New-York daily tribune., 1849-02-16
knofAL AND Mo1EY S6ATTERs.
For .sls Of s'esl,. r.. m Fourth Pas4.
THURSDAY, Feb. l5-P. N.

THURSDAY, Feb. l5-P. NJ.
II. Stock market is not firm for Fancies, and
-b the exception Of Norwich, which improved prices
-. Love, For Government Stocks there was fair
..psnd at steady prices The bears feel better than
,,ev did lust sfter the steamer arrived.
There /, no movement in Exchanges Sterling
sTasS cent Francs 32'i.
In Freights there is considerable hrmness'
.bou, 1000 bush Corn were engaged at Cd IN osg'
.,d "a IN bulk 800 or 400 bols Provisions ~ 81 lOO
ton, Heavy Freirh. at 25s. To Glasgow GOO brsh
Corn were taken at Sd Three vessels were bought Tor
California
The total receipts at the Custom House too day
we're s4sOoa and the disbursements $4,000. The
.noup, IN vault 20 night is s2957 sl3 CO. The stock
Of coin In the Banks made up not long since, and
sss then about four millions Il is In the neigh
borhood Of three and a half millions.
The receipts OH the Madison and indianapolis
Railroad for the month Of January lsi9 were. So 900
FOR January, lsfs ...----.--.--..------.-. L,zyD
Which 10 equal 10 65 y cent
The receipts for the months Of November, DeccmDlr
and January Qs45-4s) last s554os -
And for the months Of iSi7 i..-.---- tl4Oo ~
Increase this year................-... s26OOl u
Which Is equsl 70 % :, cent
This is we think far beyond he ratio Of increase on
sny other road ia this country The business on ihi7
rosd seems limited only by the capacity Of the means
Of transportation owned BY the Company when mas
recently been largely increased. The road is managed
si,h grea, sknl and economy John Brougb, Esq- 50
veil known formerly as Auditor Of Ohio, ia It's Presi-
dent and Superintendent
Since the endeavors which have been made 10
L II, ,ka they are
getting into some favor and are attracting the attention
oftnose who are willing 10 take little r'k Tor tne pur
pose Of enarsipg their incomes. Indiana Sc redeems
sble in 20 years for example, are selling al o@3 -
The state psys4 T. cent these bonds 10 ls15, and
tbep5 y cent semi annually The increase these
bonds bought At 62., is y cent and after 1883 y
cen, 10 which mus, be added about u y cent for the
gain on the principal at maturity making q cent y
annam Illinois Stocks stand in the category.
Pennsylvania So also bought at 79 the present quo
tstou pay ca ., cent annual income in addition 10 the
gain Of 2l q cent on the principal at maturity.
The Uaion in reply 70 the charges Of those
who assert that there will be deficiency in the Ma
tona Treasury the lt July 1919 says that the re
ceiyts will equal If not exceed the Secretarys esti
mates The receipts from the Customs from LIST July
10 18th February have been not less than sls O0O0OO
and the Union that this average the increase
OF the year Will Dl -DofvVVfvyJ iustfau OF
s32 10000 On the 5th Of February the Treasury
contained s49i4 O99 subject TO the drafts OF the Tress
urcr after deducting outstanding drafts and, in add
ton 10 this two and three quarter millions oI the New
oan are yet available We believe the Union is in
ror in its estimates Even should the recepts Of the
remainder of the year from Customs equsl, proper
,onaely those Of the period which has just pass'd,
its aggregate would only reach s29O0OOOO II must
Al.
are nearly all at hand and that the mpors,ons Of the
tour months come, March. April May and June, are
usually small compared with July August, September,
January February. Last year the importsiious OF
these four months were six millions below one third OF
the aggregate imports of the year showing that the du
,ie, Of the re emander Of the fiscal year will not be in
proportion TO those which have already been collected
Probably the Customs will not 60 over s2s,OOOOOO for
the year, falling of OF $1,000 600 on the secretarys
ssinsie Sill we do not entcipa any necessity for
new loan unless Congress should make larger sppro
pria,ons than anticipated or large claims turn up
of which at present there is no notice
Petitions have been presented in the Massachu-
.es Legislature asking that Congress be pettoned to
interfere in the subject Of taxation on National Stocks
The Supreme Court having decided that State tax on
Government Stocks was unconstitutional, these peti-
TONERS think this exemption operates uneqnsy' and
should be removed. The judiciary Committee OF the
House have reported that the petitioners have leave to
withdraw In New.York this exemption Of Govern
ment stocks from taxation Is equal TO 81 100 10 every
100000 OF Stock which is quite saving.
The State Treasurer Of Ohio has announced his
readiness to pay of the faith and credit End Miami Ex
tension Stock belonging 10 the domestic debt OF the
state 10 the amount of s24552, demand, and that
the interest will be punctualy paid the lst May next
A meeting was held on Saturday evening IN
Syracuse to take into consideration requisite means for
the prosecution of the Syracuse and Binehamon Kali
rosi Committee was appointed 10 prepare such
documents they might think proper to he presented
nj an adjourned meeting to be held Tuesday evening
The annual Report OF the Union Pa Canal Co
furnishes satisfactory exhibit of the business OF the
p.st year The tosl tonnage is l53 222 tons showing
an increase of l3 965 tons the year lSi7 There
were 2OO2 bbs Of Flour transported 3l406s bushels
Grain 7267l tons Coal ,625 bushels Salt and sl565
bushels Lime
The annexed table shows the comparative shipments
In ls47 at Pittsburg and at Bufulo, eastward
flour WHEAT. CORN
Rtls Value Bush Value Bush. Value
90 as iIts9t6 hsl63t2 t91lbii 209ss2 lhihll
rtt.bur woo I,7.sss2 9o9l5o llH7~ i,.75A0 'wN7
Tho aggregate is sl9664 COS at Buffalo against
5ss l3i at Pittsburs The discrepancy in Corn is