Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 3, 1877, Page 6

THE CIHICAGO TRIBUNE: MONDAY DECEMBER 3, 1877, ANCE AND TRADE. Review of Local Finances Last Discounts in Mod- erate Demand. | i i The Produce Markets Less Act- ivc=--Iogs Stendy---1ro- visions Firmer. Corn and Flour Duoll—Other Breadstnffa Firm~Wheat and Barley ] i | | : i ! i Progress of Packing-~-Stocks==~ Movement of Produce for the Week, FINANOCIAL. The excitement that prevalled the preceding week was wanting lnst week. failures, nnd the carrent of loeal financial affairs flowed amoothly enonghon the surface. wan qulet nt tho banks, thecity and country Induced some borrawing by <city and country merchants for tho country banks to anply for rediscounts The Joanable means of the banks are In oxccss of the applieations for redinconnts, 30 per cent to regular customers; on the atrect, call;loans were G per cent. was sold between banka on Saturday ot LW@7ic Tha carrency movement {8 There were no bank and nado It neceasary Tiatea were 7@ New York exchanige per 81,000 premium, The clearingaof tho Chicago bankn were reported s follows by Manager D, R, Hale, of the Chicago . Clearing-House: a5t Year, 10,673,470 THE DEAL IN OPHIN. A The San Franclsco CAronicle complains that the raanipulations of Ophir stock are milking the life- blood out uf the people of California. Opblr has ylelded, from the beginnlag to the pres ent time, 273,257 toun of oro and 810,084,111; ‘paid $1, 304,400 in dividends, and collected $2,- showing a loss to perma- Ou the report that been made on the 1,200-foot Tevel, the price was rushed up from $12 8 share to 257, and Friday, Nov, 130, wi dele thinks the rise Is too great, and adviscs ita readera not 1o mortgage thelr houses to pat np margins on the atock. TUE NEW RUSSIAN LOAN. The London 7imes says: 1t fa stated that by Mesnts, Lippmann, r agents in Derlin 145, 000, 000 nominal, 1n Amsterdam (= said tobo cqu 77 per cent here cum dividend since July 1aat. The 3 per eent one, and will be redeem- or cent sinkine s e the cuno withthe rabreeiptions for the 038, 344 In asscasments nent shareholdors of $613, 144, nnow strike ha t 851, The CAron- loan Isto befnened & Co., of Amator- nd Parls, The ri lent to from 70 to y-sevon years by a L fand Instead of in eighty yeai Jart few loans demued here. Joan are 1o be asked for in London, but the bonds redeemed and Interest are payable here, Theloan, in whort, is slmilar tothe Anglo-Duteh luans to Ttuesla in 18464-"00, The price of the honds of there com dividend, Is nbout B2, 38 probably sseucd L' enable the financiern who have been tnding the ltnssdan dividend to continne their art of 1t nn donbt, consiets of tha bonds piedged to theae bunkers fu May last acainst or_cent nicrest and b t will bo remembe time these ndvances were arranged for it was sald that the Syndicate had power to demaud this st atthe price of 70 withln six months, 8 the lusue bo auccessful in Hollany and Germany, the fnanciera will thereforo be able 1o reap a very handsome profit both waye, chance whatover, and, asan Londou mmrket woul This new loan savantes st¥ Here the lonn has no attempt to launch it 0 most Iikely at once vrices, great prudence in shown in leaving well alone. thving to the Interruption of tele ie communleation, no newa hus el Tiertin an to how the foan was rocefved there, Amsterdam it niade the old ocks flat through the by intending anbxcribers to it s 1o havo attracted scarcely uny atten PATER MOXEY 1§ GREAT BRITAIN. The note circulation of the Dank of England Oct. 27 was £141,301,110; of the privato English banke, $12,530,105: of the joint stock banks, 3 of lhe Beotch banks, $:10,183, 195 and of the Irlsh banke, $39, 80! & totul paper clreulation in Great Dritain of 8¢ GOLD AND OREENRACKA, Gold wae 1025@102% in greenbacks, Grecnbacks wero 074@U7% cents on the dollar FOREION EXCHANGE. i § GOVERNMENT HONDS. United States as o United rlates n e L0 4 percent connons. . Uoited States cus o iy QUOTATIOND, - 0 City 7 per cent bonds. . u (11 7 per cent Sewerage. eago City T per cont Water-1.o v ceut bonda (1onj (Nouth slde)..., Fornchicaso Weat Diviston Hallw *And Interust. BY TELEGRAPIL j NzwY onx, Dec. 1,—Gold dall throaghoul the day. Carrying rates 3 to 11§ pur cont. Bilverat London unchanged. are 120% in cugroncy, 117 In gold, Hilver coln # Q@Y diacoant, Goveramentssirong, Kauliroad bonds quiet and weaker, Buate bonds quiel, Depresaion was tho chief feature of stock specu- Jation to-dsy, and still lower prices were taade, There wae a renvwed pressure to sell in the cotire 1st, and the declino rangod frow % to B; per cent, Lackawanna & Weslern, Lake Fhore, Western Univn, Delawate & lludvon, and Mictizan Central thy most conepicuous i the In sonic of these shares there was & steady stroam of ealesduringthe morne fug, snd although thory were consldcruble pur. chases o cover short contracts, thery werw ver fow rullies fo the market, shawed a recovery of eat pulut, becama steady later, o but teft otf ot d slignt ro- dvance of i to 13 per cent Hore eflver hare with Delawaro, downward muvement. tho 1 o'eluck cafl frmer towards the closs sction, bowever,atun from the loweat volnt of the day. bales agerevaled 180,000 sharce, of which 3, 600 45,000 Luke 85:»1«.' 1), 700 kawanna, 4,400 Dok Cahl, aud 31,000 Western Unlon, Money, 84¢7 per ceut, Prime mercantile p were New Yor! {.11‘;'::.0‘("56@7 per cent. i =t § < EEEE S =3¢ rican” EXpre Unlted statcs Nowor Centrd, SCPRPISRE S S-Bes PION BRI i Ufl‘; l’l:lkfl L} Zl lon 3 U E sinklog-roud... w5 . [N Bax Fuaxcisco, Dec. 1.—The followlng are the oslag quotation 0ard: s ¥va%.23 for wry Tght, serves, overy certalnty that large imporiations will be required by France, the more an ns the dxfictency af the notato crap in that country 4 alvo dwelt npon on this occasion, With regard fo the wheat crop in the United Kinedom, Sir. Hohert Woodward at thie nnnual meeting at the Seven Valley Farmers' Club_ calculated tho_ yicld of tha crup &t B, 707,500 qra, leaying 7,085,000 qra_ for haman food, ' after deducting ¥ cent for in- ferior quality and the quantity required for secd- inc purpuses, tius necesitating an mportation of 1 qra, or nearly i%.000,000 qre more (38 e far iase b by Common lmnher-autatile prices e for dry. o 4 pift o Y10 it In the flsh market. s af prices following brl, #1 2024.001 family white- 234,503 mackere), & 2 et ere np Trade waS vere guiet at the ran Na. 1 whitefeh. nee nan, Justice.. FOREION, ""‘m"hnx"' 1.—Condols for money, ©71.10; account, 71 3 lc,«:;"'erq»x‘-;lmnrnl_es—tl {tin, 1045: O7n, 100K |0-400, T08%{; new s, . oW Vork Central, 1071 Eele, 10145 pretorred, . LS 328,505 No.'2 bay, | Lan. o, new, lg-lnl, 8} No.1hay kita £1.00. ree family, kite, hin, 2 Bhinzles **A ™ cholv Tiry shingies 130 oTir. 000 Woodward abserves) ‘than was ever Imported Mtovk-firh, 12'e¢ per ih atnoked hering, per oz, 35¢; Columbia liveraslnon, FRUITA AND NUTS—Rialsins, enerants, prunes, and, in fact, ait \umxm; Importedd frilts, woreinceting with A very'tair demani and were steadily” hetd, bt domer: Tiex wore duil, - Chere was a @nod demand tor AUt At firm prices. 6 quote: EOnRIN—DAtes, nmv":{ figs, now larers, 134@17ct i e opn_ Jear excent the year bofore Iast, | 370 T 25 1‘_'4;“;"(';:‘"'”' (. The Muvkewn Xare savg contracts harateen t{'x'fifl,fi 2. Mr, Woolward'a eatimate of the requircments | foind. iy i it & or cufiing. aboui 000000 18 of w7y Taius, Dee. 1.