Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1866-02-16
Prices of Sacks ana asonas ia pew GORE.

80 " Preferred $50 56.s 56l3
Cieve,' and and Toledo.,;..l0; Ne ~,
Ghicayo and Rock Island..lO3 tofs 1905
Nil and Prairie du Chen. -. :;s" 81
Wort Wa WaI7,, .............. $3.50 49, ga
Alton and Ter "e haute. 3 353 S333fs ".'''
Tone of rket.....,......Strong. Firm. strong
lrURsDAY. Feb. Il. P. NJ.
Gold fell off to-day . to ? per cent. selling At
both Boards Mt 1885, and closing at 49, bid. l3S asked
The Government is reported to De selling Cod 81
New orl, which has caused decline thete. aoL 3"
decline followed here. as a matter Of course. s+e
business in it was small the sales adding NJ oHi>
about $4,000
Governments were strong. aud RiTe-TwentieS TN
der favorable foreign advCcS advanced - to IL hrs'
issue selling at 1881 !, and second at 3 Seven ihlr-
ties were steady at yesterdays fgurcs second sertet
selling at 9e / and closing at 39'4 bid, 92'2 asked
For Ten Forties 9i4 was bid and Certificates closed
ut oos. bid, 9S$I asked.
Virginia IS werein considerable demand, and $50
U00 of the inscribed bonds sold at Il. No other safes
Of State BONDS were made, but = was bd.or Missouri
6's. 81 for North Cardinals, and 81 for Tennessee.
Baltimore City IS continue Very firm and IN demand
Some lots sold at the Boaz at l03 Tor 1855 ard 10.
SCR 1905 at which figures ,hey closed. E9lroaa
3oonds were steady. Baltimore and Chic l>5Gs sold
1t 81. Northwestern Virginia first Mortgage at T.
Northern Central 1855 at $40, and Marietta ana
Cincinnati per cent. bonds AT s..
We notice saia Of 3 shares Central Ohio Railroad
at Sic which was the 2aIy transaction in Railroad
Shares bHt they closed as sos bid, $l5ii asked
Baltimore and Ohio Shares closed at 9il2 BIO Sis
asked and City Passenger st Sl1@l DID, Us asked
teank Shares continue il. leAaud and several los
sold NJ the Board at Sd5i. fox Bank OF Baltimore.
as7f for I'aion and S23if627 for Bahk Of Commerce
II tbs Miscellaneous list the most active took wa
SAINTS Clars OF which some 400 shares were sold a.
SmzGlC the closing sale being at SS5. This stock
closed quite ssrong M 50. bid $40 asked. small
lot Of Atlantic C5al sold at <.j and some o' shares
Baltimore and North Carolina Mining al IS cts, lUi
IN tie other stocks tui3 list there vas 10 move
noent aud they generally closed he9vy.
h,pey continues in ample supply, ant easy .1 H.
cbange' rate. viz: per cent. for call loans, sJ9
Der cent. 70 rat-ess CO numerical paper, and 100 y
no. cent for soc, nj class 60. For names less known,
rates range from l. % u 9ef seH'.
The New York stock 'aZkct ANS 42orning gave eE4
dence Of continued Strength ana cary quotations
all higher than those OF lst evening ihe SSrt
of speculation seemed to have a. ain revived, ana
degree Of healthy activity NOTICE. IN operations
Change. Rock Island particularly strong; ;t
at the LIST regular Board remained the attract SO '
ture selling as high as lOf AGAINST rE at ire sam
call yesterday. The opposition to m imitation Of price
was visible in much Of the stock being offered Oh
sellers option" but the fact OF its being readily ia
ken, and even sought after. goes to prove tha the
stock is undergoing powerful manipulation. kFa
dividend paying security. It's intrinsic value does
warrant any great advance, and whatever effect
binations may have upon its price. con siderable
ton would be advisable in conducting any operation
Tor rise. notwithstanding its present tendency is
upward. At the next call the price rose to 1865
The bear element still apparent, sales being made
at 1857 seer60. Later in the day the activity in the
stock esscned. and the price fell of at the close 10
about 1885.
