New-York daily tribune., 1862-05-16
THURSDAY, Nay ij-r. y,

The Stock market opened this morning with good
demand for Government and State stocks, at T.
cent concession In the Ga Of 1881 bat general adj
vance in the latter The demand for tie Border
stocks was large. and Tennessee and Missouri Is
advanced 10 2 cent, with bat little DISPOSE
ton TO sen item short. Tie prospect Of
raifcalion Of the country has sttIaoed speeu-
latian to these Border stocks as likely 20 be
fivoraby affected. The financial condition OF the
Border States must, however, for long tine, pre-
clude the payment Of interest on the pubic debt.
Gold was active the transactions adding up s2'"UoO,
al 1894 lO3l with sellers options at lrgl l02s.
The bear speculation in gold ia somewhat onibnr'
risoed by tie difficulty in putting out seller' con
tracts Railroad bonds were in active demand
at advancing prices. The movement IN
tLese .ecuriues has been for some time
steadily upward and The market appears to promise
10 rar for ali first class and cent bonds. The
bonds which were unduly depressed under the revul-
son in railroad property in 1851 are the principal
attraction to spectators and have largely advanced.
Many Of them, however, are rt selling below then
intrinsic value and the bond market 10 Il mine Of
profit yet to the udcous explorer. In sbnres there
was fair business done al about yesterday prices
with firm tendency at the clcse. After the session
tie market was steady. At the Second Board ru-
mors were current Of the occupation Of Richmond,
and The market was cheerful fer shares. Cen
tral sold at 69l, an advance OF y cent. The Old
Erie issue improved 1 y cent, aud the Preferred
was firm. Michigan Southern Guaranteed advanced
2 cent, Illinois Central ! = cent, Piitsburg l y
cent, Rock Island : y cent, &c. Good securities
were without important change Treasury Notes
were firm at l0j. After the regular session the
market wss stronger. Erie Preferred sold al %,
aud the common stock was 800 bid. Rock Island
advanced to &c bid, &c. There was good ois-
position to buy stocks without many being offered.
The closing quotations were: United States Us,
1851, Coupons, lOlj 1885, United States Treas
ury $40 3 cent Notes, l05GlO5!; Tennes-
zee State Gs, 59,q5J: Missouri State &c, J2i
52s Pacific Mail Steamship, llOl allOi; New
York Central Railroad, S9s a S9i; Ere Railway, 3gl
ai0; Erie Railway, Preferred, O. a67! Hudson
River Railroad, i3l a 49,; Harlem Railroad, lile
~; Harlem Railroad, Preferred, 3ji a 36i; Read
ing Railroad, 40 049.; Michigan Central Railroad,
q d6ll Michigan Southern and Northern Indiana
Railroad, 25a25l; Michigan Southern and Northern
Indiana Railroad. Guaranteed, 80! 52l Milwaukee
Central Railroad, e. q62l; Gslena and Chicago
Union Railroad, 72I a72I; Cleveland and Toledo
Railroad, iGs 9iGi; Chicago and Rock Island Rail
road CO Coz; Cleveland and Ptsburg Railroad, 205
G9l
la Exchange, there is not much doing, but quota
tons are without particular change. Sterling is llj.
alIi for bankers. Mr. N. Brandt quotes as fol.
lows: London--GO days sight, ll3; cent; 3 days
lliI do. Paris-60 days sight :. dollar, Afr. 96le.;
3 do. do. Afr. 93.c. Amsterdam-60 days sight b
guilder, i2ic. IIambGrs-6O days sight T. marc
banco, 3Sgc. Fransfort-G0 days sight y form,
l3c. Bremen--GO days sight 2 rix dollar, S2l;
Freights are particularly active especially to Grea.
Britain, and rates generally are quite frm To Lv-
erpoo, the engagements are $4,000 bushels Corn at
sgd. in bulk; 10000 do. Wheat at 9G9Id. in bulk
and bags, the latter rate for next week. $500 bLls
Flour at &c.: 200 boxes Bacon at 30s.; 40 tuns Pro-
visions at 3Os; 900 bbls. Petroleum Oil at Gs. 3D.; GO
bls Rags at 4Os To London, G,00O bushels Wheat
at Od in bulk; 900 do do. ut lO,d in bags; 1000
bble Flour at 3s. 3d.. COO DO. do. at 3s iid.; 10
hhds. Tobacco at 35s.; 100 bbls Cork at AZ. To
Gloucester q, 900 bushels Grain per British bark
at 3D., and anotherwth %, ,0O0 bushels do at I'D
W I'D. 10 NtNpoN, DHlieh Dhh Win low"
a 90 600 bushels Grain at I'D, or if to Cork for
orders at I'D. To Cork, vessel with $4,000 BUSH
els Grain at IS. %. y Or. To Glasgow, vessel
with 70 5000 bushels Grain at llld. To Bremen, 100
bbls. Pork at 30s. v tun; l20 hhds. Tobacco at
3Os. To IIavre, Wheat is firm at lSc., and Flour
ut 75c. The Charters arc Prussian bark
of go tuns with Whale Oil 10 Stettin at
Sc. y gallon; an American brig Of 2H tuns, to
Porto Rico and back, at 4Oc. for Sugar and 81 for
Molasses British brig Of $1,000 bush. capacity, TO
direct por. IN Ireland, vt led Y 56 b IN bulk and