National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-12-20
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FINANCE AND coMMERc<
HonetarY.

Monetary.
WAsHrHeroa, Saturday evening Deo, L.
The past week in New YORK financial circles
has been distinguished for nothing. unlsss It was
the extreme dizziness that has pervaded the Stock
Exchange and Wall street generally.
Saturday money was easy at 4. Gold closed
lower at ll:z01ls54. Exchange quiet and nrn
&C 4sS1< Government bonds dull and lower 6sr
COS and SIS; the rest steady. The following are
the closing rates:
lse,, coupon. e-z0'e lsos...........t9
N10'B, l6oo...........l16 New 6s..........IIF5k
sso,s lscs, nsW...-l2o3z lo4o's coupon. .....IlS<
eDB, lSo7...........l231T
sherman d Grant quote the buyfuR and sali1nw
rates for Governments, &C., as follows:
ga u..... ..l3t7So l24z Sold. .nsz0rG
Osii bonds. .ll414 4ll4A New lives. ...uf 0uTJS
~, 10 ....uez5 gllezs Cur'cy sass. oTZ0 oS<
80 sIos' rev ...i5127s gi9H Foreign exchA1gs:
49, y, ~ ....1zS1s4lz5s Three dsys.........40e3<
lozos ns1S0lsx
State bonds nominal.
Tennessee SIS. old 81 Alabama s,s......... z
vlrg,si. ss..:. new. esG sS s! ss: z
sss ds sSa:si e N. G i, DID,: Y
louisiana Old. Dx do. SAL.
is1sss's:::::::::::::E S 90: % 2eso So
Stocks closed active but lower for Northwest
err. st. Paul and Pacific Mail; rest steady
Lne following are the closing rates for th0
scslVe STOCKS, teiegraphed 70 Sherman q Qraas
nom the New York Stock Exchange:
racine Mail. ....... 3o1S LAKE Shore. ....... sI<
Mo osIsn Union. Ie1S .. and M........ ls3<'
Do Do pref: S. Union Psciic rs
g. S90n .,Ano '....lot Dist OF Col s65's. esE
g. PsnI rr.S'.''- Sezs Ssold........-.......115H
y. y. q i. C........ Fort Wayne......, VS,<
6rie.........---..... lSzl
Messrs. Sherman q Grants dispatch oussaa
tho following total sales Of stocks:
Pacific Mail. ...... 1880 @. o. i. q ...... IsS
western Union. 1o4oo Erie......... SISS
NorthNestern..... I,3oolL Lake Shore. sI,sSS
Sc SocS nIand--.... 100 Wabash .....-.... ~
St. Pau pref 100 aSS Union Pa'ifo..... as's
The SuhTreasury balances NJ New York.
s Ts. GSld, sanos5I; currency. ess,es9.2oS,
Of interest. and tisl, 900 for bonds. Customs re-
eetpts, $4,000.
:, Our LO1dOn dispatches say the amount Of bal
$4,000
Paris dispatches quote rsutss at IS flames %
c cD,in EIenange on London, IS francs l31k
Commercial.
Washington wholesale markets are actiye And
business better, but prices have changed upoa bud
ie" articles since our last quotations.
THE MARKETS zLszwHzaR.
NEW YORK, Dec. 1s.-Cotton easier; sales ser
Flour unchanged and very moderate. Wheat
opened . shade hrmer and closed ouIss at n ~
rejected spring; Aoa9Ll5 for unsrsded spring;
new winter red Western; 3L4S for white
Western: Corn quiet and steady, At 7sJtc. Tor
low Western; az for inferior Old Western mixe1
snoat; o4gIZc Tor new Western mixed and YET
i9S; .2c for new and old yellow Western mIx0ds
At 44g5oc. for mixed Western and Stsss: SsSsSn,
ior white do, including choice No. 2 OnioagO,
Pork dull; new mess, job lots, s2i Beef euiet.
Lard duh and easier; prime steam. soosi ia
isze: c.sn rG 1sES quiet and steady; crude
9s Rics aui. MSi.,,. SG 6ss. dull s9Sar
pentine quiet q: SIC. Resin Quiet At n. Tobi.T Is
Tor strained: FreIghts to Liverpool quiet and IN
steam, cotton, T1ec.; grain, e<Gioc. '|1O''
BALTIMORE; Dec. 1s:-Ootton quiet; mIddltnr.
12z9l21sc. Flour dull sad unchanged. WhsSt@
. nT% DTs quiet; No. Western red 81 - Penn
DO. Amber, el609l55: do. White, SI15SilS
Corn-Southern, active and firm; Western QUIET:
nav, 5sgsoc.; western miSsd, old, SIC; d. pS.
os;ss "a Uas nrm Dut quiet and unchanged Rye
SSsnaed na Pr DS1iaossd ou,t qIiss and IN
new, s21.so Bulk meats, loose nominal; Shoulder
Sci clear rib sides, lie; packed moderately active
s s;Sss TAS,a B.cOp.shoulasrs clear riS
and hrm; Western extras. 93Soc.; do. firssS,
fined steady l21lc. Coffee nominal; Rio csrsoss
i i lSoDlng: lsn91he Whisky dull
hsL1o1&- sugar steedy - lOLz110Hc.
CHICAGO, Dec. 1a-Flour 6niI; w estsrn extra
aG4so; family, A75G5.5o; Minnesota, eSa6 SO
Wheat excited and so unsettled that accurate
quotations cannot be given; No. Chicago SPRING
sloS; No. 2 do, sleL, spot; s114c, January; bsa6
81, February; closed At $50, February; No.
do, I01zc.; rejected, S40s514e Corn active snd .
shade lower; NC: 2 4sc, spot: $3.50. bid, Deosm-
Der; 441Sc bid, January; rejected old, $50; new,
35c Oats unsettled, but generally higher; No.
2 SHc., spot; sol<c.. January. Rye steady. Bar
ley in fair demand and lever, at s6lZe, sposs
s4zc, January. Dressed Hogs quiet and weak
at sS1214Qs % Pork dull and lower, Et sl9D,
spot; tle.lo919.42l&, February: el9.7O, March.
Lard quiet AND steady, at s12 S21<, spot; Sl2 soR
ASP, January. Bulk meats steady. WhlSkT
in fair demand and nrm 1t &l.10
Receipts-lo,oo0 bols -four; 81, 900 bush Hheat-
10000 bush. corn; Isl, 900 bush. oats; 900 bush
rye; 10 900 bush. Barley. Shipments-9oOo bbIs
hour; 1900 bush. wheat; p, 600 bush. corn; ROO0
bush. oats; 1000 bush. rye; 1000 BUSH bArisY
There was no afternoon call Of the Board.