.gl.. 
5*k@ 
SH 
4K® 
IK 
40 
@ 
45 
30 
© 
35 
Coffee, Rio, per lb. 
11)4® 
U% 
10M® 
13 
Tobacco— Kentucky,&c,p.lb.. 
3 
13 
2 X® 
13 
Seed Leal, per lb. 
6 
<<4 
25 
5 
25 
Wool—D omestic fleece, p. lb.. 
34 
64 
58 
32)4® 
57K 
Domestic, pulled, per lb. 
28 
@ 
46 
27)4® 
45 
Hemp—U ndr’d Am., per tun.. 
150 
@160 145 
@160 
Dressed American, per tun... 
100 
@220 185 
@215 
Tallow, per lb . 
10%@ 
10X 
0 
© 
9 K 
Oil Cake, per tun. 
33 
00 
@39 
00 
28 
00 
©36 
00 
Apples, Prime, per bbl. 
1 
75 
@ 2 
00 
1 
50 
@ 2 
00 
Medium, $ bbl. 
1 
50 
@ 
1 
25 
© 1 
50 
Common, per bbl. 
75 
@ i 
00 
50 
© 1 
00 
Extra Dessert Apples . 
2 50 @ 
3 00 
Dried Apples, per lb..... 
3)4® 
5 
3 
© 
4 
Dried Peaches, per lb. 
10 
@ 
13 
5 
@ 
12K 
Potatoes—M ercers, per bbl.. 
1 
25 
64 2 
00 
2 
00 
© 2 
50 
Peach Blows, $ bbl. . 
1 
25 
64 1 
50 
1 
75 
© 2 
25 
Sweet, Virginia, per bbl. — 
Delaware and N.Jersey,$bbl„ 
3 
00 
64 3 
25 
3 
25 
® 3 
50 
, 3 
01) 
64 3 
50 
3 
50 
@ 4 
00 
Onions, Red, per bbl. 
White, per bbl. 
1 
25 
64 1 
38 
1 
75 
© 2 
12 
2 
00 
64 2 
50 
2 
50 
© 3 
50 
Turnips, per bbl. 
63 
@ 1 
00 
75 
© i 
12 
Cabbages, per 100. 
3 
50 
64 5 
00 
4 
00 
© 8 
00 
Squashes, .per bbl. 
75 
@ 
87 
1 
50 
@ 2 
00 
Pumpkins, IP 100. 
4 
00 
64 5 
00 
6 
00 
©12 
(10 
Cranberries, Eastern,?) bbl.. 
10 
(10 
@12 
00 
11) 
00 
©12 
00 
Western, $ bbl. 
V 
01) 
@10 
00 
8 
00 
@10 
00 
Celery, ?) dozen. 
50 
@ 
75 
@ 1 
00 
TRANSACTIONS AT THE NEW 
-YORK MARKETS. 
Receipts. Flour. 1 neat. Corn. Rye. Barley. Oats. 
25 days this month 489,809 3,691,500 718,000 14,120 107,806 817,000 
25 days last month 555,508 3,827,854 910,361 30,125 429,019 580,225 
Sales. Flour. Wheat. Corn. Rye. Barley. 
25 days thismon., 325,000 1,752,000 1,240,000 23,450 312,000 
25 days last mon„ 508,310 4,267,500 2,147,500 115,400 034,700 
Exports of Breadstuff's from. New York, Jan. 1 to Dec. 12. 
Wheat Flour, bbls.836,970 
Rye Flour, bbs. 5,608 
Corn Meal, bbls. 75,670 
Wheat, bush .202,026 
Corn, bush.179,929 
1,761,704 
7,800 
85,916 
12,204,003 
3,249,713 
The receipts at tide-water of the principal kinds of 
Breadstuff's from the opening of the Canals to and includ¬ 
ing the 7th of December, have been as follows: 
18GO. 1859. 1858. 
Canal open.April 25. April 15. April 28. 
Flour bbls. 1,175,100 903,290 1,800,300 
Wheat, bush.19,557,400 5,110,533 8,232,700 
Corn, bush .14,290,800 2,466,207 0,697,700 
Barley, bush. 2,871,600 3,305,279 3,422,200 
Rye, bush. 330,600 392,700 507,600 
Oats, bush. 6,717.000 6,403,400 5,127,100 
N. Y. Idve Stock markets.— The Cattle 
Markets have been less crowded for two weeks past, and 
prices have advanced moderately. During fivo weeks 
ending to-day (Dec. 19), the receipts have been 23,748 or 
4,750 per week, against over 5,000 per week, for the pre¬ 
vious month. Much of the stock has boon poor, and sold 
at low rates. At to-day’s general market, with 4,479 bul¬ 
locks on sale, many of which wero of prime quality, de¬ 
signed for Christmas show beef, sales were pretty brisk at 
llc.® 125 c. perlb., dressed weight, for extra or premium 
beeves-9Jc.(®10c. for first quality-7j<c.r5>8Xc. 
for fair lo good-5c.(S/7c. for poor-Average 8c. 