—Rentes, 1001, 76¢. Of Tarolen wient In ttina conalierAbly Deromd Tht | Brrsarn tas ae e, At b s Lake, the source of the Suskegon Rivor. Pl of 13,000,000 qre given by Mr. J. i, Lawes some time alnce. Mr. Lawes hiad last’ year estimnted the requiirementa of tho campalgn of 1870-7 at foutteen million quarters, and he obsoreed In his recent report that, although only abont twelve million quarters were Imported dafing that srason, this hiad only been sccomplished at the cast of 8 BY TELEGRAPIL FOREIOGN. COMMERCIAL. The tollowing were the receipts and ahipments of the leading articles of prodnco fn thia city daring tho twenty-fonshonrs ending at 7 o'clock on Livearooi, Dec. 1-11:00 8. m.—Gruax~\Whest— v Turkish prones, old, R‘3@oe: d w, 11'ediidger 3 N arday morning. sud for the corresponding | Yery larce reduction in the mocks remalning aver T ‘ Wiater, Xo. 1, 114 &y No. 3, 108 0d: apring, No, 1, 11at ‘5,‘;,! ,“’”“"" Ll ponding | ey o eomimencenient of tne presant season.. The Erenen do, T1@idterd 3 Ehvatas | 0T e white, o, 1, 17 1141 No, 3, 13 7ds resonrcen for the repetition of n similar modo of eking ont the wants of the eutrent year are now evidently wanting, and, npon the whole, Mr, Wouodward's estimate will, under these. elrcum- stances, porhaps, be thonght worth very erions consideration, and if, therefore, we chooes to adopt (he exact medinmn between the two estimates, an importation of fourteen million quarters of wheat will be the quantity required from abroad. Anyhor, the combined requirementa of forelen wheat In the United Kingdow, France, Relglum, Kinlland, and Germany will form an appacently unprecedented tofal, PROVISIONS. TI0G PRODUCTS—Were firmer, with less dotng. There was little chango {n pricesat the Stock-Vands, and Liverpool reported a decline of 84 per cwiln the principal cuts of meats: but holders of product wero firmer [n thetr views, and wonld not sell excent at full quotatlons, The record of packing exhibits a faiing off, chiefly dne to the miserablo tosds in the country during November. ‘The Commercial Bulletin givesthe following ssthe winter packing at the principsl cities to datet To dat v date, a‘r!" 75, sluh, No. 1, 138 3d; No. 2, 123 84, Corn—No, 1, 208 ads No. 2, 20e. ProvistoNs—Tork, 676 Lard, 438, Livenroot, Dee, 1—8 p. m.—CottoX—Quict and stendy At 67-17a0 11-104; sales 8,000 halesi spocnls. tion and export, 2,000 Amerlean, 5,000, TireAnstorrs—California white whest, 121 7d@12s 11dy do emb, 124 613138 3d; No. 3to No. 1 red Western spring, 1@ 114} do winter, 108 9d@11n 6d. Flonr: tra New York, 2. Corn—Western mixed, 2Dxa2m3d, Oata—American, 85, Darley—Amerlcan, 3564 Pran—Canadlan, 7. Croven Srrn—American, 13@50. Provianxs—3iens pork, 670, Prime mesa heef, 078, Lant—-American,43. Dacon-Long clear middics, 3081 short ilo, 403 84, TaLLow—Amercan, 408 0d. TRTROLEUM—SpIrits, T4 61) refined, 110 64, Taxexen O11.—01s 4d. Ttrstx—Common, 5 34 pale, 138, 8PINITA OF TURPRNTINE-2%6, Ciersz—American, tAs. Loxnox, Dec. 1.—Perronxou—Refined, 117¢@13d. Axtwrenr, Dec, §,~PgTroLrrn-3ta i, T'fl;e fullowing wera received by tho Chilesgo Board of rade; LivRrooL, Dec. 1.~Prima mess nork—Rastern, 638y Weatern, 578, Jlacon—Cumberiands, 448; short ibs, 408 0d: long clear, #0a 8d: ahort clear, 208 ¢ shoulders, 341 hamn, 47v. Lard, 43¢, Prime meas beef, 0183 Indla mexs beef, 9A1 extra Indin mess, 1126, Cheese, 048, new. 822,31, r @Alpments, 1877, | 1870, aaTe; Smit 1 <mithorn, et peachen, nerries, new, 4 1301 almonds, Terragona, 10 ara Tt N olen waln i n nioderate request and AbpirNew Yo @5 per v cranberties, enitivate: Malaga lemon: G E2.004 35 po w123 por keg of 50 . GROCEIIES~Caffecs were frecly dealt [n and were stronger, 1o st¥ic moving up & full 1o, o rosponse 10 ad¥ance at the L. Sugar sirnne ‘and motasses werv ensy, bt without qiiotabte dvcline, Itice rematne firm. Hustneas cantinnes 1o Imurove, andtng ensulng week promiscs {0 b an active une. Wo auate ma fol- ows: H1eR—taroline, 04@7'sc: Loutsiann, 0&7c, Corree=0, G, Java, ¢y Java, No! 24ige: ehutco ti faney (tin, 31 ifenler gond 10'prine, HaiMer common to fair. 19%QILNer omstIng. 17:§ a Ama=Tatent cut losf, 10%a11es crashed, 101 LRI RTARUIALOIL 1043 ac] P reds 1 e TORer A Mandanh, vidatier do o; 3, 0anuct exiia .10 a Dses © No. 1, 84@see; C No. s Sa@siies yallow, Tiva w Woul, (. Potators, bu. Ceni. tons, 1A Pa—Callfornia augar-loaf dri Bk Ry G AR R st 1 i = : oo s b o s oty | Taltaw, 40, Withdrawn from store daring Friday for eity l;:lll"’; S0¢1 oXtra dn, SHE! New Orleans inalacen, cholea TLoxvox, Dec. Tiyerpool—Wheat and corn quict. EabUlS . Ittehmon eeies Mrss Porx—~Wanless active and firmer. advancing 7%c ver brl, witli the trading moetly for next month. Thers (3 now & new feature o December trading. *new * commandini & premium of A 10¢ over **tegular,” which may mesn old pork, which i now being brotght hiera from otlier po! I8 o market for i1, conramptiont. 3,584 bu wheat, 2,000 bu barley, The following grain was inspected into stors in this city Satorday moralng: 12 caes No. 1 hard wheat, 20 cara No, 2 o, 8 cara No. 1 solt sprlug, 101 cars No. 2 do, 20 cars No. 3 do, 7 cars reject- ed (174 wheat); 30 cars high-mixed corn, 2 cars now mized, 110 cars No. 2 do, 47 cars rejected, 30 cara no geade (240 corn); 20 cars white oats, 8 cars No, 2 mized, 3 cars rejected, 1 car no grade 132 oats); 1 car No, 1 rye, 12 cam No. 2 do, 2 care rejected (13 tye); G cars No. 2 barley, 7 cars Ter eommolto good, 408 biack et e Mark Lano—Cargoes off coast—Whest and corn quiet. Cargocs on pasage—Wheat and eorn qulet, LATER—Mark [.Ane~Carguesoff coast—\Wheata shade desror, Corn rather essler; falr averags American mixed, 808 643318, AMERICAN CITIES. NEW YOnKx, Nrw Torx, Dee. L.—Corrox~Firm at 11 £-16311 7-10ct futures Larely steadyt Decemuer, §1.24%11.20¢1 January, 1L33@tLMes February, i1.40@11.47c1 March, 11,50G811,60c1 April, 11,72611,5301 May, 11,78 PenCE 15 g s Bt Iner, 15§ lie: hutmeg, an PORnse l?;kuiln inger, 101 RoAR='TTie [de, Sig1 ferman mottled, a0Yer e Lily. o3 WhitaTily, se: Whitn itoee, 5%t Peacn (liostomn. 701 Savan Imberial. Agalfe. FIA’ W n goud demimnd anil sfea: othy., 810,801 Nk 3 16, 0.00: mixed. €7.5048.00; up- 1and FrA\rlr. AN, 005 No. 1 prairte, r 5 11PES—\ero slow and weak, the iiberal Tecolpts goustug, hugera to Holl off, aes, wer moparied st e 0f e, Quatationt: Uity hutehrrss cows, 0401 ateers, T4ct groencured, light, 0'fnbiye: henvy, L areen at $11.00311.25. mnd extra :’l“:":t li;\d“lll;'; 1““])‘“"":""{:‘ ;I {” R11,Rac: 11.75¢t Jul; 0U@12.0lct August, extes No. 3 do, 7 cars ordinarty No. 3o, 3 €at8 | primo da ai 80, 75610.00, i e Aty Kip and calf 14@10es 0 Aci,mint awl prime 4 une, 3173t July. 3 gus feed (22 Larley), Total, 461 cars, o 188,000 | VLapnoiesseryduictbut Aemer, Caah Totn advance | St dor 10 176) aiaited bies, 12act dry | 12.08c. 1761, denon sklun, 43@200; Sheop peits, | - Fr.opn—Iteceints, 17,000 bries still In buyers* favort e Pl S, atlttlo better export Inqulry for low kradcs cxtra; prices unchanged. Rve four unchanged. Conx-MEAL—Dull; Weatern, 82,0023.00. Guatn=Whest fiem, with A larze husinees, chlefly sneculative; receipts, 133,000 but refected spring, #d"ing per 100 1w, being searce and wanied, while fatures