New-York tribune., 1866-12-22
FRrDlY Dec PIP. N.

Gold continues weak and closed at lS3iGer selling at
1881 and 1874 during the day.
Government stocks are stM offered by parties hoidsg
them, speculation, and employ surplus capital for
short time in excess the ofpemsnent investors and
srs lower The 6s of 1881 fell per cent old 520s for
new /; issue ofls65 l. and 1905 fS4 per cent Bhe
dealgs IN State bonds and railway mortgages are small
m former rates The speculative share market is lower
and upon stocks, compared with yesterday morn
ing the decline has been large Western Union fell per
eeat Quicksilver Il Msriposs Preferred !; Atlantic Mail
1, Pacific Mail, s. Wster Power, ii New-York Central
u; Erie III Reading l. Michigan Southern 1; Mchigaa
Central q; Illinois Central Il Cleveland and Pittsburgh
III North Western, 4 DO. Preferred :; Rock Island, /;
and Fort Wayne, II. After the cal prices recovered
slightly but under sharp demand for money soon became
weak AID stocks were sold at the Second Board at further
decline. M6fzins have been much reduced and many
stocks have already been sold on account Of weak
operators, unable OF unwilling 70 protect them. The
market closed unsettled st the following quotations:
New-York Central Railrssd, lOsi 0l0Sa Enc, 6Si a
Ssh Reading, lO23Sl03; Michigan Southern, 79S79i
Cleveland and Pittsburgh IS asst Rock Island, h2' a
SO3; Northwestern, 443945; Preferred, MANI Fort
Wayne, l04i 9loa
Money Oh call is in sharp demand ct 7per cent upon
Governments we'll the ordinary coaterals Of brokers'
The drain Of large sHd steady and the bank
statement wiz on Monday be much better than the actual
condition Of the banks The break gold has unsettled
prices on the Produce Exchange and large amount Of
produce could be sold ct quotations In imported goods
lower prices accepted and large loans the order Of the
day. In commercial paper little doing. Best names arc
placed at 81 al, chiefly at the latter.
Exchange is more plenty and lower. For best 60 days
sterling sales OF I0si have been made, though leSdng
houses ask lO9 The rates London 60 days. 1851
IO9; do, sight 1927 alO9i Paris long, 57ts5l6I; dO
abort, SIS; tAntwerp 52lI05.2O, Swiss, 52l4S52oi
Hamburg, SSi Amsterdam, Ai s4ll; Frankfort, aga
Alii Bremen, 7siS79i Berlin, 724s72i.
The Peoples Bank has declared semi-snnu dividend
Of S per cent
The January coupons the first mortgage bonds Of the
Central Pacific Railroad Company will be paid by MOssrs
Eisk & Hatch.
The Cleveland and Pittsburgh Railroad Company on
Thursday resolved not to pay dividend The earnings
have been used-in construction.
The following dividends announced; National Park
Bank per cent free; National Citizens Bank 5Per cent
free National Shoe and Leather Bank semi.annua per
Oent free; Third Avenue Savings Bank, semi-annua
per cent Free E1cslor Fire Insurance Company, semi.
annual per cent free; Farmers Loan and Trust Com
pany, per cent free; Rome, Watertown and 0gdoDS-
burgA Railroad sOni-annsa, pOr cent, free January
coupons, Ross Company Ohiol bOuds, at American Ns
doDal Bank
Tbs Western Union Railroad Company earned for the
week ending Dec. IA;
ls6s..7s s53 n q 800 "a Increase. s4s 43
dividend Of per cent has been declared by the
National Park Bank, payable on Jsnuag2.
The business Of the SubTroasury Receipts,
1881 III 20-fos Customs taSO 900; Payment u 49,
S96 s.; Balance, til3 PES as 9Oold Notes. 4524OOO
The earnings Of the Marietta and Cincinnati RSilro,d
Company for the second week in December 1896,
lS0...............t25sOi sOi lS65...-...,..t25659 Is
Total Tor the fiscal year. commencing January /;
.s6s............sl i25 ss4 s6J iG9as c.
The following the movements in Dry Goods ct this
port during the week;
gSTERED PoR coEsu1Rrox.
MarW of Rkgs. Value hoHiQ Q Pigs Value
woo........-.. .cS sll5ys5 FlaI. 545 t704s9
Coffou AL 400