New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-05-10
SALES At AUCTION.
SATURDAY, May e-P. v.

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SATURDAY, May s-P n.
Business opened tamely on Saturday mornirg, and
dragged tlrouge the fret session OF the Board Until
Rock Island came up the regular csll, Tnen tue
tone Of the market Seemed 70 undergo deciied
change end greater cheerfnlress prevailed FOE the re-
nnander Of the session. This stocb, whica ior the
time has more speculative snmus than any OF Inc ieal
jrg railways, began at 7sl with brisk demand a.
rou1d the Board which was sufficient 10 ABSORB al
the lots offered ct the quotation, and TO carry tae
faures up TO 7S for each s.ock G; the close o. the
call New-York Central had dull stesdInsss, 5ut "as
doIe at a tlight decline IN closing transactions. Enc
was LOT prominent as usual IN the op@ralons' pu'
feld quotations firmly during :he call. Resiios We
,oersby scve, With the usual hammerlDg on the par
Of the bears and with the same result, falling fraction
durirg he attack, but recovering again IN nedae'y
sfterwsrd The cash stock a scarce and sales or tins
at the option Of the buyer made q. about the sane
fgu,es es in the regular way. In Mi,hg.n Southern
stocks the transactions email, At slight improve
ment, bu. both colauon and preferred shares were
firm Hucson River was very steady, w,noT
change in quotations, and had no especial sc.iv-
ity The trade in other shares was unimporant,
aid the tone of indifference hitherto described
j d
At the Second Board, the feeling wac decidedly
better, and there was more general activity without
especial buoysncy except in Rock Isand which run
up TO 79s under brisk demand. Reading advanced
to 4s on moderate sales and the offers Of stock a. the
option of the seller readily accepted. Mchi-
gan South ern common stock sold 25l the CALL but
INN edisey after the adj urrneLt done at 26. The
preferred also better. The transactions in
New.YoIk Central, Erie and Hudson River were not
important but quotations were fraction higher Tor
each, and there was hardening tendency IN prices
throughout the list. The bond movement for the Day
foots up an aggregate Of s OOO and shows in its dis
tribuon a very healthy and increasing business Tee
inquiry for State stocks is more active, and the daily
absorption for investment quite large The low rates
for money which rule in the open market and The in
cressing difficulty OF employing in loans on satisfac-
tory securities at all renders its investment in good
State and city stocks and wespprovei railway bonds
quite desirable if lot almost matter Of necessity, If
productiveness is considered important during this in
ervs Of stsgnstion ard repose in the world OF trade
We are consequently likely TO meet with steadily in
cIeasDg business this portion Of the sto Il s both
at the Board and in the street. Summing up the stock
movements of the dsy and OF the week, we fiod
displayed in a modified form the same remarkable
drowsiress in speculative operations, noticed during
the last fortnight. Unless ck Island may be an ex-
ception not a stock on the LIST seems 10 have any
clique support there sny vigorous attempts on
the part Of the bear interest to deprees quot be-
low present figures, uuless toe demonstrators sgaosI
Reading may be nsapced as a. equally solitary ex-
cep,ion. Opinions in the street seem to DO muc1 d.
vidsd and are not strong enough in either direction to
influence large operations; end although all admit the
advantages offered by an easy money market 10 move
l..4 80, pnun n
buy on the strength of this favorable condition Of
monetary affairs. Decided and extensive action on the
part Of either bulls bears would be likely TO produce
the same result in the enda temporary depression on
the ore hard bripsD into the market strong reen-
forctment Ct buyers, and provoking, undoubtedly,
rebound to higher points than are now ruling while,
on the other hand, vigorous movement for the rise
could not On money market like this, be ehectualy
opposed The closing prices were for New-York Cen
trsl So; Erie, 243; Rock Island, 79I Hudson River,
3C,: Reading As; Michigan Southero, 25s; Preferred
do. 81: Galena, s9i Toledo, AL; Cumberland, Hli
Delaware and Hudson, lO5; Missouri tbs, S3i, &c.
TIE Foreign Bill market is nomnaly as before
quoted and firm.
Freehts are frmer. To Liverpool: 400 bbls. Flour
at r. 3D. Al 600 bush. Grain at II Sd. in bulk; 81.
early in the day for lot to complete cargo in bsgs.
We hear also of an engagement for let of June at 81 in
bulk. To Glasgow: The Prussian bark Caroline, 500
lbls capacity, at 2s. Cd. for Flour and I'D for Gsn
in shippers bags. To Rotterdam: 600 bbls Rosn at
&c.. 5 coo staves at 2Os 20 tuns Measurement Goods
Of 3Os; so bbls Ashes at 25s. To Hamburg $50 tea.
Rice per steamer on private terms. bark of 1900
bbls TO Sicily ard back to New-York for $1,000 port
charges paid To London: 40 hbds. Quercitron Bark
at lie. To Glasgow: 200 bbls. Rosn al Be.
The business of the Sub-Treasury was: Receipts,
<27s $40 sl-from Customs, $4,000 Payments
1917 Cs3 81; Balance, $2,S,27i To-, sgsinst 50 is
429 last Saturday.
We annex a comparative statement Of the Foreign
Imports at New-York for the week and since JAN /:
For the Week 1855. lSo5. 1913.
Dry Goods.............&l,6S L6o4 e9t6l5 s759,43
Csenera Merchandise 2,S62so5 42l4,1s3 ls7,629
Total for the Weeks 4,ls44Os s5a55g7 s2lso472
Previously TePoTted.... oossi'4I oIo-s'of S1IO,H3
Since January I.... SO lss75o sSs7S4e6i sHs5o75O
Tie exports Of specie from this port for the week
ending this day. and for the year 1853, were as fol-
lows:
ST. amer Empire City Havana 05) %
s,su or Fu pre City HAvA-s silver con........ 100 90
r. MarAcAs, -pecie 600 90
Sesng K.ngAioo Liverpool American sid 1000 90