New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-02-15

The Stock market was very active to-day, the sales
of nearly all the fancies being enormous There vas
with some exceptions an upward tendency at the
Morning Board, but at the Second Board the market
was lees firm and fell off in cases to e cent
The leading operator free seller, offering Stocks
in lots of 900 and 5000 shares The private trans
actions in Erie yesterday and to-day have been nearly
as great as the printed transactions The friends 80
called of Erie supposed to have cold $4,000 shares,
which were bought TO e cent lower. The
market took the avalanche Of stock with much hrm-
ness The market opened at go, at which consider
able sales were made before the Board, huctuaed be-
tween 591 a SD and finally closed at SD. Reading
was very buoyant, going to eli, but closing at 9Oi
Hudson River at the close heavy, and offered at
IS. Harlem also was lower. Central 93I and
steady. The movement in Southern Michigan con-
tinues downward, and at the Second Board free sales
were made as low SO. II is understood that the
sellers options put out by the purchasers during the
corner have all been notified for tomorrow, which
will throw a large amount of stock on the
market. The Western Shares in some cases show
an Improvement. The orders for these Stocks are
increasing. Milwaukee and Mississippi advanced to
s7l per cent advance; Cleveland aud Pittsburgh to
o., an improvement of l per cent; Cleveland and
Toledo is per cent down; Michigan Central steady
at 95 Galena ard Chicago fell off, under the runors Of
small receipts. to liz; Chicago and Rock Island
is 95; Cumberland was very active, and, after
touching 262 closed at &c J. and improvement of per
cent; Nicaragua is without much change. In Railroad
Bonds the business was to fair extent, and gene
rally strong. Illinois Centrals are s7l other Bonds
are in fair inquiry and there are considerable trans
actions making at private sale. small sale OF Govern
nent 6s 1865 was made at III. In State Stocks there
is good demand for banking purposes and the
market steady At private sale We hear Of $4,000
New-York IS, 1873 at lO5 and accrued interest, aud
$50, 900 Hartford City Bonds at par
In Exchange there is but little doing The supply
of bills is better and the rates of last steamer are
scarcely sustained. The Quaker City has been put on
for Saturday in place of the Pacific, and there will
not probably be much done until the Persia's day.
In Freights we notice engagements to Liverpool,
10 GOO bushels corn 3d. in bulk to fill up; 200 pkgs.
lard e7s Cd $500 bbls. four 2s cd. 92s. I'D; 800
bales cotton, ID 9.32d., and 200 pkgs. bacon, 3Os.
To Antwerp 1900 bbs rosn, is. loid 1000 bushels
rye 3d. in ships bags and $50 bales cotton, &C.. &c.
To Hamburgh, so ties. honey SC. per gallon 100 do.
rice, lOs, and 200 bales cotton, ic.
The business of the Sub-Treasury was-Pad,
sl22 1927 60 including $4,000, California Drafts Re-
ceived, sos ITO 81; Balance, sl652,6O9 ~; Paid for
Assay Office, $500 30; Paid on Discussing Checks,
s34, i33 IL.
The following sales of Bonds and Stocks were made
at auction by A. II. Nicolay:
r. eco Chicago Mississippi R. R. M;ge Int added u
loco Great Western I'M Railroad 10. Int add soa9os
5oeO Terre Haue and Alton r. ID Mtg BIDS Int add ~,
SEQ Ohio and Miss RR (Esston Dyl BIDS. Int add 81.
1000 Lake Erie, Wabash and ST. Louis RR ID Mtg Non,
Convertible Bonds Int added 50
eco Toledo and Illinois Railroad ID Mors p Non
Convertible Bonfs added %
. Green Bay Milwaukee and Chicago Railroad. Isl
shares BOwery Fire Insurance Company.
. shares Bovery Fire Insurance Company
10 shares Enterprise Fire Insurance Coupany....... So
The building in Chambers street. known the
Chambers street Savings Bank, was sold at auction
this morning, by +. II. Ludlow, for $4,000.
The money market continues abundantly well sup
Piled with money on call and for The purchase of pa
per- There is also much facility in the negotiation of
loans for fixed periods. On call money is SAL 2 cent
and seeking employment. Paper goes at 7ss y cent
for frstclass. The offerings at Bank have fallen off
lately and these, with increasing specie line,
doing all the good paper offered.
Judge Green has confirmed the report of Judge
Shelton referee removing Mr. Patchin receiver Of
the Buffalo and New-YOrk City Railroad Company,
and appointing Mr. Geo. Palmer of Buffalo Receiver.
The change made at the instance Of the creditors
Of the corporation.
In relation to the Dry Goods trade The Iadepeadest
says:
The Dry Goods trade has been much more active
the past week-partieularly among the jobbers.
Western buyers are beginning to. make their
appearance in considerable numbers. The total sales
thus far IN the month of February larger than for
the corresponding period of last year. although scarcely
up TO the figures anticipated in early January At the
close of last week and the first part of this week our
importing and commission houses complained of dull
Tested desire to make speculative purchases in
ticpation of real wants. Philadelphia Baltimore and
Boston merchants have thus lar bought spanngly.
We continue TO hear favorable accounts from oil psrts