New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-11-20
SECOND BOAR
TUESDAY, Nov. bpm.


Tho market for Stocks has been rather firm to-
day, especially for Erie which touched So closing
at 7o2 $40. For Governments there was better
demand and the quotations improved Ihefe is
demand for Government SIS for banking Pur-
poses. and for 6s for transmission to Europe.
+, Evcbanpe the market is very heavy with
u,,,,,, of hills in excess of the demand Sterling
s. ,ros.ino on the market and sales Of first class
hills have been made at 81 y cent. The bulk OF
the sales however, have been at 81 y cent.
Some names not well known have sold at 84@9
% cent. Francs are 2005 l82; Bremen 1870
20. Hamburg, 3Gb @36I Amsterdam, 4l04l4
The steamer tomorrow takes 100000 in Mex
lean Dollars and American Halves. AT the pres
ent rates of Sterling the shipments of Gold must
be suspended.
The amount of specie in the City Bank to-day
is Sc, 100000 (up town bank estimates) against
90. 100000 on the lst of October. Tire amount in
Bank and Sub Treasury is s1l,850,ooo against
$14,98O,0 900 at that time. This discrepancy Is
caused by the shipments of coin TO the South. which
have reached three millions, including million
transferred from the Sub Treasury. The drain for
Europe has been met by the receipts from the
mint There are now about three millions OF dol
lars in the mint which will be paid out as fast as
coined, Certificates are now payable to No 6,828'
Silver has fallen off / v cent in consequence OF
the decline in francs and other Exchange and
has still downward tendency Gold com is now
worth only par
Freights arc rather quiet and heavy Cotton is
Offering only in small quantities at 81 T. bale
ENGAGEMENTS 900 bbls Flour at I'D; 10000
bushels Wheat at 4d Naval Stores, l5d Dead
Weight. 15s0l7s Cd. To London some engage
nents of Flour are being made at 2ld, and Dead
Weight at 20s025s. Engagement OF Cotton to
Hamburg at &c, and other goods at 3Os q tu1.
The business to California is moderate at 2o@loo
}p foot, according to the class OF the vessel.
Chauncev Rose, Esq President OF the Terre
Haute and indianapolis Railroad Company has Just
completed contractor favorable termslorthe iron
for the entire Road (about 10 miles) The whole
quantity is to be delivered at New Orleans on or
before May next, and it is intended to have the
Road for the whole distance between lndianapo-
lis and Terre Haute opened for traffic during the
next Autumn.
This road is very important link IN the great
chain connecting New York and Philadelphia by
an almost air line with St Louis. 1t havcrsef
an exceedingly rich portion OF the State OF Indiana
connecting with the Madison and indianapolis
Road Mt indianapolis, thus uniting by rail the
Ohio River and the Wabash and Erie Canal AS
local Road this must be one of the most produc-
tive in the West, while as one link of the great
East and West CHAIN its business will doubtless
be very largely increased,
The work of grading, &c. on the Ohio and Penn
gylvania Road is progressing with great vlgor,
and the whole line between Pittsburgh and Mas
silon on the Ohio Canal; it will be opened to
Beaver early next summer, and to Massillon soon
thereafter. This is also one OF the principal
roads on the line between this city and st. Louis.
The New.London Wilemantic and Palermo
Railroad Company have published q report, by
which it appears that the cost of the road " mile
will be under $2l ,O0O length of road &c miles.
The road has been open one year MS far as Willie
mantle, and its earnings are 100000. The stock
holders unanimously accepted the report at n
meeting on the 18th inst. at New London; and
also resolved that the interest on subscription
from the time of payment to the lst inst. should
be paid in scrip certificates convertible into stock.
The Eoening Journal gives the annexed state
ment of the amount received for tolls on all the
New-York State Canals during the I'd week in
November, which s ............,.......$ l65992 n
Sama period in 1919. 1855 %
Ipcreasein 1850 . S2IS5S 4e
The aggregate amount received for tolls from The com
mencement to ID Nov nclusyeis sou 81
Same period in le49 3042S06 4C
e. Decrease in 1885, .......,..,........ l46gs Is
Amount Of tolls received all the New-York State ca
mails in each OF the following years. during the Cd week in
November aud totals up l4lh of November Inclusive
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