The New York herald., 1862-01-30
FINANCIAL AND CONNER RCIAi..
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 29-6 P. NJ.

WEDNESDAY, Jan. Zg-6 L. NJ.
The steamship Arabia, which sailed for Liver.
pool to-day took out s2o5 ,245 in specie on freight
The foreign exchanges closed weak some large
sales of bankers sterling having been made to-day
at ll314 a 113%. Gold was also lower, falling to
1887 at the first board on sales of $75 900, and
closing at 1885 lOSH. The money market is
otherwise unchanged.
The Treasury Note bill now before Congress
forms the absorbing topic Of conversation in Wall
street circles, and Mr. Stevens amendment, pro-
viding for the payment of the interest on govern
ment stocks and notes in specie, meets with gene.
raj approval. despatch from Washington men.
tions the probability of the passage of another
amendment, limiting the legal tender clause to all
debts hereafter contracted.
The publication of the official report Of the
disaster to the Burnside expedition gave renewed
confidence to operators to-day, and the stock mar
ket was firm in consequence, nearly all the leading
railroad shares advancing from "A a per cent
over yesterdays closing prices Cleveland and
Toledo continues to be the centre of attraction,
and the upward movement in this stock gains
strength every day. II opened this morning ut 40,
advanced to 40La at the first board, and to AZ at
the afternoon session. with registered sales OF over
$500 shares, closing at 42 bid against 80 at the
close yesterday. 1t is reported that the company
has made q satisfactory settlement of its Difficult
ties regarding the northern division of the road,
and that its small floating debt is in a fair way of
being funded upon very favorable terms. Michi.
gan Central was also very firm and, after rising
gradually to 52H at the second board,
closed in demand at 52T-an advance
for the day of ~ per cent OF the rest
of the share list, Pacific Mail rose =.
per cent; New York Central, "a; Erie, q; do pre-.
ferred, q; Hudson River "a; Reading, 11s; Michi-
gan Southern, "a; do. guaranteed, q; Panama, a;
Illinois Central q, and Rock Island, a. Govern.
ment 6's of 1881 were a per cent lower the regis.
tered stock selling at $50 and the coupons at
S9Z. Railroad bonds continue steadily to improve.
Hudson first mortgage rose to-day TO 100, New
York Central rs, due in 1854, to 1917, and Cleve.
land and Toledo sinking fund bonds 10 50.
The market closed firm, at about the following
prices:--United States 6's, registered, 1884, ssL
"a; do. Gs, coupon, 1851, s0H "a do. SIS, coupon,
1874, 20 so; Indiana SIS, - 76; Virginia 6s 81;
Tennessee G's, az q 45; North Carolina 6s, G1;
Missouri 6's, AZ a "a; Pacific Mail, 90 "a; New
York Central, s3'4a Erie, IS 4; do. preferred,
5slsa -; Hudson River, 3s5s 80; Harlem, 12sI
u; do. preferred, 81 a a; Reading, 4OI Az;
Michigan Central, 527S SO; Michigan Southern
and Northern Indiana, 2lHa q %; do. guaranteed.
AZ q; Panama, ll3 1l3; Illinois Central, Gl5s
q c21S; Galena and Chicago, 67s4 6s; Cleveland
and Toledo, 42H n; Chicago and Rock Is-
land, s5A "A; Chicago, Burlington and Quincy,
G1% 6211s; Milwaukee and Prairie du Chen, 81 q
22; Cleveland Columbus and Cincinnati, l03 los;
New York Central rs, 1876, lo41S; Erie third mort
gage bonds, 90 q o. Michigan Central s's, first
mortgage 80 100; Illinois Central bonds, rs, 92
a g5.
The following was the business Of the day at the
Office of the Assistant Treasurer Of the United
States:--
tsoOio
FOR Gus toms 81 600 90
-Dn account OF loan I4l 4E 30
Payments, including redeemed per Ct notes. $4,000 90
The earnings of the Cleveland and Toledo Rail-
road for the third week in January were:-