New-York tribune., 1867-05-24
PETROLEUM AND MINING STOCKS.
FIRST BOARD.
SAILS,
Mining Stocks
THURSDAY. MAY 25-P. "

IHUHsDAHi May 23-P N.
Gold opened at 1881. sold at 1884, and closed at
1884. The clearings at the Gold Exchange Bank
were s7G,Cs5,O ,Oo0 Gold balance, $l2ll9s2 81; Cur
rency balance, 1,7ll,1H 45.
Government stocks are strong and IN demand The
1905 are largely dealt in at private sale and at 1861
for lst and 1Oji for I'd series be placed in large
amounts. Border State stocks steady. In Rail
road mortgages the sales moderate. The miscel-
laneOus list is lower. Citizens Gas Light Company
sold at 100 and is in request at the price The railway
share list shows improvement eitIer in price or in
the volume of business Hudson River is ut 10a 1929.
Erie broke to 500 and closed at 60s. The Western
shares all lower, and large amounts could be
placed at the prices. After the cell prices fever
ish and the sales moderate AT the close the market
was dull and closed heavy at quotations. The follow
ing the closing prices: n. ]. Central, o73097s;
Ene, 59s a59s Reading 1O3s 1884 Michigan South
ern G7a671; Cleveland and Pittsburgh, 73Q79!;
Rock Island, s7s'Gs7I Northwestern, 9Sla8Gl; do
Preferred, 5s.G59f; Fort Wayne, 95.096
Money is in good suppy at per cent ON good
eollateras with balance left at less rates. CONNER
cial paper is not in demand unless of undoubted
character Best names pass at GtG7i, and s910 for
second grade.
The quotations for Exchange are as follows: Lon
don, 60 days. 1O9I; sight, no.; Paris lorg, 512EG
511i, short 51O050sa; Antwerp, 5.13sG5l2l; Swiss,
513905l2l; Hamburg, S61aS6si Amsterdam, All;
Frankfort 4li641t; Bremen. sO Berlin. 72sG72i
In freights, the engagements to Liverpool, per
steamer are 300o0 BUSH Corn at 2lGSd., and 200
bales Cotton at ID. To London, per steamer, 1000
bush Barley on private terms; S24 boxes Cheese at
4Os., and 200 bales Furs at 40s. To Bremen, 1900
bbls Rosn at Is. 3D. and 200 bales Cotton at l9sc,
and, per steamer, 200 bales Cotton at &c. To Ant
werp, 200 bbls. Rosin on private terms vessel
with 500 bbs, Petroleum to Bremen, at ss.; one re-
ported to Hamburg with Petroleum, on private
terms and bark of 500 tuns, from ST. Johns, N. b.,
to the Bristol Channel, with Deals at 62s 3d.
Stockholders in the Chicago and Northwestern
Road are seeking through the courts to enforce their
right to examine its books This Company has made
no report of its affairs for nearly two years and
needs thorough ventilation Its shares the foot
ball of gamblers, aud their worth, an Investment
is as indefinite as the value of lottery ticket Like
lottery, it yields the managers in some form, more
profit than TO its owner
The Cincinnati Gazette Of Tuesday says:
Business IN q general way, remains in all respects
nearly as Ii was week ago The dry goods shoe, hat,
and clothing merchants have ad what IN these Gays is
DO called very slack considering how meager trade mas
1 Deen hitherto had
| The Chicago Tribune Of Tuesday remarks:
In financial circles business quet, and In some
quarters there hesitation IN calling ~ very du
The demand for money is only moderate anu lhe Dks
show no hesitation IN accepting all the offerings or lne
rght knd OF payer. SIGNATURES are elnSs" 'S 1e'1