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The New York herald., 1877-12-07

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BUFFALO. N. y, Dee. Q. 1877.
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Ailvaakse 81 70 Corn strong and steady sales Of ioo
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CIxcISSArI. Dec. q. 1877.
81 - Corn strong and higher +Oc 42c Oats strong
Csc tide Barley quiet and unchanged Pork active.
but quot ably higher, $i2 and seller January
Lard In demand; steam rendered. ~ 10; settle,
Sssc SIZE Buik meats quiet and unchanged. Boxed
In good demand; shoulders 4Hc; short 6lsc
long aud short 81 30 seller December Cumberland
CSC Green meats strong shoulders ~ l2 sides 50 55
these prices bid Hams 6sc 1ac Tor II los. TO IA lbs
average Wnskey active but lower at VI o. Butter Ia
fair demand fancy creamery 3Oc 32c prime choice
Western Reserve, 2Dc. 22c Central 0nio I7c i9c
quiet nnch angcd Hogs fair and
common. S3 90 x4 light, ~ 10 = u 20. packing,
" 10 81 10; butchers VI 35 81 4o receipts 1880;
shipments, $50
CHIcAco. Doc. o, 1877
Flour quiet and unchanged. Wheat sctive firm and
higher: NO Chicago spring. ~ %; No. do, 81 oss.
cash. 81 Csi6 81 O5s December ~ osk VI oszs Jan
uary; No. 81 02n; rcected, 9O1.c Corn in good do
.nand and snado higher a2,<c 42tc. cash and Deeem
active drm higher: 25lSc. cysh 2456c 25c Deccm-
Der; 25sc bid January hrtn 5oc. farley frmer,
but $40 Pork fairly and shade higher
unsettled; Sl2 cash ~ ~ Dscomb1r Sl2 07s $2 TO-
january Sl2 IS Sl2 27k February Lard steady. with
lair demand 81 BY. cash: 81 S5 81 S7, December;
81 s7ss. January; 81 07tz 81 February Bulk meats
steady and firm. Whskey steady aud unchanred. Re-
ceipts-Fiour. il0O bbis wheat 1900 bushels; corn,
tsoo0do oats. 900 90 rye; 800 do: barley. 900
corn, 12UW do; oats, 1000 barley 1900 do. Al
the close whe easier hut Quotaby lower Corn easer
42sc., December; &c. Janusry Oats irregular; &c.,
December and January Pork strong; $i2 10. January:
Si2 271 $i2 30 February Lard drmer quotably
higher.
The New York herald., 1877-12-07
EXTENSIVE SUGAR SEIZURE.

The vexcd sugar question bids fair TO bo brought 10
q solution in the cour.a cargo Of sugar imported
into this port from Domerara BY Messrs. ]. r. 4 W.
Armstrong. Of Now Haven. arrived hors few days
ago tho brig Morning Light and was stored the
bonded warehouses; OF the Atlantic Stores, Brooklyn
Tho cargo consists OF 800 bogshcais aud s03 D. -
about hundred thousand pounds, valued IN Demo.
rsra q. $4,000, Plus the duty OF $4,000 on inspeo-
ton IL found that an but about hundred hogs
heads centrifugal sugar the gru being dsn,eai
with thai seized N Baltimore last Monday and owl
IDENTIFY shipped IRON ths same plantation. II u
cpimcd by the spcciai agent Who worked up this case
that the sugar ~ artncally colored, and u on trial
80 declared the whole cargo will bo onhsca,ed ed.
Representations we're made To Collector Arthur that
the invoice OF Messrs. Armstrong wis Of such ma
ture that duty accepted and the FOODS re-
from bond tho late order OF the secretary OF tho
Treasury relating to sugar would be violated Upon
this General Arthur cvmmun Gated with the Treasury
Department. and by roturn mail he was directed 10
sclzc the entire invoice All the papers necessary In
the case wore transmitted to Coloncl A. ". Tcnney
United states District Attorney Tor the Eastern dis.
trict, at Brooklyn who will At once commence pro-
ceodlugs
The New York herald., 1877-12-07
THE NATIONAL 1kUST.

