Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1866-04-05

WEDNESDAY. Anril 4-P. N.

FORT FORT NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 49,. SOL 8ST ST.
Alton and Terrc Haute 80 ~ -
Ohio and Miss. Corfu. Is 2i$d ......
Tone of Mari ot......~Steady. Irrccr Firm
WEDNESDAY,. April 4-P. NJ.
Stocks generally were quiet here to-day, the inter
est being usual pretty much concentrated in The
New York market. which affords much
tended field for speculation than this, and in Coda
the business was unusually small. single Lei of
$1,000 sold at the first Board at Us advance of
per cent, but at the second Board one or two small
lots were sold at 27349l2 and it closed at ll713
bid. 1915 asked.
Governments were steady at about yesterdays fig
ures, Five-Twenties selling ct 1917, and SeyenThir
ties at 1000 9002s for second and 1890 00z for thir1
series Five-TWenes closed at 10i bid, 1eii4 ;sI.ai,
and -Thirtics left of at 1G0li bid 1908 asked
for second and 100 bid l0Gl asked for third series
For certificates 1914 was bid.
We notice sales of $4,000 of Virginia inscribed SIS
at A. but nothing done in other state bonds and
no quotations were made for them. For Baltimore
city 6's there was fair inquiry and sales Of some
5000 were made at $3.50 100 for 1875, and So @G"
Tor 1905. There also some movement in BanA
stock Union selling at $1l14GT5: Peopesat $S, AMI
Citizens at Sill.
There was some further movement il Northern
Central Railway to-day, 100 shares selling SIS: bit
in other railroad shares there was nothing loae.
Baltimore and Chic elusel yesterday. at Sill
bid Slll5 asked: Central Ohio at So bid and City
Passenger at Sl6i bid, $40 asked In Railroad bonds
theonly transaction sale Of Sl,0lO Maristtaaad
Cincinnati per cent. at o0}&.
In the micelaneoua list something was done, but
TIE spIal show 10 Improvement in prices. Bare iiiH
sold ct .05 buyer 30, Baltimore Chrome at s. cts.
American Gas Coal al IS cts and Pennsylvania Oil
llG4j c;s.
Money continues easy on call at IS per cent, and
frstc!ass paper is very readily negotiated at sag pes
cent For lower grades rates range, however, fccGl
10 10 Is per cent.
The New YS;k stock market has been unusually
excited today, more so than at any time since the
corner" ia Piairie du Chien. The stock which has
absorbed Iube attention is Michigan Southern.
Early il the morning it exhibited considerable
strength and made before Board at 80, A.
Il O'Clock the excitement intense, and il reached
24l% but Immediately after this Board it sold at s.
cash and as suddenly advanced TO s.. phehe price.
s-egtltfr srnp only 81 At o'clock it sold at s.,
sRIler 3, * regular wa" 3nG IS cash, the excitement
sin ca the ncre1separties who unable other
wise to provide for de verss paid enormous rates To-
borrow ing varying from to per cent. per day. At
o'clock .'j bid, with comparatively little offer
ing aGtsr ban hours, in consequence Of arrangements
for the day AZ least, being completed, the price G.
the stock wa steader averaging IS throughout the
half past oc!, c< Board but later in the evening It
again sought Tor, and advanced to 1929 bid ad
vices Up 10 o'clock report offer Of some 200 shares
sharp 'tWi t in this stock and present appearances
would indicate the possibility If not the pro5oJiiify Of
even still higher figures, the control which the
ciiq &c have ofthe stock is certainly updoubted.
Erie orcncI at 1873, and in consequence Of very
large cast sales Of the stock il declined to H. after
which it rallied very materially, and at O'Clock
quoted at 49,. but at the close it relapsed to ~
Rock Island fairly active with bat little variation
in its price, opening at rs if sold in the afternoon
Board at 10 dividend offs per cent and closes ut
l1O4. Hudson River Railroad and Fort Wayne were
somewhat weak during the day. as also the common
and preferred stocks of the Chicago and Northwestern
Railroad. Pittsburg was very firm. selling in the
afternoon at 1917, after opening at I>3i. The move
ments in this stock to-day have caused the belief
that it rather hazardous TO ba "sdor" under eS
listing circumstances. The speculation in Canton and
Cumberland very small, the former averaging
Az and the latter 1874 throughout.
State bonds all improved but the trausac-
lions were limited. Tennessees were quoted at 81;
Missouri's al 1914. Vrgnia's were merely nominal
at 6724@6S. and North Cardinals sold at 84l5. Gov
ernments were unsteady. Five Twenties. which
sold at the first Board at 1925 declined in the after
to lO4. Seven Thirtes in like manner de-
clined "a, selling at the late Boards al 1905.
Gold opened at SIC l2Sil and steadily declined
to 1274 at the close. TIE disposition to buy gold
has been less apparent to-'ay and larger amount
has been noticed the market, that the rate for
borrowing has been reduced TO l-32d.
The money market has been sensbly influenced to-
day, by the action OF the party in Erie, who have
been very large borrowers and have taken vast sums
from different sources which has been the of
advancing the rate on call loans 20 seven per cent.
in some instances, most outstanding leans at per
cent, however, remain unchanged. The increasing
vitality in general business has caused discounts
become active, and the rates are slightly ad-
vanced. Prime paper averages from 7(1S per cent
1agf rOInl In EaF -,
tnues dull the principal drawers obtain 1881 for 60
days. sterling Francs quoted $685. % for long
dates.
The following is condensed summary Of the Pun
lie Debt of the United States the LIST instant. as
compared with the previous monthly statement Of
March l.:
PUBLIC DEBT OF THE UNITED aTiFEs.
Itorch !. lprRl
Debt bearing interest
In com ,opi, ~ u, iS, Il
Debt bearing interest
in lawful money. loj, 52S $50 ISL, 21, oil
Debt on which inter'L
has ceased. 9S5979 93O.679
Dent bearing no IN
Total. 81, So. $50 S2,6Z7. 1913 SS5
LEGAL TENDER NOTES,
One and two year five
per cent notes As 59S 600 Gs E}6 orr
Three year compound
iitey 81 notcS.-........ l74.GI2IQ l.2nIn1,I
United states notes. I25 435ST3 100 7Ig %
Total. ................. S605g5t All sff2 COS 212
Amount III treasury
y Coin.: sS57 lg2 $62669 100
Currency ................. 90, ~, I6i DO-T $50
The weeks exports from New York of domestic
protn"e aud iniscellHneous goods have been TO the
967 btles cotton Of the currency value Of 81 SIG
Of which there shipped to Liverpool S779 ha les
valued at Sl65 45; to Hamburg, S bales, valued at
1872 and to Bremen. 80 bales. valued at Sc, $50