New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-08-18
COMMERCIAL AND MONEY MATTERS.
FOR Commercial aud Money Matters, sec Last Page.

SATURDAY F. NJ.
The Stock market heavy to-day and prices
are still lower The decline has not alone touched the
tsnces but Government securities chow falling OF Of
a2per cent within the week. The amount the mar
ttis considerable.
There is but little doing in foreign bills, and the mar
kst wiihou, change. We quote London ll0all0i.
Paris g. 25d5f ga Amsterdam 39i d39i Hamburg
Xta3J} Bremen ia 7si.
The French packet took $4,000 in specie.
The Cambria, at Boston, for Liverpool, had "A pas
sDgcrs and 10 Tor Halifax.
There appears to be a growing impression in
Wall street that the War fever ran too high on Friday
considering the foundation there for it, BY some
the document purporing be issued by the Secretary
ofWar il looked upon as a forgery, and it is indeed
the suspicious that although have several days later
ady.ccs ir the City of Mexico nothing is ssd Of this
important bulletin Another suspicious circumstance ia
that this Document did appear the New Orleans pa
pers untltwo days after the schooner Resmpago arrived
and that only paper and that among the prom
nent journals ofihc City received the number Of FL 81
go containing it, II copied the day by the lead
ing journals without the expression Of doubt Of its
recnes and this circumstance perhaps gave great APP
pearsnce OF authenticity IT, 1t may be genuine doc
umeni bu, it certainly has doubtful features about
1t and the failure of the Mexican Congress follow up
such belhgerent manifesto with action adds to the
doubt upon il.
The public is still waiting. not without manifest
ing some importance for the favorable action Of the Board
Of Directors who have the great work Of building the
Erie Railroad in their keeping. The anxiety increases to
know who 10 be the President ofhc Company for on
the energy the zeal and high standing of the be
the head of It's affairs every thing in this crisis will de-
pend James Harper is the President pro only be-
ing unwilling take the burden OF office in addition
to his business, but we have been expecting he wou
waive bis objections and yield to the wishes his friends
and the public and to hold to the end. 1t
FIRE, announced that he had been elected the President
to serve permanently and the choice almost uniyer
sally approved. We regretted to learn, as We did soon
Afterwards, ii was only temporary appointment.
We are aware that the ordinary considerations such
I. the salary or the of employment would be him
no induccment He is already engaged in an extensive
and lucrative business But this is public matter, and
public considerations appeal to him to make consdera
bic sacrifice We hope he may yet be induced to yield
othe wishes of his friends and to the wishes of the pub
lie so strongly expressed they have been He would
give ii the energy and zeal wanted to carry it through
successfully and he would be supported by men who
would no, stop till their efforts had train of
nom the river to the lake.
The time has now come when the public expect some
favorable movements will be made, and we hope there
will be no disappointment.
We understand ,ha, there Is to be meeting of the
Board on the 23,h met.
10 relation to some charges made by an opponent
ofthe Reading Road against the management The Com
mercia Of this Evening, says
ave are also authorized to say that the working of
the road far this year indicates that the cost OF trans
portsion including repairs of engines and cars FOR the
wear lsi5 will not exceed the estimate OF the engineer
forth in the annual report and that far from
there being daily weekly or monthly issue OF bonds
the bonded deb, othe Company less now than was
On the first Of December lsii'
The dividend of three and hall per cent made
BY the Bank of Louisiana viii be paid to the New York
Stockholders less the exchange, and ser the first
Instant
The Exports from this port for the week ending
li;h, were s6Oasl. OF which 1914 in American
vessels
The cesrances were IS ls American and 20 Foreign
md the arrivals A. American and 10 Foreign Passon
ters arrived. 2l2s.
The Imports at Boston for July were rather larger
An fa~f ,tiV - Ia.