New-York daily tribune., 1861-12-30
81 OSp hoard.
SATURDAY, Dec. 2S-P. NJ.

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Without marked activity, the Stock Market, to-
day, was firm a, the opening, under favorable ru'
mors from Washington. The advance was quite
general throughout the list, ranging from to per
cent The advance not resisted with any vigor
by the bears who have in some cases changed their
aetics, and taken long line. Toward The close OF
the sesson, !, wss understood that the release OF
Mason and slidel lad been ordered and the market
closed very strong. After the Board priees showed
still farther Improvement, when the dispatches
from Washington announced officially that the com
plicaiion with England had been amicabiy
settled, and that Messrs. Mason and Sill
dell had been given mp to Lord Lyons.
Al the Second Board there was very &C.
tive market, and prices were established At still
further important advance. There was but little
disposition shown to put out sellers options and the
shor.s were free buyers. The action Of the Admin
isiraton in regard to the rebel ambassadors
ceived with almost universal approval, and the bowls
of rage anticipated by the Confederate journals ia
case OF such al event were not heard. portion Of
tho baoyancy Of the market was due To the rlmors
10 circulation that the banks were holding session
to consider the proprieiy OF specie suspension
Should the banks agree to suspend, II was argued
that there must be large expansion Of Govern
ment and bank paper money, and conse-
Quenty IN imitation Of stock values. Pacific
Mail, which had opened at SSi ia the morning
advanced u 81; CentIal advanced to 7si, against
'77i on Friday evening. The Erie issues were very
firm; the common shares advanced to 3Ol, from 90 in
the morning, and the preference shares cold at 52i,
AN impros amen, of 2! per cent On Fridays quota
tons The Western shares were all strong, especially
Illinois Central, which advanced TO 6Os an improve
ment of Il per cent. Ga!ena was firm ut 60. Toledo
a, 32s, and Michigan Central al III Improvement
in the latter case of Il per cent. In State stocks
there was fair business done, and there was an
advancing tendency. Mssouris improved Il per
cent There was much improved feeling in Gov
eraulent securities the 6s of 1881 showing an
nd vance Of per cent. After little reaction in the
fanoies the market became firm again ut the close at
Tennessce 6s Iie42; Virginia 6s, 47a4S; Mis-
souri lie, 1904; Pacific Mail Steamship Company,
90s s9l; New-York Central Railroad, 7ss al; Erie
Railway, 3OI a 3Ol; Huds River Railroad. 81 a
81; Harlem Railroad, lli0l2; Harlem Railroad
Preferred, 2sl a29; Reading Railroad, a@35; Mich
igan Cenira, Railroad, 4Sa4S; Michigan Southern
and Northern Indiana Railroad, lss sdl9; Michigan
Southern and Northern Indiana Railroad Guaran-
teed 80 039i; Panama Railroad, ll0al1o!; Illinois
Central Railroad, 6Oi S60i; Gaena and Chicago Rail.
road, 65s6jI; Cleveland and Toledo Railroad, 39i
G33,; Chicago aud Rock Island Railroad, 49a49t;
Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Railroad, SOL a5s;
Illinois Central, s5aS6; Canton Company % 10;
Erie Railway Preferred, 52ias.
The Foreign BIZ market has been dull N day, and
quotation, ar Hiil e 4rgr. s,.glin. li'l a