New-York daily tribune., 1858-12-02

| The market opeLed this morning with prospects
much noIe favorable 10 drove1s, bat prices dill not al
vance a. much "a some Of them expected We have
Tot been able to mse rally alter quotation figures
iIom tber places last week, the advance being more
in carrying up the low er grades of cattle 10 old prices
than in maktg new That is, stock that is sell
rg this week at quotations above eight cents, would
have sold last week a rates hail cent lower Tae
proportion of cattle in market selling at fret prices is
larger this week than last but the number of prem.
ium al MA els, such viii bring ten e.Lts is very
limited. There is altogether too many Of the scala
wag variety, familiarly known as the "gras--hop-
p-Is, aud " snOwfs.' This class still sells at what
owlers call " runous price,. We do not Souder st
this, for many Of item are Of qraty that ssosble
p.ope would only eat 10 prevent starvation. l.
kct this class OF fOr the past two aeoks las had
to come in competition with the largest supply of
poultry ever IN this city, which sells az prices oe w
any reueubered prtc,cert; end also W tn immense
quantities Of cheap mutton and meat If kitten caves
ard tire ollal of $500 hogs aweek. IL is wouder
tnat the pro,s If such poor brt,s Of the three
,eaflrgs ard runt tw0-yesr old steers ali heers md
cid cows stsgs and lean oxen that are in the yards to-
day, should be thought ty their urously low.
Yet they deaTer al the rates of al cents per
pc1rd a. which they sen than u.h drove. are a. are
averaging 9 cents.
TDe weather. both en- Tuesday snd Wednesday,
could Cot have been more favorable % drovsrs except
that the yards wre uncoufortably muddy witn the
two thee inches OF ne.t snow Incorporated with
cattle tioppDgs into thick paste all over the pave
NJ Its The aT was clear Ard cold, and the mud
herd on Tuesday light giving dly yards for the early
morning busibtss, when pretty hSely-much
more So than Tuesday afternoon for, comp, red
with some weeks, very httle was doue that day.
IL INT, 81.
on their way fr IN he ard boats, bI early
turned cut 10 find clean spot IN the ts turtl-r
up town where they could be fed. that being impos
sibe IN the muddy sale yards q, fortyiOuIth street.
Nearly g.. the cattle sOld on Tuesday of the
class that butchers buy who have contracts with ho-
tels eating houses, ships &c, where they fur
nish the best no stter wGat the price is aud
sequence # such cattle bot being abundant toe sales
ranged at - gle, I'd very I, W that. Owing
10 the very favorable state of the weather this morn
ing ano the total supply so m1ch smaller than pre-
Nious weebs these prices We're vel maintained aud the
mhiket t"lrraby lively till tOwarc noon, great
a sheee OF dnllnt - cane the market ever
.sw. II really seemed as though il would be imp ssh
ble fer those wlo had bei their cattle till after doner
TO close them out except at greatly reduced prices 10
the tEo or three hours remaining. We must say tla
steoDgh prices have ruled little higher, this has not
be- 7, on The whole what xe call an active market
The Whole advance obtained seems 20 have been a
forced thing. Wien il was found that there vouli |
te, az Ut first believed, ten or iweive L1ndfed
cad sh' II Of the number in market last week ani
mat all The stale stock had been s)ii OF brokers de-
errin.d that they would advance rates, ami Per-
'lnc.d s"Ie of their Customers TO ecceJe IL H. bus
lie WLos Ting vas struggle ifSn beginning 10 cod,