The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1869-12-21
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CLOSING ouorArfoNs-pY TRLReRAPH.
NEW YoRK, December 20. - Money closed
easy at oar on call. Discounts quiet, 10 to II
for prime paper. Exchange closed weak At
ss8sX. Gold broke down during the aner.
noon. and closed weak and dull at 2o3ka7olf.
Governments closed dull. Five.twenties, 1907,
iiay<i 1884. iiltS; 1895, lli<j new, lloJ<, 1907,
llGAi 1893, iit4. Ten.forties 1857. Stocks
closed feverish.
NEW YORK MARKET.
NEW YORK, December 2o.I p. m.-0otton
unchanged Flour dull and nominal. wheat
quiet but arm; winter nominslly ti.3i8l IS.
Corn Go, quiet but nrmi tilsglio; Dat, outlet
nal; Pork duh and nominal; saaGaa.so. Gold
BALTIMORE MARKET.
is but little doing In Flour, but the offerings
are light and the general tone OF the market 10
somewhat frmer. Howard street descriptions
The Wsstsra Flour coming forward /. being
held for higher prices. We have only to 70
port today sale. q 100 bills, Fine At ti.so, and
'0p W SSs ESt,s a. 81 Rsr Dbl
morning. The receipts were 1900 bushels,
snd we note sales IS follows, viz: /, 900 choice
Ms5 q az 5ea A. t.o 200 prime d. =. g
ordinary do. At si.lS, 1000 prime Pennsylvsnis
do at u. as@i.27, and 200 choice white At d. 90.
Gorn-Market active to-day and firm. Re-
ceipts heavy, about %, 900 bushels, and sales
as follows, Wis 10000 bushels white more or
less damp At sosess cents, 1900 do. dry at ssfe
y cent?, 900 do. yellow at stds6 cents, 5000
do. At 64ss cents, and G,0oo do. dry at OOfe9i
cents.
Rw,-None at market to.dsy.
Oaf-Steady; sales 900 bushels at 55157
C96ee.-The market 10 quiet, aud we arc
again without sales to report. Prices are,
however, steady, and we quote as before, Wiz;
s R,S i1 bond a; ranging from to u cents.
duty paid, at Nx@l0 cents for fsir to good,
s and I@s cents st., for prime choice, gold
stSsE here 10 ns;i hand, about 1900 bag.
say 2tA92s cent. for low middling, and 25T1@
26Lf cents for middling Upland, but as yet we
have heard OF no sales. Liverpool advices are
MOid.,eI.-New Orleans ranges from IS to IS
cents for new crop, with = lair jobbing de-
mand, but foreign 10 dull and nominal as fol-
Muscoyado 35q5o cents, Porto Rico tSfl75
cents; English Island t5t70 cents per gallon.
MM Fetd,-Brownstutfis selling slowly at IS
Tor light, and is8 10 cents per bS.hei for heavy
Propisiont. The market 10 weak and lower
at the West, and dull and heavy here In con.
price, and orders arc being nilcd as follows.
viz: Shoulders at l5iS cents; rib sides at ISL,
cents, and clear rib do. at 10Y 3IOl3 cents. The
for round lots. Bulk NESTS, fully cured, We
quote nominal at i5y.giSlI cents Tor should.
crs; 1B4Dl8iS cents Tor rib Sides, and II cents
for clear gib do, but there Ia little cured stock
offering Latd we quote as before at iopi9iS
cents, but we hear OF no sales. Mess Pork
10 duh and heavy, and new Western Offering
At tJl per Dbl, without buyers.
hfc'-Cafolina Is coming forward slowly,
put the receipts are fully equal TO the dems nd.
We hear OF no sales to-day but we quote al
"a gent: Tor isir to good, and 7!S3IA cents
SGh,-Liverpocl Salt, which is now in
light supply, 10 moving Off very slowly at
our previous quotations, viz tl.759ti 81 for
Ground Al INN, and t2,60Spt2s0 per sack for
Fine. Turks Island we quote at 50 cents per
Sugars.-The market is very quiet, and we
are without sales to report to-day. Prices are
As follows, viz: For fair to good refining 10Y
gil centsj grocery Cuba II SfpI2l, cts, Cubs
Centtilugals l24l3 eta; do. Porto Rico nv
Ola cents.
Refined Sugdrs-Hsrd Crushed we quote TO.
day at l5dl6ls cents, and Soft do. at iilI fpltsL
cents for A whitei I@itk cents for b; i31
glt cents Tor Extra y, and l3's9i3I cents
SwlP,-we quote as follows, viz. Calvert
At ti'o5 Da timore Golden at 8o0S2 cts;
Maryland do. 65Ep6T cts; Monumental UOfp62
etsi Chesapeake 1880 OTIS; Canton Golden
6OH52 cts, and Merchants 4l8i2 cts. per
gallon.
Secdi.-Cira,s Seeds are dull with rather A
declining tendency. Clover we now quote At
SI5Qs2 70 FOR fair to prime, and Timothy at
s3.6CG3,76 per bushcl. Flax 10 steady at "a. rs
Whiiky-We quote to-day dull at s7I99 cents
sales,