National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-08-14
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FINANCE AND COMMERCE.
Honetary.


WASHINGTON, Friday Evening. Aug. Il.
Inc gold market 10 dull and lower today BY z
q compared with yesterday. Government bonds
are alphabetically lower, except the s's of 1851
the 62o's Of 1858 and the currency Vs.
Messrs. Sherman Grant, No. las + str,ss.
quote the following buying and selling rstss NJ,
Governments, gold. &c:
SSs. ~. LEG ll6z< Cur; 1865. .-l221z9l23
a nv ne gn dG 9oL.;.,
k2o's, Sf.. .i2O an ,rhree days; siThts ioo,<
70 2 az. Sils sixty-dsy bulls
The Wall-strest markets were more active to-
| day. Geld opened &C l1s1< declined to me- sd-
Tanced TO 49,, closing ut 1131z8fl3L Rates 90
g9id loans los per cent, and La per day for use
Money Is abundant without means Of smpioy.
ment; rates for call loans during the day 1J<fA2Z
emmett se SC5d = HSa per cent per aunuu Gov
e Soi Ms s.s p Cooke, jr %. from the New
Ss 1881. coupon, e. ma k2o's, 1857 .l2o7<
10 lSc4-..........lls e2o's. 1sos...........l2i2
e0s, 1855. l0lo's coupon ...IIa
eDs, 1850, new. ..-l191S New 5's......,,.,,lI6sI
stocks opened at LGN higher and raIned IN
" more BY 1l50. In the afternoon tssre va
1ss,Sne out was regained, and 1t the close the
western Union was the most active
Lne ,SiioUiDg are the closing rates for stocks.
TO sherman Grant:
Western Union.-... $50 Rock Island lossS
Lake Shore......... e0k Erie. ...,,.,.,. no
EhcinemAu-.' W. Panama ...........l26
Northwestern 1890. az Fort wayne....... Os
u ana M........... 49, wabash. ......,,..,. az
81 Paul. 37E Union PacIfic........ TSH
The total sales Of stocks to-day were As fol-
Western Union -. q 2Oc st. Paul ....., 5soa
Lake Shore ......lSoc1 Rock Island. 100
Eaeinc MaA---..- 400 Erie. leo
Ohio and Miss. ..,. SsOo ''' .'' ''''' law
Our London dispatches quote ConsoIs for money
AZ 81 1Slo; for account, IS 1-16; United States
bonds 1885, 1075s; 10 4os, 1o41<, ex-ooupon; Erie
lS7s; do. preferred, Is The rate Of discount In
the open market for three-months bills is ll<6
Bank Of England rate.
Our Paris dispatches quote rsntss % francs SIX
The suo-Treasury balances at New York today
were; Gold, ss4,S7ssls; currency. SSO.ss0e5s.
Of interest and $500 for bonds. CastOIs -.
eeipts, t2ga0o1.
Ths Marksts Elsewhere.
NEW YORK, August l3-Cotton weak; sales
1,sss bales at 14ssGl+N. Flour dull and lO3l5c
extra do, ss.s59s.so; good 70 choice do, $3.50
ass; common to choice white wheat Western
extra se9o9L50; common to good extra Ohio.
S5.I5GI.5O; common to choice extra St. Louis.
sos5Gs.75. Southern -four dull and lower; com.
mon 70 fair extra. s6oO6T.O0: good to choice
and S65c. lower for heated; towards the close
active at the decline, closing steady; sLS20LSS
for No e., SGhisagS closing q q 8 Did Tor prime;
sofa; o. .6@l47 for No. spring; 1.so3145 for I'M
graded Iowa and Minnesota spring. Corn 192c.
sc. for steam Western mixed; SOC. for good: slH
4eSc. Tor sail do; S214GS4e for yellow W estern,
closing DIs at S21c for good; Ole for white Do $50
lower and moderately active At 6l664c. for mixed
Western, closing at Sc, for good, siOat; s59T2c.
1IAg2oc. (gold) for eargOes; IT119nc (goIdJ for
1oo lots sugar quiet and rather more steady
9iic. for hard grades M0fsssss firn and in filt
and easier; crude. $50; refinsd, iisSc. Pork
lower; new mess, Job lots, 81 So Lard lower:
i3H6lSsSc. whisky dull; si.2sS btd. FrsiTSIs
TO Liverpool easier.
BALTIMORE, August 13-Cotton dull; mid
9nns, Hssc low middling, 1H4c.; good ordinary,
sales, l66; spinners, no. stock, ss2 Weekly gross
receipts 2St; exports, cOastwIse, l5s; sales $50;
Flour very strong, though quiet; owing to the
scarcity prices are unchanged; Howard street
$50 sS sn igpes sS do M, ss9
t47Sq5.5Oi do. extra, so.7597.Oo; do. Rio brands.
sT.75Gaoo; do. family, s9.25. Wheat dull, and
Der, sl.50; mixed do, $1.4T; No. Western red
G;i: Pennsylyania red, S-5o; Maryland RED, s1.1S
S SS a%SsT SoStsS; DO Sni1e sS
steady; Southern white, SS690c.; Southern yell
low, 6ec.; Western mixed, s35<c., spot; 85c. last
half OF September. Oats fairly active; southern,
tS9,3e., esCern white, in store, 699T0c.: do.
mixed, In store, 66G6Sc. Rye firm At 9l995c.
Hay firm and active; Maryland and PennsyIVa-
mia, s23G3o. Provisions firm and unchanged.
Pork, 81. 5e@Z2.T5. Lard frm; crude, 14c,; re-
hned, 1876. Butter steady ana unchanged. Pc
troleum hT-ar but not quotably higher. Coffee
quiet but hrm and unchanged. Sugar firm It
1eH910Ac. Whisky firm at Sl24
CHICAGO, Aug. l3-Flour steady with fair
demand. Wheat unsettled and lower; No. Chi
cago spring, sl3o; No. do, sL228l ~, spot
Corn quiet and weak. Oats active, but lower at
te95oc-, spot; Ago, seller August Pork In fair
demand but at lower rates; $40 7062OT5 spot;
so 30, seller September. Bulk meats very frm.
At afternoon cali-Wheat easier. Oats lower ss
nAe.
OINCINNATI, Aug 13.-Pork dull and lower;
small lots country at 81 Is; city held at s2IT5.
Bulk meats quiet, but steady; shoulders, &C.; clear
rib Sides 12l<c.; clear sides, 121fc. Bacon steady
and firm; shoulders, 1oc.; clear RIB sides I31<c.;
clear sides, 1870. Hogs-Demand fair, and mar
ket nrm; stockers, s6.5oGT; common to good light,
o. s0GS; good to extra butchers, SS.l0GS25.
LOUISVILLE, Aug. 13.-FIour quiet. Wheat
quiet but firm at sl4O9L6O. Bagglng quiet but
steady.
ST. LOUIS, Aug. l3-Flour-Buyers generally
standing on. Wheat hrmer; red 81 509L 52x
Foreign Markets.
LIvERPooL, Aug, 1a-CottOn-Iow middIings,