New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-04-03
SATURDAY. April l-P. VI.

The week closes upOn a strong bat not cs-
peciay active market for stocks. Taking the closing
quotations Of Saturday for comparison, Government
bonds have advanced during the week from TO per
cent with the exception Of the currency 6s Whch nave
been unite active and have shown Improvement of H.
With the exception of st. Pauls which have declined l.
all the active stocks upon the list show an advance for
the week the noticeable being Northwestern com
mon u; New-YoTk Central, Il Reading IL Lake shore
Il; New-Jersey Central q; Union Pacific, 81 Hannibal
and st. Joseph common, l.; do. preferred, ID ana
Adams Express, q. Operations have no DOUBT beep
kept in check to extent during the past week 10y
doubts which the street gOssips have raised as to the
Sccretarvs programme mot yet announced concerning
the sales of COLD and purchase of bonds for Government
account during the month OF April The prevailing i'm
preston seems TO be that he will inclease-perlal"
double-both his purchases and saes but as the an
uouncement will no doubt be made on Monday next it
is hardly worth while to speculate upon the subject
The transactions at the stock Exchange to-day we're
moderate in extent and there was no feature Of especial
interest developed Prices were generally very firm,
and although slight decline established during The
forenoon il lasted scarcely long enough to be quoted
before recovery took place. After the publication Of
the bank statement which was not only considered
adverse but had been used against the market IN at
vance Of its publicity, confident feeling seemed
TO prevail and later in the afternoon the inclination OF
prices was moderately upward. The hesitation noticed
duripe the day is but natural TO the condition Of the
market which under any circumstances would meet
with occasional reactions but which really Lacks steady
outside support. Tie general impression among the
brokers ana operators Of the street favors the bull
side and even they who disposed 10 keep
out o. the speculative tide upon conserve
tive grounds are forced to admit that the
chances favor further improvement. Tins, while
the support may not be strong outside OF Walls circles
the opposition is very feeble The market closed dull
but strong at about the bes prices OF the day The iu
ccmeucy Of the weather put stop to the outdoor deal
u after the close OF the Long ROOM and business on
tie sidewalk wound mp at early hour The larger
dealings were in Lake shore, NtwYOrG Central and
Hudson Ohio North-Wc Rock Island, ST. Paul,
wabash and Western Union. and the business was all
distributed in these spcciaes. Reading feature,
and made % sharp advance Of about u per ceE on
some reports comm cted with the recent coal strike.
Tho investment securities firm, Delaware, Lacka-
wanna aad Western selling at los; C., CO Cincinnati ana
Indianapolis ga; Alton and Terre Haute' 53s the Pre-
ferred $50 and Chicago and Alton 1881 Miscellaneous
shares dul Pacific Mail was steady, Quicksilver
firm and the coal stocks moderately dealt ill., Express
shares were dull ana heavy. The following table shows
! the highest and lowest prices OF active stocks made
to-day: