JHH, turn HUNT'S MERCHANTS' MAGAZINE,
REPRESENTING THE COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL INTERESTS OF THE U.VITED STATES
VOL. 22 NEW YORK, FEBRUARY 5, 1876 NO. 654.
FinanciaL Finanoial. Finanoial.
THB Samuel Shaw, FISK & HATCH, BANKER, National Bank-Note Co., BANKERS, And Dealer In Commerelal Paper, •(• (INCORPOBATKD NOVKMBEB, 1859.) No. 5 .NASSAU ST., NKW YORK. 6«l XTAIjI. STREET.
K. J. KsKET, Preildent. 8. G. Collikb, Cuh!er. OFFICE, Ko. 1 "WAX.!. STREET, We fflre particular atteatloa to Dibkot Dkalihqb IN QOVKRNUKNT BONU3 A.T CUftaSMT MABKKT BATI8, The Exchance Bank. NEW YORK. aQd are prepared, at uU times, to buyer veil In Urge or small amojiits, to suit ull cUsscm of luvestoriT OP DENVER, COLORADO. exghatebb or thi Orders by mall or telegraph will receive careful atten- UMlt«d States Bonds, Notes, Cnrreaoy tion. Capital Stock, - - «2tO,000. We vhftll be pleased to famish Information In and National Bank Notes. reference to all matters connected with Investments Special attention givau to Collections, and to th ZSSBATTHO AHS PBrKTINa 01> in Uovernment Uonds. iDVcttlog of inonev on Itral-clasa real estate security Wc also buy and sell •ANK-NOTES, STATU AND RAILBOAD BONDS, Gold and Gold rotiPONS. (or nonresidents. COLLKor DiviDKNUs, and Town. County and Btatk STAMPS, ' POSTAGE AND BBVBNTJE Coupons, &c.. and buy and sell, on CoMuisstON, all CORBK8PONDENT8. Tradesmen's Natlonil Bank, and Glloian, OSRTIFIOATES, DRAFTS. BILLS OF EXCHANGE, Mabkktablx Stock < and Bonds. Son A Co., New York ; Walla, Fargo * Co.'s Bank, Saa Fraoclsco. AND COMMERCIAL PAPERS, In our Bankino DsPABTMKNT we receive deposits and remUtances fcubject to draft, and allow Interestf in the highest Btjl* of the art with tpeeial taft- to becreiUed monih^y. on balances averaging, for the John Munroe & Co., devised prevent connter- fvardt and patented, to mouth, from VltCOO to f5,00U, at the rate of three per luting and alterations. cent per annum, and on balances averaging over No. 8 'W»n street. New York, No. This Company engraves and prints bonds, postage i^j.OOO, at the rate of four per cent. 4 Post OiBce Square, Boston. CHKtJUES AND CABLK TRAN8FKU3 ON stamps and paper money for various foreign FISK Sc HATCH. ntUNROB 4c CO., PARiau Oovemmeuts and Banldng Institutions—South STEIiLINa CHEQUES ON American, Eoropean, West India Islands, Japan, &e. Greenebaum Bros,&Co., 4I.KXA>IDKRS, CITNLIPPBS * CO., CotnmunieaHotu may be addremd to tM4 London. Vompany in any language. BANKERS, SIXTY DAY 8TEULINO ON THK C »NSULiDATED BANK, LONDONi J. H. VAN ANTW^EBP, Pres't. 1 Nassau Street, New ifork, J. nACDONOUGH, Vlce.Prest. (CoBXKB OF Wall Stbbkt.) CIBCULAR NOTKS AND CSSDITS rOS TKAVBLBia A. D. SHEPARD, Treasurer. CHICAGO HOUSE: HENUY GREKNKBAtJM & CO NEW YORK. BOSTON, JNO. B. CVBBIBB, Secrvtary. 1st Pearl Street. '0 8U:e Street Issue Bills Of Exchange, Travelers' and Commercial GOSSLER Co., Credits, al«o Telegraphic Transfers of Mone; , avail & able In the leading cities of Europe and the United OOBBESPOMDXNTB OF Fdward C. Fox & Co , States. International Bank or iiambnrK and Dppos I accounts received on favorable terms. Loudon, (Limited.) STOCK BROKERS, We oil ir for sale a limited amount of HOU8B IN KUBOPK, %Ve«t Ohlcaffo Park 7 Per Cent Bonds, JOHN BERKNBKRG, GOSSLKR ic CO 30 BROAD ST., KKXT YORK. Due 1S90. HAMBURG. Stocks, Bonds and Oovemment Securities bought and sold at the New Yorlc Stocic Exchange. F. W. Gilley, Jr. & Co., McKim Brothers & Co.^ We give Special Attention to State, BA.VKERS, BANKRRS AND BROKERS, 4T Vl^all street. Naw Tork. CItf, County and Toivn Bonds, and •ecurltles of defaulted Railroads for C4 BROADWAY AND 19 NEW STREET,
. wblcU there Is no regular market. P. O. Box 4259. Neiv York* Albert H. Nicolay & Co. QUOTATIONS FURNISHED. Order sin Government Securities, Kallvay Shares and HotidM, executed strictly on Commls&toD.at the stock Anctionecrs and Brokers, AUeUSTUB J. BHOWH. WAL8TOH B. BBOWB, New Y( rk Sio :k hxchaage. Pariicular atti'ntlou paid to Investments. Foreign No. 43 PINB STRBBT, NEUT YORK. Jfxchauge Uouifht anu Sold. Deposits received sub- Aug. Brown & Son, ject to sight check, and Interest allowed on dally tr REGULAR AUCTION SALES J. balance-', accomlng to the nature of the account. Prompt attentinii g veil to Oollec ions and Konilt- or BANKERS, tanccu. lufurnittllon CO cernlng ay spt-cifled security will be eht'crfulty furnUhed without churge. 59 Liberty Street, Neiv York. STOCKS AKD BONDS, K. W. OlLLBY. JR , K.S. GiLLKT. Member N. Y. Stock Exchange. J. NsLaow TAPPA.N, Special. Every Monday and Thursilaif, or PKCIAL. ATTKNTION GIVKN TO THK NKGOTIA tiPKOtAL SALBS MADB ON ALL OTRBB DATS. TION OK Sherman Grant, OPOS ONE DAY'S KOTICE, WHBM RbQUIRKO RAILROAIt SECUniTIRS. & BANKERS, Onr Eatabllahed Custom 33 Years. WASHINGTOK, D. C. USNIBAL KXOnAKSK AND PakKINO BUSlNStS. ^r* stocks and Bonds bougbt and sold at tbe New CnlXKCTIGWS £*<' ALL hOlHTB. Charles G. Johnsen, York Stock Bichsnge, and at private sale, on commis-
sion. Andrew Stuart & Co., Slock Boards a nERCIIANT AND BANKER, BANKERS, tr Securities not dealt In at tlie specialty wltk ttils house (or many years. 34 PINE STHKET, NEW YORK. nrst-class Municipal Bonds, Railroad Bonds 166 GRAVIBR STREET, DRAW EXCHANOK ON tr OAVID STUART ^ CO., Liverpool, and other Incorporated loans negotiated on liberal Pavable in I.ondon. inade on OonslKnments. term*. NBW OBLBAN8, I. A. Advances THE CHRONICLF. [Februaiy 5, 187 G. Boston Baakers. Southern Bankers. Western Bankers. Brewster, Basset & Co., TIlos. F. UlLLKB, B. D. WILLIAMS, J.VO. W. UILLBB Thos. P. Miller & Co., BAN KEKS. Anglo-Californian Bank B A N K E n S , (LIMITED), IVlOBILIi:, AI^AHAIfll, LONDON, Head Office, 3 Angel Court. No. 35 CONGBESS STREKT, Special attention palil to coltecllon?. with prompt rates day reiiiUtances at current of exchange on uf SAN FRANCISCO Office, «a California St. Boatoni IQass. payni'-iit. t'l rr iMponde ts. — German American Hauk, Kew NEW YORK Agents, J. & W. Seli^raan & Co. Dealer) Id Stocka, Bonds, Uoia and CommercUl fork; LouUlana National Bank, New Or:eau8 ; Bank of Liverpool, Liverpool. Autliorlzed Capital, • - $6,000,000. J"a,.i-r. Paid-up aud Reserve, • 1, £2 0,000.. UrUer^t oxeculed on CoiimiUslon at Brokura Boaid ames Hunter, Auctions, and Private Sale. J Transact a ereneral Banking buvincsa. isaue Coini| inerciai Credits and Bills of Kxcbaa^e, available iLivudlmetit S«curltlea conatantlvnn lianr.. BBOKER, in al! pa-tB of tlic world. Collections and orders for BondsI, Dealer lu Coin, Southern Securities and ExchAnzt Stocks, etc., executed upon tlie inott favorable teruifl. Loans Kegoilated. Advances made ou Securities FliKU'K f. LOW. !„.„..... Chas. A. Sweet & Co., (Placed tu my hands lor sate at current rates. BANKKKS, Address, r. N. LILIENTHAL. Catliler. 40 STATE STREET, SaTaiiuali, Georgia. BOSTON. (P. O. Box 81.) T. K. Skinker, DKAl.KltS IN GOVKliNMHNT SKCUKITIKS Kefersto Henry Talmadge & Co., New York; Soutb- ATTORNEY-AT LAW, rn Uaok, Savannah, Oa. 417 Olive Street. Oold. titatc, ('Ity, County and lUUroad Bunds. ST. LOI7IS, MoI |ap~ Special attention given to llie Sam'l H, Kk.sxkdy, Cbas. L. C. pr-puY, collection <{ Pie lien t. Cisiiler. IfllJNKllF.^L, BONDS. Cobb, It. I Parker & References—J. Lleul>erger, r.'S't I bird National Bank, St. Louis Will. i*. Capital, $850,000. Limit, $1,000,000. ; Waters, I'rea't FecuDd Nat. Bank, i-t. BANbUUS, 78 DKVONSQIKK STKKKT Louis ; I'dward P. Curtis. Cash er Nat. BauK of the State 01 Mo., St. LoulJ; Wm. H. Tliomsoii, uosTo?r, State National Baiik Cashier Uoatuieu'a Saviug Uauk, St. Louts. | Buy and Sell n'cstcrn Cltjr and OP NEW ORLEANS. C«aiilr Bonds. CFOKMKBLT LOCISIANA SXATK BaNK) Smith & Hannaman, Transacts a General Banking Business. s Collecllo I N Ifl V £ S T E N T B R O K E U S j made free of charge. Kidder, Peabody & Co., INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA. Especial attention gi en to Collections, and Prompt BOSTON, iriASS. Itemiitancea niad^. Exchange purchased on alt points in the United Slates «nd Canid i. Financial. Sleillug and francs bought and sold. U'JtfUKHOIAL AKD ClBCULAB LSTTXna OF GSKDIT C0RBK8PONDKNTS. dSLIaD, ATAILXUI.S IN ALL PABT8 07 THX WOBLD. VERMILYE CO.< LoND K—London Joint Stock Bank. & KXOEIANOB Paris—Messrs. A. & M. Heine. BAISKERS, OH LojrOOS, PaBIB, ASD OTHKH COSTIMBHTAr, Nkw Tokk—The Bank of New York. N. B. A. 16 aud IS Nassnu sfeet, Ne«w lorkj ClTIBfl or EVBOFX. San Francisco— the Bunk of California, and The Nevada Bank of San Francisco, DKALKliS IS ALL ISSUES Of OOVliKNMK.SI New York Office, 33 Wall Street. SECUUlTiKS, Western Bankeii. NKW YORK CITY Fhila. &, Ealtimore Bankers. BROOKLYN UO.ND3. Bell Austin, J. BUY AND SELL 03J COMMIiSION STOCK BROKER, BANKERS AND BROKERS, ikAILWAY STO( KS, BONOS& HOLI No. 319 W A 1,71 VT STREET, ST. LOUIS, mo PUiladelpIiIa. I.\TEREST ON BKPOSI TS. Orders in Stocka and Bonds promptly executed at WASH'N R. VKitMILYE, MACKAY.I I DONALD he i'tiiladelphla and Hew York Boards. DEFAULTED MISSOURI COUNTY, CiTV AND JAS. A. THOWiJUlDOU. | LATIIAvl A. KlSH. TOWNSHIP BONDS MADE A SPECIALTY. XDMUJfD D. ItANOOLPH. UOWSLL W. BICKLKl ALSO, Wilson, Colston & Co., WILLIAM J. BLACK. BANKERS AND BKOKKKB, RAILROAD BONDS, STOCKS. MI8CKLLANE0US BALTIIflORE. AND LOCAL SECURITIKS, ETC. INVKSTMENT and VIRGINIA SECUIilTIKS a specialty. Our long experience in above class of Securltloa t'orrcapondeiico solicited. enables us to be pieparcd to make cash bids by wiie N. Y. roKRKspoNDBNTs—McKlm Brothers & Co, 'VeVV-VoH^ O0^\\WNh. "///UDEIP^^^ and Davl Isou & Jones. to parties giving fall description. Southern Bankers. A. O. Slaughter, THE CITY BANK OF HOUSTON, .BANKER Capital, $500,000, Houston, Texas. CHICAGO, ILLllWOIS, We Klve special attention to collections on all acces* BU y 8 AND SELLS CHICAGO CITT, COOS COC KTi Henry S. King & Co.^ sible points. AND ILLINOIS AND IOWA CODNTT AND DIUKCTOIW: W. J. Hutchms, P. W. Gray, A. J Suike.Coi Eunis, W. M. Rice, C. S. Ijongeope. TOWN BONDS. BANKERS, BENJ. A. B0TT8, I'rosldent. B. F. WKKMB. Caaliler. Pall mall, Loudon, England. A Solid Twelve Per Cent 45 Issue CIRCULAR NOTES frti.oj chargt,K^».\\i\i. Adams & Leonard, While bonds and stocks are the footballs of brokers all parts of the the solid Illinais and Missouri TEN PEK CrNTS In world. at American Exchange National (semi-annually me Grant COMMERCIAL CREDITS for use againat BANKERS Bank, New Vork) and our choice Kansas TWELVE PEU CENTS have neter failed. Nothing but an earth- Consignments of Merchandise. quake can Impair their absoltite aecurity; and as to nAI.I.AS, TEXAS. promptness, ask our New York Bank. Our paper Is Execute Orders on the Loudon Btock Exctaanga always at par in 'iiiv.vr York, because ahcaya paid at niatufittf, ldav(! loaned millions, and n^t a dofiar hai Make Collections on all Points. Receive, DepoaH New York Correspondent Kountze Bros, tver been lost.—For details address ACTUARY of the and Current Accounts favorable I Central Illinois Loan Agency, Jacksonville, Illinois on terms, and do r. O. Box 657. Oeneral London and Foreign Banking Business. J{. S. Willis. I'rcs't. W. K.MoALPiNH.Vlce-Pres t. Cashier. Secretary. ti. li. Kimball, N.O. Ladvb, CHAS. F. Pknzbl, Wm. Kirtkn, CkkbdT. Walkxr KING, BAILLIE tc CO., Liverpool.] Prealdeiit. Vice-President. Cashier. Texas Banking & Ins. Co. KING, KING & CO., Bombay. German Savings Bank, KINO, HAiniLTON »l CO., Calcutta GALVESTON, TEXAS. little: rock, ark. Oa«Ii Capital, ...... $300,000. CASH CAPITAL $50,000. Transacts a general banking business, and makes col- Wallls. E. DIRECTORS : .1. K. M. Quln, S. Jemiaon lections ou all points in the South and Southwest at Knoblauch Ceo Schneider, R. 8. Willis, T. A. Gary, W. K. McAl- reasonable rates. Accounts of Banks, Bankers, Mer- plne, D The Ayers,.J. Bernstein, J. S. Giinnan,C, L, chants and others solicited. Cleveland, Peler n. Rrtiird, J. A. McKee. Board CF Direotoks.-O. F. Penzel.Wm. Klrten, & Lichtenstein, Special attention given to collections at all points Judge U. M. Rose, Jno. E. tieyer, G. W. Johnson. Geo. n the State, and remittances promptly made, without Relchardt. J. K. Brodie, A. Schader. Jno. G. Fletcher. BANKERS, any charKe except custoniar rates of exchange. N. T. CoKRBBPONDXMTB, DouneU.Lawsou & Co. 35 Broad Street, New York. I
15. K. BnRBCBB, ProR't. A. K. Wix,KB»,C»8liter. Love Co., Make Telegraphic Money Transfers. First National Bank, & Draw Bills of Exchange and Issue Letter! of Credit BANKEP.S AND BROKERS, ou ail piiucipal cities of Europe. N. C. WILMINGTON, ST. LOU It), nio. SPECIAL PARTNEH, all parts of the State* ou Stoclcs aua Bouda left for Bale. DEUTSCHE BANK, Berlin. CoUectloiiB DiAde on United Caali adywced I :
Fcbruajy 5, 187G.J iHE CHRONICLR iii Fi&accial. Plnauoltl. FinanoUl Drexel, Morgan & Co., REAL IVALL MTRKKT, ESTATE CORNER OP BROAD, NEW YOUK. (^^ OF NewToi^ ^(^ MORTGAGE BONDS Drexel & Co., i Drexel, Harje!t& Co OUABANTBED DY THE xo. 31 South Tuiid St., 31 Uouk-vard llausaimnn Equitable I'lilladelpkia. Trust Co., I Pari*. Capital,* 1.000.000, UOMK.STIC $1,000,000 CAPITAL. AND FORKtGN BANKKRS /I'owB nitre t on cW'pualti, returnablo on darnand. or THESE l)n IT THE CHRONICLE. [February 6, 1876. Financial. FinanoiaL Financial. OFfXOC R«'OBaxNIZA.TION COUUITTKB OF THK ) Hkv Jkksky Midllmd Kailway, > H. C. Williams & Co., C. Chew, No. 15i Bkoadwat, Mw Tore, Feb. 9, 1876. ) J. THB MKETING OF FIRST BANKERS AND BROKERsJ -^ DKALKB IX ATMOKTGAGK BONDUOLDEKS APPROVUiG THE "BONDHOLUKUS' CLAN." held this day at So. 40 AVali Street, New Yorki'^/ - HKVESTMENT SECURITIES. 113 lJro;iilw;iy, tlio following c •innilttee was ap'tolnted t» carry out the Baiiie, Hiiaeudcil Buostantiaily by pro- DXALIU IH viding for the second niortgusc boiiiU after fully Texas State, Railroad, Conntr and vecurlnK the flrKt niortKage bonds and Interest, over BONDS. one inlllloD of bonds were represented at said meet- STATE, CITY& RAILWAY Mniilcipal Bonds a Specialty. ing. The Karuiers' l,oan and Trust Cornpaoy were Orders for Stocks and other Seearttles appointed the depository for the bonds, parties Texas Lands and Land Scrip for Sale. desiring toKEVOKK nowers glvea to anstaln other receive personal attention at the Now York Stock plans can rect-lve hlrtiiks at this onice : Exchange. Uood Rallvrar Bonds not regu- llKNKY MAKKS, No. 550 Klflli ave.. Mew York. FINANCIAL AGENT OP THE CITY OP HOUS- FKKD'K A. P0TT8, MO. 110 Broadway, New Jersey larly quoted, and those lu Default ot Inter- State f-'cuator. TON, TEXAS ; And est made a Special Branch of Our Busi- J. N. WKKD, Cashier Quassaict National Bank, LNITED STATES CENTENNIAL COMMISSION- Newburg. w. Y. ness. T. WAitNBK.Jn., Cashier Chlcopee Bank, Spring- ER FROM TEXAS. field, Mass. We quote as follows— Bid. Asked J. W YMAN .lONKS, of Knglewood, N. J. Burl. c. R. « Minn., Ist, MlnnesoU Dlv.. .. tl'A iiX O FFIC B8: T. W. IIAMMONi'.iroasurer Worcester * Nashua do do 1st, Milwaukee Dlv.... 18 Ij5 Railroad. "Worcester. Mass. Cairo 4 Fulton, 1st «1 6.1 29 BROADWAY, NEIY YORK. Hon. D. P. NICHOLS, ex-State Treasurer Connecti- Canada Southern, 1st, counon 70 71 cut, Danbury, Conn. do Ist, registered 65 70 REMINGTON V|. RSAM, Counselor-at-Law, No.lSi Central RR. of Iowa, lit 35 87 Broiidway, Xew York. Chesapeake & Ohio, Ist. 6s 9U 12 To Capitalists. DAVtU PEnHLKTuN, Bridgeport, Conn. do do 2(1,78 S Vi Judge JOHN R. UAGUEKS. Paierson, N. J. Chicago & Canada Southern, 1st 35 40 L. H. AI.DKN. Passaic, N.J. Chicago Clinton & Dubunue. let »0 3d W.M. KVANS, ei-Preildeut First Katlonal Bank, CIdc. Dauvllle & Vlncenues, 1st, Illinois Dlv. 40 fi do dn 1st, Indiana Dlv. jl 24 Ssoo,ooo MIddletowu, N. V. Hon. UOrtEKT E. TAYLOK, Recorder .City of Danville Crbana B. ft Pekln, Ist 34 36 Pouehkecpsle. Houston & Great Northern, 1st 59 62 IN sums OF $3,000 TO $150,000, BKNAJAH OII.BKUT, Wilton, Conn. Houston & Texas Central, 1st, Main Line. . 85 87 Wanted for Applications now In hand for NATUAN B. 1V1N8, Trenton. N. J. do do lat. Western Ext. 80 87 A. MAIN, Fecretary. Flint & Pere Marquette, Ist, cons SI 3S FIRST MORTGAGE LOANS Evansvllle T. H. & Chicago, ist 75 80 ON Grand liaplds ft Indiana, 1st, L. G^ guar. . . . 100 105 rtHICAGOBfJRT.IIVnTON ic KITJISW do do 1st, Ex. L. G. ... 45 55 FIRST-CLASS CHICAGO PROPERTY, yj KAILB IAD COMPANY'.— in conformity to the Indianapolis B. ft Western, Ist 28 SO INVITING RATES OK INTEREST. provision of the KltihtPer Cent Sinking Fund Mort- do do 2d 10 14 AT gage of this Conipany, sealed proiosnls are Invited, do do 1st, Extension.. 16 19 Every valuation reliable, and not over 40 per cen y endorsed, *' Proposals to Sell C. B. A; Q. Sinklne t und International RU., Ist 59 »l present actual value required BondH." and addrc.nsed to the uiidersttfued. till Mon Kansas Pacmc, 1st, 7s, M. ft N.. unfunded 75 80 JOSIAH H. REEt>, day. February 'jjlst casuing, at 12 o'clock n>jou, to sell do 1st, 7s. J. 4 J. do ..n 78 to the Company, cne hundreii and t-lghty-one, or any do 1st, 6s, Feb ft Aug., funded. 72 30 Nassan Street. do lot, lis, ft pait thereof, or the Bonds becured under said morl- J. D. do .71 7> Thirty years' acquaintance with Chicago.and City do No.ll 15 g ge. for the purposes of the sinking fund. 20 references of the highest character. J5y order of the Board of Dlrt-cLors. do No. 16 12 15 JOHN N. DKNISON, Lake Superior ft Mississippi, Ist 2u % Boston, January 20. l^ij. Assistant Treasurer. Logansport C. ft Southwestern, ist 7 12 $50,000 ROCHESTER CITY SEVEN PER Missouri Kansas ft Texas, Ist 50 55 Mobile ft Ohio, bterllng, as, wlih ct 39 41 CENT WATER LOAN BONDS. Interest TNDIANAPOMS BI^OOmiNGTON ic do do 8B,ex-cf 30 41 -^ Western, and Danville Urbana Bloomlngton & do Interest. 8s 20 2i January and July, rrincipal due 19(Ki. MontclalrRR. of N. J.,lst Pekin Railroad bondholders, Main Line, who have not 8X .... New Haven M. & Willlmantlc, 1st 30 $50,000 BUFFALO CITY SEVEN PER CENT received copy of plan of the re-organlzatlon, can New Jersey Midland, l"t 34 36 .Mobile obtain one on appUcat'on to either of the undersigned. New Orleans ft C. Ist 35 40 BONDS. Interest April and October. The time for deposit of thepe bonds In the Central New York & Oswego Midland. Ut U 18 do do .. Trust Company expires February 19, 18^(1, a 4 Principal duo 18!)5. Northern Pacific, 8-108. Isf AUSTIN COKBIN, CI liroadway. 7 16 18 U. E. TAINTOH, M liroad ttreet. do registered 14 FOR SALE BY JOSIAH B. BL0SS0.\1,TC Wall sfeet. Peoria ft Rock Is'anil Isr, 63 58 Port Huron ft Lake Michigan, lat 10 17 Rockford R. ft St. l.oulB, 1st 9 U DANIEL A. nORAN, rpjUE NE%V JERSEY A: NEW YORK Southern Minnesota, 1st 50 .... St. Joseph ft Otnver City, Ist, B. 1) 12 is Street. RAILROAD (consolidation of the Erie Railway do do let, W. u 7 lo 40 •vrmll Texas ft Paciac. I.. G II 2(i J branch to Hackeusack and continuous roads) being en- West Wisconsin, L.G., Ist.... 55 lO do Interest payable in Loudon. .'<5 6 tirely re-oqdlpped with new rolling stock, the Company J STOCKS and BONDS will Issue a remaining portion of {100,000 of FIRST MORTGAGE SEVEN PER CENT GULU ASD STEK G. T. Bonner & Co., LING BONDS, to m ture 1893, and paying Interest At Auction. March and September, at the National Trust Company, BAKKBRS AND BROKERS, thronah the Banking House of ROLLINS BROTHERS Tlie nnderi^igned hold REGULAR AUCT No. 20 Broad Street, Now York. & CO., Corner Wall and Broad streets. New I'oi-x'. SALES of all classes of "VJ OTICE.—The First National Bank of Rochester, Stocks, Bonds, and Government Securities hongni -L^ located at lochestf-r, In ihe btute of lu4tiana, is and sold ou commission at the New Vor^ stock Ex- STOCKS AND BOND! closing up Its attalrri. All note-hold, rs and other change. credltO'S of aid as^ociatlou are therefore lieretty iiotl Dealers In all descriptions of Bonds and Investment lied to present the notes, and other claims against the Securities association fornayment. ARTHUR c. coef LAND. The correspondence of Bankers aad Brokers through January 11. ISTfi President. out the country solicited. WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS. -THS NATIONAL MARINE OTIOK. BANK Funding of Sontherii State Boiid.o. ADRIAN H. mULLER &. located at St. PAUL, ill the bt j and Investment Securities, upon ceiumlBsion. 30 Broad Street, New York. BANKERS, G. BUCKINGHAM, Jr., H. Co., 87 PINE STREET, NEW YORK, SD^VARD B. UNDERHILL, Amy & BANKERS', Kecelve the accounts of interior bonks, bfinken,! Members New York Stock Exchange. corporations and MercbantA. 3c 19 31 Nassau Street, New York. Agents for the sale of City, County, and Railroad TRANSAtrr a general banlring business. Bonds ; issue Letters of Credit for foreiKD trav^ivst. i Martin Lewis, DE HUNT'S MERCHANTS' MAGAZINE, REPRESENTING THE INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL INTERESTS OF THE UNITED STATES. VOL. 22. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1876 NO. 554. CONTENTS. added a multitude of local derangements, by which our THB CHRONICLK. loan market has been violently anil spasmodically dis- Will Money be Easy IhiB Season? 1311 of January 183 turbed for many years past. These local troubles seem The Public Debtand the Pablic | The Debt Statement for January. Credit m\ 1876 136 since the panic to have lost part of their force. The Geneva Award Aud Insuraaco | Latest MonetaryandCommerclal Claims 153 1 English News . 137 heavy pressure exerted by the over-expanded credits, The Propoifld Tariff ChanKes... 185 i Commercial end Hlscellaoeons Financial 128 the the inordinate inflation of Rcviewof the Month | News bankrupt railroads, and TUB BANKSBS' OAZKTTB. 1872 and previous years, having been shaken ofiE by the Money Market, U. S. Securities, I Banks, etc 189 Railway Stocks, Gold Market, Stcclcs Ki I (Jaotatlons of and Bonds Jay Cooke revulsion, we escaped in 1875 very many of l-'l:! Poreien Kxchanjie. New York j New York Local Securities City Banks, Boston Banks, Investment and State, City and had in { the local causes of monetary stringency which Philadelphia 134 Banks, Natlanal | Corporation Finances .. j TBB COMHBKCIAL TtMBS. previous years been so formidable au obstacle to busi- Commercial Bpltomo 137 141 I Dry Goods ness. The question now is whether a similar freedom Cotton 131 1 Prices Current 148 BrcaasmSs Ul | from these local sources of financial danger is likely to be enjoyed hereafter, aud, if so, to what extent and for ^\}t (ltl)ronicU. how long? Tb K Commercial and Financial Chronicle t« Usued on Satur- It is not easy to deal with this problem, except we assume day morning, with the latest news up to midnight of friday. that the currency agitation in Congress will not be per- TSSHS oy 8UB8CBIFTI0N-FATABLB IN ADVANCE, Tim OoMMBRciAL AND FINANCIAL CHRONICLE, delivered by carrier to dty mitted to take an unexpected new shape. 