New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-04-28
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Financial Matters in New Y.ry..

Financial Matters In New Ysryy.
NEW YORK, April 27,-Money easy. and in
excess of the demand; call loans 6@7; prime
discounts TSS Gold quiet; 80. Sterling in
anu anu strong all day; closing higher. 520s of
i9o77, 1871, with coupons, ll20112t; of 1864, Il0lM
IdCs i6os OF 1866, ll0111l0s sixes l083ll08f; Of
iS9 t9lOs4; lO40s, 1925 0lO2l; 1905,
Domestic Markets
NEW YORK, April 27.-Cotton market
uisti ~ Az ti1dhang ~ hg aplands S3@ssAc.. mostly
4I aI ooc' at winch figure the market closed.
Flour dull. Wheat firm. Corn dull i89c'
lower. Mess pork SIS ga. Lard ISsais5e'
groceries quiet and steady. Turpentine On
the spot 73@733; to arrive 6907Oc. Rosin
- 1901; Freights dull; by sail 3l6; by
CNoINN1rf, April 81. = Flour-fam;lv
Sll 50. Red winter wheat 81 G5a2 20.
Corn 92@95c. Oats 79080c. Tobacco Arm
Provisions generally buoyant. Butter 356i
4Oc. Eggs 2lc. Potatoes SO G0@3 rs. Hay
Sl2@l5. Weather clear.
LOUISVILLE, April 27.-Sales to-day 50
hhds; leaf tobacco active; lugs to medium
leaf So 25@l3 so. Cotton 30@31c Flour
superhne SS 1909. Wheat 81 6o02 Go.
s 0ats 1S@8O. Corn, shelled and ear, sra
S9c' Lard lS4@ls5c. Mess pork $28 25e2
70 ~. Bacon shoulders 14c; clear rib
sldes lIggl14cj clear sides 172Ql8c. Whisky
dull and nominal
ST. LOUIS, April 27.-Tobacco unchanged,
Bacon shoulders lS3c.; clear side I74o.-
sugarcured hams 2O921c. Lse5 ~,
Weather clear and warm.
Foreign Markets.
LONDON, April 27.-Evening Seopeies
LrvERPooL, April 27-Ev, sng. 1ltcston
scarcely SO firm. Uplands IL ai orleans
l5s@l34d; uplands to arriv d
From Yesterdays Eve asps-
WASHINGTON, April 2T In the
court, after several proposi. affecting
final argument by Senators had zen reject.
ed by votes indicating that a majority de.
sired to push the matter to speedy coaclu-
sion, the whole subject was postponed until
after the argument was concluded. Mr.
Stevens then proceeded with his speech.
LONDON, April 27.-Later Abyssinian dis.
patches state that Theodorus and his sons
are prisoners, and great quantity of valu.
ables captured at the fortress of Magdala.
The English are en- route for home,
LSundays Dispatches.l
LONDON, April 2G.-Highly important dis.
patches have just been received from Abys.
sinia. battle was fought on Good Friday
before Magdala, between the British troops
and the Abyssinian forces, in which the lat.
ter were defeated, and retreated into town,
Their loss was very heavy.
On the Monday following, General Napier
ordered an assault upon the town of Mag.
dala, and the town and citadel were carried
by storm.
King Theodorus was slain. Large mum
bers OF his warriors were killed, wounded,
and taken prisoners. The entire capital
remained in the possession of the British
forcee. The British loss is small.
All the British Captives were found in
the city alive and well, and were set free.
General Napier's instant return is eE.
pected.
PARIS, April 26.-The French feet in the
Japanese waters is to be augmented, and
orders to that effect have been issued from
| the ministry of the marine.
Many American naval officers are ex-
pected to be present at the opening of the
international marine exhibition at Havre.
A dispatch from Sidney, New South
Wales, dated March 81, stated that Prince
Alfred was recovering from the effects OF
his wound.
Count de stockburg, present minister Of
Russia at Vienna, has been appointed to
bassador at Paris.
HAVANA, April 26.-Latest Mexican al.
vices say many foreigners have been ar
rested during the past month. Only five
were expelled. Negrete, with five hundred
men, is openly in arms against the govern
ment. War in Sinaloa is progressing, The
| revolutionists have three thousand men, the
| government five thousand men. OrtegaFs
| Party are making strong exertions to be
allied with Negrette and other chiefs. Stages
leaving the capital are regularly robbed.
The commerce of Vera Cruz and other
towns is paralyzed. The worms have de-
stroyed the cotton crop.
San Francisco, April 26.-Mexican intel.
ligence say Jiminez has submitted to the
government and dIsbanded his troops.
Troubles in SinalOa continue.
The war of races in Balize continues. The
English are gaining ground.
RICHMOND, April ga telegram from
Charlottesville announces the death at that
| place yesterday of Hon. William C. Rives,
| formerly Minister to France and Senator
from Virginia, aged seventy-fve.
New York, April 26.-Bank statements
decrease the loans 81, sos, 900; specie, ST.
$4,000; deposits ST, ,525, 600; increase in cir.
culatiOn, S945,000; legal tenders, So, ,033, 900.