NO sTATEMEHT yET--MR. BEsr's EXAMINATION
ALMOST COMPLETED.
NO more dehnto solution has been obtained yot Of
the condition OF the National Trust Company's AFFAIRS
There callers yesterday and notifications Of
tho intended Withdrawal OF deposits amount OF
about $l0O, 900 we're fled Cheeks tor small amounts
were paid generally. In the forenoon the Executive
Committee neld meeting, winch Mr.. Best attended
When 1t he stated. at Nh Mangam's request,
that he had completed his examination OF tho secu T.
ties and had found everything mentioned the book
Hi only delay. therefore, the ompleton oil his
port, is tho time required 10 ascertain the value
OF tnoso securities Ia sstnaLug winch he may diHcr
IRON the value SET on them by the company In thu
the Bord Of trustees met aud too report Of
tue committee OF this Board. prepared several days
ago, was submitted. Alter the meeting Mr. Mangam
was asked by HKEALp reporter lor copy OF taat
port He had previously stated that his reason Tor
not making u puDc was that u had not been before
tho Board. Notwithstanding that assertion no said
yesterday Il would not be prudcpL TO glvo Just now
Mr. Bests report would be out very soon, and this
might conflict with IL. IL was also Withheld mat.
ter OF courtesy to Mr. Best he sad. Later on Mr.
Best asked " he had any objection 10 tho publca
ton OF such statement and no said he had
whatever Its publication could any way inter-
with him and no did not any reason Tor wishs
holding IL because of his exam mnaton.
The New York herald., 1877-12-07
Another Brokers' Market in
Wall Street.
GOLD 109 1-2 A 1o2 5-s.
Government Bonds Quiet States Strong
and Railroads Irregular
MONEY ON CALL EASY At 5A7A6 PER CENT
WALL STREET,

THURSDAY, Dec 6-6P. NJ
The stock market irregular to-day that small
operators we're unable 10 make either head tail OF
It, The big oneS were seemingly in the same quan-
dary, and apparently trusted their luck to npping
Of the pa.ernal dollar going long short the coin
Samo up bird or woman AS II tnrnod to be
nearly oven thing between "heads l win" aud
stalls you lose" tho bull and bear sentiment was
proty nearly in equiii6rio, and the fluctuations In
market prices consequently small Shortly after
meridian change took place. Prices which had
been sulking 70 undecided figures, suddenly
steamed up the highest points Of the day. marking
ss result Lake Shore to 60H and Delaware and
Lackawanna to sos. 1t was generally believed that
the Osborn party had acted . catapult upon this
casion and responsible for the bolt which pene-
trated tho ranks Of the bears Very shortly after,
however the proecslie assumed the characteristics OF
Q boomerang, and recoiled with power enough to
knock Lake Shore down 70 59A and the coal carrier
10 g. With the Osborn people dong the casapult bus
In the way Of rise and the bow window people
boomeranging for fall it is not extraordinary that
the engagement should end with tho prices Of the
favorites not materially different from tho opening
Such In TACT was the case with the general list
Tho haiucnation respecting acombination Of the coal
carriers still possesses the minds of the faithful and
keeps up prices, though the problem OF how to
make silk purse out OF sow's ear, rs exemp-
fed in the attempt to sell coal which has cost 81 ton
NJ 80 ton, aud still mako profit has yet been
solved. The iast friends of Lake Shore, who at
time would listen nothing less than four per cent
dividend, are willing now 10 compromise Tor two per
cent The Office seeker was OF the same concedng dis
position, when, failing to secure foreign mission he
took up with lighthouse--except that the lamp
trimmer had thing OF II, which the Lake Shore
eharehoder In spite OF the avoring circumstance OF
domestic crops and foreign contention, has not Lit
tlc attention Rivon TO other stocks than those ad
verted and consequently both and fuc
tuations were limited The afternoon feeling vas de-
cidedIy better and the market closed If up the
beet prices, yet Win great degree Of nrmness.
oPENING PRICES
the opening prccs to-day were: :-Gold, l09N; West
ern Union. TN; Lake Shore, 5o1S; New York Cen.
trial. l06%; Michigan OenTai. 6s54 Delaware, Lacka-
wanna and Western, 491; Delaware anu Hudson, 4sx;
Morris AMI Essex. 76j4 Erie 9>si Onlos, 81 ST. Paul.
81; DO preiorrea, 6si Northwestern preferred 64ss
Hannibal aud 81. Joseph, lz>4; DO prserea, 27A;
Aariposa, az; 40 preferred, o14; Pacific Mail, 2A
The New York herald., 1877-12-07
BUSINESS TROUBLES.