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The binding is never solicited, and some difficulty has heretofore arisen from the misrepre- legitimate effect of the existing statutes as lately re- sentations of parties who have solicited binding on their own account, modelled, and what further steps should next be taken benefits or check the evils which have WILL MONEY U MM THIS SBISON ? to consummate the This is a question which at this period of the year has been newly introduced into our financial system. Looked usually awakened a livelier interest among our business at from this point of view, the solution of the question men than it seems able to provoke at present. We have above is freed from one of its chief difficulties. Still, often had occasion to show that as one consequence of enough of uncertainty remains. The future ease of the the rapid development due to the gold discoveries of money market depends, as every one knows, on three 1848, the money markets of the world have been more or things. less brought into close sympathy, and have undergone The chief retpiisite is an abundant supply of capital. during some years a number of common changes, The loan market cannot be easy, except there be in its which like the tidal movements of the sea were directed reservoir a sufliciently copious supply of idle capital by great general causes, and offer many of the same awaiting borrowers. In proportion as this supply falls the features to the observer. From these general causes of below, or rises above, the demand, does the index of of ease, or monetary ease or stringency this country has suffered, money market ascend to the tranquil standard fore- and to them our mischievous paper money system has fall to the stormy level menacing stringency and 122 THE CHUONXOLE. [February 5, J876. boding panic. The barometer of the money market has banks. But notwithstanding all these subordinate its indications, and on their skill in reading these hiero- defects, it has been doubted very much whether we have glyphics and in swiftly applying them to the business of ever seen a time in this country when our banking system, to day, our merchants, bankers and financial men depend, taken generally, possessed more of the elements of most of them, for their present prosperity and their strength. Without assuming so much as this, we may future success. These indications, however, of the safely infer that, so far as our present argument is con- monetary future are not to be looked for wholly and ex- cerned, the banks are not in a condition, either as to their clusively in the reservoir of idle capital. In England, reserves or their general management, to cause much after the panic of 1866, this reservoir was so full that anxiety as to whether any evil influences from them aie money ceuld be borrowed at 2 per cent on call, while for to be apprehended in the money market. time-loans mercantile borrowers found it closed; for the Without pressing this inquiry any further, we may simple reason that confidence was paralyzed and destroyed. say that on the whole the conclusion suggested by the For a very similar reason it is that the recuperation has facts and principles wc have passed in review is that the has been so slow from the eflFects of the panic of 1873, in money market may be expected to exhibit the same this country and abroad. Confidence has been shaken symptoms as last year, with these two exceptions: Fir and it is still weak. There is an abundance of idle capi- business will probably be more active, and, if so, tli tal, but the owners of that capital have not the confi- demand for money will be more active too. Hence tli dence to lend it, except in certain directions and on rates of interest will be likely, other things being equa favorite terras. Thus, while banks and financial institu- to rule somewhat higher. Secondly, we must not forg^ tions in England and on the continent of Europe have that the foreign money markets are in a somewh^ more money on deposit than they can use, there is some- uncertain condition, and that from the foregoing argu" where or other a fatal distrust among the owners of ment all consideration of possible monetary trouble ig capital, which makes loans harder of negotiation in some Europe, with its contingent effects here, was excluded. directions and easier in others, while the greater number of men seem to prefer keeping their money in such a THE PUBLIC DEBT A\'D THE PUBLIC CREDIT. form that they can command and control it at short notice. The report of the public debt, which will be found We mast inquire into these things if we would form another column, is, on many accounts, peculiarly interest- an opinion on the immediate future of the money ing. It gives a satisfactory reply to several of the market here or abroad. With regard to the prospects questions we have recently discussed about the public here, they certainly seem favorable in regard to both credit. Up to the 1st of Februarj , the aggregate of the the questions referred to. Our supplies of idle capital new fives is now reported at $493,318,450, of which are augmenting, and there is more confidence in the $291,482,100 are registered and $273,836,350 are eoupon. financial circles. Still, there is enough of uncertainty to A month previous the aggregates were $218,470,100 of cause our merchants to move with caution. registered and $257,088,350 of coupon bonds. From Finally, there is a third point which is just as import- these figures it appears that about 20 millions of the new ant to be investigated as either of the two we have fives have been taken during the month of January, and mentioned. We refer to the banking mechanism through that above 7 millions remain to be settled for prior to which the capital of the country passes to and fro the 15th of February, when the contract of the Syndicate between the borrower and the lender. We have often expires. The calls for five-twenties, it will be remem- compared the money market of a community to its bered, were 10 millions for 1st February, and $12,785,350 arrangements for water supply. In our Croton water for 15th February, giving a total of $22,785,350 of mechanism, with its system of reservoirs and pipes, as maturing five-twenties to be paid ofl! in gold this month. organized to keep up its steady service, three things are The subjoined table shows the advance which has been of fundamental necessity : The water must be sufficient made during the past year in the negotiation of the new in the reservoir, and it must flow freely thence into the fives: Peb.l,'.Sn«. 7an. 1,1876. t^wne 1, 1875. JP«». 1,1813. Jiia. 1, 1675. pipes ; but this is not enough except from the pipes it Registered. $291,482,100 $ai'',470,;00 tiO.3,358,150 $197,661,560 $195,451,800 flows freely where it is wanted for use among the citi- Coupon.... 273,836,350 257,0)8,350 192,148,303 169,536,350 16S, -243.100 zens. Just so is it in the organization of the money Total $193,318,350 $475,56?, 150 $395,806,450 $357,197,900 $361,697,900 market. The banks are, as it were, the system of pipes The slow progress of the work of putting these bonds through which the floating capital of the country is col- on the market has been the subject of much comment, and lected into the reservoirs and distributed thence through- it has been argued on one side that the delay might have out the community. As a French statesman admirably been easily avoided, while on the other side it has been said, on a recent occasion, the banks "gather together held that the negotiations, as hitherto conducted, have and condense the diffused capital of the country, which tended better than any other to establish the credit of would much of it be otherwise scattered and wasted, the United States and to develop a demand for our bonds dissipated and destroyed ; and when the banks have in foreign markets. In confirmation of this view, we are thus created, as it were, a new mass of capital, by gather- reminded that another rise has just taken place in the new ing and utilizing it, they lend it as a beneficent stimu- fives in London, while the coupon bonds are getting quite lus—a mighty productive power to supply the scarce in this market. So active is the demand for the wants of commerce and trade." To the question new fives that the project has been seriously discussed whether our banking system generally is in a healthy of organizing; a new Syndicate to offer to take 500 mil- condition, wc suppose but one answer c:in be given. Our lions of these bonds at a premium of 5 -per cent. An- banking machinery has many defects, and the defects other scheme is, to take an equal sum of the 4^ per cents are made worse by the fact that the mechanism is badly at par if the bonds can be made to run a longer period. worked. There is room for numerous improvements in Both these plans labor under disadvantages. Neither of the practical operation of our banking system, composed them is believed to be so favorable to the government as as it is of four heterogeneous parts, the national banks, to accord with the improved state of the public credit; the State banks, the private banks, and the savings and neither of them is in harmony with the spirit and February lo. 6 5, J THE CHAOKICLE 123 the letter of the Funding law of 1870, which contem. inary arrangements must l>e so adjusted as to go on plated a refunding of the mass of the debt at 4 per cent. together. The needful Treasury balance of coin must As Mr. Bristow was reported on Thuraday to have been be accumulated, the business of the country must not be in consultation with the Committee of Ways and Means over-expanded, and the volume of the greenback cur- on this subject, it is not impossible that some definite rency must be brought within such salutary limits that proposition may at an early day be laid before Congress- no avoidable mischance shall disturb, and no violent rush In our future funding operations the fundamental prin- of greenbacks into the Treasury for redemption shalF ciple of the law of 1870 should of course be kept para- convulse, the first movements of the era of resumption. mount, and we must avoid adding to the existing multi- In such arrangemeuts looking towards specie pay- jilicity of our government bonds. Our whole public ments, we may not be marching with as rapid strides debt, as soon as possible, ought to be funded in one as some of the more sanguine of our sound currency uniform security like the French Rentes and the ICnglish men desire. Still, as the debt schedule shows, we ate Consols. Thus only shall we be able to avail ourselves making some progress in those and other directions, of the full force of the present and prospective advantages tending to establish our public credit and to give it a which the foreign money markets seem to be offering to firmer strength and a broader activity. Among the our government securities. numerous illustrations contained in the papers before us Another point of importance in the debt statement is of the elasticity of our national resources, we may the information it gives of the steady progress we are mention the favorable report of the internal revenue- making in the liquidation of the national debt. The de- The receipts for January were $8,833,511, and for the crease during the last month was $1,599,155. Since July last seven months, $66,671,663. Wehave thus an increase last the decrease has been $10,455,686. No other coun- of more than 5 millions over the receipts for the corre- try in the world, believe, we except our own, is making sponding period of last year. This aspect of our finances so much advance in the liquidation of its public debt. has, however, some discouraging features which we must The Pall Mall Gazette, in a recent article, expressed the reserve for a future article. opinion that in the year 1876 the British debt, or else its burden of taxation, would perhaps be diminished by a GENEVA AWARD AND INSCRANCB CLAIMS. surplus revenue of £2,000,000 or £2,500,000. During Governments, like individuals, arc supposed to have the year 1875, however, no such reduction has been pos- some reason for all their acts. And yet we fail to dis- sible, and in the other countries of Europe the public cover any plausible excuse which can be offered debts are rather increasing than diminishing. The gen- for holding on to any portion of the Geneva money. An eral depression of business throughout the commercial individual might reap some advantage in the keeping world is unfavorable to any large efforts for the reduc- back of trust funds. But invested as this is in a tion of nati«nal debts, while the increase of the European government bond, securely locked up in a government war establishments, and the unprecedented spectacle of safe, who is the better for any hesitancy in fixing upon Kcven millions of men in the Continental armies, offer the claimants and paying them. And if no one is in- peculiar temptations in many quarters to incur new terested in the delay, certainly speedy settlement is the debts, instead of paying off old ones. In the stagnant natural course in any case, and in this, special causes state of commerce in this country and abroad, it is some- would seem to make it an imperative duty. Particularly what gratifying to find so much of elasticity in our is this true with regard to the insurance Claims, for which national resources. A year ago our process of liquidating no provision has yet been made. the public debt had been almost arrested. During the For a moment go back to the time of the War; to seven months ending February 1, 1876, the aggregate a period when vessels were fitted out by English men, debt was rednced no more than $908,000, while, as we with English capital, to capture and bum vessels have seen, the reduction during the seven months ending and cargoes belonging to American citizens. The February 1, 1876, amounted to ten millions of dollars. motive for doing this it is unnecessary to discuss ; There is little doubt that to this elasticity in our natioaal the result was the piling up of actual losses many resources we must in part ascribe that notable improve- millions of dollars in amount. These vessels and ment in our national credit abroad, which is destined, no cargoes were insured in numerous Companies; and doubt, to afford us facilities for the future solution of when the losses happened they were paid by those some of the difficulties of our monetary system. Companies, and each claim, on payment, was transferred Thirdly, the statement before us illustrates the gradual by action oi law to the Company paying it. At that but continuous changes which are going on in our paper time there was much said about the liability of England currency. The greenbacks are now $371,341,607. A for these losses; and the proofs of the mode, circum- year ago they were reported at $382,072,147. The re- stances and extent of them were immediately gathered, duction is slow, but it is more important than it seems. which were promptly laid before the Government and It is apart of a series of wholesome changes which are notice filed with it that tlie Company held the English clearing away the obstacles from the path leading to Government responsible for the damages. resumption. " These changes are going forward steadily, Here is the basis of what were called the Alabama but surely. Our progress is complained of by several Claims." The then Secretary of State, William H. opposing parties. It is too slow for some and too pre- Seward, immediately forwarded the statements and cipitate for others. The important point is that we should proofs so filed with him, to the English Government, move safely. If the old Roman maxim Sat cito si "with a view to such reparation as may bo justly sat bene, is the basis of our monetary policy, and if in " due." The Department of State invited the Compauies our anxiety for safety the achievement of resumption to present these proofs, and they were gathered, of should thereby be defeiTed a little longer, still we have course, at much trouble and expense; and the Secretary the satisfaction of knowing that a task of such magni- was particular in each case to make .acknowledgment tude could not be safely accomplished without due pre- and to give notice that he had transmitted them to our cautions and conservative delays. If the work of specie Minister at London, &c. The Government, the Secre- is general, all payments to be successfully realized, all the prelim- tary of State, the Companies and citizens in — — 124 THE CHRONICLE [February 5, 18? 6. then understood that tliese were claims belonging to the United States to pay such damages; in the hands of the Insurance Companies, as much a part of their assets as United States—what has it become? Let the Massa- any other demand they held. Several Conipaniee failed, chusetts Statesman (the one so celebrated for his loose the result, probably, of these very losses. Such was the ideas of the laws of mewm and tnum) tell us—it is " Iht position of this question during the War. "money of the United States to be disposed of at its pleat~ Now, let us go one step further. The War closes. " ure, subject to no trust, and especially to no legal rights The United Si ates was one nation again—more powerful "in any individual or corporation, by whom a legal or than ever. England, it was thought, could not afford " equitable claim can be set up or maintained, to any parti to leave these demands as precedents, so the prospect of " of the sum awarded, as against the United States." lui payment brightened, and the insurers began with simple English he means—we, having used your paw/ renewed energy to press their claims. At length the to take this roasted chestnut out of the fire, propos* now.' English House of Commons gave evidence of favoring to eat it. Delicious doctrine ! And can we wonder Khat. a formal adjustment, and in December, 1870, the Presi- dishonesty in ofiicial life is everywhere cropping out. dent, in his annual message, called attention to these when such an idea as this is not only boldly set up at our " private claims," and suggested that the United States seat of government, but finds votes enough in Congress purchase them. Why he should propose to purchase to pass a law actually postponing these insurance Claims? them is not perfectly clear; but we recall the fact simply What a standard of morality for our Government to as further evidence of the standing of the insurers with set up ! the Government at that time. It acknowledges, it is But we hear it said there are reasons for taking this seen, that it still thinks they were " private claims," position. Of course there are. We never knew a man, and were of necessity to be the basis of all negotiation or a set of men, to act a mean or dishonest part but could the ground work upon which alone it rested. Finally, fully justify it. These whiskey thieves think, because after much diplomacy, the Washington Treaty was they gave some of their money to help the party, the made and ratified, and herein again we have the same transactions they were engaged in are honorable. And confession. The very first article recites the differences have we not heard how wrong it was in Governor Tilden between the two Governments " growing out ef the to expose the canal ring—a guileless, simple-minded se^_ " acts committed by the several vessels which have given of men—stealing, to be sure, but innocently, because u^| " rise to the Claims generally known as the Alabama a way long custom had sanctioned ? Do not imagine,, " Claims;" " and in order to * * provide for the speedy then, that we think our Massachusetts Statesman woul " settlement of such Claims," * * it was agreed that have laid down such a proposition without ingeniousli " all the said Claims growing out of acts committed by defending it. But he entangles himself in a web " the aforesaid vessels, and generally known as the sophistical speculation and illogical reasoning, forgettin " Alabama Claims," should be referred to a tribunal of that in denying the personal claims of individuals to ti arbitrators to sit at Geneva. What could be clearer indemnity, he really cuts away the foundation for an; than the position of those insurers under this treaty, and damages having been awarded us at Geneva. Of cou in the opinion of the makers of thin treaty ? The claims there is no civil process known to our law by which an; that the Companies had filed; that the Government had private citizen or company can recover a single dollar requested them to file; that Mr. Seward had acknowl- it from the Government; and hence his position is stro: edged and forwarded to England, and urged our Minis- in this particular, that the power is on that side. ter to press for payment—are at length made the basis One argument has been used against the payment of a treaty, and by that treaty submitted to arbitra- Insurance Company Claims, which perhaps we should n tion. fer to. Remember, however, in this connection, that But this is not all. When the Court of Arbitration sat, was not urged until the money was obtained, and, if effort was made by the United States to bring in indirect had been, the indemnity never would have been paid or damages. The qiiestion was raised, was argued, was ever awarded. The argument, however, is, that the submitted; but the Court ruled against us, holding in Companies were paid a premium for a war risk, and that substance that on^y the direct damage—the private such extra premium is a full compensation for that class Alabama Claims—should be considered. Thereupon, the of risk; that they expected to meet with some losses, and very proofs presented by the underwriter to the Sec- that the privateer insurance business was profitable to retary of State were laid before the Commissioners the Companies in spite of their losses. This is a veiM together with the correspondence, and commented on at ingenious statement, but we cannot see how (even if u length by the counsel on both sides. No government were true, which it is not) it could deceive any one. The damages were awarded; no damages for the people at award was obtained on the assertion of our Government large or the Government as their representative were that these were bona fide claims, and it would seem to allowed to be even considered ; but private claims and he a little late to deny it now. Besides, the insurance private pi-oofs were introduced and made the basis, in business is a very important branch of our commercial fact the very subject matter of an award for a large machinery. As carried on by most of the companies amount of money. If the reader will only examine the that hold these claims, it is under the mutual system case and evidence submitted, and the arbitrators' decisions simply a combination of persons who pay premiums into embodied in the award, he will at once see how the a general fund, in order that they may average and ap- award was made up, even almost to each item—the ves portion their losses. The assured are in one sense co- sels, the cargoes, lost wages, &c. partners; the capital is the premiums paid in by these Up to this point everything appears clear beyond co-partners; the payments are the losses and the returned question. But suddenly a fog settles upon the whole savings. Each year's business account is kept distinct, subject, shutting out every glimmer of daylight. This and the surplus is paid back to the persons who paid the fifteen millions of dollars in its passage fr«m England to premiums from which it arose. Now, when any legisla- the United States has become changed, wholly changed. tor insists that the claim of such a body of men who In the hands of England it represented the damages unite to insure one another, in any way differs fr»m the these private olaimants.had'suffered ; it passed over to the claim of one man who insures himself, he seems to us to . - i^ebraary 3, 1876.] TflE CHUONiCLB. 