New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-03-08
COMMERCIAL AND MONEY MATTERS.
r Commercial and Money Matters. see LAT fass,, :,

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The Stock Markq, retains Its buoyancy, anu
oes closed hi CHER to-day than Yesterday. Inc
Vim Of the passage Of the Revenue bill through 'H'
t,o or Representatives which we gave tnis ho'i.Ds
b,da good effect upon the stocks Of that Slse' 49,.
improved per cent. The transactions "e-e :
than for some tune past. and much more IL,
position shown The operators nave pee" 4. ,.t.
during the week. and show more "iiii"s
line. One OF the heaviest dealers nn',Is try a
M. a Terrible thing after all, will, 1t Is feof''u' W
little himself shortly. -. H..
n rxc,., r.s there is not much activity Inc
quo aaons remain unchanged s'efA'e - " we
525 5.23s The supply is isir' .tha,
Fre;ghs are active, especially for ports ohel llian
Liverpool To this port Cotton Is Hfin Al 81 W.
bales with considerable offering. .;,...r in
The Havre packet cleared S93ooo ID sii'.i'
stsaa of $4,000 as we stated. The ose.da' sAi'u
days since, took s36,'o5 doc o,lIed =
We have seen in the street Circuiai -
"Prospectus for Loan of 100000 being i- '. .,o
Of 81 $50 o00-suthorized for the p''pos. "
ccbny1ku Navigation Co." and parnphe' '
ss'U! 'N"' tel, aThe Position and Prospects OF
,..,.,,u S.vf,,,ion CO. by Charles Elci' Dr. CVu
- 80, .cnt for the Schuylkll Navigation Co..
=. .ho latter being 70 20 exhibit the commence
,t. ecurI.y IS entitled" This Canal runs paral-
u, With the Reading Railroad and depends Tor It's income
an tho ,-an,portaon OF Coaof which 1t appears there
TRANSPORTED in 5i by the Canal 39s4i3 TONS ana by
en-. Hailroad $4,000 The pamphlet after giving the
,rv history Of the Canal Co. proceeds 10 belabor the Rail
o,d Co. numerically, which, II seems, has during the past
,vo wears taken the Canal large art Of Its business
mt, nj length It's dividends have ceased, and the effort
s now 70 he TO prove tina. the Railroad Co. may and
mus, finally break down. and then the Canal will set all
,he bpsress 1t assumes that the Railroad will be ami
51ed aer 1885, and them II the Loan Is got, the Canal
ENLARGED so as 10 admit with Steam Power carrying
900 tons their present capacity being Do tons) ana Tue
rhos trade diverted confidently expected that the "a
ma, will make large dividends Much is said OF the superb
orr In point of cost Of Canals over Railroads. DC &c
bu, nothing of the immense cest OF Enlarsemens over
Engineers Esmates--though we Of New York Know that
In the case of the Erie Canal the estimate Tor the whoc
was 900 OO0 and that when the work was less Than Hoy
dome the cost was already OOO and to complete it
will cost 5000 900 Beside this the Heading hoad
has bpt inst completed its double track and other outlaws
whereby its capacity Is equal TO carrying million oil
tons per annm and will carry that amount this year By
the ratio OF increase of 8l 3 and does the work
n. less price per ton than the Canal is shown in Mr.
Fletts pamphlet. The tone OF the pamphlet is bad 1t
Is idle to talk of annhllatng the Reading Road and we
rather doubt the financial soundness of this Canal En-
larrement A. any Capitalists will, we think, be
rather shy Of the investment.
The Stamford Bank has declared dividend Of
81 er cent: out Of the earnings of the last six months
The following sales of Stocks were made at Bcs-
ton yesterday;
AT the frukers' Hoard-50 ss Boston & Worcester RIt
llG; Western 99A do 99l IL Charlestown Branch
r boiOds s24 IS Reading 244 100 do SOLIDS 2ii %
wilmington r: 2s % do 2l4 Boston Manuf Co ISL
5Bovlston Ins l05 Great Falls Manuf Co 299; 100
East Boston Co leg 10 Shawmut Bk 95! % Dividends
East Boston Co d.
A Joint meeting of the Stockholders of the West
EN- and Worcester Railroads was held at Boston yesterday
reduction OF fare is to be made on the Eastern
Railroad after the LIST Of April To Lynn % cents to sa-
lem 40 cs Ncwburyport, 81 and In the same pro-
poron to other way stations If the Maine road directors
consent, the fare to Portsmouth will be 81 90
The motion to reconsider the Stamp Tax Bill has
prevailed and the bill has passed the House OF Delegates
Of arvand by vote of 80 to IS, with amendments
The bill TO 20 operation the 10th Of May and 10
continue In fierce until the of May 1s4s. The tax on
notes and bills exchange to be as follows from 500
TO $500 10 cents; 200 300 5 300 to 500, 25; 500 TO
IOO0 so; 1000 to 500, rs $500 to 1900, 81 OO 1000
10 3OoO 50; 1000 to 40OO 90; 1000 TO 5000 SO
5000 to ToOO So 1000 5000, 90; 5000 to 10000.
S so; over 10000, 6 90.
Commerce, Debt, and Resources of Texas
Hunts Magazine for March contains article under the
above CAPTION from which derive the following facts;
PUJlic debt Of TerdS.
Funded act of 81 81 0s5 Bonds at per cent 1872 OOU
40. 100000 Treasury notes 2,25o.oOU
Bonds plcdscd... 100000 Land receipts 500 GOA
Issued for navy. $4,000 Floating debt. 5Oo,O0O
Making total Of -se'io''coo
This is supposed be very near the actual amount Of
the liabilities Of Texas General Hamilton few years
since visited Europe for the purpose Of obtaining loan
OH pledge Of Texas land but was unsuccessful According
to congressional report of 1889, the quantity OF govern
ment land WAS as follows: Acres.
rxtcrt NJ tho Texian Republic ....... 203 420 OOO
Granted by Mexico and confirmed by
Texas. Observation-Disclosures 53,3ll,26I
Texas grants, since her independecc. 5,597.356
Military bounty Lands -.-.---.-..-. a,393,OI4
Land scrip issues --.-.-.-.--- l,5oo,Ooo
rnapprorriated balance acres l3s, 9 1903
The imports OF Cotton into the United States from Tex
M In s2 wns 5O3 l0T nonnds The exports TO Texas,