, 1881-05-14
By TELEGRAPH.
EEW fOttIf.

Special Diipdtth to Tic cheaeo 1ftbnnt. !
NEW YpnK, May 13.-tho sharo specutn ton |
WIS strong III tono throughout tho grcltor por-
tion Of tiia day, and prcss recorded u material
nlvunco IN tho day's transactions. Tho volume
ot business wis quito large, nud tho dealings
wers Mt tin,es ntsonlrd by considerable exotic
mont. With ono or two exceptions tho general
list opened strong and htghuF, and III tho curly
dealings sharp rso took ptace, which was fol-
lowed, however, at tho First Honrd by
partinl roacslor. lscssro noon tho creator
portion OF tlocllno wns recovered, md
during tho RftcrnDon Il very bu0y,nt tono
prevailed. prices ntlvAncE1,8 stoad!ly up to tho
seeond call, when tho Improvement, ny COM
pared with :ho final quotnt,ons OF yesterday,
ranged from " to 7A por cont, tho Inter In 1ian-
ntI,nI & st. Joseph cnmnlnn. 1tock Island selling
UP 4A, Lake Eric s Western 81, Doannre.
Lacknwanna s. Western ~. Lake shorr aud
Chcsapoake s Ohio each 25s, Toledo, Dorhos j.
burlington vi, Michigan Ccntrnt ~. and Now
York Central pur cunt In tho Into
transactions thero WIS renutlou Ut Il to . per
cent, Hannibal te 81. Joseph common aontllng
therein. hut In tho ilnal sales tho market ngatn
tccano strong. aud closed Ill II recovery Of Il to
Ii per cont. In exception to tho KenerAl
p1pyapoy ,yure Alton s. Terrc 1tauto common
and preferred, which declined 6ss md per cunt,
respectively, on tho days transactions. Oregon
Navigation was also weak, und shuwa decllnu
| u i por cont.
Tho monetary situation WIS characterized by
|
Increased activity, and bNttcr rites wero OBJ
tnIn1l for accommodation thMn prevailed yes
terday. Tho supply of avail4bio cnpltal, how
cror, was fully equnl 10 n!l tho requirements ol
borrowers, aud tue hiKhest rato PAIN Tor ca1l
loans OIL pledge OF stock coi'nterAl did not es-
ceod per cont. whilo thoro "nro many
| transactions hs Inv i pur cent. At tho
| cIoso tho current quotation WIS 1Qst per cont.
On Government bonds loans wero crocted at 20
3per cont. TImo loans wore quoted ut sol por
cont, according 10 tho lcitEtA OF tlmo anu tho
collatoral. In tho discount niurkot trImo n'et'
camille paper ruod Ut 4DiH Der ceut' In
sterling exchange tho lon'!nhl asking quotations
were advanced .s to isas sor s'xty.day ollls and
4s8ss for IotHand The market VIVA strong IN
tono, especially fur short sight BILLS and cable
| transfers, which Woro In good demand for tho
purposes already mentioned.
ltAIlroal mortRaKes wcre very nottvoly traded
In, aud wero Kcaeraliy Htrol1g and higher. To-
lod0, Delphos l. burlington ilrsts advanced from
wv to 90; do Incomes suld up from O to W. and
ulosed ut boaf+ Chusapcako j. Ohio bs N!ass u
ruso from u to 0l; do currency GU from h'1s to
GHh; burlington, Cedar ltnpids T. Northern Arsta
from lE3 to l03!s; CA!rn & Fulton flrsts frpm III
to III; Catro. Arkansas & Toxas tlrsts
from liz 10 ~; Donvor y A1u 0rando
1irsts from I'D to 1T; 90 cahstruotaon
III from III to 1laa, Eric consolidated aocoads
from l0ok to l06I; do funded b iron, los to
! iTsA; Houston j. Texaa tmnln ltno) seconds from
IL to l.5; lnternat1onul & 0roat NoFthoFii SOC"
onl preferred Incomes from VI to ol!6; Indiana.
Bloomington g western tlfsts from cSs& 10 WI
indianapolis. Decatur q Springfield sHcond III"
conos from TN 10 ~ hnasas y Ieaaa
nran from !uati TO Ios ao heeonus from
| 67k to b14; halisas iaols'e eohsota from loo's
10 lGSt Kansas Clty NottaoFis 1!hts toMAha
nly!aiou) from lld't TO ll1A4; Lotliav!Ilo, NO"
Albany Chicago arsts from !ust to losh