The creditors OF Kitzinger Brothers. SHIRT manuac.
turers No. 81 Leonard street, who iailed last month,
have decided to throw the nrm into bankruptcy aud
have thoir wound up under tho management OF
trustee aided by advisory committee Of three
creditors
meeting of the creditors OF BENJAMIN j. Wester.
vclt plumber at No 507 West FourteeaIn street,
held Yesterday at the Office Of Register Little Tho
assignee Mr. Charles w. Page presented his accounts
and a dividend oil thirty cents the dollar de-
cared. The creditors will probably receive 100
the dollar before the estate is entirely settled.
W. II. Hewitt has been adjudicatcd voluntary
bankrupt his own petition by Register Dayton.
HIS liabilities amount to 6l332 III and he has
sets. TIE principal creditors tho following
Canadian Bank vi Commerce. Sl9, go; A. stuart Hs
Co, $lo 6S2 IS; James Anderson l. soNs. $62OS 81;
James u Falconer, $5,oVS %, and Rider q Coftis,
$2.732 81.
IS Attorney street aud at 40 Walton street. Brook
yn, has failed aud transferred all his properly TO Mr.
Anthony Ernst for tho benefit al his oredltora The
amount OF MS liabilities IS not kuswn.
Ine failure OF William Watt l Co., importers Of
while goods al No. "a Leonard street, cnussd con-
siderable surprise The nrIn hSs reCvntly suffered
heavy losses IN business, whck, togcther with the
dopreciAtion IN values, caused tnem u suspend Tno
extent OF their liabilities is not known, but the trade
estimate Is from $4,000 10 500 QUO. M Walt says
II will not exceed these figures.
Al meeting OF tho creditors OF Il. q. Dumahant Il
Co. marble dealers, Fourteenth street, Ninth
avenue, held at tue office Of Register Alien, alter
siderable discussion resolutions were passed accept
ing the amendments TO Inc composition previously
passed OF twenty-five cents on tho dollar. The assets
IN the hands tho State assignee To be procured
by the assignee binkruptcy aud distributed for
benefit OF the creditors any dividend over and above
twenty cents to be credited upon Tho composition
notes next maturing fNf
In the County Clerks sllcs yesterday shere wero
flea the sssignmen,s OF Edward T. Harris 70 N. Low.
cnberg, OF John W. Boyd to William Betty, of Walton
J. Hildreth 10 David Gentle
The New York herald., 1877-12-07
HERALD FRIDAY pEcEMBEK T. 1s-wTH SUPPLEMENT-