125 give evidence either of a vety rudimentary tuindj or of and to this end it repeals in many cases the ad va- an intention to misinterpret the simplest facts. lorem duty where the duties are now both specific and But it is useless to dwell upon this point, for it, ad valorem. And the other object is to relieve our great • in truth, does not rightly form any part of the discus- manufacturing industries of burdens, especially such as sion. This Indemnity money was either obtained on are imposed through a tax of the raw material and of these claims, or it was not ; and if it was thus obtained such chemicals and dyestuffs as enter into their manu- (and this admits of the most positive proof), it tnust be facture. These ends are certainly very desirable. IIow paid out to satisfy them, or else should be paid back to far they will be attained, or whether the changes mad« England. No part of it ever belonged to the United States, will, in every case, help to accomplish the objects sought, or ever can. That kind of damages was all struck out of are questions we need not enter upon now. the case, and only as the (lovernment was the repre- In fact, the details of the bill it is unnecessary to sentative of these and other actual claimants for actual discuss at any length. When it sees the light again losses had it any standing in the court of arbitration. We wo have no doubt it will bo more complete. As cannot account, therefore, for the long delay in the set- an illustration of its imperfections take the one little tlement of these matters, and it becomes the Govern- article of putty. There are about six firms in this ment to extricate itself from its false position as soon as city engaged in its manufacture. As is well known, possible. it is made of whiting and linseed oil. Under this proposed law putty is put in the free list, and yet THE PROPOSED TARIFF CHAfiGES. whiting and linseed oil are left without change. This is to criticise It perhaps premature at any length the is certainly an oversight, and there are others of the new tariff which has this week been introduced into the same description which also require attention. In fact, House. Before it is reported by the committee having at this juncture, the advice and knowledge of the lead- if, in charge, so many charges may be made as to almost ing merchants in the several trades affected could be revolutionize chief its characteristics and crudities. Still, used to advantage. Preparing a tariff bill is a very it is an extremely important measure, and, although we perplexing and difficult work, especially when it is not think its passage at this session of Congress is perhaps intended for revenue only. A little practical experience more than doubtful, yet, should it become a law, it will would go far -towards rectifying the crudities which affect necessarily large interests. are now apparent. . In this connection, however, it is to be observed that One proviSon of the measure proposed will meet with the new duties are arranged not with a view of effecting general favor. AV^e refer to the re-imposition of the tax a total change in the tariff system so much as for the on tea and coffee. There never was any reason urged for the repeal of those duties except the political advan- purpose of starting in that direction, and indicating a tage which was supposed to follow the idea of a free , Coupon bonds. the plan which wisdom would dictate, so that all indus- '81 fund. 6e'81 Ss'St 5-309 SSOs 5 30s 5-30g 10-408 lQ-40s 6s JSD coup. reg. coup. 1865. 1863. 1867. 1868. rcg. coup. cur. tries can be prepared. We believe that the country can new. 1 Holiday in this way make the change proposed without sacri- 3 8. xinX xlWi xlJO ficing 116X any important interest, and the manufacturers, 116K .... r.7 inx 118 '.'.'.'. liiix .. . ll'iii . 130J< 117X liix themselves, will, by these slow degrees, be educated up to lieji ISO I907i 116X IITX mK 130^ ...... 131 the idea of standing alone. Many are fully able to do it 130 131>< 130 ma 133 now and to profit by it.. Our cotton industry is in that lt7« ISO 130% 116^ inX 119X 181 lis position, as we have shown 1IU« 130 .... nvi liiH on a previous occasion; and 119?,' .... 133 130 iiax 119« 131 I'M with free wool our woolen manufacturers will find new 131 131 1I7X 119« ... 117H markets opening to ... 121 Jt 113 !SOX ... 117« them under the new system. In a .8.... 'iiiii' .... 116« 131« word, if our legislators act wisely, all the prominent 131V 130>f 118V 118X .... 181X 117 llS'i 130>f .... '.'.'.'. manufacturing interests of the country can go through 118J,' I'm 117X mji iJi ji U8)i ijoji !::: 118X .... the change without actual harm, many new economies 131 1I8X mx 131X .. . 1I« 113 131 Ul}i li?" m% isix .... 118>f 119X being induced by the prospective lower duties, and many 8 IISX 131 133 119X ISIX .... 118V IJ»« 1J4V others being made possible through them. For these 118',4 133 133V 119^ 133 133V 135 .... 138« 131% .... 119 11»V reasons we think the present proposed law more desir- .... 133« inji 119X 133 133^ 119 119V .... 133X 119.'i 133V Its able, 13& because it is less radical than many seek to make it. 39 .... mx m% 13SV .... 30 ..8.... 133 While, however, it is thus conservative, two other fea- SI 118X 123 . - t 119V 11»V 119V Opening^. 119« laoji I17;i 119X 130 TI7X 118 tures seem to run !16Ji 116V 133V through the bill as introduced. One Highest. ;i8v 123 133V 117J4 119J4 13SV 123 119V 11»V 13S Lowest. iiev 1307^ I16V 117 119X 130 IKV 118 i»av of these is an apparent purpose 119>i to simplify the tariff ; CSoBtns. 118X 132 133^ U9V m 133 11»V IKK m , VM t&E CHRONICLE. [t'ebrii ry 5, ISTS.sJ OLOSrao PRICKS OF CONSOLS AND D. 8. BBCUKITIES AT LONDON IN JANUARY led to the anticipation that coin shipments would take place at an early date in year, Consols. U. 8. iConsoIs U. S. the but exchange did not approach the specia 5-80, for 1 5-20, 1(M0 Bate. for I Date. shipping-point up to the close of January. '650. money. l'65o. money, i COURSE OF BOLD IN .lANUARy, 1876. Saturday.. 1] llloirday. i ....rThur*day..201'J3 13-10 103Ji|l(ir lIMJi Sunday....*' ... ! ....! .... iFridny 21 9.n3-Hi lOSJi 106K;10i»i Monday.... a'/'S 15-18'l07XllOfiXil01« Saturday. ..23193 IWB, 109 llOT IMX .. . .- Tuesday... 4 13 ll-li!;09 ,106X;105JS| Sunday.. ..23) | ....| Wednesd'y 5 M3 ll-IB 10S>i'106>,-1105l^ Monday.. ..24.93 15-16 108% 107 |104% Date. Date. 1.5-11) inTiflOSJi Thursday.. 6;i3H-16 108 |1C8 il05 | Tuesday. 25 93 109V ; 3-1'J :iU9>4 Friday... . 1 9:n:-18 101^ 106 1105 Wednefd'y 26;94 mU'lOihi B Saturday.. 8'939-16 'lOTJdilOa '1U5 Tlmrfday ..27 91 .3-16 ll09J,' [Saturday. .29|95 1-16 ,10% lOT'/jjlOJX Monday 3 113 ;!i2%!:i3% l;a,%|iWc-dnesday.. 112% :ilv% lls% TBMday...ll 13 9-16 Ii075<'10:i 105 |ISunday....30l Tuesday 4 ii*si;ii3%|ii2% 112,1,;* Thursday... 113%'n3 113 ^ Wedno»d'yl2,93 13-16 m:JiiOf,H lO.'iK |Monday....31 91 1-18 iwiiiioi'/j loiji Wediu-sday. 5i 12%'112%'ll2;>J 112>J! Friday 113 il!3% 113 H Thur«day..l3 D3 13-16 108 Il06"i 101X Thursday 6 11-;% 113% 113% :i25$patnrday. 113 |113%;tl3 " 15-10 7 H Friday UI13 16-:6 103 llOS-H I04?ii|Opening |93 107k'i00V|10'K Friday ;i2»4!ii-.';','ii3 Sunday... Saturday. ..15!93 15-16 loa |106X lOJM llHlshest \'il 5-16 ,lW'/i V5.'/i'j9-^'< Saturday 8 113 !;i3 1113% Monday lis'iiisk'iu" '109^106 Sunday .,..10' I Lowest '939-ie 104>i Sunday 9 (Jan., 1876. 113% 113% 113 Monday. ...17 92 13-16 108>,'!l0fi;!i lOlJi Closing ;94 1-16 lOJ)* li)7J<|l0.5Ji Monday 10, li3%'li3"']i.3% iii%iii3% ma .5-16 !('7,i« I lorji Tuesday.. .18 93 13-16 lO'i.'-i ;C6>i.'.01H Hijrh. I Since,94 109>v Tuesday 11! 113 1113,% 113% 110%;lia% iiw Wedneed'yl9 93 ll-U 103>i llOTJlOIK Low. f Jan. 1, 939-16 |l07J<'106|l04}i; Wednesday ..12 113%!ll2Ji 112% 111% 114% 113% Thursday 13 i;2%|li3% i;3% Ifl5!','ll0>i 110 Railroad bonds and acme stocks also sliowed a considerable td. Friday 14 112% '1:2% 111 liOM 111% 111% Saturday 15 113 [ll«%|113,'i ir.1% 133),- 121% the Vance, and wore rretly aclivo under free purchases. Among Sunday 16 134% 136% 1.36%' Monday 17 It3"'i:3";ii3% noteworthy featuies was the rife in eome of the second morigage 13(% li2% 140',/, 1112%' Tuesday 18 113 113,% l-i2% 137% 135,>i ^- or other bonds not rat ktd as first-class, which had previously been Wednesday. .19 112%11S% 112% 1365i -.44% 139J!f lhnrfd:iy....20 i:2%>112%Ul.3% 197% 214% 2108 selling at low Bguics. Several of thcEO showed an improvement Friday 21 113 111/.% 118'i 161',', 1.59%;157T of 5(uj10 per cent. Speculative stocks, without extraordinary Saturday 22 113 illS ill3 185% 160>,- 160i Sunday 23; !H'0 !ii8%;io. York Stock Exchange during the mouths of Dec. and Jan.: 60 days. 3 days. j 60 days. 3 days. Jan. 1. Holiday Jan. 18. .4 8i%ai.Sj 4.88 @t.8»i 2. ....S " 19. 4.88 ®t.8»l KAKSE or STOCKS IN UECEMBEB AND JANUABV. " .4.84%'a4.85 .4.S4)[email protected] 20. 4.89 4.88^i@(.f9 " .4.84!j5J4.85% , , , i'. .4.84 @4.f5 4.8S%@1.89 21. l.8«[email protected] 4.S9 @4.894 December. , January. " y, i. .4.84 (3« 81% 4.88!'2®4.88% 23. .4.84%®!. 85% 4.89 @4.89S Stocks. Open. Ilish. Low. Clos. Open. Hieh. Low. Clos. " Railroad o. .4.84 444.84% 4. 8:*% ©4. 88% 23. •' Albany & Siisiiuehanna 101 101 1(1 101 7. 4.84 ®4.85 4.88%©l.89 84. ,4.S4%[email protected]% 4.89 @4.89a " Atlantir. & l-aclBc prof.. 4Ji 4^ SJi 4 4 7 4 7 8. .4.84,y(a4 85 4.68%@4.89 25. .4.85^®4.66 4.89 @4.89M 104 lOO.^i lOSH IWi,' 103 " Central of New Jeisey.. 101>i IKH 107X 9. S I 26. .4. 8.5,1:1® 4. 86 4.t9 ®4 89)1 ^7 97^ 97 973< t8,V " Chicago & Alton 9SV 105X 105!i 10. .4,84%(ai.85 4.88%(ai.89 I 2r. ,4.85%®4.,?6 4.89 899 " m ^o prcf... 105>i' 108 103 106 1CH!,4 100 I06X 1«9 11. .4.81 @I.E4H 4.88 @l.as%| 28. ,4.S6%@4.8fi 4.89 @4.89M Qulucj 115 115 113 113 114 lUif 114 li7ii " Burl. & 12. .4.c'4 ®4.84% 4.38 ©1.83!', i 29. 4 89 @4.691 Chicago, " .4.83%ia4.8b Chicago, Mil. & St. Paul 355i 30« 33^ 35X 85Ji 12;^ 35ir 41 3< 13. 4 e4 ©1.84% 4.88 ®4.88% 30. do pref. (>r,H 67« 61>^ 67 67 77 6ii?i -MH " do 14. 4.84,'i(ia4.85 4.8S%@1.89 I 31. ,[email protected] 4.89 ©4.898 37?^ 38% « .88J^ 4i;i; do &Northwe3t'n 38,'i 40X 3. . 117 117 Rensselaer & Saratoga. 117 117 6.S, 6-2f8 0f 1865, new. March ,3, 18-5 'J. & J.'dl 5\n.il,000 143.133,1(10 St. U, Alton & T. 11 . . . 5 5 5 5 5 7% 5 7% 6s, 5-208 of lf67 March 3, 1887 'J. &. J. id 89,810,850 231 215,900 20 24 I do pref. 20% 2! M)% 21 SI 23 6s, 5-20sof 186,-i March 3, 1888 iJ. & J. rfl 14,66!,(.00 22,816,800 St. L.,IronMt.& South. 16% ItHi 14% 15 15 Sl% 15 20 5s, Funded Loan, 1881 July 14, '701 i(j(ji , Q._F. Id.j 219,322,100 873,836,M0 St. Louis. Kan. C. &N.. 6 6 4 4 4 6 4 5% do do prcf. 25 25 19% 23% 22% 31% 2.'% 27% Aagrogate of debt hearing interest in coin '• };76:i,8.M,2i $936,772,400 Stonington 135 135 135 135 Third Avemie 140 140 140 140 .... The sizes or denommations of each is.sue of bonds are as follows: (a) Coupo Tol., Wab. &Westeni.. 5% !,% 2% 8% 3% SH 3 6Jf tl.OOO, registered t5,0W. (*) coupon $1,000, registered $1,000, $5,000, $10,00< do pref 55555656 (c) $50, $100 and $.500. (d) coupon, $59. $100, $500 and $1,000, registered, sami UnlonPaciflc 81:4 81% 72 74% 71 74% 67% 71 and also $5,00:1 and $10,000. Warren 102 104 lOi 102 Coupons of $50 and $100 bonds are ]>aid annually in March. iWlscellaueouH. On the above issues of bonds there is a total of $10,762,519 of interest over-dn Paciflc Mail 41% 42 38% .39% 89% 39% 36% .38 and not yet called for. The total cuiTent accrued interest to date is $17,064,19" Atlantic* Pacific Tel... 19 21 18 18% 13% 21% 18% 21 Western Union Xel 75% 77% 71% 74% 74% 80% 73j^ 79% Debt Bearing Interest in Iianrlal money. AmericanCoal 50 .55 60 55 Consolidation Coal 47 47 45 45 47 50 47 49/j Principal. Iateres< I Maryland Coal 18 18 18 IS 17% 18 17% 18 Pennsylvania Coal 377!4 277'/5 277% S77% 3B,Navy pension, Act July 2:i,'68, Int. appl'donly to pen8'n8l$14,O0O,OQOI $35,000 Spring Mountain Coal.. 60 6254 60 6i% 63 65 63 «5 Canton 39 40 39 39% 39% 46 39% 46 Debt on \iriitcb Interest Has Ceased Since Maturity. M'p'saL&M.,a-s'tpaid 7% lOii 7% 8% 9y, 9% 8 9% There is a total amount of overdue debt yet outstanding, which has never do do pref. do 8% IW, 8% 9 10% 10% 8 9% been presented for payuiont, of $9,309,760 principal and $358,351 interest. OL Quicksilver 17 1S% 17 17% 18% 18% 17% 18 this amount is on the " called" five-twenties. do pref 23 84% 23 23% »i% 24% 23% 24% $8,395,003 M Adams E.-:press 103 103i/s 101% 102,% 102X 104!i 101% 101% Debt Bearing no Interest. 1 American Express 60% 60% 66H 56% 57 59% 57 59 United States Express.. 53 62% 53 63 62% 62;4 ,53 63 Character of Issue. Authorizing Acts, Outstand'g. JVells,Far»o Express... 8:1% 86% 8.i 86% 85 85% 80% 85% 134 Del. & Hud. Canal 123'/, 124 123% 124 125 119% 120 Old demand notes July 17, 1881, and Feb. 12, 1863 $6-».167 149% 153 153 NewYorkGas 149% U. S. legal-tender notes . Feb. 25 and July 11, '6>, and Mar. 8, 1863 371,37:^,140 94 Producers'L. &Pet. Co. 94 94 94 Certificates of deposit June 8, 1872 40,600,000 Keno R' Estate, 2d pfd. 103 103% 103 103% 103% 105% 103% 105% Fractional cu rrency July 17. 1863, Mar. 3, 1863 & June 30, 1864 45,8li4,.382 Cortifs. for gold deposited iMar. 3, '63 (in $30, .50, 100, 500, ,000, 34,601,400 Gold was quiet throughout, and not disturbed by any unusual 1 5,000) influences. The importation of United States bonds from abroad Aggregate of debt bearing no interest. $492,410,389 4 , . Fo' raal/.o, 187C.J THE OffiOMOLEl 12f Becapltulatloii. that ai long as the value of money la France and Oermaoy re- Amount mains whuru it ii, five par cent, in Londoa will be lulHclent to Oatatanding. Intoreat. correct the exchanges and attract gold to tUia market. With ao Debt bearino Intkiiiist in Coin— oliicial Tnaximum of 5 per cent., and with money obtainable " out I(und4 tit 6 per coiit (1,013,721,950 Bjnds ot 5 per cent 687,8tM.:M of doorfe" at 4 per cent., and even lean, there can, of course, be no interruption to legitimate trade, and hence an Important draw- Total dcht ben ring interest in coin {1,:00,60«,600 t«7,820,T45 Debt bearino Inteuest in Lawful Money— back to a revival In trade la removed. As long as the German Navy penrtloii fund at 3 per cent 14,000,000 8A,000 Du.Br ON WHICH Int. has ckaseu since MATtrniTT. 'J,2'J9,7liO SSf.iSl Mint requires gold for its coinage operations, and la compelled to Debt bkakinu no I.ntkiiest— purchase it In this market, some uncertainties will exist, but as Old di'inaij the borrower. The following are the quotjitlona : Total di^bt bearing no Interest $492,110,88!) Unclaimed interest 1I0,«34 rereant. I Per eeol Bank rata i 4 month*' bank bills X'/i'it t2.210,J8 Decrease of deljt since Jniie to, 1875 . . 10,4S9,6tj« of Eugland, the Bank rate of discount, the price of Console- Bonda laaucd to the Pacilic Itnllroad Companieai Intereat the average quotation for English wheat, the price of .Middling Payable In Lawtul Money. Upland cotton, of No. 40's Mule twist fair second quality i Interest Intel est balance of Bankers' I and the Clearing Uouse retarn, compared with the Character of laene. paid repaid Int. paid Amount { by by Ontstand'g. United bt's tr'nsp't'n by ir. 8. preyioas four years ; 1872. is;.!. 1874. 1875. 1876. Central Pacific $25,885,120 $11, -01,551 tl,l!)l,76.1 $10,612,483 Olrcniation, Including £ £ £ £ £ Kansas Pacific K,.S03,00() 3.2i),>,98;i l,44l),n61 1,852,318 bank post bille »5.(>87,45« 25,961.183 Jfl.83t,OCO 26.621.011 97,9«»,5<3 Union I'aoific '. .. »7,S'i6,518i 12,701.420 8,9)3,715 8,757,704 Public deposits 4,.32'i.258 7,Wri.982 5,11.1.514 4,315.939 4,531. IW 44,40ti Central Branch, Uuiou Pacific. i,6no,ooo| 829,808 785, -10 I Other deposits 25.221..M3 SO.313,137 20,Si5,7).) 19,541,554 19,898 413 Western Pacilic 1,170..'S«OI 751,490 9,scr 772,129 Uovarument securities. :k,2%,U99 13,27 ',325 15,195,21)8 15,918,022 l».2B9,M.n Sioux City and Pacific 1,688,320 731,593 39,112 692,441 Other securities 16.313,445 !a,9S5,»ll 16,695.803 16.222,771 17.877,244 Roaerve of notes and Total $64,621,512 $.30,111,5131 $(:,6ti9.ftl') $23,472,479 coin 14,668,614 13,732,065 11.949.438 10.943,869 8,970,658 Ooln and bullion 1e The Pacific Kailroad bonds are all lasneU under tlie acts of July 1, 1862, and ' both deportments.... 24.935014 24,265.880 22.864, 168 22,233.624 91.:94,ttS July 2, 1864; they are ret^istered bonds in the denominations of $1,OCO, 45,CK!0 Bank-rate 3p. c. 4X p. c. 8Xp. c. 4 p. C. 5 p. c. and flO.IXX); bear per cent interest in currency, payable January 1 and July 6 1, Consols 9JXd. and mature 30 years from their date. 32K English wheat 55s. Id 55s. lOd. 62s. Id. 4Sa. Id. 45s. Id. Uid. Upland cotton .. 10 7-<6d. lOKd. am. 7,'id. «Xd. No.40maieyarnfair Sd .Cateat nioiutary aiit) (iTjinmercul €iiglisl) Ntvo quality Is. 2Xd- \i. 3d. Is. IKd. llj BnslUli Market Keports—Per Cable. Jan. 21— 8tr. Carondolet Lagaayra Silver coin $144,259 Gold coin 3-0 The daily closing quotations in the markets of London and Liver- Jan, 24— Str. Etna Jacmel Silver coin 600 Gold coin pool for the past week have been reported by cable, as shiwn in 500 Jan. 35—Str. Colon Asplnwall Silver coin 2,195 the following summary Gold coin 2,766 Jan. 25—Str. City of Merida Vera Cmz Silver coin 90,842 London Money and Stock Market.—The bullion in the Bank Gold co!n 9,687 Jan. 25—Str. Wilmington St. Domingo... .Silver coin has increased £100,000 during the week. 10,898 (ioldcoln 1,20S sat Mod. Toes. Wed. Thnr. Frl. Jan. 25—Str. Canima Bermuda Gold coin 60 CODBOlBformoney 94 1-16 911-16 93 15-16 911-16 94 3-18 94 3-16 Jan. 28—Str. Alpe Savanilla Gold coin 800' " account 94 1-lB 94 1-16 9)15-16 9.15-16 14 7-16 94 6-16 Jan. 29—Brig Eiache Porto Cabello. . . American gold coin fiOO' O.8.68<5-»0a,)1865,old.l05K 105;< WbJi American silver " lOSJi 105Ji 105X 8& •^ 1867 109X 109>i lOiJi 109 Ji 109J4 lft9X I U. 8.10-409 107!< 107>^ 107Ji 108 108 108 Total for the weelc $2S8,860 New Be 105X 105K 105% 105« 105X 105% Prevlonalr reported 114,344 Tbaquotations for United States new fives at Frankfort were : Total since Jan. 1,1876 $898,210) U.S.newaves 101 lOOK .... 101« 101% Same time in— I Same time in— Liverpdol Gotton Markit. —See special report of cotton. 1675 $132,3221 1870 , $2,030,03*1 1874 91,712 1 1869 600,794 Liverpool Breadstujffs Market.— 1878 l!6,939l 1368 132,616 1872 107,189 1867 155,514 Bat. Hon. Taea. Wed. Thnr. Frl. , 1871 194,774] e. d. e. d. e. d. e. d. a. d. 8. d. Flour (Wemcrn) VbbI S3 o 23 33 22 9S 2i A Safeguard Against Masked Burglars.—Bank vaults Wheat(Hed W'n. 8pr).|lctl 84 84 83 S3 83 83 by locks that cannot be unlocked •' (Red Winter).... "98 98 98 98 98 98 and safes should be protected " (Cal. White dab)" 10 H 10 6 10 6 10 5 10 5 10 5 during certain hours even by those acquainted with the combi- Corn (n.W. mix.) S quarter 27 6 27 6 27 8 27 3 27 3 27 nations and having keys. Peas (Canidian) Quarter 39 6 39 6 39 39 39 39 % By a simple arrangement, Messrs. Herring & Co., the well- Liverpool Provisions Market.— known safe and lock manufacturers, attach a chronometer move- Sat. Men. Tuee. Wed. Tliur. Frl. ment to their bank locks. These are set to unlock at a certain 8. d. 8. d. 8. d. 8. d. 8. d. 8. d. time, and cannot, under any circumstances, be unlocked before Beer(mesB)new V tee 92 6 92 6 S3 6 93 6 93 6 93 6 Pork (mese) new ^bb!... 82 6 82 6 82 6 64 6 82 6 82 6 the expiration of that time. It possesses the peculiarity and ad- Bacon (l.cl. mid.)new)^ cwt 51 51 52 52 52 52 3 vantage over other time locks, that it combine.s the protection of " 68 Lard (American).... 58 58 B8 58 58 both a time and combination lock, and should the movement stop ' Oheeae(Amer'n Bne) " 58 58 68 57 6 57 6 57 6 | running, get. out of order, it can yet be opei-ated or by any means i Liverpool Produce Market.— and unlocked, but this operation would require the same length 1 Sat. Mon. Tuea. Wed. Thnr. Vti. of time as that rsmaining unexpired at time of stoppage. Thus, a. d. 8. d. B. d. s. d. e. d. s. d. ] if the were to stop after nine hours, when it set Kosln (common)... ¥cwt.. 50 50 50 50 50 50 movement was \ " (pale) " 16 16 10 16 16 16 for twelve hours, it would require three hours to unlock. Petrolendi(refln6d)....ipg8! IIX HJi 11!^ llSi lljf 11« Such an event as the stopping of the movements is not probable, ! (spirits) » »« 9>i 9X %' 9>^ 9X as they are of the finest workmanship. But banks using the TalIow(American)...* cwt. 4,'5 « 45 45 45 45 45 Clover8eed(Am. red).. " 55 60 CO CO 60 60 ordinary time lock have^been locked out. As will be readily Spirits turpentine " 25 24 6 24 21 6 24 24 6 seen, there is no such risk with the new Herring look. JSoeninffi London Produce and Oil Markets.— Post. Sat. Mon. Taea. Wed. Thar. Frl. —The annual statement of the Atlantic Mutual Insurance] £ 8. d. £ a. d. £ a. d. £ s. d. £ b. d. £ a. d. Company appeared last week, and will be found to-day in our LlnB'dc'ke(oM).iptc.lO 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 ] advertising columns. This statement is looked for with much LlD8eed(Ca1cutta) 48 6 48 6 49 49 49 49 8ngar(No.l2D'ch8td) interest, not only by merchants in New York, but in ail cities I on spot, W cwt 22 6 22 6 22 6 82 6 22 6 22 6 it having shipping interests ; and the extremely favorable exhibit [ Spermoil Stan.. 99 99 99 99 99 99 satisfaction. During is always able to make is a ssurce of great I Whaleoil ". 34 31 34 34 31 34 the year 1875 it has received in premiums $8,295,394, and now Lineeedoil....'^ cwt. 23 6 23 9 23 6 23 23 9 23 9 | has $16,019,910 83 of assets. They make their usual 40 per cent, scrip dividend, and pay up in full the issue of 187" (Siommcrcial anb Jlti0CcUamou0 Netos. —We notice the formation of a new copartnership in the I the firm name of Buckingham & Underhiil. "Street" under ( iMPORfs AND Exports for the Wkbk.—The imports this Both gentlemen are old members of the Stock Exchange, of high ! standing and long expTience. They propose to do a strict week show a decrease in both dry goods and general mer- | chandise. The total imports amount to $5,406,809 this week, commission basineas in the purchase and sale o( stocks, bonds, call attention their against $5,876,576 last week, and $8,889,000 the previous week. gold and investment securities. We to card] The exports amount to $5,098,890 this week, against .?5,G70,726 last in our today's issue. week and ,$5,050,091 the previous week. The exports of cotton —The Safe Deposit Company of New York gives notice that! the past week were 10,163 bales, against 15,908 bales last week in addition to the security, heretofore offered by them, for the! The following are the imports at New York for week ending (for safe keeping of all kinds of securities, valuables, etc., they have! dry goods) Jan. 37, and for the week ending (for general mer. recently added the '' Clironometer " or " Time-Lock " to theirl chaudise) Jan. S8 : vaults, thus rendering them, so far as practicable, absolutelyl without danger of loss, lOBSiaN IHFOBTS AT NUW TOllK FOB THB WKKB. 1873. 1874. 1875. 1876. —We call the attention of capitalists to the advertisement ofl Dry goods J3.4n,2S0 $2,727,250 |.3,062,012 $1,985,175 Mr. Samuel Sljaw in this number of the Chkokicle. Mr. Shawl merchandise... General 6,250,378 3,156,722 3,688,211 3,421,694 makes a specially of dealing in commercial paper, and with hi»,| experience should be able to offer and others! Total for the week. . 1;9,66!,59S $5,883,972 $6,750,253 $5,406,869 long merchants Previously reported.... 20,736,669 19,761,625 19,087,881 22,294,115 every facility in his line of business. Since Jan. 1 . . $80,398,267 $25,645,597 $25,838,137 $27,700,984 BINKING AND FINANCIAL. In ourraport of the dry goods trade will be found theimportsof dry goods for one week later. Officb of the ) The following is a statement of tbe exports (exclusive of specie) Safe Deposit Company op New York, V Nos. 140, 142 aud 146 Broadway. fromthe portof New York to foreign ports, for the week ending ) To tlte Public February 1 : In view of the excitement and anxiety in the public mind aroused by Ihd XPOBTB FBOM KKW TOBK FOB THB WBKK. the Northampton Bank, and the discussion resultlrg therefrom ofl^ 1873. 1874. 1875. 187,". robbery at Forthevfeek ?6.611,7C0 $5.672,20'i $5,679,073 $5,0148,396 tbeadvisalillity of the use of the '* Time Lock " as an additional security, wel PreviouBlyreported.... ir,4tl,4bl 20,781,489 16,744,402 19,902.511 would inform the public that thousrh there Is no parallel between the prOH^ visions for security made by '.his company since its organization and Ihosel Since Jan. 1 $2.3,023,181 $26,453,695 $22,423,475 $25,000,93- provided by any bank, we have superadded the "Chronometer" or " Tim« The following will show the exports of specie from the port of Lock " to the other ample security we offer. New York for the week ending Jan. 29, 1876, and since the FRANCIS H. JSNKS, beginning of the year, with a comparison for the correspondinp President of the Safe Deposit Company of New York. date in previous years : Jan. 27-Sir. Klopstock... Hnmbarg. Silverbars $.3.5,588 RAILROAD BONDS.—Whether you wish to BUY or SELL, write to London Silver bars 68,329 HASSLER & CO., No. ', Wall street. N. Y. Foreign silver coin . 13,40J Paris Silverbars 29,900 STOCKS Jan. 29— Str. Republic ..Liverpool Silverbars 201,COO Dealt In at the New York Stock Exchange bought and sold by na on margin c Mexican silver coin.. 78,255 five per cent. PRIVILEGES Total for the week '... $436,166 Negotiated at one to two per cent from market on members of the New York Previously reported 1,439,623 Exchauiie or responsible parties. Large sums have been realized thop'isi a days. Put or call costs on 100 shares Total since January 1, 1876 $1,866,089 $106 25 Same time lu— i Same time In Straddles $250 each, control 200 shares of stock for 80 days without further 875 $9,804,3J3 1870 I $2,932,693 risk, while many thousand dollars proflt may be gained. Advice and informa- 874 2,060,608 11869 3,214,379 tion furnished. Pamphlet, containing valuable statistical Information and 873 7,402,732 1868. 7,149.831 I showing how Wall street operations are conducted sent 872 1 1,540,80111867 8.190,3(19 FREE 871. . 3,405,521 I 1866 2,827,801 To any address. Orders solicited by mail or wire and promptly executed imports na. Address, The of specie at this port during the past week have TUMSmDaB 4t CO., Bankers and Broker;, teen ag follows Ko. 2WaU etrcer, N.TJ , ) », February 5, 1876.] THE CHRONICLE 129 purchasers seems to be one of the curiositieB of the market aa ^i)t Cankece' ®a?ette. the uncerlainty of tlio passage of any financial bill intrmln'oe.! Into Congress, and the length of lime which would l>e ro Pennsylvania (iiuar.) i Pcb. a Jan. Jan . Feb. Feb, Feb. Feb. Int. period. Hanks. «. 130 THE CHBONICLR iFebrjaiy 5, 1876. Railroad and niscellancona StocKs.—Stocks were strong . Quotations , Total , Balances-—, Open. Low. High. Clos. Clearings. Gold. Currency. early in the week, and, nnder the lead of Western I'nion Tele- Saturday, Jan. 89 113 113 11:1X 113 $87,814,000 $l,flli),')J0$l,:i67,082 graph, which sold up to W^, prices were buoyant. Later there Monday, 31 ...113 113 1H« 113 1 7,329,000 9P,41(i 1,3I.\«08 was a decided reaction, and a downward movement took place, in Tuesday, Feb. 1....113 113 113X 113>,' 15,365,000 871.0.50 939.810 Wednesday, " ai,78).00) which Pacific Mail was most conspicuous, declining und-r heavy 2 ...113X 113 iUJi 113 1.318.518 l.TSi.BRS I'hursday, " 3. ...113 113 113 113 2I,'»10,000 1.811.-K7 1.688,871 Bales to 34J. Wtstern Union, iu tliR reaction, sold down to 7oJ Friday, .Ui'/i my, 113 112% 19,050,000 «54,65-J 1,030,150 to day. It is currently reported that the prominent operator who Current week 113 U:i^ 1I2;< $123,100,0M $ has been so largely interested in Union Pucitic and Pacific Mail, 112Ji ^ Previous week 113 112% 113X 113 114,3AOOJ 1,012,586 l,a!3,?S9 has been a thij accounts for heavy feller of the latter, and that Jan.ltodate 113 118% llSJi 118% ... . the decline. Railroad earnings, so far as reported for the month Fareljsn Excbange. —Exchange has been comparatively dull. of January, are quite favorable, as compared with the same There was sooie scarcity of bills early iu the week, and prime 60 month in 1875. Ohio and Jlinsipsippi, for three weeks, is re- days' sterling was marked up to 4 80} ; this proved to be too high, ported as Hhowing an increase of 60,300, including the profits f as there was not demand enough to support it, and business was •if the Springfield division ; St. Paul shows an increase of checked. The rat^s were afterwards reduced ^ point, but this $61,000 for the month; Pacific, St. Louis Kansas City Missouri failed to encourage much buying, and the market closed dull and Northern, and St. Mountain and Southerm all Louis Iron There appears to have been some delay in receipt of cotton bills show a considerable improvement. from the South, as the supply from that source is reported to be The present decline has the of a temporary re- appearance less than there was reason to anticipate. ac ion rather than a decided change in the tone of the market, , Feb. 4. . except so far as Pacific Mail is concerned, and as to that the trans- 60 days. 3 days. rcaons are not yet exactly understood. Prime bankers' sterling 4.S5><%4.S8 4.89 (@4.d9>t Good bankers' and prime com'l 4.85 ©4.86Ji 4 8«xa4.89 Total transactions of the in leading Btocke as fol- weeU were Good commercial 4.83'/2a4.84M 4 87 (84.88 lows : Documentary commercial 4.83 (©4 84 4.»[email protected] Parl8(francs) Pacific Lake WeBt'n Chic. & Ohio A Paciflc Union 5.17>iaS.14% 5.14%(afi.ll% Antwerp (francs) Mail. Shore. Union. N'west. Erie. Miftp. of .Mo. Pac [email protected],?f; 5.14,Hl»5.11% Swiss (francs) Jan. Si) 80,900 3I,.W0 35,!X)J i4.-Jon 3.2IK) .1>,700 4,300 i.aoo 6.17>i(a5.14% 5.14%08.11X '• Amsterdam (gnilders) 40Jlt 31 89,700 .«-a.900 73,500 18 2 .5,800 2),80C 4,8 s.ioo *">if Bremen (reichmarks) 955< SSjf 3 31,800 2B,h00 S-J.800 9. 200 2,400 33,100 i,;oo 40J 95%(a WX& " Berlin (reichmarks) i 3.3.150 4J,800 I 1 OK) 9,500 I.IJO 20,aoo 300 1,101 95%a 95S 96xa 9«)i The transactions for the we«k at theuusioui Qonse aud iJuD- ^Total 172,350 181,800 343,400 63,300 23,300 168,100 18,800 6,200 Treasurr have been asfoUowi: Whole stock. ..200,000 494,665 8-37,856 148.930 78O,C0O 800.000 67,821 367,460 Custom' , Snb-Treasnry, House -Receipts. -Payments. — The total stock outstanding is given in the last line, for the Receipts. Gold. Cuir.ncy. Gold. Currency. purpose of comparison. Jan. 29 $153,000 1227.531 75 $1,652,841 66 1277,939 54 $l,06«.3r.9 49 I 81 646,000 _ , 92 919,340 20 The daily highest and lowest prices hjve been as follows: 781,401 35 1.161,436 16 170.0:i5 Feb! 1 731,000 8,092,:i02 eo .3.663,639 31 87,493 91 3,861,450 97 Ancnrday, 2 ;6.3.000 133,098 86 718.996 9) 78:,.5iU 59 l.'jrj.SSS 57 Monday, Toesdar. Tednesday , Thnrsday, Friday, Jan. ^9 Jan. St. Fbb. 1. F. b. 2. Feb. 3. Feb. 4. 3 223,000 367,900 .)2 641,155 85 1,71.5.430 65 742,392 86 n.y.Cen.&H.R. UIM :13 112 lii)< 4 284,000 2.>7,658 95-J,940 78 957,364 04' Harlem lli>iu;x MIX IIIX HI IIIX 90 990,55131 li« 137 '13S.S 1S6 I36W ISBX Krle 13«)i 136X 13«X I8«X !6V 17 17 r.H 17 \:\ !«). nx n 17X 16K 8,952,5C6 83 Lalce Shore..., nx ToU! 2,144.000 3,72-2,937 08 8,848, 2 1 31 4,0»,433 33 65K 68), 67 6;x 66X 6;), 6« 67 65 67 Michigan Cent. V Balance, Jan 61i^ 61X 61M 6iJ< «i?< e\\ 61 6!)« 60X 61 6JX 61 . 88 47.411,510 68 37.159,893 56 Wabash «)» 6X «« 6< 5i« Balance, Feb. 4... 47,134,015 NorthwcBt 6)4 i^ ' 5K 6!< 6« 6X 43 37,085 473 il3 *'H !% 40X 41),- *'« 4I)« WX 41V New York City Banks.-^The do pref. ei'k «i following statement ghowe 62X 61 «2 63X 6:X 62H 61X 62 V 6<:X 61X Uock Island . . ^|)>^ 103X mx icsx 108X IiifJi lOli 10-X IIM lOekt 108X 1(8X the condition of the Associated Banks of New York City for the 6t. Paul i>% 4i)i 4134 4I» do 4i>X 41S 40K 4U.' 4;x 4iS week ending at the commencement of business on Jan. 39, 1876: pref.... 7SS 76u 74« 75X Ai.* Pac.nref. 75X 76X -AVKBAOK 3J< « .5J« ? «* 7 6 ex 6 ex i 'i^ AMOUNT OF- Pacific uf Mo.. ISV 14!< Loans and Legal Net Clrcnla- "Sf 15M II),- 14y !1X 14X ISX 14X 1)V 13J« Ohio & Miss... T3i4 BlHKS. Capital. Olaconnts Specie. Tenders. Deposits. tlon. 2)H 31X 24X 2iX SSX 2IJi 22V Central of V.j. New rork |S,IXX1,000 $^,393,600 »2.24J.-iOO |l,5t2,50« l88«0Ct HITS ItfiJi '107X!(8 107^ !U8 108 103)4 •lO^X lint* M6X 109 U.63J-- Oel.,L.& West iWK ll'iii, Manhattan Co 2,050,000 6.,ijU.K0 4-.'b,900 8iw.4fO 4,6-5 800 9,50« IWX Uax iibx ;:si< H8« 119 1I8X11SX I18V 118 V dan, A St. Jos. 2; Merchants' 3,000,000 8,!;i,'2tl0 717,100 S70.»» -u 8:v 28X »* nx 20X .llX 2CX 21X 1.751,900 6,631,200 Union Paclhc 7UH 71 Me(^attlcs' ],000,00g 6.63.1,100 803,900 1,19 '.SOO 5,01.13,300 -27O,C0fl , TOH 7.x 70 71 6»X 70 69X 69 X 69 X 69 Col.Chic.&l.C. ,„5Sr S% Cnlon 1,900,000 1.70 ,500 •2-i!i,900 6(16.900 S, 93,400 Panama '- , 5X 5X 5X 5X 5X 5X .-. mn 1"U MS I8U 13S 131 131 IJU America 8,000,000 8,7n,40Q l,l53,'i l..-!6 1.600 7,102.600 "I'.^CO West, 133^ ;3J 130 On. Tel. 77X 79X WH liH 79?< PhoBnli 1,800,000 4,rO'!,'«10 40s,-lOO 319,flOO 2.R7fi,91'0 445.100 80H nx 78V 77X 18 ^ X '>''ii At. & Pac. Tel. 20,^ aix 2'i< clii 20>j 21 City .. 1,000,000 5,3;0,300 8;S,60O 1,35;,000 4,301,700 QuloksllTer 2UX 2t'X 21IX 2'X 2o;. 20V Tradesmeu's 766.2(10 I '"< •17X 18M •17X 18 •17 18 nX 17X ITX 1,000.000 8,282.300 J;5.7IO 271,900 l.»85,80O do pref. kii 23>< •23 Fulton 600,000 1,S79,5U) 155,700 1, -271 ,800 25 21X 21 21 588.500 Paclllc Mall.... 3S% 39 Sly Chemical 300,000 (•.531.500 460,600 1.595,400 7,3-25,600 3SX 37X 38X .a^X 3i« S'X 3T)i 34 3iX Ada^is Kzp 1U.;V IIHX 'lOlX -.. in ..7. • Merchants'Exch ... 1,000,000 9,470.100 393,700 413,800 2,993,3'JO 444,300 » II'S 106 107X 107x 1C6X . American Ex! 69 69 Gallatin, National.. 1,500,000 3,M«,S00 888,900 3i!I,700 2.061,700 435.900 < S9 .n 59 .=9 58X 51 5;X 68)4 United States.. 61 61 62 62 • Butchers'&Drovers' 800,000 1. 56.(00 Ri.rCO 213,000 1,366.000 149.000 - •SIX 62 --. 6J 61 «1 62 6lJi WelU, Fargo.. il\ Mechanlci&Tradera 600,000 1.903.100 9,300 ao.soo l.-JSi.llW 195,700 , 64X 35X 85X 65 85 •!4X 8514 65 S5 Greenwich 200.000 816.43.) 88,300 821,400 2.70»« •This Is the orlca bid LeatherManuf 600.000 3,0\7,ir0 4'6'3,i66 315,-200 2,665,900 244,700 and aske4 ; no «ol« was made at the Board Seventh ward 300,000 916.000 41.700 21i,-^00 876,800 80.100 State of N. York. . , 2,000,000 4,0ill,«10 i79,700 391.700 2,-239,-SOO 263.400 RaUroad American Kicb'ge. 5,o00,0o0 71S,000 7,269,(W 406,000 Barnlngs._The latest earnings K,eii.tW 2.0J6,0O0 obtainable, and the Commerce 2,088,'-!00 9.035.5C0 8.0S9,70» Otaia from January 10,000,000 19,«lIi'C0 3,m,700 1 to latest dates, are as follows: Broadway 1,000,000 4,733,900 95,600 '.21.-J0fl S.13.'.400 891,70» Mercantile 1,000,000 3,.W4,0C0 203,200 692.100 3,273.700 • Lateeteamlngs Paciflc 422.700 2,009.000 lc,'iO0 480,400 1,927,J00 reported.——, Jan.l to latest date. Republic 2,000,000 3,882,900 872.100 551, '.00 2,23i,900 450|6ot! 18:Hor 1875 or 18:6 or 1875 or Baade Chatham. 450,000 3,IJ5,400 168,700 761,300 3,570,600 374,4'JO 1875. 1874. 1875. 1374. People's 400 1,154.900 5,500 Atch., 412,500 1,35:1,000 194,700 Top. & 9. Fe. Month of 1.000,000 2,504,700 Nov ' $17-8.954 $116,379 <1,.367,775 $'.,148,581 North America 2,477,100 119.7C0 632,000 At anlicA G.WeBtn. Month Hanover 1,000,000 S.JliyX 145 3J0 611,800 2,824,700 29V,86b of So\ ' S^I.ISI 868,060 . .Atlaiitic Pccifl'-. . Irving 500,000 234.1'110 390,( 2,-257,000 116,:;00- * . . 3d week of Jan 2,17;,00C 00 ' S4.943 21.412 Bur.O. 71,729 68,031 gS'i.OilO 8,16-,',- 00 428,rn»- Rap. & Minn Month of Nov MetropoUtaB >,OCO,000 12.803,000 1 071.000 127,579 101,187 .' Cltlcent «Of,OCO 1 4'<.JD0 .15.100 ?4'.(on 1.611.-200 I33.7W Canada Southern... Month of Dec." 126.588 98,177 1,84.5.076 .'.... Hassan 1,000,000 2,.)S7,000 39,500 2' 8,100 2,356.610 3,fW °«?'™l.Pacific Month of Dec. 1,579,000 l,ST0,a3l 16,970,018 11.522,814 Market 1,000,0(0 2,761,800 l-23,('00 1.841,500 1(-9,80U I Chic. Mil St. & P.. Month of Jan.... 527.000 St. Nicholas 1,0(10,000 i.JSMOO 124, SOO 218,9(10 l,O63,'.0O 723,700 Chic. 466,101 587,000 496,101 & NorthweBt.. Month of Nov Shoe and Leather.. 1,000.000 4,'i»S,900 91,0il0 76-i,.50O 3.218.1(0 768.800 01n.Lafay. 1,819,2:5 1,065,^-28 & Ohio.. 2d week of Jan.' Corn Exchange... 1,000,000 2,71-i.lOO 13 .600 508.000 1.501.600 4.800 nenvcr& 8.815 8,896 15,507 16,195 RioG;... 3d week rf .Tan Continental l,aoii,MO 3.67e.lOO 2J7,«00 6T7.O00 2.996.20O 467.400 6,477 4,501 •24,i96 13,109 Oriental.. 5.100 186.H00 1.154.100 4.000 C.-MoTith of Dec. 300,000 !. 405,9 '?MSni.*r^^''.*°?-Jllnois Cen 401.562 Marine 400.000 1,!26,100 9S.S00 4f5,10!i 1,987.800 149.9C0 ral. . Month of Dec. 688,093 Importers'^ Trad'rs l!,-iJ!l,'O0 516.700 4.100.100 17,92l.'^00 470,500 |°?'«°«P- Bl. W. 630,435 7,892.901 7,9Cbj26 1,500,000 & . Sd week of Jan. 3I,.331 Park 2,000.000 11 667.-^0 a.S 7.100 3.1126.-J0O 16.613,200 60J CO Intern'l&Gt. North. 31.028 102,941 84,62(5 Month of Nov 189,932 Hech. Bank'g Asso. 500,000 1,0-27,? 00 70.900 l;8.10C 839.800 304 ,5«) »"?»' P? F(.brJ!.ry 5 1876.) THE CHRONlOLPj. 131 Boston Banks.—Below w« K've a xtaleiuont of the Uoatun BOSTON, PU1I.ADBI.PHIA, Bte.-VoB(lBmo«. Nationiil Banks, as returned to the Clearing House on Monday, Jan. 31, 1876 : asonarriM. aBOTiBirnu. Bid. Alk Banka Capital, Loani. Specie. L.T.Nolct. Dcpoilti. Clrrul. AUanllO. |73U,OU0 ti.Ms.ejo fja.^W' U\n« tW.IUU 11.8.10 Atlaa l.JOO.WO S.im.lW KMB B3;«oa m.tm HU.l.'O PHILADELPHIA. BALTIinOBB. 2,iX)0,oao «.2ti.3>U i\iMa 984.1'U >.0;6.1C0 ;s8,«l« Blaolutoae MBrvlniid 6i>. d(.'(i?nce, J.* J.. 111 ui«o,i(io iict> oiTT BOMoa. Bottoo. 1,000,000 i;iti,'m »iV>> it8,iio yh.njo vraTS do 6«. exempt. 1887 I6,«iu ea.;oo gold. Int. rar norlaton TOo.ooo i,8iOA« BJOW ii>r:.:m PennsylvanlaSs, do 81, IHW), qaartarly... I0»a DroadwaT 800,000 3SJM0 •... '^1.000 1*1.000 \fMll (fo do cur. var. do Bs,qnarteriy 10-15 1877-82 coDtrai Mn,uoo uo,iao ... si.wo 3:'i.«uo ^tihou do The deviations from last week's returns are as foliowa : Loana...... Deposits 96,S Bonds, OS, 1878 Decrease. 561.800 | .D'creasr. 711.80 ten year 95>,. Soeclej...,, Increase, lui.vw Circulation,... ,.,,i,Decrease. 236,500 ^'•'"'^^"iPlS^iVid fund. Loan (Cong )« g, 1891.. benal Tthders Dejrease. 691.0)al do inc. 7s end, '94.. 51 Fund. Loan (l.ejO.ts.g. H(i2., Delaware.lst m,5,'77 :oo TheloUowing are tue totals tor a series of BelTldere Cei n.ol Stock (IS'28) 5s, at pleai weeks past; do do 2d M. 68, 85 95 " (1843)6s,atpleai _ *Jate. Loans. Soerie LeKal Tenders. Denoslls, Circulation. 3d M. Eb,'8" 93 do do CheB. ft O. Bt'k ('47) «s, at plcaa lan.3 13,),57n.400 1.521.-110 9,3 .%'00 57.52,100 '83.... 24,92n,80il Camden* Amboy, 61, 100 (7forfire(oten. •Ian. 131.-^)6,700 2.518.8KI 10 9.22i,1lMI St-.TSl.OOO z5.Si;.OOo ao do 66, '89 .to General ktock.Sj, 1881 Jan. 21 131.370.MI 317l,;00 8,37MX) 57.176,01) 25,052,811(1 do domort. 6b, '89... 1U5lu.. liss do 8b, at pleasure. Jan. 81 lS3,S'J5,7i0 3,!76.;UO 7,6-3.400 56,732,400 24,7«6,!0,i Cam. ft Atlan. l«tm,78,K,H03 i(;7 Pounty stock, 6b, do do 2d do 7a, c. 158ii i05 Block. 8', do PMladoIphIa Banks.—The following is tbe average con. °" Market Cam.« BnrlliigtonCo. 6e,'9! 90 Board of Public works— tition of the Philadelphia National Banks for the week pfeced. ratawissa, new 7«. 1900....^. Cors. Oeii. lmp.8s,197l Cayuga Lake let m. g.7», 1901' do 1*75 Ing Monday, Jan. 31, 1876 : total net Connecting 68 1900-1904. 1C«' do 1*J« Banks. Capital. i,o«n». Specie. L. Tender. Oepostts.CUoolat'n, _ H, & W llks, iBt in.,Tl!,'S;' isn ..... tjllladelphla |l,oOO,000 Dan.. do ll,S8li,000 H00,0(10 11,360,000 ti,93U.OOO 1720,000 D.laware niott.68, vsl-lous. 1878 gorth America 1,000,000 do 4,513.000 27,0U0 1.7.i6.POO 4.073.000 740,000 Bast Penn. 18t:iion.7s, '88...^. .w do Series. larmers and Mech. 2.000,000 5.06vi)ilO 3J.3,4(0 2.s*l.4iO 5.5S.3,:oo 1,000,000 El.ft W'mspoit.lstm, -s,'80. 100 CertlBcates, Sewer, 88,1871-77 Oommerclal 810,000 6J5,OCO l,!i48.000 617,(00 i,300,000 18,OfO do do 5B,perp 61 Certl(lcate8,8s, i;77... Mechanics' 800,000 a!l.6"9 39.3,,VH) 1.319.I66 Water i.;7«.;«7 2:5.6S0 Harrlahufg '.«t mort.68,'83 Bank N. Liberties. 500,000 2,7M,00O iim 614,000 2,3?,].0«l 139.00c H.*B.T.lslmon.7«,'90 Southwark CINCINNATI. 250,000 1.107,399 5,572 488,240 1J39.659 193.1117 do 2dmort. 78, '93... •80 M Kensington 250,000 1,043.36! \1n,lXM Ti8.78l Cincinnati SS .,.. 222.100 do 3d m. cons. 7s. "88 •n *l Penn 500,000 1.373.0JJ ».Sl» 2U,01J8 9J3.531 212.291 '90'... do «• Ithaca ft Athens k.7b. 1» '105 101 Western 400,000 1.«3I.o;T 12;:,5;D 497.l4i 8.0:-3.(l51 207.300 '82„ do Junction 1st mort. 6b, .. l-SOB •10; \m Manufacturers'.... 1,000,000 3.540,(00 ... 41),C00 1.67.1.0(0 5J2.0OO do do id do 1900... Bouth'n RR. 7.S08 • IC2 08 Bank of Commerce 260,000 837.470 1,727 lSi.3J3 632,527 2(17.070 Cincinnati Lehigh Valley, 6s, cou , im. Co.,Ohlo6p.c. long bds. •»2 103 Olrard 3.7)6.00(i 14.11(«I 1.3-)0,')10 S.52».»0(l Ham. 1.000.000 660.000 do do do reg.lS98 7p.c.,lto5yr«. S9X 194 Tradesmen's 200,000 ;.4=.9.0."0 11.(00 sSj.iioO '..UO.Otfl iSi.fOi do do do do do 7B,1910 112X Ig bds, 7 ft -7.30- 103 loe OonsoiWattOn 300,000 1.162.303 lU.SIU 343,597 774.656 2!0.00(' do do do do con.m. 6a 19 3 1(0 stock, pref lis 18 City l..i92.6.S2 800,507 1,0«4,5«S cm. ft CoT.Drldge 400,000 4.653 355.5?.9 LIttleSchuylklll.lstM.,7,1877. iOI bonds, long 90 •5 CoiSmonwealth..., 300.000 851,000 .... 113,000 S38,0lX) 2'.3,0P0 do NDrlhetnPiicl 132 THE CHRONICLR [February 5, 1876. GENERAL QUOTATIONS OF STOCKS AND BONDS IN NEW YORK. U. 8. Bonds ana active Railroad Stoelu are quoted on a previous page. Prices represent the per cent value, whatever the par may be. 8SCTT1IIT1SB. SKCtTBI'nSS. Bid, Ask. BicruBmis. BBCtTBl'nsS. Bid. Tol. ft Wabash, l8t m. extend, Mo. E., Ft. S. ft Gulf Ist .n. 10» Railroad Bonds. do do lat m.St.L.dIv ito do 2d m. lOs. State BonAs. {Stock Exchange Prices.') do do 2dmort S. Haven, Mlddlefn ft w. 78.. Albany ft Susq., 1st bonds... . 116 do do equlpm't bds. N.J. Midland lat 7b, gold AUbunk 5«, 1883. do do 2d do 108 108)i do do con. convert. 83X do 2rt78 do 5a,1886. do do Sd do Hannibal ft Naples, 1st mart.. N'ew Jersey ft N. T. 7s, gold.. 1886. do 8a, Boston, Hartf. ft Erle,lBtmort li% Great Weatern, Ist mort., 1888. N. Y. ft Obw. Mid. lat 7s, gold, do do do guar do 2d mort., 1S93.. do do 2d 78, conv. ft Kuf'laB do 8s, Mont, Bnr.,C. BapUls ft Minn. 1st 78, Quincy ft Toledo, iBt mort. 1890 North. Pac. Ist m. gold 7 3108.. Chat. U^. g do 8s, Mn. ft Cheaapeake ft Ohio 6s, 1st m.. Illinois ft 80. Iowa, Ist mort.. Omal a ft Southwestern RR. ds of 1893.. do 8a. do do ex coup Lafayette, Bl'n ft Miss.. Ist m OBwego & Rome 78, guar... 1693,. do of Han. ft Central Missouri, Istm. Peoria, Pekln ft J. l8t mort. •" 42 Chicago ft Alton sinking f and. Arkansas 6b, funded do Istmort Pekln.LIncoln & Decatur, 1st m Peoria ft Bock I. 78, gold Ft.S.lsB. 16 do do -».L. R.* do do Inctme Boston ft N. Y. Air Line 1st m Port Huron ft L.M. 78, gld, end L. K 16 do 78, Memphis * Jollet & Chicago, 1st mort 110 Cln.. Lafayette ft Chic, let m Pullman Palace Car Co. stock, 78,I..K..P.B.&N.O 16« '91 do Louisiana ft >lo., lat m., guar. Del. ft Uadeon Canal, lat ni., U2X do bds, 88, 4lh aeries &K.K1T l-i^ 102' do 7b,M|88.0. St. Loula. Jack, ft Chic, lat m. do do 1884 107X Rockf 'd, B. I. ft St. L. let 78, gld do 78, Ark. Cent. B 16K 114)4 do ISTi 102 R.;uwO"t * ')«wego 78. KoldT lUU Chic, Bur. ft Q. 8 p. cist m... do Connecticut 6s •08 78, IBM 111 J"»ciflc »• 9S do do consol. m. 78 do do coup. Slonx City A Weorgia 68 Island ft Pacific, '.09J< 110 do do reg. 7s, 1894 112 112X Southern Minn, construe. 8s :03X Chicago, Rk. do 78, new honds 106S 66, 93 99 Long l6land lat mort 78 101 do S. F. Inc. '95 RR., do do 78, endorsed I6t m. bonda. 92" Bl. lat mort. 108... US Central of N. J., let m., new. . UVA U.'X South side, L. I., St. Jo. ft C. do 7s, gold bonds llOy. 111 do pinking fund.. 57 do do 8n.c. ll'l do do Ist consol Indiana 58 -" conv IIOX 110% Western Union Tel., 1900.coup 98\ Sandusky, Mans, ft Newark 7b. '.U2 do do con. llllnol>6e coupon, 1877 St. Louis, Vandalia ft T. II. 1st. 102 Lehigh & Wilkes U. con. guar 31K raivcellaneoiis I. Int. do do ;S7» 2d, guar. 102 Am. Dock ft Improve, bonds.. (Brokers' Quotations.) do do no War loan lii' St. L. ft So'eastern lat 7a. gold lUii Mil. ft St. Paull8tm.88,P. D., CITI K8. Kentucky 68, An do 2dm 7 3-10 do. 96 Albany, N.Y., 68 :g4 106 St. L. ft I. Mt. I Ark. Br.) "a, g. LoulAIana 68. i^* do do 7s. gold, R. D. 96 Buffalo Water and Park 106 107 Southern Central of N. Y. 76.. bonds.. .. 43X do do new '.Bti8£ do... 98 00 Union ft Loganeport 78 debt 13\ do do Chicago 6s, long dates do do new floating ;05 raclllc. So. branch, 68,g 44 do do latm.,LaC.D. 9ik 98X do 78, aewerage 106X Union do 7b, Penitentiary Walklil Valley 1st 7b, gold.... 44 do do l8tm.I.&M.D, do 78, water 105 105X do 6b, levee bonds West Wipconsin 78, gold 33 do do iBtm. I. ft D.. do 7a, river Improvement 106 105X 8b, do do do do Istm. H.ft D. 84 do 78, various 104 WlBconsIn Valley 88 do 88 do 1875.. 41 10 do do Istm. C. ft M. 93X Cleveland 7s 106 107 do 8a! of 1910.. 84 4(3 do do 1st Conaol. ... SIX Detroit Water Works 7s.... 106X Sontliern Secnrltles Michigan 6s, 1878-79 97 '95 IU5 do do 2d m. do .. Elizabeth City, due 93 {Brokerft' Quotatwn>i.) do •b,1883 WcBlern sink, fund lf4X losk 99 ICU STATK8. 10 Chic, ft N. 05 do 76,1890 do do Int. bonds, 100 Hartford 68 104 106X Louisiana new consol. 78 67 1876 ma Missouri 6b. due in do do conaol.bda 100)4 101 Indianapolis 7'308 103 South Carolina new consol. 68. t8 1871 100>. 106' do do do do ext'n bda 95 Long IslanJ City Texas State 6s, ISTV 9--'S dt 1878 lOOJi do do do lat mort.. 102K 104 !< Newark City 7s 108 109 do 66,1891-2 ?2H 1879 l"0>i do do do do cp.gld.bds m% 90 do Water78 106X 110 do 7s, gold 100 1880 101 do do do do reg. do fi 90 Oswego 102 103 do lOa, of 1884 104 dne In 1894-5. '•eay. 104 Funding bonds Iowa Midland, iBt mort. 88. 95 Poughkeepsle Water ;05 106 do 108, pension I'Jl due '81 to "91 Incl.. lC25i Long baa. Galena ft Chicago Extended.. Rochester City Water bds., '93 107 107X CITIKS. ABylum or UnlverB.,tlne 1892 ui IM 102)< my, Peninsula, 1st mort., conv Toledo T-SOs 102 103 Atlanta, Ga., 78 Han. ft St. Joseph, dne 1876 99)4 Chic ft Milwaukee, 1st mort.. Yonkera Water, due 1903. . . 104 106 do 88 do 1886 IDIK 79 do do Winona ft St. Peters, 1st mort BAILKOAOI*. AugUBta, Ga., 78, bonds do 18S7 101 do do do do 2d mort. AtchlBon ft P. Peak, 68, gold.. 20 25 Charleston stock 6b Bounty Loai, reg IWH' 105 New York CCC.ft Ind'B.l8tm.76, S. F. 109X Atlantic ft Paclflc L. G. 68, gld. 25 30 Charleston. S. C, 78, F. L. bds do ..« coup. 1J4>5 106>j do Consol. m. bonds Atchison ft Nebraska, 8 p. c. . 