New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-02-12
THURSDAY, Feb. lip. n.


Gold opened at 1853, sold at 1851, closing
1851 bid The clearings at tho Gold Exchange Bank
were $1l9,226,0Oo, and the balance ts,l3o,soS 70.
Government bonds continued In active demand both
from domestic investors and for shipment The inquiry
for ls62s and 1865 the marked feature Of the day
large purchases made Of all classes, and but few
kinds were offered at the advance; loIOs strong
selling at 09s Currency per cents sold at 1913; SIS sold
at lO9Eel1O At the Second Board there pressure
to break prices and large amounts Of 67s were
thrown upon the market but did not produce the desired
effect At the close the market buoyant. with
tive demsnd CAS- old and large sales
the latter were made at ITO; loi0s were In sharp
demand and not offered less than iOsi.
State bonds dull Tennessee per cents sold at eI
New bonds s6te66 Georgia per cents, 90; North Caro-
lima new per cents ca Virginia per cents, SCI; new
bonds ga. Missouri per cents sold at ssh Alabama per
cents, o. Railway mortgages were firmly held and
sparingly offered quotations. The subscription bonds
are in demand The Union Pacific First Mortgage
cent bonds The only sOyear bonds ia the MARKET
being rapidly taken There Is also good inquiry for
Pacific OF Missouri per cents, and the agents OF the
Rockford Rock Island ands Louis per cent gold bonds
report an active demand for foreign account MscellS
neous shares strong; Canton advanced to e4;
Western Union Telegraph, s7a; Delaware and Hudson,
l2s; Pacific Mail opened at 15t sold az l3s04t closing
at 1lS03i The rally OF the past two days has cleared
out the short interest The dividend ofs per cent wiz
be declared next week. but there appears TO Do o
pressure to sell for permanent holders aud large
number OF small certificates noticed on the street,
Railway shares opened strong. NewYork Central sold
at 1861 Toledo and Wabash es Reading s st. Paul Pre-
ferred. go; Fort Wayne, 49, Michigan Southern @k
Cleveland and Toledo 1885, Cleveland and Pittsburgh H
Rock Island 1875 Northwestern Common, So; North
Western Preferred 9 At the advance there was no Do
mand and after the call at the regular Board there wass
reaction In prices OF aal per cent on the entire list AZ
the O'Clock Board the market dull and without in-
proyement In prices Fort Wayne and Rock Island were
neglected An attempt made to sell Cleveland aud
Pittsburgh and Michigan Southern, but tho street waa
unprepared to take the stock and email offerings the
former fell col the latter TO s The market has an
unsettled and uneasy look As long as there no aemp
TO sell Arm appearance maintained, but at any move
ment toward realizing prices give and the sellers are
forced to buy prevent sharp decline The absere OF
short interesthas placed the market in perous poe
ton as in OF break In prices there would be no
sustaining power except at aheayy decline Commisson
brokers report anenre absence Of orders and the large
operators outside tue cques iare doing nothing the
last Board NewYork Central sold at ie4t 0l6ii Ceve
land and Toledo was firm at i0t and Lake Shore at ia
With these two exceptions the market dull and weak
At the close Cleveland and Pittsburgh rallied to a. New
York Central declined to 1851 The market closed duh
and unsettled. Government bonds closed strong and
active af quotations