sdvanced about 5c, though with Litle demand, Sales were Jimlted 10700 teA cad) ot €730, XTIES 100 1cs do tkettled) at #8.13; 250 tca scller December at £7.80; and 1,700 ten seller Junuary at 87.62437.40, ‘otal, 2,800 fce, The marke closed frm at 87,7 SOt '#7.45 seller the month, $7.85 seller January, 7.0 scller Felruary. StmaTs—\Wers o guod demand and shade firmer, but the market was rnlnrrTllfl.n foreign orders were enerally mited to the Insids figures of the provious bu. Inspected out: 42,831 ba wheat, 1,602 bu comn, 0,170 bu oats, 1,600 bu rye, 16,825 bu bar- ley. The following were this recofpts and shipments of breadstnifs and livo stock at this point durine tho past week and for the corresponding weeks ending as dated: ere dall and weak, T nd not very fov pearance: L 2443, 23 per doz {0, Tibde per Iht ducks, 31,00t do drew Lurkeys, R@cy o dresacd, MAIlc; ween resned, R irle ehickens, 2l 1.50; wild ducks, 1, 81, winter, 81 41R1.41, 1 do eriies, 5@2,75; vens . while holders asked an mivance, and parties wers | fson, Tier, 1,204l 50y No. anuary, $1.3 Ficd wero Ag, 0 fm | _ bebrs=\Were qulet, aud generally steady. @146, Tyo qulef: Weaiorn, Tvatdc. " arle et T e T T ribs At ca | Fansivd From §110it1 2 Brime hins S17a5. Eloury | And uhenanued. “Mate dullan tinchanged. Corn hett BN0T] GALRG 470 Tor 100 1beseller aniiaryt 160 boxes oo at d34ct 85 8 111G Moro SCtiVe A€ B4.U0S5,00, FIak was SLOAY D Lo It haw. Rotty), e o, 200} o ahore clears st #0.17% 3 ‘41,33, n e Ol b 2 Dece Lt I O | O et iy af obyer Y03 hoseelone it iama (| \SNETSAabtn fule requent, and steady: Baetoww or | DR Ukaitiiec,” Outshineyy rofetute ot dbbis B 1ot 20n A8 | Towywelier Fetruary st 73d: 50 tes sweet pickied tams | New York ino salt, #1.10:" ordinary coarss, Sty | enymised and tate, Swalics white do,3v@dsc. ‘257 (10 1b) 8t Tie¢i and 40 tea hacon RAIRK L 10R T0W 7, With haze, £2.40; without bags, $2.00:' Astiton | HAY-Klr anbunchangel, : Live hogs, 117,411 100,008 market closed at the following range of prices: datry, per sack, §3.91, Hor um.ll"-cdn:?““"'f" - o Cartie, No. a8 e Shout- Sport Long' Ahort | TEAS~Wersonlireil tn s moderato way only, uyers | oibtockuteszColtee untchand fems Ro cargocn, 1534 SMpmenis= Tios, cieara clears, | evincing na Incllastion to aniicipate wants, Prico icin gold o, 15t@ictn old, Sugaeauicti Floud, bal mpRa 757 Green BY 3 were stcady as follo oot retining. TH@TH{ prime, ey Feloed, DU@100, yaveil Stanei Loone, Aty S o GUNPOWDRR-Common, 242%2¢; good (o, 30@3des | Molnsers—Urleand unchanged. “lice quiet and un- 402 M7 BAT,8IL oreil... w 8 0y | medinm, 43648¢i good 4o, £x459¢1 Ane, 5Va%Ies Anest, i A 107812 2R _K'Jecemlwim K] o g“ g" "'i"nirfel fiolee, Ga7lc, choicest, iigsse] fancy, il x"y'L': ,lfi‘l:“a;flc,xur:flncflnamlnllly 130, n0,AI0 25 anuary, boxed.,..oe. ¥ .10, % ~iac. a ot a short clears quoted atb!(c cashy e uell- Inreniat—Common, 20@30c: good o, 3@ " LErIN=Unclinng 135,639 LT er fhetembers ¢ for Janu Cm&bcll:\n‘vll :I‘"i!l Wt | alum. Saite: Rond do. 4. i3] e c-uwgfenfn'c"n:‘ o aaties eholce, Youxo yso medinn, 395t 10 83@3Hces chole OW@nfc: lung cai hama, all boxeds sweet: pokled tiame, 7 yao: er llecembier, TH@THc. reen hams, (A7 cash and AK@7c for Dercmber, Dacan quoted at Gwtic for shoulders, 74 473(c for short ribm. 73 s8e for short clears, 1031 14c for hams, &I@e} chotey |, TTC, -Comtion, 23¢2ae: good do, 30@I3e; ey giood o, 436 4 fne, 43350¢; Nnent, Ndaiiics r'huh:;a(. Ky Lime, ood onimon, 10@32e; me- 901 e, Aidaet 20 se D8I 10,071 6.622 462 LR TG i M ' e ATIER ~~teadyt hemiock role, Binenos Ayren, a 1H0 Grands lght middies aud heavy welyhta, 4 ;,,'dm'c'u Caliturnia o, Z142iet euminon do. awaie, ulet hut steadys domestic Aeece, 32@57 51 Winownsiied, 04300, | LUcces BaaTed . 82 ), The follawing wore the cxparta from Now York for the weok ending as dated: 1, 1 3 3 2 42 H AN i, o T, Der. awe.2;, | Misanymedana 3 ThER, AMh, cloteer Bukse, % PROVISONs—Lark Ariner mess, $13.60@13,00. Teef (e Yo e me et \%,:",2",‘,',,‘,; and quietat £0.80 | cholcest now, diaroe, i chofeesty S3UCT | qyjery Jou clear Tiddies, 70, Lara Grmor; primg e gl o) or £10.504 11,00 for extra mess; and | VoL e '/ll 0 for hama, TALLOw= e quoled at THOTHe for clty,a0d 1070 for cuuntry. Xas=tomtiinn, 26@aRe1 good eommon, 04Ty o 27,00 medlam, 38 (401 Kood meitiiin, 41@ 3¢ e “ 53' 550 Bineat, S3daich ehoice. Hanmerchuicent. Turiee et WOOD—Was stendy and nrm, st §65,006 n ) for maple, at 8 ¥ beae! rEr BT 4.00 for beack, and ¢ 84, Uhed.00 for 33 " ST ST | Floar In etore in Chicago, 63,8088 Lrls, agalnst 50,850 0 month ago, and 8,487 a year ago., sieam, #86, BUTTE [ 0} 5 Fapper, prs InEnt ke et 1 o e e e tusela sheathing, 1046l Pork Instore in New York, 1), 734 beie, against BREADSTUFFS. (SKY=-\VAs dull and unchsnged, Salo was re. | Cl@uged. ic In gold FLOUR-Was dull and unchanged. Shippers held | ported of 100 bris (raw) at £1,04 per galinn, NatLa—Stendyi cnt, €4.40; * clineh, © $4.25@5.233 2holgamonth ago. aud 1, Sifla yeat uges aloot, aad Toeal buyers wanted i1ty 8818 usual on Sute *reqives and seay. ¥ orsealino; Noi by i, Lard in atore in New York, 13,004 tes, agatnat 14,170 0 month ago, T'ne leading produce markets were rather quiet ollow- 1ng are the quuttio n unwoashed wouls, 33: 2701 fne o, 234255 coarse do, Tedies fine focce waahed, STt medium do, 83801 corse o, e a7es il wools, ehofen, 434 10 gow, Hales were reported of 68% bris spring oxe tras, chlefly at #3.121425.50; 100 bris apring superfines At £4.00; and 25 Lrls buckwhent st $5,50. Total, 710 WOOL=Was [n betler re el DALTIMORE, Bavtixonx, Dec. 1.~Frovn—Quiet, steady, and noe climuged, In th Py 4 th b Colhradn Wool=Fino A | e Fed it Ao Decarper. b SHdab gite] n tho aggrogao Saturday, and there was not much | bris, Thomarket closed withthe following as theask. | Soluradu Wool=Eing Imnrove medium (o, s il D i, cliango In prices. Cant corn had boen tho aubject | ing Fango of prices: Cholce ta favorite brandsof wine | By, fagater (0 S-24C coarso coummon, J¥a3icy Jdanunry. @t 4 | Corn. 8. ~Weatern * quiet an InCK, 188240, sadlery o1t Weatdrh iaci, ant. Bue o1y f}:csmfl", ters, $7.0047.23t fpood (o prima brands of 630 bl new We 1, G246c; 1 of o November corner, and declined 74¢, and future com wa onser in sympathy, . But outside | Winters, €0.21@0.501 cholce 1o fing spring, $3.73@ LIVE STOCK, e head T Boin, O Ak Weetern whiter By 0 of thls tho feeli ath [} sois e 1o god snting, S viAs 08 To waTiog, $3.00 cnicano mizet, G, 1tyo auilet ut Gi@ose, Tt celing was rather # fem NG, | ggg5 fair to good Minnesota mprings, 882503731 | pocppprpe A YNt cady ol un o though there was mot much enconrsgement | cioiceto fancy Minnesota springs, €8.0020.501 patent | vanday, N foxA—Ttoun teada dull 10 holders to be pathered from the ad~ | springs, $7.0090.00; low grade, $3.0083.003 rye, $3.10 B Par aeked ahowl- oulders, K vicos from other pointe. Tha trading was chlefly | @3.40; buckwheat, 85.0024.00. o e oldete ¢ Tocal, and not much Influcnced by deliverics on | BRAN—Wasquiet and unchanged, . Salce wers 30 tons o | felide!” % 4 at 811,00 per ton on track, and frea on bo AR 7 TirtTxn—Unchanged. Decombor contracts, Tioy woro in orler, as the | 8t811.00verion on track. tnd freaonbosrdcar. LA E00 100 | Eereu S DA and nomioal. premfum on cash stuff had abont disappeared from all tho markets, but