New-York daily tribune., 1859-12-26
SATURDAY, Dec. 2i-P.

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SATURDAY, Dec. 2f-P. ".
The recent frmness in the StocA market was well
sustained to-day, with no marked features, excepting
the activity in Central and the hrmness OF Panama.
TIE shorts were covering with considerable FREEDOM
and the resistance from the bears was confined maiay
10 two or three operators. portion OF the hrnness
Of the market was probably due TO the increased
amount Of buying caused by the settlement OF three
dsvs eonlracs in Ore The speculation Tor the presehs
rise is "a far as can be ascerined, confined 10 street
operators with aid from the public IN one or tSo
stocks. The Safeguarding temptation which
has inyeigled many ontsiders 70 thelr
rujn appears TO have lost almost entirely
within wear or two, ts hold upon the public mind.
The sales of Central nearly TO- 600 shares a. both
Boards and against this stock the bear movement was
chiefly directed With slight fluctuations, il left on at
7ei a76I yesterdays price. In the Western shares
there was a moderate amount OF business ut tDt e
cent improvement Fridays prices, and they were
well maintained the close, excepting Galena which,
upaer the unfavorabe of traffic for the third
week of December, dragged in closing transactionr'
HLdson River was firm but not active. Panama was
in good demand at the Second Board at l27a ex ds-
d.pd At the Second Board the market generally was
stsady but not active In State Stock the market was
quite strong, Missoufis being s3i bid and Vrginias
"a bid Railroad Bonds were inactive, but Quotations
were firmly sustained. A bear sale Of $4,000 Gov
eminent SIS was made at 1913 seller sixty, with q y
cent interest due within a week This is lower than
any of the loans was taken at originally
The closing prices were Virginia 6s, 94G94i; Mis-
sopri ca, s3i os4; Canton Co., l6lo7; Cum
berland Coal Co., 12.0l3i; Pacific Mail, 76lS
76i; Eew-York Central Railroad, 76i976i: Erie
Railroad, 81 ess; Hudson River Railroad, 4ls sAi
asrlen Railroad, 500; Harlem Railroad Preferred
34a34i; Reading Railroad, ali S4ls; Michigan Cen
tral Railroad, 39Ia39.; Michigan Southern and
Northern Indiana Railroad 81 i@63j Michigan South
crp ana Northern Indiana Guaranteed, HeHt; Pan
ANA Railroad, 1874 1881, ex. dv.i Illinois Central
R-ilroad, 5SI I958I; Gasns and Chicago Railrosd
s6f a66,; Cleveland snasToledo Railroad. i9s i9i;
Chicago and Rock Island Railroad, 633 963i; Illinois
Central 7s, Hl Ss5.
There il nothing doing 10 foreign bills, but the mar
ket ia very heavy. Sterling is lOSi9lO9i. Francs
5.2OG5Ei.
Freiehts-To Liverpool 400 bales Cotton at Ia
7.32d 400 tes Beef at &c. I'd 93s 3D. 100 pkgs. But
ter. at 25s COCO bush. Grain, in bags, private
,erms; tuns Clover Seed, at 25s. To London: 40
halfcbests Tea, at l7s 3d. lis tcs. Rice, st 25s 2s
3D.; IC0 ties. Beef, at Be.
The business Of the Sub-Tressury was: Receipts,
$42I 643 81; tor CusUons, s2O5,Ooo; Payments ST.
397 ,4g9 So; California Drafts, 100000 Balance,
$6,l32,2l Is. Treasury Notes received for Customs
during the week, s33,e94 &C.
The following are the receipts of the Galena and
Chicago Road the third week of December:
l6s9.............,..,...... eloUb3
l'%'
Decrease. 1894
The earnings of the second week were s2i,967.
Tie Rockford competition has probably had eonsdera-
bic influence in producing the above result.
Since the last state nen the Panama Road has car
ried on English accounts
ts12 %
Tota.................... S69l,327 OF
The Atlantic Bank Brooklyn, has declared a semi
annual dividend Of . cent, payable Jan. 8. The
Long Island Insurance Company has declared a somi-
annual dividend Of 10 cent, payable Jan. 3. The
Goodhue Fire Insurance Company semi-annusl div
dcnd of y cent, payable on and after the Sd Of JAN
uory. The Bank of North America has declared
dividend Of 81 cent, Jan. 9. The Metropolitan
Bank has declared sem-lnnnsl dividend Of y cent
There is considerable activity to day in money,
quent upon the payments of three days coming in one
and of the payment making upon the State loan. The
supply, however, hppeais 10 DC nVioaDt ~ INC hu-
vsnced rates Of interest which have been established
Demand loans are cal y cent The supply Of paper
10 moderate, with good demand for frst-class sigma
lures, which go a6 for gilt-edged short, and
cent for four and six months premises.
The exchanges at the Bank Clearing House to-day
were so, ,496, 49S "a. Tie total exchanges for the
week ending to-day were $l3l 1885,, ,69l 81, being
daily average of $2l 81 Ills 80 against $2l O53 %
for the week ending on Saturday last
He.srs. Raynor g. Blackwell have sold the piece Of
land en- the southwest Of 42dst and 6th-av 80
# fronting eth-ev. ard 40 f. fronting 42dst. across the
rear and 40 feet in depth the south ine for $5750
purchased for immediate improvement by the Metro
poitan Gas Light Company for their ofe. We report
the sale of piece of land Broadway 9sth-st, and
l0th-av., las fl. fronting Broadway, l0i f. in 'front.'
ing 9Sh- l49 f. in. l0th-av., 81 # in. through
from lotb-Ry. 10 Broadway the norh lins contain
about 81 ois for $4,000 Also, full lots on the west
aide Of lth-ay., between 98th and 99thsts for 00
We have copy of the annual report of the Macon
and Western road, from which gather tue annexed
statement of the traffic of the year ending Nov. 30.
The following is comparative statement Of the
value of exports from the commencement of the year
70 Dec. -:
1873. 1859. Inerease Decrea,.