, 1870-12-16

sptetai Dtspa4eh to Ths Chicago THhuas.
MONEY,
Srw YoBK, Dec. 1A-1he feature OF the day on
Wall street, VAS the stTngency In the money mr.
ket The UmcultJ In borrowing WAS mostly COL
aned 10 the stock brokers, the larger dealer1 in
government bonds hartrK had large amounts Of
feicd them at the legal rate. It WRs understood
that the money market waa manipulated By the
OPT ratora for decline IN gtockA The Canadian
bank agents In this city, were trfnI1ng 70 make
loans on Gtock eollaierAlk Among brokers,
loans II ons tine were uade At per
cent. and = fourth OF one per cent per
day additional, that rats having becn bid.
Seven per cent gold was freely p2ld, and many
lent at that rate who were afraid to take CON.
mlstfon On account Of the usnrJ law. After the
close Of bank hours one-ha!t Of one per cent was
paid Gu the street Tor money until to-uorzuw. A
large crowd collected in front OF the Stock Ex-
change. and money was bought and sold the
same "A secus1sies inslde OF tue building.
sI0cEA
The Stock Exchange WAS the scene Of consider
able excitement, and there was N in-
ctxaseti pressure to sell securities
generally. New York Central scrip snd
Western Union Telegraph were the only
Important exceptions II t1meA The maftet
ses sued to be On the verge Of panic. Union Pa-
cthca we're down aKatD, and sold It Tx. Land
grant bonds of 1857 and income bonda were
| offered At 10, and s. bid. Da4ton. Hartford h
Esft frst mortgage boadt. which were selling re-
Gently 1t u, we're offered today at II, and II VIA
the best bid. Thtre Fere considerable dealings
preferred.
Government bon.ts were heavy, md declined.
The Afs.stant Treasurer took Il o01 90 Of the dit.
ferent tissues. at satea ranging from l06 ssl0o to
1tS e6-!oA The awasaa were not announced until
ot1ccE, md dcrauged business somewhat
FOREIGN EXCHANGE.
The foreign exchange market was 8t1nn1, and
! advanced, owing to the iacreased demand foy
returned from Europe for sale here. Prime bank
eEs' s,xtJ-.iay Sterling bills sange.i from 1o9t To
1fs4. aud sght from 1o9,s to 10, Commercial
! s!xty.day bills, 1tsh to 1osA.
GOLD
opened nj l11A, but declined IN the afternoon,
and ctcsed At 1Ioh after the board The rates
paid lot carrying were to per cent
BRxADsrurFs4
The wheat market was uneettltd,
The market Was dull for the whole range ol
State and Western nou.n- Shipping orters we9e
rduced in some cases equal TO sc per oArrel nu,
on the belief that stocks ara sa4l, NTH prospect
Of MI early reduction Of supplies, holders were
extremely ff1, and refused to Etre way 70 eIeci
| sales. BuAneas WIS consequently restricted, and
the market closed weak. though without quota.
| be decline.
| Tothe Associated p1e.a1
| 8CsfIksIoH.
| NEW foRK. Dec. 15,-The xuspen1iou Of IN old
ana highly respectable liquor urn NAs announced
Today. Illicit dtsul1eftes have ruined this d,u
witch was hopess IN lts dealings with The goy.
KILLED BT FAILING WALLS
| THIS morning an eight-stoE5 building On Thirty
ann street fell, crushing Two auall brick houses
with tneiE inmates. Inn killing four persons. two Of
ltaed are RobenJ AcCa0esty, aged 1: Mary
Reilley, Mrs, Hamilton. and = Nj. Donnelly, "a
s7zipsss 1s;;,n seye1 other, Te5e lightly Injured
! Fere only sixteen lnches tnick Ut the bo-tom. The
binding raa Intended tor piano mauuEsesor1.
coSvlc!1p OF xASst1ronrKE.
The thId iesr &C, for Killing James L'&an, Novem,
Eeats
II, Il Il rrnorsed That = man calling himself Judge
VEL Nallaoe has been here some weeks Offering
large amounts Of land for sale in khus2s and Col
dent Of large Western land company, has proved
! = swtntier, and diGappeared The exteut OF hi!
ttaads h not ascettatned, but y supposed 70 b
large.
/ RAILROAD sC1r,
NEW YORK. Dec. 1a-The argument tn the cxse
Western was commenced before the New Jer1e,
Chaneery Court yesterday. 1T Trenton. Hon
Robert 0llchrtst, tot the Erie, occupied the entire
daJ with b, arEunent The apposutment OF I
Receiver will come up when GlIchltst has con
| c!aded.
MEETING or csgrrxs.
| a large meeting Of CHspins WAS held this even
| ing. SpraEeFa claimed that the order had f2oQ,
oe. and Tonld resist the employers to the lasE
Andrew Rich, o, BuIssio' S = pue.t Of the t,,.p,
| central Ho;el, died in Seventh asenQe, this even
Ing, while accompanying his family 10 the opera
rho <o,- .ox .s Gs1sNf1L GGn4Nf1L FAIR.
Home commenced tonight General McCleilaJ
spoke, saying the services Of private soldiers 1ava
G1eir orphans Claim upon the country. which
grateful nation could ros fall to respond to.
| sL4SpEK CASE.
IN the case ot Rey. Mr. 1oues. Baptist minister
Who sued Rev. d.. Backus for slander for 8ayiaJ
ae t!oncs} WIS deprayed minister, thereby caus
ing his n 1ova1 from tho chapia!ncy Of tue Sea
mens B:1oel. O. Bonrlo, the Jury to-day Kave