New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-09-21
SECOND BoARp.
FRIDAY, Sept. 20--P. ~.


bonds and shares were heavy and bears were pressing
options on the mar ket but without much success e1
ceptinp on ten or fifteen days. At the second call
however, there was a better feeling with more de-
mapd for shares and o slight Improvement was estab-
| lsbed Between the Boards the market was again
frmer. At the Second Board the dealings were to a
moderate extent being limited by the small quantity OF
stock Offering at the market rates. Some large orders
TO buy were in the Board but could not he led Gen.
tra improyed 10 73I; Toledo to 29i; Gaena te 69ii
Pacific Mail to S3I Erie to 26l, being very nearly the
full closing prices of yesterday. An influential party
| is endeayoring to arrange the question IN dis
| pute between this Company and the Central
and it il to be hoped that he will succeed,
meanwhile the Erie is ready TO put up rates
whenever the Central does. 1t is only Westward
bound freight which is included in the rate cutting
| The Erie Railway the new Company's transfer books
open on Monday next. In the Bond market the bust
ness has moi been large to-day and prices were heavy
Government Securities the contrary, were buoyan
and active The Skies Of 1881 were in demand at Us
and the Elves OF 1874 at S0l esOl large sale OF II
y cent Treasury Notes was made at y cent pre-
MUM, and the Skies were in demand at $50, an i'm
provement Of cent. At the close in the Street the
market was firm at United States Go, 1881, registered
9O5 1901; Emitted States Sc, 1874, coupon s0i eS0ii
Tennessee State g. 42l a43i Virginia State &c, 81
a52; Missouri State &c, 49, 49,; Canton Company,
10; Delaware and Hudson Canal Company, 8eSii
Pacific Mail Steamship Company, S3l aS3Ii New-york
Central Railroad 49, a73i Erie Railroad, 26a26ii
Erie Railroad Preferred, 46; Hudson River Railroad,
a3I 1881; Harlem Railroad, lOi alOi; Harlem Rail.
road, Preferred, % a25l; Reading Railroad 3a35l;
Michigan Central Railroad, 42sf2i; Michigan South
ern and Northern Indiana Railroad, 1871 hichi-
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81; Panama Railroad Company, 1921 allo; Illinois
Central Railroad Scrip, 65I a &C; Gsena and Chicago
Railroad, CO. e69i Cleveland and Toledo Railroad,
29l 29j; Chicago and Rock Island Railroad, 43i o
49,; Chicago, Burlington aud Quincy Railroad. Gil
a62; Illinois Central Bonds, 70, 92a93.
The marke. for foreign bills has received sudden
check. The demand has materially declined, and the
extreme rates of the week not sustained Some
drawers Of Sterling asking 100 but the transactions
are at 1854 ard prominent commercial signatures have
sold at 1854. Francs err j.4I a53l.
Freights-Are dull sud nominal TO Great Britain and
are rather lower to the Continent To Liverpool:
10, 900 bush Wheat il ships bags at lOd aIoid. To
Hayre: 65 900 bush. Wheat at g S2ie. in shippers
bapp and 2 600 bbs Flour at 75aS0c. The charters
include the British bark Heckabite, with Wheat 10
Nantes at &c in shippers bags and Prussian bark,
with 1900 bush Wheat to Antwerp, at iilc. in
bulk.
The business Of the Sub-Treasury Receipts,
AS, $780, Customs, 5000 Treasury Notes, sil3,-
600; Payments, $sl6,5O9 90 Balance, $685.
! COL 81.
The Chemical Bank has declared lie usual quarterly
dividend OF per cent payable the LET Of October
The Bulls Head Bank has declared ils usua half
yearly dividend Of per cent, payable on the let Of
| October next
Two canards which are being circulated in regard TO
the Panama Company may well be squecbed.
One is that they are about TO invest million of dollars
in the National loan and the other il that they have
| made a contract with the Mexican Government for
extending their Central American steamship line 10
| Acapulco. The company have invested 100000 In
the National loan, which is all they intend TO invests
and the only basis for the other story If that some one
in Mexico has written TO the company, asking 10 be
employed TO obtain such contract.
The failure of Messrs. G. W. a. j. T. Moore & Co.,
| II ia understood will be a bad Their Southern
debts are about 81 600 Co., and their liabilities about
| $4,000.
The subscriptions 10 the National Loan, at the Sub
Treasury quito large could be expected since
the establishment of local agencies all the
try. To-day they amount TO $4,000, from large
number Of applicants,
The returns from the Mint are more satisfactory,
amounting to $4,000.
Ii is understood that some Of the go cent Treas
ury Notes have been Issued to early sabscrbers but
none have yet appeared IN the street About $1,000
Of demand notes were presented to-day for redemption
and were again paid out The demand for these notes
far exceeds the ability Of the SubTreasury 10 supply.
Prince Napoleon, with the Sandman Minister and q
poron of his suite, visited the SubTreasuy, Assay
Office, and the rooms Of the American Bank Note En-
craving Company to-day. lie expressed himself much
pleased with what be saw and by his intelligent ques-
tions showed that he had a very good knowledge OF
our fiscal system He gazed with delight upon the six-
teen million piled up in the Sub Treasury and admitted
he had never before seen eighty millions Of francs in
gold at one time.
The annexed letter, addressed by the wife Of Pres
| byterian clergyman in Belvidere, New-Jerey, to
house in Albany has the true ring about it, The money
alluded 10, she invested IN Treasury Notes.
GysTs; Your letter with the Endorsed draft by the
Commercial Bank of Albany the Bank OF Commerce,
| New-York for 1888 1900, came yesterday, and
thank you for your promptness
feel il my duty well as my pteds1re TO 90 WHAT
lutte can 70 help sustain the Government by invest
inc 0in the loan :" also all can by economy
70 help in the struggle for our national HE, when III
| eludes everything sacred and worth living Tor. 4
would willingly loan all / have without interest,
necessary. tnink as yet we have but made begin
ming in the sacrifices and selfdsDl i winch Inc cause
de R,ueSss, s.v. H. 1861 CHGRLoTTE y. KIRK
There il a largely increased demand for the two
wear y cent Treasury Notes, and the quotations adj
vanced TO 98i. The supply is fair, but not in excess
of the wants Of the importers and buyers on specuia'
L - l.. bat tho uae-