The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-06-06
Total for II mo $50. a45,ba s2,s24 ,37a 80

The engagements of specie by the steamer Per-
sia, for Liverpool tomorrow morning, amount to
| about one million Of dollars, of which probably
s25o000 viii be In silver. The foreign exchange
market is inactive. The principal business in ster
ling has been at 1904; in francs, 6.l4i l3i.
In the rates for money there is no improve.
ment. We hear Of call loans being made TO day in
| government and STATE stocks at four per cent
The anhr~sssrvy b abcorstns but little specie.
The business Of the day was:- Receipts, s3l7.
| 81 OF, OF which $4,000 were for customs:
| payments, s2s7579 IL; leaving q balance of
| 81, G37,l55 So.
The stock market was inactive to-day, and on
nearly all the list the advance of yesterday was
loet. The chief exception TO this was Pacific Mail
which opened at 9l2, $50, advanced to 90. with
sales Of about 200 shares, and closes at 92i bid,
against 9lA bid at the close yesterday. A dispose.
ton to purchase this stock is manifested by out
sders, as the opinion gains strength that the ope.
rstons of the LATE secretary will not result In any
very serious loss to the company Panama was
also well sustained, selling at l3i and l34l with
but trifing transactions, however.
In New York Central the business was small.
the cash sales being only 500 shares It opened
at 81? fell to ST. and closed at sli bid-a decline
Of per cent on yesterdays closing price. Erie
was more active, and fell Otto l9r at the morn
ing, and to l9l at the afternoon session. the last
named price being bid at the close. II closed yes.
terdsy at 2oi bid. Among the Western railway
shares the largest decline was in Chicago Bur.
ling,on and Quincy, which opened at 76}-i per
cent lower than yesterdays price-aud fell rapidly
TO IS, with moderate sales We hear of no reason
for this sudden decline The earnings of the road
for May, which we give in detail below, show au
Increase Of over 100000 on those Of May, 1859
Hudson River Is I per cent lower. There were
sales at the first board ct ASH but II was offered ct
the close at 4s, 90 being the best bid Galena |
was pretty well sustained, considering the falling
on in the May receipts. II closed ut 63k bid,
against 63I yesterday. Michigan Central Ia
I per cent lower Illinois Central, 4; Michi
gan Southern guaranteed, 4; Toledo 4, and
Rock Island I. For New Jersey Railroad. 13e
was bid, and for New Jersey Central, lis.
Government and State stocks are firm. United
States 5 per cent Of 1874 coupon bonds were sold
today at l04, and the per cents Of 1867 brought
ITO. There was also q sale of New York State 6
per cents, 1873, at Ill. Missouri per cents sold
at s4s.
Railroad bonds were generally well sustained
New Jersey Central first mortgages sold at 1861, |
Hudson convertibles at 81, do. third mortgage a,
oily, do. second mortgage ct los. Ia Crosse and
Milwaukee land grant bonds dropped suddenly 70
les at the second board. with sales of &C 00o They
sold yesterday afternoon at 1oi.
AT the second board there was no importan, |
change In prices, and the market closed dull at the
following Observation-Disclosures, e3i; Missouris,
sst; Canton, 2oii Cumberland, lai; Pacific Mail. |
e2l; New York Central, sly; Erie, l9i: Hudson |
River, AZ; Harlem preferred, Ssi; Reading, lii; |
Michigan Central, s2l; Southern guaranteed, 7ii;
Panama, 1891; Illinois Central. $685. Galena, esi;
Cleveland and Toledo, 2el; Rock Island, eei, and |
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy, 75t.
The earnings Of the Toledo and wabash Railroad \
In Nav foo. an as foIoura.