New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-05-29
COMMERCIAL AND MONEY MATTERS
Fv saiss Of socks, 81, Sc Foart' Pa'.

MONDAY, May 2,-PM
The Stock market TODAY was without much
activity and generally better tor the Fsncies Prices
however fell of alter the Board, snd It was difficult 10
make sales The demand for Government stocks Was
good and the rates again advanced The improvement
in London 20 i07 and in Hamburg 10 0'i-the latter
equal 20 ll6i herc-hsd very favorable eicci upon
the market The New Loan went 20 ll;i and lreo'a.
mes 90 ma There is good foreign demand and u
IS generally believed shat there Will De- farther adj
vance the other eide.
There Is some movement in Exchange and the
market Tor sterling is buoyent First class bills sold al
= ,ni good names At -. Our supply and demand are
bo'h moderate Francs are aoi - p
The Freight market is without change Some
oO bales Cotton were engaged At ID $50 sons Heavy
Freight AZ - 6dd25s. 5000 or 400 bhls Flour 81
l. i0id d. or 20 900 bushels Corn At od 0 Liverpool
To ireland two or three vessels were .akcn up Al
laid
There was no feature Of interest IN the street
90 DAY excepting the demand for Government stocks
and the improvement IN them. The advance under
the foreign news u about 1 = cent Money continues
% De abundant 20 low rates ON best stocks the rate
$500 3 cent and It j. difficult 20 place all that 10 OF
crin- II these rates Paper goes at 6d7 = cent Tor
nr.t-clsss Auctionccrs bills receivable endorsed are
passing freely at = cent Paper not strictly first
class goes M-dlO q cent The supply of good paper
being mostly absorbed by the Banks the quantity offer.
Ing u he stree, Is small
The receipts to-day at the Sub Treasury
were ................ ....-..--.- .S@.l l5l
Payment. ............. BAR
Bsf,nce .....-..... 2.01i l6l
A meeting of the Directors Of the Canton Com
pany was held last week at which iavor'b reports t
the condition Of the Company were made The M
come Of the Company Is 10 Dee expended in improve
mcnts Baltimore is growing toward this property, aud
sooner or Iatcr t must become valuable
The first Of June has been fixed upon for the
opening OF the Erie Railroad extension TO Owcgo %
niles and the citizens Of that Aouri.hlng place are
preparing 10 illustrate the opening with appropriate
ceremonies The anticipation that this extension was
70 be- opened has checked the forward movement OF
freight and passengers from West OF Bnghamton and
has had effect upon the receipts Of the road, some
which will not reach the estimate tor May. The re-.
ceipt. viii probably reach 10000 or 100000.
The Money market continues TO be easy at
Philsdcphis at Gas y cent The foreign news pro-
iuced an active demand tor peunsy stocks at al
ysnccd PRICES
At Baltimore Money IL abundant at "a : v cent
The difficulty at Easton with the bostmen
the Lehigh still continues The amount Of Coal trans.
ported over the Reading Road last week was 30 100
tons making 25j 20 tons tor the The amount
on the schuylun Navigation was 1919 tons making
l6. 10 tons for the
The state Treasurer Of Pennsylvania has writ
urgent appeal TO the County Treasurers Of
the state 20 hasten the collection of the State tax.
The nducement Is the abatement Of y cent. 20 any
county making payment In time TO be available tor the
interest falling due on the lst Of August
The albany Ereniag Journal describes a coun-
terie g. note purporung 70 have been issued by the
Troy City Bank II has a vignette Of Manhats, (a
seated on the earth with stream Of water passing
out Of A vessel under his left arm There are two
portraits either side Of the yignettetho the
lett side that Of Jefferson The Bank has never s
sued any notes with such yignete such portraits