New-York tribune., 1867-05-03
OPEN BOARD OF BRoKERs-3i p. NJ.
PETROLEUM AND MINING STOCKS.
FIRST BOALD.
TnuRspAY. NAY 2-P. N.

Gold is steady opening at 155!, selling as high as
i35s, and closing at 1885, The steamer Bremen took
out $1,000 in specie
Government stocks are in steady demand from in
vestoTs, and prices are fairly sustained. Border
State stocks are firm. Tennessee 6s new ISSUE rose
to c., and tie old to GS. Railroad mortgages are
steady and offered in small amounts. The miscella-
neous shares are steady but the extreme prices of
yesterday were not sustained. Western Union sold
at 40s and Boston Water Power at S2lQS2s. The
latter Company Is expected to make its dividend
after the annual sale of its lands, Of which it has
now l.COO,OO0 feet ready The railway share market
was dull at last nights decline at the opening. and
was depressed during the morning. Later in the
day there was a renewed demand for Erie which at
the Second Board sold at 64l. The market is fever
lsh and buyers are ready to realize upon small profits.
There is less disposition to sell for future delivery,
and the general opinion Of the street favOTs ad-
vance. After regular hours prices were lower. The
latest quotations were as follows NewYork Central
pSs09Sl Erie, 63sQ63i; Reading, 1O3salO4; Michi-
gan Southern. es.0GS. Cleveland and Pittsburgh
gIs072; Rock Island, Sssf0s9 North Western ESQ
g5l; Northwestern Preferred, 6li962; Fort Wayne,
%. a969.
Money is in good supply at sac per cent to or
dinary borrowers. Commercial paper is quoted at
6l7i per cent for best and sG10 for second grade.
The May statement of the public debt. as fore
shadowed from Washin gton is regarded as settling
the policy Of MR AcCulOch in regard to contraction
OF plain legal tenders. 1t is also given out IN we'll
Informed quarters that they viii DO kept for the
present untouched
Exchange is Quoted as follows London, 60 days,
iO0a1O9. do at short sight ll0f; Paris long sight,
51S.; do. short sight, 511sj Antwerp 517l05163 ;
Swiss. 515i1516i; Hamburg, 36a'GSol; Amster-
dam, 4O}941l Frankfort. 41304ll; Bremen 79t079a; !;
Berlin, T23G72i.
The business of the sub-Treasury was Receipts
for Customs $9S9OO total Payments $1l ,4S2567 81
Receipts for Gold Notes $4,000; Balance, sllOSOS,
O75 S. total Receipts. s7,162,SG6 81.
Tie funded debt Of the State Of Connecticut is
represented in the message Of Gov. English at
e9S2S 400 Deducting the Sinking Fund and the
amount Of bank stock owned by the State the total
liabilities of the Commonwealth $7,G61, ,4T. A
portion OF the war CLAIMS upon the General Govern
ment has been paid The Governor commends .
modification OF the usury laws to the Legislature.
The business at the Gold Exchange Bank to-day
was: Gold cleared Ss2 sS Oc0 gold balances, $95G,.
100; currency balances, $5,7ll,59O.
At the annual meeting Of the Boston Water Power
Company, on Tuesday, at Boston.it was stated that
the receipts includng balance Of S7O,2GS 50 from
the old account. had amounted to S719,9J9 o. Tho
expenditure we're slJO2l3 IL, leaving q balance Uf
- 70 ~ The President. or behalf Of the Directors.
stated tia tdn luR the last year ji5 feet Of land had
Iee ha l9r -, 2J Tie Company owns ,59OzI2 feet Of
EAae ll p bOgt l8tO1AD0 feet Of 1lats also TN Mil
Hemp Company. During the past year dividend OF IS
Der share has been paid. mahing ~ per since the
completed hBd tho entire territory Of the Company now
V'fisely drained There more building " progress Oh