littlo was going roand in the mormling excont pork, Henca thoro wassa nal. Corri—pirons, but auiet and unchanged, .58 - 11460 WhisKr—Dullat b irlsy wheat, 13,000 bu; corn, 15,000 1000 $10.50 per ton on track, 1 A8 W07 3,73 7 WHEAT=Was lers active, but firmer, advancing 10 per b, and clostng Mc higher than Friday afternoon. littlo reactlon from the weakuess of the previous | The Dritish markets were all qulet, and New York bRk i . Jouls, dag. The weather was again mild, thoagh dry here, | ensfer, hut the *'later Liverpool” called that marker o bud T iRt St Kamt ad (mereas Armert Xo; S£ed and it woula take a good many such days to harden | shada dearer on cargoes, and our recelpts wero much TR R} sAanuary | No. 40, $1.104R1,10¢ Ny, 2upring, Cl.uuq the mortar-beds in the country, which by courtesy | smaller, only 17¢ car-luads being inspected (nto store, 1 @1,004 cashy 81,07 Deeember, C 1 . lower] No. 3 mixed, 431 “":2 "“‘;'H "ll|‘ 54adau castiy year. ' Oata fnactive and luwer; No. 3, 2 sl Decembery Jonuary.” fiye steady at Hattey dull and uncliangeds for Northern vrime to fan! cy Minneaota and Wisconsin, @sae, Wilsky—steady and unctisnzedy #1,00, I'rovistons=1'ork qulot, av $13. 1244@12.25. Tard steady, wiih & good demiand, L $7. 74 < 1. 73 cash 87,60 January, Bulk meats quiot and uiichanged, Green ineats easer at #4.0 23, 85,0234, 83874, Haine— run of the bouse, 6, Ibriet wheat, 21,000 buy earn, IxoR1rTa—Flo gmm buj osts, 2,000 but Tye. 2,000 bug barley, 1,00 ToLEDO. Totxno. 0., Dec, L—FLovii—Qulet, et gty Sor 1 midva it $1.321 8191t biaj extra do suiber Aicniyan, D No, 1 red winter, & H T I ' Fed, 811441 No, VN, Corn' dui hisbenitaed o0t ddvge bidy 3 : O“'v :";&?n‘r'lt'e'-t":‘l;"fig:" lic\:ulllll:‘!. diet illl‘ll.fl‘:}- & A ) new, ' suc. Oata atihy Now 2" Eie) For'a™ white, The chifef reason for the Increased stzength was, how- ever, the absenc of Fridays pressureto sell, The ‘market was boared that day by rather largo offerings of wheat which had boen beld over in tha expectation of w squeezat which proved to be a sausezo on the lonus {natend of the shorts. Baturday's market naturaily reacted, especlally as there were not many deliveries made fn (he momingon Decembercontracts, Thers was s fafr tnquiry for this month, and not so much for other futures Wa note tnat our stock in atore reased some 125,000 bu during the lo aupriv 10 alby increaitng rathe thu quantity aoat for the riial I clier'the month opuned at 810010 u Bij0ms, deciined to g1 wd close at 1. er Jinuary anid at $1.umg's ) o, clutng AUSIOHY, Car-lots of No, 2spring clowd at 81 : ing st by discount from_ruund tute, N better than No. 2 nd No i yulel dut . i o apring at 81 -0 0Tk 2 . 3 4 % G Ir :flnl N:},&l&nh\ 1000 by ‘07 ssmblo ab IKM";I l"l continue (o bo called roads. There was n very fair city and country demand for maple and fancy dry goods, and the market was agaln quoted steady and firm, The mors seasonnblo weather of tho past few dava has wit- nessed s steady and ‘satlafactory fncroase in the volume of sales. and the next fow weeka bld falr ta prove more than ordinarily activa for the sca- son. Grocers revort au fncreased demand, with & tendency to increased drnness In values, Duting Friday and Satnrday there was considerablo slir In coffecs, and the market was buoyant, Rio @rades belng hold & full 4c bigher, Rico was fdrm, with an advance talked of, as prices are higher at the sources of supply. Sugars, sirups, and molasses remained eany, In the dried fruit maorket there were no changes. A falr movement in imported varletics and a limited Inquiry for domeatics was 8,413 H,023 403 egres of activity inthe cattio trado thraughout thie past weok, and prices wera rmerall around, and for tost yrades higher, Tue, fmiproved tone did not grow out of suy change for the better fn tho sltuntion of the Esstern markets, pric st New York, Athany, snd other polnte ruling lawer than during the previous week, btut was wholly ate tributedto the smalincss of the supply. The sversgo dally recelpts ware only ahaut 3,503 head, tho total for the weck belng 14,50 head,~an exceptionatly Hght supply. Opening prices exhibited & silght reduction frum the closing quotations of the week before, but the depression was only temporary, the market Mnce Tuesday having been sirong at sbunt 10¢ adyance. Tho quality of tho arrivals, thonzh abore the avorage of the past fow weeks, wax not 84 good as It should be at thistimo of yesr. Only a small percontaga of the of- fertnga graded above falr, and most of the bustnces wan accomplished at prices ranging downward from reportod by Jobbers. Flsh recelved but little at- $4.33. Homs cholce droves wero taken for Now York Croves-Bzxn=Mammoth, €5.10, tention, oud values aro to a great oxtont nominal, L 8 and Hoston H3@3.13, and [0 w few fostances ox« ml‘l.-lhulnlmzl-‘ltzmhannu\\hux. 31,000 bat corn, 33~ Uutter and cheene remainea dull, with prices | 55 30 Totat. 0o s e PoriSreTaald. iRk E0ckene ok wihCrANe s—Flour, wones wheat, 1,000 buj corn, Teanng in buyers’ favor, Thoro was & light mov ana easier,” With {3 close it No. | Mereattention than of late, and sold readilvat 82334 | 13,00 b vember the price of spot cura’ fell off 74c per du, and | 3.40 for averagesof from 810 o 1,03) Iba, luicliers’ 11PN TS~ Whoat, 74,000 bu; corn, 02,000 ba, mn:l“{\ b-z:xlny.h lelll‘ul.l tobacco, Inlh.dmln:;l mnllr‘dg‘nrln -,L;=!(e.:.'~y| 1) 'llympnl'hy. Dece Sowawetal .‘;x‘.n}n‘ at ‘i":’w‘l“ and lnferfor mized [ oo mm‘fl?"“" S o 3 wing f 1 the provious afi % 0 a2 ch e AT RAIN=-(Vhea d nom- and colora ot unchanged prices, Coal and wood | clusin Wo lu oviais stisrnoon o ra s v e eats st "t gauriocte ] at Corih wemier at KA. " Oate stonk At o 2310, wero frm as proviously quoted. Lumber was in moderate domand and ateady. ‘The shipments on orders taken pomo timos ago continua fair, and the dally sales scem to be in- creasing, ‘The recelpta by lake have almost ceased, and only & fow straggling cargoes now como tothe wholesalo market, The domand for wood was falr for the tlme of year at the quoted price The broom-corn market waa rathor lom active, 'Tho receipts were exceeded by tho ship- ment, and (¢ 1a understood that s good deal of corn has been wold to be shipped when wanted by manufacturers, The stock hers fa rather large, Sesdo were quist and wtcady, 1ides weakenedun- der Increased recelpty, which caused the regular era qu York was etter an spat, while aur receipte wes er, only 240 car-loads neing Inspected (nto sture, T ery 11ttle demand for thie article nk been demoralized by tho curnes there was Do sftempt ta keep Up #pot Dric: 8 for 1 Jurboss of afecting the hasls un which defaujtcd con: racts shonin be settled. The gensral feelag was there will on this of New Years d pta Wil increase with _colder weuthir and hanier roads (0 the country, kivInga rapid angment to our stacks In stora Consimers confiied thelr stlenilon 1o the luw grade ana did ot want much of (hiat, Hence most of i buying was o 8il aborta. Reller tha tonth upened at $3%c, sold a4 d (o 425 d declined o 2i4c. cloud cy Lhc. Seller Jouideie, Agclie, beilo 80 d5gdangel Caah o, waud high intxed closed at i and relucted at334c blA. Caah sales wero reported'nf 000 by LlEh mixed st 42'4edacs 34000 bu No. 2 at Veals solil at $2.0045.75 per . Katurday's market was quiet, with littio ur o tlon lu'prices, tho sma)l tock dizpused u'at essentinl I t quint bul firm st @030, Darley firng No. 3 00, ‘mmlaln.l“nl v Frldar Teuttion 1n prives NLAch wra ow elatvely mash ! T Fikher hore fhun a tho Kast: et roravioxe, Extra Dasves—(radedsicers welihing 1,450 s and upwards Chules liecves—Fie, o ltye spring, W " Rovintoxs—Pork—Activa and firm at $12. $7.K3 47,8731 kettle, 8, 75! qulety s tonm, 87. ineats dull 8t $447; 83.0211.25. Groc 4 stionlers, €423 sldes, 83.951" thesa” peices ara bid. ane, \itlsxy—Activeand arm st 81,04, Burrei—In falr demand; faucy creamery, 302320 thine to choics Wouern Hoserve, ise3(cy Centea . 