New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-05-09
MONDAY. May s-P. ~

Il MONDAY. May t-P. ~
Gold opened at ll3l and sold down to 1924. There
has been but little demand for it to-day, and cash
| gold has been plenty. The closing quotation vas
Il3sl.
Government stocks were stronger instead oflover,
under The European adyiees. The last quotation
vas 62l, recovery Of y per cent from the ex-
Irene decline. From this time higher prices Will
| be quoted upon every European Stock Exchange,
and by july !, 80 VII not DO deemed high in Lon
don FOX the SO loan. The Portland steamer Of
] April Is took ont tho quotation OF gold at l62,
which no donbt largely increased The hoayincsS in
Federal stocks under the news 81 Mr.. Lincoln 5
ASSASSINATION. The next mail took the quotation
" gold al AZ followed by Con Johns'on's sur
rndcr, The reduction of tho army aud navy, the
partial opening of trade with the South, and Of a
general movement toward peace Nor is this all
that has gone to reassuEe Europe # Che stability
iof the Government AID the value OF rs obliga-
tons. Tho British Cabinet has been assured
very frankly b. President Johnson Of his desire for
Honorable peaceful relations and all fear of trou-
be between the two Governments may be wholly
dismissed. Every steamer tina, leaves our shores
lcarro the fact that there is enough and more than
enough domestic capital 20 supply The Treasury
upon It's currency notes at 7.3O interest. The trade
tables make IL certain that the customs will yield
much moe gold than onr gold-bcaring stocks do
mand, and that gold interest is as secure, now and
in future, upon OIL debt, as At 10 upon any ma
uonal debt IN the world. The closing prices of
lGoYernmcnls are; 6s OF 1881, ll0. 52Os, new,
/ 1851; do, old lOJi; l0-j0s 9d,
Railway shares are higher, and the leading lines
are in great demand. The European adylces are of
la chara, ter TO warrant the belief that good de-
mand is to be shown for the stock Of corn in the
country. This expectation already enter the cal
oulatOns Of spectators in shares, who see in the
revival Of an export demand for brcGds,ufs the
source OF largo and constant profits 70 railways.
At the Second Board and in the street, the market
reacted Erie selling low as 7sl, and the balance
Of the list declined fully per cent. The market
closed steady at the decline, but there was but
little doing. The closing quotations were; New
York Central, 96li Erie, 79!; Michigan Cen
Itrsl, ll3.
Money continues easy and brokers get all they
want at 5a per cent. Balances are lett on lower
rates. and in no direction is there q demand for
capital not speedily supplied, when the borrower is
in reasonable credit
Sterling Exchange is steady, and the market is
scantily supplied with Commercial bills. Bankers
Sterling, 90 days, lO9i; Bankers Sterling, days,
100; Merchants lOSaalO9. Francs, 5.l2I.
The business of the Snb-Ireasury vas; Receipts,
a. AN ,773 O7-for Customs, $3j3o0O Payments,
s., iO2, 9O5 Con account Of Loan, $4,000
Balance, 81 ,2I3,o36 II.
Frights are dull the engagements to Liverpool
are 80 tuns measurement goods at lOs., and per
steamer, $50 bales Cotton, at Sled; 500 boxes
Bacon, on private terms, and 200 tuns Mahogany
on private terms.
The sales of 7.3Os at the Ninth National Bank
to-day amount to $55OsJ0.
Tho subscriptions 20 tho 1905 at the Fourth Ma
tional Bank to-day were 81 ,63s.ooO.
The subscriptions to the $40 loan received by
the First National Bank amount to 100000; paid
Treasury drafts, 100000.
The exports Of specie from New.York since
January, 1864 arc the smallest with two exceptions
1861 and 1853 for fourteen years. Tho amount
reached in 1865. 1900 0Ci.