New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-03-03
TUESDAY, March 2-P. N.


buoyan day in the Stock market The lis. of trans
actions is very long, and at the Second Board,
pecialy the business larger than for some time
Past. There is apparently strong infusion Of out.
side speculation and the scene OF activity at the
Board is very animated. There is more general
movement than for some time, although Erie and
Reading continue to be favorites with operators
The with which fancy stocks are carried, with
the encouraging advices from Europe, have had
great effect In producing the present state of the
market The sales of Erie have been 500 shares
and Of Reading $500 shares Erie shows an advance
of II y cent, S2i being bid at the close. Reading
has improved p cent. Canton II y cent Nor
witch was very buoyant, closing at So an advance o.
81 p cent Long, Island is buoyant, and Morris Ia =
an improving tendency. Harlem remains steady
There is too little of this stock the market for
activity New-Jersey is firm. The Erie Securities
sympathize with the stock. The COnvertibles sold
at 903, an improvement of IL p cent. The 81 Mort.
cages sold at 1891, but closed at l03i, an improve
ment OF p cent. The Isl Mortgages fell from yes.
terday at the First Board to 49, but to ia
and closed at the Second Board at ll5s, with pur
chases for foreign account. Hudson River Bonds
are also improving Government and State Stocks
are in full demand at full prices. Government 6s
1867 sold at li7s
In Exchange there has been fair bust.
ness dcng at steady prices Sterling loGlO. Francs,
5l7IG5l6s. Bremen, IS. a7sf Hamburg, 50, 1885,.
Amsterdam, 4Ido4li.
Freights are not very active to Liver
kool FOR want Of specie, and there is OF one Lon
don packet in port. The rates are arm. Cotton
ID asked with engagements round Sea Island at
ll.32d. Flour, Is ga 10000 bush. Wheat, sid, and
by the Steamer 900 tres. Seed, 6,. To Glasgow, 700
bbls Flour on private terms, and 500 bales Cotton
by the steamer Glasgow az : 32d. To St. Peters
burg, one or two vessels were taken up at &c. for
Cotton, and 32s. Cd for heavy goois. To Havre 500
bis Flour, &c. and Cotton at ic. Ashes, Bark, &c,
$6GSS A vessel was chartered for Windward
Islands at f2ic. y Dbl one for Barbados at Soc
ore for Antigua at $500, and two to load lumber in
the Potomac for Eastern ports a. 81 To California,
there is a fair business doing at previous rates.
There is no change to note 10 the Money
market. The supply call is large, and the rates as
before quoted.
The payments from the Sub Treasury are
large to-day s564 767 receipts, sl3S 275 balance
S2,O20,7 100.
The inquiries for first class Railroad Sc
culties for foreign account continues and we heard
of sales of Sl5Oc0O Ohio and Pennsylvania Bonds
to-day to go abroad.
At auction to-day $4,000 Merchants Ex-
change frs. mortgage bonds sold at iOll, and $4,000
second mortgage at 75c.
The advices per Franklin are favorable
for Cotton, but scarcely favorable for Breads!us
as previous accounts. The operasionsin Cotson'had
been extertive and n advance of 3D. had been real
lied. These aGvices must have favorable effect
here. The political news indicates disruption OF
the present quiet of Europe later Consols
were elias OIL, after having touched OIL. The Tunes
of the 18th says
The sudden fall in Consols, this morning was &C.
casioncd by he extraordinary announcement from
the Treasury that tho eight and half millions OF
Exchequer bills which become due next month, VIII
be renewed at their existing ate OF interest. more
incompuhenslse proceeding, or one that has excl
ted such universal censure among men OF business
bss rarely been recorded. By this step direct loss
Of C32, COO has been inflicted upon the public The
rate now paid three half pence per cent per Day or
co SIS I'D, per anIum and the general expectation
was that reduction would be made to penny far
thing, or Il les. Old. per annum.
The Franklin brings $4,000 in doub-
looms.
The Jefferson Insurance Company have
declared semi annual dividend Of 81 per share
payable on demand.
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