The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-12-10

The Foreign Exchange market closed very depressed
for the Aragos mail. The top selling rate for leading
bills on London 102H. Good mercantile sterling was
done at fraction below par.
In the Domestic exchanges we notice an advance at
Baltimore to per cent. Philadelphia is unchanged ga
24 Boston rather easier per cent the seller guar
anteeing against suspension.
II worthy of note the expedients VIII
business men compelled to times like the
present, that Western merchant intending to meet
payment to New York house, rather than submit the
rates of exchange, brought with him five hun.
dred barrels of -four expecting to turn it into here
but finds the sacrifice which he will be obliged to
make much greater than the large premium of exchange
The arrangement of the produce business point
not surprising that the weathiest houses succumb Sc
vera of leading receivers have suspended within
few days. with great abundance of imperishabe proper.
ty on hand, which is unavailable for paying trans
portation charges.
We annex comparative statement of the imports OF
foreign dry goods at New York for the week. and since
January l:
For the 1Ueek 1858. 1859 1860
Entered at the port.... slsO.1el s4s7,o45 $e69 o17
Thrown on market....... 5O0,77s 53S134 529, ,77O
Since Jan 1St.
Entered the port $50 ISL 100 $1o4 1853 s971s7 29f
Thrown market. g. 534 1O41l2,s75 90 $3.50 1868
The weekly statement of the Treasury shows worse
condition than at any time since the height of the panic
in 1857.
Receipts s6l9 $50 95
Sraits issued ,46S, ASS n
Besides this balance, there is in the Mint
and its branches.
The Boston Courier of Saturday saws:
Inc snare market continues Its retrograde movement
and although there is panic feeling, prices melt away
steadily ice before a July sun. Some of the sound
Railroads sustained in of the near approach nj
the January dividends and consequent small amount
stock thrown on the market.
The Philadelphia Bulletin of Saturday evening saws:
The Stock market if anything is depressed than
the tendency for all classes securities is down
ward. Reading Railroad opened with an improvement
there being demand from the shorts" but closed
unsettled State Fves declined per cent and odd lots
disposed of at Sc City Loans were feeble with
% bid for the old and e7H the new issues Lehigh
Navigation declined II; Camden and Amboy Railroad
N Lehigh Scrip n, and Pennsylvania Railroad \ In
Bank stocks there is very little movement and any at
tempt to realize would only result in material decline
The pressure for money street to day was again
heavy and II to Is per cent accepted for short
class paper and to 10 per cent call loans on stock
collaterals.
AMERICAN SECURITIES.-Messrs.D D. Bell, Son Co.
state that the market for American Securities during the
past week has shown much animation, and some large
have taken place in the various Federal and
State stocks There have also been large purchases
OF pennsylvania Central, Michigan Central and New
ork and Erie Railroad Bonds and the market closes
with hrmness United States per cent bonds 1868 90
G1Ol; do per cent. bonds, 1874 aSIGe4: Kentucky
sterling bonds 94GG95 f ~
Massachusetts, per cent. Str bonds lo0GlO2 Mssis.
sipp per cent, Union bank bonds, I2d14 Pennsylva.
mia per cent stock s4dS6; do per cent bonds Is77
S6GSs South Carolina per cent. bonds 1866, se(0ss;
Tennessee per cent. bonds divers. S0Gs2 Virginia
per cent bonds, 1856. S2dS4 Virginia per cent ser
ling bonds, 1883, SlGS3 Illinois Central per cent s5
81; Illinois Central per cent, 1875, S5S7 do shares
26G25 dis; Michigan Central per cent 1862 ss6se;
do. shares 5S60; New York Central per cent s6Gs7
do. per cent 93(d95: do shares 76d7S New York and
Erie per cent. 1857, 9l692 do per cent 1859 SSxG
S9H do per cent, 1888, S0ds2 ex.; do shares 3234
Panama sterIng per cent, 1866 100CG102; do. per
cent 1917, looGlOl Pennsylvania Central, per cent
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