New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-11-03
COMMERCIAL AND MONEY MATTERS.
For Sal, Of Stocks, &C. s< Fourth Page.

TUESDAY. P. NJ.
The Stock market was quite inactive to-day and
the fsncles fell OF generally but not to any extent,
Treasury Notes went below per cent there having
been sale of Sic 900 at the second board at per cent
In bills there is nothing doing. There will be no
movement until the steamer arrives The market
meanwhile IL nominal at d9 for leading bls Francs
are 2505 22i.
Ia lreights there is little nothing doing and the
quotations are nominal as before.
The following is a statement Of the value OF ex-
ports from This port for Oct 1916 and ls47;
Domestic Merch andlze Observation-Disclosures. 50 5l 23s
Foreign DO. tfce.--...-------..--- ~ ~
Do. do. dutsble .......-...... l56s52
Export OF Specie -.-----..---..-.-..---. oHois
Total Sfooi'oo
The receipts Of the Long Island Railroad Co.
from ocsl and fregh,s during the month OF Octo-
6er le47 were. 10
Same month Ia l-46 luVe<
Excess n OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. -.sitJI
Equal to AZ per cent This company has ceased run
ming tralus on Sundsy commencing on the first OF Ocio
ber and this large resul, has been attained without any
receipts from Sunday travel.
The receipts of the Erie Railroad for October,
ls47, were as follows:
From freight. ........--..--...-.Sl29s CO
Same month last osr--------..-.------. ls4,y 10
Increase % per cent. .Sic'1 %
The directors of the Erie Railroad, at full meet
log decided 70 adhere 10 the present guage, six eet
wide and this be the permanent width Of the track
from the Hudson to Lake Erie
Uptolstinst over 80 500, 900 ofthe Indiana State
Bonds have been surrendered and exchanged for the
new stocks and subscriptions to the Canal Loan have
b, EN- made by the holders of over 100000 of tia.
amount The whole bonded debt about sll 100000,
80 that nearly the whole amount has been arranged.
The steamer from Boston lst inst. took out
s29s SEQ in specie The exports from Boston during
Oct were ss4 $50 and the imports s67ll6.
At Boston, according TO the Courier, money dur
ing the past week has been ia demand and usuii
Gus rstes of discount have been freely submitted 10
o per cent having been psii frat class paper.
slsh, movement in specie together with some consd
cradle spprebenons in regard to the next dngs from
Great Britain, have also Influenced the market and
caused the exercise of caution in the business
and financial duties.
The railroads OF New-York commenced carrying
freight Yesterday under the law. The roads arc
required by the sw pay TO the State the same tolls
which are paid on the canals. The amount Of these
tolls, therefore must be- added the ordinary rates OF
fregbt The distances too te be Ieck0ued not ~
railroad but by canal. Thus the distance rom Albany
10 Buffalo II 70 be reckoned 36i miles because that is The
distance by canal whereas the distance by railroad II
only 32s miles The canal toll for first class morchan
disc % cents per 100 pounds from Albany to Buffalo
Including this toll the railroad freight will be i2o cents
Flour 20 be transported at special rate OF 10 c'n's
barrel from Buffalo to Albany
The Western Railroad has been doing very
heavy business lately. This receipts OF last week are
stated TO have been $32 0OOsn Increase over the cor
responding week OF last year OF sl32OO
The Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac
Railroad Company has declared semi annual dividend
! of per cent The Marine Insurance Company oil Rich
mond VA dividend of l2i per cent for the s't six
mobths. A.
The amount OF merchandise exported from the
mort of Boston during the week ending Oct 3D. was
sl735ls. Of which Sl5267l was in Domestic produce -
The arrivals were $1,000, of which 81 were foreign
and the cearances Gas of which PSI were foreign The
following abatement shows the value OF the exports
from the port of Boston foreign ports during the
month OF October
To Fs,, Iodiss So7 562l To 5. America. 1913
10 ssno'h Islsnds 100 723 To Cent? America. 41la
To Africa..... 534OOl To West Indies. 49, 2os l51
To Europe .2O5 945l To Nova Scotia Pug tit
Total .--..-..--s---. 80 "a
Previous 10 two months. --........----. L'Ie,ooo
Total for three months -.s2osJ'Uoi