The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-05-09
PRICES AND SALES OF STOCKS IN NEW YORK.


more doing at 4a4k per cent The market is unaffected
by the disquietng foreign news, but on the contrary
rendere rather stagnant. The Bank returns max
ing up to-day not frequently alluded to, the ship
ments of specie not being regarded with uneasiness.
The actual shipment of specie to-day to Europe by
the Ariel and City of Washington, was 1887 ,63S.
The exchanges through the Clearing this weel
the largest since August 10TH 1S57-$l60 604aI
average per day of S26, IA 767.
The downward movement in stocks has continued, bu
the heavness is not marked as yesterday and the se
culative shares in most instances only trhe lower
than the prices current last evening 1t noticeable that
that the depression Of to-day has been the during
the MONTH confined to the railway stocks, the bet
class and miscellaneous securities good
railroad bonds being confidently held at full prices. The
heavie fall was in Michigan Central which is * per
cent below the best of yesterday The extra
ordinary ucuation of the day the advance in Pacific
Mail after the board of per cent, all of which took
place in the short period Of ten minutes his pro
duced mainly by the report that the company had secured
the mail contract.
Chicago and Rock Island Toledo and Harlem Preferred
were comparatively steady, and only 70 per cent be
low yesterdays prices. The Federal Fves of 1874, as
well as other good bonds firmly held, in antic
patton of foreign demand in the event of There
sales of 100000 of these at l04 an improv
of per The market the close exhibited fair
degree seadness upon report that further foreign
of favorable nature in the possession of par
ties here New York Central closed at 49, after touch
ing II between the calls
On Monday morning next the Board of Brokers TO
elect officers for the coming year.
Foreign Exchange clio ed firmly especially for all the
bills of leading drawers. We quote Bills at 60 days
London l09 allO for commercial, los d10a for bank
do at three days sight 0kGll05 Paris at TO days
l2t9 10, do. three days sight 5OSld5O7%; Ant
werp 5lOa5.12H; Bremen 1913 a79as; Hamburg sc Ia
374 Amsterdam Al G42; Frankfort 42G424; Prussian
thalers 73n739s.
The imports general merchandise for the week have
been large but not quite equal to the total for last week
The total receipts of both dry goods and general merchan
disc are twice as large for the corresponding week
last year.
FOREIGN IMPORTS AT NEW YORK
For the Week 1857 1858 1859
Dry Goods ........... s99O.S15 759S43 81 7S2 24G
General Merchandise. 4,2l4,7S2 1,S7O,629 254s,5l2
r.a, e .,, - a. -o- ,,o 49, 80 -
Previously reported. 7,7s9,652 SSSl4sl5 1882, $50
Since Jan. 1.... $s3Oo5 249 s4o945,417 ss8278, ,23s
Among the passengers by the Jura David HoadIey
Esq, President of the Panama Railroad Company He
visits Europe partly in quest of health, aud partly
range for the establishment Of the Australian mail via the
Isthmus of Panama
The official return Of the business Of the Galena and
Chicago Railroad Company in April is as follows:
Freight. s8557527 s5l4sosa sa4,l154o Dec.
Passengers 81 ,657 Al 64,ssl.56 16,675OO Dec.
Mails, &c....... 4,2oO.s7 $4,000 10000 Dec,
Total.... s14l S3S55 $9OO41.43 s5l 292.l2 Dec.
1t is stated that the difficulties which hitherto prevent
ed the completion of the Chicago St Paul and Fond du
Lac Railroad from GAINESVILLE the Lacrosse junction,
fftysx miles have at length been definitely adj ted
and are now perfected to complete the road
by or before the first of October
CINCINNATI, May 5.-The demand for money to-day
sufficient to absorb the bulk of the currency at the
disposal of the discount houses but it did not partake in
any degree of pressing character, and matters remain
comparatively easy the bankers taking all the acceptable
paper offered by their customers within the of lOd
II per
more marked deficiency in supplies, and increased
frmness in prices the leading features of the market
for Eastern Exchange The tendency to settled
and easy condition of affairs observable yesterday,
not maintained and the inclination toward uniform ad
vance was pretty decided and general Outside of the
Valley Ban which proposes to continue to draw at %
the rates were y S and p premium One house has
for several days been charging premium all its
transactions. Another leading house to day, changed
depositors and other parties premium Others ad-
hered to premium, but confined their business chiefly
to customers, while others still had from depositors
and s froia outsiders
First class currency is getting scarce, and this is one
leading of the strngsncy in the Exchange market
Another cause is the limited supplies from shipments OF
produce. But little is to be expected hereafter from
breadstu the stocks in the West being not much
than sufficient for home consumption between this time
and harvest or hog products there fair stocks but
there attraction for these at the East and the ship
consequently light The wool clip will soon he
ready TO 60 forward This will So 900 600 in
change within the next sixty days The by banks
have retired large proportion of their circulation thus
conforming 10 their reduced specie strength and the
sorting houses consequently find it necessary return
second and third class currency more extensively than
heretofore. Eastern bills wanted and rates favor
sellers We quote as as the range. Gold is in good de
mand for shipment at prem There not many sell
at this price There is but little demand from the
country banks The current to the East keeps up.
The private letters by the Niagara convey nothing
further or less warke than the newspaper accounts
Messrs Barring Bros, under date of April 2Sd, report:
American Stocks remain before generally neglected
United States SIS Bonds of 1868. 9s ass " do. SIS offer
ed 94k. Massachusetts Sterling offered at lO2 Mary
So Bonds 4dS6. \ small amount of South Carolina
Sterling SIS Palmer's Loan. has been sold at So Some
Tennessee 9s at 81, Virginia 6s at 81. New Orleans
Consolidated Bonds 81 Canada 6s 114Gll5 Nova
Scotia and New Brunswick Ill. Pennsylvania Central
Railroad Bonds offered at 81 u New York Central rs "a
(CI96. New York and Erie Bonds 3d mortgage 64G66.
Illinois Central 77d79. Michigan Central 1882. So 5dS7-
Illinois Railroad Shares neglected at 80 discount.
TRADE At MANCHESTER, April 22.-Yesterday private
kilograms received from Calcutta reporting
favoraby of the market for goods and yarns stating
that prices had risen in degree fully equal TO the newly
imposed duty Immediately, some considerable opera.
tons ensued in shirugs and other fabrics which
followed by further business during the day and produ
endeavOrng to portion of what has late
y been lost in prices the quotations for yarns being raised
Nd. per lb and those for goods in much the de-
gree
The other departments of our market have derived
improvement in tone from the facts stated and this
effect has been aided by from Paris apparently favor
able to the maintenance of peace. few orders
have been given for yarn and CLOTH but they compar
ativey immateral The continental merchants little
moved by hopes raised.
The return from the Bank of England for the week end
ing the 10th of April gives the following results when
compared with the previous week
Public deposits f5 079 902. Dec. f52 963
Other deposits l2l ,305. ..... Dec 52s
nest 3,l4l ,459 Inc 7,iS7
On the other side of the account:
Govt securities e 81 lis. Unchanged.
Other securities. 16S0s $40 Dec. l29 $50
Notes unemployed. $3.50 30. -. Dec. :. .65O,770
The amount of notes in circulation being
an increase of fl36 200 and the stock bullion in both
departments is tlS,05l 375 showing decrease f545
l59 when compared with the preceding return