Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1866-04-02
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March 81 1856.
SAruRpAY. March 81. ?. NJ.

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Although there was no session of Stool. Board yes
terday. Git being observed holiday there was owl
IDENTIFY no large amount Of business held over, the
transactions at the Board day being unusually light
Gold sold at 12734 which is a slight improS ement on
the closing price of Thursday, and it left oil at l27
bid 1919 asked.
Governments were quiet but firm. Five-Twentics
br6ught 1917 an advance of 4 on any previous sale.
and Seven Thirtics closed at 100 bid, 1905 asked.
State bonds were very quiet. the only transaction
be;ns small sale of Virginia coupon 6s eft &c. North
Cardinals were strictly frmer 8ilS being bid, and
SpS asked for them. Baltimore city 6's weaker
1888 closing at % bid 954 asked. and 1905 at @
bid We note a sale of 81 go 1880 Park bonds at 90
Railroad shares were strong, Baltimore and Ohi'
selling at &l14. an advance of 81, and Northern Cen
trail at 49, Baltimore and Ohio closed at Sll34 BID.
STA asked, and Northern Central at $l5 bid, Si5i
asked 500 was also bid for Central Ohio, So iof
Northwestern Virginia and SlS4 for City Passenger
In Railroad bonds there was no movement whatever,
Baltimore and Ohio 1858 closed at % bid. q asked,
and Northern Central 1855 at 81 bid. 6i55 asked.
For Canton Company there was some inquiry, and
lot of 100 shares sold at $i1@ There was also some
demand for Insurance Stocks and we note sales OF
90 shares Firemans at $40. and % shares Maryland
Mutual Marine, also at so. The only sale OF Bank
Stock, was one of small lot Bank of Commerce. 1T
$27. Tho Mining and Gil Stocks WCTo entirely E2s
lected.
We sec nothing new TO note in the condition Of the
Ynoney market. Money is abundant and easy on call
ate p cent and frst-class paper is very readily
gotiated at SOC = cent. For lower grades rates
however from 10 to Is cent. The demand for money
is not active and the supply is in excess OF the de-
mand.
The stock market in New York opened this MON
ing with much irregularity in prices. Reading Fort
Wayne. and Northwestern were firm al Thursdays
closing quotations. Michigan Southern and Pits
burg each advanced, while Erie New York CentTaj
and Northwestern Preferred were lower At eleven
o'clock Erie was advanced to ~, but the street
Immediately after the call it vigorously attacked
md under extreme pressure it sold at 75l%, other
stocks sympsthizins in the fail. In the afternoon
Fort Wayne sold at 50 eX-dividend. showing an al
vance of 4 per cent. above the preceding rate aud
all prices were a shade better Tho improvement.
however was short lived, as the market subsequent
ly gave way closing heavy with salc7 Of Eric at 49,.
and of Fort Wayne at SslS Michigan Southern aud
Pittsburg, which had given evidence of more than
usual support Thursday. succumbed TO the general
pressure on the market, the former being quoted .,
at S34 and the latter at 7G3s.
Rock Island closed at about Ill. It is urderstooi
that the movement for ertrn dividend on this
stoc has taken the shape of petition to tho present.
executive of the Road from majority OF the stock
holders; should however. the petition be denied the
vote themselves into power, which will equally an
swer their purpose
At the present moment public attention seems cen,
tired in Erie auditsmore than pGobsbetha the whole
market has assumed its tone FROM this stock. Its
foreign quotation improving and the fact Of its not
having been lately much below So have induced
many parties to buy ut the late decline which rur-
chases appear also warranted by the condition Of the
road and the Intrinsic value Of the stock as a dividend
q.
