New-York daily tribune., 1859-07-07
COMMERCIAL MA2Z,ERS
WEDNESDAY,, JG,y |

tleo WITH two e4ception smorg tAe Ptomineot
renways. The otly marked decline, however, ~ss IN
ohigan Southern GesFAn'eed, which snae oa' ifeey
al "a, AID OF small s-es qGcted down a. low ss
2i TIE concessions essa6 6asbed in other stocks were
small, but the dealings appesred to drag With an
uncommon suggishuess. The most important advance
in Illinois CeniIs, WHICH Jumped up to 61l 90 tie
call, and Was well sustasned At the improvement
There tas been a steady absorption Of tie hO.t-
iDg stock Of this rosi siree the adoption Of The
fDspcal scbeme which provides tJr de6oeccies
Of TIE year and it is quite scarce ia the
street The trade in Ner-Iork Central WAS
not active. bat the result Of the operations Was
decse Of from open ne prices. There IS no Railway
stock on the list which holds steaiier quotations
t5roush the various phases Of tue market tnse New
Yoik CeuiIa no, notwithstanding many adverse features
in the sbsps Of severe competition, AID diminished
traffic, Reading declined per cent, bat appeared to
stSke fIner ground at th point, and was taken with
considerable courage si az. s6-cne operator sell
ing 600 shsres al ne price. Pscifc NJ 81 declined
per cent but wss steady at the quotation fcr the re-
q siuder Of the day. There was not much doae &c
Galens, bat prices were fraction lower. The June
earnings are stated by telegraph at decrease
of E9,OO, as compared with the same month
rather more vigor thsa fer several days, and
went down TO 5sl on the call but later in the day
there was a partial recovery in the price, AMI the
stock closed in demand at 59I after the Board. The
sfterpeon business was more animated ard there WAS
& x nel s. improvement through the st, extending
to nesrly all of the leading Railway Shares. THIS ia
vorstle turn in the market rather unexpected to
those rbo bad formed their Impressions of its tone
- Al. and
e,ry ore Of those spssms Of Improvement wnch oc'
cssonaly visit even Dull maTAst In the varying
course Of speculation. Tee business in State Stocks
dmirg the day was moderate IN extent but generally
at d. olre from prices ruling yesterday Tennessee,
virginia and Missouri were a fraction l'wer esch.
The closing pr es were for Uaed StatesI os,
1874, t0l SlOil; Virginia 6s, 9iI G9ii Tennessee,
G., So ASH; Missouri g. 81 es2 New York Central,
72,G72i; Erie Railroad, 81 ie6l; Hudson River
Railroad, 81 asa; Harlem Railroad ela9i:
Preferred, 81 e3ii Reading Railroad, ios al
Michigan Central, 39} s39i; Michigan Southern
and Northern Indiana Railroad. 7iG'i; Micbi-
gan Southern iGu.ranteed, q. s2ii; Panama
Railroad ll5I all5; Illinois Central. 65a61si Gal
epa and Chicago Railroad, 62i 062i; Cleveland
and Toledo Railroad, 24o2fl; Chicago and Rock Is
lsnd Railroad j9 e59. Illinois Central Bonds, 81 q
~.
The business in foreign Exchange for the Persia
was not large but the market closes firm. The quo
tatiops for bankers bills l0 9llO and for Cgm
merc,al signatures, 1921 ellO The Persia took out
S75375O in Specie smaller amount than was antici-
psted.
Preights TO Liverpool, Cotton at ID; 300 bbls.
Poik at 3D.. 10 sides Lesther on private terms; 80
hhds. Talow at 6s. To London, 80 bbls. Rosin 81
L.. Cd. - tuns Bone Dust and Salt Cake private
terms. To Glasgow, 5,o00 bush. Wheat at sd in
ships bag.. A ship to Pernambuco, and one to Rio
and back on private terms. vessel from Jackson
vile to New York. with 900 feet of Lumber, at s.
PM.
The business Of the Sub-rreasury Receipts,
$i6l, ,502 %; Customs, s265,0oOi Payments, sea-
;sS2 81 Balance, st,26,s7O 53.
The business of the clearinghouse to-day was
$40 l6l 207 20. The money market has undergone no
essential change within day or two Rates are hrm
at 6a6l T. cent on call with occasional transactions
at 81 on very prime securities TO the banking houses.
The range of discount figures in the open market is
from g. to and + cent. In Boston and Pas-
delphia there has been increased demand and Of
ferings from both cities have found their way into
Wall street. The steamship Arizona, from Brszos,
arr we'd at Newt Orleans on the 9Th inst, with s9y60
in specie meeting of the Board Of Currency will
be held this Senng at the Mercantile Library Rooms,
Clinton Hall. The Treasurer of the State of North
Carolina adverses for proposals for $4,000 of the
T. cent bonds Of that State, the bids 10 be opened
at Raleigh on the 10th inst. The Resolute Fire In
surance Company has declared a dividend OF 10 y
cent. payable on demand The Lafayette Fire In
suraDoe Company sem-annual dividend of v cent,
payable on the sth inst. The Merchants Insurance
Company scm-annual dividend Of a. 30 share,
payable July ll-equa to - u ce;t, the same rate s
the preyious two semi nnual dividends. The New
Orleans Canal and Banking Company have declared
a misnLual dividend Of five T. cent. payable to
stockholders registered in New York, at the Office OF
NJ Morgan & Sons No. 81 William street. on the lst
Of August. The hal-yearly dividend of the Jersey
CRY Insurance Company is y cent, payable on
demand. The Columbia Fire Insurance Company
has declared a semi-apnual dividend of y cent, pay
able on ard after the lth inst. The transfer books
will be closed until that date. The Philadephia
papers announce the following dividends The Girsrd
Life Insurance, Annuity and Trust Company have
declared dividend of 4 y cent the capital stock
for the last six MONTHS payable to the stockholders,
clear of State tax, on demand The Pennsylvania
Company for Insurance on Lives and Granting Annui-
ties has declared dividend Of b cent for the last
six months, and an extra dividend Of y cent. The
Union Bank of Tennessee has declared dividend Of
cent for the ast six months, payable to the East
ern stockholders on demand, at the Pniladelphis
Bank. The Planters Bank oi Tennessee has declared
dividend Of cent payable to Eastern stockholders
al the Western BaEk on and after the eth inst The
coupons due 18th inst. on the Bonds OF the Wyoming
Canal Company, will be paid on presentation to the
Bank of North America, 10 Philadelphia on and after
that date. The Paramount Passenger Railroad Com
pany have declared dividend of cent on the
capital stock from the earnings Of the road for the
l.. - Of tho CaLnnanY