20 30 Columbia, S. C, 6s 68, Canal Loan, 1377. do Del., Lack, ft Western, 2d m. . Bur. ft Mo. Rlv.,Land m. 78 105 Columbus, Ga., 7b, bonda do 6b, do 1878. 108 113 do do 78, conv do 2dS.,do 78 Lynchburg 68 6s, gold reg.... 1887. :I7 do Morris ft Essex, 1st mort do SdS.,do 88.... 108 Macon 78,l)onds coup.. 1887. 15 do 68, do do do 2d mort do 4th S., do 8s... 108 Memphis old bonds, 6b loan.. 1883, 115 do 6s, do do do bonds, 1900... Wi do 5th S., do 88... 108 do new bonds, 68 do ..1891. ll'X do 68, do do do construction lUO do 6th S., do 8s. 109 do end., M. ft C. RR. .. do 68, do do ..187f. do do 7s of 1871 108X 109X Bur., C. B. ft M. (M . dlv.) , g. 78. 22X Mobile 58, (coups, on) 68, old, J. 4 J. liii 11.8 Nortb Carolina do do 1st con. guar. 1C8X Calroft Fulton, iBt 78, gold .. 59 do 88.(coupa. on)... A. ftC !!)» do Erie, lat mort., extended 106)4 California Pac. BR. 78, gold... Montgomery 88 J. 54 do N.C. UR....J.& do endoraed do 6s,2dm.,g Nashville 68, old ...A. &0.. 51 do do do do 2d mort., 7b, 1879 Canada Southern lat m 10 do 6a, new do coup off. .T. & J.. 13 do do 3d do 78,1883 101), do with Int. certlfs. 635i^ New OrleanBSa do ofl.A.&O.. 40 do do do 4th do 7s, 1880 mw Central Paclflc 7a, gold. conv.. 103 do conaol. 68 act, 1866. . lOX 12k do rundlng do 5th do 78,1888 100 Central of Iowa lat m. 78, gold do bonda, 78 So 1868... 9ii do do 7s, cons. mort. gold bdB. do do 2d m. 78, gold do gold 78, quarterly J. J.. 9 ~ do New bonda, & bonds losk St. 8b... do lOa A. AC. Long Dock Keokuk ft Paul do do Bult.,N.T.ft Erie, iBtm., 1877. 90 Carthageft Bnr. 86 do to rallroada, 68 Special tax. Class 1 90 ao do do do large bds Dixon, Peoria ft Han. 88 Norfolk 68 do do Class 2. Han. ft St. Jo. land grants. . O. O. ft Fox K. Valley 86 Petersburg6a do do Clasa 3. 2* ssx 106 do do 8s, conv. mort. Quincy ft Warsaw 86.... Richmond 68 1881... 104 Ohio 68, Dubuque ft Slonx City, lat m Illlnola Grand Trunk.... savannah 7s, old 111 104 do 6b. 1866 do do 2d div. Chic, Dub. ft Minn. 8a.. do 7s, new 6a 105 Rhode Island Cedar Falls ft Minn., lat mort a »i Peoria ft Hannibal R.88. Wilmington, N.C.,6a,gold.... 6a M% South Carolina ft Ist mort. 30 ft Iowa R.88... do do 8s, gold.... 36M Indlanap., Bl. W^ Chicago do Jan.* July do do 2d mort... 11 12 American Central 88 RAILROADS. April & Oct 36>i l'J2X do . gnar.. Ala. 37 Mich. So. 7 p. c 2d mort. Chic, ft S'thwestern 78, ft Chatt. Istm. 88., end Funding act, 1866. . loe do Mich. S. ft N. Ind., 8. F., 7 c. Chesapeake ft O. 2d ni. gold 78 Ala. ft Tenn. B. lat mort. 78. . J. 3S p. do Land C, 1889, J. & 106 Ist 30 78 36 Cleve. ft T«l. sinking fund Col. ft Hock. V. 78, yeara do do 2d mort. do LandC,1889,A.*0. da do new bonds 105 do Ist 7b, 10 years Atlantic ft Gulf, conaol..* ofl888. 40 do do 78 P'vllle ft Ash., old bds 103X do 2d 76, 20 years do do end. Savan'h. undable bonds. Cleve., do do nonf A>^ ,5>< do do new bdB 104X Chicago, Clinton ft Dub do do Block 6b, old 46 )« 47X 100 Tennessee Detroit, Monroe ft Tol. bonds Chic, ft Can. South. Ist m. g. 7s do do do guar... new bonds. ... 4S 46 do do Buffalo & Erie, new bonda 104)4 ft I. dlv., 1st m. g. 78. Carolina Central lat m. 68, g... do new acnes 45 46 Ch. D. v., do do Buffalo ft State Line 7s 102X Chlc, Danv. ft VIncen's 7s, gld Central Georgia consol. m. 78. 1S76 103 103 Tciaa, 108, of Kalamazoo ft w. Pigeon, lat. Connecticut Valley 7fl do stock Vlrglnla6s,old...... lOi" Lake Shore DIv. bonds Connecticut Western let 78. . Charlotte Col. ft A. 1st M. 78.. bonds, 1866.. So do new do Cons, coup., Ist.. Chicago ft Mich. Lake Shore. do do Block 1867.. 105' do do do do Cons, reg., 1st Dan., Urb., Bl. ft P. 1st m.7e,g Charleston ft Savannah 68, end consol. bonds 75 do do do Cons, coup., 2d... *7H Dea Molnea ft Ft. Dodge lat 78. Savannah ft Char. Ist m.7a niatu d coup. 68 >s do do ex do Cone, reg., 2d 96){ Detroit, Hillsdale ft In. BR.88. Cheraw ft Darlington 78 consol. 2d series. 42 do do Marietta ft Cln., Ist mort Detroit ft Bay City 88 guar. . KastTenn.ft GeorgIa6a deferred bonds... 9 lilSK 1035^ do do Mich. Cent., consol. 7s, 1902. . Detroit, Eel River ft 111.88. . Ka8t Tenn. ft Va. 6s, end. Tenn Columbia 3.658.. 71>< District of do l8t m. 88, 1882,6. f. 114 Det., Lans. ft Lake M. lat m. 88 E. Tenn. Va. & Ga. Ist m.7s... do equlpm't bonds... do do 2d m. 8s do do stock Railroad Stocks. New Jersey Southern, Istm. 7s DutcheBS ft Columbia 78 Georgia RR.78 do do consol. 7s Denver Paclflc 7b, gold do Block (AcUve previoualy quoted.) N.T. Central 6s, 1883 Denver Bio Grande Ts, gold Greenville ft Col. 78, guar 10-2 A Albany* SosqueKanna do 68,1887 103 Evansvllle ft Crawfordsv.,7B. do do 7a, eertlf 100 Central Paclflc do 68, real estate lOlX Erie ft Pittsburg Ist 78 Macon ft Brunawlck end. 78... 101 lOJX Chicago ftAlton do 6s, Bubscrlptlon. lOlX do do 2d7s Macon ft Augusta bonda loa* 110 do do pref do 78, 1876 100 do do 78, equip.... do do endorsed Chic', Bur. ft Qufncy. 118>s .19S do 7a, conv., 1876 Evansvllle, Hen. ft Nashv. 7b.. do do stock Cfn. ft Indlanap.. 126k Cleve., Co!., 85' do ft Hudson, lat m., coup, Evansvllle, T. H. ft Chlc. 78, g. 84 Memphis ft Charleston lat 7b. . Cleveland ft Pittsburg, guar.. do do Istm., reg... 115)5 Flint ft Pere M. 78, Land grant. 95 do do 2d7s... 71 74 Sioux City >• ;i2\ Dubuque & Hudson R. 76, 2d m . fd. 1885.. Fort W., Jackson ft Sag. 88 85 do do itock . Krle pref Harlem, lat mort. 7j -oup 111 117Jt Grand R. ft Ind. 1st guar 76.... i06 Memphis & Little Rocl: iBtm.. Joseph, pref... Hannibal ft St. do do reg lUM do IstL. G,78.., 86 MlselBaippI Central Ist .-n. 78. . Illinois Central North Missouri, l8t mort 37 do lat ex L. G. 76 6! do 2dni.8s.... Indlanap. Cln. ft Lafayette... Uhlo ft Miss., consol. Elnk. fd. 98X Grand River Valley 8s Mississippi ft Tenn. Ist m. 78. 101 J ollet ft Chicago do do consolidated iSH 99X Hone, ft Texas C. Ist 78, gold. 88X do do consol. 8e. Long Island do do 2d do V% 78 Indlanap. & VIncen. Ist 7s, guar Montgomery & West P. Ist 88. Marlettaft Cln., lat pref do do 1st Spring. dIv.. Iowa Falls & Sioux C. lat 78.. 95' do do Income 2d pref losk lOSX do Central Paclflc gold bonds.. . Indianiipolis & St. Louis 7s... 82X Mont, ft Eufaula 1st 8s, g. end. MorrlsA Essex iie« .02)4 do San Joaquin br'nch 931 HoustOH&Gt. North. lBt78,g. 63 Mobile ft Ohio etcrling 92' Missouri, Kansas ft Texas. .. do Cal. ft Oregon iBt.. n\ International (Texas) lat g. 63 do do do ex certif New Jersey Southern 2M do State aid bonds 112 Int., H. ft G. N. conv. 8a ... do do 8s, interest ft Hartford IM 151 ii' 100 R Y., New Haven do L. G. bonds . Jackson, Lansing ft Sag. 8s do do 2d mort. 88.... Ohloft Mississippi, pref Western Paclflc bonds 95X Kansat Pac 7s, extension, gold do do stock took 101!^ Pitts., Vt. W. & Chic, guar. . Union Pacific, ist mort. bonds m\ lOSX do 7s, land grant, gld N. Orleans ft J ackB. Istm do do special. do Land grants, 78. 101 lOlX do 7b, do new^ld do do certlfs 88.. Kensselaer ft Saratoga do Sinking fund... 96 do 68, gld, June* Nashville ft Chattanooga 6b... Rome, Watertown ft Ogdena. Atlantic ft Paclflc land gr. m. I* do 6b, do Feb. ft Aug Norfolk ft Petersburg Istm.Ss Bt. Louis, Alton ft T. Haute. South Paclflc UU. bds. of Mo. do 78, 1876, land grant do do 76 do do do pref Pacific R. of Mo., Ist mort. ... 88X do 7a, Leaven, br'nch do do 2d m. 88 Belleville ft So. Illinois, pref . do do iBtCaron'tB. do bicomea, No.ll... 15 Northeastern, S. C, lat m. 88. iron Mount, ft South. 71 St. Louis, do . do 2d mort do do No. 16. 14 do 2dm. 8s... Terre Haute ft IndlanapoUs... PltU., Ft. W. ft Chic, 1st mort. USX do Stock 14X Orange ft Alexandria, Ists, 6s.. Toledo, Peoria ft Warsaw do do 2d mort. lOV 109 Kalamazoo ft South H. 8s, guar 100 do do 2d6, 66.. Toledo, Wab. ft Western, pref. do do 8d mort !(HV Kal., Alleghan. ft G. B. 88, gnar 96 do do 3ds, 8s. Warren Cleve. ft Pitts, conaol. s. fund. 109 Kansas City ft Cameron 10s.. 100 do do 4th8, 88. do do 4th mort 101 102 Kan.C, St. Jo. ft C.B.Saof '85 50 Rlchm'd ft Peterab'g Ist m. 7s. raiscellaneoaa Stocks Col., Chic, ft Ind. C. let mort 53 54 do do do 86 of '98 Rich., Fre'ksb'g ft Poto.6s do d(, 2d mort., 17 20 Keokuk ft Dee Molnee Ist 7s J6" do do conv.78 American District Telegraph.. Rome, Watert'n ft Og.con. Ist 92 92X do Ist coup, Oct., '76 7!X Rich, ft Danv. Ist consol. 68... Canton Co., Baltimore St. L. ft Iron Mountain, Istm. 96 96X do funded int. 8a 95 Southwest RR. Ga,l8tm. . Cent. N.J. Land improv. Co. do 2dn «2X do pref. stock... SO S. Carolina RR. lat m. 7s, new. Delaware ft HudsonCanal Alton ft T. H., Ist mort L. Ont. Shore RR. 1st m. gld 7b. 60 do 68 A'lerican t;oai. do do 2d mort. pref... Lake Sup. ft Miss, lat 7s, gold. 30 do 7s Oomonuatlon Coal of Iwd 90 rt") do 2dmort. Income Atch. ft N. W. 78, guar.. do stock 73X Leav., 25" Mariposa L.ftM. Co., afcB't paid Belleville ft S. 111. K. lat m. ^B. Leav., Law. ft Gal. Ist m., lOs. West Alabama 8s, guar '* ft Waraaw, i).. Craw, ft S. W. Se.gld. IS PAST DtTE COUPONS. do do prof Tol., Peoria E. 81V Ixjgans., I Cumberland Coal ft iron... do do W. i'>.. 73 Michigan Air Line 38 ITenneaece State conpons Maryland Coai do do Bnr. DlT. Mouticello ft P. Jervls 7s, gold Virginia coupons Pennsylvania Coal do 2d mort.. Montdalr ist 78, gold do consol. coup Spring Mountain Coal do consol.Ts Mo,, Kuaw ft Texas gold ileapht>CttT February 5, 1876,] THE CHRONli'l.E 133 NEW YORK LOCAfj SROURITIES. Bank Stoek List. lUBorauce Stock List. (QooUilons by K. B. B*il»t. broker. 65 W«ll itrot.) COHPAIIIIS. DITIDRKDS. Pbiob. Capital. MSTbDJ JUlTIDSaD*. Uwked thut (•! arc nv. Pnos. not Nationslal. CoarAHin. I'ar|Amoont. Periods. 1S74 1S73 Last Paid. Bid. 'Askd Par Amonnt. JAU. 1. vsa t«at»7i vn Uut Psid BM. Aak* I 1875.* America' 100 3,000,000 J. 4.J. 10 10 Jan.3,'7fl...5 Adriatic 200.000 10 10 ;o I Amorlcan Kxchange. 100 5.000,000 Nov. 1,'75...4 2i!,:',7 IM Jan.,'7«..J 79 n) 100 250 .(Etna 00 200,000 C4,33> 9 10 II .lan'74.i2V I Bowery 000 .Jan. 3. '76.. American 50 Itrondwny 26 I.O(X^ 00 .Ian.:l 'Vl..!} 400.000 244,6(3 14 14 14 19 !Jan.,-;6.' 'Ijn" American Excb'e. 100 10 10 Dall'K ncad* 10 1200,000 Sept. I.'7S..5 200,000 i87M • 10 Jin.,'7f..l IM 112 Aniliy.. 100 2I«,00U ... 8 Batcliers* Drovers.. 29 800,000 Jau. a, '7ti...S HM 'H ftn,,';*,.^ Arctic '20 ' Central 100 2,000,000 Jan. 3,'76...4 2OC1.O0O 15,1^6 lU s 10 10 Jan., •71.. 73 m" Atlantic 50 CFiaCham..,,.. a 45(1,(100 '»n.3. •7J...5 200,000 10B,6)1« 10 iO 10 .I«n..'7l..l 110 Bowery ._ •a Chemical 100 300,000 Jan. 2 '711.. 20 3i«,ooa 390,879 «l 20 20 m Dec. -71. 1; 229 Brewers' M'lst'rs 190 Citizens' 25 6i»,0O(' Jan. 3, "76.. .« & 200.000 7,721 3 Jan., •;«..! Broa-lway 25 20 •20 20 City 100 1,000,000 Feb. 1,'76..,5 200,000 26l>,i75 H Fell, 76. II :to ><( Brooklyn 17 20 20 30 I 100 193,000 30 Ian.. Commerce 10,000.000 -an. 1(1, 76 Sk iiSH 240,41; 76. 2M Continental 1(»1 1,50(1,000 5. Citizens'. 20 800,000 14 lOd 1; 20 J"n.,'7«..l( I Jan. '7I....ry Goods* 10(1 l,(X10,000 Jan. 10,'7S.2>, Columbia 300,000 4I.,7S7 10 10 80 Kast Blver 25 Commerce Klre too 200,000 10 9 10 10 ,'76. .5 I 350.000 Jan. 3. '76... 27,478 Jan. «r Kleventh Commercial 50 11 13 Ward' 25 200,000 Jan.;i, 76. .8 200,000 123,679 Jao..>7<.l! Kirtti 100 ('ontlnental... 100 1,000,000 3(6.601 10 9-« i5O,00C Jnlyl,75.2)» J.x i!^ Jan.'76J.«( 133 i» Fiati Areiine* luo laMoo Kagle 40 300,000 4.4,1119 20 20 30 Oct..'7M; xo- Kmidre City 100 first 100 500.000 .i'aiy'iVVs.'.Vs 200,000 :i».5«8 10 10 10 Jan., '76 .7 129 Konrth En'porlurn ICO '2ai,oix) 26,2::6 0 100 5 000,000 Jan 3, '76.. 4 BIX Ian., "I*. .a Its Kxc'innge 30 Fnlton so '600,000 Nov. !,'75.,-5 ISO 200,000 92.615 9 Jaa.,'7<.lC Karragut ... M< 10 Oallatln 50 1 500,000 "Ct 9, '75. .4 130 200,000 94,133 10 Jan., '76.7)4 110 135 Cerniiin 100 Firemen's 17 9 13 [^ American'.. 1 "000,000 Feb. I, '71.. .8 7»S 201A10 1(I5,I>S4 V" jBD.,'76.rf 130 140' Firemen's Fund 10 Oermsn K.xchange'... too '2(«.0lltl Mayl,'74...-, 1.50,000 81,306 .... 10 lO Jan ,•76.. M 90> Firemen's Trust... 10 So.'mania' 100 20o,ax) May, I,'75.. t l.'iO.OOO 91,940 10 10 10 12 Jan. ,"76. .6 119 Uebhiird ion Oreenwich' 25 200,000 Dec. 1,'75..60 200,000 19,937 10 5 10 10 f. b.,'76..; 80 German-American 101 Grand Central' ri 100,000 1,0110,00(1 322,569 4 :o 10 Ji.n.,'7»..5 lot ll«- Grocers' Gcrmanla 50 10 40 300,000 .iaiiiV, 're'.'.i 500,000 398,751 10 10 10 J»n.,'76.ir 149 l!» Hanover UKl Globe 50 200,00(1 I2V| 19 IS 1 000.000 Jan. 3, '76.. 3 116,672 I2S Jan.,'76..H 149 ISO Harlem' Kill Gi-ep-nwlch '2! 28 2J 100,000 Mcl..l,'55..1 200,000 825,224 30 50 let., '79. II m ISO Importers' A Traders'. 100 500,1100 Guaranty HO ati.ooo I Jan 1,'76...7 80 Irving .">0 Guardian 100 '5OO.000 Jan. 8, 76... 200,000 43,1107 8^ 10 10 :iiB.'.''it..i 99 •i«" Flanitlton Island City 5(1 1»),0(0 ;5 1.50,000 125,796 HH •as •20 20 Jan.,'J6..1( 169 179 Hanover .» Leather Afanufactrs... 100 600.000 12 «.'. 3 '76... 600,000 t329.t9i 10 10 10 10 Jan., '76. t 119 Loaners'' Hufl'man 50 100 500,100 Fei).12.'74.8H 200,000 90.653 10 III 10 Jan.,;;«..f. 92 Manufr*tror8'& Home 100 10 Build.* 100 4.-0,000 Jan. 10, '75. ..4 8,IW,000 t885,2,M ^ III Jan.,*7i..! 110 Hope 25 Manhattan* 50 2 050,000 Ani{.10,-75..5 143 150,000 23,741 !, 10 10 Jan.,'7«..5 90 95 Howard 50 Maniil. A MercSiants'. WO 300,000 Julyl.'75..3x .'.00.000 I13,I«2 •s 10 12 Jan. ,'76... 177 120 Marine 57X ln)porters'& Trad.. 5(1 lOJ 4H1,000 Jan. 3, '76.. .5 200,000 77,712 10 5 15 12 Jan.,'7f...« >!8 Market Irving 101 UK' 1.000,000 Jan. 3, '76.. .4 200,000 '.4,861 7 7 13 J»u..';«..S Mechanics .Icffcrson 30 » 2,000,000 Jan. 9, '76... 138 200,010 136,2(1 10 10 10 10 -ept.,'79..f Mcch. Asso'tlon 50 KInga Co. (Bklyn) 20 •20 BkK 500,000 Nov. 1, IS...!! 150,000 174,612 III 10 20 Jan.. •76.11 200 Mechanics Knickerbocker 40 W & Traders, 25 600.000 Nov. I,';3..6 280,000 80,'264 ;o m 20 iO Jan., •76..!, Meroaiitjle Lafayette (B'klyn) 50 100 1,000,000 Ncv 1,15..4 150,000 121,317 10 10 10 20 Jan., "6 11 1(9 170 HerchaiUs Lamar.. 1(10 50 S.COO.OCO Jan. 3, '76 ..4 1!) ; 200,000 83.443 0 10 Jan., •IS. .5 109 no Merchants' Lenox 25 Ex .v.' 1,000,000 Jan. 3,'76...4 150,000 79.363 10 m 10 10 Jan., '76. .5 105 no Metropolis' LongIsIand(Bkly.) 50 ; 1011 3, 200,000 169,447 15 15 15 l« Jan 500,000 Ian '76.3)i , 16.10 134 THE CHRONlCLSi [Felruaiy 5, 18; 6. $1,508,500 ; floating debt, balance, $699,335 40 ; total debt, 1 3 n u c 1 III c u ($11333 23 per mile) $3,207,835 40; against last year, $3,364,- 631 44 ; exhibiting a decrease in debt of $.56,796 04. " STATE, CITY AND CORPORATION FINANCES. The President remarks : We have on hand, unsold, $493,000 first mortgage bonds, and $1,000,000 second mortgage bonds. If The " luvestors'Suppleiueul" is pu'ili.-Uod on tbe last Saturday shareholders and bondholders will subscribe for the $492,000 first mortgage bonds, and an equal amount of second mortgage bonds, of each month, and furnished to all regular subscribers of the at an average price, of say, seventy cents (with an agreement on 'CnuONlCLB. sold No single copies of the Supplement are at the the part of the company that no more second mortgage bonds office, as only a sufficient number is printed to supply regular shall be sold at leas than eighty-five cents on the dollar), the float- subscribers. ing debt will be cleared oflT, the stockholders in possession of first class securities, yielding ten per cent on their cost, and the road ANNUAL REPORTS. placed in a condition to approoriate its surplus, after necessary outlays on its track, etc., to dividends on its stock. " Che.sapeakc & Ohio. The following are the net earnings the last four years : 1873, $330,807 20 ; 1873, $273,386 06 ; 1874, $335,923 90 ; 1875. {For the year ending September 30, 1875 ) $350,004 25 ; total, $989,131 41, being an average, yearly net, of $217,380 3-J; interest on $3,493,500, at 7 per cent, $174,475 ; ex- The report of the President says : "The transportation accounts show that, notwithstanding the continued depression of the cess, $73,805 35. which is over three per cent on the stock upon general business of the country, there has been a steady increase which the company is liable to pay dividends. It is apparent, in the local business of the road. The small amount of through therefore, that the project is feasible." The proposition for a lease of this rotd by the Sjuth Carolina business which has been done is attributable ; 1st. To the want of a connection, by rail, from its western terminus with tlie great Railroad was not considered satisfactory and was therefore de- centres of trade in the Weet, Southwest and Northwest. 2J. To clined. " the low rates for freight which have prevailed during the greater The report concludes: Although business of all kinds has part of the year on competing lines. 3d. To the financial been depressed to a most unusual degree, we have fully main- embarrassments of the Company, which are well known, and tained our receipts, and by a rigid system of economy we have re- which have induced many large shippers of freight to seek other duced onr expenses, other than those for iron rails and for taxes operating routes of transportation, who would otherwise have entrusted paid, over $55,000 ; wo have reduced the percentage of this Company with the transportation of their property." expenses to 59'38 —a reduction of 4 per cent, and we have largely In conclusion he says: decreased our floating debt. A most gratifying feature is that cent, thus showing "The property is a very valuable one—too valuable to be wasted our local business has increased nineteen per along lines are continuing to improve," by litigation—and if a plan of reorganization can be agreed upon that the towns our before much more valuable time is lott, and before the value of North Pennsylvania Railroad Company. the property is impaired by the costs of litigation, which costs, if incurred, must finally be paid out of the property, then your {For the year ending Octcber 31, 1875.) President and Board of Directors will s-ive their attention earnestly The total earnings in the fiscal year were very nearly the same" to the work of securing connections such and extensions of the as in the preceding year. I'ne as are needed, will in and they do so the confident belief The gross earnings of the main line, including those of the that, although the investments in the securities of the Company ^ Doylestown Branch, were $1,417,734 61, showing a decrease of i have thus far proved unproductive, they will finally prove to be $6,728 57; while those of the North East Pennsylvania Railroad ealisfactory in the returns they will yield to the holders of them, have increased $6,495 38, and those of the Stony Creek Railroad and that all the hopes and expectations which have been indulged have increased $3,009 87 ; so that on the total railroad mileage in, in regard to the great enterprise we have so much at heart, worked by the North Pennsylvania Railroad Conpany the in- will ultimately be realized." crease was $1,776 63. The report of the operations of the Transportation Depart- The earnings and expenses of the North Pennsylvania Bail- j ment for the year ending September 30th, 1875, was as follows : load, in the fical year, were as follows : Earnings. Bxpensei. Eamingg. Passenger fare 8409,626 71 Train expenses — $322, 179 04 Freight. 993,862 60 Depot expenses 120,f42 84 From passengers $484,318 90 From through freight $238,081 451 Expre88 freight.. 16,45S 25 Miscellaneous 43,835 87 Fromc>al.... 354,283 05 Fromraails 6,193 OOl U.S. Mai! 37,789 13 Loss and damage 21,862 50 From pig iron 82.778 01 From miscellaneoas 18,740 30 MiscellancouB... 8,4.52 89 Maintenance of Way S84,0!6 51 From lumber 18,S75 12 Kepaire of machinery. .. 287,057 87 From local freight 216,382 71 Total.... "$1,417,734 611 General expenees 26,816 35 Salaries 6i,510 98 Expenaes. For maintenance of way $200,684 10' Total tl,459,l?9 48 Total 81.112,.320 70 For motive power 281,674 85 For mainten.ince of cars 102.895 77 In addition to the above sum of $1,113,830 70, there was For conducting lr cent, each ; the first payable on the 2d day of August, 1875, and brief abstract of the annual report was published A in The the other on the 1st day of February, 1876. Chronicle a few weeks since. The complete report of Col. The accounts of the Delaware River Branch, from Jenkintown John B. Palmer, President, furnishes the following details: to the middle of the Delaware River, have been kept separate RKCEirrs. from the other accounts of the North Pennsylvania Railroad Through. Local. Total. Company ; and the expenditure on account of that work, up to Passengers $78,197 IT $117,608 61 $19.5.805 78 the end of the fiscal year, was $1,095,307 53. The track upon the Freights 107,818 78 259,713 84 367,632 62 new branch has been laid with steel rails of 06 pounds per yard. Southern Express Company 7,967 to Transportation Mails 84,375 00 The early opening of the Delaware and Bound Brook Railroad MinorBC.urc36 .... 18,338 32 will complete the new and direct line to New York, 88 miBslong, by the way of Bonnd Brook and the Central Railroad of New Total receipts 8614,CI3 52 Jersey, which will be known hereafter as "the New York and Operating expenses 384,009 27 Philadelphia New Line." Net for year ending Sept. SO, 1575 $250,004 25 3i', CondenifdiBcUancf Stud, October 31, 1875. Against net for year ending Sept. 1374 1 825,730 90 Against net frr year ending Sept. 30, 1873 276,356 06 Dr. Cr. Against net for year ending Sept. 80. 1878 213,619 77 Right of way $216,018 35 Capital stock .$3,978,150 00 00 The expenses for ycarendmg Sept. 30, 1874 $i8S,800 67 Construction 5.124,518 74 Six per cent, bonds . 1,930,500 00 The expenses for year ending Sept. 30, 1876 364,009 27 Second track 324,23160 Ten per cent, bonds .... , 360,000 . 00 Equipment I,u39,540 15 Seven per cent, bonds. . 1,.500,000 Decrease in expenses $84,791 40 Depots, shops and Btat's... 614.684 71 Gen. mort. 7 p. c. bonds. . 2,036,000 00 But no iron or taxes were Included in the expenses as above stated, Stores 342,8-24 75 Dividend scrip 1.56,727 50 for 1S74, while there was included in expenses for 1875 30.765 79 R.K. Stocks, bonds, The debt of the company is as follows : Total bonded debt, .$10,996,237 81 Total.„ $10,99fi,887 » Total | . : ; Felrjary 5, 1 JP.] THE CHKONICLE. 135 OENERAI. INVESTMENT NEV7S. Mr. Carter, in reply, raid the sale had bcMi effeetod ; defendants bad a perfect right to lell their etock. and there wa* no law to Atlanta and Richmond Air Line.—Mr. John B Peck, Master prevent a director from reslt^nlng whenever he pleased. Deciaion reserved. of Transportition, baii itibmitted to the receivers a report for the five eleven months and days from November 23, 1874, to October New Jersey IHidland.— A meeting of first morlgaee bondhold- 1875. The ronri is 2t!