New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-10-22
PETROLEUM AND MINING sTocKs.-FIRsT BOARD


Gold closes at 49,. after selling at lHa14G! The
cearings at the Gold Exchange Bank were $i5G4,O0O,
and the balance s9495sl.
Government stocks are all higher and firm. In
State stocks and railway mortgages little doing.
The Stock market generally is higher and IN some
shares large advance was shown. The Express
stOcks were all higher the old companies especially,
under reports of combination of interests between
the Adams American, and United States against
the Merchants Union. New-York Central closed at
I9i after selling at 100. and 1l2. Erie sold rs high
"a 72, Northwestern Common at AZ, and the Pre-
ferred at 671. The market was bid up sharply, for
the double purpose of twisting the bears and IN
spring new buyers for an advance The operators
of the street are wholly controlled by "profes-
sionals" and the public stands aOof, without con-
fdence enough to buy. The market closed dull and
lower on all the active stocks w-lork Central liz
Sll2i: Erie 72sG72i; Reading 99.; Michigan South
ern, sOsGS1; Rock Island, 91l@91.; North Western
Common 47ia47. North Western Preferred 81 06's;
Fort Wayne 99G99..
Money is quoted irTegularly Stock houses make
up their accounts at per readily but nothing
Is reported under Z upon any conaterals CONNER
ea paper is hard to sell and unless of short date and
prime quality finds little favor Best names pass at
B01O upon the street, with exceptions at per cent
The Bank Statement, in the item of legal-tenders,
In now lower than it has been since December 80,
1885, when the banks commenced TO include every
obligation of the Treasury which could be called e-
gal-tenders They were able to show, on Dec. 30,
1856, gain ever the previous week Of $l7243,416
giving them an aggregate of legal-tender Of $nlS4
DOG The sources from whence the banks could draw
iegal-tenders at that date aud the present time
ss follows: -,
Temporarv Loans -. tse523IO7 ........
one and Two Year Notes. 32,596,sOl -:
Compound Notes. .......... 161'Ol2ln tIs,sSsSso
United States Notes. S9Sssllst S6i,le4~
Total ,sSss4a tAO,OO4.44
decrease of $246 6s9l9 At this time there were in
circulation $50 900 of 73O notes selling, Dec. at
about per cent discount, and $50 0OO 900 of one year
certificates az discount Of 4per cent Both OF these
issues have during the two years been held largely
by banks. and were valued commanding at matu-
rity iegal-tender or The certificates have
isapoeared and of the 790 notes calling for legal
tender t464OO00 900 have been funded or paid, and
the balance will take the same direction in nine
months leaving nothing for reserve but the remain
S.r of the 1861 100000 of legaltender notes, and
nothing In the way of resuming specie payments by
Che Treasury. In the absence OF any tlnkerlDg OF
ths hank act or Of the loan acts legatenders will
sooa he reduced 10 point where the banks viii be
forced to contract. and the Treasury be ready to
resume specie payments in July, 1865 .s., -
Exchange 10 quoted: London, 90 days lceiS
fos,: do. sight, l090lO9i; Paris, long, o2oS5lSs;
40 abort. 6l7l0516s; Antwerp 6Sl4S5lS.;
Swiss. 6.2l!95ls.; Hamburg. s5IS%; Amsterdam
1oE10A; Frankfort, 4Oi04Os; Bremen 'SsS7Si +;
Berlin. 711a72
Tho business Of the Sub-Treasury was ke-
csipts for Customs, $4,000 Receipts for Gold Notes
$4,000; Total Receipts tS,S54,4Ss 81. Total ray
,oeots. $3.50. 7S3 o.; Balance. tll25SO,S50 a.
Preiohts-To Liverpool. 10000 bush Wheat az
,o,d 800 1aIea Compressed Cotton at 7Sd, 20 bids
,,eaacco 81 IN. and ner steamer 1900 hush. Wheat