New-York daily tribune., 1849-05-15
COMMERCIAL AND MONEY MATTERS
For Sale. Of Stocks, &c. .se Fourth Pqs,.

MoNDAv, May H-P
The Stock market continues without activity
and prices Of Fanccs are again lower There is tho
same lack Of p culation which has been before
tced, aud without some pressure from the outside
there en- be- no activity In the stock market Mean.
while there Is fair business being done in Govern.
ment and other Stocks FOR investment. and there
no sound sisck. pressed on the market There is
demand Tor Ene for Investment and cOusidsr rabe por
ton Of the small quantity on the market has been
bought up.
The Exchange market is inactive and rather
heavy First class Sterling sells slowly At II a-i Tho
transactions are quite limited Francs are 3Oas -
la Freights We hear OF moderate business.
some Cotton taken st ID Heavy Freight 2J. and
800 bushels Corn 1T Old To Cork and a market
vessel was taken up At sd for Corn. There j. some
thing doing for Havre At ic for Cotton.
la the Money msrket there IS no change 10 note.
The same abundance Of money exists as was noticed
last week and IL il rather more difcult 10 ind sale
and profitable employment Tor H. Strictly fr.tcls.s
paper can b. placed At Ga7 y c. but good paper en
orally goes ~ "a 10 y e. and some names which are
plenty on the street be- passed better than -
cent On best coliaersls loans on call arc made At
ja6 cent, and De learn Of considerable sums which
could not be- uscd on Saturday = cent The Banks
We beiiesc are doing all the COOL paper offered
Business among the Dry Goods Dealers Is not
80 good this Spring vas anticipated and many de
schp'ions are considerably lower than they were
Jobbers are anMoas selers and a iew small failures
have taken place.
The terms upon which the junction between
the Ne" Haven and New.York and New Haven and
Hartford Railroads have been effected ere, We under
'iand 'hese The lorner Company pays the latter
Company q bonus Of $4,000 per annum tor dye year,
iof Withdrawing their boats from the Connecticut River
and from the Sound and Tor rlnnin. all their trains
INTO tne Ae"-i ork depot The arrangement IL 10 a.
unue for nteeu yesrs after the expiration of the i've
without any farther payment oi bonus thus making
| tae payment by the New Haven and New York Com.
pany equal 70 s5OOO per snnum Tor the twenty year.
which i much better than continued state Of op-
| position
ihe movement Of the friends Of Mr. Havemeyer
i' regard 70 the Presidency Of the Harlem Railroad
A-' We believe been abandoned and Nr Robert schuv.
Ter ~" no doubt BE- reelected President Some change.
No"s'ei' VII De made In the Board Of Direction The
| election takes place tomorrow
| letter from a leading banker Il, 7 To,A.. ..,,.
iHe an'Ns o. decline In Government stocks on
your siae mas had no effect here There has been o
alf business doing OF the Coupon stocks there are
sellers at lO6i and buyers at 1854.
Mr. Reese, lawyer of Allentown. Pa. ba.
been appointed By the Legislature of that state Com
missioner 70 take charge Of the sssets snd wind up the
o1'eer' oi the Lehigh Co Bank By the provision. Of
'he se' oy which TIE Commissioner is appointed the
ars Of this defunci institution required 20 account
70 hun within sixty dsys sitter the passage Of the act
tor the assets OF the Bank secordng to the report
aeEsd short ine before it suspended and iaar. 10