New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-01-01
MONDAY, Dec. 3l-P. NJ.

MONDAY, Dec. 3I-P. NJ.
The Stock market to-day has exhibited great buoy
ancy, with largely increased activity in the leading
stocks. The principal impulse was given to the mar
ket by the scarcity Of eash stock Of Erie and Illinois
Central, but in addition TO this there more
cheerful feeling and some revival Of the speculative
action Of last Summer The commission houses had
more orders than for some time past, and the bears
exhibited less disposition to operate excepting TO put
out their maturing options again. The adyices from
Washington were looked upon as favorable and
brought in some new buyers as well IA some Of the
shors The feature Of the day has been the rapid adj
vance in Illinois Central the deliveries Of which were
nearly blocked by the scarcity Of shares. The quotation
which was g. on Saturday advanced steadily during tho
first session to ~ and after the Board wassod high
a. AT the Second Board il still advanced touching
75,, an advance Of "a v cent over Saturday. The
difference paid to extend seller thirty contracts was
y cent. The street has been nearly swept Of cash
stock by foreign orders, and there are ess than 1900
shares standing in the Nance Of brokers. The Last
steamer took oco shares 10 London The year just
cosed shows grrs receipts of about 90 ooo and the
net earnings from traffic will fall but between 500 900
and $500 900 short Of the annual interest the debt
The receipts tho Land Office are than sufficient
for the balance. The Company feel confident that the
earnings OF the year 1861 will be more than sufficient
to meet all expenses and interest. The advance in Erie
during the day was y cent and deliveries in this stock
were aIso made With q. Jnvnl,v THE ar,or-' n I,s
on the street available for deliveries is sad not b
exceed 600 shares. Central was strong opening NJ
Is, and selling during the day "a high AZ 76i Hudson
River exhibited great strength and touched g. against
43I on Saturday. The Western shares were all hrm
and in good demand Between the Boards prices were
all better and at the Second Board with unusually
large bnsiness nearly every description still further
advanced. Pacific Mail went TO ISL Reading TO 36i,
Erie to 80, Central TO 76i. Toledo to 3li Michigan
Central to 50, Galena to 81 Rock Island to 49, &c.
The market was firm up to the cose Of regular business
but was scarcely sustained in the street. The business
in State stocks was light, but the quotations were firm
Missouri Go sold at 70, which 10 an advance. Govern.
ment So, 1871 sold at 49, an Advance Of per cent.
Railroad bonds strongly held under advancing bids
but the ransactionssre limited. The closing quotations
were: Pacific Mail Steamship Co., Si &c. New-York
Central Railroad 76i a76ii Erie Railroad, 3sl ISL;
Hudson River Railroad, HiS45; Harlem Railroad,
l4,0I4a; Harlem Railroad, preferred, 81 ass;
Reading Railroad, 36i a36i Michigan Central Rail-
road 49i a5O Mich South. and N. L. Railroad, l4i
14i d. guaranteed 33i Illinois Central Railroad,
75a75I; Galena and Chicago Railroad, 81 a67i Neve-
land and Toledo Railroad 2oaa3O; Chicago and Rock
Island Railroad, 52l s52i Chicago Burlington and
Quincy, 65S65l 49,
There is no marked change in foreign bills and the
demand Is moderate Sterling is lOl TO l0i for com
mercial and bankers signatures Francs arc 1.5oa
$40.
Frcigbts-To Liverpool, 600 boxes Cheese at 4ss
go boxes Bacon at 3s.; 100 boxes Bacon at s. Sd.
$500 bush Wheat at lid in bags 90 bales Sea Island
Cotton at previous rates. 50 tcs Flaxseed at As. To
London, 1000 bbls Flour at 81. Sd. To Bremen, l3O
bales Cotton at lc.; go bbls Shoe Pegs at A.; %
casks Ashes at 32s. Cd To Havre, 900 bush Wheat
at 22s vessel with 90 GOO bush. Corn TO Cork and
market at lid in bulk. brig of 400 tuns " havre
on private terms
The busness of the Sub-Tressury was: Receipts,
&2,67s, $50 3-for Customs, $l5,0lO 70; Payments,
Al .l62. SIS 49,; Balance, &3,78,%0 43. Of the re-
ceipts 81 900 were account OF Treasury Notes.
The Hanover Bank has declared O dividend OF 81 v
cent. payable January 8. The Tene Haute and Rich
tuoud Railroad has declared dividend of s v cent,
payable on the 9Th proxmo at the Farmers Loan and
Trust Conrany. The Continental Bank, cent,
payable January 8. The Mechanics and Traders
Bank Of Jersey City, halfyearly dividend OF v
cent. The Farmers Loan and Trust Company have
declared dividend Of y cent, payable or the 9TH OF
January The interest on the State debt OF Iowa wil
be paid by Atwood q Co., No. lo4 broadway Inc
interest ON the bonds Of the Long Island Railroad Com
pany will be paid at the City Bank of Brooklyn on the
Cd January The interest warrant on the Government
debt has been received by the Bub-Iressarer'
and the interest viii be paid as the eao
Treasury on Wednesday. The business Of the Clear
ng.House was $23, 800 5sl. Some sales Of the IL Y
cent Treasury Notes, about 100000 have been made
at ia1 cent They arc in good demand, and patriot
sm and profit 20 hand in hand with the takers OF thu
oan. The new y cents of this State are sailing IN
small lots at l04 profit Of about q cent to the
taker. The Money market as usual, at the close o.
the year. shows greater activity but the rates are tue
same as quoted yesterday. Call loans are 6S' Y
cent and paper 99l2 per cent, with occasional trans
actions at as cent and good names selling as higi
as Is cent. We do not hear Of any default OF inter
est as likely to take place at this sem-annual period
The Government and State debts ara all provided for
the disbursement for interest and dividend witnii
twenty days, will DO some ten or twelve millions o.
dollars.
The dividend Of the New-York Exchange Bank Is
y cent, and not 2 y cent, ss printed. sI. a
The balance Of the Treasury Note loan wa, 40 w