Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1866-01-23
EVENING STAR.
Financial and numerical

The New York stock market is still vaeIlla-
ting and unsettled Speculation confined TO
specialiies, and stocks let alone gravitate down.
ward Government securities continue dull,
pending the action of Congress upon the loan
bill. Little Is known on the street respecting
the prospects of the measure, except that the
Secretary of the Treasury is very tenacious as
70 the adoption of the foreign loan proposal
and the granting of the large discretionary
powers proposed in the original bill, both OF
which features meet with emphatic and very
general disapproyal among Wall street Arms
Old fiVe-twPntieS were i lower The con-
tiDued sfTiDgency IN the London money mar
ket has a depressing effect upon them Seven
thiIties are still very firm, though lees active
q old firm at 1875 L.
The following, from the Baltimore 1~sriea..
gives the condition of the markets:
Conee.-There vas quite an active inquiry
for Rio this morning, and the market closed
hrIn AZ lea2l cents. gold, Tor common 10 choice
grades.
FIour.-We have TO note sales Of 100 bbls.
good Howard street super at SS.75 2J0 bbls.
extra do. at $3.50, and Leo bbls family, Linga-
more brand ~ SI2.25 per barrel. The lower
grades of fiOn- are neglected and heavy, but
good trade brands close in fair request and
Rye fcur.-First quality is dull at 81 per Dbl.
Supply fair.
Corn meal;-City mills is held at 81. No
Psiss reported.
Buckwheat meal.-Sman sales at si5OasI 60
pr leo 'bs. hulk.
GraiR-IransactIons in wheat were neces-
tarhy email. and prices showed a wide range
Tor Whit; sales of damaged and interior samples
being rrpOrfPd At iS5a2OU cents and prime do. at
2e5 cents. Ordinary 10 very fair red brought
2lCa:N cents Good 20 prime red may be @ acted
at .35a.45 cents. Sales OF corn were 10 a fair
amount, hat the market ruled heavy, partlcu-
larry for yellow. Included in the transactions
were 4-0O bushels prime " hite a. 90 cents, $40
bushels very good do. SO cents, 6,2UO bushels
prime yellow at y cents, 12,OOO bushels do. do.
al 20 cents, which was the hest price at the
eiOse for This variety, and 1000 bushels mixed
corn al sass cents. Oats moved freely at +5a50
cents, weight, for large parcels of inferior and
musty 10 urine Pennsylvania, and at 5Oa52
cents for retail lots. No sales of rye reported.
ProyisloDS.-All descriptions OF hog product
nmaln very quiet, put prices are maintained
We quote Bacon Shoulders at i5al5 cents
Sides at 1sa1S cents, and Hams at bias cents,
the latter figure for fine city sUgar-cu
Bulk Shoulders at 13al3a cents, sides at Is ~
10 cents, and Hams at Is cents. Western Lard
at i : al9 cents, City at isaisZ cents Balti-
more refined a. % cents, aud Mess Pork AZ s30a
s3C A. per Dbl.
Sugars--Late on Saturday 1i2 hhds Dems
rsTa (CenirIfugaD were sold on private terms
1ransaeiions to day We're confined to small
lots of grocery at unchanged prices. We
quote
Cuba and r. l. fair TO good refin'g s1t 25asl1 Is
- grocery - 25a ID 90
-" prime 10 choice Z" 10 sea IA SO
Porto Rico fair 70 good grocery II 25a 10 Is
prime 10 choice groc'y II Goa rs 90
"hlsky-The inquiry for Whisky was
Only moderate, and the market closed dull
Sales footed up leo barrels Western and City
IN lots, at 81 3Cas23I, and SO bols. PennsyIys,
mia at 50 q. '
~Seventeen thousand cigars 100. .,,.,o,-..