, 1870-12-30
Little Doing in Breadstuffs
Tnmmnny Making Preparations
to Receive the Released
Fenians.

MONEY.
NEW foRk, Dec a9-Tne speculttors for lower
nr1ccs 1t the Stock Exchange attempted to make
good, to- Jay, their threat that the money market
should ba more stringent befofe the close Of the
year than 1t any time this season. The amount
Of money conIolled and withheld BY them to-day
waa estimated at from four to ok millions. Loans
on cali, during bank hours. ranged from per
cent cnErencJ to I per cent gold Us The minimum.
and y 10 4 Fer cent for carrying stockA- To-
wnrd the closc the rates declined to currency.
4 member Of a leading stock honse broke down
the rates By c1c1lng to carry $500 shares
Of Northwestern common It per cent, and lent
nearly ooe million At the 1ega1 rate en- other col
lateral In spite Of the operations for squeeze,
Etock1 we're Rtrnpg. That they were so, was, In a
gteat measure, due to the belief that tho 6frsn-
gency cannot be maintained but 4 day or two. On
Saturday, It u betleved the desite to obtaln three
days interest viii influence the return to the n1r-
kct Of sunacieut amount to insure esse, and
easly IN the new rear the dividend disbursements
will terd strongly to the ZANE result.
GOVERNMENTS
Government bonds were strong and luF2ncet,
In Ctnlfal PAcidcs there waA a good husincAs.
and tho market closed strong. Late In the ateI-
noon there IVES another semI.panlc Ia the Enton
racstics, on a runoE that one Of the Maszachu-
, sets Directors, who Ia supposed TO te IarRs
holder had failed. The nrst mortgages fell to 81,
Assistant Tfeasurer bought 1,oo0. 600 government
honds, at prices ranging from l0t l3-100 to fcd
ss-190.
The gold n.arkct was oun ng1in, anu the price
ynrE.d nom 11oA@1IoA.
FOREIGN EXCHANGE.
The FOREIGN exchange market wAs Gull and
lower Prime bankers 60 day sterling bttla were
quoted at 100 and 1oSs<, to 1osts Tor good bank
! e1s, and sight 10oH to 1tsH.
WHEAT.
| The wheat market was unsettled. At the open
| Ing holders asked material advance, and taefe
was an appearance OF brisk inquiry from Hhlp
| pcrs, but towards The close they se,trca, and MI
lers seemed less Inclined 10 operate. and prizes
were entirely nominal.
! FLnEK. ...
The market for the common and reed1um grades
Of state and Western -four was ess actsse' lhe
more pressing orders Eeen - hase neen nl!eo
and shippers holl of. Hclders, ho"efes. "eft
no, disposed 10 make arS concession. The SUP
mn On The market va, quite 1csuIcted anil price
fulis maintained.
ITO The Attoefated rreAs,1
TAMNAsy 70 RECEIVE Ii7E nELkAaEp fESiASs-
ShS YoES. lsc, TsS ;,n!nSt WI It. IT," T1et, 1ea
n1cr,de.I. and Frti fhc committee met With I
sunllc purpoN. to ar1angc fot the pEtma marss, an.
s,sn nFsroe1s, cxpccte 10 arrive 1aIly. The an
; | nGuncenent waS recetycA With RFeat caee!taE
icrhnra Ofsotnsn and EoDE1easm 4 elect Rub
cTfs MGt,c spccct,es, and np?rurrtaie RESOLUTION
wfrc ndortet, Peter u, sweeney healed the sQt
> tc5trtDn with s. ,0ol, and same s.s.hN we're sub
/ scr1bcsi, the amount TO he it1ease.i 10 ke.o
: xkEIlSG or FRENCH SyXrATHtz1Rs.
The French Democratic Central GLIB hat
t nnos met ing io-nlshi It The Cooper Institute
). | cvnress syrunsiny tsr FRANCE. General JMtG
!. | Tertlrff. cx.W,pi6tcf tn Sweden: August RI
mort, Victor Pi.eff Siseonas ds ~ Ai{sse IA
Mchs and " aa 1Ee xfepesSs1 na'e
s enpIesslpg sympathy for tue French ncpuoac,
r 1Tr rrRofosTnIS7xKSAT1oSAL EXPOSITION.
sncs III messing Of The American 1osutut
vas fle1d iris ty,ntnE to eArgy out the plan for a
inicTnrttopnt Exposition IN 1s'6. Noracr Grrelt
occuniet the rthlt- lie hortt the lnstttute wou
1t | fate trrh me1ATCs kS wond fender unneressal
~ fnr r-yst schuJes which have bceo lately sia1s
in Tbi1adelrfsa mud Washington. 4 circular I.
ii general tllst4fbuuon WAS rvad, aud, after sou
;. s,ncndtutnf WIS adoptej. memorial. sctus
ii fMth tic Claims of the fnst'tute to 1echRnlt1o
wsa nrtn.rrA 70: presentation to Congress a
strne1 ri tnc officers Of the 1nstitote-