New-York daily tribune., 1843-12-25
Commercial and Money Matters,


C. For sales at the Stock Exchange see Last Page
SATURDAY ?. NJ.
It was rather blue day in Wall street, and in the
morning there strong disposition to stand from
under. After the first rush 10 sell however. the
market reacted and some OF the strong men CAME
IN, which gave considerable hrmness at the close
The tall in nearly all the stocks considerable,
ranging from to three ana four Per Ct, but III the
Second Board things were one 10 Two per Ct better
than al the first The reasons given loI the decline
are several The fact that Saturday was settling
day for three days, had an influence with the weak
operators. One of the banks for some reason,
called III large amount OF loans. and this was also
the case with some of the large lending brokers'
Probably the mann reason was, that the large trans
actions Tor tie last thirty days had piled up such
quantity Of contracts i'll the hands OF mere specula
tors that at the first appearance OF panic they
threw their stocks OH the market. reaction OF the
continued advance OF the last month was looked for
by the cautious, but twas not expected TO come all
i'll one day
The Exchange marketcontnucs as before noticed.
The supply small with nothing OF Importance from
the SontI. The rates are tending upward. Ster-
ling is premium and leading house sold ElO,000
at 81 prem. Francs 284 q ) 27l.
The United States Fire Insurance Co. has decla-
rcd dividend OF sX per cent, for the last SIX
months.
y Twenty dollar bill on the Orange County
Banl at Chelsea, VI No. 1924, payable 20 5. Mann
Der. /, 1913. was mailed at Tunbridge VI. on the
lth inst. and directed to this office. The bill WAS
abs,r0ctcd from the letter by the mail robbcr at
Hudson, and the publication of It's description may
possibly lead to detection should an attempt be
! made to pass it.
In South Carolina the President OF the Bank of
the State has made Il long report, showing accord
ing 10 his statements, that the Bank will pay
the public debt az ii comes due and that II will
have paid at The end OF the debt, upwards OF ten
:, nd q u
millions four hundred thousand dollars.
we are authorised 10 state that the notes OF The
Dry Dock Bank will be redeemed BY The Union
Bank, No. Il Wall street.
Receipts on the Western Railroad for the week
| ending Dec. l6 1913 l8i!
Freight -. -. l.t2 i,i0s
Total. -. -. ....... sS,iGi S7,3i6
Markets Carefully reported for The Tribune
SATURDAY, Dec. IS.
ASHES.-The market remains without, change
TO note. About 100 bbls. pois have been sold III
4 30 bu holders generally are unwilling 10 accept
that rate Pearls arc held II 10, but we heard
OF no sales OF Importance.
COTTON.-'i'hc speculative action continues TO
some extent, and the sales 0OO to 30U bales to-
day at very full rates The sales OF the week end
mo Friday, add up lS.300 bales. The advance
since the steamer is reported to be TO cent per
ID. Ii does not probably much exceed the smaller
sum.
FLOUR AND NlEAI..-Therc is far demand
only, and we notice sales Ohio and Michigan to
some extent at 624, Genescc is held firmly atl 90.
There is some inquiry for England but we hear Of
no further sales. The market Is firm. Scratched
is in good demand at t "A a i 81 fine mlddhng
( l23 nidding 5 80 a ) 62l ship stuls | - Il
8 o. The 1000 bbls New-Orleans a1oat is, we
believe, not vet sold. There is nothing of i'm
portance dong i'll Southern descriptions. George
Town sells in lots at 4 62I a 10; Brandywlne o.!
"a, 4 p;rl ! a \
Richmond CITY 5 80. For Meal there IS q tar de-
mand AT 62j q , 75 for Jersey and Brandywlne;
Br,lndvwine hhds So. Rye Flour is s. u ; l28,
with fair sales. Buckwheat is selling AT 8 oO
% for common and So for fancy; bags 50 : ~;
halt barrels 81 az %. Shorts are nominally l0a
II cents; Ship Snhs Is a Ii cents bag Meal Is
very dull at 91 ll2 cents. Sales ~ ton Buck
wheat feed al 56l cents per 100 lbs.
GRAIN.-Thele is some inquiry for Wheat, but
not at at present rates. The quantity is increasing
bv arrivals from New Orleans. The market rate is
abol, 100 cents. Corn is not active. We notice
sales s 10 1000 bushels Delaware yellow Tor the
East on terms we did not learn and 1000 do, new
Northern at Is cents. In Rye there IS no change
ohour $500 bushels sold at 81 cents in the slip and
50 cents delivered. Oats we quote at 5! 33 cents
Nothing dong in Barley.
WHISKY.-The market is heavy and notice
sales 500 bbs. New-Oreans at 253 cents, decline
OF cent per gallon Drudge Is % and dull.
SEEDS.-There is rather more inquiry for ClO- |
yer. and sales are supposed 10 have been made
above our srevrus quotations. We quote new al
l03 l03 old g -. Small sales rough Flax at
9 a 8 %, for carding and cleaning. Timothy is III
some request at Sl3 Sl4.
PRONISlONS.-The markets are extremely dull
and prices of Pork are declining. Old Ohio prime |
would not bring over 8 IS 81 Mess 10 80, new
Mess Sll New State Prime 25 Mess Sll. We
notice sales $50 bbls. Sour Mess on private terms
Beef is inactive, the quotation for Country is l83
a % for Prime; 8 49, 25 for Mess; and % |
A 6255, and 80 6 625 for City.
FlSll.-Of Dry Cod 200 quinsals have been ia
ken at about . 68} for dry, and . 623 for green;
Nlackerel are quick, and prices have upward
tendency. The 500 bbls. Halifax reported yester |