Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1866-04-10
BY TELEGRAPH,
Furnished by Leonard j. Tormey d Co.. Stock ard Bi'
tf,,5kers. No. % South Street.
April 9 1865
MONDAY. April ., P. NJ.

MONDAY, April ., P. NJ.
Gold sold at the first Board to-day at a@12614
cash, and 1254 seller 49, these figures being decline
of to IL 2 cent. on Saturdays rate, but at the
second Board it again declined. selling at 1851 cash
and 1851 @125 for time contracts and closed regular
way at l252< bid 1855 asked The market for it
was quite active the transactions footing up nearly
$8O.0On.
In Governments there was but little done, but the
market for them strong. The sales comprised
two or three parcels of Seven Thrtes at 1901 s9100
and small lot of Skies of 1881 at l0i$l. There was
no Five Twenties offered, and quotations were
made for them. Seven Thirties closed strong at 10
bid for first, and 1905 bid for second series.
In State bonds the transactions embraced lot Of
$500 Maryland 1870 6s at 100 and $4,000 Virginia
inscribed SIS ~ North Cardinals were offered at
s4 but no bid made for them. and for Georgia 5
100 was bid. In Baltimore city SIS there some
movement, several parcels selling at 9913 for 1855,
and 991 5@99A for 1905.
Nothing was done in Railroad shares, but in bonds
there were some Transactions two or three lots of
Baltimore and Ohio selling at "a for 1885, and 9lI4
for 1885 Northern Central 1855 closed at S34 bid,
81 asked, and Marietta and Cincinnati bonds at 50
bid Shares were firm, Sis being bid and Sl1i asked
for Baltimore and Ohio; Northern Central closing at
$4434 bid IS asked and City Passenger at S1SI bid,
$1SM asked.
L
Bare Hill Mining sold at 81, Baltimore Chrome at
95 cts 9$1 advance of to 10 cts Gardner Il at
50 cts and Pennsylvania Oil at IS cts. Springfield
Mining sold at Is cts, Canton Co. showed very
marked advance, closing at $503I bid. So asked
There was. however, nothing done in it.
Money is active but in good supply, and call loans
are easily made at 6 per cent. tlrSt-cass CONNER
cal passes at per cent, and we quote Second grade
at lO@l2 per cent land difficult to negotiate even a,
these figures.
The New York stock market was conspicuous this
morning for its extreme strength. apparently the re-
suit of large purchases to cover short contracts.
Pittsburg was in unusual demand and sold at So.
Other stocks were proportionately advanced from
Saturday evening d quotations. The most prominent
feature of the market was Canton, which opened at
sou, an advance of % per cent. Erie was freely
bought at 1874 but this proved its highest limit the
inquiry for the stock decreasing very rapidly, and
large amounts being offered it declined at Ii o'clock
to 1871 Pittsburg at the time fell to S2l{.
Northwestern common and preferred were also lower,
while the rest of the market was well sustained.
At one O'Clock stocks were less sought for. The
bears" manifesting less anxiety with regard to
their short contracts ceased to be buyers and the
'buls" urging their stocks on the market had de-
pressing influence on prices. Pittsburg declined to
Sl34 and Rock Island, which had previously sold at
ll71A was quoted weak at 1867. The depression Of
the market continued undated throughout the sue
ceeding Boards, and at O'Clock Erie was offered at
49, and Michigan Southern at 603S, the balance of
the list being weak. The latest reports from Wall
street quote an improve in prices, however. Erie
advancing to 1915 Reading selling at l02 and North
western preferred at 5413. Rock Island and Michi-
gan Southern formed an exception to the advance.
the former being quoted at 1851, and the latter tS04
1t is abundantly evident, from the of the
market to-day that the late clique operations have
infused degree ofrestraint in conducting any specu-
lation for decline. by selling stocks short for cash.
and borrowing for delivery day after day. and while
this disposition continues the market will have to de-
pend entirely upon its on merits for its being main
tanned, as the demand for purchases against shorts
will be materially decreased; and the bulls can i'll
ali ord to be sadded with securities when realizatons
will aim ost necessitde decline. 1t is TO the fear of
such contingency that the decline is undoubtedly
partially attributable to-day. The bank state
ment present unfavorable aspect; the leading
feature of which is the increase of five millions in
loans The specie line has suffered further con-
traction of half million and the legal tenders have
decreased three quarters o. million while the de-
posts and circulation have each increased nearly
half million.
State bonds were dali at slight decline from
Saturdays prices. Tennessees were sparngly dealt
in at 90l4, Missour's quoted at 72I4. North
Cardinals sold in small quantities at a. and Vir-
ginia's changed hands at 6712. Governments were
firm. Five-Twenties remaining at 104. Ten-Fortes
sold at 9ls. and Seven Thrties were in demand at
Gold opened at 1878, arr declined to 1853 at 80
P. NJ. after which it rallied, and at the close was
quoted at 1854 Sales still noticed on options its
scarcity continues and the rate for use is X per
The money market is wi bout change, call loans
are easily effected at per cent
The following figures show the imports of foreign
dry goods at New York for the month of March:
ENTERED FOR CONSUMPTION.
e, 1851 40 80 d 1867; 1866;
WITHDRAWN FROM WAREHOUSE.
1864. 1865. 1866.
Withdra'n.fr ware o,o 400 a., -, oo- -,
house 49, 99 S242t0G S36t$ ISL
Thrown on market. s4917 $685. 542 s14 igl 6ls
ENTERED FOR wAREHousING.
1864 1865. 1866
Ent for warehousng. 26i37Os 81 2l4s97 SIS 284s4C
Emf for consumption. 1002l4lS 3,s38535 lO5iSlSc
Entered at the port. 187 s. 500 81, s8 "a
The shipments of specie from the port of New York
last week and during the year to date compare as
follows with the exports during the same period in
1864 AID 1865:
E2ssssne yss1 sss
From Jan to dates9.576,3l2 s5,O09,7lO $575i,795
The following are tie receipts from customs at the
four principal ports OF Ihe United States from the
Boston 04, lSS
Philadelphia. lfS,30I
Baltimore. %, itH
Total. s., O3O, 52g
The disbursements of the Treasury Department for
the War and Navy Departments for the quarter end
ing March 3lst were:
January ,25l, 1856 $3,5ll,65
FEBRUARY. l94UI ,323 3'g9a'00V.
March. S6t69ll 4,o55,Uil
Total .. $40 26c. BIZ SI1. 1872 FOG
Showing marked and regular decrease in the ex-
penses OF the army, while the navy expenses have
averaged about the same for each.month. The ST.
100000 increase in March was occasioned by large
remittances abroad for the of vessels on foreign
stations
The Chicago, papers announce the failure of B. H.
Badger stock broker OF that city, with liabilities
estimated at about $4,000. The defauItng party
has been arrested a criminal charge at the in
stance of the cashier of the Merchants National
Bank.
The following are the aggregates of the BOSTON
banks compared with the previous report:
March 26 Anr;I 9
Capital. I'll 100000 sal ano o0
81 93l 236 979
CDecle. Olo,l5O 53l 51G
Legal tender notes............. Z09l35H 2076l or,
Circulation (national ..,,...... 230i9Ss7 2S0s7 60
Circulation (State)............... 90l620 500 30
The last quarterly statements of the Nationo1
Banks of Chicago show the following aggregate:
Loans ana 473 l9
Legal Tenders on IA
Government deposits S2S IA
Individual deposits 525 49
Fpeele.." 4S,04