The New York herald., 1867-04-30


the majority OF transactions being at theaswer
stock houses in good credit Commercial paper l. In
modera.esuppiy, butealy the best gssdeis favor
the bsni,s, and tins passes At eH TX pr cent The
Western money markets are modersAelys ssy, and the
usual R.es current At the banks The abundance OF
money this centre stimulate speculation only
IN small degree, antahe bulls the Sock Exchange
feel bus little coaAdsnce in steady riss OF prices
Shocks however, cheap, and II rslxsys were we'll
managed they would range permanently at higher
psces bet their nanssment and The character Their
nanagsW impsirs osaacsacs among outside buyers
1he yre1 earnings Of seventeen OF the principal rail-
rod companies Of shs country in the month OF March
s.aesntsd s. Tss12a against S. zSse6 in the cor
rsspopdisG month last year. showing an increase or
$z7, ,<z2. The number Of miles Of road operated by
these companies 1,10l, against 7270 at the same
time last year ss operating sixy-six mites lessh
and the Eross earuisEs per mile averaged $500,
agaiea Ssf2 last year, showing average in
crease per mile q $40. Tho largest increase
IN Erie, namely, $40, and the largest decrease
In Chicago and Aton-narnsly, $1sa rhs Chicago and
Northwestern gained eas per mile, and ,tte Michigan
Central canal amount whc the Illinois Central lost
312l anA tAe Ohio anA h;ssppi Sl3s Fsror the nrst
hrse msnhs Of tho ysarane gross saningscf the same
roads S1s against $l6 z6s1or the cor
respon6ilg 0narter last ys the average per mile being
- assinsA ~ 2s2 s year. showing decrease or
six dollars perzn mile. II, f 48@~ II
rather gloomy fssing prevails a~ens. mercantile
men, and Ae prospect is&ssainst any sut.a very light
ssvsnue from TIE income this year Many OF our
leading msschants sad Wholesale and retail dry goods
dAaisrs who retained large incomes last yesr are this
yea- returning atso incoen merely nemiasl profits
and the personal property in this and other States
wi yield ach smailer amount than II did in 1855
or MB In this CITY, and IL Wall street particularly,
the chrinkage wii,be very conspicuous Eooromy is
rapidly becoming The order Of sae day among priEate in
divdSals, and tho City Pathep" will sooa .ba COM
PEELED to scononiza likewise
At tie bn O'Clock session Of the open board Midway
shares awte firm New York Csrral sold at 0s,<: Erie
5sx aso Reading. lesx . y: fHudson, ~; Michigan
soatheus osf . v; Cleveland and Pitssburg, NIX;
Rock isl4d s9 Cleveland and Toledo, I1sk: North.
western, tX IS; do. preferred COZ x: Atlantic
Mall, % aA Western Unlsn Telegraph. 3ox a40.
At thsftt regular board tho market was strong and
unoderasslhctiva NswYork Genital closed 4 higher
than At - same time yesterday, Erie X, Hudson |
Az, ResdiS Y, Michigan Southern y, Cleveland and |
PitisburT 4 Cleveland sad Toledo u, Rock Island
X, Northwttern ~, DO. preferred X, Fort Wayne |
XsUho audississlpp certificates e Canton u, West
ern Union tegraph " Milwaukee and st. Paul pre- /
fevs4 was A1owsr, Pacific Mail v. Government secu-
rifles were song Coupon sizes Of 1851 showed an ad
vAnseof z,te-twsntsss Of lle62 ", issus Of 1895 H.
~ sissue K,lsn-forties V.
~ tbs one okock open board the market was nrm /
Ncv York CsAral sold at eek; Erie, sOk; Reading,
1oE X; htnigan Southern, esk; Cleveland and
Pitssurg. 7lx AZ; Toledo Wabash and Western, 80:
nlAsis Central, ~; Rock Island ss1 X; Northwest.
eru ssk Y; do preferred cox Y; Fort Wayne,
- s; Western pnton Telegraph, 90 Pacific Mail, I2s;
Quicksilver. 20K ~.
the half pas4two regular board the market was
iovr bat sfsady v the decline. New yoSx Central
clopd lower thai at the first regular board, Erie u,
Rening y, Aichign southern 4, Illinois Central Y, |
Ciaeland and Toeds X, Rock Island T. Northwestern
MO prsssvsd y, Fort Wayne u, Milwaukee and 81
Pal preferred x, Padne Mail ~ Hudson was X higher
Atntic Mail x Gevernment securities uere dull but
siNy IN tone. Coupon Avstwsnsies Of 1852 dsclned
hsxes OF 1854 advanced 4. Missouri axes we're X
hher State stockswers steady.
n the haif-past three opsn board the market was
nvy. New York Central sold at 9s; Erie. soK 90;
Jading. loa Michigaa Southern, e7k; Cleveland and
tssburE TX; Rock Island, ssx; Northwestern, s4K
X; DO preferred. soK. Subsequently the market =
scane stronger, and closed steady quarter six
y subjonsd prtces:-Eew York Central, e7,x . 9s;
'ss, COX Q y; Reading losa u. Michigan Southern,
- I; Cleveland and Pittsburg 7lk III Rock v
land ssx y; Fort Wayne, p3Z; Northwestern, 36 q
90 preferred, COX "; Western Union Telegraph,
HaX. Government securities were quoted thus at
Q close sf busness:-Registcred. 1881, losx a1lo;
upon, 1881, 1ooX 11ox; nve-tweniv, registered, 81
62 loek 1oo; nve-twenty coupon, 1894, 1os5s a g
?; DO lsos. 1oe,s ~ ten-forty coupons, osx 90;
gust sevsn-thirty, 1ooxak
The foreign exchange market was steady u decline =
kak. Bankers bills on England at sirty days
rs quoted ~ the close at losx NJ a three days,
"a; commercial bills, losk francs si sixty days. a
bio; at three days. g. 10 5124 bills Berlin,
( TAX; on Bremen, 7s,f a7s,l; on Frankfort, Al 8
Il; on Amsterdam, AoK Az; on Hamburg, 80 a :,
II; on Antwerp. 622K 61sk a
'onsols and American securities we're quoted thus
ndon on the dates mentioned below N
April IL Aprl 26 Aprl 20. =
nsom 81 o1 0lk | n
tied states 6-20s...... rs 90 1K 81
9 .................... 8sk sex uk fe
nois OenHsi.... 15X 72k 7eh ~
lining shares nrm and Aameda silver sold up 70 n
10 AZ ths asss board AlamsdA silver sold ~ - 10;
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