New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-05-22
TUESDAY. Nav PIP. II.

TUESDAY, May Zi-P. VI
There wac considerable activity in few stocks at
the Board this morbne mostly confined those which
have become by of The overssles Of tho
bears Indeed IN the purchases Of the shorts
maturing contracts appesr 10 consist all the vitality Of
the market. These parties forced purchase cash
stock at extreme difference from sellers options sell
dom seen in this market Nearly all the seliers' OPP
tons put out to-day wero Tor tic purpose Of carrying
forward contacts there being disposition shown
upon the part Of the bears 10 enlarge their short hnes IN
any description Of shares. They have Suffered 70 much
on Illinois Central and Virgnias hat there IS small
IDdneement TO place themselves 10 n similar category
m other stocks. TIE corners in these securities have
Not been made by any que buying them up and with
holding them from the arkat, but sinpy by the large
short sales of the belrs, pr,dica.ed upon tie panic
which was to follow Secession and bosfiies. Illinois
Central shares in the view Of these parties 10 be
sent home from London by reams aud Virginia bonds,
under Secession, would be scarcely worth the paper
rpon which they printed. The result has disap-
pointed these expectations Illinois Central shares have
been bought largely here for London, nsteadoftle
rent setting this way, and the holders Of Virginia
bonds have not been sufficiently alarmed TO throw
their properly on the market without regard 10 price,
Consequently az contracts Datnred ntbese securities,
the market has risen rapy under short supplies, and in
order 10 get their contracts again, large differences
have been submitted to- II has been almost mpossi-
be during the laet few days borrow certain secnr-
tiles for delivery and defaults have daily taken place.
We know OF an instance where Virginis.s have been
lent a, cent Tor ten days for several terms and at
the Board to-day they sold 81 cash, and only 49,
seller three days. The transactions in lllinoi'
a. Al. a.
$50 were ON sellers option. The market
opened at GO and old high 69! being ct the same
time freely offered at 81 as seller thirty New-York
Central was steady at abont 72i This stock Is also
scarce as il Erie but the movement is not OF sufficient
volume to cause any important change la the west
ern sharesgeneraly there not much done. Al the
Second Board the market was dull. The Illinois Cen
trail transfer books having closed the shorts have ten
days release and consequently nothing was done in
that stock and the nominal quotation fell Oft to 61 reg
uar, with only 65 bid Ii was offered freely al 63,
seller thirty. Quotations of Railroad sharee
were generally slightly lower, and the mar
ket closed quiet In State Bonds to-day the
transactions were large and well distributed. Mic
souris were 6rn and lees plenty than they were.
They sold mp to 38l, against 81 yesterday. Virgnias
opened al 80 and sold high 81 l. further advance
of A y cent. At the cose they offered at 81. In
Railroad Bonds there is nothing of Importance doing,
but there is fair demand for frstclass kinds which
are well held. Government securities rather irreg-
Mar. Tie long Skies are dull ana heavy while the
Elves have an advancing tendency. sale OF isis
was made at So and of those Of 1874 at ~. Treasury
Notes are better AID in fair demand. II ia difficult 10
imagine better investment than I0 cent Treasury
Notes at par The closing quotations were: Virginia
Ga, 1880; Missouri &C. 49, S8s; Canton Co., 81;
Cumberland Coal Company, 81 Pacific Mail Steamship
Company, Gil o.; New York Central Railroad, '2sa
72I; Erie Railroad 2lI ~? Hudson River Railroad,
81 a3jl; Harlem Railroad, lliSlli; Harlem Rail |
road Preferred 27I 2Sl; Reading Railroad, 81 81;
Michigan Central Railroad, 43ai3I Michigan South
ern and Northern Indiana Railroad IL l2 Michigan
Southern and Northern Indiana Guaranteed, q dTti
Panama Railroad lO3 l05; Illinois Central Railroad
IS 81 Galena and Chicago Railroad, 5sl 5si Ceve
land and Toledo Railroad p 23l; Chicago and Rock
Island Railroad, 3il 635l; Chicago Burlington, and
Quincy Railroad 81 asa; Illinois Central Railroad
IL, 81 G92.
The tendency Of the foreign bill market is down.
ward. The supply Of outside bills Is ample, and large
purchases have been made Of rsclass sterling sigma
lures at 1911 i0ii cent for the purpose Of import
ing specie. The bankers rate has been 1861, but
have been made ut I05 l05l Francs
s. 46l a536i, The above rates insure the continuance
Of gold imports for a month TO come. The Persia bas
100 coo, and the Edinburgh $4,000 the first in
,iaments OF five to ten millions ordered within the
past month.
Freigbts to Liverpool; 81 900 bush. Wheat I'D. a |
3D. in bulk and bags 10000 do. at I'd. in bulk 500 |
Green Hides at 2Os. 1000 bbls. Flour at 2s. $50
bbds Tobacco at 25s and per steamer Great Eastern,
80 bales Hops a, d. To London; so hide. Talow at
yOs and IL 600 bush Wheat AZ Cd 9ld. in bags. To
Hamburg: 900 hhds. and 100 cs. Moasses at a 3lc.
30 Casks Palm Oil at Boz. In Charters We hear of an
Italian brig with Wheat TO Cork and market at I'D.
The bark Resolution, with full cargo Of Wheat TO
Gloucester at I'D. in bulk. The Bremen ship Athen
% London, with fall cargo Of Sugars and Melador at
,s and vessel Of 800 tuns to the south eide Of Cuba
md back with Sugar. At 3sc.
Tue business Of the sub.Tressury was Receipts,
s2l9 o55 55--for Customs $4,000 Payments sni,-
)ls 50; Balance, q ,6io,2i6 81.
The Toledo and Wabash Railroad earned the second |
week Of May:
1860. 1881.
From fnsengera".... &tlg7 $50 =,