New-York daily tribune., 1858-03-23


the decline Is even more rapid than ~ss ihe h7s'
Within few days the advance OF weeks mas O'eh
lost aDd as usual, more operators are i0una "H' '''
willing 10 seI short az the pIes,nt conPalaHsey ~"
figures than at the higher prces current week Or t"o
since. The sales of State Stocks were quite tlh1i,
but generally al a decline from former prices aad
Missouri 6s, which are the most active among 'ns
cs,s Of securities, were freely offered al the de'lne'
Panama, which for some tine past has been 'efy
firmly held, declined - lO4l and at the e.ose o.
the call vas offered al mat pnce. Ne"-io'A
Central wa pressed fOr sale Al o.! .t which a9oI
one thous and shues changed hands, bu, t1e supp!
Of stock a; this price were rather larger than the de-
mand and at the close Of the cell The market was dai
a, 90! aoc,. In Erie the desire to Sci seemed to De
quite strong but throughout the cal Cd this stock he
upply and demand was about equal at from q q-'t'
Tie opening sales Of Hudson River At about oae
per cent decline from the cloring prices Of saturday
and the stock closed steady about q /. The decline
in this scck may be stbusq in part 70 the fact 'Ia'
The line of boets on the Hucson from this city to
Albany have already commenced their guar tT2'
for the summer, and iii supposed VIII comm4niac'a
siderable amount Of business which has heretofore b"9n
given 70 tie Railroad. Harlem was very heavy spd
with sale Of about 200 shares closed q. le'lne
Of per cent fon the lat previJu-y report
ed -ales. Reading opened a; decLne
Of about q cent, but, under The pressure OF is'Se
amount Of stock, quickly declined cent from opsa'
ing aes, and closed dull at about j3l Michigan Cen
tral ives quite dull aud heavy with decided disposition
among operators 10 pat out utracts sellers op,o1s
Michigan Southern ives qlte firm at about the closing
prices Of Saturday aud firmly sustained ss any
stock in the spe cuation list. The Preferred Stock OF
the same road was quite steady al the quotations OF
SATURDAY. with sales Of about 800 sha:es. The move
ment in Chicago and Rock Island was an active one,
ard at the close Of the cal this stock was hfn
at an advance Of about Z + cent from opening
gales. Tie present reduced prices for this stock
induces considerable speculation in It among class OF
opera os who are not disposed to consider ss in the
same let with Erie, Harlem La Crosse and one or
two other stocks which believed by many to pos
sess only speculative value. These parties are 10
cined to think that this road, with god business,
a very small furded debt floating debt and eco
nOnical management, has intrinsic value beyond lie
present quotation ard besides tie purchases on specu-
latOn considerable amounts of this stock have been
Withdrawn from the street by persons who are willing
TO hold il for investment. Ia consequence OF the de-
cieion of the United States Count confirming the yG
Hdity Of the Cleveland, Columbus and Cncinna. Co.'S
Endorsement upon 100000 of bonds Of the Columbus,
Pi1ua aud Indiana the stock Of the former has fslen
TO CO. La Crosse and Milwaukee very steady
at slight advance over the closing price OF
Saturday, with sales of about 800 shares.
Between the Boards the market lower and sales Of
Erie were reported at -. At the Second Board the
desire to sell still continued and prices cropped without
much resistance. After moderate rally the business
of the day closed upon heavy and dull market. The
closing prices were for Erie 25 New York Central 80
Reading J2l, Cumberland 10, Michigan Southern 81,
Rock Island 73, Galena 90! Hudson River POS Pa1a
ma l0il, &c.
There has been f.i amount Of business in foreign
exchange done for the Wednesday steamer and the
market is without further change with the exception
perhaps of little irmness in the better cass OF
sieEsules. Some parties are asking ld7! for Ster
ling but the best J. l. have been done at & cent
and bank signatures at y cent. Commercial bills
have sold according to character, at 5a63 4 cent
The supply is large and ii understood nst some pur-
chases have been made for returns in gold. Francs
are j.2J a ~.
Freights are better. The engagements TO Liverpool
dIe coo bush. Grain at i sd. in bulk and 3D. in
ships bags; Cotton at BIC 732d. sud lJ0 bales Sea
Island at 3D., J0O boxes Bacon at 9s td.i 100 ties.
Beef at SIS. 3D.; 500 bbs. Rosn al 2s ID. To Lon
don 500 tale bbl. 2. 3d. To Rotterdam, % tu1s
Fusc at 2js. 20 tcs. Rice at 27s. Cd. $50 bbs
Spnits at &c. 30 bales Cotton at lc 500 bbs. Resin
at Is. 90. Swedish big Of 22O tuns to Cork and
market with Corn at lOd.
The business Of the Sub-Treasury was: Receipts,
1886 Gl2-from Customs $Ss, 900; Payments, sjJ9,-
S33 63; Balance, s. $50 lij 20. Included in the
cepts are some further deposits for Treasury Notes AMI
SSS,OG0 for Customs.
meeting Of merchandise brokers vas held this az
ternoon in honor OF David ses the oldest merchan-
disc broker ii the street who died in hs SD yeer last
Sunday 1t was resolved to attend h.s funeral on
Tuesday morning and close places of business for half
dav Rt solutions Of coincidence with the family Of the
deceased expressive Of the high respect of the brokers
for his character were passed and signed by Hllett,
Dow and Young Francis Skiddy & Co, Pond
& Sage Thomas Bel, Vim. Scott & Sons, Bower
man Brotlers Eddy Il Turnure, and others.
Tie business of the Clearing House to-day was sl9,
iSG, ,965 The amount Of Treasury Notes paid into
the Cuftom-IIouse Saturday and to-day was $4,000.
The aggregate since JAM Is is something over 81 l00
OO0. There Is good demand for these Note, at Z
a. cent discount. Some sales OF the new onss have
been made at IT 2 cent premium, but they not
pressed on the market. The supply of money offering
or call continues to be very large and some loans have
been made at very low rates. Psper is rather more
abundant the moyemen. in Teas, Sugar, Molasses,
&c., creating considerable supplies. There is also
some paper appearing created for the purchase of
char &c a. the present low rates.
S. Diapers daily auction sale of stocks and bonds
will take place on Tuesday, at III o'clock, at the
Merchants Exchange.
Albert II. Ncolays regular daily and weekly auc-
ton sale of stocks and bonds viii take place on Tues
day, at ~ O'Clock, at the Merchants Exchange.
From the advance sheet. of the forthcoming annual