The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-03-28
PRICES AND SALES OF STOCKS IN NEW YORK
BY TELEGRAPH.



The opening business stocks this morning gave
ise of firm market for the day. an improvement Of h4
per cent being obtained the speculative securities but
the second call tendency TO weakness manifest
ed, from which there is recovery the close no
tceable feature of the market is the continued advance in
the better class of railroad bonds stocks which
apparently becoming Missouri Skies returned
to SEX the price of few days SINCE New York Central
opened at 79k and closed at 79 Reading and Panama
the frmes the share list and each rose A(dI
per cent Galena well held 6S (d6SA The re-
cepts for the third week of March were 400 the
as the second Illinois Central was steady at 674. Mil
waukie and Mississippi fell per cent under the increas
ing embarassments of the Company Erie convertibles
of1S7l suffered further decline of per The Fourth
Mortgages were rather better, realizing Sc.
As general remark, the money market has undergone
no change during the week. The supply Offering
porary loan has been very Free borrowers have OBJ
tanned all they wanted at per cent, frst-class
securities. considerable amount has been put out as
low as per cent but only at instant call, the lender
looking to the few days accrung interest and ex
ceptiona transactions of the market The banks get per
cent In the discount market there has been dispostion
to advance terms long paper, and improvement of
y cent over last week be noted The banks have
confined themselves short dates which are in
pressing demand at 5 per cent.
The City of Washington from this port to day. took
600 in specie which is rather less than ancipa
ted The exchange market holds its firm appearance the
leading bankers being strengthened in their position by
the high rates ruling at the South in the
tive shipments of cotton The closing sales of sterling
were at lO9A and of francs at $512k 5119 for prime
bills.
The Illinois Central Railroad Company was organized
for the at meeting of the Board this day by the
reelection of W. II. Osborn, President and G. B. McCl
Ian, Vice President.
The Sub Treasury has lost nearly million dollars du-
ring the week which must show itself in the Bank state
ment making up to-day as only 100000 of the amount
was sent out of the city The discount line will proba
bly, show little change from the last average.
The business in cotton has been unusually heavy this
week amounting to 5000 bales-of which 26 600 were
sold in two days-Wednesday and Thursday; nearly all
being lots in tansitu from the southern ports Liver
pool For such parcels prices close about Kc higher on
the week, while cotton on the spot is unchanged.
The following is comparative statement of the I'm
ports of foreign Dry Goods at New York for the week and
since Jan. l:
For the Weeh. 1857. 1885, 1859
Entered at the l7025S 81 235 295 $3.50 226
Thrown on market..... 1,2O5Sl6 1,49S,151 35O2 6l5
Since Jan l.
Entered the port slso7s ss1 oso sos
Thrown market... 3O4O4 SIG 16 491 22o 81 2l4
The Tribune says:
The earnings of the Milwaukee and Mississippi Road in
March are estimated at 00 against S5 1884 in March
raton of business at the West than such receipts as
these on a road over two hundred miles long. On 1st
prox S45O,OO0 of the plain bonds mature with pro-
vision for their payment report will be made, we un-
derstand in few days by the Southern Michigan Rail
fiscal The result understand, will show that
the road has earned the interest entire debt funded
ana noang beside making some extraordinary expend
lures on account of road repairs &C. Thetrack equpage
&c. are reported to be in first rate order and the
gers anticipate revival of traffic during the current
nscai year which Will enable them at least to the d
vidend on the guaranteed stock. The great embarrass
ment of this is its ating debt, which is about
million of dollars, and which is being slowly settled
The Philadelphia Ledger of Saturday says:
The anthracite coal trade is increased this
first weekly report from the Schuylk Navigation Com
pany. which brought down Thursday of this week |
1888 TONS against sos tons to corresponding time last
year, showing an increase of 5l47 The Reading
Railroad Company brought down for this week ending on
Thursday e7 tons, making total for the year $685.
10y TONS against tons to the date last year
being an increase Off ,O99 tons.
The Lehigh Valley Railroad brought down for the week
ending Saturday last 49S tons the season
OPS tons, against 10S607 corresponding time
last year being increase of Al 41S From the Ly
kens alley we have for the $40 TONS and for the
season 1856 TONS against 5601 same time last
year. being decrease of 25 tons The trade over the
Treyerton Railroad for the week to Saturday was
z 44l tons, making 20 975 tons for the season.