New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-08-21

rHlaD cALL--2la O'CLOCK p. W.


"WEDNESDAY. Aug. -V-f VI
The report Of Auditor Schuyler showing the total
,ooveren. Of freight By the canals for the week
or5o8 ANGUS. 4 makes another favorable COMPARE
sop with last wear. The movement for the week Of
Ans vs9r was 81 332 tons greater than for the same
v.ekof1s7s. and the tolls received his year were
S1G13s more than last year. The gains principally
were in The larger shipments OF grain. @ the west
1,gpd shipments anthracite coal shows & decline Of
4-72 tons. notwithstanding that its price is more
fhaB 81 per ton less than it in 1873. Railroad
iron shows a gam Of 1.1U6 tons.
The receipts Of grain az the principal Atlantic
yor+z during che week ended August 10 were SOP.
ga bushels less than were received during the pre-
cedrr week; New-York gaining 264 ,l67, and BaIti-
NOR Philadelphia and Boston losing 1.G66.44l
bushels: But as compared with the same week of
ISIS. the four ports gained 6s4,l92 bushels.
OF which New-York gained 274.375, and
tle other three ports 409sl7 bushels. The
total receipts since January 1 at the four
ports compare as follows: 1873, 127277351
bushels: 1879, 146, 731 ,246 bushels; gain, 49,
453s3J bushels. New-York gained 2,Ie2lll
bushels, aud the other three ports gained it'll
rs bushels At Buffalo the receipts Of last week
were 2.4O3 $50, against 4.2+3,o37 the preceding
week and 3.52579O bushel, for the same week Of
1873. But the decrease probably may be accounted
Tor by the detention Of vessels by the recent
storms, winch were very severe upon the lakes. At
Chicago the receipts, compared with corresponding
week Of 1873, show decrease OF 100000 BUSH
els but the shipments thence were 100000 bushels
more for last week than for the week last year. At
Milwaukee the receipts show a decline OF 10000
bushels ana the shipments about the same falling
OF from tie same week OF 1878.
Tie stock market to-day opened subject to a we'll
Organized speculative boom and during the first
h0ur of business several fractions were added 10
yesterdays best prices. After that came tuctua-
mons fevefishness and gradual settling OF prices.
which resulted except for stocks hereafter noted IN
wipug out, not only the advances OF this
morning. but also a large portion Of yesterday s
gains. There was not IumOr stirring
re ative 20 finances the business of the various
properties; the contrary, outside of the huctua
ton Of prices inside Of the Stock Exchange, the
day was remarkably dull The total trans
actions in stocks amounted 10 1924 shares
against 1s6, 1913 shares yesterday Oi tO-daYs Dusl-
ness II3 200 shares furnished by the dealings
I'm the III. Paul, Northwestern, Lake shore ana Del
aware, LacAaW anna and W estern stocks, and Jhe
stocks named were the ONLY ones that contributed
as many as 10000 shares each. The CLOS
ing prices were not always the lowest, but
in final safes. 81. Paui and Delaware, Lackawanua
and Western each showed declines OF =, North
west preferred IS, Lake Shore - and Northwest
common i Is per cent. Michigan Central was duli
and Qlt nos sympathlZe Win the morning bu9E-
aucy finally sing per cent; and the Fries also
were Quill, Yielding 0sal2 per cent for the common
and Is per cent tor the preferred stock.
A notable feature of the DAY was the sharp adj
vance il the price of Burlington, Cedar Rapids and
Northern stock from 30 10 IS The stock closed
bS14 bi yet The total business Gone I'D II amounted
% only 100 shares. The Southwestern list gen
orally declined from Il 10 - per cont from last
nights DuCes, but The st. Louis and san Francisco
shares were marked exceptions the common a.
-vBncmg .. preferred L. and first preferred per
cent. The hannibal and St. Joseph stocks also
were better-tle common s, ana the preferred STOCK
y per cent.
Ia mmug stocks nothing done at the Stock
Exchange, except III Standard at 27l2OZ7, and
CARIBOU al GU61s.
The general market closed weak.
RANGE OF THE STOCK MARKET.
-dg r.p0red " the Cold and Stock Teisyr1Dh CompqHA