The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1858-11-13

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In the early part the week the eStocEmarket was
exceedingly dull and the transactions quite hmited'
but within the past day or two there has been more
briskness without any special activity, the entire
sales of the week summing up only about Sl75,OOO.
There was nothing done in the former part OF the
week in Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. 1t closed on
last Friday without transactions at S5G% bid, so'A
asked regular way. On Wednesday it sold at S57H
seller 60 days, S5724@S57H buyer so days Since
then it has been steady, with sales at S5s regular
wav, S5sA buyer 60 DAYS, at which rate 800 shares
were sold to-day, closing at S575s bid, S5S asked
cash The total sales of the week embrace 900
shares. In Northern Central there has been some
little activity the transactions reaching about 900
shares of which 600 were to-day. 1t opened on
last Saturday with sales at S2lA cash, but sub
sequently fell off when it rallied, the sales to-
day being at S22A@S229s cash, leaving off at
S22L bid S22% asked. There has been some move
ment in Bank stocks this week at fully former rates.
There are, however, very few pressing on the mar
ket the sales to-day being only 10 shares Merchants
at S120 Canton sold during the week at S2l, but
to-day it offered at S20T with S2013 bid. For
Springfield Mining S206H offered, without
sales. The last sale of Cuba Smelling and Mining
at $40, advance of SIS per share on the pre-
vious one.
Maryland State 6's are firm, the only sale during
the week being So, 900 1870 coupons at 1O6, which
price bid to-day, but held at 1867; for 1905
l07 was bid. Baltimore city 6's have been hardly
firm this week, sales being made to-day of So, 1854
ls75's at 96I, Il lower than yesterday, and 81 ,44O
1905 at 99L Baltimore and Ohio Railroad bonds
are pretty firm, 1854 1s67's bringing to-day 90; ST.,
500 1855 s5; and SIS 900 1855 49, Northern Central
show but little variation, $1,000 1855 selling to-
day at 1884, Northwestern Virginia also steady,
921@ being bid for 1st mortgage, but held at 92A,
and for Sd mortgage unendorsed "a bid, 35 asked.
There is nothing new to note in the condition of
the Money market. Business demands light
and the banks are consequently not troubled with
heavy offerings. They doing readily all the
good paper offered. Such prime paper as finds its
way to the street can be negotiated at per cent.
and for second class the rate is 7@9 per cent The
rate for call loans continues to be 6 per cent
The total value of the foreign exports from the
port of Baltimore for the week ending on Thursday
was S274 ,9S7, included in which 1881 bbls.
-four, $50 bbls meal, 4,700 bushels wheat,
2,643 bushels corn, and hhds tobacco
The total value of foreign imports for the same
time is 7,l16, of which S5s,437 were free goods
and S3S,679 duty paying
Fancy stocks were again lower at New York to-
day and the market closed heavy. Erie declined
u; New York Central 7s Reading q; Michigan
Southern q; and Galena and Chicago "a. Cleve
land and Toledo was steady at 325s.
Treasury Notes still dull New York. and offered
at lower For the Government loan AZ is the
best bid Sales are reported in London 95 1t
fdenty believed after January when the stock be-
gins draw interest to the purchaser there will be an
active demand for it at better prices.
The Independent says of Dry Goods:
Trade over for the season in its active FORM and
preparations making for the coming season of 1859
The orders given and selections making by agents or
Representatives of New York houses who in Europe
WILL we understand be large and varied. Spring staple
goods already moving The little business now doing
Is mostly staple silks of good and fair grades and bon
net veves In domestic goods there is less activity, and
accumulation of stock going on-supplie orthe Spring
consumpton are now much larger in the correspond
ing period of last year, but excepting the import
fact that stocks in hand much reduced the
poets of coming business not much brighter. The
deposition resist the temptation of low prices to make
purchases continues strong and consumption does not
inease The low prices of produce will induce farmers
whocan keep their grain to do so and this will check
Tor time the recovery of active business in the great
Th' return from the Bank of England for the
week ending the 27th of October gives the fol-
lowing results when compared with the previous
week:
Public Teposits.... s613O 265. Inc. 7O7
Other Deosits....... IL, ,331 s92 Dec....... H6S54
Rest. ......... 9100 999. .Inc.... 1886
Governm'nt securities 1o,s09,467. Unchanged. :.
Other sec,ities... A7s3 1877 .Decrease..... 81 9S3
Notes unemployed. H. 760 900. Inc. 11S4;5
The amount of notes in circulation is Ell, 224 $780,
being decrease of f27l 305, and the stock of bull
lion in both departments is els, 1872 ,476, showing
decrease of s144,0s4, when compared with the pre-
cedng return.
Messrs. Barng Brother & Co. remark:
There has been business in the United States
Bonds State Bonds firm rather higher prices
and in general there is little for SALE Massachusetts, 101
@lOa. Maryland SIS Sterling in demand at s5. Penn
syvana Inscriptions be had under s. Bonds, S5d
So Virginia 6's Dollar Bonds, S29S4; SIS Sterling, S5d
Sc Boston City ~ per cent, o. Quebec City SIS l04-
Canada, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick scarce. Penn
sylvania Central Railroad Bonds 9OG92; do. second
mortgage S909I New York Central 92G94. Erie
third mortgage, 6sG7O Illinois Central, sOdS1. Free
land 6OGs2 shares 25 discount. Michigan Central, So
ass. Panama rs Sterling, 92.