13ai7c, Lixsrxp O1L~Firmat52q33c, PIILADELPHIA. flfil‘il(l.nnll.rllu. Dec. 1.—Froun—Stesdy and un- URAIN—Wheat qalet: smber, 81,4161, . abidi vnite 1 gt ot ey yelows 556 63%hay mixed, ye qulet st Vork, $14.00614.50, Doot—Indin (s 1,00, m-qulet; creamery, 23@330; Weslern Ue- 0 ), 54X 1)) . Guod Deey es—Well Ing 1. 1% t0 1,2 Mol Grade 112 1,050 10 1 B [t . stoers (i faly fesb, weighe A common seers, w Cowe. {oF clty T, welghing a0 to 1, . k Cattle—Common cattle, welghing 10 1,0 he ... . @425 15,200 Dt rojecied st S3bg «Ies 400 1 ferlor—1.tuit and (hi it g buyers 10 hold back for concesstons, Potatoes | $P3@LH 1550, 1 JRRRL A SRS GLAN B | Iaferiorlieht 2 A% cows, holfers el e and firmy Weatcrn, 23@20¢, were quict. Voultry was dull and lower, except 2‘-}"5{ ,_n‘"*;'cl']nflft; r(&fin‘;:n‘l Arinae; loilag ii% “::I‘ Il‘hhlm‘:;.d'ru I% -Quint st 13t #13¢, chickens, Fresh yamo and eggs wero salable, e Manen: “Tho reteipts Wero Tt nd helns ors | ¥ TRnTH ha tudorace pes Finouacactistash Liil@iaoyerute 1oNa@lje. Jail frelzhts wero stoady, Iates on grain and nei th marie other fourth-class are now 40c to New York, 870 1o bialtlmore, 1o Philadelphis, 43¢ to Boston ] ItecKtiTa—iVheat, 4,400 buy corn, 17,000 bu oats, day atrengtii Tuesday uf 4400 bu, XKW ORLEANA, ! uesday uf s pur (10 D8 wad ulned. c s Inet ou thie following Sy fin Tlidreday s turtiior b ol T t] feesaslons, operatory wonerally Thaying duuked for arger arrivals with the improved conditlon of the countey rusda. The stock (i siore Increased lust week. ashi oata ween [ demiand Saurdar, aud amnples sold ul : shriukags a hoavy and modium Kol vio | Naw o 3 ~Cor - and other New Englaud polnts, and 25 to Mon- | Aulekiytebues feed Sonem, e Sn Sl eI At hacing bt fulie st Khure | v Tufl B S Sl m:’flx‘i& e treal, Looss meats were quoted at 100 and boxed o, o elah & NE koot o af Eiwirkard Vurm mn wo bave, o oo | pacird Basy bulk mests dully sboulders, 1ouss, 53 firny 8t 2:lc, Samples wera In falr denind. W medls meste 5o per 100 B higher than grain, aley were reported of’ thond bir No. 2 anid 1,30 hi ""'""'7::’:“;'.'.“ and weaks common (o of 10¢'in_hes den ave bien 10 T upniy. o0 DIRKCT IMFONTS. Wilie ut 2hdv. 1A D) rejeciend at Fa0gt 5 400 cudily TAfr dnan hieve Temain 4ot Talro”tully faln, Sd@ilec) prinio t The followlug atatement shows tha_different ad s i i ot o > | bRl Pl e well un 4 ( enuice, Gucerieer yellow ciarined HETIE A Kinds af forelsn zoads on which dutiea have been et un Jnr [ Bkt | twadority of the teule ud evpected, but was quite upta | “Thedi=Market sasier, ol o paid at (hicago during the paat weok, with the fore stendy. ry ) and Deee: the average for Thankagiving wi With seasunable a weather stid tho country roads o roported k. ol loxerauetold loeulid — sloheschange o v b B by asinple at wa 3 oo ¢ solld, theens | ey vign valuo of the same. With gold st 103, the cur- 0.4 &t B & fmory solld, theen- | Xew York, i discoust.” sterling exchauko, bankers' rency solling value of thess gools in Chicago is Tuiml, 330 b, P e h e Ao (0 Mo s e run. Hatur: | Bills, 40036, S about 825,400, DAL s 16 falr'regiedt, the tradiiz betog bucili yrades, atE4.3) 01,33 Tor comuio LwAUKER, Doc. 3 ror el oragn U, 8. Cus- | continedio cash No. 2 and futiiros, which wers @140 um and Beavy Weiint packing hows, o | o 3emAVCES Doc. 1.~FLore=Quict aud unchangedi Cias af Goods. walue. tomaduty, | Blehar. The recaipts were i, sudihe stock insiors A543 fur Eoud sa extra livaty shil o frades. | 2 Riix—Wheat Armi opened and closed frmi No. 1 ] u[.fi'n For Tanuary: - Wi S0 atustdie, Mg | nem T tioks aied. unn weck sie, Ciirs “was | NiuAdkes turd, o PR 1 M waaken: 31,000 B clused ot Gaige. mellce tho month said at 61we, and | thToughowt & ol aidady wnrkot at | No. o S i W Tt Gir, WlcUrhe: daauarys $1 s ] traaafers were inmle to dunaury st & difiorenceot Ma | g2 73503 foroar o mediui quallilen and ot 80,50 | Save. Outsdal s ooy oo Sitra s tho ety 2068 . Cuh suld At B1kGeuiM, closing st the inef] @4.00 for guod to FUTE TN lnna. Dasadall id lowers gL, fye quisty Wil o lower grales whre qulct and unching: BT, LUV, Jenoap) “,,‘""k! dulls No. 2 spriog, December, 87ct »old at "“"“3"; foril at 3atc, an extea No. 8 ai 1. Lot Hous—¥irmer and fa good de- | VH0aiTin e and_unchagged. _ Mess Dorks el L T moail: e 11 Dackiing, §4.2@4.40; butche ard, §7.0); keltle, $R.33, U feed u;l X it s tor fusd batchens, which were 00 Db '"xf'-li: o, u-;!‘:'-i ot L firing prite to cliolce natlve ani e LR b g 5770 Falr 10 woad muttve BRIV wieeTe €40 b s0r LOULAVILEE, ol fafr 1o choley butchers’ stecr, $1.2) ani helfurs, §3.003.73; du Toians, #i. ceipl Blker—strong sad In good demand fur heavy ship- and butchers' muttons; goud 1o cholee, $473 cumtnon 10 falr, ¥: TaRD . Hecoipia, 0. CINCENNATIL GENERAL MARKETS. ALCOTOL—Wsa steady at $2.0132.12. Bales were reported of 1,400 bris for export, ta bo delivered at the Tate of 100 brls per week. BROOM-CORN—Was (0 falr request snd stesdy, Quo- tadlous: Cholce green hurl, 6c; zed-tioped medlum QUISVILLE, Dec, 1.~Cotroy—Blasdy at 10§c. FLovR—Quiot u’anne\w‘rud. 784 10N Graix—Wheat oulot aud’ anchanged. Corn, dulls wiitle, st uats and ee gulet nd uuchanged. Puovisioxs—Lurkyulelat $13.75. Bulk uicats qulety o Hsdeitioar ity nownal e c. 1—[108~In falr demand, b i o, 83%¢; arecn brash, with harl enoughi Lo work comnaon, & T RS aaang | uteRveateady sud uinhaged, it Slyatic; red do, 41{wd (o4 green covers and fnsldes, % el $L00 "Lecelpen 10, B4 - wuiphy ‘ll.::mlAml.H. lod., Dec. 1.—FLova~Quiet sad 4%@5c; salk brald, dbywlui Inferlor brush, 3j(wici crooked, 34dke. BUTTEI—Thers was a dull market for common sad medlat grades, and for the best qualitics nothiag mors than & falr laquiry existed. No quotable change in ‘values was natod. though ths focliag was weak and Lo ViLiE O Wiiar BUIPPING ) J. 1. Drake & Co. give the following {n thelr circular of Dec. 13 thiash wireat at u.mfi with laterm: E LUMBER, The cargo market was very quiet. Two or three boat-luads wera Iying st tha dockeand watting for cus- lomers. Seversl vessclaaro cxpected to-day. On Hat: 581,28 Cora—N T T e L i oot huina, Bidhe fanl-ideal ST agrraLo, 53 Reairte % AN BUyral ', L—=(xa1x—\Wheat nominally $1.21 charge: , whipwent all rall, would cost $1,331 | genersltendency semed Lo be to lower rates. We re- urday sales were reporied of 630,00 shaded ** A" shia- 4 _.“’g,}’" = B gpaisy e vate P Ii Sammistio 2 per cenk Ob | Peat our list aa follows: Faacy cresidsry, gsder | Slesst$1.3% and 1167500 No. 1do a: 7ac. Thoso | £40 YGudsoNors Settause parge. 2 Wiaed Wediera st currency value, and freights de 3d Cark for orders, | ¥0ud to cavice grades, 20a30ct mediam, 15@180; fa- | 1W8de Up 8 carguon the achr Van Valkenburg frum OawEay. 160, Dec. 1.—GRatx—~Whiest qulet; No. 1 Mil- e Sl pII5Y o, 1 wolte ‘Misuigs, $1-45 Cotu uachanged. would cost 518 d Cork fur orders, ¥ale spring for prompt shlvuient 0v, o about 8%¢ tu the disfsvor of whipments. ferlor to common, 8 s13cs rull, 12@00. LAGGING-Busiuess was dull sl former quota- una: Stark, 2493 Brighton A, 33%c; Lewistoa, 2i%c: Oconta. Plecy stul was nominel st $7.5037,75, sad luch at §4.50413.0L The van warket was sicsdy, The shipments contiuue Hberal, and st tho rate lumber = BOATON, L FUENCH AND BNGLISI WHEAT CROFS, Otter Cruek, 20gc; Awserican, Ivics burlaps, 4 sud0 | 18 80w runaiog out, with nono to roplace it, the sock Bosvox, Dec. 1.—Vrotu~Duil snd unchsnged. An excnauge saye: bu, 13@15ch wuusles, aiogles, 1 of comwon atull &t DIADY yanls will s00n bo b C ulet; ol 67 [ *\Tho late maile bring us two new estimates of | 2452 sies, T4aTihesy. o, duble, | L0 K oot ars eveury o ahi ooty ot Quiery silaratis e, the wheat crups lo Frauce and lo the Dritlsh Islands, Accordivg to the flflu ¢ given by the Hulletin des Hublés of Purle thls year's crop in France would seem to present a dedcieucy of sl 4.300,000 ars, as compared with sn sversge crop, taking quality snd npatural welght intd sccoun! Yhls “defictency s s very scrious ong, but FEOUIA. Proria, Doc. 1.—~Hiouvw 1% 8s—5te: sales of 300 AT R e —— COTTON. 8T, Lovis, Dec. 1.—Corrox—8teady and uncbanged; middling, 10Ke; sales, 1473 balas; recolpts, %0W; Guutstionst ¥iret and sacond clear, 1a043-tach, Fuirdetear acuy Fint :2:‘ wiculd Coar drcidcd iaic iFat Soimon dreassd slaing. Flourio, Snis comuva. drossd.. CHEESZ~This market bad nospeciaily new featurss. At demand cxbbod: &b 1w turs SaINE rortow st iy "3;.‘:"‘ Yeetuich nexad guoiatioos!’ Tackawuisa e i $0 e g ecit. §0.601 do But ud Tenge. and stk eu. §0.751 bied X Blossbary, 83.50, briar i S n: ‘u.fl."‘“}:‘l}n o) 4 Ll ar, (71738 ; fliols, $3.5064. & 1 requires 0o gry wreich of - ong's ereduls | Fasa ik gia * Wi Garubarris. 64731 | Floorug satubd cus g, drees sbipments, 1,830} atock, 19,200, iy, sa St docs not reprosent more than sbout | - CoUPEHAGE=Land tlerces sold st $1.43 aud pork | Box ‘A, 14 tucncs Cixciuxati, O, Doc. 1.~CoTToN-5toady aad frm per cent devistion {rom bn aversge French | barrsiaai$).051.10. Theofferlugs weroamall: Wlout | lox boards fi 14 Laches aad upwards. at 103c. ob: and a8 the reservce, which were conalderas | Darrelty owewe: ‘bucked pork barrl siaven $16.00 | Bux boarda, C Nxw OzLmaNs, Dec. 1.—CoTTOX—5Lr0ng; tales 8,200 i . 9%ci good ondiosry. 9hes low mid ditug, 10%c; middling, 10§ct guod llddiing, 1130 midditeg falr. 11362 receipta, net, 5,000 baless kruss, A ntock boanis, 10 10 130 Brosk it e e € stock boards, 129 16 in, BoF chintiua 1o<k boaria. VicatLbe time of the haryeat in 1876, were very wuch suduced at the oventng of this s 15,003 rouzh 14.¢ Y:l‘.’\ll‘h kod Lierce i R F e ot L X R palgn, there ls, 28 the Hulletin des “Halles ob- SvendBucked, 5. 101 sBared Buope, \ maporta tn Gireat Drita naloa; Rross recelpts, 6,408 sales, . 1.=Cortox~Firmers middiing, export, constwlne, 438, prevent gold valve, tva pitorations In reapeet o nnexotred woney sl o CoTToN—Quloty 10 1141665 et recelpt i Rrose reeelpty, 4,312; snlew, 1,493, THE TRADE MOVEM Busciatl Diapated 0 The (Aicagn Tribune. NE® Yorx, ‘Dec. 1.—Lart week'n exchanges show unmistakably some Improvement fn New Vork Toston, although thelr galna In clearings aro partly dun to bondoperatioas, but only four out of the eleven princi;al mereantlie contres, exclnding Aan Franchen, which tayiot 5ot vocelved, show the following gnlia Jew Tork 6310 Doston. 4 ey over ant year: [ siow, aud, in most pi; paratively emall, DnRY GOOLS, NEw Yorx, Dec. 1.=Dusiness moderate,with pack- agu houtes, and tlic Jobhing trade (s fulr for the timn of the year, Cotton gnods quist anl tive but firm._ Ginglhams and catt god in falr request. Spring woulens In fair denind by clothicrs, Shawis, skirts, and blankets qutet, For- olgn goods dull, PETROLEUM. CreyeLaxn, O., 1.—PrrnoLxcs— Market qulety standard white, 110 teat, 1 Titrencno, Pa. PrTROLEUN~=Dnll} crude £2.0204@2.05 at Psrker's for Immediato shipments re- fined, 13c, Philadelphis detlvery. Bastoy, Dec, 1.=Wool unchanged, with falr de- mand from manufacturers, who, nutwithstanding the quiet conditlon of trade, have taken s conslicrabla quantity of wool, the average sates of domentic fur the Jast seven weeks being 1,34, 004 1hs per week. TURPENTIN WiLutxaros, Dee, 1,—SPIRtTs o TTRIENTINE= OPERATIONS OF THE MINT. Report of tho Work of the Pnst Yenr—Alan the Views of Dr. Linderman on tho Relu- tive Value of Gold nnd Silver WasHINGTOX, Nov. 27.—Dr. Linderman, DI- rector of the Mint, lias submitted his annual report to the Secretary of the Trensury. The report showa the operatfons of the Mint and Assay offices for the last flacal year to have been as follows: Gold bullion recetved and operated +§00,382,02.70 07,420,320,00 osene s 807, BRI, K206 made and Issued by UPON 1o ueee Bilver bullion received and opera Total s waes e an nefnclln redeposits—bnrs one Institution and deposited at another—the do- L $14,078,108 2 540, D5 2,105 revions year thero was + fn the nmount of ¢ amount of silver Compared with tho an_incrense of $2,INF old, and $5,10,23) ullion operated nj colhoge, and $Y,4: nerease alone in 50 In silyer colnage. he sflver colnage over that of the last flscal year bas been greater than the total mmount”of silve cuted fnany one year prior to 1874, For nearly o jear past u competent expert connected with ‘the Mint Bureau has been cn- d {n an cxaminution of the buoks and records of the colnage mints and nesav offlces York, and complled nseries of tables showing the expenses, carnings, colnage and bultlon operations slugo Jul tmportant features shown 1. 'That the carnings nnd sl nuarly equal to the entire expenses. 2, That the total wastage bus been only 10 per centtm of the legal allowance. 8. ‘That the cost of cofnare has been material- 1y reduced under the Coinage act, as compared Wwith several proceding yeurs, ‘The trade-doliar continues to grow in favor In China, and a declded by the Chinese residents In San Francisco, who, on the 1st of October lnst, were paying for it 2 ver cent sbove the price of Mexican dollars in Loudon, both colns being nearly equal (n intrln- ‘The Japanese are now coining a trade-dollor, with 8 view of reaping tho Lenefits of a volnare manufactured exclusively for trades purpose, und with the ovident Intention of ex- vorting it to China, where it has been made a legal tender at one or two porta. "I'ho trade<dollar having recently entered to some extont Into domestic clreulutlon, the DI- reeter attributes It to the reason that from time to time, since the United Sta preciated nearly to pur with gold, hotders of sil- ver bullion have been able to have the samo manufactured into these colns, and cxeliango them at par for United Btates notes with s small profit. This fact, on becoming known, was reggarded as indleating that the trad cofnage was, for the time being (October last), in excess of the export demand, and led to the {ssuing of an order by the Scerctary of the ‘Treasury to temporarily intermit the recelpt of depostta at the mints for theso culna. nder the beading, * Changes in the relative value of gold and silver,” Dr. Linderman refers 1o his reports for the flsenl years of 1572, 1871 and 1874, In which the causcs operating to pro- mportant change i the relative value of the two metals were fully stated and dis- cussed, Quoting from tho report of the United States Money Commission, ¢r colnage cxe- theso tables aro: ornge have been ‘0 for it is shown notes huve o) In which it is stated haaing power of gold has Increased in all countries, and that the pur- chasing power of silyer has decreastd in none, the Dircctor says that such o statement s simply an expresston of oplulon aml not fact, pscertained und establlshed according to the rule thut the Commission lays dowa for the correct dotermination of the question. The operation that nccording to the current testl- mony of all intelligent tuyeatirators hashai more effect in producing achange in the relative value of tho precious metals than all otliers hus been the gradua) converting of the sllver colns of (fermany Into commervial bulllon bars, and the principally to Oricntal nu- ho siiver colns thus with. drawn by gold drawn from othor countrics and from tho sunual production of the mincs of tho The Dircctor citcs as o clreumatance which appears to prove bey o doubt that tho clange in the relativo yalues ls due to adepreciation or fall in the valus of sllver; that within the lust twenty-two mouths the exporg of silver to the Eastern va- and 8an _ Franclsco has amounted to about £143,500,000, snd that unprecedented including during the sawme time the consumip- $24,000,000 for the Iractivnal In the United States, makivg in ull over $171,800,000. ‘Flie averawo price of silver has not risen ahove Bt pence, pence,—the averago of 1872 It depreciated, this demaud, which probably cx- cceded the eutles gold colnage of the world for tho same perlod, would have carried the price to or above the polnt at which ¢ ruled before the (lcrman money system was chunred, In the face of theso’ facts, this assumption that d has appreciated in valucdoes not appear to ho extraordinary demand for sliver referred to above has generall; considered as baving been caused b) i districts In suppliea with food procured from Slam und pald for with sllver, bui atton of sliver, which rea.hed the Juwest poin 1870, has been s wore potent 1, being the sulo moncy stand- ard of Asig, aud having depreciated In vilue, au wddition to'the atock urdiuarily performing the functions of money, corresponding with the pers centuge of deproctation, b this in accordunce with depreclated ol trunsfer of these burs tlons and replucing ti thut under tion of about inst (0 5-10 well founded, ou record fu Jul; cause, ‘That mef been necessary, and general law govérnind ney, w&lfih n;xqugu un h}un,-ua n volume proportionute to the decrease In pur- : Borr Reliablo statlutics, from 1S53 to reseut time, show that unusually heayy s fromn the East for asilver bave rorely continned more thut tWo cousecutive yeara. Hut, however this way prove, it fa certain that Asiatic demand for ‘silver {n future will have au huportant infucnce 1u deranging double silyer will depreciute ual money standard chasing power. further 20d becoms tue wherever the law has txeda double or alternato standsrd, and per contra, it, after the Uvrman stock should be cxhausted, such a demsud as thut of tho lust twenty-two nontha should ut any tme arise, gold would become the actual 'Tue report shows that the total silver bullion purchased by the tovernment for the fractioual comuge under the provisfons of the Resumption 1,897,571 stundard ouuces, ot u total vost of $34,415,973, which will produce, at leul currency ratey 84 coln, The aversgecost of this bullion wes L -10 cents below the oquivalent of the average Loudou rate d cmbraced o the purchases, The Dirsctor says: 1 tbe United Btates restore the doutle standard on the ratlo or relatlve valus of 1 ud extrsordivary demuud at suy future tiuo arise, the leval-tcuder slivor coing would by drawn upon to west tho same, whils the coloe of thu ulber Countries repreacuting milvee in the rativ of I to 1315 would remain undtaturbed, st leust, LU our stock whould firat be eshausted. The averszv price of siiver for tho lust few Vudh s a5 it to indid sbould eqnal fn valne to 1740 Kitver, " The Eatl nf oaidd tenier colnv o the rannt e ) roed to, Briter 1lo 130, silver st niyge 10 per cent In golil vndite to feach the. pan? ratlo proposed In the United Statog Yoy, 100 snln-y, eliver 0 2-10ver cent ahuyve mArket Tate of 54 pence, And any prop e it nn anllmtied Tecal tonfie b ie former valuition of, rar s to Il‘l}mr cent hove jty veu nost important con: 1 the 1 vas which eannotbe too rarefuily considercd o Jore final nctian shall e taken, e Tn speaking of the coinago of the nropogeg aollar, the Director maya that. haif of uur mine e capneity fs In the Btates west of the (ocky Monntains, and where but n small amougy o ailver dollars will o required tor elreuiatjop, n order to Insure the general silstribution of the coln, the expenses of transnortation sionlg pakl by the Government out of the galp op selrnorage. Il also suggests that the legal tenderof 5 sliver dollar shoutd be limited to an amonet rutlizient o prevent It from expelling gol from the country, and for the purpose of pe. stricting ita kst to the requircmentsat the ublic for such monoy, as well as to keep it ab 'mr with -the fall” lezal-fender money, it shoula be fssued nnl( in_exchange for Uniteq States notes and gold coln. If sich & restrie. tlon bo placed on the fssae, no Jimitatlous gy to the amount to be comed will be necerss, “Fiigee coins <hould also by Iaw be made receivg: ble by the United States” for all dues except dutles on imports, ‘The Director estimates the present running ul&mully at ahout F2,000,00 per month in dollar jeces, and betieves the fssue of thay amonut would prove of much benslit to the publie. nfd in stimulating a revival of busine stendy the value of aliver, and proteet our im. portant stiver mining interests, 3 The Dircctor states that o] cstimate the amount of coln and butlion in the country In al. wuya a matter of uncertainty, one of the obsts. 1¢3 fn the way Leing the impossibility of deter. mining, with any degree of accuracs, the amount of gold and silver consumed in the args and manufactrires and capecintly as coln as well a8 bars is used for those purposes, 1t lsalo gnite difffeult to estimate the nmount In privag Nands. Taking these diffieultics o conslera tion he thinks it not far out of the way to statg the amount of gold eoln and bulllon now iy the ntry at about 185,000,000, aud silvor ag 50,000,000, e ——— CURRENT OPIN!bN. 1t Sonator Tohn Patterson is puithased by the Democrats, it will be by buman sluvery agaln that tey got control of the Uovernment,-~Phila. detphia Press (Rep.)s ‘The Cincinnati Commercial has been anz. fously inquirlng for a lving member of tho Con- grees of *71-"74 who will eny that ho voted for lhe demonetization of tho silver doliar, knowing what he wan duing. As yet the man has not been found, aud that 1wt tha worst of it, ho won't be,—Colums bus (0.) Sunday Neics. A correapondent of the Cincinnati Gazts says that Gaon. J, Z, Georgo I8 in favnr of limiting the right of ufllrago fin this State. Gen, Georga 18 a profound thinker, and in a few years it will ba found that ko 1s, on this question, only a little shend of the Democratic party of this State.