New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-08-05
TUESDAY. Aug. i-F. n.

There 10 still q rampant speculative Gspositior
Ia the Stock market Tho market for moe, Of The
leading railway shares las been Advancing 80 regu'
larry lately that there 10 po~ moro excitement, and
n grsater disposition 70 buy than when there was
les room fos u reaction. The excitement and so-
,ivi,y are general, little Discrimination being made
betw cen the leading fancy stocks, and a seeming
disregsrd 10 TO what prices are paid. Tho large
supply Of money greatly facilitates and encourages
tho speculation Ia the ,treot before the Board, and
at the frs, Board this morning., there WA, decline
from the closing prices Of yesterday. The extreme
rates Of last evening wore = great temptation Tor
many outside speouAtors. and largo proportion Of
Ordinary buyers suddenly became sellers, in order
TO realize the advance Of tho lat few days. The
make, broke down under this pressure Before tie
Board New York Central was selling d, 1871 Read
ing al IN, Illinois Central M, and Ere 1851 a
1854. The decline was Of shos! duration, however.
At tho First Board the market improved from the
st.ce, prices OF tho forenoon, but remained below
yosterday's closing prices. Al the Second Board,
aud through the res, Of tie day, the market VIA
sc,ye and advancing, until prices reached pom.
higher than any tbat has been touched before.
Governments were firm, with moderate bus-
ness. State Stocks were rather active. The
market was less active q, the o'clock call,
aud prices fell off q littlc. The market ell sed
irregular, q. the following quotations: United
States Us, 1881, Coupons, lOOalOOi; Mis-
sour State Gs, Iii a72; American Gold, II els;
New-York Central Railroad, 1911 a. 1872; Ere Rail
way, 07alO7t Erie Railway Preferred, l0.i
lO6; Hudson River Railroad l50dIJl; Harlem
Railroad, l3i q 1915 Reading Railroad, lis a ilSt;
Michigan Central Railroad, IloUllol; Michigan
southern ard Northern Indiana Railroad, 923y-ii
Michgen Southern and Nortbxn Indiana Gusnn-
teed, IlJl ll5i; Illinois Central Railroad, ll9d
Il9; Cleveland AM Pittsburgh Railroad, 800 " {,
Galena and Chicago Reilroad, 1880 1913; Cleveland
and Toledo Railroad, no. Chicago and Rock Island
Railroad, lO7 q 1914; Milwaukee and Prairie Gu
Chen Railroad, e. qGS; Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne,
and Chicago Railroad, rs. diSs; Alton aud Tene
Uaute, GU d62i; Tens Hauto and Alton Preferred,
sCi Sol; Chicago and Northwestern, 80 49,
Cumberland Coal, 29i a29.; Canton Company 50.
a33i; Bucks Co. Lead, lsSli.
Sterling Exchange has been active to-day at III
but closed o, lili. The market opened at i42.
Freighls opened vt slight concession on the rates
of Grain TO Liverpool may be seen by reference
to our quotations, but notice more frmness in rates
at the close, although we mako no alterations IN
quotations from those prevailing On tho Produce
Exchange at noon. To Liverpool the engagements
arc 1900 bushels Wheat ut ID. in bags; and per
neutral aag 1000 ILls. Flour Ut 2 3D.. and 500 do.
do, to ill up, at Is. Cd. To London, ] 500 bbls.
Flour ut %. Sd. To Bristol, 300 bbs. Fourat 10. ID
To Bremen, 5000 bushels Wheat at 3D., 10 bags
and 100 hhds Tobacco at d. "a. The Charters arc
British bark with 80, 900 bushels Gram to Belias'
at 6s Cd. Prussian brig with l5 900 bushels Grain
W Cork, and a market At 10 3D.; British brig win
IA 900 bushels do, to the Bristol channel at Us. 3D.
per quarter; British schooner with 700 bbls. Pe-
troleum Oil ut 7s., and 5 per cent primagei BIT
ish brig Of lOi tuns, to the West Indies and back o.
81, COO, Of which two-thirds is payable in gold;
British brig OF 2l2 tuns, To the Wndward Islands A.
81 v DBL. and an American schooner VI l69 tunS'
to the West Indies and back, al ,725. The carry
ing rates are as follows: To Liverpool, per Ameii-
can flag, Flour Is 3D.. Wheat 7d.i Corn Old.
Heavy Goods 2os.; per Foreign aag, Flour o.;