New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-03-14
COM NUMERICAL AND MONEY MATTERS.



FRIDAY P.
There was strong upward tendency 10 the Stock
Market to day and nearly nj! the anc'es inpro'ea'-
Reading and Harlem were very firm Al tue oec"nu
Boarl the large and at farther improvement
The better feeling partly the result OF the essne'
the money market and partly OF the favorable tone Of
the news by the packets which have arrived within ady
two
In Exchange there is not much doing The me''
chants are TOO busy receiving goods to attend to paying
for them The market ia firm 5ies for Sterling and
III as 26i for Francs.
The Morris Canal Co are. we understand meet
ing with good In obtaining subscriptions to tnef
loan for the completion OF the Canal They do nodOaO'
that the whole amount will be ilIed up AZ meetins'
the Board on Wednesday Benjamin Williamson, E'q'
was elected President.
The special report o f the Reading Co. made BY
the Committee of which Gov Davis Is Chairman Is We
understand in the hands Of lhe printer. and will soon %
made public.
The earnings of the Mohawk Railroad Co. for the
week ending 7th March we're
Passengers :-----.----...--'--'-''-''' a. u
Local freight 40 %
Western freis $50 20
Total ..-...-.......-...-....sl.slss3, 81 81
Same week last year .--.---.-... La "
Decrease ................-.. s2Oa 70
This falling OF occasioncd by the heavy SHOWS
which have obsructed travel during the last few ween
The New Haven and Hartford Railroad declared
ssem:annual dividend of3i per cent.
Oar Port has seldom exhibited a more busy scene
than now The favorable winds have brought in 81 i'm
snse number OF vessels which have been for weezs
beating about on our coast endeavorng to get in Tbs
arrivals yesterday nearly So Of them foreign
including FIVE or sig packets The arrivals today hs'e
a,ao been numerous The overdue vessels are COW
nearly all safe wharyes and the anxiety Of all iae
e.ed relieved The arrival Of this hect has put al the
commercial forces IN action. The Custom House
crowded With merchants and merchants CLERKS oroke'
shipmasters &c. Glowing their way to the one'e''
desks The whole force Of the establishment p''
requison, and the delay even then ia gfeat. Ine ''
mesa present quite change from week '' ~
since, and carmen and laborers are fully empioyee
loading and warehoasins the richly loaded
which line the wate. front the City Tic snpphe'
goods received By these ships are ieasonao!e s'',
70 our stock as in some descriptions there was
able scarcity We are now prepared TO supply INC
continent With every thing needed on the m0'' ~
rnodasing terms Some Southern aud Western =,
have made their appearance but The SPfns u'-
nor yesfairly opened.
In the Pennsylvania House on Wednesess
bill was reported TO extend the charter OF me "e''
Bank of PhiIadelphia ,-hr-
The frcigh: business Eastward on inc .l,.
& Rochester Road. for the month ofFeoraafy' -.
LIGHT compared with the previous moEths since 49,
OF Notwithstanding in the aggregate ..~.
lbs. The amour, Of merchandise Wes:, Tor tn' -,f
.ie, was 49, i9i lbs-a large proportion Of eo",
Of iron and .tee! TIE toll on tue above was "
making az aggregate OF tolls both wsy'' Tor JUG
of 1870 81. Ham,
AT Boston the Banks have their loans wen v :.
Nearly all the strictly prime notes and acceptance,
row done in the regular way that only fair 70
per anas its way into ste street where It " o'-'
and q per cent. p.,,d Of
The attemp, TO dissolve the Boston DO su
Brokers was renewed last week. and falea ~ ,,asd
votes as those opposed to such movement .,t..
by the afternoon session. and great amour, ,o
,aor. discussion and fun leyeied Ell tho CnsAH