National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-02-13

dull and STEADY.
SIS, 1881, coupon......IeO sos new, IS, cou-
5-21.s 1852, coupon. .1l64 pOn....-.......II sS<
sos, 1884 coupon. .T7 SOS, 1867 coupon 49,
5-O's 1855, coupon. 1I94s 5's, 1856, cOu pom lIJz
5per cents, ex.......u3S 19-4O's, couPOn......u7
State bonds are quiet and nominal
Tennessee s'S; old 6 Virginia SIS, old. 9
40. new. 5 do. deEsr'd 10
Le eveeS N Cas 6 ED. ~ z
Georgia s,s........ g do, 5, tax.
DO. ,5's......... S do. A.E0. SS2
The Wall-street markets have not yet regainsd
that activity Tor which they were noted In the
recent past. We have sur facts from Messrs
Trask s Stone and the Post and other sources.
At the opening to-day prices exhibited little
better tone existing at the close yesterday Dur
ing the first hour the general list was steady;
then 1t became weak, and by I1:30 there was q de-
cline OF A@1 per cent, but there was a recovery
ofH@% per cent. the next hour, when the market
became weak. The volume of business has been
moderate and the market Irregular, some stocks
showing considerable weakness, while others re-
The weakest spots in the market have been
WABASH st. Paul and Northwestern. Union
Pacific has been exceptionally strong, probably
showing the effect of the offer of the Company %
compromise the claim of the Government against
it: Pacific Mail held its own against the repeal
of the contract Of 1872, which was passed by the
House yesterday. Lake Shore and Western
Union have been dull, with moderate fustua-
IL
ing out Of long stock. The short interest in It
continues large, which Is an element OF strength
to its market price. The condition OF the market
renders It impossible to prognOstIcate; even the
immediate future is too uncertain to attempt sd-
Tising operations.
Very late in the afternoon most all stocks wers
shade better, but there were very few transSc-
lions. The following are the closing quotations !:
81 NOTt6west.::::;::::. IS
illinois Csntrai16 u Rock Island 81
The Post of to-day SAYS: The Generalization
fear that gold is TO be made artieaiiy scarcs 5aS
gone to the extent that prime bankers 6O-dsy
sterling have been offered to-day in lots Of $50 900
at 4S3, and demand bills at 4s6@4s51$, with the
next grade correspondinglyl lower. United States
bonds are HG3s lower than yesterday"
Our Havana dispatch tonight quotes gold at
sixty days currency. SS1k9S7 prem; short sight,
9o99l prem; 90 days, gold, l14@l15 prem; short
sight, iI7g11s prem. On London, 1SS9l4O prem;
on Paris, u66LlS.
Paris dispatches quote rentes at 64E Sc.
In New York the subtreasury balances to-day
were: gold So e5S 3S8; currency, as ~ $50. Sub
Treasurer paid out s62 600 on account Of interest
and SIS 600 for bonds. Customs receipts, $4,000.
Commercial.
Business in the general lines continues quiet
though prices, influenced by other causes than
the eonsumptive demand for the articles affected,
have huetuated somewhat, as will bee seen By
our past reports.
The breaking up Of the ice in rivers and har-
bors, and the clearance Of these distractions to
navigation here, at New York, &C., few weeks
since, causing hopes Of an early export trade has
been superseded by q fresh proVocGtion, and fond
hopes, like "the tongue Of the rill, /" have been
frozen to silence for awhile.
Yesterday we gave our attention more particu-
larly to produce, in which line prices aud the
state Of the markets are entirely unchanged. We
shall now say something Of interest both to buyr
ers and sellers In regard to groceries and other
branches Of trade. While in Baltimore recently
We noticed sluggish disposition on the part OF
wholesalers to court Washington trade, except In
. large way, on account Of expense sustained by
certain alleged legal exRctiOns. It seems that
the custom Of dealers is not profitable to either
party concerned. Our retailers and sour large
purchasers for consumption" should bear IN mind
that we have innumersble large produce and
commission and six large Wholesale grocery
houses who get their goods in such large quantl-
ties that they are enabled to buy at suficient
discount to sell at as low rates as the most Of
dealers pay when they purchase either in Baltf-
more or New York, saving to the purchaser at
least his freight and much precious time, travel,
correspondence, sc. Most persons in the trade
can readily understand this, and those who do
not we would ask them to compare bills Of goods
sold at different points, and after adding freight
rates carriage, &C, We think they will be satisfied
that such Is the fact.
Washington Markets.
Preparations have been made for large trade
in Lental articles. Fish of the finest quality
have been brought from the extreme NORTH, and
the relishes that fnseparable are also In good
supply. Mr.. N. H, Shea, Pennsylvania avenue,
opposite the st. Marc, has received 90 4-gallOn
barrels fine pickles, perhaps the largest order
that ever came to Washington.
