New-York tribune., 1867-01-05
Jan. i-P. "

The Gold market has been strong, opening at lSl'
sailing at 1881 and lSli and closing at l55s.
Government Bonds were firm with small tranSac-
tions The 5-2Os of 1862 sold at 10S5; 7s We're all
strong at quotations. Railway and State Bonds were
steady at quotations The miscellaneous shares were
duIl and steady. Cumberland Coal was strong, and
gO was bid for it after the call Adams Express adj
yanced per cent Pacific Mail soldat1d3. ManpoSa
preferrcd was in demand and sold at &s. The kall-
way share list opened strong. NeW-lork Centra SOFA
al lie.: Michigan Southern, So; Northwest
en- 4G,: but at the first call O1 the
Regular Board Stocks pressed for sale ana de
cline of ia. per cent was made on the enure llSV'
After the call money was reported to be very active
and al shares were freely offered for cash at CON
session from the Board prices. At the Second Board
the market was heavy and dull, and but little dis
position to purchase was manifest After the call the
market continued dull and heavy. The closing prices
were: Canton 49G49l; Cumberland, 9OiG4; Mari
pOsa Preferred 3.aS2; New-York Central, 1119G1lls
Erie, G7aG7l; Reading, 1O501Oj.; Michigan Southern
Ssl9S2. Northwestern, 451a45s; Northwestern
Preferred s2lGS2. Rock Island, 104GlO4.; Fort
: Wayne, 105a1O54.
Money has been in sharp demand at per cent,
which has been the lowest price of the day. Seven
per cent in gold has been freely paid, and pei
cent commission was bid for the use OF funds at the
needed, and quite a number of accounts were moi
made up at the close of bank houTs, and brokers
made forced loans with the banks to carry then
through. The discount demand continues small, but
there is rather more disposition to buy choice com
mercial bills; and il this disposition continues there
will probably he some scarcity of paper when the
banks commence discouuting more freely. The cur
rent rate for first-cass short date paper is 7as.
Foreign exchange is dull but finn. Bills at 60 days
on London are quoted at los! S!G1O9 for commercial
iOaiQiO9s for bankers; do at short sight 110sG1l0t
Paris. nj 60 days, 517ta515; do, at short sight
515G5I2! Antwerp, 517ia516.; Swiss, 5.l7la516s
Hamburg 3Gsa36s; Amsterdam, 4lta4ll; Frankfort
41.a4s Bremen, 7sl la7a Prussian thaleTs -. d72l
The business of the SubTreasury was: Receipts
$i5e9.7li 4l-for Customs $4,000; Payments, sSG6,
9S9 IS; Balance $lOO49l55l 23-Gold Notes, $4,000
The shipments of coal by the Pennsylvania Goa
Company are reported as foil, W:
Week ending December 81 1856. .... IA, ,498 tuns.
Previously in 1866. SS7 tuns.
Total. al.............................5s .5s5 385 tuns.
10 same date in .577, All tuns.
Decrease. ease................s....... 42,Os5 tuns.
The Erie Railroad Company has declared an annual
dividend Of per cent upon the preferred stock pay
able January u.
The earnings of the Michigan Southern Railroad foi
the fourth week in December were:
1866 s1O77n 80 slO 9Gi 80 Decrease :577G 81
For tile month:
1866 stl3o2o GS Soi76iO 50 Decrease s82CsO o.
The Messenger traffic shows a decrease of $2S,OOC
for the month.
Neil. Brothers & Co., in their Cotton Circular of
Dec ST. give the following statement of the receipts
exports and stock OF cotton at all the ports for the
week ending the 21st inst compared with those Of
last year. and those of the late crop years 1875 the
total OF which crop amounted to 3,114,OOO bales.