Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1865-11-18
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Furnished bp Leonard j. TOrmey d Co., Stock and BsH
Brokers' No. % South Street.
FRIDAY, Nov. IL. P. NJ.

FRIDAY, NOV. H. T. NJ
Gold was pretty active to-day, but the market for
it was not as strong yesterday Prices Tor 1t
huctuated from 1875 to 147, and it left of at III.
decline of 4 on yesterdays closing price, The sales
to-day add up about $4,000.
Government Securities were also active, and the
whole list showed decided Improvement; 5-2O's
were p per cent better. and in 1865 there was
further advance Of Il; l0-iOs were trmer but nc
higher in price; pos sold for 102 for first issue, ana
closed at lO2 bid for inst and 100 bid 1907 asked for
second issues There mite large business done
in sos some 10000 Of them !3eing sold at 93i for
second and 96z@a5I for third series. For first Sc
ries 81 was bid and 97l5 asked, but no sales were
made; 10-40's sold yesterday at 90lZ For SIS o.
1851 los bid. and Certificates closed at 97}@ bid
975S asked
Nothing was done in State OF City 6's, but there
was some inquiry for Railroad bonds and Marietta
and Cincinnati bonds sold at 81, and Baltimore and
Ohio 1855 at 99T For Northwestern Virginia first
mortgage 9S was bid and So for Northern Central
1855. For Railroad shares the market continues
quiet but steady. lot of % shares Baltimore and
Ohio was sold at SIP. but nothing was done in
Northern Central City Passenger the latter closed
as on yesterday, at $50 bid S2lI& asked
In the miscellaneous list the business was again
small, the mining stocks generally showing but little
animation. Pennsylvania Oil was the most active of
any of them, the sales reaching 1909 shares, all at 60
cts yesterdays price Bare Hill was hardly as strong
as on yesterday selling at sos cash, and $40 buyer
30 Baltimore Chrome fell off cts, selling at 81 LBS.
There som further movement to-day in Mary
land and Virginia Gas Stove Company Cknown at the
Board as Stove Pipe) some 100 shares being sold at
S129seller CO. and S12@125s buyer3O Some 50 shares
of Baltimo and Cuba Mining and Smelling Com
pany were also sold at S121@121I. This is one Of
the largest and most successful Copper Smelling
Companies in this country, if not in the world
In New York money appears to be getting easier,
but here the market continues to exhibit good deal
ofstringency. The demand is very active being CON
siderably in excess Of the supply and the discount
rate for the best paper offering is and 10 per cent.
1t is difficult place second class paper at ALL but
nothing rated as second class is looked at under y
per cent
The value of the foreign exports from this port this
week is S26liG and included in the exports are 1875
hhds tobacco. i,3lS bbs -four lj6 bbs corn meal and
32l59 bushels corn.
In New York to-day stocks generally were weaker
New York Central, Erie and Hudson declined each
Reading 4; Michigan Central Sl19; Michigan South
crn q; Toledo 80; Fort Wayne ST. Rock Island =,
and Ohio Certificates Il; Canton advanced x Illinois
Central y; Pittsburg 4 and Northwestern, Common
stock 81.
In New York money is quoted easier among stock
houses and at per cent borrowers are being readily
supplied. Lower rates have been made in many cases
upon loaned stocks. In mercantile paper there
material change, but rates if anything favor the
seller. The opinion gains ground that the Secretary
of the Treasury will recommend a very gradual re-
turn to specie payment, and that he will do nothing
to make sharp contraction.
The total receipts by government for customs from
all sources for the month of October over ST. 0OO
OoO. divided follows: From New York. ST. 00S-
73S; from Boston, S12i7 ,10012 from Philadelphia
S5O3,i6S from Baltimore, $40 92605; and from all
other ports about 100000
The policy of contracting the currency has been |
approved by the Chamber of Commerce of New |
York and by the Board of Trade at Boston and Phil
adelphia. At meeting of the Board of Trade of |
Chicago, held on Saturday evening, the following
resolution to the same purport was unanimously |
passed:
Whereas, 1t is the opinion Of this Board that the |
general decentralization of our over-healthy trade !
ana the enormous prices now existing throughout |
me country for all the necessaries ofle is to great
extent, owing to the large amount of irredeemabe |
paper money aloat therefore
ResolUcd That this body most heartily approves of
the policy of Secretary McCulloch in regard to the
gradual withdrawal from circulation of the same
as set forth in his late speech at Fort Wayne
The following will show the weekly receipts of |
Flour and Grain at the places indicated for the week