The New York Herald Newspaper, December 20, 1876, Page 9

" a) ————— a FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL The Stock Market Irregular—Action and Re- action—A Decline from the Best Prices. GOLD 107 38-4 A 107 1-2. Money on Call Loans 7 and 5 Per Cent—Goy- ernment Bonds Steady and Railway Mortgages Generally Firm. Watt Steger, Texsvay, Dec. 19—6 P. M. Slippery sidewalks, suggestive of a tumble, probably conveyed to the bull clique the advisability of sliding out of their holdings while the market remained strong enough to bear them, and the “ball” of con- fidence still remajned “up. ”” Acting upon this idea, and possibly doubting that any upward movement at this time could be more than skating upon the outside edge of speculation, the bulls of the last few days early this morning exhibited a lessened avidity for shares, but a sharp appetite for their guid pro quo in greenbacks. There were pleasant profits to handie when once the conversion bad been made (and profits have lately been as scarce as leaves in Vallombrosa in mid-winter), and thero was a short interest mainly closed up, which took just so many customers away from the market, and altogether the surroanding circumstances were favorable for making a turn and the turn was made accordingly. In the realizing process Lake Bhore fell off from 60%; to 593 and Micbigan Central from 47% to 46%, withoat recovery at the close. Daring the animation of the opening hours the North- weaterps wore the most vigorous haif of the list and advaaced to 377; and 5994 respectively; but they are no Atlas, like Lake Shore, abie to carry the world of a declining market on its shoulders, so when weakness sot in they staggered also und lost nearly allof the tm, provement, Apart from the desire to harvest gains and the sell- Ing movement thus engendered there was an addi- tonal weakening element in a certain mistrust in tho eMoacy of the railroad agreement, Lt certainly is not thoroughly satisfactory, and anticipations of its dura- bility are the reverse of strong, while at one time to- day, when a report obtained that the meeting of freight agents had broken fp in a wrangle, it was affirmed that chaos had come again and that raijroad contracts were bo more reliable than lovers’ vows. Leaving Lake Shore and Michigan Central out of the question, the remainder of the list was irregular and variable, aa ex- pressed by the weakness of the St. Pauls, the advance of Iilinois Central and the firmness of Western Union, while the coal stock remained as flat as smull beer. Gold drooped to 1074;, the political alarmists and their friends having secured quite as much as they find it comfortable to support under the tax of 7 per cent for carrying and the difficulty of persuading the community at Jarge to think amd act with them. The heaviness of gold has at last penetrated the money market also, and loans were made to-day as high as 7 per cont on call, though final transactions ‘were made at 445. The reaction to-day !s looked upon by the bulls as a natural one, and it is predicted that the favorites will shortiy be upon their feet again, waving the banner of progress and scaling the slippery ascent to higher prices, OPENING, HIGHEST AND LOWEST PRICES. The following table shows the opening, high lowest prices of the day :— Coeing. ee Ri Egy] and New York Central + 10d Erie. aren . Bt Lake ‘Shor + 805 Wubash... . Northwestern. . Northwestern preterred,.. Delaware, Luck. and We: vern. Now Jersey Central. Pacitic Mail... CLOSING PRIOKS—3 P, x M Ye S594 Mich Central, 4-5 aug NY &Harlom.13 138) RYU altud tous 104 Shy Bh Silo a Miss: 3 ae Panama... 13/7 5.4 Tol & Wabisi, 4 44 Chie KL” “1019 1015 Union Pacific. 60% Oty Mil & St Paul. 205, 20) Mo Pacific. 3 HUES Eael Sad Bas Dine Gol Sadie eshe bla , ADVANCE AND DECLINIL The following are the changes in closing prices com- pared with those of yesterday :— Apvanxcs.—Chicago and Alton, 3s; 4; Ilmois Central, %; New Jersey tayo and Northwest, 34; Ohio and eat cago and Kock Island, 35; Union Pacific, 3; Union Telegraph, 44; Adams Express, 12; United Btates Express, 14. Dxouixe —New York Con’ ware, Lackawanna ana W Shore, 4; Michigan Centrs i . waukee and St. Paul, %; do. preierred, }y; Toledo and ‘abash, 3; American ‘Express, 44; Gold, he The rest of tne market was unctanged. THE MONRY MARKET. ‘The money market was more active this afternoon and advanced from 5 to 7 per cent for call loans, clos- ing at 5 percent, The rates of exchange on New York at the undermentioned cities to-day were:—Savannab, 4 offered; Charleston, easy, 5, a 4 per cent, 1g a par; Cincinnati, dull and beavy, 1-10 a 44 per cent diacount; New Orleans, commercial, 3g per cent and bank 4% per cent; St Louis, $1 50 discount, and Chicago, $1 dis- sount.* i and Hudson, %; Deia- worn, i¢; Erie, 43 Lake Foreign exchange closed quict and steady, We quote:— Sterling— sinty gays sight... 