New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-08-09
MONDAY. August 81.


The business Of the Stock Board was light to-day,
with fair degree of frmness. A large number Oh
operators, both inside and outside, are absent from
the civ and the attendance at the Board was unusu
sJy small. The market presents much the same fea-
lures as noticed during the latter part of the last week.
The market appears to lack capacity to take any con-
siderable quantity of stock without serious decline,
while on the other hand, an important order to buy
could not be executed without a marked advance.
The principal purchases are TO fill short contracts the
bull interest appearing to have abandoned, for the
moment their activity. The two attempts recently
made to infuse come spirit into the market and TO ee-
tablsh permanent improvement have not reeuted
epcoursgipgy. The most important advance estao-
lished TO dsy was in Pacific Mail which closed ct 70
bid against % on Saturday The advance is ascribsd
in some quarters TO the buying in of short stock and
in others to the probability of some arrangement by
which the opposition boats will be withdrawn. mar
lem Preferred was rather active and sold down TO 3i
The only sale of New York Central was 100 shares az
49, buyer CO. until the second Board when there was
more activity the market closing at I2i for the open
ing. The dividend Of ? cent was known,
and had but little effect The Western shares genef-
ally are steady, and in some cases hrmer; but there
was no feature of importance. Toledo was very
heavy, selling down to 90. Erie was steady at D. In
Bank Stocks the transactions were small And prices
had an downward tendency. The market for State
Stocks showed an improvement. The demand was
good for the active descriptions at advanced rates.
Missouri sold at s2.. United States 5s, 1874, were
steady at 1911 In Railroad Bonds the aggregate
sales were only Sill 900, and the market was heavy.
There was no bid the unsecured bonds OF the Ere
Road, and the Sinking Funds were offered at H. The
Let Mortgage was, 80 bid, 81 asked ID Mortgage, ~
bid - asked 81 Mortgage, - bid and 81 asked; 4th
Mortgage, 80 bid, 81 asked. The closing prices were;
For Virginia Is, 90 a93; Missouri &c, o2t ISL Can
ton COMPANY lG.Gl7; Cumberland Coal Company
Preferred. III; New-York Central, 72i 973 Enc
| Railroad. 5a5i; Harlem Railroad, q e9i; Harlem
Railroad Preferred, 3ii a3is; Hudson River Rail
road. %, $50; Reading Railroad, 49, si3i; Michi
gan Central Railroad, All a4li; Michigan Southern
and Northern Indiana Railroad, 667 Michigan
Southern Preferred, 20i a2l Panama Railrosd, llii
all5I; Illinois Central Railroad. 63l ed Galera
and Chicago Railroad, 63i 63;; Cleveland and Tole-
| do Railroad l9i a 30; Chicago and Rock Island Kali
rosd. 6Iia6li; Illinois Central bonds, 81; Pacific
Mail, 75a75t. -,
The market lie quiet and heavy for foreign bills.
Sterling is 1924 ll0i. F-ancs 5.l5al2i.
Freights-To Liverpool, 400 bales Cotton st 3-iod.
a73ai. To London, 900 bbs. Roein at IS; lO,Vco
HID. Slaves on private terms. To Hamburg, lo.Ooo
Slaves on private terms. To Antwerp, 40 bbls.
Asbe. at COS; % bhds. Bark at 2Je.i 81 tuns Log
wood at 20s ties. Honey at PIC. bark oil 5oo tuns
to Queenstown for orders, with Sugar at ss. yes
sci Of go tups, out to Jacksonville for Lumber 70
Trinidad, at sl2, and home at s p ' tun, port
charges paid vessel Of 80 tuns, out TO and home
from West Indies, for 81, port charges PAID.
The business Of the Sub-Treasury Wa: hece!p's'
s2l7, 562 5j-for Customs, $sl,Wo; fay"en"'
s2I9,OH 10; Balance, =, 3s9, Jos 81.
The annexed is the detail Of the business OF the us'
lena Railroad in July, the result OF when We gave
| some days since: