The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1858-04-26
H(onttaru ano Commercial 8ebietu.
BALTIMORE, April "a, 1858.

BALTIMORE, April "a 1858.
Inactivity least for the present. to be order
of the day Stock Board and the few made to-
day were at the yesterday The whole amount Of
sales week ending this day, up nearly 1921
600. Maryland 6s, 1890 closet at 1O3H bid; Bait 6,s
1870 92 bid do 1875 92 bid, 93k asked do 1856 "a K
bid; 1890 old, 93S bid do. new "a asked Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad bonds 1867 IS bid 1875 so bid do
1880, rs bid 50 asked; do 1885, Tx bid rs asked NV
Va, LIST mortgage, 81 bid; do Sd do 40 asked N Cen.
trail 1885, 5S& asked Baltimore and Ohio Railroad shares
closed IS bid 4S asked against As bid ASK asked
terday N Central Railroad shares, II bid TX asked
against III bid, Tx asked yesterday
AT the Boards in New York to-day, matters were dull
very dull and the tendency was to decline in leading
stocks though the fall trivial Virginia receded
from last sales; Canton 81 Erie l. New York Central x;
Reading 4; and operations unusually limited The
accounts per Canada do have impaired conf
dence to either buyers sellers The last returns of the
Bank of England, the Bank of France principal
banks OF this country show aggregate of specie per-
fecty astounding, appears from the following
ment:
PS OF England. s93 ~ 5s5
Banks of New York, Boston, Philadelphia
anu New orleans ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 59543 504
TOTAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 500 233 5i7
Here We have the enormous sum Of two hundred and
twenty millions of dollars piled up in the vaults of
banks of half dozen money centres. The bulk of this
accumulation has been drawn during the past
from the channels of commerce. and placed where it
earthly to any class of the community Nor can
there be any reasonable expectation of this
confined capital until commerce shall have resumed its
ordinary course and confidence be restored to much
greater degree than exists.
The Assistant Treasurer reports, Friday, follows
Total receipts ............... S4943 S44
Total payments. $3.50 Is
Balance ,694 975 81
The receipts to-day include S34 900 from customs
There was but moderate business in foreign exchange
for remittance by the steamers New York Saturday
We quote bank and bankers bills London at SKA
81 per cent premium. On Paris 5 fir 2l4@D5 Is
Here in Baltimore the offerings at the Banks We learn
are generally under the receipts and may shortly look
for similar plethora of money.
The Pennsylvania Legislature has modified the usury
laws of the CommOnw eah to enable the lender to
recover at least per cent interest and the principal
the debt and withhold relief the borrower for
cessive interest taken in advance unless his plea is
filed within six months of the transaction
This nearly the usury law of Maryland until the
wise who framed present constitution abrogated
it, by imposing the existing restrictions on loans of mon
ey, when other weinfomed commercial communities
were removing such ancient absurdities
We have nothing to report in addition to our SATURDAYS
general statement but on the whole may say that the
spring business has met the expectation dealers gen
orally.
statement
the exports of provisions from the United States from
jan to April 1. The aggregates reduced to pounds com
pare as follows:
1891, De-. .........................6S $4,000
1000 io.'' 3S 554 $50
fall1S on.... ......................29, 765,350
This decrease is equal to about 200 hogs but as an
offset we have the deficit in the in the country on
the list of November the latter being equal to at least
5OoOOO hogs Taking the increase in the hog CROP and
putting the figures together the result as follows
Excess in crop of hogs, head. ...........3 $50 600
Decrease in foreign exports, equal to head. 2O0OO
lotai, mead. ...........................5S0 900
Deduct deficit in old stocks, head 800 900
Nett excess, head. ......................2SO 900
This exhibit regards the excess based upon the
suppositon that the home consumption equal to
that of last year
SALES AT THE BALTIMORE STOCK BOARD.
SATURDAY, April "a, 1858.
1000 N.CRR BIDS. IS. .5S% so boo 49,
1900 G q RR. 2dm BIDS. so so s6Oaf15 4sI
40 shs. Frank Bnk. .11k % b4 4SI
25 slis. NC. RR. boo. .17%