New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-01-05
SECOND BOARD
MnNDAY. jan. In. m.

There was much greater animation AZ the Board to-
day and marked Improvement in most OF the leading
Stocks. New-York Central Reading, Rock Island
and Galena especially strong, moving up with
considerable buoyancy from opening quotatiohs-"he
in Ere Toledo and Southern there was lar improve
ment but not quite so much life and firmness Inc
movements were of somewhat desultory character
lacking the intensity and eanestness OF Clique opera
tiOns but indicating the presence OF some orders lo
people outside of the speculative circle VINO nave until
recently taken little or no interest in the Stock market
This is perhaps a reliable evidence of the i'm
proving character of the general market than is fur
nished by the wholesale but rather eccentric opera
tons of the influential spectators Of the Street. The
main trouble in Stock movements of late has been in
the complete Indifference of outsiders, and therefore
any symptoms of changein hsrespect are welcomed
bv operstors for rise with great deal of satisfaction
Street operators may take the initiative in advance
with safety but after the first steps it becomes mat
ter of great difficulty unless outside influence is ex-
tended in the same direction. TO-dats business de-
yelops this feature TO extent sufficient at least to
show the tendency of outside inclination and the scat
terng fire to which the bears exposed at the First
Board has therefore more than ordinary significance.
Just before adjournment and after orders had appa-
renty been filed some of the leading bear operators
hammered the market with considerable vigor, ana
although making material impression, succeeded III
checking the upward tendency in one or two III
stances, and in Reading, New-fork Central,
and Erie, established small decline. AZ the
Second Board there was less activity, and further
decline Of fraction in New-York Central, which fell
of to 752, and in Reading, which on small lot was
quoted at 56 Erie also fell off slightly and was done
at lsl lSs. Rock Island and Galena were both toll
erably steady at morning prices. Not sale OF limos
Central was registered during the day. but transactions
were made privately at o. seller thirty. Milwaukee
and Mississippi was very scarce during the day
and closed with small sales at 3, decided
advance La Crosse, which at the First Board
closed rather dull at llt0ll4, was up to III
again, and tolerably firm. Michigan Central
sold at 80 TO 5Ol, which is decline of y cent from
Saturdays price but the stock has been more firmly
sustained than might have been anticipated taking the
recent default of bond payment INTO consderaton--a
circumstance which certainly does not look hopeful
for an early resumption of dividends on the stock
Bond transactions have been unusually large, footing
up an aggregate of slj7 O00 of which $S 600 was in
Missouri 6s, at an advance Of 20 = cent during
| the day. United States 6s of 6S sold at ll2, which
bid for more this is the first sale of United States
stock registered at the Board for several days. Hi
nois Central bonds in demand ST. with sales of
| $lJ,5OO. Michigan Central new loan bonds sold al
| Sill which is AL advance OF over reported sales
| Saturday but fraction under the highest bids at
close of the same day The market, taken a whole,
closes very steady manitesting more than ordinary
frmness against the efforts which have been made to
break down quotations
| The Foreign Exchange market has not yet opened
with any activity for the Persia and rates he
fore noted with large supply Of bills. Sterling is
los al09!; Francs, "a so.
| Freights are heavy. To Liverpool $500 bbls.
Flour, 2s.; l,72O bales Cotton, j-32d. 300 boxes
Bacon Dos; brig of 800 bbs. to Hull with Rosin
al Is. = Dbl. A brig to Porto Rico and back with
Sugar at Acc. and Molasses at 81. schooner of 900
tuns to West Indian port and back for q $50.
| The business of the Sub.Trcasury was: Receipts,
slOl,2's 5O-from Customs, sl geo; Payments, $2l2,
Os2 %; Balance, $3,I4s,6ll to.
Mr.. Albert H. Nicolay's regular daily auction sale
| OF stocks and bonds will take place tomorrow
Tuesday, al l2l clock, at the Merchants Exhange
:. Diapers regular daily auction sale of bonds and
stocks will take place tomorrow, Tuesday, at l2I
| o'clock, at the Merchants Exchange
The following sales were made at auction by s.
| Draper: