Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1866-02-22
By TkLEGKAPH.
furnished by leonard j. Tormev d Co. Stock and BIZ
Brokers. No. q South Street.
February 81 1866.
LIST Board ID BOARD s P Nj
WEDNESDAY, Feb. DIST. P. NJ.

I.
AT the first session of the Stock Board to-day very
little b siness was DONE but at the second the market
was fairly active Gold unusually quiet. nothing
rbatever bei,,g done in il at the first Board. and the
onlv transaction at the second being sale Of $4,000
seller 30 DAYS fiat at 1867. 1t closed regular way al
1875 bid. 1879 asked.
Governments were inactive, and rive 1Wcnuea
were Il to 4 lower than yesterday the sales being at
1881 and 1855 and the market Tor them closing al
l03 bid 1881 asked. Seven Thrties were firm, first
series selling at 5, and second and third series at
?9l2. For Ten Forties VI was bid, and Certificate
closed at 9S15 bid 1898 asked
At the second Board there was quite an active
moYemen. in North Carolina 65, some considerable
lots being pressed on the market They opened at
So but fell off subsequently IA cent, selling at the
close at 49,. In other State bonds there was nothing
done, but Virginia inscribed SIS closed at 4l24 bid,
42l% asked Missouri's at ~ bid 7S12 asked, and
Tennessees at 81 bid, 92]2 asked. Baltimore City IS
were rather weaker than yesterday, 1905 being
offered at 1907 with only 100 bid but there
nothing done in them.
Railroad bonds were quiet but generally firm. The
only sale was one of Il 900 Northern Central 1855 at
So. an advance of = > cent. Railroad shares were
frmer, Baltimore and Ohio selling at Sl11lt, and
closing at Sill bid; Central Chic closing at 81
old. and City Passenger at $l73. bid. SIS asked
There was come little movement in Bank stocks
franklin at S12;3 We note also sales of 300
shares Merchants and Mechanics Insurance Com
pany at $50.
The mining AID oil stocks entirely neglected
oday-not solitary transactions being made in any
of them.
There is no change to note n the condition of tne
Money market. There is a moderate demand ior
money, but the supply is ample ana loans are easily
effected at previous quotations on Securi
ties
The New York Stock market opened weak his
morning. and prices the street were all lower than
at five o'clock last evening, and little inclination to
buywas manifested. Hudson River declined per
cent and was offered at l02 with few bids. During
the first call at the Stock Exchange the market wos
irregular for while New ork Central and Erie each
declined Is. and Hudson River T. the other leading
stocks slightly improved. At the next Board the mar
ket stifened. and prices advanced and remained
strong until = past o'clock, when the market be-
came weak and stocks again fell off from 4 to a per
cent with the exception of Erie which was firm at
S0, Is per cent above the highest precious rate dur
ing the day. Cumberland, alter selling at Az, rece
ded at this call 44; still The general market at
the close exhibits improvement since the morning
of from q to per cent
The tone OF the stock market, notwithstanding the
relative advance between the morning and evening
quotations. is feverish, and decline would be dis
rbutabe to this element and the greater ease in tho
money market that prices have been thus well sus-
tanned. Should however, the leading roads show
still further increase in their returns. confidence will
be restored, and the prices OF railroad securities If
respective of speculation, will advance.
Tennessee and Virginia bonds were in very little
demand. The former were quoted at 80, and the lat
ter at 81, and few transactions are noticed. Some
uneasiness displayed with regard to North Caro-
Inns md lofs r>n L.
the influence of which the price declined during the
day to 7712-Eper cent, below yesterday rate. Mis-
sours were also dull, and early in the morning were
quoted at 1914, although in the afternoon they ad-
vanced to 1875 with very little doing
Governments less firm; 5-20s of 1864 declined
Is. selling at 103. Gold was strong and in good de-
mand, After opening at 1865 it rose to 1917 at the
close, Notwithstanding its scarcity has entirely sub
sided.
The money market displayed more ease to-day.
still the general rate on call loans is per cent.
The New York EUenino Post says
The news that the new funding bill will not come
up for discussion in the House. has impaired tenn
porary buoyancy to the speculative feeling here as
it is supposed that the measure has been DELAYED with
a view to modify it so that sudden spasmodic
changes In the money market may be caused by the
carrying out of any of its provisions Moreover is
well known that so far as currency contraction is con-
cerned. this bill not necessary all the needfuI
power is granted to the Secretary of the Treasury to
withdraw and cancel greenbacks by existing law
The weeks exports from New York of domestic
produce and miscellaneous goods have been to the
value of 81 92S,3O7. Included in the exports have
been 1889 bales cotton, of the currency value of ST.
1880. of which there were shipped to Liverpool
1861 bales valued at $l6O552i; Hamburg 104G bales
valued S229 06T Havre 35 bales, valued at SlS5O79
In the present condition of our foreign exchanges
the state OF our import and export trade unusual
interest. The exports from the port of New York
1or 1860, were S2S S2 against $2264S 163 in 1864
decrease of about sxtyfor millions; of this forty
three millions was the falling off in produce, and
nearly twenty -one millions in specie The imports
Mt the port last year very heavy being ex
ceeded indeed by those for 1856. 1851 1853 and 1890
but with those exceptions this is the largest total on
record. The following the figures the vauatio,
being in gold.
1865. 1864
Jan. to Dec. 81. Jan. | to Dec 81
Total entries. S222 6l9l3S $2l5 $50 55S
Total marketed ...... Sis. 40S 834 $lS4 2S0875
Custom paid........... 10l .772.905 66937129
Average Suty....,..46 49, p cent 363S "A cent