The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1858-12-11
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BALTIMORE, December 10, 1858.

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BALTIMORE, December 10, 1858.
Our Stock market during the early part of the
week was pretty active, but for the last day two
it has been quiet. The aggregate value of the
stocks sold at the Board is about S3lO, 600, which
amount is some $50 900 less than the aggregate of
last weeks business. Northern Central Railway
has been active again this week, the sales adding
up about 500 shares. The market for it has tluc-
tuated considerably. 1t opened at S225s cash, and
S223i time, but it subsequently gave way, and at
the close of the Board Wednesday it sold at S2l
cash, and S2lIs time, these figures being the low
est of the week. Yesterday prices advanced again
slightly, and to-day there further improve
ment in it, some 400 shares being sold at S2l15@
S2l24 regular way, and S2l2l buyer 20 and 80 days
The market for it closed steady at S2l3s bid, S2lA
asked regular way. Baltimore and OHIO Railroad
has improved in the week 4 to q of a dollar per
share The sales add up about 200 shares at from
S56l4 to S57 cash, and S5Gl9 to S57 buyers option
GO davs This stock closed to-day rather heavy at
S5G3{ bid S57 asked regular way. Railroad bonds
have been in fair request. Northern Central
1855 have advanced in the week y to q, but
Northwestern Virginia endorsed third mort
gage bonds have dropped off IL per cent.
The sales of bonds include SO, 900 Baltimore and
Ohio 1SsO's at s6H Sll 900 do 1855 at Si34 cash,
and So buyer GO days; Sl,l00 Northern Central
1888 at 76; 800 do. 1855 at 1881 @74}& $1,000
York and Cumberland guaranteed bonds at 93; and
$4,000 Northwestern Virginia endorsed third
mortgage do. at from 60 down to 671a. For City
Gs the demand has been active, and 1905 have ad
vanced since the opening = per cent The sales
nj
994 and sume $1,000 1905 at 99H H@99H.-
1905 closed to-day firm at the latter figure. The
transfer books for all City 6s, except 1855 close
to-day preparatory to the payment of the January
interest. We note sales also of $4,000 Maryland
G's 1890 at lO7L Bank stocks continue firm
There has been fair demand for them and we note
sales of u shares Bank of Baltimore at SlO0@995s
ex dividend; l3 shares Union at S763l OH; so
shares Farmers and Merchants at S4014; II shares
Franklin at SllM; so shares Howard at S91%; and
80 shares Fells Point Savings at 255s. We note
also sales this week of 100 shares Canton at S201@,
and 3l5 shares Springfield Mining Company at 81.
The condition of financial affairs here is alto
gether unchanged. Money is in fair request, but
the market is easy and prime paper can be readily
placed at per cent for endorsed, and G@7 per
cent for first class single names. The banks dis
count readily such good paper as is offered. Call
loans on prime stock collaterals be made at
5@6 per cent.
The total value of the foreign exports from the |
port of Baltimore for the week ending on Thurs |
day was Sl32,97l, against total of SOS, ,34l for
the corresponding week in 1857. Included in the
exports were 6,OS3 bbls. -four, 1861 bbs. corn
meal, 2,ll0 bushels corn, 925 hhds. tobacco, 27S
tons COAL GO bbIs bread, 900 kegs do, "a terces
rice 155 bbIs. pork, 172 kegs butter, 3S2 pkgs
lard 400 boxes cheese, 400 boxes candles and 100
cases blue drills.
The value of the foreign imports at this port for
the week ending Dec 9th is Sl52,l24, of which |
S54 ,G59 were free, and S97 ,4G5 duty paying
goods.
The interest of the State of Illinois, due on the |
first Monday of January, will be paid on that day,
at the banking house of Messrs. Ketchum, Howe & |
Co., New York.
The creditors of the State of Illinois are notified |
that the first of January next, nine hundred
thousand dollars will be divided upon such bonds as
may be presented at the State Comptroller's office
The movement of the Banks in the four principal |
cities of the Union, in which weekly reports are
made as shown by their last statements, is as fol-
lows:
Loans Specie. Circulation Deposits. |
MY Dec 324 O7 726 S37 sly ss5 40 900
Pha. Dec 6 26l95 500 6439795 272Il11 l66s3 sci |
ors Nov.27 IS SO62on 14,426,34 1928 pa 22s5 472
Total 1923 275 s3s s24 94I 65ss15l 96 671
Last week. 2G 97 81 4O429 "a 75 2O2 147 1876
The above figures show continuance ofthe gene
raj expansion which has been going for some |
time past. Upon 5000, 900 increase of specie, the
loans have been expanded 81 S000 900.
There is nothing of Importance doing in Foreign Ex-
change at New York The market is steady at last quo
tatons.
Freights extremely firm. To London, 900 boxes
Cheese at 3Os; l20 hb Rosin private terms 100
Beef at 5 Cd and 100 bbls Beef As Sd. Liverpool
600 bbs Flour at Is 10d 400 boxes Cheese, at 25s
ship named the Vancouver with Cotton from New Or
leans to CrOnsadt, at 7sc
new GuanO Company, under the title of "The
United States Guano Company" has just been or |
ganZed under the laws of the State of Now Ior |
The Board of Trustees Egbert Benson, n. B.
Labaugh, George w. Benson, w. B. Burtis, George
Hall, s. Kirby, +. B. Carpenter, A. G. Benson, and
George Irving Mr.. Egbert Benson is President
of the Company, and Mr.. Labaugh VicePresident |
The islands of the Company are in the Pacific
Ocean, the principal being Howland's Island |
The Company are in negotiation for a ship to pro-
ceed at once to Howand's Island for load of guano
The earnings of the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad Com
pany for the month of October 1855 compared with 1857