the break in Eric caused for the purpose depress-
ing other stocks whose speculative values have been
enhanced by clique manipulation. How far this
movement has been successful the closing quotations
this evening distinctly show It can hardly be i'm
agined that much further decline will take place
at present. Stocks have generally been kept from
the market the list of sales the various boards
proves, and with money in abundant supply at per
cent. it is an easy matter to carry stocks through
depression which absolutely gives to clique the op-
portunity of further purchases at limits below the
cost of stocks already in the pool
State bonds in limited demand. Tennessee's
sold at 9lls and Missouris at 72lI Vrgiuias varied
from 673I to 6S and North Cardinals were quoted at
S434@S5. Government bonus were very firm. Seven
Thrties were much sought after. tho various issues
averaging 1907. Five-Twenties improved x, selling
at l0i4 for the issue of 1864 and 1888 for that of 1862
Gold opened at 1Z7sI, and advanced to 1881 at one
O'Clock after which it declined to 126 at FIVE o'clock
With the largely oversold condition of the market II
is more than likely that the daily rate for borrowing
(3-l6 to a per cent)-wll be the means Of creating
demand for covering shorts, in which event it is
more than probable the premium will be temporarily
advanced The Germania takes out to-day s., 500 in
specie. There is no new feature in the money mar
ket unless it be an increasing ease. The demand is
somewhat less. per cent is tho universal rate on
call loans, and large SURPRISES remain unemployed
Discounts are well supplied, tho rate on prime"
paper being to s, while good" names pass at So to
a. Foreign exchange is nominal at l0j3z@lO7 for
prime Bankers Sterling
The total imports at New ark for tho week com
pare as follows;
Week end..Mar l. q Mar; o. Mar, ID Mar s.
GenI Mdse... 3.423.9a2 3O32.743 2626509 4,5S5,54i
Total:. $5s7S,SOs ss,8l6o74 s. SO9s7s s. 438 .9O5
The New York imports of foreign dry goods COM
pare as follows with former retuna;
Ea ass d. At Vs. 5Ga IT,! !ss5 sa i5
Thrown on market. i585,96S 1,i0575o 5,$76,755
Since Jan.1, 1864 1855. 1868.
Entered at the port $27 1861 IN15G732 45,$ss9a1
Thrown on market. 27,24S.93O l2.l99.337 4l,sl041
The following are the aggregates of tho Boston
banks as compared with the previous report:
Na5 sso &; gitssS5 Is
1l3l3 60n,9g2
Legal tender notes 299l$.52 2Qf700l3
Circulation (nationaj m ........ 25ni9SS7 2L01a,ol6
Circuiation (State).............." sVIo1O slO,'ip
r. OF the recent bank suspensions in that vicinity the
Revenue here removed his deposits from the Petro-
ieum Bank on the 18th instant, but on the Same day
PIhichaSH SEQ dTait for go 600 Culver Penn Co.
meeting OF the directors of the First National Rink
a sd eTFsnns sosb dispatch was Eeeeyd from q c. Du
Quence thereof the bank win be comneuodp couSe
pend payment for short time. The banT has O SaS
assured viii be done speedily as possible "' i'e
The Pittsburg Commercial gives the following ro-
ceiptS of oil by rail and river from the LIST January:
g Esss3 s far sss9 5 81; 81.
Receipts to March 24.1o5.eoI 58S 1853 sos
Same time lS65............... 1920 A,35S 52123
Increase in ls66..........., 1851 33.354 HISS
The increase is large by river and rail. exceeding
transactions were liberal, particularly during
the past three days. The current rates for crude
having consd to do with regulating the prices
the weeks sales reach 80 $50 barrels at the figures
have NAMED, without packages. The cost Of the
oil. The amount OF oil destroyed by the fire did not
exceed 1900 barrels In the first report it was vari
BALTIMORE MARKETS. March 81.
CoFFEE-We have reported to-day sales of 5000
arrive, on private terms. We quote as before -
Rio at 171a@18 gold for commons 1920 gold for
fair to good; 20l@2l cts gold for prime and choice
Laguayra at 2l1a923 cts gold. and Java at2S@2S12
cts gold. The stock of Coffee here is quite light, but
there are two or three eargoes expected daily.
fLOUR.-There is some inquiry for choice retail
ing Super. but for Flour generally the mark isvery
quiet Within the last few days there has been some
movement in Fine Flour. sales of several hundred
bbs being made at from 81 to $50 g bb the purcha
ses being chiefly for the 'outh. Prices ars without
cnange, and We stu quote as follows. viz Howard
$l25o for Family; Western at S775@s50 for Super;
$s:35@s:59 Tor Extra; $ll@l2 for Family; and City
Extra and Sll50 Dbl for high grade Do suitable for
the Rio market Baltimore Family is selling at
brands and high grade Extra Of the same brands at
Sl%l5 bbl' Rye Flour may DO quoted at sa25a4,5Q