, 1870-08-24


The tariG from St. Louls to Chicago. and from
chanRci. Between Buffalo and New ioEK. how
ever, the rate has been Advanced from $l-Do per
car-the ruling tnte for the mast two months OF
nore-te sita, %, with prospect Of further y
crease At az eat!y day. !! l. nnde,ssoo3 1ha, 81
agree tu TN amfc1h!e tfIs!stpn OF the hnstuess ef
the three roads, the Ere tastns the I've stock aud
heavy frelRhfs and the New lorS and Penasy!xa-
1hr present rates are rs iuksws: From 81 Lnuis
10 Ch!ca9o, kis01 per car; IRON cnlyag9 y But-
S an ,Eas' a ifs u essssS sss 2o1 K Ns% so'k
nFEF CATTLE-The week ciostnc Tonight
has E0thiEg to distinguish II from the two OF ihrce
preceding weeks, except that there has been
stuek lnaskcttl- While c0ntlucd to no particular
class Gta1e.of STOCK, the demand fur well Ha-
turetl hrcses suitable tor shipment East has, as
heretofore, tcen norr active. and the prices 1sai,
tzc,1 mere generally rc1Run:ratse. We have haI
no sItla 'F-svt-*, ana ro1npar9tiss1s se~ tna1
and YET the Increase In the supply Of 80 Il second
class ca11l: has been sun,cienr to bring the
Or the previous nnc. In thc absence OF sales
II Is impossible to arrive at an Intelligent
conclusion - TO lust how much an extra tunch 9f
for such ~ arc uaualls described "choEcc, tur
| plsh any criterion. S9u0a9.as would not Ire an ex-
trayagnnt quotation. The scarcity OF lat cattle Ii
iii points East Ard West comes The same COM
| plaint, and rs there Is 10 prospect 81 the sapQ3
Of such exceeding. or esen equa'1ng, the de
| rpanti for come weeks to come, We see no good
1cason why rrcsen, rrices may not be sustained
| Tie only thing that Ba~ Eccnls likely to Gauss
n yapf O. \ thf P.Gpssahe nhe
nr even higher tariff BE- established, It - not he
eys., tha, ,hc eclIae IN rt'ee o. sresi5 s, eanee
smooth well-faited steers. Averaging from
11ao IL ls:1 rs, also s-!l we'll therc t,eing really
hu,ers Al s7,oNsSoa Medium shipping NJ. sastis,
antt cleveland MaIkcts, have been ID TOO literal
tupnly. anA holders Of such we're t,otherNi not
little 10 close out aase at loss u is thas cass
nntchcsK and 1ectleFr and not quite up TO the Re,
. gu,rrment4 Of shippers, and may be 1antel t!n
a1 lr averages t,[, Q. if" t"ss r.o - nrn ,1
bringing fccs.cts Into the market In considerable
toIrr, and their purchases turing the past Wtel
wtse in The aggregate, large. FA.st0 8ootl thrift.
suun9 st+err, averaging from suo 70 1.o0 ~, wer<
| quick sale at sAahaAsa, white light thin soft
.'"un' u 1s% his ~ Ths1 nn
M E~Iccptlble dln,tnuttou In the supply Of Texa
cattle, but the demand continues fatrls active
&c tssss rsscs nsrp soe e eSeitesnt o
castcued rsrly in the week 10 regard 70 the "Texa
cattle feyer,-Enm0ts to the effect that It ha'
Vi tic iunoss Central, amt The chicago. BuziiuR
ion 4 QaInfs Roa.!s, having teen y'guruu*y cit
rulated. A little Investigation, howescs, rfore,
| unn and the market has not been unfAyara1,l
Affected. The highest rF7cc realized waS *63sa
| for extra cuTE-fed- GOthl to chhlce have sol
:ssa..ly asH.:" Ra'", and common to medium
To-day, untlrr too liberal supply, the .naskt
|, Weakened. There Ehs q large attendance c
busers shirrerH. feeders, city butchers aud gar
srscuators ,leNE HbeFally represented, hEs. wilt
supply of over @.utD cattle IN the safe r:as.th
| rccclrts yesterday and To-day aggregate 6,ssl-
fplty four.tifths 1T which wuuht gr1ie belN,
scron-cl2Fs, holders tsecaCue little nc!Hos1s an
n their anxiety to fsa.tke w msn,fested aspas
slew to iaKe advantage, an! f,r all description
bc1nyy choicc an average Tt1trction Of eac per II
rs was suffered. Thr offerings nj fat cattle wei
: few, and tneee ftugt rea4ly sale al full rate
eaI.s dragged throughout. though ID the nr Stc.A
a fair business was transacted Stockefs wc1
salahlr at t3'ta i y for tttn rough lo:s 1a amooi
! thrifty eteers, though the hulk nf the sales TT!
& within the range u 49,. ~, i9r averages
themselves at fa.eoSa-s5 for tufetinr mixed IL
aud thin Texas TO fat cows and medium Steel
! Texas and Cherokee cattle were arain IN laf'
supply, and thin tongh lots were almost uaaa'a
y II any price. Some troSes were closetl cut
z se-ssk ya3-U. while thru weTc others thas coa
= nui u worked Oh ut even this low range. F:
10 good tlroyrs sold 81 flHh3 l.A'. anil choice
i:..:aa9a good many castlc ase lex "s'
and the market closed heavy.
CLOSING FRIcEs
Choice Beeycs-t1nt fai weltfotmcd
3to 3.ye2r MD steers and averaging
FINN - to i,ssa pounds; ; ,;.ss ;a.,: ss IS
:" formed steers, averaging 1,15o to 80
ratI s; Gsaa::-FaIt SEER, ID tair aes,;,
averaging 7.7on 70 40 pounds. :.-... 6ast4e
Metium Class-Me.lium s1tr!s, and Eoosi
10 i,o.o rouatfs = ......... ......... &oNs5
nssn atsr.ctnr ~ 10 -, POUNDS AoGa5
1nte.tor-112ht aud thin cows AMI stsrFs s-Rk4s
rkTT Jf1-OkY.