(i milrs long, ers was lieid 81, from Ailanta, Ga., north this week at No. 113 Bioadway, for the run>"»" <>• Charlotte, eut to N. C. The 186 THE CHRONICLE. [Febraaiy 5, 1!:76. The decree then dirocied to give Heyman Osterberg credit on ' 'A reference to the lists of stockholders in the companies fur- his bid for the property on account of the bond?, coupons and nishing such lists will show how very small a portion of the certificateB of indeUTfedness paid in by liim at the percentage above stock is held by citizens of this State. That this fact may the established, to wit, for the sum of $438,389 14 in addition to the more reaiily appear, we present the relative number of reported sum of $653,527 paid in money. Also, the sum of $8,239 29 shares held in and out of Wisconsin : credit on account of coupons 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10, as stated in the Total No. shares Shares hold in JMasier's report, making a total credit to which Oaterberg is en- Company. held. Wisconsin. Chicago Milwaukee ..fc St. ...4-29,99? tilled on account of his purchase of $1,099,155 43. Paul 44 8,.fl0 00 Green Bay & Minnesota 78,130 OD lO.OWOO It was further ordered that Osterberg should be permitted to Galena Fbioat, p. M., Feb. -1, 1878. COMMERCIAL EPITOME. Thk Movkmbst oir the Crop, as indicated by our telegram* from the South to-night, is given below. Jkiday NianT. Feb. 4. 1876. For the week eadinif this evening (February 4) the total recelpU Tbe legitimate needs of trade liave aRperted tbemgelveg tlie have reached 131,8;9 past week to Huch aa extent tbat buHiness circles bave, aa a rule, bales, against 152,859 bales last week, 143,07! bales the previous been more actively employed, and besides, some revival of specu- week, and 161,515 bales three weeks since, making the total lative confidence and action may be noted. Tbe bill to reduce receipts since the Ist of September, 1875, 3,066,181 bales, against -duties on imports, wbicb bas been introduced into tbe Houi-e of 2,635,773 bales for the same period of 1874-5, sliowing Representatives, bas so little prospect of becoming a law, and, if an increase passed, goes into effect at so late a day, tbat]it Ims had no eflcct since Sept. 1, 1875, of 430,413 l>ales. The details of the receipts upon present prices. Its proviBions meet witb very general for this week (as per telegraph) and for the corresponding weeks approval. Tbe first snow storm of any significance tbis season of five previous years are as follows: occnrred last nigbt, and baa obstructed ours treets. Tbe following is a statement of tbe stoclis of leading articles Receipts this week i 1876. 1875. ISM 1873. 1871. 1871. of domestic and foreign merchandise, at dates given 1876, 1876. 1875. New Orleans... 60,88: 85,797 62,0>7{ 46,689 »I.U6| 54,731 fob. 1. Jan. 1. Feb 1. Mobile 11,753 11,107 Beet tcs.andbbls. 4,493 4,0W 18,171 ll,84!| 10,7<6 »,71f.| 18,«i9 Pork bbU, 25,492 2!,8I5 50,386 Charleston 6,533 9,899 u.ooe' foreign bales. 14,064 ii,in« 9.411 li,BM Tobacco, 15,923 4,932 Port Royal, Ac., 2,613 1.024 Tobacco, domestic lihdn. S0,8 private terms ; crop of 1873, 100 cases Pennsylvania, part at 15c., quantity at the lauding and in presses unsold or awaiting 58 cases New England and 100 cases Ohio, on private terms ; and, orders.] crop of 1874,100 cases Pennsylvania, part at 13^0. ,100 cases Wi consin, 200 cases New England, 200 cases Ohio, 130 cases From the foregoing statement it will be seen that, compared New York, on private terms. Spanish tobacco has been in mode with the corresponding week of last sea.son, there is a ileisrease rate demand, with sales of 500 bales Havana at 85c,(i«$l 10, in the exports this week of 0,491 bales, while the stocks to-night ijinseed oil bas ruled a shade lower at 01(u)63c. Crude ush oils are Lave been quiet and unchanged. Hides have been in brisk de- 90,816 bales more than tbey were at this time a year ago. The mand and firm ; dry Montevideo sold at 20^0., four months, and following is our usual table showing the movement of cotton dry California at 20c., gold, 30 days. Whiskey advanced to 13c. at all the porta from Sept. 1 to Jan. 38, the latest mill dates: Clover seed has been firm but less active, at WKf^Hic. la ocean freights amount of business has been done no great ; RKOEIPTS SXFOBTED 8IN0B 8KPT. 1 TO— Coast- the small offerings of tonnage, however, have maintained a steady PORTS. Great Other wise Stock. tone. In charter room little or nothing has been done, yet late [„ Total. Porte. 1875. 1874. Britain"^""" forei'n rates are the same. Late engagements and charters : ttrain to cotton Liverpool, by steam, 7id. ; provisions 30s. per ton ; J N. Orleans. 8!H,8.)5 7fl9,2«i ,309,570 158.591 f 103,425 574,686' »6.77l| 388,707 ((i9-32M516d per lb ; hops to London, by steam, fd.; oilcake, by Mobile .... 173,426 247,386 72,144 6,0J4i 19,277 97,445 85,5)8 91.382 sail, 28, 6d. per bbl.; grain to Glasgow, by steam, do to 8id.; Charlest'n* 341,540 351 ,795 98,514 41,283; 46,718 136.575 86,411 £3,317 Cork, for orders, 6s. Od ; do to Oporto 20c. gold ; refined petroleum Savannah .. 433,039 467,181 116,930; 26,0351102,711 245,076 ia5,511 93,005 to Alicante or Valencia, 5s. per bbl. and 25c., gold, per case. To- Galveston*. 363,225 263,729 117,624 3,227 13,637 134,538 162,091 74,812 day there was a continued quietude, but no decided changes took New York,. 112,366 72.518 221,356 1,760 39,644 263,760 148,133 place. Grain to London, by steam, 8id., cheese 408. per ton. Florida 9,696 10,032 .... 9,696 Grain to Glasgow, by steam, 8Jd.; do to Cork, for orders, Cs. 7Jd,; N. Carolina 75,932 70,137 18,276 ... i,.301 80,577 6.1,2-26 4,6:7 do to Oporto 18c., gold, per bushel. Refined petroleum, in cases, Norfolk*.. 870,745 294,813 64,409 1,817 66,226 174.011 33,137 to Cadiz or Seville, 25c. gold. Other ports 58,941 40,743 6S,6U 9,370 63,011 S6,3t.O The past week has been an exceedingly quiet one in naval stores, and quotations show some decline. Spirits turpentine Tot. this yr. 2,934,805 1073,494 i3«,737 342,163 1052,394 880,318 908.600 quoted at 36ic. ; common to strained rosin, $1 57|@1 05. The Tot. last yr. 2,527.610 1023.789 160,403 188.691 1.367,883 142.419 849.90 petroleum market, though quiet, shows much firmness, under the tbe h«*d o( * Under the head of CA 9RT /THE CHRONICLE |Febr-aiy 5, 1876. These mail returns do not correspond precisely with the total of The VrsiBLE Supply of Cotton, as made up by cable and the telegraphic figures, because in preparinn^ tliem it is always telegraph, is as follows. The continental stocks are the figures to ports. necessary incorporate every correction made at the of last Saturday, but the totals for Great Britain and the afli.it The market for cotton on the spot opened with a downward ten- for the Continent are this week's returns, and consequently dency, and in the course of Saturday and Monday quotations brought down to ThurKday evening; hence, to make the totals the at in conjunction were reduced ^c, under a decline Liverpool, complete figures for to night (Feb. 4), we adil the item of export.i that with the fact that we are much higher than the parity of from the United States, including in it the exports of Friday market. Our home spinners have been doing very little, and the only : only buyers, to any extent, have been for shipment to the Conti- 1876. 1875. 1874. 187.3. Stock at Uverpool 741.000 773,000 630.000 nent, during the past few days. Holders have had little en- 445,OC0 Stock at London 7i,350 ia«,250 189,000 805,000 couragement to offer their stocks, for the reason that no moderate decline was likely to stimulate buyers. To day, tlio market was Total Great Britain atock .... 815,850 899,550 885,000 6-0,000 Stronger, on steadier accounts from Liveri>ool, and recovery of Stock at Havre 217,600 118.850 107,000 810,000 Stock Marseilles confidence among holders, and quotations were advanced ^c. For at 4,500 10.850 9.000 13,000 Stock at Barcelona 00,000 50,000 87,850 45,000 future delivery tliere was a steady decline from day to day down Stock at Hamburg 15,500 18,500 17.000 27,000 month.s to the opening of business on Thursday, when the early Stock at Bremen 48,000 40,600 85,750 S6.000 were fully ^c. below the previous Friday, and the later months Stock at Amsterdam 45, TOO 49,850 64,r.00 60,000 showed an irregular decline. In addition to the c'rcumsances Stock at Rotterdam 16,860 14,500 81,509 17,00 Stock at Antwerp 11,750 4,7£0 10,750 £1,000 noted above as c.iusing the decline in cotton on the spot, the Stock at other continental port<.. 10,&00 14,000 8;,ooo 38,000 receipts at the ports and at the interior towns have operated in the same direction, having exceeded what were genera'ly c msid Total continental ports 488,000 314,000 303,750 483,000 ered liberal estimates. In the course of yesterday's business there Total European stocks 1,837,850 1,813.850 was a recovery of 1-lGc, from the lowest p;)int, based on thu fact 1,188.750 1,1.33,000 India cotton afloat for Europe 115,000 198,000 that Liverpool showed a steadier tone, and tliat receipts were com- 130,000 152.0 American cotton afloat for Europe paratively light at all points, except New Orleans, causing some 568,000 465,000 637,00.1 47.5,000 Kgypt, demand to cover contracts, acd, in a measure, reassuring operators Brazil, &c.,afloat for E'rope 17,000 4),000 84,000 8S.OO0 Stock In United States porta 921,569 880,753 884,877 516,935 lor a rise. To-day, the demanl was active, and futures furilier . Stock advanced 3-33(g^c., the most dt-cidod improvement being in the in U. S. interior porta 1.34,0'87 142,325 156,435 85,036 later months. United States exports to-day 7,5M 86,000 88,000 10,030 The total sales for forward delivery for the week are 133,200 bales, including free on board. For immediate delivery the Total visible supply. ..bale8.3,0S4..34a 8,918,358 8,1)82.468 2,490,031 total sales foot up this week .5,419 bales, including 2,0)7 for ex- Of the above, the totals of American and other dcscriptioDS are as follows port, 3,651 for consumption, 191 for speculation, and in American— transit. Of the above, bales were to arrive. The following Liverpool stcck 390,000 405,000 813,000 110,000 are the closing quotations : Continental stocks 884,000 183,000 11.3,000 130,060 American afloat to Europe 568.000 465.000 6,37,000 47.5,000 Classification. Uplands. Alabama, New Texai New Orleani. Ui.ited States stock . .. 981.569 8-30.753 884.877 546,995 Ordinary perm. 9 9-is a.. 9 9-16 a.. 5 9-15 a... 9 ^'.6 @.. Ur.ited States interior stocks 134,087 112,385 156,435 65,026 Strict Ordinary 7-lli 11 10 :-ie a.. 10 ®.. 10 :-iB ®.... :~i6 Jt., United States cipoi ts to-day 7.500 88,000 88,300 10.000 Good Ordinary !1 l-'.6 @., 11 Ml) &., 11 :-:S a ... II i-1 ®.. Strict Good Ordinary 11 I3-16@., 11 13-!6a.. 11 r.-isa... 11 l.-lli».. LowMlddllne li ;-i6 a., 12 -16 a.. 12 si-16 u ^-16 la.. a.... Total American bales.8,843,096 1.99;,or8 1,970,718 1,-357,031 Strict 13- 1-16 13 Low Middling a 16a.. IJ I5-1(>® . :3 a.... 1-li ®.. Middling 13 1 16 @., |3 3-16 a.. 13W a.... 3!< ®.. East Indian, Bratil, itc.— aood .Mlddllne 13 ^is a.. 13 ii-i-ia.. 13 IMS® .. 11 13-u:a.. Liverpool stock S5.3.000 368,000 413,000 335,000 Strict Good .Middling 13 is-isa., II 1-16 a.. 14 3-16 a... 14 3 16 a.. Middling Kalr II 5-III a.. H 7-lli a.. 14 9-16 a.... 14 s-:6 a.. London stock 78,259 186,850 189,000 805,OC0 Fair 15 s-:« (S.. 15 9-iii a.. 15 :-'.6 a.... 15 ;-'.6 a.. Continental stocks 198,000 191,000 190,759 353,000 [ndia afloat for Europe 1 19.000 198.000 l.M.OOO 15-3,0ii0 Good Ordinary 9 1!-16 | Low Middling 11 7-11 Brazil, afloat 43,000 strict Good Ordinary 10 15-16 I Middling. lli 3- 6 Egypt, &c., 77,000 81.000 88,000 Below we srive the eales ot spot and transit cotton and price of Total East India, *c 819,250 920.850 1,011,750 1,133,000 uplands at tbis market each day of the past week : Total -American 8,845,096 1,998,078 1,970,713 1,.357,031 BALKS i-ai.; HK. Ne-w Con- Spec- Tran- Quod Low MM- Totalvislblesnpply. .. .bales 3,034,.34« 2,918,388 8,988,408 2,490,031 ClaBsUcatlon. Bxp't. samp. -jia'n sit. Total. Ord'ry Ord'ry. Mldl'g dllns. Price Middling Uplands. Liverp'l. 6)id.. 7>S(S7Jid. 7Kd. 9Ji@10d. Saturday ESS 74 .... 63; 9 9-16 11 1-16 I'i :-i6 13 1-16 Monday 2u aio 216 Via 13 These figures indicate an inere/ue in the cotton in sight to-night Tuesday 47S 20j 'sii 13 TK of 152,018 bales as compared with the same dale of 1875, an Wednesdaj.... 1,000 W7 10 1.83! ^^ 13 Thursday 50O 190 6J0 ¥ 13 increase of 81,834 bales as compared with the corresponding "5; 9X Krlday £6S tl4S 1,273 9 9-:6 11 1-16 l^ll. 13 1-15 date of 1874, and an increase of 574,315 bales as compared Total W07 2,651 191 5,119 .... with 1873. t'or forward delivery the sales (including free on board) At the Intehior Pouts the movement—that is the receipts have reached during the week 130,300 bales (all middling or on and shipments for the week and stock to-night, and for the the basis of middling), and the following is a statement of the corresponding week of 1875—is set out in detail in the following sales and prises statement For January, bales. cts. bales. cts. bales. ct'. bales. cts. 80(1 13 l-:6 For May. 500 13 15-16 Week ending Feb. 4, 1876. Week ending Feb. 5, 1375 1.500 1!% 1.800 13 3-32 1,300 13K Keceipts. 5,400 Uii 16,300 total .lune. Shipments. Stock. Receipts. Shipments. Stock. jTor. February. I.-200 13 17-32 f.a'.'O U! 5 32 200 8. n... 12 25-32 3,900 13 9-16 July. 10,700 13 3-16 For Augusta, Ga 3,481 3,789 19.828 3,907 8. 12 13-16 8.100 13 19-32 4,817 18,981 100 u... 1,500 7-32 700 . .13 20-32 13 TOO.. 13% Columbus, Ga 1,070 930 11.964 1.81 863 13,709 J.OO-J 123^ 1.300 SO .13 15. 16 H-Si \iii 900.. 13 21 32 Macon Ga ... 1,023 1.176 7,654 1,897 8,745 10,4J1 700 12 2,300 IS 9-32 2,400 .... .13 31-32 '.,700.. 11-^6 lOOs.B. .1 .13 1 Montgomery, Ala . 686 8)4 74.'. 2,'200 5-16 .200 M 10.297 1,993 5,479 13 23-32 20Js.n.2d (,.l,rL,B 1.400.. ,.13 1,900 ..11 1-32 Selma. Al'i 1,488 1.947 8,652 1.450 8,585 6 488 lOOs.n.lih!'"-'^"' 1,2110 . ,. ...\S% 500 1-16 31,S00 to' al March. ..14 Memphis, Tenn 18,928 13,087 67.235 7,684 7.813 68.6'H 2,910 J 100.. .13 25-32 600 ..14 3-32 Nashville, Tenn.... 8,874 1,614 8,513 1,693 3,379 18,611 900 s. n . i ,.,,,_,31-J. For April. 1,200 s:.5C0 total May. 8,000 J12 400 13 9-32 toUl July. lOUs.n ) Total, old ports 22,898 2.3,347 134,087 18,045 83,800 142,325 ,4 300 13 5-'.6 Kor August. 4,300 i" 4.100 13 11-32 l.SOO 14 300 13 1-32 For June. Shreveport. 4,715 9.000 ISH 200 14 l-3i La 4.698 7.056 8.978 3,411 5.866 100 13 3-38 3.800 13 13-32 l,:oo 13 2M.' 1,000 ....II 1-16 Vicksb^g.Miss 7,667 2,764 7,908 8,086 1,699 8,49.3 4C0 S. U t iftw '"' 8,2* 13 7-16 S,:)00 n% 2U0 II 8-32 Columbu:^, Miss 577 804 3,033 387 1,908 692 1,900 ...... ) 300 13 15-S2 l,bOO 13 2'i-S-; 1,300 U'A Eufaula, Ala 518 623 4,813 818 818 2,018 2,1X10 l,.iOO .'.3 H-16 100 11 5-32 15.400 total Feb. 13S Atlanta, Ga 1.084 683 3,969 893 1,549 3,151 2,000 13 i;-32 3,700 18 -27-32 100 11;^ Charlotte, N. C .... 1,715 1,580 881 784 1,149 For March. 4,400 13K 1,0S7 St. Louis, Mo 6,705 100 13 1-32 23.100 total April. 500 13 29-32 4,700 total Aug. 6.416 87,819 8.147 8,073 31,698 Cincinnati, 4,589 3,738 11,281 5,846 4 969 16.3:6 The following exchange has been made during the week : Total, new ports 26,6.0 81,475 66,168 «!6c. pd. to exch. 6O0 Feb. for March. 15,739 17,594 63,775 The following will show spot quotations and the closing prices Total, all 49,498 44,888 800,189 3.3,784 40,794 206.100 bid for futures at the several dates named The above totals show that the old interior stocks have ]frDX>LIKO UPLANDS—AUBBIOAN CLASSIFICATION. decreased during the week 455 bales, and are to-night 8,398 Frl. Bat. Mon. Tues. Wed. Thurs. Frl. bales less than at the same period last year. The receipts have ' On apot ISH 13 1-16 13 13 13 13 13 1-16 been 4,847 bales more than the same week last January 13H 13 1-16 year. February 13X 13 1-16 13 12 31-31 12» 12 15-16 is" March 13 5-16 13 7-3J 13 5-32 13 5-32 13 1-16 IS 5-32 13 7-32 Bombay SatPMKNTS.—According to our cable despatch received APrU 13 17-32 13 15-32 13^ 13^ 13 5-16 13« 13 7-16 to-(iay, there have been no shipments from Bombay to Great May 13X 1.1 11-16 13H H 19-32 13 17-32 13 19-32 13 21-32 June 13 15-'.6 13« 13 13-16 14 13-18 ISi^ 13 13-16 ISH Britain the past week, and none to the Continent; while the July 14 3 32 14 1-31 14 13 31-32 13X 13 31-32 II -.-32 7-"'2 receipts at Bombay durini; this week have been 18,000 bales. August 14 14,1! 14 « 14 3-S2 11 14 1-16 14 1-16 Sales apot 1,269 63! 276 736 1.837 690 1,271 The movement since the Ist of January is as follows. These are Sales future... 20,900 15.600 27,6CO 25,000 18,200 28,300 19,800 the figures of W. Nicol & Co., of Bombay, brought Gold,. 113X 113 lUH USK 113 112« and are 4.!i3tj BxcboDge , . „ 4.83 4.33 4.83 4.83X 4.t3 t.Si down to Thursday, Feb. 3 : . : ... . , February 5, 187JJ fBE CHRONICLR lad tbli week-> ^Bhlpmeotsilnca Jui.t-. . Recelpu. ^-smpmenM — — Atlanta, Georgia. It rained constantly two days of thli week, Great Con- Ori-at Lcn- Ttalt 8me« — Britain, tinent. Total. Britain, tinent. Total, week. jan, I. the rainfall reaching one inch and ninotr-four huodredths. 187« !H,000 at 0)0 43.000 18,f00 7S.000 I'lanters are sending cotton forward freely, about 90 per cent, of 000 U.OUO 43,000 75,000 13,000 IH.OOO Wi.OOO I.Vl.oOO 1876 86 the crop having now been marketed. Average thermometer 1874 IJ.OOO 4,000 IS.OOO 41,000 31,000 B^.000 87,000 Ul.OOO during the past week 44, highest lit) and lowest IQ. Total rainfall From the loregoing it would appear that, compared with last for the mouth, three and tbirtytwo hundredths inches. year, there is a decrease of 48,000 bales this year in tlie week's Uolumbui, Georgia. — It rained hero three days of this week, the bipmcnts from Bombay to Europe, and that the total movement rainfall reaching two Inches and two hundredths. Average ther- ince January 1 shows a decrease in shipments of 75,00) bale* mometer 43, highest 01 and lowest 22. Kainfiill for the compared witn the corresponding period of 1375. month of January, three inches and fifty five hundreilths. TKi^KORArn. There has been a vitry Wkatheu Reports by — Havannah, Georgia. —There were three rainy days the past considerable rainfall throughout the greater portion of the cotton week, the remaining four days being cloudy and cold. Average Htates the past week, in some districts interfering with the free thermometer 51, highest 78 and lowest 29. Kainfall during the week, seventy five hundredths of an inch ; during the month, two movement of the crop. inches and thirty nine hundreilths. Texas. The country roads continue bad, the move> Oahetton. — A'ugiuta. Georgia.—The weather the piBl w hnndrcdths of an iirh ; and for the month, one Inch and twenty rainfall, however, was only seventy-two hundredths of an total hundredlhs. inch. For the month of January, the rainfall here has beon^one C/i-arleston, South Carolina. — It was showery two days the past incli and fifty-nine hundredths. The thermometer bag averaged woek, the rainfall reaching fifty one hundredths of an inch. Average thermometer 51, highest 7(1 and lowest 31. rainfall 07, the highest being 74 and the lowest 41. The for the montb was sixty-three hundredths of an inch. Indianola, Texas.—Conlnicls with laborers are being made at The following statement we have also rtK^ived by telegraph about last year's wages, but planters are somewhat discouraged showing t'.:e heii;ht of the rivers at the points named at 3 o'clock current prices for cotton. by reason of the low We have had a F'eb. 3. We give last yoAr's figures (Feb. 0, 1870) for com- drizzling rain ou four days, with a rainfall of forty-nino hun- parison. ^Feb. 'TS-. ^Feb. 76.-, dredths of an inch. The roads are bad. The rainfall of the », 5, Ttet. Inch. FeuU ncta. mouth has been one inch and sixty-four hundredths. The ther- New OrleaDB. Below high-water mark 5 I 13 9 Memphis Above luw-waler mark 33 7 1» mometer this week has aveiaged .")7, the highest being 77 and the 1 NuBbville. .. ,.\bove luw-watt-r mark 2U % 9G lowest 3;i. Sbrcveport.. ..At)ove low-water mark S5 5 18 3 Vieksburg Above low-water mark 39 8 li Corsicana, Texas.—We have had a slight rain on one day, the New Orleans reported below high-water mark of 1871 until rainfall reaching seventeen hundredths of an inch. During Sept. 9, 1874, when the zeio of gauge was changed to high-water the total rainfall has been three inches and seventy-one January mark of April 10 and 10, 1874, which is 0-lOths of a loot above huudredth.s. The tlieriuometer has averaged 41, the highest 1871, or 10 feet above low- water mark at that point. 72 and the lowest 34. Ice formed here this week. being Monthly Moveubnt of Crop.—Below we give our state- Dallas, Texas. —It has rained here on two days of this week, ment of the monthly movement of the crop, brought forward to 1 and ice formed on one day. The weather has been variable : the February roads are wretched and wagoning is difficult. The rainfall this XONTULT MOVEMENT OF CROP. week was twenty one hundredths of an inch, and during the past Year beginning September 1. month six inches and nineteen hundredths. Tho'thermometer UonUUy BeaipU. 1879. 1874. 1873. 1872. 1871. 1870. this week has averaged 52, the highest being 64 and the lowest 20. September . 169,07-; 134,3:6 115,255 184,744 8-2,073 123,317 530,96' 355,32:1 444,ai'3 329,449 Neio Orleans, Louisiana.—We have had rain here on four days October.. ,. 610,:11G| 356,099 November . 740,116; 676, asi 576,108 53«,1&8 .461,509 544,142 the past week, two days heavily, the rainfall reaching six inches December.. 759,036 811,668 524,975 520.274 6-M,714 and twenty-fivo hundredths. Average thermometer, 52. Kainfall 821,177J Total to Jan. 1 . 3,»i0,88« a,106,675 1,858,349 1,683,875 ,393,306 1,648,272 for the month of January, five inches and twenty-nine hundredths. January 637,0671 444.05S 702,108 569,430 4'J-J,216 627,281 i>/irevep Total to Feb. 1 . 2,977,753 2,5.V),1 a,5«o,5n 3,253,305 1,8^,551 a,»75,5&.3 my last report closed, and on Tuesday and Thursday of this week, the rainfall reaching one inch and eighty-six hundredths. The Year's port receipts. 3,497,189 3,804,390 3,651,S46 3,732,286 4,03«,154 Overland a05,.'B9 487,57i 141,600 122,065 228,923 roadj are in a bad condition; still receipts show an increase over Southern consump. 130,483 128,526 137,662 120,000 «1,»40 last week. Average thermometer, 40 ; highest 78 and lowest 24. Year's total crop '.. 3,832.991 1,170,388, 3,930,sa') 2,974,351 4,352,317 Vieksburg, Mississippi. —There has been no rain here this week. The thermometer has averaged 47, the extremes being 24 and 79. Per e-nt of total port receipts 40-87 to Jan. 1 60 21 48-84 1 46-11 50 99 Coluinbus, Mississippi. —The weather the past week has been received Per ceut of total port reoeipts cold and showery, the rainfall reaching two inches and sixteen received to Feb. 1 7a-93 6TS0 61-71 69 01 56 43 hundredths. The thermometer has averaged 56, the extremes Per cent of total crop re being 40 and 73. ceived to Jan. 1 54-96 44-56 48 83 46-84 81-87 Little Rock, Arkansas. —The weather the past week has been Per ceut of total crop very variable, the thermometer ranging from 70 to 18, averaging ceived to Feb. 1.. 06 51 61 39 8T-32 63-42 53-28 15, Jan. 2. Jan. 8. Dec. *9. Jan. 18. 39. Kainfall for the week, one inch. Half the port receipts received Dec. ,375,784 3,011,601 On which day receipts were ... 1 1 ,745,630 1,909,958 1,822,525 1 Nashville, Tennessee. —We had four rainy days the past week 11. 9. 26. Half the total crop received . . Doc. 82. Jan. Jan. 16. Jan. Jan. and a rainfall reach- heavy snow storm yesterday (Thursday), the On which day receipts were. .11,916.767 a.08;),115 1.978.164 1,436,893 2.169,295 ing two inches and thirty-two hundredths. Tbe thermometer has averaged 38, th« highest being 50 aad the lowest 2(j. Gunny B.aqs, B-Voqino, &c.—The market for bairging has Memphis, Tennessee.