The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-01-05
ADVANCE AND DRCLINl

ADVANCE AND DECLINE
The closing prices to-day compared with those
d Saturday show the following diIerences:--
ADvANCs.- delaware and Lackawanna, Is; Erie,
DECL1NE-Atlantic and PACING preferred, Y;
LAKE Mes ONO ana
Paul. u; wabash, q; Union Pacific, u; western
Union, ~; gold, y.
The stocks that remained steady were Atlantic
ana Paclnc Telegraph, New York Central. e.. G.
and l. c. Hannibal and st. Joseph, Harlem, Pa.
mama, Quicksilver and Canton.
:, THE MONEY MARKET.
Considerable activity was shown in this depart
ment and rates on call loans were established at
sand per cent Some loans were made at 8 per
cent, but the oulk Of business was done at and
per cent. There was no change in mercantile
paper Foreign exchange was extremely dull aud
slightly weaker, good to prime bankers 60 days
bills having sold at 4.S5k a 4S5H, and demand at
400. Sterling exchange was as follows:-Prlme
nominal rates. Ass and 4.so1S; selling rates, As5k
q 4.s5k and 4s9X 400. Continental steady;
Retchmarks, e5x a 95K and 96K sek; cables.
0eH se5t; prime Paris, 5.l5 and 5.1lX.
THE UNITED STATES TREASURY.
The Treasury disbursements for December, ex-
elusive OF the interest or principal Of the public
debt, are $16,os4 900. Secretary Bristow having
announced no policy for January 1t Is generally
present. The cause for this course may be purely
diplomatic, hence it may not be made public; but
the event gave rise to various rumors that more
or less affected the general market. supply of
government gold generally results in slight de-
cline. decline occurred to-day without, how
ever the expectation OF supply, yet 1t will not be
strange to see an early reaction and remarkable
changes in calculations. The possibly curious
events OF the year just entered upon are rot
entirely confined to sticks, cotton grain
or dry goods. The customs receipts to-day
were $294, O0o The internal revenue receipts were
$685. 1903. The Assistant Treasurer paid 1892 900
for interest and SIS, 900 In redemption OF five
twenty bonds. The total payments by the Treas.
ury on account OF January interest to date were
IS, 199, 900. The payments made by warrants
from the Treasury 1or December, 1874, were
$l50S5, 1927 so, as follows:-
Civil and miscellaneous ............$5 ,202 425 80
''''.''''' I'o e5a9 10
Interior Pensions and Indians. ..... 1898, 4l2 81
This does not include payments made on interest
or principal Of the pubic debt. Amount OF ma
t0na bank notes received for redemption, $3S6, 400
THE GOLD MARKET.
Gold opened at ll3, declined to 1928, rallied to
1925, and closed at 112K. The rates paid for car
rying we're g. s, A. AZ. 6, s, ana per cent per
annum and 1872 per diem.
OPERATIONS OF THE GOLD EXCHANGE BANK.
COLO balances. So 1914
currency balances OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 2,479,44
Gross clearaDces 81, l32, 900
BANK SHARES
sold at 1o4X for Republic, liz for Mercantile ana
100 for Ninth National, the latter ex dividend
GOVERNMENT BONDS
Government bonds Closed steady, except cur
rency skies, at the following quotations :-Uniied
States currency skies, 1l77s 1l7ss; DO do.
sixes 1881. registered. 1885 q 1ls3s; do. do.
skies, 1884, cx interest, l1sH 11s1l; do do.
nve-twenties, registered, 1862 114l1 HAY; do.
do. DO. coupon, 1852, 114A 1l4H; do. do. do,
registered, 1864, 11e 1861; do. do do, 1884,
uek 116k; do. do. do, registered, 1865, 1174
11sk; do do. do, coupon, 1865, 1854 1ls1k;
do. do. do, new, registered 1865. 1l7h 1177s;
do. DO. do, coupon, ex interest, 1866, 1173s
117H; do. do. do, registered, 1867, 1lSh 11S35
do. do. do, coupon, 1867, ex interest, 11sK 1885
do. do. do, registered, 1868 11s a 11sM; do. do.
do. coupon, 1858, ex interest, 11s4 o 11sH; do.
do. ten-forties, registered 114a1 IFS; do. do
do, coupon, ll5 1l5%; do. do. fves registered
1881, 113I ia do. do. do, coupon, 1881, 1893. a
ll3X.
THE FOREIGN MARKET.
London advces report 100000 increase IN the
Bank Of England to-day. The following are the
late market quotauons :-Consois for money, 92 a
By; DO. account, % 92h; old 'e5 bonds, 1075s;
'67 bonds, 10s; ten-iorty bonds, 104h new loan,
1851; Erie, 26X ~ a27A. American securities
quiet and steady. The rate OF discount In the
open market for three months bills is 5lI per
cent which Is u per cent below the Bank OF Eng
land rate. Rentes at Paris easier and are
quoted at 67.30.
SOUTHERN BONDS
1he movement In these was quiet. Missouri