Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1865-12-28
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.
OUR MIDNIGHT MARKET REPORT.

Especial Dispatch to Western Associated Press.
l NEw TOR6, December 81.
RAILWAY STOCKS.
The stock market continues dull and weak and
the outside busincs is rarely nominal Some
speculative holders show synptoms OF a failure OF
confidence in maintaining the present prices and
are realizing upon portion of their stock. Among
the elder brokers there la 3 disposition 70 start.a
powerful Bear movement a. the opening oil the
year. This morning the Bears were hamniering
Erie, Old Southern and Pittsburgh. After call
the market became heavy aud everything lower.
The market was steady ct the one O'Clock board
and there was more demand for stocks; Al the
last board there was q bettor demand for Old
Southern and Pittsburgh.
QUOTATIONS.. .i
The following were the closing prices at 430P.M. /;
Ohio & Mississippi certificates 2S3sl New York
Central 955s; Erie 95H; Hudson River 1861; Read
ing IO6%;..Michigan Southern 7515i Cleveland and
Pittsburgh s23I; Cleveland and Toledo -; Rock
Island 1861; Northwestern So; do preferred 6I1f;
Fort Wayne ~ h-
MONEY. 7
Money is abundant with a limited demand.
dom if1
GoId is dull. The demand for customs is quite
light aud the speculative movement is nominal.
Closed quietly at l45H iHf
~GovBKSMEETs. .-sf J. ai
Governments are still in steady demand. Gold
interest bends are firm at yesterdays quotations.
5-20s are especially active the Sd series rose Is.
Certificates are more In demandI In consequence Of
the decline in the rate Of interest on call loans.
Philadelphia papers report that Secretary Nc
Culioch. when in this city, had a loan of Sl00, OO0,-
900 offered him by the National Banks. sri
ras-c -rtse
The Post says The loan market is easy and
abundance Of capital is to be had at per cent on
call a few transactions arc taking place at 6 per
cent. Commercial paper is Offering freely and
rates favor the buyers. The stock market is ex-
tremely dull and there is more disposition to sell
at a concession in prices. Governments are steady
7-S0s being the strongest on the list. Railroad
shares are dropping and there is very little legiti-
mate business.
COAL
Twenty-Five thousand tons of Scranton coal
were sold to-day, at auction, by the elaware
Lackawauna & Western Railroad Company, at the
Exchange Sales Room. The company of bidders
was smaller than usual aud there was compara-
lively little demand for coal. 1t was disposed Of
at a decline of about 81 a ton from the prices Of
November last, and nearlv s2y75 Ston since 0cto-
Der. The following are the sQles and prices oh
tanned 1000 tons chestnut coal S7,O5@7, 10; COCO
stove coal S9.25@9,371I5 $500 egg coal S7,S71&@
s,I2%; $500 crate coal ~sg.g0aa. ST.; 1000 steam
boat coal sa,e1@9,l2IS; Gg0O lump coal s., Oo9s, Is.
This coal is delivered at Elizabethton, NJ, in The
month Of January, in tO1s af 224O lbs. The
freight charge is 7jc per ton.
PETROLEUM srocks.
There was some activity 10 Bennehof Run and
Pitliols Creek to-day, hat the balance Of the list
QUOTATIONS..
The srles tc-dny we're at the following rates
BennehOff Run 1850; Buchanan Farm II; Brad
ley 81; Empire CITY 80; First National ~; McCTin-
took $50; Oceanic 43; Pithole Creek l4l0 United
States 24Oi Webster 90; Heydrick 40. 4+t am
80, PETROLEUM.
Petroleum is dnH ct 3 decline noted before. Sales
1900 bhls refined in bond at G4@G5c, and I5OQbbis
for January at G}g. Crude quoted at 4l@4l%e.y
DRY GOODS. ~ 81
The following are the quotations from the Dry
Brown MISUNDERSTANDING ss,z Ludlow A q;
Shatucket "a 3Eas I- HHH T %
Bleached Shirtings-Wamsatta 80; LonsdaIe 49,;
Hill Al 40. f-4 SO -... t..-r --T ..rT
Prints% o5,9 ~ AmoSkeqe "a; Aliens 81
DelainesZLmerican 81. --i1i a-i t0 G-1H
GiDghhms-LaneasteF 90. l-isr1c
Brown Drils-Standard 80 -Ht r, 4g
Corset Jeals-Bates3 31&- -
Ticks-York3 30 inch Go; do 80 inch 81.
StriPes-Uncasville daTk3j. ."
Denims-Amoskeag %; Haymaker AZ. ID
MISUNDERSTANDING Duplex Elleptic 20 to 30
hoops, prices unchanged; C.. I. & 7. Meyers.
]. X. L., II inch, 20 TO 10 hoops, 80 to 10, 3 inch,
20 to 40 hoops, TOTO 10.
. DISPATCHES. sr,H a-srs yr4
The following dispatches were received at the
Exchange to-day r... 80 -.
B~oston-Market very frm with fair demand.
Providenee-Trade dull. Printed goods firm at
80 cents. '5raaH
Phila-Market unchanged and quiet. W
Cincinnnati-Market generally qniet, Prepare
tions for taking stock check business.
Chicsgo-Little doing. Stocks generally well
Louisville-Goods in fair demand. STANDARD.
prints 24@25; s~heetings 32933. p
St LouisIfrade very quiet. River still under
Ice DiocKhue' -~s-9Ez1fge "a grEffHW