, 1861-05-11

THE OPENING DAT OF TIE MARKET.
TUESDAY May THE market opened this morn
trg with ahout 8 80 heao Of bullocks in the sale
te It's Of which viii iii u rates eaoiVaient to s@
SIC pound for the net weight Of beef sinking
otfaa. a few Of the very cho:cest bullocka
weight OF the besi, bat, as . general thing, the
butcher Will get more pounds ihsn he pays for.
These rates DO not vary enough from lass week
consider them 81 good, though some think prices
about equ i to 4ca pound W1rse for tho drover
than hey were lhis Day week and butehers call
Largo portion OF the stock will be sold to-day. As
we do not heas Of ny more to arrive r. :
1t is probable that all will - ,.,,rrov,
III. we.ssf r !, 'qs ,os.as .. tas fs'ss nsstsa Ss1.
.sr15 in ednparison viii the very sesers s1o;n Of
yesterday and last night. and the supply, thouEh
eone1derabls lsrEer than last week, will not prove
too great for the demAnd, at the aama rates.
About the came number a. a week ago, viii be
taken out Of the market to send to Washington.
and 100 head were taken at Phil lphia yesterday
iS fSF The Amy tba: you'd other bare been t9
here that were contracted in Ohio to 20 to Bslti-
more which were stopped and turned northward
want Of faith in The promises Of seceseionist. viii
lend good many more hteher; and the danger to
Ohio dso7ers In shipping cattle over tbs Baltimore
ana oh,o Iail5nsa 81 T. he reason Why
HAA%N 1AtA@No
Ct at Baltimore, where the bu11oeks could be deliv-
er5d at i've dollars head chenpsr than here, II
there were no t'plus-uglies' in the way. Howev.
er, New York has no objection to enjoy this little
bit Of extra tra-e.
THE CLOSE o. THE NAHKEr.
WrDHEepAr, Nay a-Ou looking over the Yards
tnls morning, II Is found that very large proper
Ton pf the stock w3s sold ont the first nay-much
srgss than AZ! one anticipated The business
for today bud been called Ia and snld before It was
generally known the demand bad been 20 good
The conrequezce was that the latest sales. ct the
lowest grades Of cattle yesterday. vera the best,
and thar there IL no falling of this morBinr 60
all the stock will be closed out at full ~ good
rates al were anticipated yesterday morning. and
1arger number will he found to hive realizsd the
top price Of &c pound net than were sold at that
last week. and the average OF s4c has been faily
maintained. We have never eeen the pens dtled
fair and great naay of them far , 6ove Whit ID
generally termed good medium quality. Drovers
ara generally sa'i ded with prices thia week, ard
are firm IN the opinion that prices are to- coutinne
The death Of a well known and riuch respected
drover occurred here this week. John Bryant Of
diaease ever present among his foreign population
Of this city, though not often proving fatal
The HOG NARKEr.
Receipts this week, 10.1o2
The prices o. hoRs po-day arc reported By Henry
D. Grant. Superintendent Of the market, ~ fol-
lows:
Gorn;fed hogs, 2 p, gross .4hG4Hc.
/ Dlsti1lery hogs . H., g' g'oss..-...-.......3s@@4
The report Of last week was made up Wedusx-
day morlfng upon the rates Of the previous dey
and ask1ng prices OF that morning 5ut they were
not sustained; fresh arrival having been added
t., the large stock on hand the brokers saw at ouca
I that they must sccspt bayzrs' ohtrs. although at
half cstt 10 xer rates than day befo 9. Trade is
I very dull to-day. ab' ut 600 in the pens. whith
quite overstocEs the market, and ii arrivals ron
s1nue as they have this week, rates will 20 stisl
lower
/ G. ". Dorman reports tue following prices Of
hogs this week:
! First quality cozn-fed large S'''
!. size:: ,..::..:. ...:.....-. 4H@44c> 6X@54c.
Second quality eo7n-fed .....4HQ14Xc. bX@5Ec.
First quail =, smaH sizes fat
and prime. for market
butchers ..........4 .44@4s1c, 54@6 C.
Large size, Eti1lted, fat. 3K04 o.
Second quality. etill-fed fat .8X@i c. s a c.
Small eize, choice stock hoge51 @6Hc ar d wanted,