New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-02-12
MONDAY, Feb. LIP. N.

The Stock market this morning was not very active,
but the feeling generally strong although little
tendency to weakness shown at the close Of each
Board under the hammerng Of the bears WHO offered
their options with great freedom. OF the time trans-
actions il will be noticed that an unusual proportion
was on sellers options. The business appeared TO be
mainly confined to street operations the regular COM
mission houses having but few orders After the
Board the market became stronger with good demand
for S.ocks of which 600 to 1000 shares sold not
registered on the printed list At the Second Board the
demand was quite active for the leading fsDcies with
general advance. The reports from the Virginia and
Tennessee elections gave great encouragement to the
bulls and combined with positive assurances from high
authority at Washington that political matters were in
fair train for amicable settlement, brought them in
as free buyers, and alarmed the shorts who were
privately taking considerable lots Of Stock
while openly Offering sellers options. The mar
ket closes with every appearance OF further
advance tomorrow, unless some unforeseen events
should occur to change the tone. Nearly every de-
scrptiop shows advance during the day, and sales
at the Inst moment were made, in some cases higher
than the annexed quotations. In State Stocks there Is
an improved feeling, but the improvement is checked
BY the uutimely bank legislation Of Illinois Railroad
Bonds arc firm, but with moderate TRANSACTIONS. NO
considerable amount could be bougbtwithOut marked
advance in quotations. Government Stocks are held
more firmly, and higher pices-lsli cent-hays
been paid at private sale. The closing quotations were
United States Sc, 1874, 59G; Indiana Sc, 81 Ten
nesses e. SOL 40; Virginia Sc, 7iiG75 Missouri &c,
65I 65i; Canton Company, liialii; Cumberland
Coal a ss3i Pacific Mail, sies4i; New-York Gen.
tral Railroad, mana Erie Railroad, a9l s32i;
Hudson River Railroad, 43i 944; Harlem Railroad,
Isl ale; Harlem Preferred, 3Si 80; Reading Rail-
road, AZ, i2i Michigan Central Railroad, 55i $50;
Michigan Southern and Northern Indiana Railroad,
laial5; Michigan Southern and Northern Indiana
Railroad Guaranteed, 81 49,; Panama Railroad, lib
qll3l Illinois Central Railroad 76i a76i Galena and
Chicago Railroad, 7lia7li Cleveland and Toledo
Railroad, 33 $751; Chicago and Rock Island Railroad,
J7te57l Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Railroad,
7Oj AL.
In foreign bills the market Is unsettled and lower.
Bankers sterling Is nomnaly 1911 los, but we I'M
dersand has been sold ~ low as lOIi. large line,
E5O,OO0 to GlO0,000, sold at 1884, Commercial sigma
lures range from l02 1903 for document bills to l036
lOl Large orders have gone out for gold from parties
who foresaw this decline. Francs are nomlnally $40
t535. The demand for bills is very light.
The rates for freighs firm owing TO the scarcity
Of vessels To Liverpool: IS hhds. Tobacco at 35e.;
100 bbls Lard at 40s S42s Cd; 500 boxes Bacon at
iO. 1900 bush. Corn in bulk At IL ID. Per steamer;
80 packages Bacon and Lard a. Soc.
Tie business Of the Sub-Tressnry was; Total Re-
ceipts 1886 ss-for Customs, s6, 900; Payments,
tl23,6I 26i Balance, %, 6os,2 81.
Tie following Is o statement Of the approximate
earnings Of the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago
Railroad Company during the month Of January, COM
pared with the same period Of las, year, Wis