Veal Calves. —Receipts have been light, numbering 
only 2,579 fop the past five weeks, or 516 per week. Prices 
are low, however, very few calves bringing 7c. perlb., 
live weight; most go at 5c.®6>kc. 
Sheep and Lambs have come in moderately, the re¬ 
ceipts for the past five weeks being but 49,269, or a week¬ 
ly average of 9,864, against over 13,000 last month. The 
lack in numbers is made up, in part, by extra size and fat¬ 
ness, especially this week of Christmas mutton. One lot 
of 100 head has just been sold at $925, or about 7c. per lb. 
live weight; 14 head averaging 210 lbs. alive, sold for $18 
each, while single animals are reported at $25, and even 
$33 per head. Of course they were very large and very 
fat, such as are only seen Christmas week. Fair lots of 
sheep which will dress 60 lbs., are worth 5c.(a)5>fc. pet- 
lb. live weight. The market is quite brisk just now. 
Live Hogs.— Receipts since our last report amount to 
65,030, or 12,606 per week. The market is overstocked 
just now, over 15,000 having been received during the past 
week. Packers take most of them at 4%c.(a)5>fc. per lb. 
live weight for corn fed, and 4j<fc.f5)4%c. for still hogs, 
which is fully lc. per lb. lower than last reported. 
Tlie Weather, since our last report, has generally 
been fine, with a gradual hardening into genuine Winter. 
Little snow has fallen just here, thus far.-Our Daily 
Weather Notes, condensed, read thus: November, 20, 
21,22, clear, fine, cool—23, rainy day—24, clear, cool— 
25, cold, mercury, 15°—26, clear and cool, rain at night- 
27, rain A. M., cloudy P. M.—28, cloudy, rain at night- 
29, fine—30, rain.- December, 1, cloudy, snow at night 
—2, cool and cloudy, ground white with snow, but soon 
disappeared—3, clear, fine—4, snow and rain—5, clear, 2 
inches snow, making poor sleighing for a short time—6, 
clear and fine—7, cloudy—8, snow storm A. &L, cloudy 
P. M., 4 incites snow on ground, and fair sltfighing—9, 
clear, fine, cool—10, cloudy A. M., rain P. M., and at 
night, carrying off most of the snow—11, to 14, "clear and 
cool—15, coldest day of the season, mercury 10°—16, 17, 
18, clear and fine, milder but still cold—19, cold rain. 
Thermometer at 6 A. HI., New-York. 
[Observations carefully made upon a standard Ther¬ 
mometer (Fahrenheit.)— r indicates rain, s, snow.]' 
NOVEMBER. 
1 ... 
7... 
...39 
13... 
...45 
19... 
25... 
2... 
... 6 
8... 
...38 
14... 
...41 
20... 
...43 
26... 
...24 
3... 
.,.62r 
9... 
...40r 
15... 
...41 
21... 
...35 
27 .. 
. ,.48r 
4... 
...54 
10... 
. ..51r 
16.. . 
...40 
22... 
28... 
...39 
5... 
...42r 
11... 
17... 
...42 
23... 
...42r 
29.. . 
. ..29 
0 ... 
... 52r 
12... 
.,.45r 
18... 
24... 
30... 
...39r 
DECEMBER. 
17. . 
...38s 
4... 
.. 34s 
7.. 
...32 
10... 
...32s 
113... 
...34 
2... 
...30 
5... 
...28 
8... 
...33s 
11 ... 
. ..36 
14 .. 
...16 
3... 
...32 
6... 
...29 
9.. 
...23 
12... 
...28 
15. .. 
. ..12 
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PORTABLE STEAM ENGINES. 
A. N, Wood 8 l Co., 
Eaton, IV. Y. 
A. N. WOOD. i L. C. TABER. W. MORSE. 
The above cut represents a Portable Engine ol' entirely 
new pattern, built by A. N. WOOD & CO., wlilch in acknowl¬ 
edged by all to he the most compact, and durable of anything 
yet devised for an Engine. A gentleman In La. writes us that 
ho received his 12-liorsc power, and although it was entirely 
dtscocncctcd from the boiler, tbe machine being so simple 
and well fitted, lie, without the assistance of an engineer) put 
it. together, changed the eccentric and reversed the motion. 
Persons interested in steam power, by enclosing stamp, will 
receive our Circular, giving list, price, description, etc. 
A. N. WOOD & CO. 
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