New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-12-27
ooo.nsEsOiAL AnU nTOTEy DIATIERs
for Sole. Of S1ocss, &c '< Fol1th Page
wxDNEsDAY, Dec. g p NJ

ia Sticks there iE @ better iecIbS 10 dhy, -"
F.aeies generally were tihs better, eSoegun} Road.
Ina, which Il. the espec.i object Of the essftions oil the
Bears Erie, Canton. &c wore = little higher. For
Governments th.ra j. lair iUquiry, and the uarset
improved IA y CT
Ia Exchanges there ~Ss bot iItto dono to-day
and the market closed al sbou, Mondays rates stef-
fling 1, 7as T. Ct fsir bill. so.lDg al 7i@i y c..
Francs ere 3 Jlt15 pet
I'm Freights there 10 something doing Al 1'd
70, Cotton, Isi for Flour. +lanl for Grain, POS for
Dad Weight aud eOJ 5bls Kssln al ls III 10 Havfs,
10 for Cotton.
The supply OF Money Is moro sbutdsnt again,
and "a 10 not 90 easy TO lend al tho high sates Of ss
week Some collateral losns were made tcdsy ct .
q e. Flrst elsSs short paper goes a. td7 y CT long
sa9 y c.
The contra ct. for the continuation OF the Ene nav
road b. llornsse 40 miles have all been CIV out Al
q, very low rates The number VI bldsw ss lag- ana
,hs oompe,ition such hst contacts were secured At
much lower rates than anticipated The whole "
miles viii b. comp ted ana ironed by the lot VI s-p'-'n
Der rexi for about four hundred and my thousand dol
lars ready for the trains. being lesss than eleven
thousand dollars per mile. Ga this great work PIC.
sresses toward tho West 10 1881 We shall be sGo to
40 from Permont 10 the Lake by this route HI"
ireieh, LusD ., crested by the Chsmuns exclusion IL
very large but the heavy snow OF yessordsy Will into
iero with IL tor a lew days
The Receipts at the SUB TresEury are so2,O6O /;
Payments sl5 Ga. Balance, S3,'OO,6'2
The Taunton Branch Rsiir' al Company have
declared semi annual dividend of per ci pnyshle ."
demand . The New Haven Gas Company per Ct
al January The Bank Of the State Of North CarJ.
llua SENT snuua dividend OF per Ct The Jackson
Manufacturing Company Of Nashua, dividend of res
eL lst January. The Nashua Manufacturing Comps
ysoy, per The Ilsrniton Manufacturing Com
usny Of Lowell per CT Tho Appleton Manufsc,ur-
log Company =, Lowell, per et---.Iho Lowell Manu-
featuring Company At Lowell, seJ per share and the
sisrk Mills, q per CT
Counterfeit s5s on the City Bank, Providence,
X are Ia FREQ circulation They are unlike tho true
biDs which have covering the entire center.
The several lateral Railroads TO the Madison Sud
Indianapolis Road heretofore projected are progressing
rapidly to completion. The oltire line from intisDsp
oils to Terre uauts will DO put under contract In few
weeks. Tho road from lafayette TO CTswfordsvtlie
will be ready for the iron by July Of next year. i, 10
Intended TO coninuo this reed from Charlottesville to
intersecs the lndsDspo. ard Terre usu,e Road nesr
Putpamve, thus securing, al an early day, con'nu'
Rsrosd from Lsisy elite to the OHIO River by way
Of TIE Indianapolis and Madison Road.
The following circular has been issued by the
Trsuury Department;
TssAsuRy DspARIMgSr, Nov. ~, ls4s
sa Your letter Of The l<b inssnI hss been received
ana in rcpy TO your hqairy have to 'tsie that In all
OF importation. duties must be ss'es'ed on Inc
Whsnever The qosotiiy imported 10 ssesrtaped TO ex.
..ss raj "A la he iuvoce ana no Intention to de-
fraud he tnied States appear the mercbapd.e win be
admitted to enuy and the proper daues assessed on we
Whsnever The appraisers ind the value Of The whole
Importation Qncuding the ausntiy stated In the Invoke
and that 10 sxcss to exceed by more than len per esu
the value declared on the entry the proper penal OF sd1
uonsl duty must be exsced.
Isis obvious thu, this penal duty will sometimes he
tasOned by the excess, a Tor instance, where the iu
poraon declares 10 the entry, the yalus ct the pof.s
ton according 10 The quantity specified In he Invoice and
sasuasy, The sppr.sed value Of the whole alton
may prove 10 be more lhnn ten per cent
ever the value 80 declared In the enuy and The acdlhous
peal duty would attach
Very respectfully, your oneeisnt servant.
Secretary OF the Treasury
The BANKING System OF Indiana, although not
bwsd on security placed 10 the hands Of ths State Az
tsOrities Hke ours sppsHs to work well and 10 be &c
tsb'sed on orm basic The Constitution OF the State
OF Indiana provides thu, there shall b. oth,r Bank
chartered IL thai State than State Bank with Branch
e. Ia the Fall of 1884 the state Bank OF Indiana with
some ten Brsnches weot into opersuon The Branches
are now - Ths business and discounts OF the bsos
are done altogether through the several Branches The
Corporation OF Controlling Board meets quarterly al
Indianapolis, and much olener ss need be, - iook
into the sfiJrs snd condition Of the Branches IL 10
composed Of the President OF tho State Bsns snd tour
Directors appointed ey the Legislature, aud also one
Director sppoinIed by each Branch, usually the Presl
deaf Of the Branch
The power OF ,his Bosrd over The operations OF tee
Branches is uslimi,ei. raey prescribe the m an mum
Of discounts, circulation, &c-ihe latter never TO IL
coed twice the capita paid in-esn eosa them up aud Put
into liquidation ~hsneveF they th!ok them msmsnssios
,hss sasirs The Branch Board con,is.s OF ten per.
sou'-thres appointed by the State Board and 'ev'n
by the s,oekhoidcn The stock In The Branches 10
tirely distinct from each other. Separate dvideods
are declared and paid In each BY order Of the Con,rv
Jag Board, ss she prva's OF each may ja.piy. lis
Branch shall tail after her exhausted lbe de-
le, has 10 be rated the remaining Branches ia pru
portion 10 the espl,A OF each. The State own. over
ON, ,hrd sbe capital sock-,he residue by individuals
md almost entirely by citizens OF the sisie
No,.s for circulation are given ~ iho B,aaches
through the state Board soed by The Pfesitsni u The
Sal. Bank 10 be signed by the CsseaIs VI The Branch
q. The sy.tsm les been found to worn Admirably
The Bosrd of Control and ire management Ct The
Breaches having thus lar been In the hsnd' u neo OF
Character ard means, and beirg the owreIs oil IRE
aoek In the Branches bad Tor OF s divicenSs
10, to borrow It's money they OF course lok closely
ia,o The sasrs and operations Of eeh other 10 proven
ultimate liability In themselves E>eh Bank nsss'
every lwo weeks detailed report unser OATH OF 10
ss.iss ard condition 10 tire Conuosirg Bosre, ans
nsaiAly " each other 90 tbs, should any Branch ~
s,sie OF things that sy ultimately bring liability
10 The others, tho oasndng Branch is sd1onisNsd
@esseksi In lie opera siopa There are s'o freqasn'
saa olose examinations into the coalition OF eSeA
Breach ubder the ws'eh.ul Of tie present Board
Tho sfsrs OF The Branches have bean well and most sue
osssfaly managed. Ths Branches occupying the pro
sPsl ponn OF business 10 The STATE hsv' Afforded 10
Ass citizens ali needial fscnie ard 10 ihs public at