—'V\\exei was rain on three days here this ruled very quiet during the past week, and no lots have been we k, the rainfall reaching eighty-throo hundredths of an inch, moved, the only orders in hand being chiefly for jobbing parcels and yesterday (Thursday) there fell an inch of snow. Average for consumption. Holders are quoting IScwlSJc. Bales are nom- thfriuonieter 38, highest 48 and lowest 30. inal in price, at 9e. for India and 12.l(ai2ic. for Borneo. Bags Mol/Ue, Alabama.— It rained on two days of this week con- rule dull and no transactions are to be reported. Quotations are stantly, and was showery two other days, the remaining three nominal at 13ic. for 440s. Butts have also ru'ed quiet for the days being pleasant but cold. To-day it is cloudy and cold. The week, and only few sales are reported. We qu-^te arrivals near causes of the small receipts this week are the scarcity of cotton at hand 3ic., currency, and distant lots 2Jc., gold. 300 bales due and the bad weather. Total rainfall for the week, two inches and this month were disposed of at a private prico, but about 3ic. nineteen hundredths ; for the month of January, two inches and currency. fourteen hundredths. Average thermometer during the week 51, Liverpool, Feb. 4.—4;30 P. M.—By Cable from Liver- highest lowest 28. 73, pool.—The market has ruled quiet today. Sales of the day Montgomery, Alabama. —There have been four rainy days the were 10,000 bales, of which 2,000 bales 'were for export and past week, the rainfall reaching two and twenty-nine hundredths speculation. Of to-day's sales 7,000 bales were American. The inches. We have had an unusually severe stoim. The ther- weekly movement is given as tollows : mometer has averaged 48, the extremes being 77 and 24. Kain- Jan. 14. Jan. 21 Jan. 28. Feb. 4. fall for the month, three inches and sev^enty hundredths. Sales of the week bales. 51,000 62,000 64.000 49,000 'IMma, Alabama. There have been four rainy days here, the — Sales American 40,0(0 rainfall reaching three inches and thirty-four hundredths. The Forwarded 16,000 17.000 24,000 isioou s.oon 5,000 thermometer has averaged 4i). of which exporters took 5,0U0 5.000 of which spocalators took 2,000 4.000 6.0O0 4,0(>0 Madison, Florida. Rain fell on two days of this week, the — Total stock 636,000 683,000 703.000 743,000 rainfall reaching one inch and thirty-five hundredths. Average of which American 301.000 .342,000 356,000 390,000 104,000 thermometer 54, highest 88 and lowest 40. Total Import of the week 48,000 121.000 104.000 of which American 25,000 93.000 69.000 73.000 Maeon, Georgia. —There were three rainy days here the past e.oui Actnalezport 4,000 6,000 7.000 week, the rainfall reaching one inch and forty-six hundredth!. Amonntanoat 441,000 419,000 393,000 386.000 331,000 313,000 301,00 The thermometer has averaged 47, ranging from 32 to 71. of which American , ... 361,009 . : . : : 140 THE CHRONICLE. [February 5, 1876. Liverpool, per steamers Guillermo, 3,838 Oberon, The following table will show the daily closlni? prices of cotton for the week New Orleans—To per bark Chaasze, 1,558. . per schooner Ida C. Ballard, Taes. Wednes. Thurs. Fri 2,550.... Spot Satnr. Mo«. 1,041 Jl ..(^ex do Orl'ns. ..aSX ..©"9 18 ..a«X To Havre, per ship Success, 4,003 per barks Aurora, 2,165... ..©6 13-16 .. , ,_ Liverpool. , .—Havre.—, Bremen. v—Hamburg.-^ Steam. Sail. Steam. Sail. Steam. Sail. Steam. Sal jnSW YOBK. BOSTON. PBri.ADBLP'lA BALTIMOBE. a. d. c. c. c. ..@v. 1 comp. 11-16 1 comp. This Since This Since This Since This Since Saturday. . K@9-32 !i@9-32 Monday Xa9-32 «@'J-32 1 comp. 11-16 1 comp. week. Sept 1. week. Septl. week. Sept.1. week. Sept.l M% Tuesday... i(a9-32 X@9-32 1 comp. 11-16 1 comp. 1 comp. 11-16 1 comp. Wednesday . .@5-16 ..&V ..©« Orleans.. 2,464 79,422 3,024 3,210 180 . . New Thursday.. ..@5-16 1 comp. 11-16 ! comp. 1.611 49,4-27 2.723 3,=29 Friday .@5-16@5-16 ..®X 1 comp. 11-16 1 comp. 1,879 65,345 990 15,709 ira is^iii 549 9,705 Savannah dull. I Market MobUe ...... Florida 26! G.-ISS ...... EOROPBAN Cotton Mabkbts.—In reference to these markels 8'th Carolina 2.396 71,746 362 1,216 lis 8.703 our correspondent in London, writing under the date of Jan. N'th Carolina. 600 36,29; .... 3:.8 1.5,987 1870, states Virginia .3,613 118,;i59 945 41,6a3 .... 1,403 43,782 l5, North'rn Ports 6,630 l,r82 5:, 613 LiVRBPOOi., Jan. 13. —The following are the prices of Ameri- Tennessee, &( 7,049 119,406 4,086 41,697 1,4S6 19,287 3,526 can cotton compared with those of last year: ,—s.ame date 1874.- Foreign 1,600 4 ^Ord.A Mid-, ^Fr.Jfc G.Fr.—, ^G.& Fine-. Mid. Falr.Gool. Sea Island. 16 18 19 20 22 30 18 21 26 Total this year 20,303 584,878 10,188 15S.911 1,666 31,931 2,420 61,706 Florida do 15X 16K 17X 18 19 21 17 18 20 . G.O. L.M. Mid. O.M. Mid. P. Mid. G.M. M.K, Total last year 18.653i 5-20,856 4,&53 159,537 1.2t7 35,613 "2.425 80,1*'7 Ord. Upland (,% 6X 6 7-16 6Ji 7 7X 7 11-16 7« 8 Mobile. ... 6J4 f>% 6}f 6 18-16 7 7K 7J£ 7 1& 16 8X Shipping News. —The exports of cotton from the United Texas iy, «v 6« 7 tii 7fi States the past week, as per latent mail returns, have reached N. Orleans. 6 6?i 6 11-16 7 1-16 7!,- 1% 7;.' 8,\- 8>J 74,532 bales. So far as the Southern ports are concerned, these amencement of the yeiir the transactions on are tlie same exports reported by telegrapli, and published in gpKcalation and for export have been : The Chronicle last Friday. With regard to New York, we /—Actualexp.from Actual Liv., Hull & other exp'tfron include the manifests of all vessels cleared up to Wednesday -Taken on spec, to this date—. outports to date—, U.K.li week. might of this ^^^^^ ^^j^^ 1876. 1875. 1874. 1876. 1875. 1875. New York—To Liverpool, per steamers Humboldt, 1.018 City of bales. bales. bales. bales. bales. bales Antwerp, 642 ...Republic 1.052 Wisconsin, 3,177 Spain, American 2.270 18,400 5,OiO 2,228 2,776 146,061 2.046 China, 541 Navarino (via Hull), 150 per ship Brazilian 240 140 250 360 38,37, Turkestan, 973 9,599 Ki'yptian. &c. 90 1,220 SO 1,38 76 9,0^1 To Bremen, per steamer America, 57 57 W. India, &c. 220 720 no 241 292 26,7 » To Hamburg, per steamer Klopstock, 49 49 B. India &c. 2,420 9,050 2.120 6,076 7,253 497,13 To Rotterdam, per steamer Maas, -286 286 706,211 29,630 7,530 8,933 10,697 i To Antwerp, per steamer Switzerland, 177 , 177 ToUl . 5,000 m . . : : rebmarjr 5, 1876.] THK CHKONICLEI ])4i The followint; tatement sliowa the aales tor the ' The following tables ihow the tir»ln Id alKht and the move, jear up toTburHdiy sTKoiDg last: ment of Breadstufis to the latest mall dates SALKS, BTO., OF ALL DS0OBfPTlON8. BECRIPTS AT I,AKB AND RIVBB PORTS FOR THB WBBK KHDIfO Ualos thU week. ,)AN. Bx- Specula- 29, 1870, AND KHOM AUOUST 1, 1875, TO JAN. 20, 1876: Flour, Trade. port tton. Total. Wheat, Com, Data, Barlry, Rye. "" ' AiuC. lean.. bales 40,120 l,liO bbis. buab. bush. buab. bui>h. busb. At— (-.96 lbs.) («0lb«.) Brazillnn fi.OOO (Mlhs.) (3» lb« ) (48 Iha.) (M lb«.) OblCBgo 3T,6IA 173,443 Binyptian 5,95J i'»Mt 110,381 «l«,UO S,Mt Milwaakeo 31,011 394.640 19,180 13,090 U,ins 3,07} fmyrna & Qrcok (. mn "*" Toledo 70 56,733 SS.WTO 6,1*1 1« Wcjt Indian.... I Detroit Baatliidlan 6,230 4,087 26,«14 8,0(41 IS.WM H-XtU Cleveland •J.JSO 9,100 6,608 O.llO 800 8t.Loais 1B,3M 72,936 tW,29« 4H.W3 81,140 8.404 T>U1 228,690 .^010 89,450 Peoria 1,530 15,210 90.400 43,400 .33,010 »,M)0 -Imporie. Stocks. ^ Dulcth ...... To this To this Same date date Total. Dec. This Thla date .11, Total 81,967 654,606 912.858 a3ff.«87 2(l«.2n3 19,910 IRTti. 1875. 187.'! 187.'). week. 1874. day. PreviODSweek 8 * Estimated. BRE ADSTUFFS. Shipments of Flour and Ora.in from the ports of Chicago, Milwaukee, Toledo, Detroit, Cleveland, St, Louis, Peoria and FniDAT, p. M., February 4, 1871) Duluth for tlie week ended Jan. 39, and from Jan, 1 to Jan. 29, There has been scarcely a change in the flour market the past inclusi»e, for four years : week, but sucli changes as have taken place are in favor of buy- Flonr, Wh-at, Corn, Oats, Barley, Rye, Week— bbli*. bush. bimli. bKsh. tmKJi, bush. ers. Low grades have been most depressed, and there has been a Jan. 29, 1876 88,4S3 329,2S7 513,203 129,197 68,720 9,716 considerable decline in rye flour and corn meal, leading, in the Jan. 22, 1876 82.479 181,705 710,673 101,312 <7,417 10,174 Cor. week '75 ,81,791 161,176 667.409 160,422 :r.5,72J 17,530 case of llio latter, to more activity of business. Tlie receipts of Cor. week '74 101,981 C32,146 809,6-)7 131,310 87.116 18.086 Cor. week '73 74.2!ll I0.>,211 112,418 93,515 8,U8 wheat flour, here and at the West, have become quite small 3!.:M Cor. week '72 41,382 41,294 4.1M,l.-)8 10(1,685 42.532 17,0»» sli jwlng a considerable falling off from last year, and production for. week '71 57,47S 45,58! »»0,01.1 42,183 27,652 8,74.1 Jan. 1 to Jan. 29, '76. 460,053 !,07.".,O:41 2,901,354 61i,4.38 218.0.57 59,.3.38 has been reduced in consequence of the unremunerative prices Sametime 1875 •.361^,485 92J,(i82 1,77.1.277 710. The following are closing quotations : Total .16,991.97) 4,2")i1,«92 3,09fl,0sr 2,096,015 1!8I),22,'. Kloub. Grain. Jan. 22, 1876 16,897,653 4.05.5,849 3,156,609 2,121,488 415,883 No. 2 »bbl.|3S53 4 00 Wheat—N0.3 sprlng.bnsb.fl 0«a 1 10 I Jan. 30, 1875 13,134,566 6,130,.393 2,584,021 1.671,667 339,066 Bnperflne State & Wesi- Wo.28prlng 1183 121 ern 4 60 20a 4 No. 1 spring 1 323 1 3« • Estimated. BxtraSUto, Ac 5 OOa B 25 Red Western 1 053 1 30 Western Spring Wheal Amber do 1 3513 1 47 extras 4 903 5 30 White 1 40® 1 66 THE DRY OOOD3 TRADE. doXXandXXX 5 503 6 75 Corn-Western mixed... 66>f(3 70 do winter wheat X and Yellow Western B3a 71 FamAT. P. M., Feb. 4, 1876. „ XX 6 008 8 SO Southern new 59@ 64 City shipping extras.. .. 5 253 8 00 Rye 87(3 93 The package trade in domestic cotton and woolen goods has City trade and family Oats—Mixed 49 44i3 not been so active as was generally expected, and the aggregate hrands 6 253 7 75 White 43(3 52 Boutht'in bakers' and fa- Barley—Canada West... 1 05® 1 SO ttie strictly moderate. Jobbers mily distribution made during week was nrands 7 oca 8 .'JO Stale, 2-rowid 85® 95 Bonlhcrn shipp'g extras. 5 K>^ 6 75 Slate, 4roned @ from remote sections of tlie interior continued their purchases of Rvc flour, enperllnc 4 75a 5(0 Barley Ma't-Statc . 1 1 Commeal— ... 06a -W spring goods, but the Western trade, from whom so much is Western, Ac. 2 7.^3 3 75 Canadian 1 80® t 45 OotB meal— Br'winc. *c. 3 503 3 60 Peas-Cansda.bond&fr. 1083120 expected at this time of year, pursued a hand-to-mouth policy, and Southern buyers bought sparingly, as did the city trade. The movement in breadstufis at this market has been as fol- lows : The depression in Boston has continued, and the failure of Messrs. BBOraPTSAT city, was NEW TORK. -KXPORTB PROM K«W TORK. . Whiting & McKenna, a large clothing-house in that . 1876. , 1876. -1875 There were also For the Since Since For the Since For the Since reported, with estimated liabilities of |800,000. week. '75. Jan. 1. Jan. 1, week. Jan. 1 week. Jan 1, " The Seamless Floor, some failures of importance in this city, including bbls. 72,675 424,981 304,709 31,235 20?,B17 .56,716 179,889 O. meal, " Messrs. Taylor, . 4,154 17,513 22,08(1 4,334 1 1.949 909 14,1?9 Clothing Company," with large liabilities, and Wheal, bn«. 147. 1C8 1,248,736 8flS,()21 289,(^61 l,5.'i«,121 294,061 1,2:6,529 Corn, I Gibson & Wilson, importers of trimmings, etc. The leading " . 287,592 1,531,076 2,146,942 317,593 1,592,314 860,471 1,412,452 " |7«,, . 2 13,284 3,9i8 12,517 15,.3S7 auctioneers commenced their regular sales of dry goods for the B"ley. " . ]59,ii94 "'96 C34.610 122,839 I >al« ot 0«ti....» , 71,084 512,279 638,124 4,318 33,786 1,566 11,340 season, and Townsend, Montant & Co. made a peremptory . : .. . : — — 142 IHE CHRONICLE (February 5, 1870. about 1,300 pieces black, colored and fancy silks for Messrs. Importations or Dr jr Goods. Leisler & Sommerhoff, which attracted a great crowd of buyers The importations ot dry goods at this port (or the week ending1 Feb. 3, 1876, and the corresponding weeks of 1875 and 1874 and proved an unexpected success. have been as follows Do-MESTic Cotton Goods.—The export of cotton goods showed BKTXRED roa OOMSDJirTIOH POB THB WIEK INDINe TEBKCART 3, 16'6: a gradual improvement in comparison with the same period of . 1874 , . 1875 , . 1876 > late years, and 820 packages were shipped from this port during PkgB. Valne. PkgB. Valne. Pkgs Valnp. Uannfactares of wool . l.IOO $674,398 1,699 $810,217 1,079 J.^26,066 the week, 637 packages of which were sent to Liverpool. Fur- do cotton.. l,6U 470.691 1.739 611,982 1,445 4.^3,066 ther orders were also received by cable for print cloths for the do silk 631 537.609 527 418,116 648 6.19,343 do flax 1,041 344.851 1,113 2)53.189 1,146 290,844 English market at prices which will leave a slight profit to man- Hlacellaneoasdry gooda. 661 163,951 S,H3 216,074 562 160,«?2 ufacturers. for cotton was steady but The home demand goods Total. 4,984 11,991,403 8,21! $2,339,608 4,830 $1,9>8,391 moderate. Brown and bleached cottons were in fair request, and WITHSBAWS TBOM WABXHODBK AND THKOWH tKTO TBS MABKBT DUBINS TBI I firm at ruling quotations. Cheviots were a trifle more active, but 6AUB FEBIOn: 1 Hsnnfactares of wool 841 denims, tickings and other colored cottons remained quiet. Corset t435,.39S 1,801 $806,475 do cotton.. 696 205,390 1,576 429,186 jeans and satteens were taken in considerable amounts, and there do Bilk 134 lis,':?? 134 145.668 do flax 842 170,019 997 2,3«.308 was a moderate movement in cottonades. Grain bafjs were dull, HiecellaneonB dry goods. 485 28,108 2S2 36,316 and there was not much animation in either carpet warps, yarns Total 2,998 $968,691 4,790 $1,653,953 or twines. Print cloths were nominally firmer, but prices for Addent'dforconsnmpt'n 4,984 1,991,403 8,211 2,.339,608 extra standard 64x64 makes were unchanged at 4^0., cash to 10 Total thrown upon m'k't. 7,982 $8,960,094 13,001 $3,993,561 days, at which figures a few small transactions were reported, BNT8BIED FOB WABSHOnSINS DCBDta BAMS FIBIOD! Prints were in moderate demand, but not active, and ehirtings. Mannfactnres of wool 914 $415,146 411 $191,231 do cotton.. 598 164.676 891 122,166 cambrics and percales were placed in fair amounts with the shirt do Bilk 1S8 157,199 129 133,396 do flax 489 105,903 488 101.76S trade. Hartel's shirting prints were closed out to a leading job- Mlacellaneons dry goods. 84 10,868 32 3,542 bing house, who sold them at the remarkably low price of ofc, at Total.. 2,2231 $353,792 1,149 $552,103 which figures a line of Passaic mourning prints were offered by iddent'dforconanrnpfn 4.984 1,991,408 8,211 8,339,608 the same house in package lots. Ginghams and plaid cotton dress Potal entered ai the port. 7,207 $2,845,195 : 9,660 $2,891,711 goods were in better demand, and cotton hosiery met with liberal Imports or IioadlnK Articles. Bales. The following table, compiled from Custom House returns, Domestic Woolen Goods.—Woolen goods for men's wear shows the foreign imports of leading articles at this port since continued quiet, and operations in spring weights were chiefly Jan. 1, 1876, and for the same period in 1875 : restricted to small lots of fancy cassimeres and worsted coatings [The qaantltyia given in packages when not otherwiae apecifled.] of the better grades. The clothing trade placed further orders Since Same Since Same for all-wool and cotton-warp beavers and chinchillas for the fall Jan.1,'76. time 1875 Jan.1,'76. time 1815 trade, to a fair aggregate amount. Cloths and doeskins remained sluggish, and Kentucky jeans, satinets and tweeds moved slowly China, Glass and HetalB, Ac- and in small parcels. la flannels and blankets there was no Earthenware- Cutlery China 3,158 425 Hardwaie movement of importance, and carpets were less active than when Earthenware. . 1,501 1,2)8 Iron, RR. bare. Glass 38 692 28,0.:i Lead, pigs last reported upon. agents for The various worsted dress fabrics Glassware 3,18) 2.1i-l Spelter, TbB opened their spring productions, and the several textures of the Glass plate 622 779 Steel 5,916 Buttons 405 5511 Tin, boxes 59,239 Pacific, Manchester and Washington mills were favorably Coal, tons 3,1S6 1,126 Tin slabs, lbs.. 1,772,79J Cocoa, bags.. 310 812 Rags 13,C54 received by the trade, who placed orders for future delivery Coffee, bags 229,512 116,715 Sugar, hhds, tcs. & to a considerable amount. Worsted shawls were in fair request Cotton, bales 14(1 407 bbls Drugs, &c— Sugar, bxB A bags. by jobbers from California and other distant points, but the Bark, Pernvian.. 2,893 4,045 Tea Blea. powders. . 2,357 2,165 Tobacco Western and nearby trade have not yet commenced their pur- Cochineal 504 37S Waste chases of these good?. Cream Tartar... 30 10 Wines, Ac- Gambler 5,831 1,233 Champagne, bks. 6.958 FoBEiGN Dry Goods —The proposed change in the tariff has Gum, Arabic 218 442 Wines 7,192 206 Wool, 8,498 not created much excitement in the trade, who regardjits passage 669 bales Madder 166 9' Articles reported by in Congress as doubtful. The intenaed simplification of the Oils, essential.. 47 11! value— Oil, Olive 2,021 279 Cigars (85,4891 of method imposing duties has been received with general favor Opium 2 8 73 Corks 3,40 Soda, bicarb... 3,731 2,600 Fancy goods.. ... 63,871 Business has been rather more active with importers of dress " Soda, sal 4,136 3,0 Fish goods and a few other specialties, but the general trade has been Soda ash 6,527 4,123 Fruits, Ac. Flax 175 1,316 Lemons 30,177 1.4S dull and featureless. Woolen goods ' for men's wear have been Furs 79i 620 Oranges 105,379 69,399 very quiet. Silks were in moderate request and steady. White Qnnny cloth 350 Nuts 91,874 31,150 Hair 24 i 36fi Raisins 266,140 114.525. goods and embroideries moved slowly, and large lines of the latter Hemp, bales 28,668 17,999 Hides, undressed. 78-3.672 l,165,St|| were pressed to sale through the auction rooms, where they Hides, Ac- Rice 19,427 Bristles 79 44 Spices, Ac— realized low prices. Housekeeping linens were quiet in first Hides, dressed.. 391 540 Cassia 28,631 India rubber 4,761 5,533 Ginger. 15,569 9.533 hands, and shirting and clothing linens moved slowly. Dress Ivory 211 30 Pepper 184,940 90,098, 16,515 14U linens were in fair request. Handkerchiefs continued dull and Jewelry, Ac- Saltpetre Jewelry 330 214 Woods in large supply. Kid gloves were in about the usual demand, and Watches 52 71 Cork 54,409 Linseed 130.8i2 87,580 Fnstic 4,088 firm. Molassea 453 1,064 Logwood 96,505 We annex prices of a few articles of domestic manufacture Mahogany 8,383 Tickings. Receipts of Domestic Produce. Amosk'g ACA. S5« Cordis No. 1. 3J 20 OmcgaB 17 The receipts of domestic produce since Jan. 1, 1876, and for theflthe; do do 3t) do awning 2^ do A 19 do A. 19 dc No. 2. .. 18 do ACA.. 30 20 time in 1875, have been as follows : do B. U do No 3. . 16 do do ... 36 19 do C. .. 14X do No. 4. .. 14 do medal.. .. 34 Since Same Since Same ^H do E. .. do No. 5. .. 12 Minnelialii... 7-8 22X do awniuj; ., 10 do No. B. .. II do .,..4-4 25 Jan.1,'76. time 1875 Jan.1,'76, time 167S do do ACA 25 do No. 7. .. 10 Pearl Rive.- 20 Alb^Dy Kaston 0-10)^ Palmer 8 Ashes pkgs. 697 679 Pitch Breadstuffs- Oilcake Conestoga 60 ilamiUon reg.. .. 15 Pcmbcrton A A .. 18 pkgs. 62,980 33,013 do Fl!',..7-8 Flour this. 424,981 304,709 Oil, lard 244 520 do D. . .. 13X do B It do prem A. 4-4 Hampden CC. 30 do E Wheat bush. 1,248.736 3!I3,621 Peanuts bags. 18,118 4,860 do ex... 4-4 SO do BB.. .. Pittsfield R Corn 1,531,07H 2,146,942 Provisions— Oats 612,27.1 0.38,124 Bntter pkgB. do ex . , 7-8 17J Ellerton 7 Harmony, . Wasliington [ I 6X Molasses. ...hhds. Sugar hhds. 5,246 4.145 Franklin.... 7 Red Cross, I Higti colors I Ic. liigber. Molasses. . . bbls. 15;257 Tallow pkgB. 4,442 8,401 Oarnei 6% I Naval Stores— Tobacco 13,305 13,699 ..bbls. 200 641 Tobacco hhds. IIS Cotton ITarns. Cr. turp. 4,970 8. Spirits turpen. . 4,233 4,685 Whiskey bbls. 13,722 21,603 Rosin 30,208 41,563 Wool bales. 5,0.50 3,888 R-npreas 6 to 13. 84 ISargeant 6 to 12.. 24 | IXT, 6 to 12. S4 "' " >' odletoa do Si Pontenoy do Tar..,.., 809 2,068 Dressed Hogs.. No. 20,953 32.531 I H IXXX do 54 M H . . . ^ ~ Febr.iaiy 6, 1876] THE CHllONlUlJ^x 143 UENKItAL UUNrOWDEIl- 8ILK- "'-ASTINO, 11„H. roil RAfl.lIOADS, *0. Taattee.lfoi.l to4 Boda, any s.zo Kralu, 2.1* » soo m am PitlOKS lu kgi It 90 Taallae, CUlcuBNT. Sallpeiro rn-realed ..T 4 i do do !!..!!.!!.!..!. aov wua nu Tayaaam.No.l J T»^J Isa* Canton, re-ruled No. I CototOM.. 4 UuZ % 00 ''>' I 00 » ». 5 • IMamondgraln.ln iKcana. SPKLTKK- BUKADSTCKF8-8eiisp«ol«l Oraiigellghl I 00 '"folf" report ilug, Nos. I t j J. in li'^'aiii!!!!!!! •.« ».(Ol Commercial Cards. Commercial Cards. Financial. John Dwight & Co., George A. Clark & Bro. Hilmers, McGowa n & Co MANUFACTURERS OP BBUKERS IN SUP£K-CARBONATE FOUEIGN £XCUAIVGE AND GOLD or 54 Wall Street, New Vork. (P. O. BOX .i.841.) SODA. SpecUl attention paid tci the negotiation of Com No. 11 Old Slip, New York. mnrcUl btUn. The JonoiDK Trade ONLT Supplied AND laiLtVARD'S HELIX NEEDLES. Smith, Baker & Co., 337 and 339 Canal street, NEW YORK. com MISSION MERCHANTS YokoUaina and HlOijo, Japan. Brinckerlioff, Turner KKi-KESKNTKD BY & Co., BANKERS,C^ Co. E. \V . CORLIES, Manufacturers and Dealers n 4 WALL STREET, NEW rORK. aea pine street. New York. COTTONSAILDUCK rersona keeping accounta with us (currency or gold' may deposit and draw as they please same as with CH| B. G. Arnold & Co., all kinds of And bariKft, and will bo allowed Interest on dally balancea FELTINO DUCK, CAR COVER according to the nature of the account. l&S FHONX STREET, COTTON CANVAl, ING, BAGGING, RAVENS DUCK, SAIL TWINES Orders for the purchase and sale of stocks, bondt MP0RTEK8 AND DEALERS 40. •• ONTARIO" SEAMLESS BAGS, February 5, 1876.] THE CHRONICLE. Ocean Steamships. Fublloatioas. laanraiioe. "Pay as yo« so, est tslsat ynu baf, "or Liverpool, TUB stap when yon choose.'* (Via ttneenntown) COMMON SENSE AND FAIR PLAY CAKKIINaXIlK UNITKU 8TATK8 MAIL. IN LIFE ASSUBANCE T U K9 D A y . LEAVINa PIKK No.M NOHTU BIVKK. as rollowa: Financial Review Do not Auurt your Life till you hare examined MONTANA Feb. 8. «t 3 P. M. the NEW PLANS devised by Sucppabd IIomaik NKVADA Keb, !£i.Bt 3 I'. M. lUAIlO Feb. 0.«tll A. M. Actuary, for DAKOTA Marcli 1. at J f. M. (ANNUAL), THE WIBC'ONStN Murcli 14,al 8 A M. WVOMINO March2l,al'.!:3(II'. M. UATK8 FOi: I'ASSKNOKRS UKDUCKD. Provident Savings Life BteeraKe, ftti; Inlnrmedlati-, tlU; (^Abln, tO!t In $80, 1 s -r o, accurdlu^ tu ntutn room. Slnai-a]);.. otllce, No.:i9 BruaU way. Ueneral utliceB, No. 63 Wall Blreeu Assurance Society, UriLLIAinS Ac CVION. WILL BE PUBLISHED ABOUT WESTERN UNION BUILDING, NKW YORK. O N L, V Guaranty CaNli Capital, •lit5,000. Direct Line to France. FEBRUARY 10. Invested In U. S. Flvc-Twcnty Bond*. ThU Socithj teparal'i tht Jiwirana Pari of the The dleneral Tran»atlaiitic Company's I'remium from the Jleserv4 w JJepoHt Part, whldt Mail Steamsliips, CONTENTS: latter is held merely for accumnlattos. BXTWKIN ThU Society recognizes the PoUcy-holder at owner NEW YORK AND HAVUR, Financial Revlevv of the Year I8T6— of Ihe Reserve. CALLING AT I'LVMOUTrf, (O. U.) This Society, therefore, will either Issnc policies United States Commerce—Bank Movements on the payment of uniform annual premlnms, guar' Tbe apleailld vesitnla od thta favorite route for the (lieliig auiitherlr anteting a»i>ecijied C' York or Boston, croislng Meridian of TiO at 41 Lat , or nothing to the North of 43. On the Homeward Pas- Interest being componnded aeml annually. sage, crossing trie Meridian of 50 at 42 Lat., or uuthlug Railroad Material, A.o. to the North of 42. Table for Investors.