National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-04-28
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FINANCE AND coMMERcE,
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WAsHIHeroE, Tuesday Evening.

We have to record q very active day in stocks
The market ruled generally higher. The gusx-
anteed 65's took the lead, with rates ranging
Between SsIS9Ssk The aggregate sales are Va
riOusly reported at $4,000 ooo93, 10000. Small
orders are neglected, and will not bring more
than s7sf, as they are troublesome aud sometimes
expensive to handle. The tranSastIon5 today
were mostly in lots Of $4,000. The largest mar
ket for these bonds Is at New YORK, where they
are bought up and retired by large Institutions
and BY wealthy persons who hold funds in trust
We may look for an increased movement In this
direction when the new registered bonds, which
are now in the hands Of the note printer and into
which the coupons are convertible, shall make
their appearance with the corrections authorized
by law which will give them . more attractive
appearance. While there "a some permanent In
yestment by purchasers In Washington, the So
tiVity ID mainly due to q demand on the part Of
capitalists, who anticipate q demand from
tabroad, 50 called SO far Is we can learn there
have net been great many retired and held here.
We have heard Of 81 60 being surrendered and
cancelled In exchange for certificates emitting the
holders to the new registered bonds This only
shows the DIM Of events, and We may expect
day when almost the entire issue will be retired,
leaving very few In the market, and then We may
ext et rapid appreciation to par, not before
The trade In al loW-psying and safe securities IL
OF this character. There have been various
pending this demand, ali Of which have bsea duly
noted In this column. Among the last Of these
Is the placing Of them on the Stock Exchange.
public for criticism. The New York Post in its
article to-day, notes sale at the morning call e.
We cannot expect sach rates here Just now and
especially for small lots, as the msrket has been
Somewhat mercurial, and the shipment to New
York Of the accommodations here involves an eX-
Pense aad risk Of dechae.
In New York to-day gold opened firm at 1l5l4,
Ct which .Ae sales were made, closing dun aud
lat, - aud l, 2. 8 and per cent. Foreign eK-
change hss been strong. With prime bankers
sterling bills ass and 49l, and with business re-
speetfTely 81 q and per cent lower, closing
quiet, and ncminally 4SS. Money Is much in eX-
cess Of the 61siness demand. C2I loans Per
cent Prime mercantile paper 4495H Govern
ment bonds hate sold fraction above yesterdays
closing and At the last board were active and
strong
The following were the rates at the close
telegraPhed from the New York Stock Exchange
to Messrs H. ID. Cooke, il. & o.:
s:gs, Isl 500 Coupon s iss coupon sSapSass
S2o's, 1855 coupon III New STSs.............1I7
5'9O's, '65nswcouposI2IS CurrencT6's. .......i2f3
State bonds have been quiet to dull, closing
nSminRll.
Inc market for speculative shares and for rail-
road bonds has been strong. Stocks opened A95
per cent. higher New York Central advanced
and Western 10 1R3; Harlem to 1885; New Jersey
Central to 1le- and Rock Island to lOS closing az
los. Pacific Mail during the first hsIr hour was
strong, but from then until noon declined u OIL
per cent, and afterward recovered q, closing
with sales at ~ Union Pacific during the irSt
and then advanced per cent, Selling at the
close at ~, At the close Erie sold at SO5S
" e. Union az ~. and wabash at Is1s.
bonds, new SIS 1925; Erie railway shares, M.
Paris dispatches quote rentes at g. francs ID
The sub-Treasury balances at New York to-
Day were: Gold, Sb9965, 81; currency 81 gI3 lO9
inTsrsst arc 40 srd pau out on account Of
were S292 900.
Commercial,
The local commercial markets continue active,
bat the demand for produce to-day was eonsunp-
tive rather than speculative. There Is very little
change In prices to be noted to-day.
In -four extras were advanced to-day by all
dealers to The REPUBLICANS quotations Of yes
are now firm at S. T586.25.
In grain, corn is lower, at ss@9Oc.
There were sales of wheat IN Georgetown TO-
day at sl.4OQI42Ih beng lower than the general
market.
small supply, and the trade has narrowed down
until the wholesale transactions are confined al
most 10 one firm. Sales were made to-day By R
A. Golden & Bro, as follows: 5000 shad at SIS TO
SIS per hundred; % 1000 herrinEs sl23l3 per thou
sand; 900 bunches rock at 2594Oe. per bunch;
1,OCO cells at from s2.5 to $50 per hundred.
vanced to s@9c. per pound. Cheese is Arm at 49,
Eggs at l5@18c. Butter has advanced to-day
S2ci selections, 2492Ici roll, Virginia, Pa. and
Md. trsts, 70422c.; Western hrsts, 2292Sc.; all
for wholesale transaetions for joboing lots 293o.
must be added.
The Markets Elsewhere.
BALTIMORE, April 2T.-Flour quiet Wheat
hrmer and higher; No. Western amber, sl.359
l39; No. do, SL346l.35; mixed do, 81 329l. So;
No. Western red, sl3491-35; No. do, 81 81
al 80; Maryland amber, $l.404L44; do. white,
Sl.SO61.Ss; other grades unchanged. Corn strong
err Southern white, 9o992c.; Southern yellow, 9Oc;
Western mixed, SOC. Oats dull and unchanged.
Rye quiet at sl.129lI5. Hay dali. PrOVi-
.sions quiet but strong. Pork steady: S22 5O9Is-
Bulk Observation-Disclosures, &C.. clear rib sides. l21Ic.
for car loads loose; jsbblng packed, Z911s. high
er. Bacon steady; shoulders, 9A910e.; clear rib
sides, 1361314c. Hams, 141S3l5c. Lard arm;
refined, l68l6Ic. Butter hrm; new Western
packed, 22426c.; do. rolls, 1s622c. Petroleum
6SEnIns1 At BlfSs5ss- hlaa-~ 49, .-IE-~-V
prime Rio cargoes, 161I61sc. Sugar strong and
higher at 1OI4c.. Whisky frmer and higher 1t
SI.l66ll7.
NEW York, April 2T.-FIour dull and declin-
ing. Wheat quiet and nominally higher. Corn
shade easier.
Foreign Markets.
LIVERPOOL, April 2T.-Breadstuffs dull. Wheat,
S. Ild.G9s. per Genital for average California
white: 9s I'd. d95. ID. for club do. S. 3D. G93s 81
for red Western spring; and 80. 99s. Id. for red
winter Corn 34s. Sd. @34s 81. per quarter. Flour,
2ls R2ss. per Dbl. for Western.