, 1880-04-10
! FINANCE AND TRADE.
Stocks Alternately Strong, Weak,
and Strong Again.
Industrious Circulation OF 1su'nors
to Dcprcss Prices.
( Foreign Exchange Increasing Re-
y ceipta of Currency Here.
Tho Prodata Harkets Miye and Irrsgular-Nh'at
frmer tIt serroas.
Corn and Oats Lower-proysio0s Weak, with
Later Reaction.
FINAN CIAL.


FINANCIAL.
There wax Mi Industrious nlnrshntlng Of all tho
farts thnt could throw le lluht OH tho stock
market. Tho tpnnip,,Inton OF money VIVA COLI
ttu,,ed, though the highest rnto rcuchcl was "a
1,cr cent rcr nn.tm nxulust TN rcr cGrt Il few
tlayn neo Tho appnrent tcn,,cneca of tho
,n,,ncy marriott nr,, townr, greater rnsc hut tho
onorntors most powerful IN stacks coucpol this
[ ~ much Us ppeslblc westcrn pr.,tl,,cts arc De.
al,,nIne to 1noyp forward rnp,tlty, and cnrEocs
hayc nircndy l,rrn received Mt ftufao TINT f,nvo
pa.scd through tho strn,ts ar Stnckinac, This
,nurkotnx al brcast,,,ya. us we'll as tho t,ccli,c
i,, TIM ur,ce, Of them, and Of cotton, lspn l,m.
Der, and stock exchange securities, all havo
powerful agency In diminishing tho
demand for bank Toms, Ctrrcuoy IS bc-
u,1n,nv to acc,,mutato at chicago. uni
Il tbo pr,co Of New York cychnngo rises
us run,y as It has done tho Iast ,tay or two CHI.
.-cuuo will lc shipninx c,,rroncy tu New York neyt
wcca,. nut thcsn constdorntions 10 mt induce
tho punlIo 10 p,,y stocks. Even those who look
l.for htghor prices hnvo been rendered timtd BY
I thr cnprgetio manipulation Of tho bears, and
;'brokors discourage orders because they to not
c,re 10 subject themselves to nny e.nl,arrass-
:, mont a,out cutting loous when tho money u,nr-
Ert "a tjrht' business In Chicago bns consc-
!. .ucntiy been very dull for n day nr two.
Most of tho ohnngcs III quotations were In q
Ne Cst il,
,uctiyc On n falling scalc, on sales It wns safu ty
llccne, aud closed with a decline Of IN, at 10.
fMoyrls s. Esscx lost Il, to l01A. rho coal
(.stocks wero nil wouk, fur uno reason on acoount
5or the t1ro,, In tho price Of iron, which 1t wns
tthought ,wosld c.lrtall tho consumption Dt coil
.tn tho from manufacture. Delaware & Hudson
udyal,eo to 81, dropped TO IT, and closed At s.a
Inckawai,nn yns flrn,, ra,lging t,ctwecn H,s; and
h0lA, md closing With net loss OF IL, at a. Jcr-
'sey Central sotl ut 81 and nv, and closed Z.
lower, Mt 1Ba( Heading lost u, to 9s. New York
3, Central fiuct,,nted bptyve, lE}H and lem Clos
Ing ut 1G.E, q decline Of N. 1nois Cunirnl lost
: II, to lo7; Michigan Central Il, 10 tE; Fru ~,
to IAN; the preferred u, to 8s1s; Northwest y,
<to v5h; St. Paul u, to Bta;; tho preferred ", 10
=, 10l; Wabash l, to IN; tho prefcrred A, to 67A:
Ohio l. MlsslssIppt q, tt u; Kuusas & Texas III,
to &aat; Pacific NtaIl X: to 4.,;; Uu!un pac!t.c i:
to wS; Iron sfouttuin !, to hay;; Western Unsol,
Il, to 10dE; At,aptto l. pncIte liz, to Az: Cnn-
atia Southurn Il, to G0Ss: Northern pacitlc 4. IL
rsG; tho profcrrol III, to III Manhattan III, 10
eoh.
