New-York daily tribune., 1859-05-24

n, Tho cash stock sas very .esroe for delivery
during the day, and in the afternoon pnoes a'' ancea
to 72l. Rock Island was very steady a. DOM T-n''
-, a. a,,;,e,,e, ws,e made with less difficulty than
Cor several days and the cash stock was offered more
freely at the Second Board at slight concession me
......a.;on. in cal.na were not large, bu. prices
- - ;.,nroy;nc tendency, aud in the after
o, ..ls. were made at 63i, which was
IA ., The close. Harlem Preferred, Michigan
c,u.h.r f.n.yanteed and Toledo hrmer, but the
h,.;nsss was ante limited in each. The trade in
Co. s,ocks and Railway Bonds much smaller
than usual at the First Board, but prices were steady
In the afternoon Mssours advanced 10 S3l and were
in very good demand. Teunessees declined 10 sos'
Illinois Central Bonds were heavy at %. Inc iiir
provement in Railway shares to-day seems 10 DC 'he
, f the nsua sales Of the bears, who operate
in this way on short options and by borrowing stock
70 an extent which is alone sufficient 70 cause
=, advance a. stocks are called 10 again and
b oo,trocts mature There il but little doing in the
yay Of investment, and the speculative aclon 7ee"N
IN he nretty much confined 10 the Stock Exehahge'
btber for the rise or fall. The closing prices WERE
Missouri 6s, s3I 0S3t; Virginia 6s, 96G96t; Canton
70 ,sl aI9I: Cumberland Coal Co, Preferred, hs
aIs. New.York Central Railroad, 120I2!; Ere
Railroad. 7,07.; Harlem Railroad, lO} all; HUDSON
River Railroad 3ll a3l2; Reading Raliroad, 44a~
Al2. Michigan Central Railroad, i2l 9i3; Michigan
sontb4rp and Northern Indiana Railroad, 9IGlo;
Michigan Southern and Northern Indiana Railroad
Preferred, 32I 1921; Panama Railroad, Ihi@iIot;
Illinois Central Railroad, 5j056 Galena and Chicago
Railroad. 63I a64; Cleveland and Toledo Railroad,
o7la27,, Chicago and Rock Island, 62I 962ii Hi
nois Central Bonds, "a ais; Pacific Mail 72l S72l.
The is a moderate business doing in foreign tx
chonoe nj nrevious rates. Sterling bankers Hoo
llOi for sixty days, and llo1 tor sight oiS' francs
are 5.IOa5.O7i
Freehts 10 Liverpool 100 bales Sea Island Cot
ton at 7.32d; 800 bales square do. at o-52d.; leO
tcs Beef at 2s,; 900 bbls. Pork at Is. 3D.; Low
bbls Rosin at H. 3d.; 200 Canada Butts at ~; ~
0CO Heavy HID. Slaves ct CO. To London; oo tuns
Brazl Nuts at 2Os To Glasgow: 20 tcs' Lard at 2os
vessel of 1870 tuns out to and back from West In
dies for 81 l,l5O, port charges paid vessel OF 2io
rs mn, IN north side of Cuba and back at i5c, and
$3 for Molasses, paying her own port charges
The business of the Sub-Treasury was: Receipts,
$i25.747; for Customs, $4,000; Payments, $72S,-
5ss A; Balance $5,lS5,3 ,36i Is.
The business of the Cl.ariI G House to-day was
s25. .796, 600. The money market is not active and
the rates are precisely as quoted on Saturday. The
demand is not active and at the quotations the supply
is rather pressing on borrowers. A second dividend
of 33l cent on all ascertained claims against the
Empire City Bank will be paid on demand; and ~
y cent to depostors in said bank also, on demand at
the office of the United States Trust Company.
The earnings of the Erie Railroad for the month OF
Earnings April -,
.1-, soc "a