New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-09-26
COMMERCIAL AND MONEY MATTERS.
~ For sais. Of SOCKS, see Last Pase.

COMMERCIAL AND AUNEI AAlIEhc
| ~ For Sales Of Socks, see Last Page
THuRsDAYPM
/ The Stock Market was rather better to day and
recovered somewhat the ground los, yesterday. Erie
improved per cent. on account Of the promising ap
pearance Of the subscription LIST which reaches
Twenty. seven Hundred Thousand Dollars The present
price 10 equal 10 70.
Small business doing in Foreign Bills at tho fol
lowing rates London I0eia1O, Pans 5f23i Am
sterdam 393 40 Hamburg 35i as. Bremen =, a7s.
Domestic Exchange is without change
Boston para di. Mobile ok notes. tid7i dis
Phil adephia para die Do. sp. checks pard az
Baltimore para die New.Oreans -Pard or
Rc hmondCbk nit AL dis North Carolina :. ta1 dis
Do 80 checks. IA dis Cincinnati .-....l al. ols
Charleston iGl dis Louisville ---I az US US
Savannah ....... AL die Nashville....-- az or
Augusta $50. 49,. al dis 81 Louis --.-.-' az us
Columbus ....---li1lt disl
Specie we quote o. follows:
Amer. Gold, old lo6 a 1861 Carolus Dolls. ,o6a l97
Do do new 100 0lOOi Five Francs sid "a
Hall Dollars To-. par a 1901 Dou0"ons loOO1 ieIO
/ portuguese Gold 100 ulOOf Do Patriot Is Goa 1870
| Spanish Dollars l0I al0j soyereigns ASA Al
Do Quarters % dlOU DO light 4s2d 4c5
Mexican Dollars 1904 0lOl tfesvy Guineas 5Ood "
Do Quarters % dl0O lNspoleons 3 s39
| AT the meeting OF the Mechanics Of this City in
favor
exhibited and determination to do all in their power
TO advance the Road Nearly four hundred shares was
subscribed and the amour, will probably be made up
1000 shares. Committee 10 collect Subscriptions was
appointed, and are 10 report on Monday
A meeting Of the Stockholders Of the Stonington
Railroad is to be held a, the As,or this evening The
late which have taken place in this stock
are said to be for the purpose producing change in
49,. collin sh.aa
Of bonds by the Company. Could the bonds be repu-
dated the stock would pay large profit 10 the specu
ators is also believed that motive for the change
is TO obtain Direction which will be favorable to con
meeting with the Long Island Road.
The Hartford and New Haven Railroad Com
pany have declared sem-annusl dividend of three dol
per share, payable on the lst Of October at tho
Union Bank in this city
Including the last reported week, the compare
tive receipts of the Western Railroad have been fol-
lows in ls44 and ls45
Passengers .... s26, 547 274745 6l9.
Freight &c.-.-..-.--.. 25l,76S 27-,slO &,Oi2
Total. s52O375 $553555 S33,2iO
The work on the Wisconsin Canal connecting
the Lykens Valley Coal region with the Pennsy lysnia
Canal is progressing rapidly and will probably be com
ploted in time for the Spring trade
Tie Buffalo Commercial says -" The annuity
payment 10000 from Government to the Menomonies
and other Indians Green Bay have taken place
several days since and the money sent up from De
trot but owing 10 the want of properly authorized
Agent TO dsburse it, the funds will not be paid until
next month. The Green Bay Republican says the late
Agent being officially decapitated declined to receive
IL the Agent had qualified given bonds and
could no, legally receive it, Under these circumstances
a. ,l, Mod
deemed it his duty to take it back to Detroit"
The activity on the Miami Canal at Cincinnati is
very encouraging to the friends Of the Canal In one
day a. boats passed Cincinnati But small portion OF
the freighis Produce-ony two small lots OF
Flour and moderate amount of Whisky, the principal
being Eastern Merchandise.
The Reading Railroad, it is said, are about 10
build 1000 iron and u engines Of the first class me
present equipage of the Road being sufficient for s
business. There present on the Road ltOO
wooden and 1900 OF the aggregate capacity of
1890 tons.
The Philadelphia papers are still urging the ne
cessity Of a continuance Railroad from Philadelphia to
Psburg If the citizens do not desire that Newfork
snail run off with all the trade of the West. The dis
lance from Philadelphia Pittsburgh by the proposed
route is 336 miles229t from Harrisburg to Pittsburgh
and the grade IN no place more tha 10 ieet per '
which is the maximum the Philadelphia and Column
bia Railroad 1t is altogether probable that the under
taking Of this road would be the signal for the com
mencement of the projected Railroad from Pittsburgh to
Cleveland which the outlet of the Ohio trade on the
Lake and will therefore compare the routes for the
whole disiance.- Miles.
From Philadelphia TO Harrisburg ..--. lOtt
Harrisburg 10 Pittsburgh. 229i
Pittsburgh 10 Cleveland. ..-......- 100
- Philadelphia Cleveland 1890 --4oo
The Erie Road being settled affair, the Phladel-
phisns getting alarmed.
At New Orleans Exchange of all kinds was dull.
Sight the North per cent discount AT Savannah no
demand for Sterling at 81 alO. Sight on the North
premium.
At the last session of the British Parliament over
one hundred railway bills passed authorizing 274o
miles of lines with capital OF ti333s2t, and pow
er TO borrow t4 -7 326 in aid of constructive account
Recent failures share brokers at Liverpool have in
duced the London Times TO devote leader OF great
length and severity of style To the evils OF eXtrsVagdnt
speculation in railway stock and enforce its monitons by
reference the past and statistics of new companies for
railway purposes In the last two months Al new com
panies had been formed, with capital OF thrtyhve and
half millions sterling divided into l0s665O shares up
on which the present premium is s3,559,eO OF old and
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