The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-09-22
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.

SATURDAY, Sept 21-eP.M.
The money market continues very dull: the
amount of paper in the market is sma1l, and rates
are barely maintained. 49, - xe, \,
Foreign exchange closes steady, with q general
unwingness the part of bankers to sell, in CON
sequence of the difficulty Of obtaining suitable mer.
camille bills
Stocks are firm, with small business doing. An
descriptions are very scarce, and very moderate
increase in the inquiry would lead to general ad.
vance. The new government skies were firm at
the first board, and the fves of 1874 were Il bet
ter State stocks were steady without change Of
price. The railway shares were gene
rally steady. Erie and Central were both
d better; Burlington advanced Ii and Rock
Island "a. The other descriptions were
without change. After the board the market Wa
firm, and at the second board without change: L.
closed steady, the following being the last quota
ions:-United States 6's, registered 1881, coz
a 9OH; United States Gs, coupon, 1881, 81:
United States SIS, 1874, sO2S SO1S; Virginia ca.
5lH SO; Tennessee 6's. 43 a 4314; North Carolina
6's, 6l Missouri Gs, 43% 1911; Pacific Mail, IS .
S3H New York. Central, 73L. 1917; Erie, 26K
26H do. preferred, as As; Hudson River, 33Z .
33A4; Harlem, l0H al0L; do. preferred, rs 251<:
Reading, IS 1914; Michigan Central, Az 42N;
Michigan Southern and Northern Indiana 1917 Q
IA; do. guaranteed, 3OH 3l1a; Panama. 1897
ITO; Illinois Central, 65a G6; Galena and Chicago,
69H 691s; Cleveland and Toledo 29A 29Z.;
Chicago and Rock Island, 4354 a Az Chicago,
Burlington and Quincy, 62H GO; Delaware, Lacka-
wanna and Western, 67 6S; Milwaukee and Prairie
du Chen, l71l 49, Illinois Central bonds, rs, %
q 80; Delaware and Hudson Canal, SO q S4%; Penn
sylvania Coal, rs II.
The business of the Sub-Treasury to-day was q
foAows:-
Total receipts ..............."...... s1s5,sS1 ~
-roF customs. .................:.... 900 90
Payments. sos, 476 IL
Balance. rs SAL ,so7 %
Mr.. Solomon Sturges, of Chicago has taken
100000 Of the national loan. Mr.. Walter L. New
berry, President of the Gaena and Chicago Rail-
road, 10000. Mr.. VIM. q. Astor, of this city, Il
reported to have taken $50, 900.
The Boston Post of yesterday reports
The banks gained $26 GOO yesterday. AS then 70
marked the tide is on the turn The Treasury payments
in the next week will be extraordinarily heavy most
of them will go into tbs banks Of the three cities. The
Boston banks have paid about fftysix per of the
whole millions subscribed and have only diminished
their specie about two millions. The government has
already returned to them fifteen per cent of their entire
subscriptions say 81 800 Geo. and another million will
| probably come back within a week. -et
| The Chicago Tribune of Thursday reports:-
Tho money market to-day has been steady the only
ticeabo feature beng more active dem and for exchange
Rates were therefore drmer and while several of the
banks supplied customers at y j, emum outsiders WERE
generally charged y. The street par u, about
| being tho ruling price. The amount making
is enormous and the favorable news from Europe today
will stimulate shipments of produce eastward Every
means Of transport to the seaboard is taxed its utmost
capacity
The following shows the business of the Phila-
delphia and Reading Railroad Company for the
month of August, 1861, compared with same
month last year,