The sun., 1873-01-20
FIN1NCfAL AND DcoMMERCiIL.

SATURDAY, Jan. Is =. M-The close Of the
IN wall street brought hut few changes, and thu
dulness Of preceding davs was really intensified today
On the whole the general list has had nrm appear
ance and cf on In loss uncertain condition than here
tofore hut lack and cannot he induced
TO cut the knot Of apathy and leap forward with new
life aud ventures And 80 from dGy TO day We re-
cord the same old story Of inactivity and inertia and
consea auent unaterc uative position. htbatthe
reported sales IN the various shares small enough Tut
It IL fair to presume that fully half Of printed In
the ofcisl list "wHehes," the laundry Of the Ex
change being brought into frequent rcqusiton In der
to establish some movement, II possible, In some direc
ton The rrse an old matter In the street Harlem
has been the card to-day and took the balloon act from
III to il2t the better Of the compe
of the " Underground" There were stories that the
trinmviruic Of stock Central, Hudson, and Harlem
to be consolidated, AMI the Iari used entirely
for freighs TO Albany, TINS obviatinR provisions for
double track the Hudson road The price in the
afternoon took easy descent 70 iigN. Central
rssae Scf aas and d Eau ana ot( { were o dun p.SG sSG
SSis E,sae Esl saiSa sTaests,y aSpg from ss'i o
ciincd ~ cent TO IN Investments were strong on
snd wesisfn a ss fsnsS. sold Of is and Morris and
l6s a 'i So Ihsre Was ,n .SihIrs 90 daong IN SKpesss
te e,iraordnsry line of mpor,e at this port thIs week
81 INC sdyancs holding good susins.s W.. somewfs!
ess active In the room Today but the price advanced
extreme The decrease in the specie item Of the banks
also added another stimulating cause In the gold loan
gStfe, TSr he roei were q cent ,oT
Ing about yesterday and money at llH cent in the
outside market The disbursements :. the subTreaeury
were te,JgJ IN called bonds and f2i5p In coin intert ST.
fia2.6O; gold balances, t2.1ii,1O aud currency
balances st3624e. The chief quotations we're fol-
| lows;
10 ......iI2g iiao A. A.. li2x 2,l4 p NJ .iis,i
p2 A M.....1i2k i:5O L. M....il3 3P. h.....ii3-
The days business tho United States Treasury
seld rcssigts iol ] paymen;s fIIs 10 ~ cS BAL neo
s6l!ssi7 balance. tebse2,RnfSs. Customs. S50fOO.
r. reign exchange 10 dull but steady. aud quote
prime u days bs i09l and short .lght i0E The
sS45.sg9 dry goods, and tIsi663 general Inerehan.
disc, The nLorts etme time last year S6la! ~,
sud last week 5S4slM The exports Of domestic pro.
duce amounted TO a eS a against u s6 last week.
The cxpnrts of specie to-day were tis2S aud for the
week trs.i55Sl, total since Jaruery Of tlO19 sS.
The receipts Of cotton l9sx25 bales. thc
Money has been in very free supply TO-DAY from the
very opening aud demand loans quoted
| at and cent depending upon the standin "
Of the borrower or the collateral offered. The
pressure anywhere and before banks closed idle bal
snccs offered down TO cent. for the purpose Of
| gaining two days interest; Mercantile paper moved
briskly sto 10 cent The bank statement a "a.
vOrablc return though Ices than would have been the
rad II not been Tor the decrease In specie,
stoned IL 10 said by the withdrawal Of coin Tor epecua
for In great measure by the heavy consgnmcns OF
tiona bank the banks here during the week,
though the increase In legal tenders shows that green
backs have alec forward freely during the last
IN total liabilities 3 2 SO. In consequence the bank
now hold In lawful money in excess Of the - cent
f54ts00. AZ Acsnrt 6s25 last week increase Of
;mgIl The following are the totals compared with