New-York daily tribune., 1859-12-28
TUESDAY, Dec T-p. N

The Stock market to day irregular al the Morn
ing Board, and without much activity, excepting in
Centrsl Prices were moderately well sustained at
the openius bat ss the cal proceeded became heavy,
and the session cloeed with downward tendency.
The change Of feeling in the Board within week has
been quite marked and majority OF the members are
now operating for the fall and they aided Ia their
efforts by tie general indsposition to operate which
usually prevss at the ofthe year. heuufavorabe
condition Of the traffic Of the Galena Road has also
some influence ne well az the of political mstters
The uain reason for the heaviDess Of the market ap
pears however to be that the current Of speculation is
strongly for the fall and that, while the bears such
free sellers Il Il difficult with the present bull indfer
ence TO prevent decline. Meantime, the street is get
ting largely short of the prominent fancies and al
though for the moment cash stock quite abuutsnt,
world take but moderate alarm and attempt TO cover
on the part the shorts bring about marked change
in the features Of the market The sales Of Central add
ND 3 500 shares of which 200 shares selers
op,ions The market opened at 76l and moderate
ly well sustained until the close when it cold at 75l
70 In other descriptions there prominent sc-
tiyity Reading was in rather better demand, and sold
np to Az. buyer sixty. The movement emanates from
PHILADELPHIA There was strong bat not active
movement in Panams, which sold up TO
,9o!. equal to 1851, dividend on. Pacific Mail
remains quiet. There is nothing doing in the way
Of negotiations between this Company aud Com.
Vanderbilt Gaena was depressed by the statement
of the traffic of the third week. aud fell off to 65i.
Rock Island was steady At the Second Board Central
was pressed for sale at lower figures and the general
market sympaihi1ed The business. excepting 10 Gen.
tra was light and at the close the market still had
frola old laUc mi
cline Of cent since the declaration of the dividend.
The Bond market ia moderately active and without inn
portant change. State Stocks are firm. Nearly
all the funds for the Missouri interest due
Ist of January, have been received by the State
Agent here. The Erie issues were steady, excepting
the Conyertibles which are rather lower. Theclosius
prices were: Virginia &C. 9ia94ii Missouri 6s, s3i
81; Canton Co., IL; Cumberland Coal Co., l2i el3i
Pacific Mail, 76I sr7t; New-York Central Railroad,
75la75,; Erie Railroad 81 0sli Hudson River Rail-
road, All s4ll; Harlem Railroad, 81 oe; Hariem Rail-
road Preferred, 3is34li Reading Railroad, 4ile
Ala; Michigan Central Railroad, 39e39t; Michigan
southern and Northern Indiana Railroad, 6la6i;
Michigan Southern and Northern Indiana Guaranteed,
I7al7I; Panama Railroad, 100 l29l Illinois Central
Railroad, 5ss5SI; Galena and Chicago Railroad, 65i
a65I; Cleveland and Toledo Railroad, l9I 9l9ii Chi
caeo snd Rock Isand Railroad 63i e63l Illinois Cen
trsl rs, Ss8ii.
The market for foreign bills Is very quiet and rates
are heavy. Sterling, lOsi9lO9ii Francs, $500
5H,.
Frsiabts-To Liverpool, 9Sobales compressed Cotton
Mt d. 200 tes Beef at IS. 3D.. sSeed, at 25s To
BreLIen, 200 tuus Measurement Goods, and 50 tuns
Extracts on private terms; and steamer, 5000 10
Whslebone, at lc., aud 100 tuns Measurement Goods,
at Coz. To Hamburg, y steamer, 80 tuns Measure
ment Goods, at 4Os. ship from New.Orleans 70
Hayre with Cotton, At l3-l6c. vessel from Darien
to north side Cuba with Lumber, at sl0. vessel of
900 tuns to north side Cuba and back, at 4Oc. for
Sugar and 81 30 for Molasses. One of 2iO tuns, to
Porto Rico and back, at 4Oc for Sugar aud s3 for No
lasses.
The business Of the Sub-Treasury was: Receipts,
sl36,6s5 ~; Tor Cusrons, sl320o0 Payments,
1851 754 %; California Drafts, ss,OOOi Balance,
g. 81, ,l49 80.
The Illinois Central Railroad earnings for the third
week Of December are very satisfactory They
wsrr..............,. $tsEIl 20
sAme week lSs9........................' 5nsssO 81
Increase. si2OsI ~,
The gain in thres weeks ia about $4,000.
On the Cleveland and Toledo Road the earnings OF
th third week slstss
1888. i1Fls
Tnerees-....... ........................ s3,F8
The Michigan Southern road earned the third week
in December;
is:9....................-..-..'.-' Stss9 2!
Is5s....................--.......... H2oN "a
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