The New York herald., 1866-07-29

The stock market opened with considerable animation.
AT the ten o'clock boards there excitement In
Pttsburg of which 900 shares sold proc
going up TO SO S6H. Michigan Southern also ac-
tive at 81 and Northwestern to 36. Tho
in Fort Wayne scarcely obvious, but there
some sales as high as 101i y.
At the reg session there was an active demand for
government bonds and reported that large orders
in the market for scvcnthrty bonds. The rumors
vague and contradictory to the origin and
amount of these orders but II affirmed that they a
gregated at least two and half millions and while
persons surmiscd that the government was In the
ket purchaser the best informed persons dscreded
the rumor and 1t stated that the purchases for
foreign account and with view obtain the long gold
bearing bonds into which during the noxt two years
the seven thirtes will be convertible Under these ru
mors the seventhrtes advanced 4, and the ve.twen-
ties OF 1895 y per cent Skies OF 1881 also strong
At slight Improvement in the quotations In railroad
shares there fair amount Of activity, tho sales
OF Pittsburg alone amounting to 5000 shares at
sSX q soK. Toledo also advanced IN Illinois
Central 15s, Rock Island " and Michigan Southern r.
The movement In Erie scarcely sustained, and
although there a fair amount OF sales at 65 the
quotation fell on after the board to 64x e4X there
being very little disposition the part OF outsiders
either TO buy TO SELL or the miscellaneous securities
Western Union Telegraph the active the price
ranging from 65h a 56x. Boston Water Power sold al
SAX and Mariposa preferred At 2ek.
At the one O'Clock opcn board there was no change
worthy OF note Reading in fair request at nix,
Rock Island at 1o011 and Northwestern at 30, Rock
Island being firm al 1O0k Government securities were
rather in demand and the prices Of tho board
were fully sustained
Tho afternoon board being usual omitted there was
but little doing and the quotations al the close
Of business under:-New York Central l04K .
lo4K, Erie e4k o4X, Reading lloX . Ill, Michigan
Southern s31s "a, Pttsburg s5% 80, Toledo 114H
1lo. Rock Island 1907 1O1, Northwestern 30 ssh,
Northwestern preferred 651s 65x, Fort Wayne 1914
1011s. Aarposa preferred advanced 10 26X bid, and
Quicksilver closed at 49y..
Petroleum and mining stocks are fat and the volume
Of business is extremely small. At the morning board
Benneho Run closed 10c higher than tho same time
yesterday, selling at IS so New York Gold 5c selling
at 81 20. Consolidated Gregory Gold was 25c lower
selling at $50 So Brevoort sold at 81 25 Benton 81 45
Downieville Gold $50, Keystone Silver 10c Waikiki 9oc
Quartz Hill - (b. I0l
Foreign exchange Is dull and the tendency OF quota
tions is rather lower Bankers sterling sixty days Is
quoted at 10sx, and has sold rs low as 1884, Three
days bills are selling at loeI l10X. Commercial
bills at l06n 1o71 There is little demand and few
bills Offering.
The money market is easy at a per cont and com.
mcrcia paper Is and passes freely at per
cent for choice names.
The business transacted at the Sub-Treasury in this
city to-day foows:-
Receipts ........sl, soo2 For customs. s4s4 900
Payments. ,Sss 100 Cold notes. 400 600
Balance 80 sO4, 262
The mportatlons OF dry goods at this port for the
week ending July % compare as follows with those Of
the previous week.