Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1866-03-26
SATURDAY, March 24th, ?. NJ.
March q, 1866.

SATURDAY, March 9th, p. N.
The passage by the House Of Representatives Of
the amended Loan Bill reported by the Committee
of Ways and Means, has given Gold another down
ward turn to-day. and it sod at the Board at 1850
1859, and closed at 1851 bid 1876 asked, being de
cline since yesterday of ~ TO cent The trans
actions in it were LARGE the sales adding up about
49,, 900. SAT 500 of which sold, buyer 80 days.
Governments, on the contrary, were firm, with .
decidedly upward tendency. Five Twenties sold to
the extent of about 35 Geo at l034@0&zs and closed
strong at 1889 bid 1895 asked. and Sevcn Thrties
brought 100 for the first and second series, and 99
for the third series, the market for them closing at
100 bid 1909 asked for first and second series and
9975 bid 100 asked for third series. We notice ais"
a sale of s. 900 One Year Certificates at 99%, which
is advance.
In State bonds there was nothing done, and 10 quo
tations were made for them. Baltimore city 6's Were
firm, 1855 selling at 100. and 1905 closing at !I&
bid. 9934 asked.
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad was active and quite
strong, some 400 shares selling at 1l@l1H, closing
firm at 1l124 bid, SIP asked. In other Railroad
shares there nothing done was there any
movement II Railroad bonds.
In the miscellaneous list the transactions comprise
only 200 shares Maryland Anthracite Coal at 152[
buyer30 an advance Of 4 yesterdays price, and
500 shares Bare Hill Mining Co. at $40 buyer 80
advance of cts.
Money continues abundant and very easy on call
at n cent, the supply being in excess of the de
mand First-class paper passes at sag cent, but fol
lower grades rates range from 10 to Is q cent.
The New York stock market opened with more
frmness this morning than could have been antiai-
pated from the furry the street last evening and
at the eleven o'clock board the whole market was
fairly active and generally firm. New York Central
was advanced to 927s. In Eric some four thousand
shares we're sold sellers option, rs being the price
for co days and 79G ~ for 30 days, while the stock
sold regular way at S0H@S03a. The readiness with
which sales were effected on sellers out0n seem to
evnce the uncquivocal strength of the stock. Aiich-
gan Southern also sold at IS seller CO. while its cash
price was 81. Hudson River sold at 109 both regular
way and seller 30. At the orc O'Clock open board
over 5000 shares of Eric sold at an average Of
So 500 shares changing hands at S4 seller So Mich
igan Southern firm at 5000 500. PittsbuTg wa
yered at this CALL opening at 1911 with large sales; it
declined to 1917. The rest of the market steady.
At the later boards the tran sactions were not nu-
merous, New York Central was firm at 49, Erie rose
to sos Reading advanced to 1917, Mich. Southern
sold at 81 SlI, and Fort WAYNE remained at rs,
Northwestern preferred declined to 55ts during the
day. after opening at 56E The total transactions in
this stock amount to only 1900 shares at both boards
At haifpast the only change in tho market was III
this stock, which was quoted at 81 l3m.Sl"s.
A very slight variation towards lower prices was
observable on the street after the first Board proba
bly, q natural result of the Loan Bill passed il
the House yesterday ii was, however, followed by
recovery of most Of the difference and the market
closes decidedly steady. The falling off in the re-
ceipts of the different roads not being great was
anticipated has materially favored speculations for
rise. while the uncertainty to whether the House
Loan Bill will yet pass the Senate adds to the al
ready bold front assumed by the Julla.
State bonds varied. Tenncssee'2 advanced ut the
first Board 10 9l5 after opening at 9l4 with sales to
the amount Of S3S010 Nirginia's sold at 90, while
$1,000 reported at g. seller 15 North Carolina
steady at ST. but late i'll The day they dcciiucdt0
S3. At three clock Tennes ce's were quoted At 81
and Virginia's at S. Government bonds were active
Old Five-Twcntics sold at 1885 and the issues of both
1864 and 1865 brought 1854 Thrties first series
in demand ut 1907. The second and third series
were steady at par
Gold opened at l26 to 1861, and gradually declined
to l25 at $50 p. NJ from which it subsequently, re-
covered, and at the close quoted at l25S to 1867
1t still continues scarce and 1l6@ is paid for daily
USE notwithstanding its decline in price. This a-
parent anomaly results from the fact Of large amounts
going continually into the Treasury and the Govern
ment are not supposed TO have been sellers since il
was 1877. The improving credit of the country and
the large surplus in the hands Of the Government,
both act adversely to any material advance in its
price, The steamers New York and City of Boston
take out Sl30.935.
