National Republican., 1883-12-07
NOIIOH NNHEkbIs
rhe following were tho opening and closing
BALTIMORE STOCK MARKET,

BALTIMORE bTOCk MAHhkE
BALTIMORE, Dec. 6-Virginia 6s, consolidated,
40; do. second series, IS; new 10lOs, Oh North
Carolina 6s, old, l09 bid to-day.
NEw YORK MARKET
New YoRK, Dec. 6-Monoy easy at 2lS per
cent. on call. Prime mercantile paper, $685. per
cent Foreign exchange dull at 4Sll2G4S2 for
long and 4si6isil4 for short sight. Governments
strong. State bonds quiet. Railway bonds irreS-
The stock market to-day was very irregular.
some shares being strong and Others weak. Spec
ulatiou opened firm, but before the first call the
pressure against the Wizards was renewed, Oregon
Transcontinental sold down from 1874 TO 42li,
Northern Pacific from 2Gh TO 25la, preferred from
100. The general list at this time was strong for
the trunk liues and lower for the grangers. Sub
sequenily the whole market improved under the
leadership OF Reading, which sold up from 532z
to 55l5, Northwestern rose TO l2il9 st. Paul to 9S4
Lake Shore to 1OlI, Michigan Central 70 92, Mis-
souri, Pacific TO 97l1 Lackawanna to llS1&, New
York Central to 1l6Js, Erie to 3OA, Northern Pa
citic to 26I5 preferred to 90. Oregon Transconti-
mental to 43, Manitoba to i0lM, Union Pacific 10
ofbuslness, however, the grangers and the Wizards
weakened and a general decline took place;
Northwestern sold down to llg}F lex dividend Of
of2 per cent? st. Paul to 97ea, Lackawanna to 1lS
Lake Shore to 1905, Missouri Pacific to 96A North :
ern Pacific to 20, do. preferred TO 5SlS oregon
Transcontlnental to 4lJs, Reading to 5l2s, Texas
Pacific to 2l5s, and Union Pacific to a16. The
market closed irregular and weak a. AS compared plSH
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy, Laokawanna,
Louisville and Nashville. Lake shore New York
Central, Erie, the Omahas, Pacific Mail, Manitoba,
Wabash preferred, and Western Union are "a to
1N per cent higher, while Northwestern, st. Paul,
Rock Island, Delaware and Hudson, Michigan
Central, Missouri Pacific, Texas Pacific, Wabash,
and the Wizards were 4 to 3 per cent. lower.
Kansas and Texas, CANADA Pacific, Denver, and
Union Pacific are UNCHANGED. The selling OF
claim that more than one-half Of the sales were
for short account. In the specialties Oregon I'M
Msii, after selling iup up to Il. reiurncd to i5,S, ~
Sales to-day aggregated 392l 2I3 shares, Including
Delaware, ,aLackawanna aud Western, 5i,OOO Erie,
600; Lake Snore, lS,S00; Northwestern, 81 $40
Northern Pacific, l6 100; Pacific Mail, 1913, Read
ing, ~, 2,s00ISt! Paul, 33762 Union Pacific 22,l0O;
continental, 56,67t Northwestern, ex dividend,
$780,
BALTIMORE PRODUCE MARKET
BALTIMORE, Dec 6.-Cotton steady; middling,
10Ic. Flour unchanged and dull; Howard street
and western superfine SO O0@3 so; do, extra SO 70
@4 20: do. family IS 0095 20; city mills supertine
IS 1906 90; do. Patapseo family, SO 5O do. supera
tive patent, 81 90. Wheat-Southern scarce and
firm western easier and Inactive; southern red,
land, 81 12j491 l21S; No. 2 western winter red
spot, 81 07I191 0719; December, u 01A bid Janu'
ary, 81 O9l49l OgsI; February, 81 1l1sd9l u; May
western firMer and quiet; southern white, 55957c
do. yellow, 5s9C0c; western mixed, december
| G2lkc asked January, 62@624c; February 621ag
| Csc; steamer 55g56c. Oats very dull and hrmeI
| in tone southern, 3S@44c; western white 4Og4ic
| do. mixed, 3S6D59c; PennsylVonla, 3o0llc. RyC
| quiet at 6696Sc. Hay quiet aud unchanged; prime
| to choice Pennsylvana and Maryland, sl3 0O@
| 10 co. Provisions dull and unchanged; mess pork
| Sld 10; bulk meats, shoulders and clear rib sides
| packed 6I66QSc; bacon shoulders, &c; clear rtt
| sides, 90 hams, l4%@15c. Lard, refined. 0Ac
Butter firm: western packed l0g24C; creamery, p
| @D95c. Eggs firm at SOC; picked dull at 2O@22c
| Petroleum unchanged refined, S34@SJSc CoieC
dull; Rio cargoes. ordinary TO fair, ll@l2c Suga,
| dull; A soft, SIC. Copper refined quiet at llL
| @li1kc. Whisky steady at 81 1901 ls1
| Frolghts to Liverpool per steamer unchanged
cotton, 1l.G4d.; flour. Is. 3D.: grain, 59C9Od. Re
ceipls-Flour. 2,5S5 barrels; wheat 22OOO bushels
| corn 10000 bushels; rye. 1000 bushels. Ship
ments-Wheat, 1900 bushels, Sales-Wheat, 2O6,
| QUO bushels; corn, 1888 900 bushels.
TREASURY STATEMENT.
Tho statement of the United States treasure
shows gold, silver, and United States notes In thu
| treasury yesterday as follows: Gold coin nnt
bullion S2l6 246 2g6 silver coin and bullion, Sl22
67S007; fractional silver coin, S26 90O036 UniteC
States notes s56,692 2O5 total, 1922 2Si, ,4i6 Ger
tifcates oustandingGold, 500 OH ,23O; silver $50,
| 226,05l; currency, Sl4, ,d35 600.
The receipts from Internal revenue yesterday
were $685., ,617 and from customs S6l747O
The national bank notes received for rcdemp
| ton yesterday amount TO S5S3,OOO.
Bonds have been redeemed at the treasury dc
| pnrtment to date MS follows: Under the l22d call
SS572 SO0 under the l23d call, 81 92l 500 and unde
the l2ith call, Sl7l,S0O.
The treasury department yesterday purchased
| 100000 ounces of silver for delivery at the Ney
Orleans and Philadelphia mints.