The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-05-02
SALES AT THE BALTIMORE STOCK BOARD.
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BY TELEGRAPH
rough WILLIAM FISHER 4 SoN, Stock and Bill Brokers
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The New York Post of Saturday afternoon says:
The stock market has more tone to-day, and the specu
lative shares about 4uA per cent. better We do
not learn that the favorable of the market is
stoned to any extent by outside orders, but be
prodnc in great measure by the purchase of the
short interest who have Oversod during the week OF
New York Central there has, doubt, been consdera
BILE taken out of the street within fortnight the cash
certificates being unusually to-day The closing
bids are 72S d72H. Thare recovery in Erie secu
rites of about per cent The Sinking Funds brought
Al the Attn mortgage Al Delaware and Hudson is per
cent better Pacific Mail heavy to-day, the free
contracts by the Bears ntmidatng buyers Contracts
on sellers option, at six months, put out yesterday
as low as 50. The closing cash prices II d77 n
Some parties confident that the Pacific Mail Com.
pany will not declare dividend of ten per cent that
they offer to sell the same at per cent Michigan Qua
ranteed has advanced to 32The common stock to 10 K
Erie stock is also slightly better selling e. Reading
Gaena, and Rock Island each per higher than
yesterday. Panama was heavy and fell to 1925 under
rumors of better prospect of the opening of the Ncar
The main features of the money market do not differ
materially from last Saturday able to any
increase in the employment of capital; the contrary
there appears to he rathe less acvythe result per
haps of the additional caution exercised in view the dis
turbances in Europe The rates are 4G5 call and sac
Havre to day took larger amount of specie than
pected-sl 092 lO9. Exchange London very firm
iy held at at which little was done The monthly
statement of the Assistant Treasurer will show receipt
in April of full three millions in cash from customs which
together with the Treasury notes received makes So
600 from this during the month The balance holds
at about 81 OO0-ast Saturday it Sc S94 600.
The total exchanges through the Clearing house during
tic week were Sifl.Sol an average OF S23,
655, ,lSS-a trie less than last week
There Is fair demand at private sale for Government
5s at l04 bd04 for investment by trust and savings
Institutions, banks, &c. Treasury are rmer and
selling at par to Is per cent premium Some
Department scrip has appeared in market but the loose
manner in which tits made out has made capitalists shy
of touching it, and so is the least bid.
The announce made by the last mail per CITY
of Washington that the Paris branch the General Bank
of Switzerland had suspended payment. The following
extract from letter of the London Branch,
their here, shows that payments
sumed by the Bank the 18th
GENERAL BANK OF SWITZERLAND
LONDON AGENCY, April Is 1859 /
Referring to the Morning Star, which we address TO
you we beg to add that payments which had been sus-
pended at our Paris branch the evening Friday
last have been resumed Tuesday morning every
thing is going usual. Our Central at Geneva
well the London Agency, have the slightest
degree been affected by the events
Yours &c, (Signed) F. FREILIGRATH, Manager.