National Republican., 1876-01-29
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FINANCE AND COMMERCE.
Honstary.
WAsHInarnn Eridaz Az

Honstary.
WASHINGTON. Friday evening. Jan. -.
In New York today money was dull at 46s.
Exchange dull at 4S9X. Golh more active n. IIsT
Gus. Government bonds dull and strong.
The following are the closing rates for Govern
ments, furnished US by H. d. Cooke, jr. Co:
es lssl. coupon. seos. 1s6s.........l3zk
k2os, l555...........li5 New 6'5............ilyE
k1os, 1852 eH.....li9l lo-40's, coupon .....II9T
SOS, lS57...........l22
Sherman & Grant uuots ths buying aud selling
rates for Governments, Sc, as follows:
ss. 'sl.... ..1225s 1l22H 3old........Ils7Soi
Call bonds. .1lI4 411iA New tves.. ..llsiz zQllsE
SOS. IS ....1lS 6l1sl1 Cur'cy So5s.. % q ssx
62os. new ...ll95s61l9ai Foreign exchange:
62os. 81 ....l22 @I22E Three dsys.........4ss1<
lo-4Ss s.....-.n9146i20
State bonds quiet and steady
Tennessee SIS old 81 Alabama s's.........H
vlrEini. ss...:..:: 3 e.oEaa s's,..::::::. s'.::. :
SS: ,n;Si eon;Si 8 N. GssOiins. old: in
Eo'i;iea'' SsI Sta 8 s. osSSln.. sS Sid,! tax:
isTses's:::::::::::: :::::: $ S: 90: %.Iois %sGIoi
Stocks active and unsettled.
Ths following are the closing rates for tas
scttye stocks, telegraphed to Sherman & Qran.
from the New YORK Stock Exchange:
Pacific Hail. S5H Lake Shore......... 671z
Western Unioa.-... 15sE .. and M...-....... 2yI
Do. pref.....-.... s. Union PacIfe..... I1k
Rock Island .......1G9 Dist Of Col. 1855 oyX
SL' 6aui- ...:.....' SIS Gold.....-........uS
st. Pau pref...... Td Panama.
y. U. u j. C........ 81 Fort syne.....lssK
Erie.........-...-. l6&
Messrs. II. ID. Cooke s. Co.'S dIspa.nh ouokas
the following total sales Of stocks:
Pacific Mall. s4.Too c. Q. I.U ... Lee
Western UnIon.... q, 800 Erie-........... II, ,las
NorthTestera.... 2, 900 Lake Shore. 2o,s,s
DO. pref......... 1900! Ohlo and Miss. 81 3ts
Rock Island. ...... u3Oc Wabash .......... 23ss
81. Paul ..-....... 16,200 Union Pacinc-.... 2lss
81. Paul pref. g, 5o Cong. guart'd 3.65 2sss
The Sub Treasury balances &C New York,
70 day: Gold, sE.4ll,5l0: currency. t3T,l5a. .ssS.
The suD-Treasurer paid out ke7, 900 on account
Of interest, and sls5,ooo for bonds. Customs 10
Our London dispatches quote Cousols at o. liz
for both money and the account.
SO centimes. Exchange on London, Is francs IL
centimes for short sight.
Commercial.
No change IN eur Washington wholesaIs prices
since our last quotations.
THE MARKETS ELsEwHKRa.
NEW Yosx, Jan. 2s;-COston weak and irrss-
bales. EIported-To Great Britain, Il, ,Sis bales:
Continent, $50 bales. Sales, s,OS balssi stock.
Flour dull and declining: only very moderate
export and home e-trade inquiry. No. 2 s3.258ti;
to good extra Western and State, s4.999635; COED
to choice W estern and State, S5.io65.So; commen
to SS0ss Tnise ghsss Western EXTRA s959es
u 9ogI.2s: common to choice extra st. Louis.
sS.2549; patent Minnesota extra good to prime,
cluding shipping extras, S5852O; City Mills ex-
ira, s5.2o16 05; medium to choice Western extra,
sSso4I; closing quiet. Southern Sour unchanged;
moderate inquiry. Rye hour dull and declining,
at k1o@62O, the latter an extreme. Corn meal
dull and heavy; Western, Jersey and PsnnsylYa-
MIA, S2.9o93.eo; Brandywlne, S3.65. Wheat heavy
and 1G2c. lower; sl.O591.1O for ungraded spring;
SLO? Tor No. MiWaukesi 81 23 for No. 2 Mil
EaGkes, aaoat; q 20 for ung5aded % Minnesota aad
white Western, and nominally sLo59l .O7for No. ;
Chicago; SL209l.2S for No. 2 Chicago; Sl.SO4I 81
for Wsstsln ga for stats 8ss or CsHads
Barley quiet and unchanged. Barley NAL malt dull dull
export; some trade demand; 5885s19c. for NO
grade mixed; e2l4c. for graded low mixed; ssS
iSr graded mixed S for graded ys1s
new white Southern, delivered. Oats unchanged.
Hay steady; Sc for shipping. Hops firm; lO9ls-.
zos. ior u.llfornia. coHes-Riio dun and SsarS:
carzoes quoted at l61z91sllc, gold; job lots, 1s<
changed. Molasses-New Orleans quiet and AZ
easier and in far demand: s5sa7sc. for Caioiins %
fair to choice; 5x96ilc. for Louisiana; 639a81Is.
SzIs3Sc.; refined, 1l1Ic; cases. 1s1462o &C.; Nap
tha, 9H@lOc. Tsllow steady al 5-1s9s5so. Resin
quiet at sl.soSl.6.4 for strained. Turpsntins
quet " SlG wv sYiGibs.- Gsss ssa'J sau io1
az gSIc. fer Stare and PennsyIyania; 1TasSs,
ies western. Coal quiet. Leather and wool oQIet
Poik Steady: new mess, s20T5621; dressed hogs
dull; sAge4c; for Western. Beef quiet, at slla
u. so for new plain mess. Beef horns UNCHANGED.
Tierce beef quiet. Cut meats-Western ouIet.
middles quiet and firm, at lie. for Western long
clear; 1lHc. for city do Lard firm; prime steam.
Il 9l85l2eSe. Butter-prime steady; other grades
9pl!i lsssz5c, fuf Westefli G09Slc. for S.ats.
Cheese firm; 68i2lI,. for common to prime. Lin
seed unchanged. Whisky q shade hrmer; Sill.
Ereights to LlTerpool-Market dropping; cotton,
per sail, HG9 Sd per steam, AGe-S2c; corn per
steam, I'd; wheat, per steam, I'd.
BALTiMoR8. Jan. 2s-Cottop-middling scarce
and firm, l2A9la7Za
Flour quiet, steady and unchanged. Wheat
quiet ana steady-No. Western red, sI33; Penn
sylyania red, Sl3s9l.4O; Maryland red sI 2oa
LEO; do. amber, Sl.5jGI5s; do white, 81 sos
Southern white, 5i5C0c.; Southern yellow,
6eG6Oc.; Western mixed, e04c; SPOT, 6oJ<o
February; 6C3lc.. last half February Oats quiss-
Southern nominal; Western white, 4Sc.: do. mixed,
4sG4Tc. Rye quiet but firm: s06s3c. Hay steady
and unchanged. Provisions quiet but firm and un-
changed. Pork-New, SCI 92l.25. Lard unchanged.
Butter unsettled, except for extras, which ars
scstes and fImi Western extras, 24925c.; do.
hrSt, Gd23c. retr0.sum -@1cs. ana llknske
crude, s8sAc.; refined, IA &c. Coffee dull sa-
nominal. Whisky hrmer; not Quotabls higher