New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-03-16
COMMERCIAL AND MONEY MATTERS.

E Fer sale Of Stocks at TIC Exchange sec Last Page.
SATURDAY, P NJ.
The Stock Market was buoyant to-day, and the
i,ncies generally improved.
There is moderate business dong In Foreien
Bill, and the rates are steady Sterling 6! as Francs
27iS5 got.
An election OF officers OF the Stock Board TOOK
place to-day Mr. David Garrison was elected President
and Mr. h g. Stebblns vcePresdent
The following statement of the business OF the
Reading Railroad for February shows very large in
crease in the receipts OF the road The tonnage has ex
ceeded the estimate. o.s
Month ending FEB 20 Do FEB. IS. Do. ts6 %.
Travel $4,000 50 S5275 80 s6047 81
Freight on goods. 470s q 4s79 e. sG ;S5 81 20
Miscel Receipts 29i
lrs u. $. Mail. 500 90 7s3 80 7s3 80
Total ...... .s25l3 81 Is $52495 s. s65,oa6 20
Coz, r.a.p ass: a7i a'i 1870 1853 81" go
The City Bank OF Montreal has published lis
hatyeay statement; It's liabilities are shown to be
slsa6o7. assets s2 590456, oil monthly dis
count acc. 50 81, 76l.
Alta meeting of the Long Island Railroad Com
psny held on the llth inst. Ehu Townsend, j. N. Per-
Inns Of the house of Winslow Perkins, and Samuel
Morse were elected Directors.
The bill for the sale of the Central Mich Rail
road passed the House of Representatives by the very
decisive vote of Al %.
JW Maury has been elected President of the
Bsnk Of the Metropolis vice Gen. Van Ness deceased.
The ship Rappahannock cleared at New Orleans
the ih inst with cargo OF the bulk OF 1850 bales
cotton, the largest ever cleared from that place
A, Baltimore the money market continues easy,
and there but little difficulty in etecting loans either in
on, Of bank on good paper having reasonable length
Of time to run The failure of the Legislature TO pass
Asbl providing for the resumption of the payment Of
The State interest caused decline Of 2i024 per cent in
the loans Of that State.
The monthly statement Of the situation OF the
specie paying New Orleans Banks gives the leading items
their situation on the 25th Feb. AS follows:
Loans and dis sla 9OOal7 Deposits 81 $3.50
Circulation 49,. io75.067 Specie .--- o,59ssSl
The cash liabilities are s2 3l5 SOL against $40 1868
cash assets 10 the cash assets 10 included S5el22s3
Of loans OF deposit payable in full at maturity.
The collections AT the Custom House during the
week were abou, SsoO000, an amount almost beyond
precedent The arrivals were 209, OF which 81 were
sregn.
The notes OF the Manufacturers and Mechanics
dollar In relation this institution the Nantucket
Harder says:
A committee OF Directors has been employed during
he past fortnight IN attempting to adjust the accounts
tut the work extensive aud so isborious that hut
slow progress is made-and consequently no Official eA
bt OF OF its affairs be very soon expect
Cd We are given understand from private source
has nothing has up asye TO create liability upon
he late Cashier II this be the case the prospects OF de-
positors and bllhoders must be somewhat obscured
Mr. Nicholson an editor OF the Nashville Union, has
been appointed President of the Bank Of Tennessee
Niarlkets-CUef,sily Reported for The Tribune.
SATURDAY, March IL.
ASHES-There is no change note and the sales
moderate Pots are S4Gi ~, and Pearls 81 37i
CoTToN-The sales o.day have been about 500 bales,
mostly sold manufacturers. though spectators are
picking up occasional lots when offered cheap. The
aes for the week ending this evening have been $500
ses and the following the quotations of this days
transactions which are somewhat higher than those