, 1862-11-24

iag today, are as follows:
Besves. Eoss.
Week es.d1agEcT- y. ssso 9;s
RATES OF FREIGHT o., LIVE erocg FROM CHICAGO
TO DETROIT.
oatt.e: 5egs.
kiet. Cent. 4 aiich -scrta- large ca.sss5 IS Ct:
Michigan Cent, small cara. s..---.....- IS a5s'
TO agFFALo Or EIseIxs1oE ERroGE. |
Mich: Cent i sdich. South large CATS tito eoctb
Hieb. i C Uent. email ca3s ,.......... - s, G."
Fo1tt F ayae cara, III fee. --..---~--- 81 60"
TO ec1sUE5E.
Pits, =. =, + Chi. cars of e! fset..ss5 SOS
Ais5 10 sSs,n g 81 es5s q IS 80 8 g g.
when shipped by ali rail.
Rates to Dunkir2s, 218e 9 1eo hs Iea5 thac to
Buffalo, Then shipped by all rail.
BEEF CATTLE.
The receipt. for the week ending to-d1; FOO. up,
according to the reIu-ns furnished the Board OF
T1sae, 2,461 head which shows as compared with
those Of tie # .eli previous decrease Of 1886.
Owing to the vary disagreeab1e etatc Of the
weather throughout tie beginning CT he week
rain, mud, slrsn and light fall Of sno1-wtt:h
had the effect 1f making the Cattle II the pens
havs very had appearance, together with the
dustAEc vi iEll5 Soosl eillFt1o d3.l pacEnr besFc3
both Of which deferred packers feoE, operating
the market opened Gull and lang1id, and ii was
with difficulty that the quotations. Of last week
were sustained On Thursday :he weather took
change. promising cold ''saap,'' aad the Offer
iDge Wc1e ola .dedl: better quality. Thosetwo
facts inducing packers to ''pieh in,'' contributed
to render the msrke: mare active for packing
gTaals. aE6 fill pric5s were renizsd, Yesterday
| and to day, however, witnessed chaugc Tho
receipts gcnereiiy were: with few exceptions, OF
sce1lawaC sid medium GRADES. ard had it not been
that tho government Contractors were purchasing
| rather freely, We woull have had to report the
market closing dscidsdly Gull-
To the mos1 casna1 observer VITO visits the yards,
the questions mu=t cfstn arise, What Las become
Of all the good shipping beeves: and why is it
| that 60 many miserablc, halfstaEFea looking
objects are offered fp1 salc:" After repeated COZ
yelsatfoas will the d1oye,s and farmers, nc fra
| generally that they afe 51most Unanimous il the
opinion that in consequence Of the nunr7ous en-
1isIme1ts in The army, almost 3ep1eriag the rural
| districts Of agricultural labor, raere he's been
large falling o in the 1aisn. Of cattle throughout
TIE Vest md in particular the State Of Iow..
They a:.o think that the price CT Com will be
much higher This ceniag winter AID npsin5 and
that It vii pay better keep it over till then and
|
timed shipments Of this class OF cattle to this
market has proved quite an injury to trade here,
as q great many OF them Grc boush: up by New
1ork State droycrs, who feed them for g few weeks
and then ship to New York, where they are sold
and nett nice profit to tbs feeder, which ought
to 60 to the Western farmer. Sozee a3.y doubt
| this statement, hut VIC refer them to the weekly
report Of the New York Market where it will b2
seen that receipts from that State Gre much la1ee1
| than heretofore.
With regard to transportation, shippers viii oe
pleased to Learn Of 1 new arrangement On the
Crest Western -ailroad Of Cs1asa, Which WEE!
Into effect few days ago On Tuesdays, We'd
nesday= snd Thursdays, Of each week, the prefer
ence Of transportation east from Detroit, will b,
given 10 cattle instead Of hogs, in order to mce
tie requirements Ct the market day in New York
This company ha.: Gl=o been at considerable CT
I peIse and pains il building pens aaa othetHis
| improving the yards ut Windsor.
To-DAE.-1he receipts to-day amount to 3:
Aead, az per the reports Of the various yards:
Ehe11raI'-: 1a'G3 ........,.,.... q
Michigan Scutnera Yards s.--.-.-.........-...
Z Pittsburgh Yards
: The offerings tc-Gay were Of the stereotype
= cdit;ca.'' There was light demand oa ac:oun
Of packers, bnt government contractors were pui
, chasing freely which gave spasmodic aciioa
trade. The market closed steady without q1ots
= = bic improvement. About go changed hands at
t rsrge Ct 5: '5Ga.:5,
Il We give cleslr3 p1ices as fellows:
2 Ezra shipping beaEes {1onanaD.. 80. s. el1s
r. Eteu 10 eAt!n facslEss oesgss -.-...... 25"52
= tal: to .ncGli,m 1eeT:s.-.-- 2ovl15
| LsJY IL.