, 1864-04-17

Saturday. IVA
Total. 49,. e1ls
! There has been better demand for Beef Cattle
this week than last. asptcslly for 'od grades; and
owing 10 the advanced rates paid 1t the las: markets
| beld In New York and Albany, VIC notc cores
po1 dtng Increase In the prices paid hers On COM
pairing the closln: prices OF tbs market THIS week
with last find an advances Of 5oc per 1n rss On
previous quotations. whilst for fancy lots still higher
1 prices have been nd,
The following arc tho c!ostng prices OF the market
| tEts evening, and compared with 1ask week:
l. cLosIsa rRIozs,
... s,,,,,.. Tn.sx:sk. Lyt week:
Common to iiedin,n qualities. s5os:45 so9Ss.7s
SATURDAY Ev1n1sa, April 16.-Al.housn We have.
with the active growth and Importance of our
trade in Bsei Cattle, lost sight tho Ole plan Of
weekly runfkct opening on Ehursdsg and closing on
Saturday, and substituted in place thereof daily
market, yeti OWING to the break in she shipping
rsnGtments on sunday and Monday. the receipts Of
tho fEst hAK Of the week more nntled Than de-
srable for the interests OF shippers the principal
buslnes. Of the week Is crowded iato an tncoa-
yenienty short space Of time for the re.raasisson
ofBtock to distant markets. Our receipts this week
up 20 Thursday. were considerably less than one
fourth Of tho whole week, there was consequently
comparative 'nacttou In TIE ys1ds until Thursday
With moderate supply since, there has been no lack
Of activity, and th the exception OF few "scala-
wngs left over in the yards this evening" the re-
ceipts have been cleared ont ut prlees which show
adyaucc upon last weeks nark et Of k1e per 100
The gold fever has not spread ftA Infection
tic yards but owing to heahy, active. and increas-
Ing demand for we]lfrd sock there has been degree
ofhrnness IN the tsnc Of the market tat has proysl
Satisfactory to the Interests Of buyers and seer It
must, however, be remembered that there La large
number Of dissllllery seattle to bo brought
into the market, the Introduction Of which will nee.
essarllly bring down prices for the tha tt7c. Some
anxiety is naturally fol hy owners respecting this,
e.pecla p there II uncertainty to the tune
We hnve reported during the week esveral sales OF
d1stilery fed CATTLE which have realized f4s pytcs
and being In but small supply hare not in any way
affected the value Of stock In this market. The fol-
lowing some OF tho principal sales made during
tho week: ". II. Tloen to LIS lows Steers.
averaging 1913 ns at ss.7s; Horsch to Rub,o q 1y.
g Iowa stcezs averaging 1ss, Ds at sass; John
Adams to HouslcJ 50 lows 8te+fs avA-aEing 1870 Ds
At a6sotss Sherman Hall 4 Pope to Hardy 60 Illinois
6tesrf. veraging 1856 M. At 500; George Adams
aoid Dolaud 76head OF Illinois steers fed ty sll.s
Buck, Of Warren County. ILL.,, averaging 1850 ns. at
ks:ss as.o g.. es soo waMolk qais
sold Asrn Co. ~ Illlnois Steers, averaging
,sl2 ms, at s7.t2h Samples sold Norris wa,xsl &
Reinne1nan To- Illinois Steers. averaging l.ee5 at
$3.50 Miller Co. sold Gordon 81 hesd Illinois Steers
fed BY j. B. Lucas OF Wyoming, averaging 12s. s at
Se0; G. Dolby sold Boland 116 head Missouri Steers,
ayerastpgisai ms at sass; cramer sold II. Living
eeu 11s 1ilncis Steers averaging 1851 ns at ssauo
per head Leech sold Aorr1s Co. Al Illinois Steers
averaging 1,4s0 Ds, at $40; Myers { Lyman sold
Morris. Waixaa Co. il3 head dstlllerJ Cattle fe By
Eiog OF Iaeon Illinois. averaging 1850 y at s1ooco
per hesd- -.
The receipts to-day h.Te been much ezs than were
nutIclpated-buslness has consequently been lin.
tied and restricted; the market was, how.
ever, nrucr than yesterday. Tho sup
ply might have had much to do with this :
rrscts were higher than any prevtous day OF the
week, and chow advance Of sc on yesterdayB quo
tattons, SOC On the week, compared with last
Saturday. Our special despatch from Albany, on
but not to hand Ut the time this Is VIII.
tcn win show the state Of that Market aud .he fro-
bnbe demand In Esw York Aou1ay next. Tha
receipts to day at the yards werc about so head, tho
entered salcs amount to 956 head at &t5$S 49, the
bulk Of which were 1t s6.o9sio gross. The follow
Ing the principal sales inside tsday: At the Fort
wayae yards George dams sold Taoseathal 6s Illinois
steers fed bE john F. Roach Of Glrard 3agoutn coun~
IT, half Duthanl, are1sgiug1 125 st f7 gross; tho 4
sonthsrn Tsfds 8. Daweon, Of Lexington sold Hosau.
~ & Co 70 Nfiaott .teers, ALI years old, averaging
lbe, ut s95 for this clasB Of STOCK this proha-
bly, tho best droyes that has been sold ChieA
70 Dolby sold lAnkin T. Otis 45 Missouri stters or
very prime grade, aTeraefngt2 $50 lbs. at ssoa per
head ;st Sbetunns Yards J. Adams sold Campbell y
dIstcry cattle from Peos1a. averaging :.ls2 lbs at
SICK Eross Government Cattle contnue In fair d..
Eoapd- Tho market closed this evening active and
huoyant, With but rery few head OF Any description
left over unsold The special dispatch from Albsny
previously referred to- stows decline on last weekl
market of1sHc. Thisfa not satisfactory for d.o-
yers. could havs been wished, and With improve.
uszt iI New Yerk on Monday, may deprec1ate our |
market next week.