Mobile & Ohio tundo u. to s.lt; Chesaue,iks &
Ohio Il, "a ajIf: Sioux CITY Il, IL; Mnnpu,n,s
1n. to 5y. At. Jon prefrrul Y. 10 TOE. Nur,h.
|"wost proforrvd 81, to IQgd1; mud Lake Shoro Il,
to lUu
Eric second Ga sold at q. md vot. md closed Mt
al:
RaiIroad bonds. in Now York IN "Wednesday.
,vor0 hcayy and urcssc.l for Hale In tho cnrlv
dealings hut Mt tho n,nae n stcaltcr tone nre-
yaIlcd md thoro wns so,te rocpvcry. Eric con.
sol,datoa aeconds declined from vif IN pO,x. and
c,nsod NJ o0E. Kansns 4, Tcxns first. roIi of
from los to loo. nnl seconds from d, to a. tho
Southern f,rsta fell al to s0M. md ral
lied to 10. DurlIurton. Cet,ar 1,ap,d, {.
Northern flrsts dcollueh frr,m q. tn III. 1ron
Mountuu first nrefcrrc,1 ,nromcs rrnm a1ik IN
:, g. d asSsss,ss ssssss % iss ~. sx 70 q 9; aoSs G1e
nrsts to eo!i; do incusues 10 rs; Ichlsh s
Wilkcsharto consolidated nsseutcd to NJ: Chcsa-
poAko Ohio sorics D to W; 10 currency o. to
4sH; metropolitan EioS1te1 'rsts to 1QOii; Now
YORK o!ovAted iifsts to ll0G; Bost1n, Hartford
y ERIC ftrsts to G; nnd Home, Wntcrt0wn T.
OHdonsburg tlrBts to G5!i.
Governmcnt honls wore strong, aud advanced
ct the 6lose. District Of Columbia aass wcro
WI DID, and Wy Rskcl, and 0,00o were sold at
tho latter price. United States Is were bt,uKht
Ut looA, AID sold ut 10TH. Tho fhs wuro lG55i
una lut' tho "a woro llp'% md iNl1s, md the "
lo69s and 10aH. 1sl'Sucss wns fstlt, and u good
many oonta ars being thruwn oil tho market ut
the advnnco In price.
Foroign exeihnRa 'vas not 80 heavy as on the
preceding dny. The pasted r7Itea FOR sterling
Wero 4s8 fur sixty.dny bills md AsD for sight.
French bankcfh bills wcro hlsA and 6lh. and
Gcrman bankers' bills u mil a,A. ArtMul rites
Tor sterling woro 4e1 and lss ConlMcrctnl sterl-
Ing was tEsalG1tS>; French noInlnere!n f21 = for
Paris, md 6s,A for Antwerp, Marsollles, and
HAvro. Commercial mnrks wcrc " lnl NY.
Tho c1rortn Ut dnmeste proluto from New
York for tho pust week umul,nt t0 $7,lpa-
SGs, against $5.{Do,aA3 TOR Tho corresponding
week of 1870. Thu following tnh'u siluws thu
exports toxclusiyo OF spcciol from tho port Of
Now Iork f0r the week ending Aprti ., 1880,
oonpnrel With tho statement or tho two pre-.
v!ous yeArs;
tnr tho wret. 7lS9,.,, ,E%MIS:xa EMS fs:a fS:s;,n
provtousiy rup1stsd S';.s,SI ;ssIi,:is sl.si,SIS
v,n,. ,.,, al am NM 40. G--- ~, -. 60 -,
Ihfcnun hnnkrrs ro,'nr. Nn,S WI, nr",,"",o
tuactlyo. witt tho o,aattnn n, ndtish nrr RI m,