The news received by the Brsmen during the morn
ing tended to strengthen tho prices of the stocks
which are partly held in Europe. Erie improved =
r cent. selling at 79i, and Illinois Central rose TO
Us. the early quotation being 1877. Hudson River
Railroad was in good demand and its price at one
o'clock was 1879, but in the afternoon Il declined,
and at four o'clock was quoted at l0i The most ac-
tive stocks during the day partook Of this reaction
at the late Boards, owing to the realization of profits
Mt the advance; still, at the close, the market
strong. Alton and Terro Haute formed no exception
to the general activity of the market. Great cx-
citemcnt existed in this stock, and FIVE o'clock Sc
was bidan advance of y e cent. since yesterday.
Ohio and Mississippi Certificates revived from the
depression Of yesterday and at the cloSe were quo
ted strong at -.
There a considerable inquiry for Tennessee
Bonds. the price for which advanced to 500. Mis-
souriS declined 4, selling at 74 with few transac
tons. In Virgna's and North Caro,ina's little OF
same on Monday.
Government Securities were firm and in good de-
mand. The old issue of Five-Twenties, in conse-
quence of European advices rose to 1885 yesterdays
rate being 103 the issue Of 1864 firm ana durns
the day sold at los.
Gold was steady throughout the day at about 1874.
Sales still noticed on Government account aver
aging but very little above the amount required for
duties, so that its scarcity still continues although
n a. sly Cd he rate
for till tomorrow is 3-32ds.
Money is still abundant. and tho interest on Sew
enThirties due to-day will place even more on the
market. Call loans are made in most cases at per
cent. although some securities placed a. per
cent.
The New York Tribune says:
The Railway share list is wholly controlled by
spectators, brokers and street operators There Is
no investment demaLl and the speculative spirit Is
decreasing steadily.
Sterling exchange at New York is quoted 107i$@
1875 for leading houses at 90 days. Francs 3.2I@t
5.25. Cotton bills are not IN favor when represent
ing the staple at anything over I'D q II.
The New York exports. exclusive OF specie, for the
week ending February Is. and since the beginning Of
the year. compare as follows:
F F.; The s. sas s5 fs2 s s5s5s
Since January /, s16ea3,a52 25,125,$54 27,c9osso
The New ork imports compare as follows:
Gs5 ns7:1sndiss: s55 5s s55} t$S
Total fer the week. BOP S2588,953 s6,57l9ai
Prev. reported SiS9Sl4 @,757,slS Z5,l'oO12
sncc January L.. s22,675,6l6 l2344Ss7 al,7loD'
The geld movements at New York in January are
reported as follows
Imports from foreign $72,,1
Received from California. us ,ao'
a. -so 20
Total iptS........ ..S l,.r, -,
Exports to foreign 2'V6'at
Loss in January. IA, 80:
THE January report of the directors of the United
States Mint at Philadelphia, shows that the gold de-
posts amounted to 500 243.69 ana the SILVER pur,
coinage in the same time amounted to $500. 45l As
nsary all of which in double eagles The silver
coinage amounted to $67 1852 mostly IN dollars ana
half dollars and the copper coinage to S4 l3G, being
pretty evenly divided in amounts between one tWI
and thres cent peces-the total coinage of the month
amounting to 500 1881. The number Of pieces
coined Is 2,i55OI2
The daily receipts from Internal Revenue during
the week ending on Saturday last were as follows:
Monday, 81, 25s Ia 6$ Friday 736lS 81
WedEesday... 1oI$77979 -' -----, :
Thursday -. 495,&5A, Total .........$ Ill 1855
baltimore Markets, February Is, 1865.
CorFEE-An invoice of 5000 bags Rio out of the
cargo Of the Grey Eagle was sold in New York late
yesterday 5 cts goa IN oGTa but WITH hs eX
Coffee The market continues quite firm in tone and
we quote as before viz: Rio az lS@l9 cts. cold fol
common to fair; 2O@2014 cts. god for good to prime
2lGzlA cts gold ter choice: .LaguayTa al Z@2315
cts. gold. and Java 81 2s@2sk cts gold. =, -,
FLoUR.--There is fair inquiry for Flour in the
retail way but there is no demand SO far as we car
learn for large lots and we bear of sales of i'm
portanee to-day, Good retailing brands of tloul
continue firm. Ind in rather sight supply, but Tor low
grades the market is excessively dull and heavy
We have no change to note IN prices anc
we still quote as follows. viz: Howard stree
Super at Ss98.5G do Extra at @aG95t ~
Fancy Extra at $97igl0; do Family at S12@l2.50
Western super at SSG8.25: 40 Extra $aS925; dc