The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-08-04
Munttarp anh Commercial Bebith.
BALTIMORE, August 5, 1860.

BALTIMORE August ., looO
There has been comparatively little done this week in
Stocks but the market without being active has through
out it been toeraby firm. large part of the business
done at the Board has been in Mining stocks the sales of
which add up about 900 shares For these stocks the
market has been stronger this week than for time
past and most Of them close quite firm. The sales
brace 200 shares Springfield at $44@4b 400 shares
Gardner Hill at %G64 5000 shares Guilford at $33l9
3X; 800 shares North State at $2x@2x 5000 shares
Consolidated at s1449Ik 200 shares Rudsell at sly
@1%; 1900 Baltimore and North Carolina at sl4@1k;
and 800 shares Cambridge at from 81 06 up to the
latter figure being paid for it today All these stocks
have improved in price will be seen but the largest
advance has been in Cambridge, which has improved
within the last day two y to ZIG of dollar per
share. Gardner Hl Guilford North State Consolidated
Baltimore and North Carolina, and Cambridge all closed
quite firm today but Springfield and Rudise were both
rather heavy.
Railroad shares have through the week been pretty
frm and for Northern Central prices have improved
since the opening 81 to per share The sales add
about 1000 shares against 5000 shares last week. at
from s21% to $22H Nothing done in this stock to-
day. but it closed at S22 bid $224 asked regular way
For Baltimore and Ohio Railroad there has been very
little inquiry and we note sales only IL shares at $4
It closed however to-day at $74 bid SIG asked regular
way There has been considerable inquiry for Northern
Central Railway 1885 bonds this week. and sales Of s24
sales latter figure being made at the close yester
day To-day sales made, but they were offered
6sK and only 6s bid for them, this figure being
of per cent the price bid for them last Fri
day. We also sales of 81 900 Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad 1875 bonds s9k 81 900 Northwestern yir
ginia first mortgage do at 93 and $500 Patapsco Com
pany bonds at 65. City 6s continue firm and in de-
mand There are however hut few offering, and note
sales this week of only 900 at 1o0k for 1SS6s 1ol
for for
For Bank stocks there has been some demand and we
sales shares Merchants at $685. shares Bank
of Baltimore at s1O2X@lO3 l3 shares Union at s76H@
IL 25 shares Western at $22 shares Peoples at $685.
&c shares Mechanics at $2 and 112 shares Howard at
SlOH Sales also 100 shares of National Insurance
Company at ST. and 100 shares Associated Fremens do
at SIX.
The Money market is in much the condition as it
has been for the past three weeks The supply of
capital is abundant and good paper goes very readily on
the street 6G6H per cent for short dates, and 77H
per cent for paper having longer time to Papers
and much wanted both by The banks and brokers'
be readily made at per cent undoubted
coaerals but for loans upon fancy stocks rates range
at from to II per cent
The foreign imports into Baltimore for the week ending
Thursday, amount in value to s267 ,596, of which
$s5472 free, and s72 24 duty paying goods
and the value of the foreign exports from Baltimore for
the period S239, ,756, against s20S763 for the
previous week.
At the first Board in New York to-day stocks
weak, but at the second Board tie market firm
Michigan Southern guaranteed which advanced yester
day So, fell of to day $2H; Michigan Southern
declined y; Cleveland Toledo r. Rock Island
y; New York Central u; and Missouri 6's % but Erie
advanced s. Harlem X; Galena and Chicago \ and
Virginia 6's e. Reading fell off at the first Board 4,
but it advanced at the second SIX.