New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-04-05
AND MONEY MATTERS.


TUESDAY, April 4-P. VI.
The Stock market was not active today, but the
market generally firm The fsnciss had an spwsfd
t.pdency and Govern ment securities were hrmer f0t
six., OF 1867 per cent. premium W" bid. treasury
Notes sold at "A premium. Treasury Notes are eonsefu
bic into stock Of 1867 and the difference In premium oe
casionsd BY the accumulation OF Interest on the 'oeA
while the Note, sr. sold with the interest seeruns to the
seller instead Of the buyer.
The amount of business in Bills for Transmission
bv the s,.m. VA, no, large to-day and rates closed hes
w The quotations for good Sterling bills were sie'.-
Leading drawers sksd 81 act and come bills were 500
low as !. per cent Francs are 5Sli doOo
In Freights there has net been large business
today An engagement Of 10000 bushels Corn was made
n5s In bulk About 200 bales Cotton were engaged a.
sd and considerable heavy feght at l7s cd per 'on' 10
London heavy freight vi. engaged st .o' ea9"' AZ
Hamburg 500 bale, Cotton were taken NJ &C.
The street was very quiet to-day and operators
are beginning to look with anxiety for the later news BY
the Washington for little excitement The Washington
10 expected tomorrow, although not with much conn
dsnce Her will be important 10 It's commercial as
pseL The continuance Of quiet in Paris will relieve the
fears Of our merchants who connected with French
commerce. and in continuance Of the improved feeling in
Brsadstuss in Enssrd, will have favorable eject here
and probably produce advance in Corn.
The relief in the Money market here has ex'
tended to Boston and Philadelphia
Some silver is still going forward to France In
consequence Of the doubt in regard to bills The packet
Of Saturday will take about 100000 The quotations for
so.cis are. Per cent? Value.
Amer Amer. GOLD DID, .los Sics c.rolu. dolls. 81 O5a %
100 S0ol Five frances. sid sii
Portuguese gold. 100 dl00t psiriot.l5 6eGl5 ~
Spanish dollars. .l02 dl05 soyereigns Sld o.
quarters. 99i y 100 hght... ga o.
Mexican dollars. l0l iG0li Heavy saineas' VIC ''''
IN J. Ma -Ql RQu
Treasury Notes. .l0l; dloltl
Telegrsphic dispatch from Baltimore an.
uounces hst III. brokers not buying the nossof the
Havre de Grace Bank.
The Bank of Wooster Ohio. in which Jos. &,
Lake Co. deeply interested failed on the 18th ut
The seven per cent. Bonds Of the Erie Railroad,
advertised by the Agent Y. w. Edmou were sill taken
at from par per cent premium IL Is sign'ncsnto OF
the superior .agacity of our Connecticut neehbor' that
almost a these Bonds taken by residents OF that
State for Themselves and their Savings Banks.
The following statement shows the amount OF
toll. collected at the office of the Philadelphia and coum'
bis Railroad, Philadelphia, 70 the lst inst
Railway. " Power Tots. To,sl, .,
Amt as per last report sl665 70 stI6 ~ 5000 Z.
Ditto March 81 ls4s... 10 SIS 50 ll9il 90 SO,'97 45
NOV 50, SIS 2sl 81 s546ss 10 500 $40 %
same time last oSoss 70
$3.50 81
Last week the receipts OF tue ocnuylhih Ns''sn-
ton Company amounted to $4,000.
The Western Railroad, after slight falling OIL
in the receipts for two weeks again increasing upon
last years business The average gain thus fax is about
/ $4,000 per week.
The Reading Road carried $4,000 tons Coal last
week showing an of $500 the business
of the corresponding week of last year MI Tucker tie
President writes in the strongest terms of confidence
! to the business Of the road for the present year
The following Plymouth Bank dividends have
been declared Old Colony, per cent Plymouth, 81
Wsreham, 8 bingham, 4.
The Pratt Bank of Buffalo has been purchased
by Mr. L. f. Tiffany of that city, under whose control il
will hereafter be conducted.
The quantity OF Domestcs exported from Boston
during the two weeks ending ls April was l79O bales
valued at Ss34SO OF these 1851 bales went to the Ea'
Indies During the past week the banks have discounted
to fair extent to their regular customers but s hei
wants are supplied and considerable amount OF soo'
business paper still finds s way into the street AZ ext
interest At Philadelphia confidence is gradually strength
enns in the money market and banks and capitalists arr
rslaxins hat their gid hold money The stree
demand not great and the rate demanded for the
of money for tstclass securities is lighter. At St Loui
the money market continues easy, and bat little difficult
il experienced in negotiating bills on the East at IA
rate.