New-York tribune., 1873-07-07
THE MONEY MARKET.
RArrRnAY. LnlY b-P. "

SATURDAY, July b-P W.
Ths general trade of the city for week closing
, %oAay, has been dull and somewhat interrupted by
aha occurrence of two holidays in succession all the
Exchanges having on Thursday adjourned over till
,rorday. Breadstufs are lower and heavy, both for
Aour and wheat. and provisions Irregular, while
,ean freights are perhaps triAe easier. Groceries
are dull. Cotton has been steady in price with
!. decrease in receipts and shipments. The
receipts at all the ports for the six days ending
I,lvS were 1242S bales against 1855 last week;
10 9 bales the previous week. and 1S 245 bales for
,bs week ending June IS. The total receipts for the
expired portion of the cotton year are 3,49S,9l9
bales against 2,697,472 bales same time previous
vear-an increase Of SOO,747 bales The exports for
the week q, 6lS bales against 996 bales year
agoan increase of 165l bales The total stocks on
hand sre l96417 bales, against 1928 bales year
aro-an increase of 70129 The total stocks in the
interior towns are 81 405 bales against 472 bales
same time last year-an increase of 22.9S3 bales.
The total quantity of cotton IN sight amounts to
es92.27O bales against 264S.7GO bales year ago
a decrease compared with that year of 81 400 bales
la the general affairs of Wall-st the week has not
been eyentful While money on call as rule mas
been easy at to per cent, 1t was temporarily ioi
only brief period, and advanced TO in consequence
of the extraordinary demand incident to tne cnans
ING OF loans 1uSL previous 10 lnoV"J
Discounts have ranged from o. to per cent the
GREATER norton Of the business being done at about
: The gold speculation has weakened under de-
cline in foreign exchange and the large disburse-
,ents on the part Of the Treasury. The price fell
"a opehalf per cent to 115, but closed on Thursday
tu5! The business in Government bonds has not
hsen large and prices were q little off IN the
.,rly part Of the week, but later there was an
a5yance i'm quotations, accompanied with greater
,ctiyty in this market. owing possibly to the
.usged purchase of S100O0OOO of our new fves by
,le Berlin Government. State bonds have been in
,tiye. without notable fluctuations in prices. There
bas been a very good demand for frst-class railway
mortgsges both old and new, and fair proportion
II the July interest and dividends seems likely TO
and investment in this class of securities. The
sDeculatou in railway and other shares, which was
excessively dull at the start, became more active
sfterward with improved prices as the rule.
lake Shore was the leading stock, and advanced
from sS to 96i principally doubt, in consequence
Of the election Of Commodore Vanderbilt as PrcSi-
dent Of the Company and the anticipated substan-
tal consolidation of this road with the New-IOrk
Central and Hudson. The advance and activity III
this stock extended in less degree TO the general
list as will be seen by our usual weekly compara-
tive table below, which shows the extreme fuctua-
tons in United States bonds, the leading railway
and miscellaneous shares and gold made during the
past week as well as the closing quotations OF each
st the dates aforementioned: