New-York tribune., 1867-05-17
PETROLEUM AND MINING STOCKS.
FIRST BOAID.
THURSDAY, May lG-P. NJ


Gold opened at 49, sold up to 1875, and closed at
131I The market is firm, and without apparent
cause.
The trouble is that the Government doesn't seem
TO have go. Overis fright of last year. aud instead OF
giving the Bulls five or six millions at once drbbcs
out its gold in such homeopathic doses that the Gold
Room takes them without difficulty. All the gold in
the city is owned by a clique Of speeuatOrs; if the
Secretary were wise, he wOnld take advantage OF
their operations to secure for his gold much higher
price than lac expected a month ago. and much
higher than it will be likely to command month
hence The Eagle for Havana took ont s27@D. The
clearings of the Gold Exchange Bank were
So, $4,000, and the balances, $l,T9OOO
Government stocks continue firm and in good de-
mand Missouri 6s are firm at %. Tennessee Gs drag
under a steady supply at about G23 Railway mort
cages are in only moderate demand. Express stocks
are stronger. Railway shares are sluggish. and the
dealings are small. Hudson River sold at lOls. Pa
cifc Mail at 1881, Michigan Southern at ca, and
nothing reported in Erie at the regular board. At
the Second Board the market was generally lower.
Hudson River was exception, and closed at l02.
Atlantic Mail is 1O0lOI, under the manpulations of
a clique The market later i'll the day was soft and
no large sales could have been made at anything near
quotations The following are the closing prices ::
New-Yorll Central 97!997, Erie, 63.062'; Reading,
1O3I a1O3.; Michigan Southern 61!0G's; Cleveland
and Pittsburgh, T2072s; Rock Island. SSsaS. /;
Northwestern, 34sQ34! do. Preferred 59' G59s !;
Fort Wayne. 9GG06!.
The following are the quotations Of Bank shares;
New-Yorb, 10; ; Manhattan, 1872; Mechanics, III;
Union, III: America lGS Phenix, l0C; Fulton, 153;
National, 100 Merchants Exchange, lOS; Seventh
Ward National 40; State of New-lolk, 100; Com
merce. 11s; Mechanics Association, lOSs; Ocean,
l02 American Exchange, 113; Republic, ll5 ; liano-
yer 115 Irving 104; Metropolitan lsG; Market ll1;
Nassau. lO9; Shoe and Leather 10. Corn Exchange,
100; Continental, 103; Commonwealth, lo'i; I'M
porters' and Traders 1lO; Park lH; Central Ma
tions 10; Fourth National, lO5.; Ninth National
l13; Oriental Bank 100.
Money is in more demand and lenders want better
rates good deal was taken at per cent by houses
over snpplied at yesterday. In many cases was
maid and at the close the demand was brisk. Com
mercial paper is unchanged in price, and is not IN
high favor with lenders. Dry Goods paper Is quite
unsettled and none but iTe-prOof names are wanted
Exchange is higher quite Irregular. We quote;
London. GO DAYS, 1O9s11 no. sight 1lOs0llO.; Paris,
long 512la5l13; short, 510d5.0S.; Antwerp, 5lds a.
51S.; Swiss. ZIG. 055S.; Hamburg, 3S.@S.; Amster-
dam. al 0Ai; Frankfort, 4lsdn.; Brcmen 79.O'9.;
Berlin, 72l079a
In freghts to Liverpool, per steamer, 1,OOc boxes
Cheese AT 27s Cd and 200 pkgs. Butter at 27s. by
sail 200 bbs Pork at Is Cd TO London, 800 bbls.
Rosin at 2s To Glasgow by steamer, OO pkgs'
Lard on private terms. To Bremen, OO tcs' Ceuar-
wood at 15s. An Italian bark with 5000 BUSH Corn
at As. To Londonderry bark TO adirect Continen-
tai pOTt. With Petroleum, zsj any IoW 'esse1 WIN