New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-03-18
THURSDAY, March Up. N


Socks were very dull sgsin TO day eod touched
wer prices with but few exceptions, at both sessions
Of the Board. Toe market yields soSly, hoSeVer,
taking INTO confederation the almost total absence OF
..,ds int, est in the speculative movements, and tue
psepoBderstng bear Influence at the Board. The
hree, buyers to day we're for short account apparent
and there wss but little, any, effort on .he pat Of the
bulls 10 sustain prices At the First Board New York
Central decline TO 79s ard dull at ,he quotation
through the day, with but moderate sales Erie sold
sa ia bot was not much dealt in. The Convention Of
Railroad Presidents, adjourned from the S. Nicholas
Hotel was held a. Buffalo yesterday, and upon the
action Of that meeting, WILL no doubt, depend some-
What the immediate course Of the market on these
seoohs If, 40 threatened, an open rupture ensues,
prices must be very much unsettled from the violent
and urprohtsble oompetitios which will follow.
Bot IT, on the other hand harmonious relations are re-
established operators for the rise will take mold with
more confidence. Reading was one of the frnest
stocks on the list during the day. and at the Second
Board advSrced TO 49, closing at 40 bid The move
mepts Of the Philadelpbisns, which to control
this stock, are frequently opposed TO the general in
sliDstion of this Market and Reading consequently
ofsen goes up down, in contrary direction TO other
speculative stocks The Western tha;es were very
Va
for Gslsns, Rock island and Toledo, were ! to v
cent lower than yesterday. Michigan Central was
steady, without essential change in prices. Illinois
Central was rather inactive at ca, but closed
tslsrsbIy firm. There is more stir than usual
in Michigan Southern Preferred, which, partly
IN sympathy with the common stock, and partly
in consequence of prejudicisl statements as to
the financial position of the Company, and the pros
pect Of dividends was sold down to Ash, and for time
was subjected to tol.rably smart ham nerirg. NIL
wsokee and Mississippi advanced !, end was in rather
halter demand. There was fair business in State
Socks, resulting in decline Of in Missours, with
sales Of $50 600 during the day, and an advance of
in Tennessees In Railway Bonds the transactions
were inconsiderabs, and the changes rather unmpor
tsnt, except in La Crosse Land Grants, which went
down 10 Is at the First Board but fraction bet
Ter seain in the a moon. At the Second Bosrd the
changes we're slight, as compared with prices estab
kshed In the morning, bat there no vigor in the
movements, and the market closed weak and dull
Operators on both sdes, whether bulls bears,
becoming patient ct the stsgnant condition of the
nsrset and more animated movements, whether for
the rise or fall would probably be hailed with satissc
ton by ell The closing prices were: For Missouri 6s
s5s 1854; Canton Co., 10, 020; Cumberland Coal Co
Preferred 23s Q23a; New York Central Railroad, 79a
379I; Erie Rsroad II 0lit; Harlem Railroad, II .@
70; Hudson River Railroad, 81 03la; Reading Rsi-
road, 4s@49.; Michigan Central Railroad, 81 95l4;
Michigan Southern and Northern Indiana Railroad,
I3i0l3i; Do. Preferred, IS. 0i5l; Panama Railroad
1I72 @ll7l Illinois Central Railroad 67 @67 Il Gsens
and Cbicsgo Railroad, 6s1 a6Sl; Cleveland and Tole
do Railrosd, 26la26s Chicago and Rock Island
Railroad, 500 959s Pacific Mail Steamship Co., ~
IA.
There Ia not much doing in foreign Bills, and quota
tations are without change. Sterling, 1922 09l for
good to fiVt class signatures Francs, 5.l5@5l23.
To Liverpool, 43O bales Cotton a. lGd,' 100 ties.
Beef at Be-; 40 boxes Bacon al l5s 300 boxes Cheese
1t aOs $500 bbls Rosp at Is. I'D. ais. o.; tuns
Horns ct i0s., measurement. To London, 800 boxes
Cheese at 25s 100 boxes Bacon at 2Os. To Glasgow,
20 t1ns Logwood on private terms. vessel of 800
TINS from Mschias to Csrdenss ard back to New York
ct 40c. for Sugar and 50 for Molssses.
The business Of the Sab Treasury was: Receipts,
$40, oei 80; Customs, $l5s,OOO; Payments, $ll7,-
Ce5 Isl Balance, S, 1916 OS 60.
The movement Of the Banks in the four principal
cities of the Unior in which weekly reports are made
o. shswn by their last statements, ia as follows: