The Portland daily press., 1869-07-02
@ O M M Il R CIAL.

Receipts by Railroads and Steamboats,.
GRAND TRUNK RAILwAy-750 bbls -four. 10 cars
corn, 290 cans milk, cars potatoes 40 40 lumber,
bb ship nssse DO cd Do
ore do beadsteads, 81 pkgs sundries for shipment
East, 500 bbls. four, car bran.
| MAINE CENTRAL RAILROADS. bdls shoyes. 10
do handles, AZ cases carpets, car cattle, wheel
rakes, Is doz drag do bdls chair stock, Is pkgs
scythes. car potatoes bbls. beans, 80 bags WOOL
PORTLAND, .SAco g. PORTSMOUTH RA1LRoAp-
cars hides, do cattle, do marble, do oak lum-
Der do ale, do iron, 10 bales waste lot furniture
20 bbs., boxes and pkgs.
PORTLAND q KENNEBEC RAILROADS. cars of
bricks, bbls beans box eggs "a oil bbls II calves
Z bbis tallow, bdls skins, cases wooens crates
" doors, 70 bdis sash, car slaves, meiodeon %
bales batting, IT pkgs mdse, and 20 cars freight for
Boston.
STEAMER MONTREAL, FROM BosToN-sl bars
lron 20 bbs beet 1888 do -four, 90 bdls snaths, 100
Kegs nails 10 bags wool, SO do coffee 10 horses 100
pkgs 70 order; for Canada and up country-1s2 bars
railroad iron IS plates iron IS bales rags, "a bags
WOOL ~ rolls leather 600 dry hdes 100 pkgs to order
New York Stock and Money Market.
NEW YORK, July 1-Evenng previous to
the close Of banking hours Money. became stringent
and after o'clock p NJ the dealing was kept up on
the street, at the close the rate was per cent with
g per cent commission added The July dis
bursements on account Of interest and dividends
commenced to-day. The Treasury had to disburse
$32 900 in coin as interest the funded debt and
$16i0,000 in currency as interest on the currency
per cent. bonds issued in aid OF the Pacific Railroad
The amount of coin paid out to-day by the Assistant
Treasurer was $4,644, 900. The general disburse-
ments at this point outside of the Treasury are large
and will aid in easing the Money market In the fI-
ture. The new Assistant Treasurer, Gen. Butter
field announced his willingness to pay for bonds pur-
chased to-day Immediately after the awards were
made. Foreign Exchange, early in the day. was
strong, but the Money strngency later weakened the
market, closing at 1891. Gold weak this afternoon
and declined to 1861 at the Close The rates paid for
carrying to-day were 1892, 3l6 I, 11-64, 32 1892 "a
per cent. Governments steady this afternoon with
o fractional decline. Henry Ciewes q Go. furnish
the following 10 quotations: = United States coupon
6s. 1884, III; do 52Gs 1862, 1911; do 1864, liz do
1862 18; do 1857 115s; do 1868, 115a; 1040s, 10st
Pacific 6.s, 1863. -oa 80
The Stock market towards the close was affected
by the increased stringency in Money and the sud-
den pressure to SELL which resulted in general de-
cline in prices. New York Central and Michigan
Southern fell off about per cent? but the decline
otherwise was not l per cent. The market
closed unsettled. The following are $50 prices
Pacific Mail, 893; Western Union Telegraph, 3Sf; F;
New York Central, 194l Erie, 304; do preferred 53S
Hudson, 164a Reading, 98; Fort Wayne, 1864; Mich
igan Central, 1873; Michigan Southern, 1889; Illinois
Central, 143; Chicago & Rock Island, 1174 Chicago
q North Western, Sl3; do preferred, 95a; Hartford
e. Erie, 22t a 20. IS
The balance at the Sub-Treasury to-day amounted
to $S5, ,24f 900.
The gross clearances at the Gold Exchange Bank
to day amounted to $9l2 100000.