Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1865-12-14

WEDNESDAY. Dec. 18th, P. NJ,
Gold was more active to-day than on yesterday,
and = to = per cent higher in price. the sales which
foot up about $4,000, being made at li543li5l2.
Governments were strong but quiet the business in
them being quite insignificant. small lot Of Five
Twenties, second issue. sold 1o0 and two three
small parcels Of Scven-ThirteS sold at 97@97LE for
second series, and III for small first SERIES Five
TwenticS closed 1922 bid. l0} asked for first ISSUE
100 bid 1901 asked for second, and 94 bid 100 asked
for third, and SevenThires left OFF at 97lG bid, 9S
asked for first and q bid, 97 asked for second and
third series. For skies 1881 1917 was bid and Ten
Fortics closed at 81 bid.
Baltimore City SIS sold at 96 ex-dividend for 1905
- eX-dividend for 1865, and 9aM exdividend for
1905. The business in them was, however, small.
There was ;',..~-t 8" ~"ilr"od bonds, and
note a sale Of $4,000 Baltimore and Chic 1855 1T
1901. For Northern Central 1855, Sc bid, and
Marietta and Cincinnati bonds closed at s. bid So
asked. In Railroad shares there was movement.
but they closed steady at yesterdays figures. Bank
stocks steady. Union selling at SIS, and Peoples
ut SO.
In the miscellaneous list there was more done than
for days past and in some of the Mining stocks
there was slight improvement. Mineral Hill sold
at the first Board at from GO up to % cts but dropped
again at the second Board to g. cts. and Maryland
Copper sold at the first Board at 50 cts, and at the
second Board at 60 cts. Copper Hill sold at SlS0@15,
Springfield at - cts. and American Gas Coal at IS cts.
Santa Clara irmer, lot of 100 shares selling at
S1315 buyer so, and note sale of 100 shares Pc
troeum Stove Co at SO,4. buyer 80 Bare Hill closed
without sales at SID bid, 81 s. asked, and Baltimore
Chrome at at 81 bid, Sl.lO asked.
Money continues to pc offered very freely on call
at 6@7 4 cent, and commercial paper is easily
placed than it has been. Rates are however, I'M
changed the range being still Q to y = ceut. The
offerings of money call considerably in excess
of the demand and the money market altogether
may be said to be comparatively easy.
At New York stocks generally advanced again to-
Hudson 4; Reading II Illinois Central Il: Toledo
- Rock Island 8 Prairie du CHEN 81; North West
fell off Michigan Central Pittsburg z; Fort
Wayne q; Quicksilver Il and North Western pre-
The New York Tribune says there is a vague i'm
preston that the Treasury intends to manipulate
i-;30s and put them up to par.
Yesterday says The miscellaneous list neglected,
and barely sales enough recorded to continue quota
business. except in few shares like Reading and
Pittsburg. The old commission houses are doing
next TO nothing and the market is wholly controlled
by new houses and SPECTATORS confident that speedy
fortunes are still to be made in buying stocks. Large
amounts OF stocks are being carried upon free sup
ply of money on call. and nothing is wanted to adj
vance prices but new crop of spectators more
credulous than the present holders of railway prop
erty
In relation to the money market the same paper
says:
There is an abundance of money on call at per
cent. to stock houses, and lenders give decided
preference to this mode ofusing money. In
cial paper there is no improvement but the reverse
and only few names can be used at per cent. The
per cent The credit system has been reopened in
earnest by merchants since April last and there
doubt in existence at present as many credits
usually found after four years of ordinary business
Printing Cloths, the Providence Journal says are
quiet The following are the sales: 5000 pieces Ok