481M 04.82 Demand, 48355 0 48415 454 wd. 85 479 also Sixty days’ sight... wees 2256 ah 21 Demand. 5.20) ah 1s Cable transiers . 518M WELT Commercial. ., 5.26% 0 6.23% Reichmarks— Sixty days? sight a 94K yeu Gy 9535 a 96 Commercial .. Wig a OBI PRODUCE EXPORTS, ‘The exports of produce from the port of New York for the week epding to-day were $5,724,257 against $6,286,000 for the corresponding week in 1875 and $5,808,860 in 1874. The totul exports of produce irom the port since January 1, this year, were $265,915,472, ngainst $251,201,497 for the corresponding period in 1876, and $281, 632,623 in 1874, THR GOLD MARKET. Gold opened at 107% and closed at 10744, which were the two extremes of the day. Tho carrying rates were 6 to 2 per cent, closing at 4% per cent. OPERATIONS AT THE GOLD WXCHANGE BANK, Gold balances...... Currency balances Gross clearances CLEARING HOUSE STATEMENT. exchanges. balances, Currenc; GOVERNMENT BONDS. Government bonds closed strong at the following , 121 01214; do, do,, 1881, registered, 1133; a 113%; do., do, do, coupon, 1173¢ a 1173; do, do., 1865, rogisiered, 109% 0 10996; do. do., do., coupon, 10034 a 10045 ; do. do., do., new, registered, 109% a 110; do. do. do, do., coupon, 112% alld; do. do., 1867, registered, 1123 a L124; do, do, do., coupon, 115% & 115%; do. do., 1968, regis- tered, 1133¢ a 114; do, do.,do., coupon, 1173) a 118; flo, do, ten-forties, rogistered, 112% a 1134; do. do, do,, coupon, 112% a 1134; do. fives, 1881, registered, 1114 @ 11195; do. do., coupom, 11135 @ 1115¢ ; do. 434s, 1891, registered, 10844 a 109. THK PURBIGN MARKET. In London consols are up from 93% a 94 at the close yesterday to 045-16 (at 4:30 o'clock to-day); United Statos bonds are 34 higher tor 1865's and 1367's and otherwise unchanged. The Imperial Bank of Germany gained 611,000 marke during the week. Bar silver is quoted at 67d, per ounce, The fol lowing are closing London prices at 5 P. Perera for money, 944; 29434; do. for account, 94% a 94%; five-twenty bonds of 1865 (old), 104% a 1047; do, of 1867, 1074 a 107%; ten-forty bonds, 107% @ 107 pew fives, 100%; Erie common shares, 9% 097%; Erie preferred shares, 19. Rentes in Paris advanced trom 10475 to 105.40. In Frankfort 101%. RAILROAD BONDS, The market for railroad bonds contin prices at the Board, as a rule, were high lowing were changes:—An advance of X in Chicago and Northwestern consolidated gold sevens, % in Mil- waukee and St. Paul, 73-10 and Ohio and Mississipp) seconds, % in Erie fourth mortgage, New Jersey Central firat new and Albany and Susquehanna firsts, 44 in Pacific Ratiroad of Missourt firsis St Louis and Iron Mountain firsts, Thore was a/decline of 1 per cent in Central Pacidic firets (St. Joaquin branch) and \ in Great Western firsts of 1888. This a‘ternoon New Jersey Central convertible sold at 80, and C., ©. and 1, O. firsts at 38, an advance of 1 per cent in both in- stances, The following were the closing quotations of Pacitic Railroad bouds:—Union firsts, 105% a 106; do. laad grants, 100 a 100%; do, sinking funds, 91% a 92; Centrals, 109 a 109%. HANK SHAKES, Bank shares were neglected, the only sales being 35 shares of Bank of Commerco at 10854. PHILADELPHIA STOCKS. The closing prices of Phiiadeiybia stoeks are as fol- lows:— Asked. City sixes, new United Railr Pennsyivania Ra’ Reading Ratlroau.. Lehigh Valley Railroad Cutawisaa Rauroad, preferred. Philadelphia and Erie Rajiroad Sehuyliiil Navigation, preterred, Northern Central Railroad, bigh Navigution, Oil Creek and Allen. Hestonville Raiiway. Central Transporiation, 304 SAN FRANCISCO STOCKS. Tho following are closing prices at the San Fran- cisco Stock Exchange:— Contidence.. . Caledonia Crown Point, Le Raymoud & Ely. Silver Hill, Savage. Segrexated Sierra Nevada, Union consolida Yellow Jackot....... 17 MINING BOARD. ng prices lo-day. Justice Leopard, Lucerne, Merritmac. Mexican, Comstock Pleasant ‘THE AMERICAN The following are the clo: Con, Virginia, -: Contidence, Segregated aed 953 Exchequer. Silver City ls Grant... Silver Hill, 2 10 Hale & Nororos Southern Swar...... 14 THE UNITED STATHS TREASURY. Revenue receipts to-day, $200,000; customs receipts, $225,000; bank notes received for redemption, MEMORANDA, We are informed that the Metropolitan National Baok bas resolved to reduce its capital stock from $4,000,000 to $3,000,000. The taxca—national, Siate and municipal—paid by tho Metropolitan Bank aggre. gate $200,000, and the reduction of the capital will re- duce this amount a trifle over $50,000. The bank pro- | poses to buy im the cancelled stock at 126, a fraction above the ruling price in the market. ‘The earnings of the Michigan Central Railroad for | the second week of December, 1876, as contrasted with those of the same period last year, were :— 1876. ++ + «$122,092 90 1875 139,986 93 Decrease..... sees $17,894 03 The following shows the earnings of the Chicago, Milwaukee ang St. Paul Railway Company for the seo- ond week in December:— 1875. + $119,775 Tho following shows the earnings .of the Rome, Watertown und Ogdensburg Railway Compaay for the month of October:— 1876....+6 1875. $139,945 25 + 119,940 07 Increase. « $20,005 18 | Alo for the month of Novembe | 1876 + $133,486 64 | 1875: ree 22115,068 02 Increase ..... « $18,418 62 NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE SALES ‘fvunsoar, Dec. 19, 1876, BEFORE CALL—10 A, M, $0000 kN Weed 02% G00 she Mich Cen RR; 100 she Pac Mall 85... 24% Lu do. as 609 do 200 Chi & wo a 200 Too oni & SWI pe 100 Tol & Wav Kt! 100 do 200 100 do Wii AND I $1000 US6' y 1s0u0 do 2000 do 10000 |. 6 tu 00 US ¥ 10000 U8 S's, FST. 100 0 US5's, ¢,'81.. HOU C8 O's cue, 100 tette He 2000 Erie 4th im. TOONS (en ism. 18) 100 Erle RK... be.s8 10. He StJo Wee BIH o eo) 1000 Gt W ist, "8. | 1000 Gt Western 2d.. 5000 Ln Pac 7's, 1g. Y wt..be 10 Sat Wi be 900 go . 60 Mar L & Min. Wo Pac wail oe. aprets -.- APLORD.. «+ ob DE i GO sevevereeee i | New Cotton. 2 » | Strict “BEFORE CALI—12:30 , loo do... 100 Chi 4 N W RR. 109 Nd Con KR. x ho He ad loo StL & IM RR 200 Uaioe & Akins iL SECOND BOARD—1 P. M. 2000 ahs 1.8 &M BRE G07 iv ds 100 .lcen iit. 800 wiew Cen re yooo Hud It 2d, 2000 Un Pac st. 40.0 in Vue Ae C&C Is 700 ahs Wich © tit, 200 Ls & MS RR, loo 300 So) 50) $5000 1 & SJ 8's,con, Toy shs ue aiall 5 100 220 + Oo) Pitts 100 « 1) sock Island hie too 200 2 ont sai iit Be WO, a1 Can. sia COMMERCIAL REPORT. COTTON: SPOT UNCHANGED; FUTURES CLUSED QUILT BUT FIRM AND 1-32c, a 3-32c. HIGHER—¥LOUR FIRM--WHEAT IN FAIR DEMAND—CORN FIRMER—OATS ¥IRMER— WHISKEY FIRMER—PORK EASIKB—LARD UN- CHANGED—PETROLEUM IRREGULAR—SPIRITS TURPENTINE FIRMER—ROSIN ¥IRMER—OILS STEADY—COFFEE ¥IRM—SUGAR NOMINAL— FREIGHTS QUIET. Tvgspay, Dec. 19—6 P, M. ‘under a fair trade movement to-day, although there was no especial activity anywhere manifest, and bu few radical changes took place in values. On ’Change flour remained quiet, but the market was firm. Wheat was in fair demand, but transactions were restricted by the high price demanded, espesially for straight now No, 2spring. Corn was in demand and firmer, as were likewise oats, Whiskey was firmer and closed in sellers’ favor, Pork was irregular and easier, Lard was in fair movement, without decided cbange in prices. Freights were quiet. Cotton on the spot was unchanged; futures closed quiet but firm, with an advance of l-32e. a 3. Coffe firm. Suga, nominal. Oils generally firmer. Petroleum irregular. Naval stores were decidodly firmer. AsuKS were quoted at Sic, a 53¢e. for pots and 6Xe. for pearls. ANTIMONY was quiet, but steady at 143ge., gold. Bexswax was steady, but unchanged and quoted at 3le, @ 32¢. for Western and Southern, Broom Cons was dul! and nominal at 33éc. a 4c. tor red tipped, 5e. a Ge. for medium and 6c, w 7c. foc choice green. Corrxx.—Tho market for Brazils was firm, with sales of 8,010 bags Rio ex Sullivan, 1,703 bags do. ex Kremlin and 4,520 bazs do. ex Primus (now at Hampton Roads to como | here), allon private terms. We note the arrival at Balti- | more of the Maggie E. Grey with 7,302 bags Kio and the steamer Rubens at New Orleans with about 20,000 bags Rio, one-half of which was sold before arrival. We quote :— Ordinary cargoes, 16%c. a 170. ; 196. 3 good do., 19346. a 194gc. ; prime, 19%{c. a 20e.; extreme range for lots, 16%e. fe. ; Santos, fair to good, 18%4¢. @ 19¢., gold. 18tgc.; Maracaibo. 163g¢. a 18!gc. ; Lugua, 16}g0. a 18¢. | Jamaies, 153c, w 173g¢.; St. Domingo, 1de. a 15%c.; Porto Rico, 163g¢. @ 18340. ; Costa Rica, 16e, # 1¥e. ; Mexican, 17, 8 ie: Manila, 16dge eive. 0 180.3 Sayanilla, 1c. '@ 18¢. ; Cu ‘CoorERAGE STOCK was dul oinsses shook, | y2-ineh, with heaas, $1 75 gar shooks, with heads, 38-inch, tneb $1508 $290 0 83 65: do box shooks, ‘® BOE. me. iso? empty hogeboada, $2003. Ii Prime, ‘S30 % S27: Woops, 12 feet. its One ouckor one aslat "Tha. salve were ta veokll Jots wud not over 100,00) Ibs. The market closed with Lake unchanged. We quote :—Mani Ib, lee. # 15¢,; do. cordage, bo M } Sisal rope, 1c. hi red, 34 eo do., $a pr 1 foot rai to a B33 e changed, F wher as compared with Mouduy's clo arket ruled sceady during the day, bus with closed quiet, but firm, with an 0} Lage. a 3-326. the closing prices to- AGhotations ‘aro bused on American stundard of classifica. tion and on cotton in store ruauing im quality not more than rade above or below the grade quote: Uplanats alatana New 0 ‘Orleans. Hy 04 Og | Strict low mt Middiins, | Good mid Midaltng tale. 3 | ba ord —Good ordinary, .§ striet condo ie low middling, Lle.; middling, 11}gc, Spot sale: wore as follows :— 19 794 or future delivery ihe > Yesterday, a after two P, M.