The money market continues we II supplied with
capital, and call loans still easily made at 596
per cent. Discounts are more active-prime names
pass at 612@712; good q to O. while lower grades
are quoted at lO@15. Foreign Exchange is nominal
as usual on Saturdays.
The total imports at New York for the week COM
pare as follows:
Week end...-Mar. %. MAJ. IS. Mars. MARI.
Dry Good 50, 2SS35l 3lS3369 SIS 2l 81 800
Genl Mdse... 3.032743 2.626.5O9 4,535,6H 3559,766
Total $6.S6O74 S. SO9S7S So. 433 9o5 $500, 100
The New York imports of foreign dry goods COM
pare as follows with former returns
Ea asr d. at Hf fe S SS S 1884, sl
Thrown on market. i,S5$'465 i;$$99H |3.05i777
Entered at the 5sit 8 s4 jSSG
Thrown on market. 25,6650A ll,O93,57S 80 433,7l6
The imports at the port ofNew York for the month
the exports at $50 POI. exclusive of specie The
imports for the same month last year We're valued at
currency. The imports at the same port for theseye
months ending January q were valued at Sl72Si0,-
duties received during the same period amounted to
$,5l4S03, against 2S,1O5,6i0 for the same time in
the previous year.
The statements of the Boston banks made up on
Monday last compare with thereturn Of the previous
week as follows:
7o5,l59 $9l,902Sl
iese tender notes 10 S 95Is5 2o G96SI5
Circulation (nationaD ........ 2},736329 240lS,96
The following table shows the movements of bread
stufs at Chicago. from January to March H. in 1865
and 1866:
H., -, Ree'nts. Shipm'ts. Rec'pts. ship's.
S &5sat. * s $55I #5
0ats.,........,.~2l 1920 S506S0 5000 $3.50
Bsfisy 1S355 1lss5 l 5ss i$ 81
The British Board of Trade returns for January
show continued enlargement Of the exports Of that
country, The value of British and Irish produce
shipped during the month of January, for The last
three years, was as follows
January. 5S6
January 1862 l0,4S9,3
January, l4,3)f, I45
1t appears that the United States has taken by far
the largest portion of the increase. For example,
the exports of cotton piece goods to this country from
Great Britain were IN
January, ,219
JanuarT Io9'z,
January oo5' lJ
The London Ne,cs. in review of the Board OF
Trade returns for 1868, remarks:
With regard TO the recent revival in our trade with
the United States tn figures now furnished certain
our exports TO that country has been as follows:
1850. ......... ..f21 667. 065 1868 6 Is 3i4 3!2
1861 90ji50i lS6i............ 670S5O5
l4,3ZI, so Il, 49, I9O
SO that, in point of fact VIC have not yet reached
the total which attained in the last year before
the war. 1.-THE various items are taken out it will
be found that the balance of trade against America
is much less than might have been expected. The
following table of six OF the principal articles inn
ported will show that the relative increase and de-
crease are very nearly balanced:
1850. 1865.
Cotton manufactures, piece
goods, yards TT6 g39 1872 383 72I
Haberdashery. 81 26S 1887 TO9
Linen manufactures piece
goods, yards.-.... 599SS3ai ILL., ,297
Iron, tons. .............,....... 2Sl 80 ISL BAT
pix manufactures............ Gt5S37l G29i, 79S
"oolens E} 550.295 fi,7i3.250
-heckoning by the declared value alone il appears
mat the estimate for both years is almost exactly the
sane; IN n j rSpo the aH9ye six exports set down
whole result of oGr ALLEGED ovcrtradinr TO America
is reduced under the principal head to tho modest
sum OF lSst tzOOV, even If we the circum-
than in 1860. '--'''''' AVIS