New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-01-18
ssrno1AL AND MONEY MATTERS.
r., ,srs, ~ soeAs, sr. 0. Fourth Para

"WEDNESDAY, Jan. Up. NJ
Market was rather heavy to-day for all de-
-. Treasury and Government Stocks
- Treasury Notes sold at q.
Exchange there ia little or nothing yet doing
--.,sbt. are not active Cotton IL going 10
- s,5l6d ]. 900 brs Rosin. {. heavy freight
80. Within day or two 600 bids Tsllow al 25si
-. Turpeniine, "a. To London, 20 bsies Cotton At
!. ,;srce. Reef % 300 brls Resin ). per brl The
f..ssoen, of Cotton for Glasgow was at ID. To
n A cent Is the rate. To California engage
- ave beins made a, 2 5O9S - per brl dry and wet
',saaej cents per foo, Tor measurement goods.
p. N,,bo,fan Gas Light Co. have declared
s.,a Of g 50 per share the full, and 97i cents
,e1o stock Of the Company. The Lafayette
80 cirrinnati .eni annual dividend Of per cen,
T.s Mechanics. aud Traders Bank Of Now Orleans
i annual dividend Of - per cent
=. s,lowing is statement OF the number Of
.A,eb passed through the Morris Canal for four
rsnP''. S: 80 lo9.5O5 l55.559 2oi 90
-. Merchants Exchange Bank, the charter Of
xli sxpire 10 June next will reorgsnize under
Fee BANKING law The capital, which is now
80, a. 10 be increased to si,OO0O0O. The Com.
mist run Until lss'.
", HAYS, who las been Cashier Of the North
y,rt we believe, for twenty FIVE years past has
S,sd The cause Is understood 70 be the dssstis-
-, At the Directors account Of some injudcious
-, ,naae ty SIR Hays as Cashier By which the Bank
IN lose 30 or $4,000
o. ,noex an abstract Of the report made by
-. r Butler King. from the Committee on Naval AZ
-. 10 whom ass referred the petition Of Wn h.
,,o,ousn John /. stephens and Henry Chauncey'
-, aid Of The Government Of the United States to
r-.,,oc,s Railroad across The lsthmus Of Panama.
Ia hin accompanying tho report stipuates the pay
IN, n $4,000 per snnum for twenty years TO enable
,be Company 70 complete the work and In payment Tor
the services 10 be rendered by the Company. The re-
ar, sf,er sts,ing that the momorialsts hold charter
,or forty nine years from the Government OF New
Granada subject 10 purchase by that Government at
The end Of twenty years goes AZ length into cacula-
ton Of the advantages TO our commercial interests OF
,,eb A connection between the two oceans over the
tedious passages by either Cape The report furnishes
sble showing that European ports are 800 miles, or
80 ..s nearer than tie other ports Of tie world
- s Aar ports of the continent north Of Tie equator
he Inie. The Of hs ' that all vessels bound
M or ports O. places sou' Of the Inc beyond either NJ The
COS cross che Atsnr o. Western stands. for the
70 he SANE latitude and ongtuse Without 'e necessity Of
~ oean % sss henseyss Of ne same sdTa,ise'
- o the proposed Railroad across The isihmls ~"
advantage now rpfsesfeo y european
rerre md fat gston Bot elturn he tide IN our favor
London end Farre 20 f0flna
-o mn - from Ne fhs distance s 1000 les from Char
80 ao ron s.vanrah 800 from Orleans Mobile go
d-talce from principal exporting Atlantic
D.. orfs about Panama n Therefore We ~
ID M lie Of fhs Argument that fufopean commerce "h The
b. Ocean tho nrd China seas V take The route
-. =. I.,trs there difference Of BOO miles
Acd % tb. The 500 niles now sant u ano We 200 wa
:, ss ger channel Of communication our relative pos
- 10 The world distance Of 400 m e. Or o a. oaj
voyage shall the advantage Of our European
s.ors and - day. compared with the present
r5uis
Ts Report argues Of Europe with he East Tn
A., Gina and Coast Of America fall hands
,ssh We 40 coaency reasoning Tsbe Of DE-
. various port. yond the Cape given show ng according
"a ~. R.,ort that the lsthmg viii bring
an average Of 900 The East n5s. China
"a N. non. q South the Pacific and will actually
,g,po,ss Of navgaon ani commercial intercourse brng he
- f IN. We.t Coast Of MEXICO, California and Oregon
,..,s 20 No ,hsn they With each
go I.hmr. viii 20 o. niles h7urs speed ssc-uaued %
cute passegsrs the mans anf saH Iskges Of
~ goods y be conveyed rom Ne" ora D. San
sco In IA day. and from southern p0r. M less time
"a. sv..g. .svag commercial intercourse with the
w., Co,.i Il On snt the East Indies Which vii be-
s.ss bg The Of the proposed Railroad, exhibited
following table
TAI c,e TIE ariry y from Nsir FORK bv bc
Ifl4u = Panaaia trifh TIE ad
~ Hrr and CAP, IF GOOD Hop,, ts ftere,
says day fots 10 Mile and eaicafi"sr hs royas a and