—Decem- the porte were as fol'ow Grienns, Luigi: Movite, 3.8 936; Charleston, 2,536 373, New ¥ York, ra, 1028 shee, High sail, 11-2e, Dkves, ac.—the mi continued to small pare juoted Nob love were a pola in bond. 15, eurrency. {ne teapane we wr do. Noses, “Ale re wre and ether were stendy at O2c. for the former and Sic, a Hc. for the latter, Borax, was easy; quoted at lie. for ret di for do, California, Balsam tola was ste: ba $2 40, Cod Hi < $73, per tom. Cutch was quis jt rassiate potash was duiet Bee. ae co auality. Bichromate potash was quiet at lve, # 1c, Sal am- moniae was dull at 11¢., gold. Trish moss was quiet wiet at Sigc., re ate gold, The merchandiso markets were generally stgady | e Citrie acid was aui at former priee selected. Lag at 76. a77c. Licorice root was autet ted at from Se. to Ge, currency, lor je—Calabria at "Sle Spanish Pignatelli at S4e. small quoted at idea Ibe. tor Cope. Giager wes. quis ec. tor Jamaica bleached. Ergot was firm hei $1 10. Tpighalives ‘ans quoted at d4e. a Soe. hi ra in Calit ae was firm nt Le, & 124g, “tt Camomile towers were tor German and. 40c.” tor’ old ¢ Dutch was ‘WAS quiet at SL Coriander was quot auiet at Ze. a Bde. Y? | and 81 2oc. for Rew Homau, Uiyesrine wos ie | mand Src. Nwoet marnorkn was quick Sie Ores rose at tise. a 25e. Chee, Tones beavs were cannes for Angostura, Aithoa root was quoted ni white cut. Gum arable was quoted at Ic. for prime sorte aud Lic. jor second do, Valerian root was quoted wi 20c. Ze. for English and ide. for German. Aibum | was stendy at 40c. 4 70c. for blood ang dla SL Ol tor exg. Darsaparilla was quiet but steady. @ que 4c. # 7c. 49. do, for expo te, de, Jalap was quoted at jum datvar wus quiet at 16c., «ie. at 67e, ly Honduras, iol msen’ "e1 arig a gle roton, 2 13; oil citronella, Ze. ae. der, Toe. @ $2; do, do, (Mitcham), $14; vil cloves, $2 75; o1 wintorge 30; oil snawatras, inclusive, woe, | ail pennyroyal nominal at $4. all currency; oil of bay, $20 $29. knglish chemicals werd quiet; the sales were 20 tous Seleoda nt $140; 25 tons soda sb ; 100 drums caustic 100 Kegs bi noua ab yes i a ee, 2 88425, for prise. ievee. aud Bie, ‘xed —the market was quivt tor all kinds tals codfish sold im lots at $6 a for Grand Bauk. Mackerel was nut vile 3 held firmly at Aas Ya $8 tor Ni 1. Box herting—No 20 bis, Halilax shore irtland round at $4 7, Bavk, $0 0 $6 50; G Extra mess, $50 a 83. shore large Nov: 2 ‘io’ . bt le. No. 1. loc. 3,626 bbls. ; wheat, soem 20,200 bushels; baciey iri all About dat full or improved fig bbis., including State, oudy, With snies of about and $2 05 a gs 10 tor Superfine state. Extra Stato Choice Stat Supertine Western. Bxtra Western Minne Round hoop ¢ St, Lows, choice family. Rye flour, flue tv supertine. Soutuern do. 2 Southern, supertiva Southern, ¢ Soutwern, fami Corn meal, Wei Corn meal, Jerse: Corn meal, Brandywine. Corn meul, puucheons. —Wheat was in fair dem ephanced demanded, especially for were about 100,0.0 busitels at id $1 hanxe 4000 bushels “ahegute spring sold wt 000 bushels No. juw York spring at Corn was in fair demand and ‘The sales were avout teamor mired, 94 ixed, oe. 8 vtize. Gisge. for Kunsuw mixed, 6) for range of uw for graded No: 1, Uv, torsteamer yellow, Gis. gc. tor old No, 2 Weavorn sui 59e.'8 Ge. for ao. in r, with @ fair demand iit 42,000 bushels at Bsbge" F rejected, 3: ange of Wostern mixed un, . raded, ne 1 jc. tor No. 1 graded White, die. for now cropuraded Nv. 3 wixed. wud. 450. tor now crop graded No, b white. Ryo was qui 50) bush- ols Westorn sold at Buc. w Bc, | Burley was fairly wetive ‘wore about 20,00 bushels xt $1 U8 w $1 10 for Barley walt Ni nuda and GS. for two-rowed State. was quiet. FuUIt.—!here was only » moderate Jobbing demana for foreign diried and prices were somewhutwasier. We quote :— Now ralsins—Layers. 81 8 per box: half do., $1 10; quarter Gy # $2 10per box, Va- aivane, Tie. dur ew our: rants, Glac. " Turkey’ unes, Se, 8 Ole. for Sorvia wud Bosnia: French do., ne alilc., according to size and quality, Legtorn citron, le Figs—Layers, Lie, Tie. Dares, o%4e. nuts, Sc. Preserved ginger, per caso, Domestic dried — Western appien were in 1 for export, but otherwise the market wus g 1 D340. 5 do,, slice ce. ee ju di ew, Sc u Sige. Peanuts remained quiet. We. quote ‘Ordinary Virginia, $1 a $1 10; prime. do. $1 30.8 81 40: choice to faucy dy.. 81 50. chen —We quote sale of GU rots bugging at 1140, hero was frm market for ju 400 bales but “tier AND JuTK.~: and 150 bales suid a6 reat hye cag Na 200 U, gold; Teall fan, & ia currency ; jute buts, die add: ‘aud were auile hemp, Bigc-t Sigal do.;o.: tatle, Ofse.s all gold, ‘Hipes.