The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-04-10
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
SATURDAY, April 9-s 2 "

SATURDAY, Aprl 9-e r ~
The steamship Kangaroo saiei DAY, sh s24t 600 in
specie ON freight Exchange ciosen very sG lsains
drawers holJng at 40 TO ll0b FOR sterling, aai ~
for francs Money is IS sbanaaut as ever.
Yesterday had occasion n nouce she catastrophe
which befe the short sellers Of Pacific Nail Shares
which freely sold short 70 10 bought 10
yesterday-by the jobbers, who responded 70 tbe'r
conractsat "a and So Today have TO report ike
misfortune for the bear" operators in Panama loree
four weeks ago the bears were eager sellers oil
Panama at ia 49, and their organs were Tree 10 STATE
that the road would require to be rebuilt IN very soo
time To-day these sellers were begging for the siocN 10
make their deliveries, l2i No failures have trans
PRED but the losses OF the "bears' must nave oeen
severe Curious coincidence that the last great rise
in this market led OF by Panama aud Pscuc MAIL
The stock market generally was higher and s'rong 10
day. though the sellers have relaxed nothing Of their
holiness We hear Of several parcels OF stock beng taken
out Of the street by those Western
stocks which are in n improving condition. ana which
have been unduly depressed. Gaena was very ac-
tive this morning several thousand shares OF STOCK
changed hands, at sn advance over yesterdays prices
Rock Island also higher, and so was Southern pre-
ferred Illinois Central is quite steady Toledo is inactive
but nrm Hudson and Hariem strong at an advance
of u fraction. New York Central higher. The ousi
in bonds and State stocks moderate but prices
market closed firm. The following the prices
Missouri sxee ssh y Canton, l91s x Cumberland
Coal, % % Pacific Mail s5la So New York Central,
76haS Erie, 9As Hudson River, 3SJs "a Har
lem Is a u Reading, 5oH y Michigan Central, 81
u Michigan Southern, 1914 IS do guaranteed, 40
u Panama. l2 u I'D Illinois Central 90 a "a Ga
lena and Chicago 67s4 6s Cleveland and Toledo, 25a ii
Chicago and Rock lsann, 81 -
The business OF the Sab-Treasary to day vas as TO-
lows
On account Of ioan ...'.....'......'. , oo'oo 80
Prom Customs. .....'.........'....'. ios'oVo w
Pay ments .......... .........''..''. Soti.oo 70
b~Shce.. s0s
Treasury notes received during week ~, 9oo %
The exchanges Clearing House this morning were
s2l OIL ,424 40, aud the balances 81 All GA
The folio Sng dividends have been decarel:-The So
cond Avenue Railroad Company quarterly dividend OF
per cent, payable the lth at the Office Of Messrs
Vim. l. John o Brien the Bank of Yonkers sent annual
dividend OF Il per csnt able on the 9th inst The fol
lowing by Massachusetts Banks:Mord Bank, per cent,
Plymouth 8; Old Colony (plymouth), So; Greenheld 4;
Franklin County (GreeDteld), 4; Conway, a Shelourne
Falls, Northampton, A. Hoyoke (Northmpton) s. Bris-
tol County Bank, Taunton, 4.
The receipts of the Harlem Railroad Company for the
month OF March as follows
1885,. ........................ seSszf VI
Net ase........ .................. $5,o5i q
The above are the net receipts after deduclng all
charges.
The receipts OF the Pttsburg Fort Wayne and Chi
cago Railroad Tor the week ending 18th inst $685.
0es 81.
Tie following table will compare the exports Of the
seven principal staple articles for the week