The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-02-26


In New York to-day nearly all the stocks the list
proved in price. Missouri 6's advanced 4; Canton y
New York Central y Reading " Rock Island 4; Michi
gan Southern \; La Crosse y and Galena and Chicago
y. Illinois Central bonds fell off X; Erie u and Cleve
land and Toledo r. Virginia 6s sold at 96k and Har
lem Railroad at sl3, yesterdays rates.
The New York Tribune OF to day says:
The offerings of money call in the open market con.
tnue in excess of the demand, and the concessions
Gently made by lenders the established At
per cent the supply is abundant and of the lead
ing houses have difficulty in borrowing Az The
banks generally maintain the higher figures, which
increased demand for business purposes seemed to
rant The limited speculative movements of the Stock
Exchange contribute doubt to the slack demand for
capital on temporary loans The business of the Clearing
House s25,4Sl, ,5S92l.
Foreign Exchange is firm but rather inactive. The
range for Sterling is 109E G09A for bankers bills and
1G9Glo94 for commercial. Francs quoted at 5.l7h
a5l3A.
The Herald says:
The Railroad Convention met again Thurs day at the
ST. Nicholas. After full discussion of the communication
from the Hudson River road made yesterday by Mr.
Sloan as well various other complaints made against
both the Central and Erie roads through their
tionS the whole question in dispute settled by
agreement the of the Central and Erie roads
the contract between the four lines should in all respects
be strictly complied with, and that in Hudson
River the Buffalo and New and Erie roads viola
ted the compact they should be cut off from all business,
and local rates charged freight received them
Various other questions that had arisen be the
lines were discussed and settled in The most amcable
manner and there good for believing that the
compact will be continued This is the likely as
the presidents of the roads agreed this morning that
breaking of the agreement would Immediately to
such reductions on both passenger and freight
would prove most ruinous. The difference between the
and would inevitably follow the
abregaton of the agreement is estimated by parties
IN interest at not less than hundred thousand dollars
per month to each of the four lines With this admitted
fact is hardly possible that any road will dare without
good cause to terminate the present arrangement, the
object which is to secure paving rates on the pre-
sent small business The complications which arisen
between the Pennsy ylvania and the Baltimore and Ohio
roads chiefly growing out of the alleged violation of the
al hut
there little doubt that the presidents of these will
be able to agree on all these questions.
The last Bank returns of the principal cities of the
Union were as follows:
N.Y. Feb 49, EGsns s, sG css!atisp s gsRs;!s
R';Si% FsS Z: j$:s ,5;ss Ss ,siS s5 =ss
Last Sii:sss ,Ss 5SsSsss 'i3 sSsss
Increase. h. ss'628 sl,2s,2sl 49,; I,se4,o77
EARNINGS OF THE OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI % RAILROAD FOR
JAN 1859.
1859 1888
Passengers. s.................$ $49,1l451 s45,65s 80
freight. 361Sl so 81, 1856 0S
mp press'.'.......-'......... 3055 90 3,3l5 90
MALI. ......-........... 6,5S5 Al $3.50 90
Total. ......... s94, ,eS6 42 ss6.25s 6S
sS,676 "a
LONDON MONEY MARKETING London Dailv
Neps tCity Artcle) of Friday evening, says:
The pacific assurances in quarter neuraized
by the increased warlike preparations the Continent
cned eighth, while English and other descriptions
OF railway shares showed dropping tendency The
in the discount market to-day were 2Sd24 per cent
The London Times (City Article) says:
Accounts from Turin are still regarded with anxiety
The English funds opened without attention. and expert
enced little change throughout day the slight move
ment that took place, however, showed adverse
dency The delivery of the China letters caused
speculative inquiry in the tea market which had prev
ously become stronger
The Times of Saturday says market is generally
unchanged and quotes sales of Illinois shares at
35E discount