—There was a good demand but business was strletod by the lish lees apply. The market ruied firm. (to arrive) at 2 ke 2 jays; 2200 Kips’ and Oo! Kiver ‘Pinte toad Buenos tifornia, 22 to -3 8 to al ibe, Bie. Gras, aia to lv toe, 2 saited Toxas, 24 to WIbs., 2c. ‘BO lua, 18¢, & M4e.; city slaughter, ox, UO to BO Ibs, Le; do..cow. 45 to GU ibs, 1ue.. all currency, selected. firm, wih # tair Leong New Yo k, yood to choice, new, 26. & 200. 5 yenelings, iden 130 jas, .Se. wYUc.; Orezor * jrox.—There was no improvement in Amorican pig and prices remained wacuanged: 10U tons No. 1 (at Pers Am- boy) sold at €21 00 and $ tone Glendon, forge on private ferian,” Seoteh vig was steady: 1.0 tous Giengarn \d at $.7 75, Scrap was dull but unchanged. We quote ieun pix, No. 1, 8: ‘No. 2, $20 0; do., for} B10, “Seoteh—Coltnens, $20; Glengarnock. $23; ssglinton, firmer owing to the advaneo in frelghts, Quoted currency, tor domestic, and $5 70 a 87. gold, for toreigu La tins. —The ‘market for hemlock svle was firm and fairly actly We quote :~Hemlock—Light Buenos Ayres ® 2ic.; do, Caliiornia, Zoe. w 26e.: vo. common hide, 2M, we does: middle Buonos Ayres, 2h0.'4 Be. ,do. Calitornis, 2se. w 2We.; do, common hide. 26e. a28e.; heavy Buenos | Culilornta, ominon hide, 26¢,; do, Be bse. go Je KED. We note sales of =4,00) bags at 82 10, gold, on old, aud do, common ae ts were stoady Mt BUIgc. Quinte was firm; hee. » Ho. oe efor boxes. ine ee steady a “ttt ey nod 82°80". t.Alum—Lump diitiomend a 240, gord., ‘Tervarve neva was quiet mouerate a disée., guid, lor crystal, and 4)g0, @ 47746. lor powusred. board and from store. Mouasses.—There was a quiet but steady market for New 100 bbis. sold at SOc, @ S8e, Foreign was du faba, contrifugal and mixed, Sie © 4c. do., muscovado Soe. a 400. ¢ urto Kico, 40¢. * Kitglish Tslauds, jew Orlouns, youd, O0c, a Sue; prime, 4c, 6 was very firm, owing to spirits tur osivg ab amounted to abous Tige. for merchantal 8,000 bbls ib ine, ‘morchantabie or- good strained, Te: OO. Tur Washington. €3; pitch, 82 90-8 2 ‘viens from Wilmington were as follows:—OiL City nomi= nally $3.70; United, shipment, $3 °6 0 $3 W Unised, 83 70; shipment, about $3 50, Market w. Onis—Linsced ofl was fi bw the market was stendy. . bbis., 6be, ts of d, $2 t po, Suithern, O8e Soe. ; winter crude fish. Prernoeus. ctiwas sul and irrogulae, ary delivery (tet to Loth) was quoted at 206. ue. tor Philadelptis ‘ simere Mery (tet 60. Ne’ . tor Philad fol Janu- | at Tatar ‘the alining prices in. bulk, ¢ o, In ble. Ses * altimore, aie Be, Advices strong; straine 2 1 BO. Turpen Sois and vingai, 82 0. Spieite rong, de. bid, Provisions.—Keceivte—Pork, 1,921 bbls. ;' Inrd, 3,105 teres, 200 kegs an cases, cut meats, 1.019 backage 3 bacon, Di tieregs and 3414 boxes; beef, 1.450 © ses » wrket was irrexul a 0,000 do. do., 12 Ibe. average, om private \onmes pees hums are quoted nt 94e. « be., fresh ies at Hc. « 10'4¢., frosh shoulders at Ge., pickled hame at 11300 Tae., piekléd beltion at Y'e. 0 i should ‘Glic. a Glge., and box eille: Smoked monte were quiet, but stondy, at. 12340. ive, 1 hams, and 7360, @ 7}4e; fF shoulders, isncon wag quiet, but ‘at Ve. for elty long cloar, and B%e. for Western— 0 boxes Western long -eloar. ‘sold at Bie. Heel was duil, bat ‘unchanged. We acroly oxtre | mons Sil SO iz 40; plat as, $10 50 packet, $15; tloreed sity, extra “india $1 eof hams were quies at $20 for prim Dressed hogs were quiet wt_ 7g. a 77a. for city; Yeeeerte light ie. Ld pigs aed about 1346. & Tae. for Western, Lard hout was fi decided change, In prices, the glowing * rel Tine were ta foley mber, B10 big aaleed; Jungary, $10 78 via $10 A terhs| 10 ¥7}q bh red 1 bid Head asked, Be berest0 tie S10 bi i aoe 10 W28g, vo an ebruary, siete Fopeuaty cleam, 10 101,010 ie total sales, el mills, clean, 15,000 do. ; do heats 40,000 8 SPXLTER was quiet but steady at Zc. curreucy for domestic and 7),¢ guild for wenge. nd closed with 10%c. 86,1 . ty arrive, ee 0 reer Oars Porto kaon: rafnini, oomse - crocery, talt to choice. I andard Al Ise, 01 . powdered, quality, 1i%ge. ora ipis, 16" bh was.e shade firmer. Jt Bixe. market for foreicn was very quiet but steady. ita, 1 ; Bo Ise. ined TaN all L * ate Ch 37 do. terne, 8 25.0 83 B67 * Tonacco.—The market was exces aay dull and we have to-repers only 200 bhds, Kentucky leaf us unchanged prices, and of seed leaf 100 cases sundries at Tse. bal vane 4b prices ranging from S5c. to MISKKY,—Receipts—467 bbis. The market was Gray s. sold at $1124, cash; but at the close there were ne below 81 13. urs.—There was quite a limited busine: im all classes of tonnage nnd rat 01 ec. & 10% 1ifye. w 11), granulated, The market id 227" bbls. The sales were 60,000 Ibs, at Bige., and aecomp- ported sels. roduets eng ged gi nty by foreign markets, accouuts for the stacnation to trade in oversea an advance for grain coments 10 boxes bacon, 4 y ‘sail, 40.00 bushels grain por Britiah ship, 1,108 tous, ald on wo a private terms. ei 8.7 1,000 bales cot- fF eamen n private terms. 