— Vicksburg (Miss.) 2erald (Dem.). Wo nre very far from wishing to sen Gen, McClellan honoted § with the fnext Presidential] nomination; but even he would be infinitely prefer. ubie to Mr. Tliden Mr. Tilden is done with pollitica for the noxt thoussnd years, thuagh he doen walk around, ke 5t, Denis, with his bead under his arm, and sll unconscious that he is dead, — Petersburg (Va.) dndex-Appeat (Dem. ). It looks vory atrange to the Democracy of tho country to eee ruch Senators as Lamar, from Missinsippl: Garland, from Arkananas and Basard, from New Jersey (11, voting with the epublican pacty for an increans of the army. Thoue fellows shoull bo 1woked after by theie people. They ara an extrnoedinary breed of Democrots, and the fens wa hiave of theni tha otter off the people will Aind thowelves. I they belouged to the cunin specis, thoy woatd have been aruwned long sinces but, 43 they are, the peopla ahould squelch thoit political asplrations with the firet opportunity, Men with white faces and black heartashoald vo loft scyeres 1y alone. —Cynfhiana (Ay.) News (Dem.), For the'lnat foryy yenra tho extrome ning ‘Eastern States have'noi produced as mnch as they have consutned. This prescats the quention, liow 1o 11 that thoy have in that nerlod accumulated anch ymnense wealth? Tho unswor fu, that it bas been Dy the tribute exacted by their unjust and oppres- wive lawn upon the produciug classes of tho West, 1t urplus nroduction i any evidence of prosperity and nceeaso of wealth, then the West should be ono of the most prosporoue and woalthy sectiozs of any portion of the United Staten; but how ase the fuctat e livo In comparativo hovetty, whil tieso Eastern Sultans prsper and five in Orfenta aplendor. The most incomprehensible develops ment_of Awerlcan 1ifo ls the abject submission with which tho Western producing “classes snhmit to tho exorbitant tribute that the Kast exacts from thom. —Kansus Cltu Dhnes (Dem.). 1t Is now ny‘puflml to tho whola country that Justice to the Southern section of, the Unfon demanis at tho hauds of the Governtnent equal facilitics as to raliruna_communication witht Pacific with those givenby tho Government to ths Northern section of the Unlon. It Is also apparent t0 the whole country that competition lu the trans continental rallway trafic Is & nutlonal necesity, Therefare, the vropusition to give the ald of the dovernment tocomplete & Soutnern railroad fo the Facific, as a competing line with thu Unjon Central Pacitic Itoad, 1a one of the meaaurcs which shouid recuelve the fostering caru of Congrens, Ald to the Missiaalppl levees and to @ genuine Southern road to the Pacific will do much ‘toward reviving proa- perity In the whole country, and mure toward re. storing o fraternal brothiorhood between the sec. tions than a thousund apecches made by the I dont and bis caravan of Cabinot officers, —Memphls Appeat (Dem. ). 'T'o purchase lmmunlt{ from rorvice in the Venitenbiary, he [S:nator Patterson] sold out to the Democrats, and auflers bimself to be driven around by Hamburg Butlor, who cracks his whip aftor tho atyls of tho atte-bellum siave-driver. ‘The leprous ** carpet-bagxor " and candidate for thio Penitentiary coues ot of the fire purs gold, with a character as white as snow, and will hence- forth vccupy o front seat with the sanctified De- moeracy, and tho Migh.Pricats of the Heform Chutch will polnt 1o him as o brand plucked from tho burning, and call upon othor thieves to go and do Vikewiso, A wrand hallolojab will go up from Confederuto Crond-loads, ‘and Potroloum V. Nauby will call a wecting to indorwe the new con- vert,” SoLoit, Judaelscariot sold his Mastor for thirty plecen of sllver, 10 hang bimeelf. Paticreon sold b vnt of the Penitoutiary, and will not hang hitae solf, but will go on and'voto the Democratic tick: ot, which will traneform him in tho eycs of his late enemics from & vilo sinner to & political Knozollle (Tenn.y Chronicls (Rep.). 1t is often said that the downfall of the {Itepunlican] party after the War was to Le pectod In tho notural order of things; that purnoses which had held it togother Woro accom- plished, ond therefore wero no longer mount 108l athier objocte; and that other interosts wers coming up upon which another party must be founded, The notion {s plausible,” but its truth may bo donbted, New questions, indoed, srose after the War, and 8 party which aimed to control the adminletration of allalrs under & becenlty to mnect these questions. This was not more trae of the Republican party (nan of the Democratio pacty, or any party, new or old. Thu plain cous for the Rupublican leaders was to seizo thewe fresh uestions * fuslontly and make the most of them, Thoy werv fn a better positivn to tura them o advantags than any other leaderd coulil boj and, If thuy had taken this course, it It probable that, with Ll supern organization whicy was back of them, they could have retained power Indtflnllnli. They iulssed thelr opportunity. ‘They acted upon the monstrous suppodition thab thelr party cuuld Hve forever upon 1u past achleves wmeute, Thoy adopted the ductrine of the fnal saluts, with the proviso that publicans. ‘They derided tbe otlon that thetr party from grace,— sraco befng, for all practical purposes, th ute control of the Government. ‘I'hoy stubl shut their eyes to the inevitable. Even wo late 8¢ this year, wuen at laut a Repubjican Prealdent trics to do what ouzht to have beea done years sgo, some of thens Auht the fuevitable with the deteruls nation of despulr, But, while tho ostrich Liss boe- led his head in the sand, the courso of events has gone -)m.my forward.—New York Kcening Potl P e The Richmond Eaqulrer. Dispatch tn St Louls Globe~Democral. Ricusonp, Va., Nov. #.—The Ricumond Enguirer, which suspended publication yester- day, has bren o moucy-losing cuncern sfiice $ho War, Although it was the most time-lonored journal tn the Soutl, Laving been fouuded lo 1504 by Thomas Ritchle, tno Nestor of the press, its vencrably prestizo would not hold up uuder tho push of papers of less fame, It changed ownurs seven or elisht thnes in the last ten years, and fn that perfud i3 understoud to bhave suuk $150,000, but nune of theun- lucky proprictors touk It so o hesrt as tho last one, Robert Willium Buylor, who i# supposed to have comltted sulcide under the [:;euum of newspaperial debts. Mr. Baylor ught the Enquirer only two mouths ago, bub fng fow weeks bo becaia depressed in‘splrith and mysteriously left Richmond ou the 1310 fost. fur Kentucky, und bus not becw fn bis ofllve since. It upbeurd that tho last tine bo was sven was ont the 2ith fnst., at ~ Milford, not far from this city, ou bils way to Washiugtot. Mo told fricuds that he had a presentimeut he would vot roturn to Richmoud allve and, iu _conversation with acqualutances, b9 spuke of his cibarrussment, sud sbowed a bot of morphiug plils uud & Derroger, Baylor bad Lived fo Norfolk previows to purchasiug the En- quirer, and was well kuown and cateeuid. le was aboul 3 years of ae. G, Wutsou Jai tho editor of the paper and part proprictor, 3858 thut he bus suspended publication uutd the wystery could be fully Investigaied, sud wroté no valedictory. But the Eugulrer will bardy bo revived. Detectives arg ouw_ seaschlog the body of the unfortuuate Ay, Baviae