x for the common and per cent for the preferred,
the former selling ut 10 ana the latter at 23s. I-
nos Central declined per cent TO II New York
Central was steady at log The Bank OF England rate
OF discount remains at per cent The specie in tho
bank $500 bullion during the pas, week
The proportion OF to liabilities Al l16
against AZ per last week. Tho weekly statement
OF the Bank OF Franco shows decrease In specie OF
1000 000l In Paris rentes advanced to 107 I5c and
closed At 1911. l2hc The closing prices In London
were :-Consols for money and account, 951< 965s;
AZ per cent bonds. 1857; nve-lwenty bonds OF
1867. lO9x 1ooZ; ten-forty bonds, losx; nyes of
1881 1917; Erie, common shares. 10; do. preferred
shares, 23IS: New YORK Central l06: Illinois Gen.
trn, r.
STATE BONDS.
State bonds ct the Board SOLD at a for Tennessee
issues against As at the close yesterday, and Louisiana
sevens copsols, were steady at s611
RAILROAD
Railroad bonds were generally lower, with the fol-
lowing changes compared with the last previous
sales decline Of per cent In New Jersey Central
hrsts new; u in Great Western frsts OF 1885, u In
Wabash Arsts, ex coupon; u In Central Pacific gold
bonds, u in Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern
nrstsa Chesapeake and Ohio hrsts coupon on) and
Northwestern gold sevens, and In Pacific Railroad OF
Missouri seconds There advance Of u In St
Paul sinking funds and y in Union Pacific arsts Rock
Island sxes of 1917 sold at 108H, Morris Essex
hrslsr at l15K, do. seconds at 1861, Dolawars and
Hudson coupon sevens Of 1894 at "a, New YORK Gen.
trail sxes Of 1883 ut 104, New York Central arsts,
coupons, at I2oK, Canada Southern nrs.s with In
sersss cerlrcatss) A 6l and Toledo Canada Soathern
and Detroit Arsts at 40.
5e PHI A
The New York herald., 1877-12-07
DOMESTIC MARKETS.

GALVESTON. Dec. @. 1877
Cotton strong, held higher; middiing Ig.c. Low mid.
dup lossc; good ordinary. $40 Net receipts. 52ll
1910. Stocr, 81. .ssjS. N#
NEW ORLEANS. Dec. 9. lS7I
Cotton firm middng, lie low middllng lul,c good
ordinary iOc Net receipts. l4,Vt bales; gryss. I5Jg
Exports-To Great Britain. l,34T; TO France, 4O
Channel. i.369; coAstwiso, l423. sales. 1900 stock.
.3S.OJ2
. MoBrIk, Dec. 8. 1877
Cotton quiet; mddng, l0zc. IL. low middling.
1896 lo,fci good ordinary, 3tsc lOc Net receipts
2Iio bales Exports-lo Great Britain. $500. coastwe,
800 salss looJ stoch 5oji5 Yesterday exports coast
wise should have been 25O instead OF Stock 80 t2
ssvAsvsa Dec. 8. 1871
Cotton quiet aud nrm middlunS, lie. low uiiddling.
1uisc rooi ordinary, lOsc Net receipts -3s bales,
gross. to5 Exports coastwss, .ss7 saes, 2.ui9,
Stock lUO.J1f.
CHARLESTON, Dec o. 1871
otton quiet; middiing. lie. Ike; mlddline,
1Os.c lOssc good ordinary. 1Oisc 10 5I0c Net
ceipts, 3.o1o baies. Sales. loo Stock. 7s,6V2.
wLxisaros. N. C.. Dee. Q. 1877.
Spirits OF turpcntine arm 2Yc. kosin nfn At ~ W
for strained Crude tufpcntnv ucady NJ ~ ~ Tor hard,
" 10 ior yellow Dip ~ 10 tor virgin Tar hfm AZ s ~.
oswr.o, Dec. y. 1877.
Flour In moderate demsnd No spring. ~ 90 asz, an.
The New York herald., 1877-12-07

