The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-12-30
FINANCIAL.
by Telegraph.
NEW YORK


NEW YORK, December g. Noon-ssocks firm
Money easy at 2d2f per cent. Exchsngc-Long.
4sll; short, 4S4A Governments strong. States
quiet.
Erening.-Exchange 4SlH. Money, 1ga2t. per
cent. Treasury balances--CuTrcncy, efI7,24f:
coin, s7,235. Governments lower; Az per cents,
LAY 4 per cents. l24s; per cents, 10l bid.
state bonds qniet.
| The stock market opened firm fhs morning and
prices advanced 4 10 4. The Wizards, however.
were weaker In the first sales, Northern Pacldc
Transcontinental at 81. TIE latter continued
weak throughout the first hour and sold as low as
3Oss. considerably long stock being marketed on
the way down. Before ii A. ~. under purchases
TO cover shorts Northern Pacific rose III 10 24l.,
preferred 81 10 52k, Oregon Transconifnental z
TO BIZ. and Oregon Navigation BY TO 96,4 In the
mean time Union Pacific had hnctuated: 81. Paul
had been somewhat weaker at 94lsGn93a. and
other active shares very firm. Northwest rose
s1a NE dnskawanna to liz, Louisville
to 81 sIs Reading q ss sr's and os western
Union y TO 741. Near midday prices fell
of. slightly, and at the same time selling
pearance. This stock declined TO 30 against 91hS
earlier In the day Wabash sold down 4. to l7's !;
Wabash preferred !, to 29s; canadian Pacific
ci6c y, 10 "a Northern Pacific preferred IL, 10
50ii, and oregon Transcontnentlla 10 307s This
decline was succeeded by ilrmer tone. and prices
rallied Z 10 & in the general list, and y to IL in
Northern Pacific. oregon TraBscOntinental. aud
Oregon Navigation. subsequently Missouri Pa
ci1c weakened again, sales being made nj s9'i. In
the last hour of business The Wizards became
heavy for Oregon Transcontinental and Oregon
Navigation. IL was currently reported that In
siders were selling. The rumor grew out of the
fact that broker. who Is related to one Of the
members OF the investigating committee, was a
free seller. This broker had an order to sell
fifty trousand shares OF oregon Transconli-
mental. but n was not for account Of any
one connected with the Willard properties.
and II was thought he was employed by shorts In
stock. II was also stated that Endicott had with
drawn from the Oregon Transcontinental Com
pany. This was officially denied. On the strength
of these report .OregOn Transcontin6ntal dropped
10 80 and Oregon Navigation 10 90h. The North
ern Pacihcs were well sustained during The raid.
the preferred selling ZIP to OH, and common TO
26kn261. The general market was compaL1-
lively steady. eXceDt for Manitoba and Canadian
Pacific. which sold down 10 80 and 543s respect
lively. As compared VITA last nights closing,
prices are = 10 ~ lower for Canada southern:
Rock Island. Louisville and Nashville. Missouri
Pacific. Kansas and Texas. New York Central,
Erie. Oregon Navigation, Oregon Transcon-
tinental. Union Pacific. and Western Union,
and kdlK higher for Wabash. the North
yer. and Lake shore, Lackiwauna. and Texas
Pacific are unchanged. In speclalt!es. Alton and
Terre Haute declined l TO Al: c.. G., &. and |. l..
10 50: Memphis and Charleston ~. to "a; and
Texas Land rose 2, 10 224 and American Cable q.
10 so. Cleveland and Pittsburgh sold NJ 1855.
The sales Of stocks for the past five business days
aggregate 1.6s3.7S5 shares. The exports Of specie
from the port Of New York Tor the week were
Sg32.345. making a total since January LIST Of
slG,76s.324. against 45,5O2493 for the CORE
spending Gerlod In 1882, sales to-day aggregated
3i6,l0T shares.
BALTIMORE.
BALTIMORE. December 30 VIRGINIA G's. past
due coupons As : new l0-i0's. 80 new SIS, So.
North Carolina G's, old. 1904. Bl.