New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-10-23

The Receipts at the Sub'Ffeasuy are no"
small, the importation Of Dry Goods being hight
To day the Receipts were s76329i Payments
slo7,ss5; Balance, Sl,5o7,37l
The Union Bank has declared a senli-ann0aI
dividend OF 5 = cent
The rates of interest are gradually declining as
the supply of capital becomes more abundant
On call money is pressing on the market IN large
lots at A. at q cent, the former rate on Govern,
ment stocks Any good Collateral viii command
money at ) y cent The Banks are lending freely
while their good offerings generally are not e4ua,
TO their receipts With abundance OF specie ana
and steady and large receipts OF gold INTO 'ho
country from California, while the new crop Oh
Cotton is fast becoming available Tor bills they
goo NO reason 10 contract their loans. The supply
&c sret.cIass naper is much below the demand
and il GOES freely at sat cent Long paper
as Z, cent. The Auction paper, which has been
co much depressed, has improved to }@l4 Z cent.
nor month. according to Endorsement. Second
class paper varies from g to 10 y cent.
The Steamer tomorrow will take 100000 IN
Silver, received lately from Montreal, and sl'o'
GOO 10 s250.ooO in Gold. These shipments Oh
snecie. which were formerly watched with SO
much apprehension by Bankers and Bank Officers
low, attract scarcely any notice The amount
distracted should it reach two or three mllilohs'
which it is not likely, would be considered only
healthy depletion, taking the place OF just SO
much of our public Stocks, upon winch, Ii sent
abroad, we should be continually paying interest
II should be remembered that we are importing
not only for ourselves, but for California, and that
il is hardly to be expected that we can keep the
balance of trade with Europe in our favor, while
we are getting two or three millions OF gold per
month from California, considerable portion of
which is in payment for goods imported here.
The Money market at Boston continues easy Tor
all ordinary business purposes, with tendency
toward an increased plentifulness. The Stock
market during the week, has been very buoyant,
and an immense amount of business has been
transacted The Stocks which have commanded
the most attention have been shares IN the Cen
trail, Reading Old Colony, Vermont and Massa-
chusetts. and Ogdensburg Railroads, all OF which
now command better prices than they did week
since.
The examination into the affairs oil the Me-
chanics Bank of Providence by the Commission
ers appointed by the Governor OF Rhode Island
showed that the Cashier A. w Snow, was de
faulter to the amount Of upward OF S7OOO0-and
criminal proceedings were forthwith instituted
against him. The Proridcace Journal states that
the defaulting Cashier has assigned to the Bank all
his property to the amount, as is said, OF S4oOoo
He waived an examination before the Court Of
Magistrates, and was required to find surety IN
S25, 900 to appear for trial in December next, IN
default of which he was committed, The Bank
has also commenced q civil process laying the
damages at 100000.
This road makes triangular connection be
tween Vermont and New Hampshire and New
York, by using portion of the Cheshire road and
the Connecticut Valley road from Brattleboro
A Town meeting was held in Wheeling on
Thursday for the purpose of considering the pro
priety of petitoning the Council of the City to or
der vote to be taken, whether Wheeling shall
subscribe $4,000 to the stock of the Ohio Cen
tral Railroad in compliance with the law OF Vlr'
ginia, passed March 9Th 1850. The meeting was
LARGELY attended and the resolutions unanimously
adopted The railroad is to connect with the Bal
timore and Ohio Railroad in the route to Cincin
natl.
The stock market at Boston continues very &C
tive and all descriptions were advancing Money
remained very easy.