The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-11-23
BOARD OF TRADE.
BOARD OF TRADE.
imtttee Of Arbitration for month of November.
SAMUEL HURLBUT.
). LONE4, EDWARD l.. PALMER,
G. BANSEMER JOHN s. DICKINSON.
Wonstarg ana Commercial 8sbisn.
BALTIMORE. Nov. %, 1860.

BALTIMORE. Nov o. 1860
All our city banks suspended specie payments this
morning, in accordance with the arrangement made last
evening at meeting of the bank officers and the sus
pension has generally anticipated greatly relieved
the existing money pressure and note in consequence
very much improved feeling in commercial and fnan-
cal circles On Change the of the banks very
generally approved although in quarters it bit
terly and vehemently condemned At the Stock Board
the feeling very much BETTER and nearly every stock
on the list advanced in price, and the money
was much more freely offered than it has been for
time past Paper which could not have been sold yes
terday under X to per cent per month"; could have
been readily placed to-day at per cent and heard of
some negotiations of first class paper at per per
annum. There was however comparatively little
paper Offering, most borrowers anticipating such an
extension of bank facilities as would preclude
the necessity of going upon the street for discounts Most
of the banks made quite liberal discounts and under
stood that their general policy will be- posi-
bic relieve the existing pressure. The suspension has
been followed will be SEEM suspension of the Phil
adepha banks and it is generally believed that the New
York banks will soon follow New York Exchange as q
matter of course brought premium to-day, the rates
ranging at from to per cent
The transactions at the Stock Board were large partc
uarly in Railroad shares the sales which embraced
1,04O shares Baltimore and Ohio, and 500 shares North
ern Central Baltimore and Ohio which closed yesterday
at only $50 bid cash, opened to-day $780, declined
subsequently to $5SH, and again advanced s5SA at
which figure the closing cash sales made On time
it sold at s6ok@6o and the at s5s% bid
$5s4 asked regular way and 500 bid buyer 60 days.
Northern Central Railway sold from SIG up to sly cash
and time the latter figure being advance So on the
last Sales and it closed steady at $16x bid sI6S asked
regular way Canton which sold yesterday at l4 closed
to-day without sales at SIS bid, sl6H asked. City 6's
improved per cent? and Northern Central 1885 bonds
"a to ~ per cent. There sales of 81 900 CITY 6s
at % for 1855 95 for 1865 and 81 for 1905 and of
$1,000 Northern Central 1885 bonds at 57x57H Sales
also of 81 900 Northwestern Virginia Railroad first mort
gage bonds at S6k In the Mining stocks there some
decided improvement There sales of 900 shares
Springfield at 90 the closing sales being So Is
cash this figure being advance of 25 the closing
price of yesterday 200 shares Silver Valley 60 cts
advance of 10 cts and 900 shares Consolidated at Asa
So advance of 10 to Is cts since yesterday Nothing
done in any of the other Mining stocks Gardner
Hill closed at IS so bid 81 asked Guiford at rs cts bid
so asked, Silver Hill at 40 cts bid, so cts. asked and
Deep River at So cts bid As cts asked regular way the
figures for each stock showing material improvement in
them since yesterday
The New York stock market was very much frmer to.
day. and all the stocks the list improved materially
Virginia 6s advanced per Missouri 6s per cent
Canton 81; Erie S2A; New York Central $1A; Reading
sS Cleveland and Toledo s2X; Michigan Southern &;
Michigan Southern guaranteed $2K; Rock Island s2A;
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