s4c April 100 at Ioo5c 800 II 95c 200 .sac
loo loo .. y iis3s Msy 100 Y 7ae 200 At 4 oes June
ssi 600 - =, l,; 4sc 700 s7e ioS
s.Ioo q. 1859, 100 a. Il.54c. 200 At 1875.
al ais soo o Il sd soo i sipp q sis I. q d Ss q;
i,aoo a. ii.Sss SG'' 90 90 " AT li1Sss 80 seoo 55;'i q
sas 900 r.sra.ry At S's so 800 ,sse {: 'i ss Z.
iaac ao, H. lie. asoo At ii7as. $40 .. H. 7sc.
:. 4 5S /. i i I, 1o I; SS :. ob Z 500
ileis March; so ii.sos 200 :. Il.sass 100
sac 40 a. Soc April 100 At 84c 900 At A. sic..
100 100 At iia7s, loo .. ii.oec.., 200 a. llsSc.;
ssae M aOts tsoae 200 500 :. a. i2Gs lss 400 100 :. at
y ssc ~. 1.o =. ~ = soc June 800 q, isisc 100 -
ioaso0 bales Exchangs: 40 paid to exchante 1000
anasry for Mav a. paid TO exchange 500 for do The
avsraEss ct yes.ordsys iory.rd deliveries ol
lL5,s M.reI is5e. A1rlI, 9ee May T. oss june,
100 shor, nocs 10th At H. i7c March. 400 a. H. Sic
May. 800 AZ II o4c Total 1000 bales second call =
Dsrember. 800 at Soc February. 300 H. zoe: March,
100 at .o3c June. 100 M II i6c. July 100 - 22c.
100 NJ ~ 2ic August 200 ut II 23c. fotai 400 bales
May. loo At iissc June 100 ao9e. Total I bales
sas sssp ew s' sas %os, SP
$50: Charlsston 3.s7O: Wilmington 1867: Norfolk
lei3 sew Yorl, 7s7 Boson .lal rEilaPep phia III.
year 23,942. Stock At New Yors. so o25 baleA
Flour AND GRArx.-R ceipts-Flour l6.fss bbls ; corn
meal. i2oo do and asa sacks; wheat. aseoo bushels;
ley 80 600 do Flour was steady With far demand for
export And the home trades sales 10000 bb inciudnv
iye -four steady. with sales 300 Corn meal
ruled active AZ former price, with sacs OF 800
The New York herald., 1877-12-07
THE ARMOEY QUESTION.

Tho Aidcrmanic COMMITTEE on County Affairs heid
another session yesterday In the Mayors ocs ier tho
purpose OF consdcrng the subject OF providing armo-
ries Tor the National Guard Comptrolior K lily AMI
Mayor Ely present. the nor Of the Promises
6rays admitted proposition permitting Mayo.
Comptroller and COMMITTEES 10 nx Tho amouns OF rent
Pfoprietors OF tho Eight regiment srmory In West
Twenty third street, offered TO oaso these quarters az
annual rental OF $4,000. William H. HurlDuS
oilers 10 soil bis properly situated between Houston
aud Prince strects l02 feet Sonth Ftitn avenue.
running 100 lcet TO Thompson street. Tor she
OF an armory. The sonmitteo aatoafnsd wnnvas
taking any formal action.
The New York herald., 1877-12-07
.:3O TO 3 P. N.
COMMERCIAL REPORT.

