The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-08-05
PRlOKs AND SALES OF sT0OKs IN REV YORK.
BY TELEGRAPH
No second board held to-day.

The New York Post of Saturday evening SAYS:
The stock market today was firm. In descrip-
tons there was decided improvement. though the gen
era list shows no important change. The transactions
continue light and chiefly among spectators of the
board There is, however. steady demand from the
Puic or tne low priced Government and State bonds.
The credit of the Government underwent a fu rtber
rise OF per cent the Skies of 1881 selling as high as
s9s winch IS within per cent. of the highest point
touched previous to the check at Mapas,as This I'M
provemen is mainly due to the udicous legislation of
the various issues. The Fives ls74 also rose o
cent and the Fyes of 1871 now 80 bid with none o
ferng
There less demand for the Southern State stocks
and Missiuris and Tennessees fell off 9@& per
higher After the Board New York Central sid at 76H6
1b$; Illinois Central, "a; Galena. 63s; Toledo 2sX:
Rock Island. 39A@4O The market for bank stocks is
scarcely good aud the effect g the heavy dry goods
failure is plainly seen especially fears entertained
OF further disasters in the trade
Ihere Is rather more ployment for money on call
mere Is ,ee supply of Treasury notes floating about
III street fresh from the ha Mr. Chase endorsed
by the onarterma'ter General. At discount of Sa3X
p cent ueSe notes are In speculative demand and on
THIS CLASS OF coliaeras money is easy to he had at 6
per cent buyers of paper holding off and only fire
PROOF names are current at 5l6 cent Exchange on
LONDON closed quiet and steady at O7bGIG7k
ne great dry goods use of Claf,n Meen & Co. sus
pended payment day. The energetic efforts of the
S "emner OF the firm TO preserve its credit are we'll
SHOWN In financial Circles and il was thon hi ar ona
nndjtan ~ uih be successful but the wholesale re-
puua.on OF southern debtos and bad Western collie,
lions nnaliy forced the firm succumb rheir abtiss
are nut less than $1,000 600, the surplus IL ia
beer lIino
70 per cent month for long time past and ~
-; rs!es the house has discounted large amount ma
ling ling 10 September, October and November II 10.
Dscs weeks ago that the house took up some ~ H.
IN c aper 1t is stated that had the Arm been abis
ab.orbed I a nan million dollars, about the sum
failure would n making these ancipatory payments the
to tS WOULD not have occurred The pressure incident
sunno.as august once passed, the house vnuId IL I.
RE imn nave 9een able to go through unscathed
are of foreign dry goods for The mon,h If Jr
responding month &C. for single week in the cor
ted di.p amount only a very small nor,ion years VI
ports month b,yip more than half the i'm
the aggregate for thu sanaary just abou, De
last year and OF this only half ven. months Of
Iecty fr CONSUMPTION About half the s entered di
july say 1871. 457 WOO lens % goods Ian led in
which was in the nature of army supplies portion Of
We annex a comparative statement OF the ,,
foreign dry goods New York for the week Imports Of
January1: ' since
For the week. 1859. 1890 1aa,
Entered the port $421j,02S 81 SAL 500 &47s iss
Thrown on market". s.255 soS 2,s743eo S6s OSS
Since Jan. l. ur
Entered 1.-THE 81 7ss 90 tsa $sl 900
farsWn On nsrket.r. 7i,2os,soa M,lA,W s,&iaso7