10) bales @hbarters embraced:—A Brit hb tor general car; per steam, y sail Britich. brige 401 tons, fu our last was at naphtha, henice to Vork for orders to United American schooner, 610 tons, from Philadelphis to m, at 27e. Ganyxstox, Dee. 19, 1876, Cotton quiet; middling, 114¢6. : low middling, 107;e. ; good ordinary, JL 1 receipts, 2.707 bules. Exports cuast- O91, Stock, 117,435, New On.¥ans, Doc, 19, 1870. Cotton steady, fair demand; middling, 11%; low mid- dling, 1 Not receipts, 10,336 bales: gre a1. Great Britain. O89; to the Chantel, 2040, wig 13, Cotton quict: middling, 11 ordinary, lige. Net receipts, 3, wise, 070. Sules, 2,000. stock, 60,552, Savansait, Dee. 19, 1876, 114\c.: low midding, Lge. ; sip tk, 4.096 bales. x Exports coust- Cotton quiets middlin good ordinary, 1S _e, ports—l'o Great Britai New re S.B10. ‘Sales, 1,000. Sivek, 04,180, CuARLxston, Dec. 19, 1376, fow middling, Cotton, steady; middling, 11hic. 9 Lye. Ui Sgre 113 ood ordinary, 10%¢ Dales, Exports to Great Britaia, 86,087, VILMINGTON, N. C., Dec. 19, 1876, rpentine unsettied at 47c, Rosin firm at Tur quiet ut $1 80, Spirits for straine ToLEDo, De | _ Flour stead: December, 8 1 v, AAG, eu, fected, 43c.; new, 43%c." Outs quie January, Bolye.; Michigan, 360.5 1 vor ‘noed atedy Wi $0. Dressed hoge. stendy mt $6 65 a $6 75, eo ~1) bbls, ) bu hele wheat, 3,00 do, corn, 2,000 do. oats. Shipmonts—100 bbls. flour, 3,000 bushels weat, 38,000 do corny 5,00) da, oats, Burrato, Dec No receipts reported for tho 1 Trade on Chango tx almost at a standstill, No. 2 Western, on track, changed. Flour stendy; salea 1.200 bbls. kee club, $125; do. 81 40 No. 1 white ee $1 50; extra do., § Corn steady und unchanged. Burley quiet and weak; No. 1 Canadu held at $1 4 fe. Corn meal unchanged, Mill feod SY *palicond shipmenty--Flour, 1,300 bbia piicage, Dee. 19, 1878. oO; Bsige., ema; Kye nominally uuchan, ed, but generally, h January; $1 igher; $10 40 Bebranty. Bulkmoats steady and’ tmchan ged $1 ¢ Receipts Flour 10,000 bbl 112,04 he oats, . J0 do. Shipinents. Is; corn, 54,000 de outs, ” do. At the afternoon 4 higher; orn firm and Lard * staan fo 6245, ry . The a S10 "50 January, Pork quiet ani February, Lard 10 Ye bo Febraney, $10 474 Januar: HAVANA MARKET. Havana, Dee. 18, 1876, Spanish gold. 22134 « 222. Exchanges remain the same as Just quoted, Sugne—A fuir amount of the new produce is now awaiting irausport tion on account of the wretched | stute of the country roads. The lace results with the cane ‘A contract hus been closed here for 4,000 bi ntritugal sugar, No. 11 to 1145, at 113% reals, gola, per arrobe. Mavana, Dog. 19, 1876, 8 gold, 22114 Exchange steady. ‘On tho United states,” GO dx 4N%q discount ; shore | steht, do., 33g & 8 discoun short’ sight do. 44% 4 premium, premtum, On Paris, 3s premium. BRAZILIAN COFFEE MARKETS. Rio Jaweino, Dee, 15, 1876, “Coffee market very aninated; i Gtices advancing. Kio— Good fests, 68 0 a 6,750 rets per 1 Exchange on London, 24%. Coffee market very animated ; pri Santos, 6,400 a 6,600 reis per 10 kilos. EUROPEAN MARKETS. COTTON. Liverroon, Dee. 19, 1878, Cotton—Uplands, low middling clause, Jai und Peb- runry dolivery, O59 Report —The market lor yarns ‘and fubrics at Manchester Is quiet, but firm. ors, Liverroot, Dec. 19, 1876. Refined petroleum, 26d. per gulion; spirits of turpentine, | B74. Gd. per ewt. Linseed oil, sts, ed ite NDON, Dec, 19, 1870, Spirits of turpentine, Sugar quict, but firm, Santos, Dec. 15, 1876. ces advancing Superior aiefined petroleum. 284. per aenitoos Gd. per ew. Astwenr, Dee. 19, 1876. Petroleam, 69f, for fine pale American. PRODUCE. [New York Produce Exchange Report. } vEKPOOL, Dec. 19, 1876, Pork—Enatern dull at 7s. ; Western dull'at 67s.) Bu Cumberland eut dull at 445. ; sort riv dull at 45s. clear dull at hort clear dull at 44s, Sut dull at. 46 oulders dull at 34x, 6d. extra do, dull at 107s: pri | dull as 8%. Lard—Prime Western stewdy wt 51s Gd, Tal- low—Prime city dull at Turpoutine—Spirits firmer at 35s, y 94.5 Hine firmer | wt 108, 6d. steady ese—American choice stend¢ oll—None inthe market, Flour—Extra Si . Wheat—No. 1 spring steady at 10s, Od. ; No. 2 do, steady at 10s, 2d.; southern winter steady at 10s. Od. ; Western do. steady at 10a 4d. Corn—soft mixed dull at 26s, Bd. Loxnos, Dee. 1: Common rosin, 6s. 3d. # 6s, Gd, Spirits Curpeatine, vERPOOL, Dec. 19, for Aimerican,” Clever 187 Provisions—Lard, Gls. per ¢ seed, 70s, & 80s. DAILY MARKET REPORT OF NEW YORK deAtane Soles ts published deily nt o'clock F M.. + | and mailed roe to any address on receipt of postace (26¢, w month). | of she ‘The Report Will uiso contain the fluaucial articles New York Herald, Times, Tribune and World, reprinted same day as pub) in those papers, containing important information for LW. bee a £0. tock speculators 371 Broad st., New York, Endowment