New-York daily tribune., 1861-02-18
sECONp nOLUp,
SArrRnAY. Feb. l6-r. v.

The carly stock operations of the day, before the
regular session Of the Board commenced, were W
higher prices than At the close Friday and the di-
cations were in favor of rising market IL was thert
fore something of a surprise 10 majority Of The BOARD
10 find reversal Of the tide ae soon as the tone oi te
market developed itsef in the busness OF the sesson
Beginning with New-York Central and extending
through the entire list, with scarcely an exception,
there was a decline of from 10 e cent, and before
the adjournment the market had decidedly heavy
look. The Western shares were toleTably active, ana
the movements in Illinois Central, Toledo and ROCK
Island especially, animated but not excited
lot of 500 shares Illinois Central sold ON English
account. Government and State stocks were again
quite firm and for Treasury Notes, prices were about
q cent higher At the Second Board the market was
somewhat irregular, but generally lower Galena was
an exception, advancing 1 cent over morning
prees with we-sustained demand. There was
nothing Of particular interest in the street bearing upon
the stock operations Of the day. and nothing new IN the
items Of political intelligence 70 account for the down
ward turn of the market In fact, the generally nope
fu tone Of the morning dispatches encouraged the de
of an nprovement rather than decline inprcef This
unsympathetc condition of the market for the day
shows-as we have before suggested-that the uhlin-
portant rumors IN reference 10 the Southern troubles
which are constantly coming over the wires are often
the nretext for movements in d speculative way. We
have essentially what is termed in street parlancc
brokers' market and the Hps and downs from one
ay to another are mainly the result Of the usual battle
between the bulls and bears Of the Board. AT the
close the market was dull but steady at the following
quotations: Virginia 6s, 76l @76ii Missouri ts, 66i
a67s Canton Company, HI ais; Cumberland Coal,
7,0S; Pacific Mail SiI ass; NewYork Central Rail
road. mas; Erie Railroad, 32s d33t Hudson River
Railroad 44I d4il; Harlem Railroad, lGt l6l; Har-
lem Preferred, 3]1 d46; Reading Railroad, 43s 49,
Michigan Central Railroad, 56l 57I Michigan South
ern and Northern Indiana Railroad, l4l dl4l; Mich
igsn Southern and Northern Indiana Railroad, Guar
anteed 81 81 Panama Railroad, ll2 all3i; Illinois
Central Railroad, rs! 91S3 Galena and Chicago Rail
road, 72l q53; Cleveland and Toledo Railroad, 33i
333 Chicago snd Rock Island Railroad, 57iG5Si Chi
cago, Burlington, ald Quincy Railroad 72ad73
At the close the foreign bill marketwa a little frmer,
with a fair business doing. Bankers sterling is lOi4
lO5 and Commercial signatures l03i dlo4i. Francs
are 5.47I 95.4O.
Freights-Rates are firm, owing 10 the scarcity Of
vessels. To Liverpool $40 bales Cotton at j.l6d
Il-32d; 1900 boxes Cheese at ASS; 200 boxes Bacon
at 37s 6d 80 hhds. Tallow at 35s. 1000 bbs. Flour
ct Be- 9Id. $500 bush. Wheat atl2Id in bags 1900
busb Con in bulk, at I'D. and 800 bbls. Crnde Tur-
Ientine at 4s To London, 5000 bush. Wheat in chip
pers' bags, at l3d and 300 boxes Bacon at 42s 3D.
4js. To Marseilles zoo bbls. Rum at 3lc. y gallon
200 bbls. Lard "a, &c.; and | 200 feet measurement
goods at 25s. To Bremen, 1000 bbs ROrin at 4s Cd.
To Amsterdam, 20 bbs Flour to fll at 81. cd. AbIig
with Is 900 BUSH Wheat, Liverpool at I'D, in chip
pers' bags.
The business Of the Sub-Treasury was: Receipts,
t76,5jO OO-for Customs, $730OOi Payments, 3lOO,-
O79 49; Balance 1886, ,23S 81.
The following is statement of the approximate earn
gs of the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Rail-
road Company during the month Of January compared
with the same period Of last year, VIZ: