The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-11-24
Munstarp ana Commercial 8ebistp.

| BALTIMORE, Nov. %, 1860
The week closes with the exhibition of a much more
cheerful and hopeful feeling among business commu
nifty in relation to commercial and financial matters than
was to have been expected in the early part Of it. The
expansion of bank facilities which followed the suspen
sion of specie payment by the various banking insttu
tons has in great degree relieved the money pressure
and confidence slowly but steadily being established
| again Financial affairs to-day are in much the same
condition as they yesterday. The banks in pur-
suance of the policy which indicated when they
pended continue to discount quite literally and there
IN consequence comparatively little paper Offering the
street. for the that almost anything that will go
on the street at this time will be taken by the banks in
the regular course of business The nominal for
first paper the street to-day 92 per cent per an
mum, but anything but strictly first class paper alto
gether unsaeable. The community here was consid-
eraby startled this morning by the that the
old and respectable banking house of Samuel Harris
Sons had been obliged succumb to the pressure the
times, and stop payment Had this event occurred pre-
Vous to the bank suspensions it would doubtless have
added greatly to the panic but neither the stock nor mo
ney market has apparently been affected in any consid
cradle degree today, by the failure of this house.
The Stock operations this have been heavy the
aggregate value of the transactions at the Board being
about 5000 OOO but for nearly all the principal securities
prices have fuctuatcd very much Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad has been especially active the sales adding up
s55EG56, but it dropped subsequently, down s54 and
again advanced to $60 at which figure open
ing of the Board yesterday. 1t however
fore the close yesterday to $5SH To-day market for
this Stock was perceptiby weaker than yesterday
some 500 shares of it being sold from $50 down to
$685. and it left off at s5s bid, s5SX asked regular way
the price bid being advance of 81 the point
reached during the week Northern Central Railway
through the week been steadily improving and it has ad
vanced since the opening So per share Sales
about zoo shares of this stock have been made
Sl4 to $l774 the latter figures being obtained for
ittoday Canton opened this week at $15 and dropped
subsequently to s4 and again advanced to s16 which
figure sold to-day There have been sales week
of $50 shares
In City 6s and Railroad bonds the transactions have
been heavy, but these stocks have ucuated very much
in price. City 6s there have been Se3 900 sold
at SO to 95H for 1885, "a to 90 for 1885, and "a 9S
for 1S9Os 1sS0s closed to-day firm at 9S bid 9Sh asked
Northern Central 1885 bonds of which there have been
s12 500 sod opened at5s and dropped subsequent
y 55 but they advanced again to So at which figure
they sold to-day We note sales of some SIG 900 Bat
and Ohio bonds 80 for lsSOs and 1855 and 5s
down to SO for 1925 but 1S62s closed to-day 5S bid
65 asked Sales also this week of $4,000 Northwestern
Virginia first mortgage bonds at sSK 500 unendorsed
third mortgage do. at o. and 81 900 Western Maryland
Railroad bonds at so.
In the Mining stocks there has been moderate degree
OF activity, and for Springfield and Gardner Hill the mar
ket has through the week been quite strong OF Spring
field there have been about IL 600 shares sold at from
Sl9O up $780, and it left off to-day s215 bd 22O
asked and note sales of 200 shares Gardner
Hill at S370G3.90. Sales also this some 5000
shares Silver Valley at from 65 down 40
at the latter figure being made to-day 1900 shares Con
sodaed at from 35 up to so cts 200 shares Cambridge
at 4oG45 cts, and 200 shares Deep River at 3Od40
cts, the latter figure being obtained for it to-day
A lot of 1000 shares Guford sold early in the week
at rs cts but closed to-day without sales at 65 cts bid
rs cts asked.
Foreign Exchange has been very irregular this week
but the rates to-day follows, viz London, bank
ers' bills 1o5 do commercial do, 1026104 Paris 60 day
bills, ST As do. short sight do, ST. 35 Antwerp ST 4O
Bremen, 75976; Amsterdam, 40; Hamburg, 35; Cologne
7O(g7l; Frankfort-on-the Main, 4OK.
The foreign imports into Baltimore the week ending
on Thursday, amount in value to SlS2 297, which
Sl30902 were free and S51 1876 duty paying goods
but the value of the foreign exports from Baltimore for
the period 1888 against 1922 1888 for the pre-
vious week.
AT the first Board in New York to-day Virginia and
Missouri 6s brought the figures as on yesterday;
Canton declined u; Erie 4; and Reading y; but New
York Central advanced \; Cleveland and Toledo SIX.
Rock Island SIN; Michigan Southern s13S; Michigan
Southern guaranteed s3K aud the market closed firm
NO quotations were received for the second Board.