bought; insaran J. J. HABRIC! VLEX. FROTHINGHAM & CO., Bankers and Brokers, No, 12 ‘Wall st., dealers in first mp Pate and alla, buy and carry Stocks’ ax long as de- @ to five per cent. Cireulars aud 30., 119 Broadway. ANTED—WiT.) A STOCKBROKER und seil Stocks on a margin. Address BROKER, Herald office, Fyompay “ADVERTISEMENTS baasied CH THLTGRAM, A LuNK, AND EAD BY ALL NEW YORK, FOR TWO ChNtS A vory. w AMSTERDAM SAVING: T)ESK ROOM who ty open to bu: STOCK PRIVILEG: is stheation. ” daily iro 10 A. M. to 3 P.M. Ky 6 to 8 o'clock. cen aturtay rom 086 Bictann m. BENT, December 19, 1876, ecciver. Orrick oF tH, ? ‘Cor Notice Manwartay Taiwan Xo. 145 Buoapway, New Yous, 1) Adjourned of the stocktiolders of the Mauhat- stan Telegraph ‘Company will be held xt room 7, second floor, of No. 137 Broadway, New York. at 12 M.. on Thursday, ist inst., to receive report of committees rel posed Jenke of the company’s property, and fur the tion of sueh other a pruperiy be preseuted. ident, TFT WoRTGAGR Ws THD, ‘story house, ci iT ale, ir ortw m ys for les BNE, 16 AbIngdow square, Te, 70 DISCOUNTERS AND CAPITALISTS. doing » aufe, reliable trade wa ra sin to $1,000 per month, BUsiNuss b tox tat Herald W axiom AT ¢ PER CUNT, ON FinSt OL Ags it ge m pene Baltimore, worth $100,000, jerald offics $20, 000. WANTED—FIVE YUARS, SEVEN PHI cont, on three sarge houses, worth more an double the amot Addiess 8! ROULE. 809 116th at. $200, 000s ane ae foe $340 000, 10 LOAN-IN ANY SUM; CITY TYATT, 140 Brondw roperty; five years; lowest expenses. 350. 000. TO LOAN FIVE YEARS-AT 6 PER O cont; Fos to ote Lhd ‘aan cont, reo! Bominal DOS TS wi our i be hiss Berth room was in fair demand aud stendy. and | New von A nership, heretofore der the firm name of | Roemer & Uo., bas this hy been ssolved by oe co! | went, Tikes We B. | CAROLINE OEM | rs CUARLES BA ~ BUSINESS “ueronTONTriaa: WIDOW LADY, OF REFINEMENT AND GOOD ie with an bonorable usiness, Address office and financial mat ud given. Addrens D. G., box 201 Herald office, A REAL ESTATE BROKER, WITH A GOOD PAYING business, wants an active partner with some capital good relerences given and required. Herali offic PART: in whole: city. MALI VALUABLE PATENT HAS BEEN TRIED PRAG tically and proved to be of immense value, Modei au culars at 600 Hudson st. ADY, PROPRIETOR OF ELECTRIC. dparts animal nagnetiom by mauipalation). ner, with eapital; furvished Rooms, 73 West EWSPAPER FOR SALE,—, N OLD RSTABLISHE! family weokly, ata bargain, Address box 4.007 Now ‘ork city Post o . yEW Address FRANK, WITH $10,000 ¢ nd retail; most profitable business in this ¥ ot BATHS dat: REAT DESIDERATUM OP i tae : Toes aene voducing tempera Toth st., corner Brond- sree proprietor, way; AKTNER W Se xo With, PURCHASE per cout Interest I blished house in this elt, au nective busi wan is phew be willing to ie part ia the outside work would find (his ao excellent opening. Ad= dress BUSINESS, Herald office, ARTNER WANTED—AN ACTIVE BUSINESS MAN, wih & . by # gentleman (now carrying on an oid established business) who ean fi equal ame as a tea jobber. red; balance (rom business: Investiaems. TANKING a Weet 29th st., corner Broadway. secured. 5 steam per week; cash deposit $250 necessary. iY, box 118 Herald oft LING ARTICLE MANUFACTURED — velty: @ pushing man with $2,000 wanted ey: can make $10,000 yourly, Call room 32 Cosmopalitan Hotel. 1) BUTCHERS, tive; demand more than t! FERKO, station E Post ottiee, WeANtEb—a coop MAN OWNING REAL ESTATR or merchandise, who desires to trauafer his interests to California, Address CAPITALIST, Herald office Wantep TO INVEST—WITH SERVICES, $10,000, by & ring or mercantile, riner desires to retire. t oftice. ANTED-X PARTN to sell t ital fs Fan KEADY. box 4,059 WITH OAPITAL, IN & manufacturing busine: goods in New York, Prine cipals only address MAJOR, box 859 Spriogfleld, Mass. ED, COMMISSION AND double amount of Inquire of LB per week prod. $1. 200. —VPARTNER ‘ER WANTED, IN A RBSYECTA. je. money making business: satisfuction ones ingle man preterred. GAFFNEY & SMITH, 000.0 BU N INTEREST IN A NEW ul land promising Patent. Address PATENT, Herald Uptown office. 