New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-11-20
lroIruM ANp MINING sTocKs.-ELRsr BOARD.
TUESDAY, Nov. io-r. NJ.


Gold closes Mt 1885,. Gold for delivery is plenty,
and 5a per cent Is paid for carrying The clearngs
of the Gold Exchange Bank were sjS,GOl,OOO, and
the balances sl.77o1SE
Government stocks are steady with moderate
business State stocks were firm. The share mar
ket opened steady. and was well supported UP to
noon when the alarm of tight money was sounded,
and magniicd US it spread. AS usual weak operators
throw over their stocks. and upon NEARLY the whole
list lower prices werei made. At the Second Board
quotations were lower. but there no large offer
ings of stock and opportunity was given TO cover
shorts as was hoped by the bears. Tennessee Is
sold down to 62l aIfal ,of II per cent. All United
States stocks were fully sustained. Pacific
Mail fell q. Railway shares are in many
cases higher than at the morning board
Late in the day prices were fiat At o'clock the fol-
lowing quotations current Tennessee ex-coupon
Gs CGg aGG. Tennessee Gs, new, G2sdG2s Missouri Gs
9JG95s; Canton, 45sGH. Cumberland, 25l929; West
ern Union. 3OIa3l: Quicksilver l6lGl9; Mar
iposa 7.a0: Marposa Preferred, HOS; Pacific
Mail lS3iG1Sl; Atlantic Mail, ll7.dllS; Boston
Water Power. 17!Gl7l New-York Central. 112!6
ll3,; Erie HAM; Erie Preferred, 19d79s; Hud-
son, l25l9ls7; Boston II. and Erie. 149l5 Read
ing, 95lG95l Michigan Central. l09i6llOl; Michi-
gan Southern, 79!279l; Illinois Central 1SO91Si;
Cleveland and Pittsburgh, s2aS9.; Northwest
em, 53.G54l; Northwestern Preferred. 63sG6St;
Cleveland and Toledo. 102aal0S; Rock Island
Q4,aq5; Fort Wayne, 97a97!; st. Paul, $1,000; st.
Paul Preferred. 6lt96ii
Money has been active on call at per cent. and
higher rates have been paid in the form of commits
sons The demand for capital for the interior Is not
sufficient to account for the sudden stringency and
it is evident that arifcialmeans have been employed
TO affect the money market with view OF break
ing down the price of stocks, by forcing sales. In
commercial paper no change. Best names pass at
7G9 and second rate at 10al2 per cent.
Foreign Exchange is higher, and quoted as follows:
London, 60 days, 1O9l0l09l; do. sight lO9IG1lO
Paris, long, 51Gl; do. short. 5.I3,; Antwerp 5000
517l; Swiss 52O9517l; Hamburg, SsGSG Amster-
dam, 4OIan; Frankfort. 4O4a40l; Bremen, 7S.O'e!;
Berlin, 7l9 az.
The Treasury is understood to be seller OF gold
and goldbearing bonds, l0-iOs and sos Inc acuv-
ty in money throughout the country stimulates pub
lie curiosity rs to the action of Congress- the con-
tents of tho Secrearys annual report, and tho fres
dents Message. People have become restlve uhder
the activity in money! and great efforts Wiz DC iauo
10 suspend the contraction OF greenbaeks uhti inc
1904 nre funded and reconstruction IN the South
further adyanced. A strong movement VIII also DO
made 10 enlarge the circulation of the National BANKS
which cannot DO done without snspending tho de-
crease OF tho legal tenders by which National banK
notes are redeemed The popular feeling H. espe-
cially in tho West now against contraction ana the
Secretary of the Treasury, after placing himself rlght
on the record. will not contract 10 degree which
will cause Congress to reduce his discretionary
powers. .
Tho following was tho closing bq3basss7t tRseia