The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-03-05
, Tee,ease.' ..ss,s-, S.SSa,s2s 1895, a2s

decrease 80 .563,a29 = 1898 a2s
Increase. $2,657 673 I6l 9o3
The above statement corresponds to vhat was
generally expected, and was favoraby received
IN Wall street. In less than q fortnight all the
gold paid into the Sub Treasury on NJ
the new loan will have count OF
banks. and their spee,. eturned to the
than ever. Tho r average viii DC larger
.ans and discounts will also fall
on as"" put not so rapidly as the specie win in
oie' e. large portion of the new loan still re-
.ains in the hands of the original speculative
takers, VINO are led to carry il only with the
assistance Of the banks. The falling OH in the de-
posts is moderate in proportion to the large de-
cline in the specie column.
There is no noticeable alteration in the money
market to-day. The demand for call loans con-
times moderately active, and from
per cent are the current rates. Pa
per is quiet Treasury notes are more
freely offered and are from * e per cent lower.
The rates are rather irregular, ranging from S1I
per cent lot Of the los4 per cents changed
hands this morning at 1919 while the II per cents
were sold at 1887. The foreign exchange market
is frmer; the leading drawers ask from LOG 1861
for sterling and from 5.321a 5.35 for francs, but
remitters are unwilling to submit to the advance,
aud very little business had been done far. The
Austraasians advices are anxiously awaited.
There was rather less business transacted on the
Stock Exchange to-day and the fluctuations show
much regularity, but the closing prices Of the day
were higher generally than those Of Saturday. The
principal advance took place at the second board,
on the strength of the passage by the Senate Of
the Corwin amendment, and the market closed
with an upward tendency The Inaugural was
not published until after the adjournment of the
second board; consequently its effect on the stock
market win not be seen until tomorrow. New
York Central opened at 70, rose a per cent at the
first board, and advanced suddenly to 70 at the
afternoon session. closing at the latter price bid,
saganst 1871 bid at the close on Saturday. Erie
was steady at 321%. Hudson River fell to
AS at the first board, but closed in demand at 46.
Harlem preferred opened ut 40, fell to 80 at the
first board but rallied after the final adjournment
to 391a bid Reading fell to Az at the morning
session. rallied to As at the second board, but
offered at the close at 441&4-1H per cent lower
than Saturdays closing price. Southern guaran-
teed continued to advance, and touched 361I at
the first board, but reacted to 354 in the after
noon. Compared with Saturday closing prices,
Michigan Central has risen q; Illinois Central, "a;
Galena /; Toledo, l. Rock Island, l. and Burlington
and Quincy, u per cent. State stocks declined
in the morning. but rallied towards the close of
the day.. Missouris, after touching IS, closed at
66a bid. Tennessees fell to 73, but closed in de-
mand at "a. The new federal loan fell of to 81
for the registered and to 1925 for the coupon
stock.
The market closed firm at the following quota
tions:-United States 5's Cs7D, sc 81; India.
ma 81, s21a s41aa; Virginia 6's, ia IS; Tennes.
see 6's, IA 741aa; Missouri 6's, e64 67 Canton,
4L 1871; Cumberland Coal preferred, ~;
Pacific Mail, s54 s511I; New York Central 70
1915 Eric, 3211s SO; Hudson River, 46 461SS;
Harlem, l51a IL: do. preferred, 391s 40; Read
ing, Az q 41ls; Michigan Central, $50 SO; Mi
chigan Southern and Northern Indiana, 1914 l524;
10. guaranteed, a511z 3s244; Panama, ll5H llG;
Illinois Central, SO s214; Galena and Chicago,
70 1875 Cleveland and Toledo, 361% 3624: Chi
,ago and Rock Island. so q 500; Chicago. Bur-
lineton and Quincy, 7i14 7l1a; Illinois Central
bonds (7's), 9s q 9s1a
The Grocers' Fire Insurance Company has de-
clared a sem-annual dividend of five per cent on
the capital stock, payable on demand.