1 HOLDERS OF TWO VALUABLE $5,000.08 nts (vos having capital suffic! ulacture protitably) desire to sell Patents, Dies Unfinished Muterial; terms euny. Address station G, Post office box 42, Brooklyn, K, $7. OOO iAttNEg, WANTED RUSINESS CASH: . will pay $80,009 to $90,000 yearly. Address vox 3,476 Post office. ———_+2+___ FAST MAIL OBSTRUCTIONS. THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD AIDING THE EX- PRESS COMPANIES TO FRUSTRATE FAST MAIL ARRANGEMENTS. No change has eceurred in the matter of the tast mail service over the Penasylvaaia Railrpad, It 19 evident thatthe arrangement entered into with Mr, Theodore N. Vail, Superintendent Railway Mat! Service, on ba- half of the government, and the contracting powers of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, are basely per- verted by some of the railroad understrappers, or else the express companies, finding that the carrying of the daily city journals on the 4:26 A. M. train would cut down their business, havo taken some sinister means to dofeat the fast mail project, It was positively under stood that all mails South would be forwarded by this train, and pot one word was uttered at the time of the contract about a three or four o’clock ferryboat to connect with the outgoing truiz at Jersoy City. Postmaster James, always anxious for the most efiicient service, ordered the bags to re- main open until the last moment, so ag to be ably te accommodate the newspapers; but at the very lass moment he receives notice that, unless his maiis are placed in tho by 3:15 they will not be forwarded until 7:30 A M. consequence is that he is come Delied to send bis mails by the three o'clock boat, ab | though the train does not start for one hour and a haif ) later. The government freight by Spichee to this early bour, while express matters ar vived vy the tour o’clock boat, Mr, James sent Mr. Anthony Yeomans, the General Superintendent, and Mr. Waring, of tho Post Office, to Jersey City yesterday morning by the four o’ciock boat in charge of two of mau mater irom the East which arrived too iate for the threo o’clock boat. Mr. Yeomans, on ur- riving at the Jersey City depot, could gain no inioriwation trom avybody, No station master or Laggage man could be found, and all the comlort he could get {rom hall sleepy olfictsls concerning the train was that ‘twas bemg made up somewhere.’ No postal car was to be found, and when at Jast the train despatcher 1s aroused from his il? ie office adjoining, anda demand made of hun’ vo accept: the mail then tendered, be sent & man with Messra. Yeomans and Waring, and third time these gentlemen traversed the tri distance of balf a mile in quest of the pestal car, rua- ning the risk of being crushed by shrieking locouo- tivea With ali their trouble no postal car could be deseried, [no Adams Express Company's car waa standing in the Seeet ready to take freight until the moment betore the train started. By the terms of agreement with the governinept two postal cars must be curried by the 4:25 A. M. train, out whether t nsylvania Railroad Compuny has'a right to keep Somewhere on their track between Jersey City Newark bas not been ascertained. They d how, The train despatcher told Mr. Yeomui Barker had ordered him to haul out the postal cars at 0 A. M., “mail or no matt,” and he obeyed orders, Postmaster James sent the following despatch on Mon- day evening to Mr. F. Wolcott Jackson 3 nee 18, 1876, General Superintendent Pennsyl- To F. Woucort Jackson, ny, J ag 5 City yania Itailroad Gow 1am insteucted by I dent Railway Nall Mocvies, morning payers. by three A: M. boat. The morning papers Will bo sent by four o'clock ho TH OMAS L. JAMES, Postmaster. ‘The answer to this was expected at once, ins stead of arriving on Monday night, was pot received until yesterday morning, and reads oli Nawal ay J Dee. 18, 1876, athor 300 A. Me ow have toys by our ¥. W. JACKSON, General Superintendent. General Bapertasendans Vail has gone after Colonel Thomas A. Scott, President of the Pennsylvania Rail- road Company, to ascertain from him whether the ob- structions placed in the way of the fast mail service are by his orders or only assumed by hissubordinates, ‘The Congressional Committee on Postal Affairs should at once Investigate this matter and send lor persons and papers, HARD AGROUND. A large force of men were ut work all day yesterday unloading the British steamship Quang Se, from China, which is stranded on Oyster Island, to the south of Bedloo’s Island. Messrs, Henderson Brothers, the con- signees of the vessel, having come te the corclusion that, to get tho big craft afloat, it was necessary to inf isevig a Heratp lighten ber, fhe Coast Wrecking Compan; reporter yesterday that the had arrived at Congress Stores, wreck of the Engtisu ship Cireass! hampton, and bringing about 100 tone of cargo. schooner reports that the Uircassian is lying ine favorable position for being hauled of. As a curious coincidence this 18 the second ume the Circassian hae fatien into the bands of tho Coast Wrecking Company, the frat time being when she was a steamsnip and went asbore in 1809 i Squan, N. OVERDUE STEAMSHIPS. Sinco last Saturday the steamship City of Berlin, of the Inman line, and the Rhine, of the Bremen ling, have been hourly awaited at this port, Both are ad. vertiged to saii with the mails next Satarday, No ap- probenbsion whatever 1s telt anywhere conceraing the suiety of tho vessels, ag at this season of the the ) vean steamships imost mvartably meet with sucu cahaaatlaihaia i