New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-04-03
SECOND BOARD.
MONDAY, April 2-P. NJ.

There wss a fair amount OF business IN the Stock
market this morning and prices were quite buoyant.
There was q general disposition to buy Tue leading
operator for fall free seller. AZ far as wecsn
ascertain the public in the stock market 10 rather
greater extent than has before been noticed, but stu
not largely Stocks carried easily that the
temptation to make adventures Is too strong 10 be
sisted Erie has thoroughly taken the lead again as
the speculative stock, Reading, which superseded ii
sometime since, having become comparatively insc-
i've TIE market for Erie advanced steadily to SIT,
but closed aer the Second Board at 500, an Improve
mtnt OF v cent. on Saturday Tho receipts for
March sre rot yet made up, bat are reported
TO be ss large as for March last year. Hud-
son River is fImat AZ. Reading fell of | v
cent. Central was active and closed at 93i,
a little Improvement The Western dividend
psypg Socks are in good demand and strong.
Michigan Southern advanced II, selling at 96i.
Michigan Central advanced to s3i Cleveland aud
Toledo sold to the extent Of 500 shares advancing to
e9i-an Improvement of II y cent. Cumberland
was among the heavy Stocks, closing at 3ll-s de-
cline Of 2 cent. The Company is at present SELL
rg off lis accumulation Of coal, and mining but
n moderately The dividend question appears to sum-
Der in the hands Of the Committee Nicaragua vas
heavy at the Second Board, at decline Of v cent.
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actions were large. OF Erie, 1875, the purchases
were nearly 100000 considerable portion on
orders from abroad. The quotation was ssI IAN ad-
vance of y cent. OF illinois Central, the pur-
cbstes were $780, coo, at 7sl, div. o-equsl to 81;
ard 73l for Freelsnd Bonds, taken for foreign &C.
count. Panama Bonds sold at lO4I Fries, 1871, IS;
1883, cal; New.York Central, 1909, &c. State
Stocks are &C yancpg. Indiana 81 sold at ssh; Vir
ginias, OF; Mssouris, ga Norh Carolinas 99i. At
the close of the Second Board the market was not
buoysnt.
There is no change to notice in Sterling, which 10
quiet at 81 alOI Ct With frat class signatures at
10 y ct. Francs are more plenty, some bills having
come forward from the South. The demand is not
yet active for this steamer.
The Atlantic, 90 Wednesday, will probably taxa
million in gold, Of which some $500 900 will be in
barr Should the Star of the West arrive in Tine the
amount Of bars may be Increased.
The following sales of Stock ard Bonds were mads
at auction by A. II. Nicolsy:
$500 Virginia State Sizes, fat. Tt
5000 Tennessee State Sizes ea,.............. 81
500 Miehisan State Sizes, fst................. 30
GNO Wsr.ftown IN z Water Stock % Ast.... Isl
5toO New.YOrl & N. Haven q q: 1895, fat. g;
sac clev; 4 Pi,ebsrss e. Is, lsS, fat; saSt
$500 Gin Dpor Che & sterling ss, nst..' 81
90 shares Marine Bank ...................'.'....'
40 sbsrs Chatham Bank. y
40stsres New Amsterdam Fire las. Co......... 81
81 shares Arctic Fire Ips slt9S7
ssb.res United ststes fine Ina co............ llst
Simeon Diapers regular semi weekly sale Of Bonds
and Stocks at auction will take place tomorrow,
at l2I o'clock at the Merchants Exchange.
Tie Daniel Webster at New Orleans, reports tho
Star of the Yves. as having left Punto Arenas on the
oath ut, with $500 900 in gold on board II to this
be added a fair amount Of Treasury drafts, It WI
about NEE. the expectations Of the strest Mono o.
the suspended bsnders had resumed and wa
though. probable tina. none except Ps9e, Bacon e.
Co. Two new failures had occuHed-Chsppin, Saw
yer & Co., and j. B. Connery.
The Erie Railroad Company hsve decided 10 issue
certificates Of stock with coupons for dividends At
tached to facilitate transactions abroad where there
are no transfsr books. The details Of the matter
have not been decided upon. This stock can Be
passed from hand to hand Ike unregistered Soada.
and tho coupons be cut of In numerical orcss - N
dividerda arc declared and negotiated with foreie'
bankers according to the value Of the dividend, q