New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-02-22

EniDAr, Feb. 2l-P. n.


The Stock Board to-day was q scene OF great o.
element aud the session was not over until quarter
to o'clock. There was general rush to buy stocks
as well on the part oflhe shorts as OF tie bulls and tho
consequence was more active Board than Ia. been
seen for long time We do not think the aggregate
OF dealings has ever been exceeded, the transactions
at par reaching s. 500 900, beside large amount OF
unregistered transactions. The business wss very
we'll distributed, with, however, q much larger pro-
portion than usual Of business in State and Railroad
bonds. Tho oommissiCn-house. Lad an increase OF
orders, and the speculative influence was stronger
than we have noticed for months The rapid advance
ofthe Union arms has atracted attention Ia the stocks
Of the Border States and the activity and buoyancy IN
ere stocks infected the whole market and as the call
proce eded the Disposition to buy strongly develop
ed The advance met VI it'll only u moderate resistance
from the bears there being but u moderate amoun,
Of sellers options put ont. Al the close OF business
there war some disposition shown 10 realize on early
I uurchases aud in some cases the extreme advance
WAS not sustained. Pacific Nail sold ~ high /,
after opening at %. Central was very scive, and,
after selling at S3} advanced to ~. under large
demand for cash stock. Ii il believed that certli.
cntes viii be scarce for delivery 81 the opening OF the
]
bu, fell of Nc the session proceeded. In Western
fhares Toledo was The most active stock snd under
large purchases advanced to iji. Southern Michigan
| improved T. cent On the common and 7 q cent on
guaranteed Galena sold at G9, but closed at 6Si.
Rock Island advanced to 80, and Quincy to 6i.. AZ
the Second Board the market was comparatively quiet,
and quotations irregular. 1t wes, however, Ms well
sustained 40 could have been expected after the eK-
element OF the morning. The changes werc not
important. The sales II State stocks to-day exceed
1856, 900, and the advance ranged from ] TO 81 T.
cent NcwYoIk - sold at par. Government secu-
rites we're sso in good demand and firm at 90. d
gOi for Us Of 1881. Treasury Notes, 739 T. cents,
sold at gJa99l. In the street, after tho Second
Board, there was large amount o. business, and
the market closed rm at: u. y. rs, 1881, registered
90! 1901; U. $. 6-, 1881, Coupons, 9O a 9Oi; Amer
can Gold, 1881 1913; Missouri State IS, .5 so;
Pacific Mail Steamship Company 93I a93i; New
York Central Railroad, Hesii Erie Railroad,
4 81 a3ii; Erie Railroad Preferred 81 0JSs; Hud-
con River Railroad, @ld@fi Harlem RAILROAD
~ n t.. Harlem Railroad. Preferred. 30 a 30;
Reading Railroad, i3l "a; Michigan Contra Rail
road, 81 J4i Michigan Southern and Northern
Indiana Railroad % 80; Michigan Southern and
Northern Indiana Railroad, Guaranteed, f. slGl;
Panama Railroad, l20al2l; Illinois Central Rail
road, q, a6 30; Galena aud Chicago Railroad 6sl d
81; Cleveland and Toledo RAILROAD, 81 -;
Chicago and Rock leland Railroad, 81 al; Chi
cage, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, Gi,a6i
rie kct is irner to-day ior foreign bills. an
leading bankers' sterling is selling at lliaIlil.
eIcial SIGNATURES are II3a IA. The quotation
for francs is J~4.,J.
II is senofical!y reported in the street LAT the
enfning. of the Ncw-foik Central Tor the iour
months ending lei i, ,guary, 1862, reach the yer,
10 tthTJ
ssne period la. 2a5f JJo
'.''.'.....t ti''"i
Ills unusual increase in period Of four months
alone being more than T. cent upon he 81 0O0 900
capital OF the company--is altogether beyond any
thing within the history Of the road. The Central
bad on hand and paid for, The ''Oti OF September
h., 4,3O8 tuns Of iron rails, sufficient TO complete
tie remaining 40 miles Of double tack between
Rochester and Syracuse. The capital Of Ito COM
panys sinking fund will be, at the close Of tie pres
ell, frcal year. over 81 10000. This SUM- working
ut compound iaterest, together with a small annual
contribution from the receipts II equal to the entire
discharge Of the companys debt inrde OF 1870 The
Centrals most favorable location, enormous business
and the regularity and certainty Of the payment Of
ils DteTes; and jvidoldr afford good TeasQp why its