New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-01-25
SECOND BOARD.
THURSDAY. Jan. 24-P. ".

The Stock market was moderately active to-day
without important change in prices. After and at the
S. cond Board the feeling was rather buoyant but
with no large transactions. The foreign news, al
though not generally considered as favorable, had
but little effect and Wall street appears to be gradu
av preparing to declare its independence of the Lon
don Stock Exchange. 1t now appears to be con-
sidered natural consequence that fall of cent
in Consols should be followed by decline of y
cent in Erie and Reading Erie sold at SO during the af
ternoon and closed at about 52t. Reading was s61
Both stocks were scarce to-day Hudson River and Cen
trial were dull. Nicaragua was among the buoyant
stocks and closed at 23l-an improvement of ] 3
cent leading member Of the Board offered 5000
shares at 90 seller 10 months. Cumberland steady
at 232. Western shares about as yesterday, ex-
cepting Gaena and Chicago, which fell off = cent and
Cleveland and Pittsburgh which advanced . cent,
selling at 49, Delaware and Hudson sold at ll9l. The
transactions in Railroad Bonds reached 500 OOO and the
market was steady. Illinois Central sold at 8lsi
York Central 6s s6i; Goshen Line, IS; Michigan
Southern Sinking Fund so, and s04 bid after; Terre
Haute and Alton Cd Mortgage co. &c State Stocks
without activity and steady.
The Exchange market for the Saturday steamer is
not active, and the market is rather heavy, many
remters prefer to wait for the Wednesday boat The
90 mostly into the hands of Bankers and do not appear
in the market. Sterling is 740sl; firs-class bills
having been sold at oaes Z cent.
For Freghts the market is quiet but steady To
Liverpool engagements of 5000 bbs Flour at IS 3D.;
$50 bales Cotton 1921 3D., including Sea Island at
7.l6d; 40 bbls. Oil, 35s. $50 pkgs. Lard, 3Os. a
32s. cd. ToLondon 200 pkgs. Beef and Pork, Is.
p fierce and IS. = Dbl.
The business of the Sub-Treasury was: Paid,
s3O966 80; received, sol2 100 III balance, s2,O7s,-
100 AZ paid for Assay ofice, $685. So; paid on dis
bulsing checks, Sal, 72l 40.
The nearly simultaneous arrival of three steamers
causes large payments of duties, and the Treasury
will gain considerably this week.
The following sales of stocks and bonds were made
at auction by A. ii. Nicolay
5OCO Lake Erie Wabash 81 RR LIST mort int ad 72}
10000 Lake Erie Wabash s. l. LIZ LIST mort mt ad co
1900 Buffalo Corning and N Y RR LIST mort, hst. 2S3
roo shsres send Ayenue RalToad 293 a sol
l25 shares Cleveland and Toledo Railroad ..'....:.' "a
l7S shores Excelsior Fire Insurance Company dlOO
IS shares Lenox Fire Insurance Company vi
Is shares Hamilton Fire Insurance Company 80
shares Commonwealth Insurance Company 80
10 shares Knickerbocker Life Insurance Company ost
The public are cautioned, as will be seen by adj
vertisement in another column, against purchasing
Bond No. 81, Chan paign County, which recently
lost in mail transit The payment of said bond and
coupons have been stopped and the owner expects to
obtain a new bond should the missing one not be
found.
The Bank of Mobile has declared semi-annual
dividend of cent, payable to the NewYork stock
holders on demand at the Merchants Bank.
The Greenwich Insurance Company semi annual
dividend of cent payable on the LIST of February
The business of the Clearing House 81, 252 900,
which is smaller than usual.
The exports of produce from the port of New-Or-
leans are very large, as will be by the following
statement of the last quarters of the years 1885, 1854
and 1855
Eportsef Produce Orleans for the months Of October
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