New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-01-08
MOSDAY, Jan. 7-F. n

Tie stock market was moderately active to-day, und
irregular, the tendency generally being downward.
There appeared to be disposition on the part OF holders
to realize but no special demonstration was made by
the bears To depress priccs The governing elements
Of the market the in money, the scarcity of
shares and the wants 81 the shorts rather than the
political items which circulated day by day. There
il some revival of tlc outside speculative movement
but il s not very important yet The speculative pub
lie have suffered very severely in late declines and
have not The Will or the to their ventures
in the stock arena. At the Second Board the market
was heavy, especially for Erie, which fell off under
the hammer 10 IS. The bears are reported to have
borrowed large amount Of cash stori,, with which
thew endeayOred 70 break the market. This
me1t if true will only render their position stll
embarrassing in the emf. The absor5 &c the soe il
very rapid, mostly onioregn orders while there are no
blocks left upon the street. Amer the regular
session this stock frmer, with gOoc demand and
advanced to 81 hid Central opobed at 7Si, and i'm
Iroved 10 49,. At the Second Board il fell oil Ia 7S,
seller thirty and afier the sesson wac 7Si regular.
Pacific Mail was htayy but Panama had an upward
tendency selling a. ll5. Michigas Central did not
sustain the advance Of Saturday, selling down 10 5l
The Westem ehares generally were heavy but not
pressed on the qnafket. The most active stock was
Toledo Of which nearly ZOO shares Sold closing
frmer at "a bid In the Bond market there fair
business done, but State stocks were heavy. New
York &c, 1875 sold at l07 b and the II l0i
bid. In Railroad bonds the business restricted at
about previous rates. Bonds are held very strongly.
The market cosed steady at-Tennessee State S. IS
a75I; Virginia State Gs, 75l a75l; Missouri State
g. 69G69i Canton Company, l5al 6; Cumberland
Coal Company, Sa9 Pacific Mail Steamship Company,
8SG&I; New-York Central Railroad 78G7S; Erie
Ruiroad. 3J n 3jl; Hudson River Railroad, AZ QF4;
Harlem Railroad lea Ia; Harlem Railroad preferred
IS. 49, Reading Railroad. 401 a4Ol; Michigan Cen
tral Railroad. 55G5J3; Michigan Southern and North
ern Indiana Railroad lialil; DO, guaranteed 3ila
All Panama Railroad ll6al16l; Illiaois Central
Railroad 7s (ialena and Chicago Railroad 81 a Is;
Cleveland sad Toledo Railroad, 3ia3il Chicago and
Rock Island Railroad, 54l a5is; Chicago, Burlington
and Quincy Railroad, CO. aG7 Illinois Central rs,
9io9ii.
The foreign bill market is higher, with moderate
supply Of eussidc bills. The demand is mainly from
bankers and from receivers Of the gold by the recent
steamers Sterling shows an advance of TO = cent
since the Last Wednesday steamer. Commercial manner
are l02! l05 Bankers, l0ii a 05,. Francs IRE j.45
G5.3j.
III ships bags; 200 bush. Corn Ut lld in bulk $50
bales Cotton, ida l-32d.; 900 bales Sea Island
Cotton, 3D.; IS bales Wool 3D.; 500 bxs Bacon, $50
rkgs. LARD, 37s. Cd 200 bbls Flour, ST. Sd. ST. Cd
To London: 4, 600 bble Flour and 600 bbls. Cake
3s Cd bbl.; 5000 bush. Wheat at I2ld, in ships
hags; 800 bxs. Bacon and 800 pkgs, Lard at 4Os To
Glasgow; lSoo bbls. Flour at 81. Cd; 100 casks Rice
@s' I'd 10 iiavre; lGO bales Cotton, private terms
IT,. crlr nd -
at I2id., in bulk.
The business Of the SubTreas,lry was: Receipts,
$G59si9 22-for Customs *6i 900; Payments, si4S,-
939 So Balance, $3,sj63i6 S.
The Congressional Committee upon the frauds in the
Interior Department in session at the St. Nicholas
eBdeavorng to discover the hiding Of the stolen
bonds.
The receipts to-day on account Of the new Treasury
Notes have been over $500 000 and the payments for
natured notes have been quite large. The SabTrcae-
urcr bas notice Of about half million of drafts drawn
in reimbursement Of due Treasury Notes.
The traffic Of the Great Western Railroad of Canada
for the week ending the 9TH inst WAC $685. 900 being an
increase OF 1890 the corresponding week of last
year.
The receipts Of the Toledo and Wabash Road for the
asst week Of December show a gainof about 81 500
yer a year. The earnings for the month of Decei-
Der were:
sEs %sSf' .iss ' sss
Total. 10 sSiqss 20
The earning. for the four months ending Dec. 81
chow the following result
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fH.gnt'..... le6,p88 81 aB,8