New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-04-24
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FRIDAY, P. NJ.
The tendency Of prices was downward today,
and the Fsncies fell off somewhat. Treasury Notes
were also dull and declined to st. fall Of per cent
from yesterdays prices We understand that Messrs
Corcoran Riggs sold 100000 Of six per cent Tressu
ry Notes at Boston yesterday at per cent. premium.
The Exchange Market continues to RISE and
Sterling is steady 6a6i per cent for leading sigma
lures Francs are $40. The supply of Bills in market
Is moderate. and the inquiry from importers for remit
apces account Of the specie recently imported is
considerable farther advance Is looked for before
the leaves At the present there no profit
on imports Of specie.
The Freight Market is rather more active, but
rates low. Flour to Liverpool s 3s13s 3D. Grain
lodal2d. Heavy freight 35sa4Os with small transsc-
tons. The New Hampshire was taken at 30c to load
Wheat In bags at Philadelphia for Hsvre. To Antwerp
2oc02c accepted for GRAIN The supply of vessels
10 considerable. We heard Of engagement for Ire
land at lid for Corn.
The Money Market is little more stringent as
the report day approaches bu. In the there
difficulty in making loans at rae per cent.
The Directors of the Morris and Essex Road
have passed resolution to continue their extension
stanhope with all convenient speed.
The Mohawk and Hudson Railroad is doing an
immense freightng business. Every and locomo
tive the Company have at their command is kept con-
stantly employed.
A correspondent of the Journal Of Commerce.
writing from West Point. on Wednesday says;
One of the parties engaged in surveying the of
the Hudson River Railroad have arrived as far up as
this and work the other side of the river
directly opposite this place They appear TO be running
the line possible to the water The company
consists of six eight individuals They are going on
u.fttx of ha xEfll odf hair
advance through the Highlands however, is necessarily
very slew and 1t will probably be ten days at least be-
fore they get up high NewburRh This is the worst
part of the road and the expense attending the building
Of It through the Highlands will undoubtedly fully equal
that Of one fourth the whole route.
meeting to promote the success of the Ogdens-
burg Rsroad held Tuesday evening, ct the Ire
mont House. Boston. Patrick T. Jackson, Esq. was
called to tbs CHAIR The meeting addressed by Alb
bott Lawrence s. ii. VALLEY, T. P. Chandler, B. T
Reed James Hayward and E. II. Derby. The merits
and advantages of the line pointed out by the
ver speakers and Messrs Parish of Ogdensburgh, Wal
Icy Of Roxbury Reed, Derby and Edmonds of Boston,
appointed a committee to adopt preliminary
ures to secure the construction of the Railroad.
The whole quantity Of Flour which has been re-
ceived at Boston via the Western Railroad. between
Sept !. 1886 and April 10, ls47, is l52543 barrels,
against 1851 barrels during the period last year
The qusndty of Corn received from all points during
the same period was l.353,06o bushels.
new counterfeit, has been detected In Ohio
The following Is description of the note Sc, letter c.
various numbers Lafayette Bank of Cincinnati payable
to A. Douglass dated Nov. 3. ls46-signed w. g. w.
osno Cashier and G. Cslsle Pres The bile are badly
sxecuted-the name of the Cashier engraved aud the
whole face Of the bills of much lighter shade than the
genuine One thousand dollars of these notes were
found In possession Of the party arrested for passing
them.
The Directors Of the Cleveland, Columbus and
Cincinnati Railroad Co. have announced the abandon
ment Of that project for want of funds.
Currency is plenty at Pittsburg and the rate of
discount has advanced.
The Iron Works at Pembroke, Washington Co.
heretofore engaged in rolling hoops Of bar iron have
been fitted up for working Railway bars, and they
now turning 80 tons of rails per week having been in
operation about two weeks only. This mill Is now
owned by Horace Gray e. Co. Of Boston, who are max
Ing rails also on the Mill Dam at Boston, and said TO
be putting up another large mill at South foSson, 10
cover come $1,000 square feet acre Of ground
The Boston Advertiser says
Whoever will take the trouble to ascertain the guam
t.y Of Railroad Iron required In the country the present
Year and the amount of the manufacture, will that
The eemsnd nust beyond the supply This will un-
doubedy lead considerable impostations OF Railway
bars the present and ensuing year American Iron is
said to be worth from 81 $40 per ton more than the
Iron Imported from Great Britain.
Fxnsr,.nce has shown that the best quality of iron
has hren the most econo nca for Railway IN Eng
land and there 10 difference OF from IS to $40 in the
price Of the different qualities In the English market
The quotation prices for export are for the common or
cheap Iron The manufacturers OF Railway Iron in this
country get orders readily for all they can turn out at
about 81 per above the present cost OF importation
This 10 owing to the superior quality OF the Iron
Markets-CayefaLy reported for The Tribune
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