New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-06-06
SECOND BOARD.


The tone Of the stock market day probably d zap
roipted three-quarers Of tie members Of the Board
Tie elements of speculation which presented them
AZ yes Yesterday were all favorable, and indicated
firm if not rising market this morning. The foreign
news and the bank statement more satisfactory
than bad been looked for; the Money market showed
Increasing ease while the traffic accounts from the
West were very promising; added to this the market
had recovered from the sluggsness which bad marked
il for several days. Certainly the indications were
never more marked Of strong if not buoyan market;
vet the reverse was the result, and the list generally
Tell off to ! y cent. The only heard adj
duced fol this decline was the free selling of Erie and
Central by prominent OPERATOR which ioduced Others
TO follow his lead, by which the lone of
the market was entirely changed. Between
tie Boards, ard at the Second Board the
heavy feeling continued, but after the Second
Board BUYERS came in more freely, and slight i'm
provement was established quotations being very firm
at tie close The dec inc to-day has been one OF those
inexplcable spasms which not very nfrequent IN
the SPECULATIVE movement Of the stock market. Pa
cic Mail has been one Of the most active stocks and
moved strongly upward against the general current.
II opered at 9l and touched 93 closing at 92a bid.
TIE dividends paid to-day about 80 shares
making all aggregate of about 725 shares. The OPEN
ing price of Central S2 but during the call it sold
down to slt and closed finally at that bid. Erie also
came ont freely and sold down to l9 al the Sc
ord Board The rumor was quite current that the
sales Of Central, Erie, and Hudson River were made
OH information that suicidal competition for business
was intending between these roads and the Grand
Trunk Webave reason to believe that there is no
basis for this rumor and that all the trunk roads doing
business with the West are working harmonously,
and have nearly as much freight traffic
AZ thew can manage The Western shares were geu-
eiay lower and not active, but there dsposi-
ton 10 prers stock on the market. The Bond market
was quite steady with a welldstribued business bat
not large aggregate. State and Government stocks
are firm. A sale of $4,000 Government Coupon IS,
1874 was made at l0i. La Crosse bonds fell back 20
l6l having riren during the recent furry to 81. The
closing prices we've: Virginia &c, 93l a9i; Missouri
is 81 s4l, Canton Company 20a2ll; Cumberland
Coal, 10! IA; Pacific Mail, 92i NewYork
Central Railroad 81 aS2; Erie Railroad, 1871 9l9li
Hudson River Railroad 47l S4S Harlem Railroad,
I2l a b. Harlem Preferred, 39l 1891; Reading Rail-
road, 4Isa4l,; Michigan Central Railroad 52l a52i;
Michigan Southern and Northern Indiana Railroad,
l2i al2l; do Guaranteed 2i 02iI; Panama Railroad,
1872 a l3i Illinois Central Railroad 63 963l; Galena
hlO ChthSo hhHodu "'f ~oo4i Oie'ciahu anu iOieno
Railroad 29l a29li Chicago and Rock Island Rail-
road 69l a69i; Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Rail
road, 75975li Illinois Central rs, 9Old9l.
The demand for foreign bills for the Persia has been
quite moderate and sterling bills have been sold at
concession Of 2 cent on previous rate. The most
prominent names were freely on the market at lost
and bank signatures sold as low as 1929.
Freights opened rather lower but recovered par
TALLY ere the close. To Liverpool; $50 bales Cottona'
ID 200 boxes Cheese (per steamer at 5os' ~ BOXES
Bacon per steamer at $685.; 200 ties. Beefa 4s 2'Vo
bbls. Flour at Is 3D.; $1,000 bush. Wheat OF rays
in bags closing at the latter rate; $1,000 BUSH Corn
at 6o6sc. in bulk, and 6ia7c. in bags; 1000 bbls'
Tar on private terms. To Glasgow; 100 bbls. Pork
at Be. Cd 30 boxes Bacon at 3Os. l,OOO bush Wheat
in shippers bags at I'D To Rotterdam' 10000 light
pipe Slaves, reported at s35 o.