The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-02-10
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL
NJ o * e r.
FRIDAY, Feb. &c p. N.

hibhID q J-O . M
The stock market appears to be shaking In the
wind. 1t has evidently come to o standstil, and is
further progress has been averted. doubtless by the
want Of material to fire up with. TIE brokers have
now the length Of their rope, aud 10 aid he's come In
from outside. 1t is useless to attemp any fur Their
e~xpinaion without support from speculators out or
Wall street. At the first board to-day, Canton Co.
fell OF l per cent; Camberlsoi, 4; Nicaragua Tran.
els, 1; New Yo:k Central Railroad, 1; Cleveland
and Toledo Railroad, /; Erie Railroad, /. Illinois
Central Bends advanced per ceat; Chicago and
Rock Island Railroad, 1; Northern Indiana Railroad,
l; Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati Railroad, Q;
Galena aud Chicago Railroad, /; New Jersey R,il
road, /. The transactions In Era were, Ia the az.
gregats, quite large. The entire movement in this
fancy Ii speculative. Ths sups Iy in the stree. j.
steadily increasing, by outsiders realizing, aud the
brtkers are compelled TO take all offered TO
sustain the marke. value. HAHN 10 m1ch
better sustained than anticipated from the CON
plexi'n qf tts late report, Until tod,y the sales
have been to . trifing extent. There vas conside.
rable activity this morning in railroad bords. The
sales amount 70 about two hundred ID JusaDd dolls.s,
Of eli sorts. Erie bonds, 1875, and Ilinois Central
bonds, Ge principally operated in BY soecalato.s.
Hudson River Railroad bonds, third mortgage, we're
in demand to-day, and nearly eighty thousand dol
lars we're sold. There we're large operations ia
these bonds yes.e.dsy. Both days the transactions
have been prime pally on time. State stocks are
daily sold to abou. the ram extent. There sppears
to be more Virginia 6s on the market than any
other class, but prices are well sustained.
After the adjournment Of the board, the folio wing
sales Of bonds and stocks we're made at auction, BY
Simeon Draper
slo,4 400 Nash. and Chattan'ga RR. bonds; slo, 900 sesond
bonds Panama RR., sold In one lot for. 1900. I $500
5000 Hudson River RR, sd mort...... TX
SO shares Bulls Head Bank ...... "a
ZOE do. stonington ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. o4s
A. H. Nicolay and A. II. Muller & Co. hold sales
Of stocks and bonds As the Merchants Exchange
to morro v Saturday a. la o'clock.
AZ the second board the marke. was weak for
soms OF the railroad fsnciss. Esie Railroad fell OF
4 per cent; Hudson River Railroad, !; Harlem, /;
Nicaragua Transit, 4. Gslena and Chicago Railroad
advanced II per cent; Cleveland, Columbus and
Cincinnati Railroad. ]. Cunbsrls1d Coal closed
firm ct prices current In the morning.
The transactions At the Assistant Troasurer's Of
fee TO day, were Is follows
fayment. lIo,cOl %
Paid for Assay Office 2,2eo %
~ ""
The receipts include $500 900 paid In for . drat
on s.. Louis. This Ia the draft obtained by Page b
Bacon, ard forms part OF the remittsnces Of that
house TO 81. Louis, prior 70 is resumption Of pay
ment.
Most Of the gold dust received BY the North Star
viii be made into barr. This looks ike preparations
for an active shipment Of bullion. The steamship
Unicn, from this port for Southampton and Hsvre
tomorrow Saturday, viii take out about $50 900
In specie, and the Cunsrc steamer from Boston, on
Wednesday NEXT, will probably take out upwards Of
$4,000 In specie. Such Ia the belief at present.
The steamship Allan tic, a. this port from Liver.
pool, with dates seven days later, Toes mot bring
anything in q financial or commercial vieS Of mach
importance. The advices are rather o. &C unfsvor-
able character. Confols bad fallen cf, and there
w0 "a active demand for m ,ney. Notwithstanding
the large arrivals OF gold from Australia tire bullion
in the bank shows . great de crease for the week.
The markets fer our staples were inactive, withou.
any actual decline in prices. From the manuf4c.
turing districts the acsounss are bad. American
securities we're In moderate req uest, .. prices pre
vicusly current. The rsturn from the Bank OF Eag.
land for the week ending the 2oth Of January gives
the following results when compared with the prs
vious week.
Public deposits. ......f 257,l25 Decrease. !. ca, Iss
Other deposits ........ 10,sS2, 22s Decrease. 474
Rest..."".."."... 3,25s,SS7 Increass.... 3l,62s
On the other side Of the &C ,ount.-
Covenant f~eeuritss. Ill ,637, .21 Increase i. Goa, 7os
Other securities !. /. 80. 1916, 900 Decrease. 100, eis
Notes unemployed -. ~s,4e3,tss Decrease. 2ss,s7o
The amount Of notes In circulation II coo. ols $40.
being . decrease OF f7l.X75, ard The stock Of bal
NON IN both departments 10 fl2, l67,l s5, shovinQ 4
stsress Of l'7e,tls, when compared with the pre-