The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-01-21
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
MON EY MARK Il r.

SATURDAY, Jan. 20-6 Pm.
The stock market continues unsettled. Tnis
morning an advance was realized on State secun
tiss and railroad bonds, while railroad stocks and
ether fsnces fell of q traction. Considering the
imitation prices have already reached thsrs is much
more frmness than we supposed possible 30 soon
after such serious depression. 1t appears more
ext aordinaiy. when it is borne il mind that ali
speculation thus far has been confined to the brokers
of Wall street, that not single shsre Of any fancy
stock has been taken out Of the strest where one
hundred have been bough, in, and that the market
is better supplied now than IL has been for months.
Eotwitbstsn n ding tbese adverse circumstances,
prices have moved pretty steadily upward, and are
apparently firmly sustained. At tho frat board 70.
day. Missouri advanced per cent; Indiana, I;
Virginia, 4; Erie bords, 1871, q; Illinois Central
bonds, /; New York Central boads, j; Rsading
Railroad, Il Ilrois Central RAILROAD, ]. penasyi'
varia Coal declined per cent Cumberland.
/; New Yo.k Central Ra,lfosd, 1; Erie
Railroad, Harlem, 4 Galena and Chicago
Railrosd, 1. The movement to-day was most
o. tive in Illinois Central bonds and in Cumberland
Goal stock. Gold Hill Mining stock sid at peg
cent.
Between the boards sales Of $40, 600 Hudson River
Railroad third bonds at 72a rs interest sddei ard
% shares Atlantic Dock Company, at 80 per cent,
were made at auction.
At the second board the market was without ma.
terial change. Harlem declined per cent Erie
Bonds, 1875, advanced per cent; Michigan South
ern Railroad, l; Missouri 6s, /; Virginia 6's. /.
The transactions at the office of the Assistant
Treasurer to-day, were as folows:-
Received s7e,33l 90
Payments. :;....................." $3.50 %
Balance. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 273S, 466 90
The Erie Railroad Company earned 1854. AL 55in
December, 1854 against 1891 ,203 40 for ths same
month in 1853. Increase, ,228 Is.
The warrants entered at the Treasury Department,
Washington, on the 18th inst, were:-
For the redemption OF stock $37, 099 10
For paying other Treasury cebts.. Is $40 %
For the Interior Department. 3,147 %
For the Customs. o,5I9 ~
For the War Department me 1,S4s g g
For the Navy Department. ............. 1s7,360 Is
For covering into the Treasury from Customs es4es 50
Covering into Treasury from misc. sources. 40S 90
The return from the Bank Of England for the
week ell ling the 3Oth Of December gives the follow
ing results, when compared with the previous
week.
Public deposits Go $685. 4ss Increase 4is5 ,o22
Rest. ............ 1888 Increase. 12,IOI
On the other side of the account
Government securitiesE1 611 1853 Increase. fl,97o
Other securities.... 15S6,6S4 Increase. 132S 23l
Notes unemployed. 7,77o,6sS Decrease. 573,o5S
The amount Of notes In circulation is fl9 4sl $780,
being increase Of f275 sos, and the stock Of bull
hon in both departments is f13 1884 ,657, showing
decrease of f3O2,447 when compared with the pre-
cediDg return.
Baring's circular of the 9Th inst. ssys:-
There has been large sale of United States per cent
bonds of 1865, at 103 104; the quotation is 105
106 Indiana State 5s 70 Massachusetts, sterling SIS,
inquired for at 1922 Pennsylvania SIS inscriptions, 10
75 some inquiry for the bonds at 80 at which price
there sellers. Sellers of Virginia 6's dollar
bonds at So and Of SIS Sterling bonds at S. Maryland
So 90; New Orleans 6s, dollar bonds nominal at IS
So Canada 6's, sterling 107, sellers Small sales Of Hi
nos Central Railroad rs have been made at co. of tha
Pennsylvania Central SIS, dollar LIST mortgage, So ST.
div. and OF the 6's sterling bonds ID mortgage,
with interest from September, at 80. Our quotations
without the January dividends.