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tumbling-in. There are hearts that flutter 
and hearts that ache ; mittens that are not 
worn, secrect hopes that are not realized, 
and fond looks that are not returned. There 
is a jingling among the bells at the door; 
one after another the sleighs dash up, re¬ 
ceive their nestling freight and are gone. 
Our Master covers the fire, and snuffs out 
the candles—don’t you remember how dainti¬ 
ly he used to pinch the smoking wicks, with 
forefinger and thumb, then thrust each hap¬ 
less luminary, head first into the tin socket ? 
—and we wait for him. 
The bells ring faintly in the woods, over 
the hill, in the valley. They are gone. The 
school house is dark and tenantless, and we 
are alone with the night. [January & June. 
Crowded Accommodations. —The reporter 
of the Cincinnati Commercial gives the fol¬ 
lowing account of the accommodations at 
Newark, Ohio, when the State Fair was 
there: 
“ No one can for an instant consider fifty 
cents an exorbitant demand for sleeping on a 
fence-rail and using a yard of tape for a 
coverlid, when he reflects for a moment that 
it is his dernier resort. Nor can he complain 
of the peculiar durability and firmness that 
characterizes the beef, and the disposition of 
the anatomical parts of the boiled chickens, 
(cooked three weeks in advance, in order to 
be ready for any emergency,) to adhere to 
each other. He can not allow one groan to 
escape when he gazes upon the butter on the 
table and sees its many shades and hues, 
for as an antiquarian he can admire a rare 
collection of the mediteval ages, and as a 
lover of his country he believes .in the old 
saw, ‘ In union there is strength.' ” 
A Vermont Item. —The butter and cheese 
received at the Railroad station in St. Albans 
during the month of September, says the 
Burlington Free Press, amounted to over 
half a million pounds, the total value of which 
was $75,000. 
The closing of the New-York Canals is 
officially announced to take place on the 5th 
of December. The season is described by 
the Rochester Union as having been a dull 
one for all connected with the navigation of 
the Canals. 
Make no haste to be rich, if you would be 
prosperous. 
CHINESE PIGS AND MISCELLANEOUS POULTRY. 
We know not that we have ever seen so 
fine and so extensive a collection of poultry 
as on the farm of Messrs. B. & C. S. 
Haines, at Elizabethtown, N. J. The flocks, 
most of which were kept entirely seperate at 
different localities, embraced some dozen or 
more distinct varieties of the most popular 
breeds, including the extremes of large and 
small, and many of the intermediate sizes. 
The Shanghais, Brahma Pootras, Chitta- 
gongs, Malays, &c., were the largest we 
ever saw, and very well proportioned with¬ 
al ; while the Bantams, of which there were 
no less than seven broadly marked and per¬ 
fectly distinct varieties, were the merest 
mites of things, and as one now and then 
ran before the ponderous jaws of their gi-eat 
congeners, we expected to see it gobbled up 
like a beetle or grasshopper. Three varieties 
of game fowls, the Black Spanish, and the 
Leghorns, all of the choicest kinds, were 
among the best of their medium kinds for 
utilitarian purposes—eggs and the table. 
When we add that Messrs. Haines have taken 
no inconsiderable share of the prizes at 
our National, State, and other Shows, we 
simply give a proof that their taste and selec¬ 
tion coincides with that of the enlightened 
public. 
We were particularly attracted by a pen 
of nearly a dozen China pigs, all of one 
litter, and though spotted, so nearly alike in 
color, form, and size, as scarcely to be dis* 
tinguishable. This is the first litter from a 
pair sent by one of the officers of the Japan 
Expedition, direct from China, and the same 
animal hitherto so successfully used by Eu¬ 
ropeans and a few intelligent Americans, 
in refining the coarse breeds of swine. We 
hope these may become the means of exten¬ 
sive improvements to some of our own herds, 
that have not already established an honor¬ 
able relationship with the Berkshires, the 
Suffolk, or Neapolitans. 
Remarks. —Flour is 121 to 25 cts. per bbl. 
above our last week’s quotations. Corn has 
advanced 3 to 4 cts. per bushel. Wool brings 
a trifle better prices, and is more in demand. 
The stock on hand is light. 
Cotton has fallen J- cent per lb. Rice, Sugar, 
and Tobacco a slight decline. 
The weather the past week has been mild 
for the season, and several days rain. We 
hope the streams over the whole country are 
now full, and that there will be no want of 
water, even if a hard winter sets in ; but it 
seems to be the general opinion of the weath¬ 
er-wise, that the winter will be mild with 
plenty of rain. 
PRODUCE MARKET. 
Saturday, November 25, 1854. 
The prices given in our reports from week to week, are the 
average wholesale prices obtained by producers, and not those 
at which produce is sold from the market. The variations in 
prices refer chiefly to the quality of the articles. 
There is considerable activity in the market this morn¬ 
ing, after the rain, notwithstanding the mud. Potatoes 
manifest little change, good Mercers being scarce and 
commanding high prices. Inferior kinds are very plenti¬ 
ful. The same may be said of Apples 
In the Butter market we make no change in price— 
though it is rather dull. Large quantities come in from 
this State and from the west, to close the fall trade. Eggs, 
and Cheese, same as last week. 
