National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-05-03

Inc stoeE N nket mas Deem without interest,
I and the tEansA etlOns small, closing dull aad
steady.
Mestrs. Task g. StonerJ New street, New
YORK write the fSiloWlng letter specially for
| markets during the week juet closed: "rhe ten
dency has been 20 duliu ness In speculative shares
with an increased del land for dividend pawn
securities and an sdTsnIe in their quotations. Of
these New Jersey Central, Delaware, LIcka-
| wanna and Western and Delaware and Hudson
all frStclass railresa bonIls nave shared in this
Duoy ancy. To partieulATil G, we may mention
the mortgage bonds eff Nov Jersey Central OH
ego, Milwaukee and Sc. l'aul, Chicago and
Northwestern, Lake Shore, New York Central
and Hudson, Central and Union PaciKc and the
missouri Pacific and South Pacific railroads
Tbsse latter have but recently attracted the a.
ten-tOn Of investors, and the south PacIhcs par
ticularly give promise o. q good Advance, in sym
PathF with better quotations for them in Frank
tort. They have steadily advanced from - to 50,
the latter being the prb8e now bid for tAem.
Ihey pay per cent. gold, and are as we'll Sc
above par
The excitement in Paaauahas for tho present
ssu a the highest price during the week
Delpg lI2, and selling off TO I55!
wabash has been steady for the most Of tho
week, put on Friday suffered asdeclins under q
neaVy pressure OF sales which continued TO-DAY
the extremes In quotations being I55k and I35S
Union Pacific has been quite neglected Dat
s , are seemingly tired OF it, bat the clique
taxes most OF the offered stock, and from the de-
cline to IS on Wednesday have successfully raj
y
despite It's extreme dullness- From this fact
as well as from best inEormation-He.ars encOur-
aged TO believe that 1t will sell higher after the
closing OF the transfer books on the 10Th Instant
western Union may, for the most part, ba
quoted strong, selling up to OJ4 on active pur-
chases, both for new account and to cover short
There has been no essential feature in gold,
except us scarcity for cash delivery, for which
l64gl32 have been paid over night.
"MOney continues very easy, the bank state
ment showing large gain in deposits"
Ihe ASSISTANT treasurer paid out ~, 900 in
coin interest and sl,25SOOO in called bonds max
ing the respective weekly totals s2O3I,O0 and
The specie shipments during the week amounted
Commercial.
The week closes with higher prices and an
active and firm market for -four. The sales dur
ing the week were the largest Of the season, and
were made at an advance of % cents on the bar
rel through the list. We may expect a further
advance on some grades Monday. The grain
market is very firm. Corn advanced to ss99ls.
Rye to 81 O59l.l5. Eggs to 1S9lTc.; iObblng lots
lSe. Other articles unchanged.
The Markets Elsewhere.
NEw YORK, May Flour quiet and steady
CLIO; amber, sl4O9L42. Corn is dull at 9289S5xo
Oats quiet and firm At T547Tc. Whisky IS NOM
maj ~ SLID EreiEhts, %. Charters, to Cork
BALTIMORE, May l-Wheat is quiet; No. 1
redi sl.So. Flour Is quiet; family, S6.259850.'
No sales Of extra. Corn is quiet; white, gJf492c;
yellow, SsGe2c.; mixed, 9Oe.
PHILADELPHIA, May Flour higher; Spring
Wheat Extra Families At s5.521495.25; Winter
Wheat do. at sS.7596.5O, including high grades
at S6.T59s. hye flour is held st s5.3711. Wheat
in tstr demand, at an advance Of &c. per buSheI.
Pennsylvania red sold at 81 40; white at sl450
1.5O Rye quiet at 901169l14c. for yellow, aud
SO1189lc. for mixed. Oats are lc. higher. West
eTn white sold at IS3497Tc Provisions steady
WHISKY steady. Small sales of Western iron
bound at $1.lS.
CHICAGO, May Wheat weak; No. l, sl.OsJI:
No. 2, sl.0+7I; do, slO7, June; SLOS% July.
Corn firm; high mixed, T5c. Oats steady; No. 2
Ole. Rye nominal; No. l, sl-2O. Barley hrm; No.
spring, sLS3.
TOLEDO, May I.-Wheat lower and in mod
crate demand; No. red winter, S1.2gJ< seller,
June; slS21R, July; No. Michigan amber,
8. 2911, seller, June. Corn dull; nigh mixed sos
July. Oats unchanged; Michigan, 65l<c.; No. l.
CSC; No. 2, 65c., cash or May.
BUFFALO, May 1.-The Wheat market is firm;
No l, sl.lO; No. 2, $l.O5; do, sl.Os, June; SIO9
July.