New-York tribune., 1869-06-05
M sTOCK EXCHANGE.
FRInAY. Inne I-P. NJ.


Gold sold at 1879, 1891, 1879, 1891, 13S, 1881,
due to the firm OF foreign exchange The cearngs
at the Gold Exchange Bank SI9O2OOO and the bal
auce, sl,si5y63O 81.
Government bonds were firm. with moderate transac.
tions. There demand for GAS and 6s but tho
balance OF the list neglected The decline in gold
has checked purchases for foreign account, and has
caused present inactivity The market closed steady
State bonds were duh and lower Tennessee and
North Carolina. Tennessee per cents sold at 67i New
bonds 64t 964i North Carolina per cents, eOt; New
bonds 056t Missouri per cents sold at S9i09O;
Louisiana Levee per cents &C; Louisiana Leyoe per
cents s7t. Railway bonds firm, with sales OF Han
nba and st. Joseph Land Grants at lO8 Rock Island
per cents, 9s; NewJersey Central New bonds 995 Mil
waukee and 50. Paul lists 95 Central National Bank
sold ut 1l6; Park Bank, 167 Continental l03. Miscel
aneous shares irregular Canton declined to &C.
Western Union sold aC I?i Delaware Hudson, 133.
Express shares dull with sales OF Adams at 59l
American Merchants Union 3ol. Pacific Mail was firm,
ranging from 10 82 closing at sat the recent state
mont induced heavy speculative sales and the stock Ia in
demand for delivery The present business OF the Com
pany reported prosperous and the stock appears to
have passed INTO strong hands.
Railway shares opened unsettled, in sympathy with
the active hammcrng Of Michigan Southern and Rock
Island The former sold at ll7i ralyng to li5 the La
ter after selling at l2t advanced "a 123. The market
assumed steadier upon the rally in these stocks
with Improvement In prices as general RUE new
York Central ranged from 1871 TO e3 Hudson and Har
lem wero neglected Illinois Central sympathiaed with
the decline in gold, selling at iiIk Reading advanced
from 9 10 p3 closing at 99t Cleveland aud Pittsburgh
largely dealt in at from OOi TO 1919 Northwestern
shares we're steady the Common selling at 92t0i the
Preferred O3l 6loIi st. Paul Common sold at 7a@7sl
St. Paul Preferred s9tds9i Toledo aud Wabash al.
yanced 20 76i Fort Wayne sold at 1885, 9l59t Chicago
aud Alton Preferred sold at 1891 Chicago and Alton
Common lJG. HewJersey Central declined to 49, under
large sales 10 realize the rapid advance OF yesterday
Hannibal and St. Joseph shares dull, the Common
selling az 49, and the Preferred at l3O At the close,
both stocks rallied , per cont, and were strong
At the second call the market steady and the trans
actions very light After the Board Fort Wayne advanced
tol5J Chicago Burlington and Quincy sold at 1876 seller
80. The market was extremely duh. the general list
remaining hrm The feature OF tho day has been the
enormous transactions In Michigan Southern. The bear
clues apparently took this stock being the key to the
market aud have sold large amounts; the transactions
today were fully 10000 shares, and were mostly speeu
ators sales in the day 5000 shares changed hands
at li, the purchaser being prominent broker identified
with Yandetbts stocks This sale seemed to check the
bear movement the broker Immediately bid for
10000 without finding seller and the stock closed firm
at IiaIl4i Tho lease Of the Fort Wayne Road TO the
Pennsylvania Central rendered IL necessary that the
NowYork Central should have the control OF line TO
the samo point and the purchases today would indicate
that a controlling interest IN the Michigan southern
stock has changed hands to-day.
The closing quotations OF Government bonds were as
follows: