The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1858-08-23
1tlouttaru ana Commercial Rebietu.
BALTIMORE, August q, 1855

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The Stock market continues without animation and
prices show very little change. The business of the day
sums up $50 000 Baltimore Ohio Railroad is
re better with sales of lis shares at S57A sellers op-
ton 60 days and s5S cash. leaving at s57A bid regular
way 5S4 asked After the Board there were sales of
shares buyer 60 days $5s Northern Central sold
the opening $21 cash, than yesterday; at buy.
ers option 60 days brought 2lk6s2l There were 400
shares of this stock sold and it closed at SOY bid $1
asked cash. Springfield Mining Co mpany maintained
highest figure of yesterday 300 shares selling s256
Nothing done in Bank shares, which firm. There
some little movement in Baltimore City 6s at about pre-
vious rates. $500 1905 bringing 9S 900 1s75s
and 800 1855 97A The only transactions in Railroad
bonds was sale of 50 900 Baltimore and Ohio 1s75s at
81 seller 10 days We have change to note in other
securities
The New York Post of Saturday afternoon says:
An extraordinary degree of continues to prevail in
the money market. The supply of money offer in the
open market has large demand loans
ed with great facility and cheappess at any time
during the plethora In the discount department how
ever, notice maintenance of the advanced rates. say
y per cent better short date, and per cent on and
months bills than those current at the beginning of the
month The banks do not evince the lend
that they did few weeks since in view late loss
of specie and the near approach of the when they
are more or less subject to calls from country bankers
The week closes on quite strong stock market The
principal business in New York Central the sales
reaching 900 shares and closing advance of per
cent The spirit with which parties had
egn orders for the stock took hold at the opening
te estern Roads recovered slightly from the depression
OF the past few days There is margin of about per
cent on New York Central between quotations here
IN London, and about per Illinois Central The
latter were in good demand II being bid without drawing
out the stock For the bonds 9 offered at the close
The fresh orders though not important which appeared
today were probably prompted by the improving aspect
OF financial and commercial affairs the other side.
Reading shares to 4Sli From information at hand
this morning appears that the elegraphc of the
tonnage OF the road Incorrect The figures represent
ing only five days business. The tonnage of yesterday
makes the total for days 3S sos tons The bunder
Philadelphia firm, assured entirely uninen-
tional and asserted upon
of the respectability of the parties
The United States SIS brought 1888. State stocks
still affected by the trouble among the Wisconsin banks
Tennessee fell to 91a Indiana SIS exception they
advancing 1 per cent
The business of the week the whole has again been
on quiet scale. The table given below shows that the
bears in the main, have had the advantage and in most
instances have knocked down the prices per cent
This applies particularly to the speculative list
public having shown disposition press good
dividend paying state stocks and railroad bonds In ac
it appears to be fixed popularity of the present period
that attention is absolutely upon securities
OF high class to the complete neglect of all speculative
descriptions Hence the Intellectual attempts men,
bers of the Stock Exchange stir up considerable
activity The public must participate, the bear
movement carries but little real preft interest.
The exchange market for the Arago closed quiet at 09H
GlO91 for leading bills London. Only S106 900 in
specie goes forward. The specie of week
poth domestic and foreign, has been quite unimportant
SALES AT THE RAITJNoRF STOcK poapD