New-York daily tribune., 1858-09-16
COMMERCIAL lN1ITEIS.Y.


WED>HsD,i. Sept. l5--s. n.
The Stocs market to-day was moderately active,
but the tendency to still lower prices The bears
were bold and active at least three quarters ii the
promnen. operators being for the fall While the buns
indispo>ed to resist the decline with any vigor
The sales 10 lsrye extent by the oommSsioa
houses indies ating that the public ae bayen rather
shsn sellers ard The principal sbsorytioa of stocks
appeared 20 from the shor.s to cover ma
turing contracts. L, The uHinpor;aA Laniniux
q, the Mouep u'arfss.. WHICH h@s taken place
in the uuiavsrable business upon mSsy q
he NHicrn Roads. All in tie scnera
ind Terrence Of the public 81 large 10 the Husai.oas II
the stock market she bears the elements of urshe~
decline IN prices 1t is very possible, however, that
should the advantages of the hears be pressed 100 hard
the public may bc aroused rom its le'hargy. fur
ther fall of y cet would very e,rtsinly bring 10
speculative buyers from among parties who, although
having abundance Of idle means, csnnot at prce-
ert be tempted into the ANNA. Central oscsej
at .Ss. but, under considerable offerings Of cssA
stock, fell of to 7si. There was , rurnor that
the Angus, receipts of hs road reach Foo 900, but
il this he true, considerable amornt has come
from speculative purchases of tickets which have NOT
been used the buyers holding them for the advance in
rstes One of the officers &C the Company reported
to have stated that $500 900 worth of thee tickets are
outstanding bought after the reduction OF lares, which
must come in during September aud October Il the
fares should BE- advanced and of course reduce the
cepts of these months. In Erie there was but little
done and the market fell off to III. II is reported.
but not officially, that the August earnings, AZ
ter the settlement with connecting roads. show
a decrease Of $l55,000. There was
fair amount of business in Reading which
h. ii. 81
active excepting Michigan Southern and Rock Island.
The former shows no marked change from yesterday.
bu, the latter continues to suffer from the depressing
influence Of its reduced traffic. At the Second Board,
it sold as low as 60 but aterward recovered to 69l
Galena was without important charge. Pacific Mail ia
steady at 9li Notwithstanding the impending opening
of the Nicaragua and Tehuantepec routes Bank
stocks are in fair demand, and steadily advancing In
the Bond market the business is light, aud prices with
out important change. A small sale of the Gov
crnment loan was made at 1887, and it offered
a, that price. The demand is very limited.
At the Second Board the market opened heavy, but
toward the close there disposition shown 70
buy stocks and q rally established II iait
cent on the leading fancies. The following are tho
closing prices: Erie, III al7s; Central, 7si s7Si.
Reading is! 49,, Toledo, 33l a33i; Gaena s2i sS3.
Rock ISLAND 69i q69I Illinois Central 7j1 e7J,; IlAr-
lem, 10 alOI; Missouri Us, Sie84i.
The Exchange market is firm, but there is nothing
Of Importance doing. Drawers in cases have
advanced their rates to l0l y cent for Sterling.
Other Exchanges are dull and have downward tea
dency.
Freights are 6rmer To Liverpool, 500 bbls.
Flour at about II a.; 10000 bush. Grain at 3id. for
Corn, and I'd. Tor Wheat in bulk; Cotton. at 5-3M. .
3-l6d. 20 boxes Bacon at los; 5000 Canada Butt
Slaves at Sc. To London $50 bbls. Resin at 2s. 3D..
30 tuns OilCake at 20s. To Glasgow, 600 bbls. Flour
at -. Sd; 5000 bush. Grain at about 6.d.
The business of the Sub Treasury was: Receipts,
$l6I ,73i 9O-sSl 600 from Customs; Payments,
1907 ,7f5 ~ Balance, 81, 81 ,927 63.
The earnings of the Pittsburgh Fort Wayne and
Chicago Railroad Company for the month Of August,
show iavoraby in view of the extremely low rates a.
which has been necessary TO transact the business.
They officially reported by the Auditor as follows
From Freight. ....Sb6ol ~
From PassenRers. bo.lol ~
FROM Wall. ....'...s'.'.'.'-s'..-' ito< -
From Kent OF Road. 300 W
FROM miscellaneous. olo H-inut "
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