New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-11-27
POULTRY.
SUPPLY AND WHOLESALE PRICES

T'Ge city j, overstocked with poultry and the price
as not oily given way, but large quantities viii prob
aaIy b. lost TO the consumers, II the weather Of
the last Jew days continues.
From hasty examination OF the freight bills Of the
American Express Company, Tuesday evening. we
Ultimate their receipt, tor the ten days previous at ten
.als pc. day on the average one day before Thanks
giving i. was near eighteen .uns. The Ere rosd
Express hss also brought large quantities proba-
bis IN he same time equ.! amount; and both to-
eesher vii not cover half tie whole supply
received in tle city at this of the year. while al
taa avenues Of trade are open. During the hard Win
Ten weather nearly the whole supply comes by express
The receipts Of the American Express Company one
day last " inter-, after blocksdi1g storm, reached
Dearly one hundred tLos, including game birds
During tie last fortnight immense Quantities have
come il by country wagons. anG almost every market
boat that has reached the wharves Of the East OF
NORTH River mas brought lcts Of poultry. The cars
0. .he New-Jeraeg Railroad, tie Camden aud Amboy
Rsi,es6, The Ncw-J trsey Central Railroad toe Erie
Railroad, the Hudson River Railroad, the Harlem
Rsircao tie L. ng Island Railroad have all added to
The stack in market. Everybody seems 10 have been
crazy 20 send just much OF This kind of food as
" could or would consume; and II they could have
injured Themselves that the esther should hold cool
oacugh 20 keep the brds all sweet We think that we
should have been able to claw them up before tie
vI.tTy tcke got CDlstmas-crasy to glu! the market
s,au. Unfortunately it las not remained cool, and
Whle We write 4 warm rain /, falling and the Sc
quercc WI be, that many shipper OF poultry will
tufcy 3eTere lees AID SHAH gain nothing. We
Jaw ten taires Of harGsome fowls uupacked Tues day
aterToon-nce TAT. plump, yellow skin ard yellow
LEGS, in al probably over tun-not oae Of which
should care 70 est We suppose, however that some.
bcjy else VII, ioE /: not very much mistaken,
some Of tie "poulry doot0r about Washington
hMket can cuIe s.cker chickens than these so IS 10
rl1Le them pa. muster under the close inspection of
eyes atdro:e ia cheap boari: house keeper. We
heard 4 me Individual that lad bought seven tuns Of
III, cheap poultry, 20 cure AMI hold FOR q rise.
W find the bulk Of poultry that hes been received
b. xpreos since the Thanksgiving stock began to he
sent forward, lss ccme from Western Ne E-York
NC,.h-we-tern Pernsy wanna and Ohio. And what is
TIC surprising, than half ne packages are only
OK ,ted upon ! earl, liable at every moment 70 be
robbed of srd a., TRACE OF direction owner lost
case e this bud occurred asst Winter in the American
E19ress Company. office. In delivering hundred
boxes o-e morurg tbey found one over aud stored il
away, expecting TO hear some inquiry for It. II was
kept til tie approach Of warm weather atc then
opsned a1d ccbtens sold consisting probably of 800
with Of game birds, mostly praiTe hens which led
them 70 guess II came from Chicago. Upon inquiry it
We found that oil Lad been presented TO that Office
for such BOX ,ost The agent there seeing that il
co-ssined bIi. had s,ut il 70 NewYork a, tie most
kelly place tia. the shipper would send IL and act
having any direction D! letter, bill CT the box he
acted wisely. Accidentally the result. proved fortu-
nate We also Jaw e.terday at Messrs. Carpenter.
Young & c. warehouse, two lerge boxes full Of
pou.ry, ma, aai reached them BY very slight drec-
ion. bit r q Tiom o vheroe they could not even
.ysss. They hai rec;vei 70 Litter or bill and there
vas 90 pane o: perscn or place on The boxes. This i
simply grcss c.'es-sne;s utterly Iuercussbe IL any
mn thi. ca1 tc1 Nu,,ovy i1ck rom shsnshae
rscster.
Present AND LAIE rRleLs OF ForLTRT.
We copy IL, following sales .: lsa prOnseuOusIy,
f-oul The books OF Ca-pente-, Young Co;
S,u-foy, No t5-T1rE,ys, = b at l0io. G. Is
,,III, nj n At lOc 90 IS q rough let a. sic.
N1,s1, New Flows. % rb Cgooj at lac. ll3
b :, Io;c. T-rksys. 800 n a. las. y y 4. TO-,