COTTON: SPOT FIRM FUTUREs ExCIrED--
FLOUR sTEADY-wHEAT QUIET-CoRN TLRi-
ER-oATs FIRM wHrSKEY DULL PORK
QUIET--LARD QUIET PETROLEUM DULL
OILS srEADY-sPIRITs TuRPESTINE QUIET
RosIN QUIET = COFFEE STRONG - SUGAR
QUIET-FIEIGHrs GENERALLY QUIET.
THURSDAY, Dec. Go 7. NJ.
Business moderate In most departments to-day
there were no important EXCEPTIONS 10 the rule.
On Change -four was s,oady, with fair demand.
Wheat was quiet but steady. Corn lrmer. Oats
wore arm but quiet. whisksy was nominal. Pork
was steady. Lard quiet, without deciaed CHANGE
Naval stores and petroleum were inactive a. ABOUT
former prices Cotton ON .he spot. without further
advance. ruled very 6rm futures after considerable
iregaarity. closed weak and lower Groceries
without material changes Frcights tano, but bas
fair
cofrsKThere was more inquiry for Rio to day, but the
movement to extent restricted by the strong
visws holders Tho rsphc advices from Rio continue
very favorable to importers, and supplies here
Quenty offered sparn y and held at advance of
lc per lb yesterday closing figures, ut which saes
have been made to-day. and revise quotations ac-
cordnly There have been no receipts aimee last and
with sales stock here this evening is reduced to
56,I bags. sales embrace 1904 bags Rass quality
strict good ordinary. vt IKE 2,572 bass ulrika
terms we could earn 800 bags per Donati quality
lar. ls5ac. AT Baltimore. $500 bags per IL. b. cleavos
strict good ordinary low fair 17,c 900 bags Dor
New Light, quality lair, 1Slac 1000 bags per John
Wesley private terms; I3i bags per Kingleader at
l7<c aud ut New Orleans 149 bags per Alma.
made puodc despatch from hio to-day dated De-
cember adsisessaes Of coffee for United since
2sth ut 2s,00o bags; shipments OF do. for Atlantic
ports 1900 bags; do do for Cult ports, 1900 bags
Stock At date, 52.OO0 bags. Price very hrm.n We
quote :-Ordinary cargoes 16c lui4c; iair do,
is,se: good de 100 o prime g, do i9s.c 2os; ss-
isc ls,sc, goid. 10 Gays; Java. governments bags,
2lc 23e.; do. grass mats, &c. 40. sing pore,
l7Ac = iec ceylon. lie a iatsc.; Maracaibo, ioc
lsl,c Laguayra lie l9c. jam .ica, lie. IKE;
Dom nuo i5sc I51c.; Porto Rico. lie lY1,e Cot
1ica. lie. Mexican, osc Isl Macassar. lie
a l9c; AngOstura, tic. 10c. SAVANNA, lbc. 1s1,c
Cnracoa. Ice ~ lie. hs
orToE the spot ruled frmer. without quotabe change
demand moderate offerings 2ht futures we're
feverish, with
the leading month points lower.
IL points uecned - points. the whole market cosng
weex the Quosations Apvended Tho ofica closing
prices to-day. compared with Wednesdays lol-
The New York herald., 1877-12-07
eN naslN PHILADELPHIA STOCKS. T#N
The closing prices OF Philadelphia stocks were
INNING SHARKS,

The following were the opening quotations for min
ing stocks az San Francisco to-day :--Gould Curry
llh; Choar Potosi. ~; Ophir, Sly; Hale Nor
cross, 12k; Grown Point, g.; Yellow JACKET, 1sk;
Belchcr, 8; Virginia Consolidated, "a; California
2sk; Overman, 20; Raymond 4 Ely, s; Bcst Il
Belcher, %; Kentuck Ok; Union Consolidated.
Alpha, IS; Sierra Nevada, 9; Mexlcan. Is; Eureka
Consolidated, "a; Justice lah; Utah, II; jack
son, 3H sts+f fsH& HuI..49
The New York herald., 1877-12-07
GREENEBAUM BR THEIRS SUSPEND.

the suspension OF tho nrm OF Grecnebaum Brothers
Co., bankers, OF No. IL Wall, near Broad street,
announced At tho opening OF business yesterday.
the suspension was traced 10 tho aiuro OF hs Ger
man National Bank Of Cbicago where Grsensbaum
Brothers had . business house, with their brother,
Henry GrceneDaum, ior principal The lrm made n
assignment To Mr.. A Becker, OF Messrs. Becker "
Cohn. Ihey wore not prepared 10 make any stste-
OF anairs yesterday, but rumor had II taat
the deposits in their hands amounted 10 about
100000. They have been nearly a Scorc OF yeara
business ana said TO have stood well hitherto
The New York herald., 1877-12-07
HIGHEST AND LOWEST.
The highest and lowest prices Of stocks at the
THE MONEY MARKEr.

