, 1870-12-14
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GOLD.
NEW YoRE. pec. 1s.-rne gold muSet COL |
tlnues s.aQnAnt, tho only Quotstiona todA3 being
1:ox and nos. The rates paid for carrying were
flou to pe1 cent
The money market was active at and per
cepi, and toward the close At per cent+ Inc
continuance OF warm weather II deieEring the de"
mand for currency from the PORK packing section,
and the only shipments from here Of importance
at p.esen. are to the South for coston. The lzrgo
currency balance OF the Treasury, and the well
known disposition Of the Secretary to reduce the
bonded debt Ms rapidly Is possible, are Important
elements In the calculations ~ 10 the immediate
t future Of the market Choice commercial paper
uaa in moderate suppl! at Bk to 7k for double
named, and Inferior grades at s per cent ted up
| ward.
| Gererrmcut bonds were steady The expects-
ton thtt the Treasury purchases OF Thursday VIII
| exceed the amount advertised for gives the mar-
Eet nfm uLtlertoue.
/ y.RKlGS kxCHAHGR.
The foreign exchange nsrEet mas dull Prime
nsnLe1t' sixty days sterling bills ranged from
1867, TO los, and sight 1o9. t. los,s; commercial.
1tst to 1os:..
The stock market was weak, and declined, aud
the fluctuations were uniucportant
| DIT 00GDa.
In dry goods there was a rather better business
| to-Ay. Domestic pr1uts we're dEmer. and tn some
cases have advanced. Foreign dreas goods are
IN demand, with bus a small amount IN 1rst
: hacds.
WHEAT.
The whent market WIS dull and unsettled.
There xete no bu3era vi any advance On rester.
day prices, but holders we're generally disposed
! to ins.st upon more money.
R10rR.
State and Western nout3 were held higher, es
r.ciay the leading shipping extras. owing 70 tat
: rspcrt.thns the Liverpool market IS rrmez, witt
4 a tttong probability that Paris may soon capltn
). late: but buyers did not advance their bids, a1t
o the clc1e was heavy.
d ITO the As+oeiated rress.l
FIRE AND LGss OF LIFE
>, NEW YopK, Dec l3.-Thc tobacco manu'actor,
Ii Of j. II. MeAtptue, corner OF Avenue anu reosl
street, vaH total d s1voyed By nEe this m1rnin9
Fuuy Insured. Tie ialitne walls Of the bu.idnI
v hlItd one man and seriously iujused another.
l. TIE cKlsPIS s7RIKE
Ia | erreafs to be weakening, many men hArtnY 10
[e daJ returned 10 work At the reduced wages. n
manufacturers SIN refuse n! asseri
them in restoring the wages to the former stand
.e ard.
4. Robert E. Iounitz- the celebrated sculptor G
ID this city, was found dead IN bed this morning.
e. y 1exse sr,,v,n.,. shs ws.xnoyu banker. eay.
ID banquet last night Benjamin F, Pelxotto, ne
ce United States Cougul to Roumanla. At which mo
ID OF the psu1snent 1sraci!1es Of the city We're pre-
OF tnt
Of number If prominent merchants or II
IN Flu1tn and Thirty second Distsicss called on Gel
er4I Pl*aantop this after no0n to express eeerets
r. hia probable retirement from tho ONCE OF caliec
Ge o., and conQT1t 1tuh; Ing him on his promotion
&C tne Co1nmissionershtr Of internAl Reycane.
he ERooxLxN CITY BoSDS-
Mass ss Il # Il. e onas
CD ty the Common Council. last night, fos huild1'
tte 4 ACEETkNAR1AS,
u: Ellen Burke, aged lG5. vas sent TO blackwell
Island. by inc Commissioners OF Charities. Il
forenoon.
Dnethousand fraudulent 80 bonds, representa-
q niion Of dollars. we're printed. and etKhty-n
o. ~ isiT o %I+dee '
81 self not to psce any more On the market The
tu- mainlng tsonls have not heeu found.
sCICipK FOR INSURANCE..
lca Wm. Tralnns, mechanic. Swallowed lauda1I
and .t!et at bis honsc, in Mosrtsans. some psnt
,h., ss rs xs md sTo the
md su1ance On his l1ic-s .00u-as I4ure to ooss
n Employment had made a., M desperate
TO Amau who ga.e hts namc a Tneolore v aila
WAS arrested. ytsfcrlay, lot sWioailax pcfst
,! co1ie citing mopsy u aSEsnss lot Eoofs nc
MA nave connection 18th = subscription house
nee Hartford but plovei mere !u1ros or. lie IS e
me other cities.
ic- The fatinte OF D, e. keslcy Il Co., grain deal
aea In South street, IL reported, with Liabilities
re- <tfaN0o or <G09,o00. II Is an old house. AMI
$50 ioyed excellent c1rdir- ...
IN EuALIrr0x IN nRooKLTS.
F0a Funr new c4ses Of smallpox wete sllacove
o. In Brooklyn yesterday.
The steamships Columbia, from Giaseow.
- Fl gland. from Liverpool, ana the CITY Of Dub
fIOm Liverpool, hare arrived.
Gh THE CUtIF JUSTICE OF TTAH.
, y. Chief Justice Mexican, Of C1ah Territory,
ld.} has been In the city for few dsys. jefs Tor
Like City, this morning. He haf lengthy T
sne | cuitRuon with Attorney Ut neral AEesnAn
fur. .he left for the West The SUPREME Z,
| will tx beid Immediately upon bis tetusn 10
tae Territory.
ns"~ ASHirKESARS CELEBRATION.
.,sI The six+y-siSfh anniversary o. the New !
sin Historical So1ety "a. celebrated Tonight, At
'e1n" Academy OF Music. brilliant ass.mhaa1t
r{tEy rart OF the house. lion. Charles E:a
FER Adams delivered The anniversary adde's
the CONCLUSION Of the atlFfs% vote OF thank
!oas. the lecturer Was passed b5 a:rian2uon-
INDIAN CIVILIZATION.
tae meeting w3s held this evening" a. E0upel
e1ituse unneT the auspices Of the Union lei
: ana ! C!ur. The suhjeet undes consideration Was
,fTr+i dtsp civilization. Thomas FGulke o. the Sot
,od. OF Fnen1a, who recently visited The 1odt&n IT
pNts ra1e Te-5 favorable accouot OF the results
s 20 | efforts now bt!ug madc 10 ctvLt1e The lrG
T. i.rNa y. | nnd convert them to Christianity.