New-York daily tribune., 1858-04-24

,hs. the con.tst between bulls and besrs ., the
Stock Exchange, sssistsd by the s1herents OF
both parties outside, must pre-elny be resumed
with something of rs previous warmth and m
.epsty. ]: Will be next 20 npOssiolty TO keep
The sDint Of sp@cu alton e. the Stock EAchaoge
this quitsce state for any length Of ;ine especially
while the prospects, Of monetary ease through The
Summer appear good. 1t is CURIOUS fs'; that upon
TIE foreign stock markets this unnatural concentration
Of ide capital which las been quite ss striking as IN
th.s country, has had hrle effec.-smu4slng no
speculation in either foreign domestic securities at
al Commemorate with the power and nfisence ~h'ca
would generally be experienced under such plethora
Vo,ent speculstons, not only stocks, but IN many
descriptions of merchandise almost sure 70 follow
great abundance OF money; and here we
have witnessed these results 20 extent; but upon
the more sober minds Of our transatlantic brethren 10
sGch effects perceptble and money gathered up
IL heaps and rates of interest run down TO extremely
low point with but slight effects upon their spec1a-
tive nerves. This may be in par secOunted for by the
severity Of losses met in ventures OF the last year OF
panic ard disaster but this s Inefficient TO ex-
pain the chilling Indifference which seems 70 rect like
wet blanket upon the great c1EInercis oen'eTs
of Europe. Possibly this may be that calm
which preceles the storm, and while ;; iasts, u
people dwell upon The experience OF the past
and gather essons Of prudence from hs
study the sharp reverses Of lest Autumn, VIII not
have been without advantage 70 the busnets conmu-
ni'y. Al the Firs. Board business wss upon very
limited scale and there was no activity in me ieadng
stOckf. An undertOne OF rmness was clearly percept-
ble however, during the session, and tae market
seemed to lack only e resumption Of earnest move
men,s on the part Of the bulls TO acquire decidedly
upward impetus their opponents having ceased a''ve
operations for the decline. The strongest stocks on
the list for the day were Enc, Reading anu
Rock leland, all Of which improved from
opening quotations end maintained e tendency
to better quotations through the day. New-York
Central was fraction lower than a. the close OF
Yesterday, bat attracted very little attention. In other
stocks the features were not prominent enough TO call
for especial comment. the Second Board had the
benefit Of the foreign news bu, there was no material
increase Of business, although small advance was es-
tablsbed in Rock Island aud Reading both Of which
seem TO be gaining somewha. strength and favor Tor
speculation The closing prices were for Ehs, 255;
Reading Al New-York Central, s9l; Toledo, 49,;
Rock Island, 76I; Cumberland, lS; Hudson River,
3Ol &c.
The inquiry for foreign bills for the Saturday steamer
is very light, while the supply considerable. Tne
market is down 81 T. cent, lne of the best sterling
names having been sold at lOS3. Commercial sigma
tuIes are lO8 l0S! Document bills lO79 0lOS, &c.
Fregbts are firm. For forward delivery we hear of
engagements at higher rates. To Liverpool; 600
bbs Flour at ls 3d. 5000 BUSH Corn, on the spot, at
3d.. TO- 000 bush. Whest al ID. for early May ship
ment 700 bales Cotton az 3D.; 300 boxes Cheese at
20s. 800 bbs. Rosin at ls. 0ld; 80 csses Picked
Oysters ct ICE. Cd & 80 cubic feet; and by steamer
City Of Washington, 25 hhds. Bacon al 25s 400 boxes
Cheese 3js. and per packet of 9th May 800 bbs Flour
ls. i}d. To London 800 bbs. Spirits a. 5s. 300 tea.
Ipdia Beef at 3s. 3D.; 5000 bbs. Crude Turpentne
and Rosn at ls 3D. p 80 IT.. To Bremen: 100 cssks
Tobacco 100 bbs Ashes snd 100 bbls. Rice at 27s. 6f
brig from City Point Venice with Tobacco at 4Os.
schooner with 800 bbs. 10 Tenerife at 81 y bbl.
schooner Of 1856 tune TO Palermo, with Flour at -
and Germ al 2jc. A brig from Philadelphia to Havana
with Coal at about 81; snd one from Wilmington to
Porto Rico, with Lumber at abou, 81 80 A brig to
Bargm with Flour at $lj. The steamer Arago takes
tO0 casks Rice to Havre and Hamburg private
teuns. To Rotterdam: $50 bbs Rosin at 3s.
big from Wilmington 10 Martinique with Lumber Al
SO T. NJ ard the schooner Georgia TO Sants Cruz on
private terms.
The business Of the Sub-Treasury was Receipts
$40 43S 44-from Customs, $3i 600; Payments, s'','
$50 IL; Balance, $3,69i975 %.
ADRIAN II. Mllltr Will LOlu Dis regular duVt"n ehlc
Of stocks and bonds tomorrow, at l2l o'clock a.
the Merchants Exchange.
8. Diapers daily auction sale Of bonds aud stocks
viii take plsce tomorrow Saturday, at ~ o clock,
at the Merchants Exchange.
Albert III. Nicolays regular daily auction saie oi
stocks and bonds viii take place tomorrow lSi.'
urday), AZ l2l o'clock, at the Merchants Exchange.
In regard 70 our statemen. day or two since. that
a Sinking Fund Bondhoder of the Erie Railroad Com
psry had ced a sut against the Company the
trutbo which statement wac denied by some one at
the Wall street office have only to say, that,
notwithsar ding this denial such suit was commenced.
That the process not served upon the President
only because be was not n owu suggested
would be the case, the Company have arranged the
matter, and the eut has viii be discontinued The
business OF the Clearing House to-day, was $li9t25Si
The Metropolitan Bank Certificates. $203,O0O. The
railroad trsffic portions of the West con-
tinues to improve The second week in April on the
Wabash Valley Road gives So 800 sgainst $40 100 for
the lst week. The month promises to reach, $4,000
against S5l COO last April. The receipts Of the Erie
are shout $G0 geo ahead Of the same period Of last
April and the Harlem for the first nineteen dsys shows
gain Of s, ,200 with largely reduced expenditures.
The business Of the Milwaukee and Mississippi Road is
favorable and the daily earnings about 5000. The
Illinois Central earning for two weeks are about
$eO 600 The New.York Central earnings for six
u cntbs have been:
IS57-3s. ISJ6-57. ISJ5-56
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