—Showing tlie rale pei TUK B1UT18U AND NUiiTH AMEKICAM HOYAL cent, per annum realized on securities, ])urclia8ed Morris, Tasker & Co., MAIt, STKAMSHIP8. Pascal Iron Works, Philadelphia. BETWEEN NEW YOKK AND LIVKKPOOL, at various prices, rani;ing from 10 to 300. CALLINO AT CORK UARBOR. Stock Speculation. Tasker Iron Works, Newcastle, Dels, rROH NKW TOBK. I FROM NEW YORK. lor XANUrAOTTTRKRS Or Parthla Wed,, Feb. 9 1 Parthls Wed.. Mch. 13 Interest Cost of Carrylne Stock Wed., Keb. 16 Abyssinia ..Wed., Calabria | Mch. 22 One Day. LAP-WELDED AMERICAN CDARCOAI. Java Wed., Feb. 23 | Java Wed.. Mch. 29 •Rossis Wed.. Mch. 1 Algeria Wed.. April 5 IKON TVBES, I Prices ol Call BOILER China Wed.. Mch. 8 China Wed.. April 12 Tlie money market.— Loans And every following Wednesday and Saturday from and Prime Commercial Paper, 1870 to 1870. WROUOHT IRON TUBES A FITTINGS York. New of every description, for (las, Steam, Steamers marked * do not carry steerage passengers. Water and movements ol Gold and Hnlllon— Ex Oil, Steam Fitters' Kates op Passaor.—Cabin, $80, $100 and $130 gold, and Oas Supplier, Machinery Coal Works. Cast according to accommodation. Tickets to Paris. $15, ports. Imports and Production— Daily Prices of for Gas Iron Water gold, additional. Ueturn tickets on favorable terms. and Gas Pipe. Steerage tickets to and trom all parts of JCnrope at Gold from I8fi3 to 18:6. *c., very low rates. IMPROVED SUO.\R MACHINERY, Ac. Tbrongh bills of lading given for Belfast, Glasgow, Foreign Kxcbantce Prices 1870 to 181B. Uavre, Antwerp and other parts on the Continent OFFICE AND WARKHOUSK : and fur Mediterranean ports. For freight and cabin U. S. Government Bonds—Prices 1870 to yo. IS GOLD STREET, fiassage apply at the Company's olllce. No, 4 Bowling NEW YORK. }reen; for steerage passage, at III Broadway, Trinity BulldjiK. lOnN S. EENNKDY. UK.SBV H. BAKKB. JOHN 8. BAKMK • OKAS. G. FRANCKLYN Agent. State Bonds— Prices 1870 to 1878. S. Kennedy Co.^ Railroad Bonds—Prices 1870 to 1876. J. & Atlas Mail Line. Railroad and miscellaneous Stocks- UANKKKS AND ITIEKCIIA NTS, Prices 1870 to 1876. 41 CEUAK, COU. WILLIAM ST., BI-MONTHLY SKRVICK TO JAMAICA, HATTI, Cotton mi>venient and Crop In tbe COLOMKlAandASl'lN WALL, and to PANAMA and New York. smlTH PACIFIC POUT -s (via Aspinwsll.) United States, 1874-5. Fust-class, full-powered, iron screw steamers, from Buy and sell Itallroad Invrstment Secnrltlei, Pier No. >il. North River. Cotton Spinning In the United States For HAYII, COLOMBIA. ISTHMUS OF PANAMA lect Coopons and Dtvldenda. Xcgotlate Loaa* and SOUTH PACIFIC PORTS (via Aspinwsll), 1874-5. draw UlUs of Bxcbange on London. ATLAS Februa 3 y Kuropeaii Cotton Consumption. Agents of the ANUK8 February 15 For KINGSTON aid UAYTl, CLAUIUKL Febriiaryn CAMBRIA IKON COMPANY ttaperlor flrst-clasi passenger aei;ommodatlon. PIM, FOUWOo., & CO., Agents, PRICE: of JOHNSTOWN, Fa., forth e sale of their IKON an No. 56 Wall Street. ...-.---.. 8TKEL RAILS. III Cloth, $a 00 All Imsinoes relating to the CooBtruotloa -(UhI IC Providence fr. »>toiitne;ton Steatnulilp ment ol lUtlroada nn Icrtatcen. IJumpaiiy, between New York uud Do to Subscribers of the Chronioi.1 1 SO Bostou. Reduction of Fare TO PRINTERS. Between WILLIAM B. DANA 4 CO., Publish k»8, NKW YORK and PUOVIDENCK to $3 We keep on hand the lari^cst stock of Between NKW YORK and BOSTON to $1. 70 ,t 81 WILLIAM 8TREBT. N. Y. PIIINTINO TYPES Stonington Line. n America, aeaorted for /CnglUb, French, RpnnlRh FOR PROVIDENCE. NEWPORT AND BOSTON. MANCliliiMTKH and Furtugiie^ie, which we sell In lois lu unit p iTHE CHROISIOLK [February 5, 1876. IcBurance Icsarancs. Insurance. OFFICE OF TUB OFFICE OF tllE OFFICE OF THE ORIENT MERCANTILE NEW YORK Mutual Insurance Co., Mutual Insurance Co., Mutual Insurance Co., New York, 25lh January, 1376. Ko. 35 WALE ST., N. Y. ]Vo. 61 WILLIAM ST. The following sUtcmeut of the aflairs of this Company on the 31»t day of December, 1876, Is pub- New Y'obk, January 8J, IS'.O lished in conformity witli the provisions of its The following statement of the aftairs of ihc New York, January 15, 1S76. Charier Company on tliu 31st day of December, 1875, is pub- The Trustees submit the following statement of the alluirs of the Company, in conformity with the Premiums unearned 3l8t Dec, 1871 — $847,017 S") lished in conformity with the provielons of the JPremiums received during the year charter requirements of the Charter 49 ending 31st December. 1815 1,016,681 Outstan ing Premiums. January $76,"41 Outstanding Premiums DecemberSlst, 1. 18;5 81 Premiums received during the year 30O,2(.fl 62 Total premiums $!, 363,700 01 1871 8224,7 Earned premiums of tlie year $1,0!9,!)14 05 Premiums received from January Ist to $376,9 ia_Jl Losses and expenses 57*2,918 74 December aitt, '.Srs 33 Re-Insurance and return premiums 268,411 47 1,146,321 No Policies have been issued upon Life Risks, nor upon Fire Risks, discon- ASSETS, Total Premiums $1,.3TI,039 11 nected wiih Marine Rii'ks. 3l8t December, 1875. Earned Premiums to January 1, 1876 IS .\mount of Premiums e .rned from Jan- t80'i.0')8 CashinBanlJs t3!«.ft3a 61 United States Stock 64a,75i 50 uary 1st to December 3l8t, 1873 11,160,316 37 Losses and Expenses $144,3^5 02 titoclcsof States and Corporations, and Less return Premiums 61,628 02 Return Premiums .. 16,932 73 Loans on demand .. . 312,5114 68 Subscription Notes, Bills Receivable, Net earned Preminms $1,107,718 35 The Company have the following As>ets : and Uncollected Premiums 542,461 75 United States Stocks $5U4.-'.'X) 00 Paid during same period ; — Unsettled Accounts S6,3-2l OJ B.ink, City & other Stocks. l-2ij,715 00 Losses, Commissions, Expenses and Loans on Stock and Cash Total amount of Assets $ 1 ,851,06? 73 Reinsurance, less Salvages 87S,605 17 due the Company !4,280 28 Real Estate 7f,IO 00 The Board of Trustees have resolved to pay Six 8-2a»,113 18 CashiuBanks SO,9-2.i 27 per cent interest on the outstanding Scrip CerliE- $715,768 55 Premium Notes and Bills Receivable. . . 92.509 49 cates, to the holders thereof, or their le^a! repre- Paid Cash dividend to stockholders Salvage, Re-insurance, Insurance Scrip, Aug. Ist $23,000 00 sentatives, on or after the 1st Marcli next. Accrued Interest and ot:.er claims due The Trustees have also resolved that the out- theCimpany 43,110 10 Paid Cash rebatemcnt to dealers * 1.37,396 1 standing Certificates of the Company of the issue cf — $871,418 91 1860 be redeemed and paid to the holders thereof, The Company has the following Assets : or their legal representatives, on or after 1st of CashinBunks $80,676 Six Per Cent Interest on the outstanding March next, from which date interest thereon will United SLites, State, Bank and other Certificates of Profits will be paid on and after cease. Tlie Certillcatea to be produced at the time Stocks 418.4.';9 00 TUESD.\Y, th;;8th day of February, 1376. of payment, and cancelled. Interest due on Investments ,. 7,828 06 Forty Per Cent Dividend is declared on In addition to a bonus of fifteen per cent already Premium Notes and Premiiuua in the net earned premiums entitled thereto for the paid in cash, on the Subscription Note*, they have course of collectiiin • 413,617 41 year ending 31et December, 1375, for which certifi- further resolved to return to the dealers entitled Re'nsurance and Salvage due, and cates may be issued on and after the Ist day of to the same Fifteen per cent on the net amount of Sc ip of other Companies 77,915 OC April next. Earned Premiums of the year ending 3l8t Decem- The outstanding Certiflcatea of Profits $1,028,525 65 ber, 1875, for which Cerliflcates will be issued on of tUo i«sae of 18G2, and Fifty Per or after the 5th April next. A Seml-Annual Dividend of FIVE {5) PEli CENT Cent of tke l>Nue < i. 18G3, AVill bo re- By order of the Board, will be pai.l to the stocl.-holders or their legal repre deemed and paid to the holders thereof, or their CHAKLES IRVING, Secretary. sentative', on and after Tuesday, February 1st legal representatives, on and after TUESDAY, the 187«. 8th day of February next, from which date all interest thereon will cease. The Certiflcates to be TR US TEES. TRUSTEES. presented at the time of paynieutand cancelled to George Mosie, A'ex. M. Lawrence, James Freeland Francis Hathaway, that extent. By order of the Board, Edward F. Davison, John S. Williams, Wiilets, Aaron Samuel L. Reid, • Henry De B. Routh, Fredericlr G. Foster, Rob. rt L. Taylor, John D. Wood, EDWARD L.^RAQUE, Secretary. E, H. R. Lyman, John D. Dix. William T. Frost, Geo W. Henniugs, Henry R. Kunhardt, Cliarles Munzinger, William Watt, Henry Eyre, John Auchincloss, Walter Wa'pon, James D. Fish, Joseph Slagg, TB US TEES. Lawrence Wellf, Ernesto G. Fabbri, Eliwood Walttr, Edwar.i Merritt, Stephen Johnson, Gerhard Jan t sen, William Pohlmann, Henry E. Sprague, D. Colden Murray, Daniel T. Wille*,s, Arthur Leary, John H. Earle. Cliarles Liiling, .Tames Brown, Samuel L. Ham, Henry R. Kunhardt, Henry Meyer, L. Bayard Smith, Alexander llamiltn, Theodore J. Ralli, Bryce Gray, John S. Williams, Edward H. R. Lyman, Charles Lamson, Constantin Menelas, Theodore Fachiri, N. L McCready, i harles Dimon, E. V. Thebaud, Henry C. Ilulbert, Cut] L. Recknage', C. L F. Rose, William Nelson, Jr., Paul N. SpolTord, Francis Hathaway, Jacob S. Wetmote, W. P. Cary, Jr., William S. Wilson, Harold Dolluer, James Douglas, Lloyd Aspiuwall, Richard Irviu, Jr., Carl Victor, F. Cousinery, Josep I WiUets. William B. Scott, E. P. Fa.bri, Israel Corse, Ramsay Crooks. Gustav Schwab, Henry J. Scudder, Henry DeRivera. George Mosie, H. C. Von Post, II Gustav H. Kissel. Arthur B. Graves, George Morgan. ELLWOOD WALTER, President. DUI'ILi!. President, H. LYELL, President. EUGENE A. G. MONTGOMERY, Jr., Vico-Pres't. JOHN ALFRED OGDEiV, Vice-President. THEO. B. BLKECKER, Jr., Viee-Pres't. Charles IiiTiNG, Secretary. ALANSON W. HEGEMAN, 2d V. Pres't. Anton Metz, A>?6istant Secretary. C. J. Despard, Secretary. For the convenience of its cu-tomers this C'om- p Harrison, Bradford & Co The North British and STEEL. PEIWS. Mercantile Ins. Co., OP STEEL PKNS. LONDON AND EDINBURGH. No. 505, UNITED STATES BRANCH, MANUFACTURERS' WAREHOUSE, S4 William, Cor. Pine St., New York. FALCON, Nob. 20. 38, 75, 1, etc. JOSEPH GILLOTT &: SONS, EMBRACING EVERY STYLE AND FINISH. Capital paid up - - - $10,000,000 YS John Street, New York. SM John Street, New York. Gross Fire Reserve - 3,700,000 Net Life Assets - - 13,300,000 WK. BOBDIH. h. S. I.OVIU HENRY HOE. Solk Asxht Total • *a7,000,000 OroBs Assets held by Board of Management tu New Borden & Lovell, Wire Rope. York, »1 ,600,000. The Company's actual tosses by Chicago conflagra STEEL, caARCOAL, and Hon In 1871 were »1,743,457 81. COMiniSSION niBRCHANTS - ... ^in. The Company's actual losses by Boston conflagra- 1872 were $503,680 46. B. B. of the very best quality tion in TO ic Tl IVeat St., New York, .^^^^*^-o\ Yet the Company paid these losses at sight withou )rBellleg a single dollar of periuaneut » suitable lor Ships, Kigginx borrowing In- ^^ x/A veslinentB, continued regular aividends to their AGENTS FOR and at the end of 1873 had ^asnspension Bridges, Guys, Der stockholders, eullrely made 2 » /y^ a up (not in thin country, however), the losses of these conflagrations and all others, commencing Inclined P mes. Mining two 1874 BOBDBN miNING COmPANY, 5 Wii^S^ I Sa'"''^'' with a surplus over 1100.000 larger than ever before. Annual Income of Fire Department alone over "'''*"''^ Pur^jses, &c. A CUMBERLAND COALS. GB&C?/ ''^ (4.000,000. Fire and Life Assets entirely distinct—the one not " ^ 3 Lar;;e Stocic coaatantly on liable for the other. FALL. RIVER IRON WORKS GOin>Y Company organized A. D. 1809. hand, wbicn any desired The Commenced from bnslness in this country A. D. 1867. NAILS, BANDS, HOOPS AND BODS. Agencies in most of the prluclpa cities and tcwns UDgtba are eat. In the United States. CO.. £ CO., EZRA WHITK_ 1 OLD COLONY STEAIHBOAT JOHN W. mASON CHA9. E. WHITE, VHanagen. BLAGDBN, FALL mVEK LINE STKAUEBS. 4S Broadwar, New V^rk. SAll. P. i : Fe iruaiy 187 6. 5, J Hi I. (;HliuNlCLK va Jnauranoe. Iiisaracoe. OottOtt. oi''fi(;e or Tue I HMaM, Asiuuait * Co., LuiMAH. Uiriui * Co. Me« Orleans, La. lloutgoiB«7, Ala. THB UVFIOE or PACIFIC MUTUAL LEHMAN BRO'S, ATLANTIC Insurance Cotton Co , Factors AND 11» BROADWAY, COR. CEDAR ST. Mutual Insurance Co. ronnissiox .iikiiciiantm, Nkw York, .laniiary lOth, I8;0. 18.', * i:tt PKAttL KTItKKT, The following Siiteirout of thl aft'-ilrs of the Net* York. Company Is published In confcirmlty w.th the re- qnlreuunts of Section IJof its Ciiattcr: NLWUA88, RUSKNIIV.lM *CU„ Niw YOBK, Jan. 24, 187a. Outstanding Premium January 1, IC75 $88,973 111 Kiehaun Bnlldlnn. Liverpool. The Trustees, iu coiiforiuily to the Charter of llie Premiums received from Jan. 1 to Dec. Bulmiit Itit! follnwiu^ Company, bta'cmeut of'it^ IS^S, Inclusive 31, » 808,117 67 Hearne & Co , alTalrH on the HUl Decoinber, h;5 ; rOTTON FArTOUS AND NKNKRIL Premiiiine received on Marine Riitks, Total am.')unt of Marine Premiums. $807,11)0 b« CO.lI.tll.sSIO.M iMKMCIIANTM, Irani Ist January. lHi5, to .llat De- Tkit! Conqianji hwt isKiied no Ftilifies, exceiil on Carijo cember, 18:5 tS.MJO.l 8i and Fitiyhl/or tht Voyage. STKAND, OAI.VESTON. TEXAS. Premiums on Paliciea not marked off NO UI.SK3 HAVE BEKN T.iKE.X CPON HULLS OrUiTs Prompily Klllrd. Ulieral Cash AdTaoces oa Ci>usiK:inients luihls Market, Sew York and Liver- IslJanmry, IS'IS 2,4>5,:)7i OF VESSELS. iiuul. 87 sr>celi.l AttentI tt Klven to L'olloctlun and Premiums marked ofl' ns earned, dur- Prt>iniii Ueuilttauce mads on 8laat' Kxciiabve ai Low* Total amount of Maris* "roraluma.. $<,!ji5,a'Jl 73 est^iutink ing Ibe period as above $819,3 7 11 No Policies have been i^Kued upon Paid for Lo ses, ilxpen^^esaud Ktbatcs, Moody & lo?s Savings, Jfcc, during ihe Jemison, Life Rii^iCE! ; nor upon Fire discou- eamo period uected with Marine UiiiiiS. 701,882 50 BANKERS Rt turn Premiums AND Premiums marked oft' from '.st Janu- &I.67I as The Company has the following Assets Geik«ral €oinnil«iilon ra«re1iAttt«^ ary, tx.i, to Slat December, 1875 ... $ti.li3,lS4 63 123 PEAKL STREET, NEW YORK, leased paid dui'iu<; the Cnsh in Bank $5'), 130 2:1 Will kfepa will be redeemed and paid to the liolders there f, I .HKlCKKNCK.-FtnST N tTlOHAL Btmr. NASBTlLLa or the r legal representatives, on and TR US r SES: after Tu'esday. JOBS S. BIOUAKDS. WILLIAM wmTLOOK. the Istcf February next, from which date all Inter- .loHN K .MVEIiS, THOMAS HALE, II. It. CLAf. IN, (i. 1). H. (ill.LESPIK:, est thereon will cease. The cerlillcates to be pro- A. S. a lUSKS J'JH>: A UAIC'OW, Richards & Whitlock, duced at the time of payment, and cancelled. Upon Kit ^KC1S MOP. \N', JAMES U. TAYLOR. ADAM I. liltlCK. Al.ltERr certificates ll.STmNtlE, which were issued for gold premiums, A. AUUU-li US LOW. KRVN IS PAVSOV, JKlllAL UEAI). COTTON STORAGE the payment of Interest and redemption will be in THE;). W. .MOmtls, IH.IS B. .MERRICK, WM. A. II KLL. gold. (IK I A. Noa. Jc MKYKR, WALTER II, LEWIS, 105, 107, 109 norton, (IE >. W. SMIIH llEVRY 1). R iLI'lI. .I'HH H. A Dividend of Forty Per Tout, is de- CI, >I!lv, J 'S. II. TUIMUM. and 018, 620 ic 622 VTaaUlnston St., LEVI M KAIK.S. Klt'II >RD P. BRrKF, elated on the net earned premiums of the Company Kl: NKLH EUSDV. J MES L HAIIl \WAy, SIEPHEn L..MEUCH CAPACITY, 12,000 BALES. for the year ending Slst December, 187.5, for wliich ANT, lOWNhE.VD DAVIS, Rate or storage. 15-15. certificates will I)e issued on and after Tue.^day, JOHN K. MYERS, President. Fire Insurance Lowest Rates. the 4lh of April next. THOMAS HALE, Vice-President. RsFKBaKCKS.—Frmch & Travers, No. 17 William »•.. Williams, Black & Co., No. 1 « llllaui St.: H.M. Waters Co. By order of the Board, WILLOUGUBY POWELL, Secretary. & ,56 Broad at.: Philip Henry, Jr.. No. IAS Pearl St.; Adams Jt Whitlock, No. 51 Sonth St.: CLarlea Ilyllested £ Co., No." Sonth William St.; WalterT. J. U. CHAPitllM, gecratary. Miller * Co., No. 5 Uanover st,; Dennis Perkins, No in Pet.rl St.: Lharles A. Eastoi^. Mo. 141 Pearl st. PHENIX BLOSS & INCHES, TRUSTEES. Insurance Company COTTON FACTOHS OF BROOKLYN. MUD J. D. Jones, Gordon W. Buinham. OITicp, Western Union t'harles Dennis, Frederick Chaunccy, Telegrapli Building, GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS W. H. U, Moore. Charles P. Burdet>, rroidwar. Cor. Dey Street, N, Y. Henry Coit, Francis Skiddy, 12S Pearl Street, New York. ASSETS, July iTTsTS, !»i2,333,'t02. Lewis Curtis, Robert B. Miiiturn, OVKK S.OOO SOLD OF Chirlea U. Russell, Ch tries II. Marshall, INSURES COTTON AGAINST LOSS BY FIRE, INOERSOLL'S Uiwell llolbrook, Oeorge W. Lane, OVERLAND BY RAILROAD, and Marine by Hi ND AND HORSE-POWEE PRESSES David Lane, Robert L Stuart, Steamers to Europe. Tliej have a world-wide reputation and a sufMrlorltj James Bryce, Jamcf G. Do Fore-it, Agencies iu all the Principal Cities in the U. S. over all others for baliuir Uaj, Cotton, limgt and all orh Ootton. Ootton. Ootton. KDWABD H, WRIGHT. JOHK B. DUSB. Ware, Murphy & Co., AtrO. L. KIOHASDS. Babcock Brothers & Co., 60 W^all Street, New York. Wright, Richards & Co., MERCHANDISE DEPARTMENT. Orders executed at the Cotton Exchanges In New Cotton Factors York and Liverpool, and advances made on Cottou COTTON FACTOKS and other Produce consigned to thein or to tiic-lr hr j* AND AND abroad. B. P. BABCOCK A: CO., GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS General Commission merchants. UVERPOOL. AI.KXANDKR MAITI.AND. L. P 8. HACUIUOBl No. 39 BROAD STREET, BOBSKT L. UAITLANU. SI STONE STREET, NEW YORK. (P. O. Box 48B8.) New York. Special attenUon paid to the eTcculloa of orders Liberal Advances made on ConsiEnments of Cotton, Robt. L. Maitlaiid& Co.. tor the purchase or sale of contracts for fu tire Wool, Hides, &c., and upon shipments to our friends delivery of cottaa. Uberal adranccs made ou con- iii Liverpool and London, No. 43 BROAB STREET, NEW YORK. Blgnmeutfl. Bliss, Bennet & Co., Cotton Factors, Woodward & Stillman, GENERAL Tobacco and General Commission SEAMEN'S BANK BUILOINO, commissioN merchants, Merchants. Street, Noa. 74* Tft IVall New York. Advances made on Consignments to 131 Pearl Street, New York. Cotton Factors LONDON AND LIVERPOOL. Special attention given to the ^eculi&n of orders AND for the purchase or sale of Contracts for Future Williams, Birnie & Co., General Oommtssion merchants. De'ivery. COMMISSION MERCHANTS, 65 Beaver Mt. & 20 Exchange Place, Special attention paid to the execution of orders for W. C. Watts Co., (JEO. W WILLIAMS & CO , ) & Merchants, > YORK. t'le purchase or sale of contracts for future delivery Bankers & ConunlBSlon NKW OUARLKRTON, 8. O. ) of cotton. Iiiberal advances utade ou couslgu Liberal advances made on consignments of Cotton. ai Brown's Bulldlngr*, Orders executed at the Cotton Kxih.nne lor the pur. ineuts. chase and sale of contracts for future delivery. "t LIVERPOOL, Henry Hentz 6c Co,, solicit eonslgniron.8 of COTTON and orders for the McAlister & Wheless, GENERAL purcliaso or sale of future shipments or deliveries COTTON OOMMISSION MERC H.4 NTS oominissioiv mbhciiants, Advances made on consignments, and all iufonnatlon NASHVILLE, TENNESSfflt afforded by our friends, Messrs. D. WATTS & Co., 51 5 Ilauover Street, Netv York. Special attention given to Spinners' orders. Corre- Stone street. New York, and Messrs. D. A. GIVEN & II ODdence solicited. _ ^. , ... Advances made on CouslffnmeDta to Hv?!!iKN0«8.—Third and Fonnn National BanUs. SON, 64 Baronne Street, New Orleans. iDd f I "rlitors of Tbb C^ndihpLn measrs. JAMRS FINI.AV ic CO., UVKKPUOL, LONDON AND ULASQOW. Sawyer, Wallace & C.">,., Edward H.Skinker & C( A^so, execute orders for Merchandise through COTTON FACTOKS COMMISSION MKKCHAN COMMISSION AND Messrs. VI N LAV, IflUlU & CO., COTTON MERCHANT 4T Broad Street, New York. ,. . .XJALCUTTA AND BOMUAl'. 97 Pearl Street, FUTURE CONTRACTS FOU COTTON bought and V NKW YORK Old on couimiasfon In New York and Liverpool. Robb & Peet, BANKERS AND COMMISSION MERc'IIANTr H. Tileston & Co., Eakin, Adams Co., COTTON BUYK,RS « COMMISSION MKRC1IAN1 & No. 68 AVALL STKEET, 60 Stone Street, New Yorh. Orders In Futures executed at N. Y. Cottou Exchan BANKERS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Kew York. Advances made on Consignments. Special atten Cotton Ties. 33 Nassau Street, New York. Iton paid to pn chases or sales of -* Cotton futures. SOLE AGENCY IN NEW YORK FOR THE SAl Bills of Sxchange on the CITY BANK, LONDON or THS }EWELL,HARRISON and HOTTENGUKR & CO., PARIS. CELEBRATED "ARROW" TIE, MANDFAOTURED BT & COMPANY, Kremelberg & Co., *>The American Cotton-Tie Company** COmmSNION AND NEW YoltK. LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND. S. M. SMTENSON, COTTON niERCIIANT.S. Kremelberg 80 St., yew York. J. D. & Co., Wall ESTABLISHED 1841. NEW YORK BALTHnORK. Kremelberg, Schaefer & Co., Insurance. Wm. E. Rogers & Co., NE%V OULEAN.S. 19 Sonth William street, ^Kremelberg & Co., NEW YORK, LO[JI!i>VIL^ Barley malt. 6.34.6 in 122,829 64,39' do CCA7-8 do A.... Si 1!) do C ,. .. lOK and Cutmeats 65,633 2:.S2.^ do CT..4-4 do A.... 30 17 Willow Br'lc No 1 18 Grass seoU.baus. 19,291 Kggs 38,429 16,381 do FenD.a.4-4 MetUuen AA.. '.. 18 WhittentonXXX. 20 Beans bbls. 8,036 7,430 Pork 23,241 88,626 do AA .. U do ASA. .. 20 do A. .. Peas bush. 320.996 9,302 Beef 11,502 6,068 do X Lancaster 4-t 25 York SO ii" C. meal bbls. 17,533 22,036 Lard 56,210 66,326 Cordis AAA. »2 18 do 7-8 20 do 32 21 Cotton bales. 130,4 i3 82,972 Lard kegs. 2,009 1,277 do ACE. 3a so Omeea 14 Hemp bales. 83 40 Rice pkgB. 6,123 2,071 Hides No. .391,79 231,116 Starch 21,075 24,078 Glazed Cambrics, Hops bales. 13,335 3,201 Stearine 1,99) 2,698 LeUher. .. sides. 475,447 342,470: Sugar bbls. 8,016ito 9U 9 3 10 Kg, FFg, FFr-g, 251b keira 4 75 — 3 In. « longer Ilaz.r Brandy, foreign bnuidi « gal 1 10 li 00 Saline 4 ^^ a s r>o I's Kentucky r.lle, Fg. FFg, FFFg, 25lb a Kam—,)am., 4lh proof '• I fj * 100 Cut spikes, all ilieii! 4 75 8t.Crolz,8d proof •• 8 Dupont* rl'fl'o in "io'ib lte|['a*. .'!!!!!!, !!!!!!!'!'!"" 49 i'(iinM_(.d..wli.An..pure.Vnoii»l'W 4 75 Gin •• tin lOH I 00 Lead.Tn., \mer.,pure dry. HAV- DomttUc Uf iiort—Cash line, ."" « Shinp'nff wti..Amor. dry. No. I.. .vioutt 90 a Alcohol(90perot)C.* W cnr, J» Zinc, wh.. Amor., 7 « Whisker. No. 1, In oil .... UIDKS- 1 10 • t-aria white. Kng, prime goIdVlOCB 13} Zwy-Doeno«AyrcBMlectcd.»innold 20 a 24 STKKL- S Montevideo,Montevideo. do....An " -m.^T mere Pricm. 2: Engllsh, caBt,2d Alat qoalily Corrientes, do.... v 1 gold i4H« '="'.'!' 'o'ol-W tt. i«Ha 20 English, snring,2d Istqnallly,. " 'vel8h''tii'hJ"''' Klo Orande, do.... * 19 a Rngllsh blister, 2d4klitqnallty., " ,}* •• 31 • • Half flrklna'cWcBt'n) " •• Orinoco, do.... 20 *• la a Kngllsb machinery Welsh •• '• •• 26 California *Ha lOK tuba do. 20 a Kngllsh (JcrmBn,2d " 16 23 Matain. and Mux, as they run * Itt quality losS CHKK8K— 18 a American l)Itster .JH Maracalbo, do.... cnr, .... • JJoi? State factory, fair 16 a American cast. Tool to ff00