SUGAR is firm at an advance Of Lc. to-day, as
there is fair prospect that the tariff bill viii
pass adding about 1e. per ID. Refined A, 1919;
do. B, 1896; crushed and powdered, lie; srsnq-
lated, 10a4c.; cut loaf, 1114e.; yellow sugar, go
s1fc.; raw, to &C.; do. DemSrara. "a to 9Ac
basis Of gold) for fair; 1sIc (gOldl for good 19<
Q2Oc. for prime MarIcsioO &c. for fair; &c. for
622c. CeylOn Java, 2O922c. Government Java,
TEAS steady at former quotations. oOlong, 20
675c. for good to choice; English breakfast, 500
f5c. for lair to prime. Imperial, 40 to 9Oc. for
good TO choice Gunpowder, Soc. TO 81 IS for good
10 choice. japan, SO to 75c. tor good to ehoies.
RIoE-CarOli1a, 70. for fair, I15GSc- for prime
Rangoon, to 711c.
MoLAssEs-Porto Rico, per gall, common,
45e.; fair, Soc; good, SOC: Demerara, tair, 5Oc.;
good, 55c.; choice, 6Oc. New Orleans, fair, 600;
good, 65c.; choice, roc. Sirups, common, $50;
fair Soc; good, 55c; choice, 90 70 T5c-
PRovIsIoSsIBaeOni Western shoulders, 81 to
&C.: sugareured, 914c.; do. breasts, 111S to E2c.;
do hams, l41zc. for best.
FIsH-ActiTe; prices per bbl.: Maekerel, Ne.
mess slsG2O; extra No. L SIS to S18; No. l. S14;
extra No. :, Si2; No. 2, $40 to 81; No g. So Her.
ring; Labrador, g. so; round, So split $3.50 to g.
COdish, 80 to $3.50 per hid. Smoked blOaters,
SI.sO TO s175 per hid. Scaled herring, 40 to SOC.
sGLT-Ground alum. sl15 to sl.25 per SACK
FcREIsE FRUITs~Raisins; whole boxes, g to
s325; half do, S150 to $40; quarter do, 9Oc.;
Valencia, 14e. per ID. Turkish prunes, lie. per
ID. Box ngs, l5c. per ID. Frail dates, 81 to 70.
uASxED GooDs-TOmatOes, 2-lb., per dOz., sl.25
to $50; 3-lb., SL65 TO 81 Peaches, 2lh, per
doz, Sl4O to also; 3lb., $40. to $3.50. Corn,
sugar, per doz., q to S2.25. Peas, per do1., -
toss.
Pickles, medium, 500 In bol) SIS per boil; do,
24OO in bbl) S16.50 per Dbl. BuckWheat, N. Y,
$3.50 per hid. Beans, t2:25 per bush Hominy,
IS to $3.50 per Dbl. Cheese, 16 to 1Sc. per ID.
Butter, Is to $40. per H.. Fruit BuEters-Apple,
&C.; Peach, l2e.; Ounce, 14c- Mineemeat, 10 To
lie. per ID
The Markets Elsewhere.
BALTIMORE. Feb. I2-Flour dull and IN
changed. Wheat dull and heavy. Corn quiet
and steady; Southern white, TS@S0c; Southern
yellow, T9c; Western mixed, lie. Oats quiet;
Southern, 6T66sc.; Western white, &C; Western
mixed, 65666c. Bye steady at CSC. @$l-02. Hay
dulls Pennsylvania and Maryland, slI92o. Pro-
trade. Pork. SI9s256O. Bulk neats-shoulders,
Tk6T5ke.; clear rib sides, 101S91o+c. Bacon
active; shoulders, SIle.; clear rio sides, uH8
1l11e. Hams, 14615c. Lard, 13AQl419e- Butter
Ieum quiet at 63S661sc Coffee is UNCHANGED.
Sugar advancing, at l0Bg1eAe- Cotton quiet
but Arm; low middllngs, l59l51Se WHISKY Is
steady; sales Of Western at sl.l0
NEW York Feb. I2-Elour dull and heavy.
Wheat quiet and declining. Corn unchanged.
Foreign Markets.
Liverpool, Feb T. 1850 p. Motion duh
and unchanged; middling uplands, T5s97Ad-;
middiipg Orleans, I1E6ad. Breadstu1s dull
Wheat, ss. Sd CLOS, per Genital TOT club OaltorniS
es Sd aes sd. Tor red winter. Corn, s4s. 81 93As.
Cd. per quarter. Pork, Is. Cd. per cWt.