To-days money market followed the example OF
yesterdays. money on call beiug quoted 1T per
cent, advancing under more active demand 10 and
closing NJ per cont Prime commercial paper was
scarce at per cent The following were the rates
oi exchange on New York at the undermen en.oned cities
to-dsy:--Savannan, unsettled, lair demand; Cincn-
natl, unsettled lilo discount, selling par; Chares
ton easier, buying freely, "a discount; ST. LOUIS 20
discount New Orleans commercial "a a 7-l0, bank
"a discount; Chicago par, and Milwaukee, par
Foreign exchange was quiet at sOlk 81 for bank.
ers sxy-day stering bills, and s3}s Asa for DO
mand. The nominal rates remain at 81 y 4.s4x
THE GOLD MARKET.
Gold opened At 1o25s and closed at 1o2ss, all the
sales Of the day having been at those figures. The
carrying rates wore 2K, 2, ~, az, g. 4, and nnay
per cent se4..a ~ .a9Hfgg4at xl-
CLEARING HoUsB STATEMENT 1as.H s.ss
Currency exchanges. $SS 363 543
currency balances. l46 0U5
noa excnahges..... lo,5S0 l7g
Goid balances 2U0ot50
GOVERNMENT BONDS
Government bonds were slightly lower to-day, but
closed quiet at the following quotations States
currency sixcs l197 1905 do SKIES 1884, registered
l01h 1914 do 40, do, coupon, 1l0A Ill 40. do
1865, registered, 103 1O34 40. do 40, coupon 106
look; do 40, 1867, registered, loe l06,s do do
do, coupon. 1oSJs 1925; do. do, 1858. registered,
los l0s, do DO, DO, coupon, lllts liz; do. ten
iortes. registered, los los do. do coupon, los u
n 1oS1l; DO. nves, 1881, registered, lot a 1o71; do
no., do, coupon, lo6H lo7x; do. 4ls's, 1891,
registered, l047s 1o51s; do do, do. coupon 1041s
lo6,s do. iours, 1901 registered loa;s lo3)s 40
do, do, coupon, los 1884. W .p
The secretary Of the treasury issued call Tor tho
redemption oil avs-Lwonty bonds o 1865 as ioows:--
Coupon Donds dated July ], 1885, namely:--s50 No.
400i 10 $1,000, both inclusive; $loO, No 49, 00l to
$4,000 both inclusive; $780, No. 5'ool to Co. oOo both
inclusive $o0o No. &C. DOL 10 10s ooo both ihcusvc.
Total coupons S6,Cov,000 Registered bonds redeem.
able pleasure Of the United states alter tho day
OF July, 1870, followsS5o No. l6o1 to 1750 both
Inclusive; $780, No. 1901 to IA 100, both inclusive;
5000, No. S3ol TO s. 700 both Inclusive; $1,000. No
2s,4ol to 2s, $50 both inclusive; S5,0oo No. 1901
$3.50, both inclusive; $4,000, No l3 SOL to 14s5o,
botn inclusive. Total rcgstered -, 600 600; aggre-
gate, SIC, 1000 000 The interest these bonds will
cease March next Tho call Is issued against q
new subscription by the Syndicate for tour per cent
bonds et " s7te
FoREioS xARkEr
The London advrcos report consois 1rm and l5 4
higher. United states bonds steady, except Tor
lssy's, which declined y a y per cent Erie advanced
The New York herald., 1877-12-07

III
-Inuuced iu the above 10 90 Delivered
contract Tor iuture delivery the sales
follows 10y cstrrday alter two o'clock r. ~ Dscember
400 At i15Dc. 40 IL 4Dc January, 2luO ~ lL6ic
,1OO 63c.. 100 62c, 100 at ll.0lc
ii 69c 800 AZ III soc 800 Hole, 39OO 5sc. 70
5yc. February NJ ~ 7sc, LOO At 77c 900 at
1000 at 72e 400 At li1oc, 900 at y. Tie. 200 ~
~ I2c March, 40 1IvDc.. 800 ~ III SOc hUp Ut
H. 7Ic 400 ~ III 72c March, 100 Al yoc sec.
U0 IA $50. 20v ~ ll55c, $40 ~ ll5Jc, 5vo az
The New York herald., 1877-12-07
xEMoBANDA.

Tho sales OF active stocks at the Stock Exchange
footed up 1866 500 shares tN4
A London despatch says that the prospectus for
new Chinese loan Tor G., 276 has Just boen issued
there the interest which is per per annuw
price 9S, rsdeomaole In seven years.
The earnings OF the Wabash Railway Company for
tho fourth week in November were:--