New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-05-02
COMMERCIAL AND MONEY MATTERS.
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FRIDAY, Pm.
The Stock Market presents no very marked tea
lures today The quotations stand about yesterday
Notwithstanding strong efforts made TO bear by few
parties.
The steamer having departed, there lis not much
doing in foreign bills Sterling is nomnsly 9ids!;
Francs, S 27i as got.
The money market has felt some relief 10 day, the
Banks having slipped the lst OF May. and their re-
ports being made up. is believed they hold about bali
million more specie than the LIST of February last
Some paper which the market yesterday Al per
cent was passed to-day at 10 per cent per annum
> Shipmas,ers are getting TWO shillings sterling for
aour to Liverpool which Is Cd. improvement within
few days There is also cotton Offering, and the
market is firm 1876 for square and round oales-
The ship Kalamazoo taken up TO 60 10 Philadelphia
and load lour IS Cd sterling
There is good deal OF activity along the East
River the Canal now pouring It's wealth OF produce on
our piers and into warehouses The breaks we be-
lievc repaired aud the forwarding lines are coming
In with immense freights We trdst that the avgson
will suffer no more interruptions.
The Bank of the State OF New.Yo has declared
dividend ofthree per cent. payable the llth inst.
The French packet Of TO day takes about s35,0o0
in specie.
The Buffalo Commercial says We have again to
remark that the of business transacted in
market continues to be Of very limited natare, ard BY
no means commensurate with this advanced stage of the
season. when commercial operations ought TO be in full
vgor The money market cannot be- said contain any
now feature deserving Of particular notice. Notwith.
standing that 1t is represented to be much easier along
I II
at this point before stated and much paper is offering
which parties have been vainy endeavoring to nego-
tate.
AT Louisville there is no change to notice in the
money market during the week. Eastern exchange is
a, per cent Sight checks on New Orleans i0l
per cent premium bills New Orleans, maturing be-
fore the Isl of August per cent and interest OFT long.
er time lf9li per cent. and interest on.
The receipts on the Little Miami Railroad for De-
cember, January, February and March in the az
gresate s33 500 So The Road is in operation 20
Xenia 81 miles These receipts al the rate of one
hundred thousand dollars per yearand the expectation
is that they will be doubled when the Road shall be I'm
ished TO Springfield which win be In the Of the
year The road will have cost then with tie machinery
and furniture on it, about million OF dollars, or less
than twelve thousand dollars per mile.
The Harrisburg and Lancaster Railroad will be
finished by the reayng OF fourteen miles OF new rail
from Ezsbethown Harrisburg in the course oil the
present Summer The whole distance on this road, oil
thirty seven miles can then be run In one hour
The situation OF this Company is represented to have
improved very much in the last year the debts Of the
Company have with small exception, been all funded
for fourteen years and payable in l9a, for which
the bonds OF the Company have been issued with
pons attached the interest payable LIST OF January and Is.
of Juy The situation Of the road q. present Is fo
lows:
Bonds held in London. payable in $4,000
Six per cent bonds issued here in lc5o.--.- $4,000
Total $4,000
Cos, Of IA miles new T ai.------. 100000
Total ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 600
The income of the Road from all sources In l34j was
$4,000 The estimated income this year will be
$4,000 The and expenses Of the road
up TO January mex. will De s65 Els which will leave
balance of SALES. or per cent. dividend on 1900
shares OF stock al $50 The par value The completion
Of the Central Railroad Pl,sburg will mske this road
ofthe profitable in The country and will great
~ benefit the Columbia Road.
The Delaware and Rari,an Canal appears 10 be
doing large business. Some htry vessels passed
rhro ga The locks al Bordentown night OF this
week
We learn from the Miltonisn that the water was
le, into the Wss: Branch Canal from the Muncy dam to
Northumberland. Tuesday the 2l,s ult- The susque
hanna Division opened Monday, so tbs, the con-
nection with the Main Line Is now complete.
nfarkets.. Carefully reported for The Tr.5,zs
FRIDAY May /.
ASHES-The market continues quiet and the sales
decline About $50 bos Pots have been taken az
1893 sls, and IS do Pearls al 06t9i l2t.
COTTON.-The sales today have been aboe, 1000
bales without particular change liz prcez Holders sre
hrrn In demanding outside rates which checks opera.
dops-
Extract Of letter from an a.egen. Planter TO Mer.
chant OF Mobile, dated
LowSDZs Co. A.a. April 20. l5i6.
ne loss OF stands OF Cotton greater than
before Known src not planter 10 twenty with seed
70 repiant II the failure and deficiency in seed
as great throuy hour Coon-grow region "a in
ns and the acJoiaing Counties. the crop OF ls46 will
ial ,hort OF !a.' years half million OF bales
Ihe Greensboro Beacon Of the e,h says For the last
tnree "eeEs excepting some three four days the
weather has been unusually cold for the season and We
u cerstsnd that IN several instances ~ the neshbor.
hood planters have been Under the necessity Of re-
planting thei- Coiton owing 20 the injury |, had sus-
tanned iron, the cold.
FLOUR AND MEAL.-There is still considerable
neavness in the market and sales have been made
day az 10 which Is farther decline Of ls cs. There
nave been taken for expor! day 5000 1900 bbs and
for home use l5C0 to 1000 The shipping lots taken
81 a. In New Orleans notice sales 30 obs IN bad
oscer al ST In good order IL would De bought
30 Freight engagements for several thousand bbls
Flour Liverpool were made to-day % sterling and
the Kalamazoo taken up 10 load al Philadelphia
Is Sd sterling Sales TOO TO 800 bbls Corn Meal $50
33lt.
GRAIN.-A sale Of 500 bushels Southern Whea. was
made for milling az l0l cents The buyers for shipment