New-York tribune., 1875-01-25

per cent-from 1lS to 119s-and the average advas' "
Of the various issues was about per cent.
| In State bonds the only feature has
been decline for the week of about four
per cent in Tennessees caused by the repeal $50 far
the Legislature cOncerned of the section of the
Funding law which sets apart from the revenues Of
the State sum sufficient to meet the interest on
| these bonds. to the exclusion of everything else
Railroad bonds have been strong for those d un-
doubted credit and security, while such as Wabash.
tho Consolidated Firsts of st. Paul. and the CODson-
dated Gold of Northwestern have been weak, ~
have also the bonds of the Hannibal and st. Joseph,
although the latter to-day recovered o part of the
decline. In railway and miscellaneous shares there
has been strong feeling for such supposed sure
dividend paying stocks New-York Central, Rock
Island. Sew-Jerssy Central, Delaware, LaOkawanna
and Western. Chicago and Alton. &c, and in some
cases there has been an advance OF fully one per
cent established; but the speculative list has been
feversh and irregular The market opened on Mon
day morning weak, and declined under heavy sales
of long stocks until Western Union had sold at Il,
Lake Shore at 72I Northwest at 4S., and Wabash
at l4i the remainder of tho list selling off only to
less degree. The continued buying by the shorts
had by Tuesday afternoon checked the decline. and
every effort made to establish higher prices,
which was so far successful as to advance Western
Union to 74l. and Lake Shore to 7ia, but a
drop in Ohio and Mississippi to 81, fol-
lowed by decline in the Hannibal
and st. Joseph stocks Of about per
cent. caused q heavy feeling which seriously inter
fered with the manipulators' calculations This de-
preston was. however overcome by the exhibition
of great pluck and the market rallied again. But
beng in itself inherently weak. it yielded to the
slightest pressure to SELL that it closes tonight
with the entire speculative list excepting Western
Union Telegraph. at from to per cent
lower than they stood one week ago, with
the market weak and unsettled at that.
The volume of business has been small and the lead
ing stocks have been Western onion of which over
100000 shares sold, nearly ono-thrd Of tho en-
tire business Of the week., Lake Shore NOrth-Wes-
tern. Ohio and Mississippi, Pacific Mail, Unon Pa
cihc, Rock Island, Wabash. st. Paul. and Hannibal
and st. Joseph. The decline in prices for the week
had been in ST. Paul Preferred, N. j. Central and
Adams Express each . per cent: Erie, 3 Harlem,
North Western, st. Paul. Michigan Central. Panama
and Pacific Mail each Lake Shore. C.. G. and /.
c. and Quicksilver each : Quicksilver Preferred.
/; L. S. Express Il; Northwest Preferred. 2;
Wabash .. Ohio and Mississippi q; Hannibal and
st. Joseph Preferred 81 do. Common 4, and Atlantic
and Pacific Telegraph A. The advance in prices has
been in Union Pacific Central and Hudson, Della
ware, Lackawana and Western, and Wells-Fargo &
Co.'S Express each :; Western Union Telegraph J.;
Rock Island IL Pittsburgh !. aud Fort Wayne2l per
cent. The subOined table shows the extreme fuctu-
atiOns in Ulited States bonds the leading railway
and miscellaneous shares. and Gold made during the
past week. as well as the closing quotations Of each
at the dates aforementioned. and the total number
of shares Of each stock sold