New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-10-29
SECOND BOARD.
MONDAY. Oct. 2s-P.M.

MONDAY, Oct &9-P.M.
In Stocks the market is generally firm and the
demand continued good Reading, Farmers and
Morris were firm, but Norwich fell of 4 e cent.
The advance in this Stock has been too rapid to be
maintained without some reaction. Its merits,
however, will sustain it in its proper position on
the Stock Book Farmers was very hrm at 465'
Morris improved y cent. and was IN demand
The short in this Stock appear to be on the an1l
GUS seat, as they are distributing IN large num-
bers circulars containing unfavorable statements
from several newspapers in relation to this con-
oern. Harlem improved to 62l. There was an
exaggerated ru1nor in the street, circulated by the
bears, that Judgment for $4,000 had been OBJ
tanned against the Company The foundation Tor
the story was only judgment for $4,000, OBJ
tanned by Messrs Mills Story on their disputed
account This has always been put in the lIablli-
ties of the Company as about $4,000. Long Is
land was steady at 1873. Reading continues the
active Fancy, andhgherprices are confdentypre'
djcted as the earnings of the Road Tor october
will be unprecedentedly large. Canton was hrm
hut not active North American Trust was stea
DIV Mt 13l Erie was without marked change. hut
mand at 92s The quantity on the market was
limited. Portsmouth Dry Dock was steady at 4.
Mohawk was in demsnd at e5l, the asking price
being 81. Some orders from Albany were in mar
ket. Parties are holding firmly for the dividend
near at hand and which will no doubt be four "
aent The Tonawanda and AttCa and Buffalo
Roads have been consolidated, and there is now
only the Utica and Schenectady und Mohawk
Roads remaining for the operation OF this adyant-
ageous process A new stock has recently been
introduced at our Stock Board, called the Edge.
worth Company. 1t is Real Estate Company,
like the Canton, Portsmouth and East Boston, and
the lands are situated on the Maine Railroad, In
Maiden, 81 miles from Boston. There is depot
ON the Company's lands, and trains pass thirty or
forty times day The property Of the Company
consists Of Eleven millions of feet OF land The
Company are free from debt, have $50, 900 in cash.
$4,000 in Bond and Mortgages, and houses
worth $4,000. 1t has paid two dividends OF 81
aach and propose to pay another soon OF 81 "
share. The number Of shares is $4,000. Several
manufacturing establishments are situated on the
lands of the Company
In Exchanges there is q moderate demand Tor
the steamer, and the rates not firm Sterling
is 1o1@lO2 for good and choice names Francs nro
Firm at l64 as Is for sixty day bills Amster
dam, are 4l0H!. Bremen, s0a8Ol Hamburg
36@3Gl
In freights there is not mnch doing, but the mar
hct is frmer. Flour is held at 18d, Wheat Sd
dead weight 15s@15s Cd Engagements 1000 or
5000 bills Flour at 173d and 10000 bushels
Wheat 3D. To Havre I'd is asked. The business
for California is dull
The Ncw-Jersey Exploring and Mining Co.
whose advertisement for additional capital we no.
ticed few days ago, Is unable to meet the cX-
tending demand for their pure Zinc Metal and
beautiful Zinc Paints which IRE rapidly taking the
place of those having lead for basis, and hence
the resolution thathas been taken by the Company
to extend its works, which are advantaGeously
situated at Newark Their mines contain the
richest supply of this mineral yet found in any
part of the world, being entirely free from sulphur
arsenic and other impurities, which abound IN the
different ores found abroad. Their objects being
legitimate aud which at the same are developing
new branch of industry, we have no doubt the
additional capital required will be Immediately
taken up,
The amount of Stock transferred to foreigners
at Washington is $4,000.
!. Of the payments from the Sub Treasury on
Saturday, over Three Hundred Thousand Dollars
were to George Law aud Associates, and went
into the Union Bank.
The business on the Southern Michigan Road is
very large The equipago OF the Company is not
now sufficient to perform all the service required
The crops at the West are enormous, and the por
ton which will be transported over this Road will
fully employ all the facilities which the Company
can offer this season. The receipts in October
will be $4,000 The sickness which has prevail
ed through the region of Southern Michigan has
somewhat checked the progress of this work and
the extension to Coldwater, will not be completed
until the 10th proximo. The road will be COM
pleted to Sturges Prairie in January. The Com
pany will relay thirty or forty miles during the
coming year with heavy rail, and have advertised
for the ties.
The Merchants Insurance Company of Boston
has made q dividend Of IS y cent. for six months
making IS 2 cent, for the year.
The gross earnings of the Cheshire Road for the
three months ending October l, 1850, has been as
follows;
Sl5,2S6 81 Sl6,7S9 90
August. 1928 4 227oo %
September.. ............ 1866 IS 1910 90
Total. S50,l66 60 S65,l49 90
Increase. 40
The accession of trade for the month, after the
completion of the upper lines of roads, and the
nouyse of business berins m he settled and DER