New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-05-27
COMMERCIAL AND MONEY MATTERS.
Foy sale. Of Stools, &c. sec Fonr& Poge.

IO oQies Of htocts, DC sec Dfb joye
FmpAY. May 26-P ~
Today was one Of the quic.est days 81 TIE
sock board that we have noticed for time There
was no deposition operate and tie few transactions
were made al heavy prices. There no excitement
IN the street Of any kind, and the shorts in Harlem
.ecned 10 have gotten over some Of the fright OF the
late rapid rise
Ia Bills there is nothing Of Importance doing
Thcre VIII De no activity until the steamer arrives. she
ull be- due tomorrow Although there much less
anscty 10 hear from the other side than there was
some time ago yet the holders of produce here feel
very great desire % have better adviccs There is
eery general apprehension that Cotton Will stu farther
decline in Liverpool and adyiccs Of improved state
q feeling would relieve much OF this apprehension
A moderate advance Ia breadstuas would afford NOR
en- for shipments a, the present decline this side and
shipping demand Tor surplus -four wheat and corn
would put vigor into every department OF trade
IN increase Of exports is imPerouyey needed
while our imports are 50 large i'm order 10 arrest tie
drain Of coin
About 900 bales Of Cotton were engaged day
for Liverpool at a532d and some heavy freight pro
Visions &C. az l50i7s Ga. There also engage
1.nt Of -four received from Canada bur ths price did
not trmspre
on Treasury Notes loans are easily negotiated ct 607
PER c. on call The Banks very easy, and discount
ins generally al the irstciass pepper offered.
a new fraud has appeared being genuine notes
Of the New.Haycn County Bank with counterfeit zig
natures Nearly $1,000 Of these noieswerc received on
Wednesday at Tie Bank in i,s regular package OF Tx
changes from the suffolk Bank, boston. Thee notes
arc IS and los are perfectly new and no explanation
can be given OF the in which they got into cir
collation. In relation 90 these notes the Hqrord Uhig
says the blanks were either fraGdulenty obtained
the plate surrcpuou-ly procured and used By counter
eitcrs The filing up Is generally speaking poorly done
but the signatures remarkably exact iorgerios'-
An exactly similar fraud the NowHaycn Bank was
committed some months SINCE and the Bank was
obliged 10 obtain new plate.
The Merchants Bank las declared a sem an
nua dividend of per C. Tho Gas Light co. Of Bald
more dividend OF 81 per c.
The exact amount of specie in the packet ship
NewYora which sailed yesterday tor Hayro was
s352,5.5
TIE Cape Cod Branch Railroad to Sandwich has
been opened.
The Eric Pa. gazette says that the notes OF
he Erie Bank freely taken at par by the merchants
OF that town. and business generally.
At Bulialo the money market is without change
equally AZ much difficulty in efecting negotiations
isung at the present time as ever. Western funds
distrustod hy brokers and several have declined pur.
chasing EXchtngc az Cleveland on Buffalo Is high
az j. per cent aud on New York , Exchange on New
York continues heretofore, viz. per cent at Buffalo.
The Treasurer of Ohio, it is stated, is about to
test the indbidua liability principle in the OF the
Wooster Bank.
Atiousvile tKy.l on Saturday last, the banks
werq checking on Eastern cities at per cent The
outd oor rates ali per cent, The bans check freely
on NSw Orleans at al per cent premium. Bills hay-
ing oter four months TO run rather difficult ncgO-
tiate B3 on the South and Ea-t three six months
Per tenti over six months, lt per cent
TIE amount Of tolls received Mt Rochester during
twenty days OF May s256Ol against So 1853
time last year showing decrease OF sll,55l-
At Syracuse the tolls 1856 showing an Increase
OF S}27.
The following is statement of tolls received at
Johnstown:
Amount reed during the month ofAPn, 1879. ;9eo2 Il
Total amount nom opening Of navigation. 10Th
March 10 the let day OF May, 1873 3
same ume SIX ~
The debt Of Haris5mgh Pa is sl59,9ls ~,
which is equal to abou, go Tor each nhabtnt in the
Borough
At New Orleans Exchange is less difficult to
negotiate but the rates az which even the best bills are
going are sngusrly low Tho Money market sill con
,nues very tight for the ivortc sign8icres
and the of discount out OF doors varies from 10 p
Ter cent per month.