Vegetables.— Potatoes, New-Jersey Mercers, $3®$3 
50 ip bbl.; White, $2 25®$2 75 ; Carter, $2 50®2 75 ; 
Nova Scotia, 80c.®$1 p bush.; Western reds, $2 p bbl.; 
Sweet, Philadelphia, $3 50®$375 ; Virginia, $325®$350; 
Turnips, Russia, $1 25®$1 50 ; White, $1®$1 25 Onions, 
White, $4; Red, $1 50®$2 ; Beets, $1 25 p bbl.; Pars¬ 
nips, same ; Carrots, $2 50 p 100 bunches ; Cabbages, $5 
®$7 p 100 ; Celery, 75e.®$l p dozen. 
Fruits.— Apples, Spitzenbergs, $2®2 25 pbbl.; Green- 
ngs, $2®2 25; Russets, $1 50®$2; Baldwins $1 50®1 75 ; 
Cranberries, $6 50®$8 50. 
Butter, Orange Co.. 21®24c. pib.; Western, 15®17c.; 
Eggs, 23®24c. p doz.; Cheese, 10c.®llc. p lb. 
NEW-YORK CATTLE MARKET. 
Friday, Nov. 24, 1854. 
The number of cattle in market yesterday was seven or 
eight hundred less than the previous week, and yet there 
was no improvement either in sales or prices. On the 
contrary, we have rarely seen so dull a market. This 
cannot be owing to the quality of the animals offered, 
which were certainly not below ordinary. 
The fact is, there was a manifest backwardness on the 
part of the butchers, in consequence of the new arrange-, 
ment, which they are determined, if possible, to upset 
Some of them, we understand, bought of their stock (or 
attempted to) early yesterday morning, at the landings, 
while others were resolved not to buy at all. Many, it is 
said, would prefer Wednesday, but this the brokers object 
to—as before stated—on account of the Philadelphia mar¬ 
ket being held on that day. 
We are glad to learn that any day is preferred to Mon¬ 
day, and doubtless when things become settled, both par¬ 
ties will yield to what is manifestly for the public good. 
There is no doubt that the present hard times influences 
the markets as much as any thing. Both owners, 
drovers and butchers are under considerable liability to 
each other, and so long as this continues, we may not 
hope for either large sales or active markets. 
Best quality is selling at .9[®10c. p lb. 
Fair do. do. .8f®9ic. do. 
Inferior do. do. .. . 7®8cL do. 
The following are about the highest and lowest prices; 
Beeves. 7c.® 10c. 
Cows and Calves.$25®$45. 
Veals. 4c.®6c. 
Sheep. $2® $6. 
Lambs.$1 50®$5. 
Swine. 4i.®^i. 
Mr. Browning reports beeves, 7c.®9c. ; cows and 
calves, $25®$50 ; veals, 4fc.®Glc. ; sheep $2 50®$5; 
lambs, $1 50®$4. 
Mr. O’Brien reports beeves, 7c.®9c.; cows and calves 
$25®$45, veals, 4}c.®6jC. 
RECEIVED DURINa THE WEEK. 
Chamberlin’s. Browning’s. O’Brien’s. 
Robinson-st. Sixth-st. Sixth-st. 
Beeves,. 478 041 150 
Cows and calves,... 119 38 60 
Sheep and lambs_5689 4940 — 
Veals. 64 132 28 
Washington Yards, Forty-fourth-street. 
A. M. Allerton, Proprietor. 
RECEIVED DURING 
THE WEEK. 
IN MARKET TO-DAY 
Beeves,. 
. 2509 
1739 
Cows,. 
. 34 
— 
Calves,. 
. 231 
— 
Sheep and lambs,. 
. 1758 
— 
Swine,. 
. 1429 
— 
Of these there came by the Erie Railroad.500 
By the Harlem Railroad. . 307 
By the Hudson River Railroad.200 
By the Hudson River Steamboats.150 
New-York State furnished, by cars, 354 ; on foot, 99 ; 
Ohio, 78 ; Kentucky, 45; Illinois, 221 ; Pennsylvania, 
424; Virginia, 155. 
Monday, Nov. 27. 
We visited the Washington Yards this morning, but 
found nothing doing worthy of mention. Several brokers 
and butchers were present, speculating on the late change 
and the probable issue. What that will be, it is as yet 
difficult to determine. It will be hard to come to any con¬ 
clusion which will satisfy all parties. 
SHEEP MARKET. 
Monday, Nov. 27, 1854. 
The Sheep Market this morning is a little more favor¬ 
able, which is all that can be said. It was altogether 
over-stocked last week, and a large number left over. 
Much of it is not of the choicest specimen. At Chamber¬ 
lain’s there were ten or fifteen hundred left over. The 
stock on hand to-day is not large, and the market some¬ 
what better. 
The following are the sales by James McCarty, sheep- 
broker, at Browning’s: 
33 Poor lambs. $63 62 
67 Sheep. 184 25 
137 “ 376 50 
43 Lambs and sheep. 150 50 
405 Sheep and lambs . 1044 26 
25 “ “ 76 00 
183 “ “ 512 00 
111 '• “ 353 00 
107 “ “ 284 06 
38 “ “ 150 00 
1353 Head—Sold for.$ 3621 19 
Average per head.$2 67. 
Mr. Samuel McGraw, Sheep Broker at Browning’s, re¬ 
ports sales of 1142 sheep and lambs, sold during the past 
week for $3,308 30, in the following lots and prices : 
108 Sheep and Lambs.$343 00 
199 Sheep. 592 49 
118 287 63 
16 “ 38 00 
193 “ 677 25 
80 Sheep and Lambs. 276 00 
81 Lambs. 154 25 
40 Sheep. 106 12 
178 Sheep and Lambs. 484 56 
49 “ “ 511 00 
66 “ “ 135 50 
34 “ “ 62 50 
Average per head $2 89. 
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