New-York daily tribune., 1858-02-17
TpynAY, Feb. l6-P. v.

peStable reactJn IN the STOCK merhsI Iehdco '-
reports Of daily opeatons Of much the same character
the current running strongly IN enc drecuon 'he
everything of an opposing character bends and gifes
WY before il, At the First Board to-day there were
large ction- and IN several favorite stocks
great deal of excitement. New-Y.rk Central wen, up
T. 81 for the opening, but was fraction lower before
.he adjournment. Erie also fell of slightly from the
first sales, bet was steady. Hudson River had
strongly improving tendency, and went up to "a on
very moderate saes. Harlem declined 10 12l, end TOR
the call wes one Of the heaviest stocks dealt IN, but
was aferwerd stronger. Reading was frmer han 1t
has recently appeared, and after selling at S5, was
Immediately in demand al an advance of /. Michi-
gan Southern advanced 2 with fair request.
Panama advanced to 1913, and was steady. IL is In
contemplation to establish line of iron prOpeers be-
tween this port and AsIdnwal and between Panama
and San francisco, by party OF strong New-i ork
capitalists. Subscriptions now being taken up Tor
the sto1 and tenders being received for building four
propellers Should this line be established, large
portion of freight which now goes around the Horn
will De taken across the sthmus Illinois Central was
heavy and declined to 96 on very small sales. Galena
and Rock Island in great request, antboth stocks
advanced materially amid unusual excitement the
bids .iumping up with rapid steps, and at close OF
call touching 90 for the former and ~! Tor
the latter an advance Of about cent
on each, with sales of but 3g5 shares
Galena and 963 shares of the Rock Island. The
orders for these two stocks appeared to be unusually
large and the shares have seldom been 80 scarce
Toledo was frmer, and after little hesitation was
pushed boldly Up to 45-a point which has been for
some weeks very difficult for the stock to reach.
La Crosse opened with the usual hubbub, and finally
closed at 10l a l03. Milwaukee aud M:slss ppl was
steady at 33I-an advance of Z per cent. Cum
berlaDd was quite dull from the nattentor OF the
clique, whose policy TO be to check sfeversh
advances Michigan Central was N active demand
at 90 and the shares very scarce. At the alter
noon session the market became more decidedly
rampant again, and nearly everything on the list im-
proved, with the exception of Erie. Reading Jumped
up to jSl, and afterward sold up to 6oi IN the
street, falling back aerward to 80. Michigan South
ern advanced to "a; Hudson River to % and Toledo
to 46l Galena was in demand at 923, but was held
at SO, and Rock Island strong at 81 Bond sales
were not large during the day. and there was no mate
rial change in quotations. Closing prices in the street
were, for Reading 50 bid New York Central, 81 bid
Erie 29l; Toledo, 49,. Galena, s2i Rock Island, 81
Michigan Southern, 2il Harlem, 10; Cumberland, 2l..
There has been fair amour. of business for the
steamer tomorrow, and commercial sterling bills which
have not been in large supply, have been well sus-
tsined, selling from SAG = cent. Bank and bankers
bills, however, show a decline of l6I cent, but few
sales have been made above 81 q cent, and good sig
natures, at 81 d9l cent. Francs j.l6l dj.l33,
with some transactions as low $40. The endencyo
themaikets to lower rates. apd many parties anticipate
that our supply of commercial bills will be ample for
the wants of remtters, and that the shipments Of
specie excepting by Mr.. Belmont will be suspended.
FIeights are without material change. To Liver
pool 600 bbls Flour at Is. 10ld. 10000 bush. Grain
at i.d.; 30 bales Sea Island Cotton at 3D., by steam;
500 boxes Bacon at 20s $50 bbs. Lard at Dos; 100
bbls. Pork at %. 9d. To London, 200 bbs. Pork at
IS. Cd To Rotterdam, 800 bbs. Rosin at 3s. A brig
Of 300 tups FRI Jacksonville TO Rio with Lumber, aud
back with Coffee, at 81 IL T. bag, and , y cent
prmage. Schooners from Norfolk to New-York, with
CON- at ID. A vessel TO Naples on private terms
The business at the Sub-Treasury was: Receipts,
sl36,O6l 9i-from Customs, So, ,000 Payments, $l21
629 96-Cafornia drafts $4,000 Balance, $685.
III a. The above receipts do not include the Treasury
Notes received by the Collector for duties. These
some slj 900 to $4,000 day now.
The following is comparative statement of the
Exports exclusive Of specie) from New-YOrk TO
foreign ports for the week and since JAM /:
Total tor the wect....s 81 3siia siiSsss s5si'S;i
Previously reported ...... 6,S61iSO 5s5a02 5jjiS95
Since Jan. 1.........s8,l7s5 592 s7Hs69o s71327ss
The earnings OF the Erie Railroad for the month of
Earnings, January, 5i5s 10
Incres.e..................... s3O@l %
The saving in expenses will largely increase the
above gain.
The January receipts of the Philadelphia, Whining
ton and Baltimore Railroad this year and last were as
follows
1857. ls5s.
frssht '..,.. 25S5i p 1853 IS De i5C7S is
Total ..........s729gs s8 s672I276 Dec .s4g77 p
Adrisn H. Muller will hold his regular auction sals
of stocks and bonds tomorrow, at II! oclock, at tie
Merchants Exchange.
S. Diapers regular daily sale OF stocks and bonds will
take place to morrow Wednesday,, at l2i o'clock, at
the Merchants Exchange.
Albert ii. Nicolay's regular daily auction sale of
stocks and bonds will take place tomorrow 'Wednes-
day, at l2i o'clock, at the Merchants Exchange.
Messrs. Thompson Bros No. . WAl street. quote
Currency, Land Warrants &C.. this week ss follows:
United States Treasury Notes.. "a pei cent dis.
kew-iorE STATE CunrDcy....... pr cent die.
New w-EngAnd Currency. / pc; cent dis.
East jersey Cuneucy........... peE cent dis.
Phladelphs Currency. y.......... per cent dis.
Interior Pennsyrans Currercy.. u per cen; dis.
iGterior Maryland CGIr.ncy...... II per cent dis,
Ohio, Ky, IId La Currency. u per cent di.
s. Carolua and Ga Currency..... per cent dis
North Carolina Currency. pei cent dis
NiTgiuia Currency. per cent dis
H. and Via Currency........... 81 per cent dis
Tennessee Currency. per cent dis.
Michigan Currency cy.............. ? per cent lis.
CA-EGa Cnrrency................. j per cent dis
LAND BY. Gel.
a. scIe Warrants per scte..... 80 cents. lC2
so acre Warrants scre.....@ SO cents. 81 cents
i2O acre Warrants per s.re.....80 80 cents. 80
lso acre Warrants per scre.....9s centS 81 cents
Buying Buying.
Spanish 1llars....... % Species. %
Five Fr,rc Pieces ..... 81 Od Am. Half Dollars. | %
p Am n.Jta 4 ma