New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-09-02

but the stock closed AZ the Second Board at - an
advance Of II y cent on Saturdays prices HM-
lem. Reading. &c, were firm. The former advanced
Il p cent. and the latter y cent. The Enc secu-
rites also improved Incomes y cent. Converts
bles b cent. % Mortgages y cent Canton. "
cent. >tonrg ton, I Norwich. Indiana IS tell
OF /, cent. Pennsylvania S. b cent Govern
ments were m fair demand and buoyrnt Coupons.
Is6s sold at 1874 Al the Second Board there wass
far activity. and generally the market was steady
Bank stocks are declining The Irving sold al 70.
Ocean 9s, Metropolitan 50.
In Exchanges there is fair business
dong. and the quotations ale firm. There Is Inn
ted supply Of frst-claSS sterling. The rates were
l0dl0i Francs, 5l3i d5llt. Hamburg, 36s a 36l
Bremen, Is. a7si Amsterdam. II dilh
Freghts are easier a tribe, with far business
doing ENGAGEMENTS OF Is 600 bblS Flour AT n 0lad
nearly all lid 10000 bush Wheat, 3ld Cotton, a..
Dead Weight, l2s Cd To London 100 tcs. Beet.
IS Cd 1000 bbs Naval Stores, Is AIS. 3D. 100 tuns
OH Cake. COS To Hamburg, 1900 bbls Resin, Is o.
100 tuns Wood l5s. To Rio vessel was taken up
at 55c y Dbl To Glasgow, LOCO bbls Flour, al pre-
vlous rates. To California there Is moderate bust
ness dong at IS assoc. IN clippers
Money is without change. On call It
continues IN fair supply at cent. There Is a
rather better demand for paper, but rtes are with
out variation. The best short paper goes at lO"is
y cent with a favorite signature occasionally ato
= cent Some Of the Banks are dong something
on call, but generally they conhne themselves I'd
discounting for their regular dealers The regular
houses IN the street appear to be quite easy
We hear of no new failures, and the last one
reported cannot be traced The high rates for
paper a:e maintained as much BY the decrease OF
confidence IN such security as by the scarcity OF
money The result OF one Of the recent failures has
increased this want OF confidence. The party Is
charged with having borrowed large sums, In ono
case so 600 and another $50 0OO of foreign houses
upon certificates of produce deposited IN warehouses,
which property he had removed without returning
the certificates The party has since absconded.
| having been last seen about fortnight ago. Ths
affairs of the concern are almost total wreck such
breaches of mercantile faith as this give shock tn
the commercial community and act nlurousy upon
| all after negotiations. There will, doubtless. be
more caution used hereafter III lending % storage re-
cep,s to ascertain that the goods are actually unre-
| moved. and warehousemen viii refuse To deliver
goods on order without the return of the warehouse
recent. The safety of The mercantile community
requires that this course should be adopted.
! The amount received at the Sub Trea-
sury Is SlilOs0 PAID s257 ,sj7. Balance 81 3)9,77.
! The Grocers' Fire Insurance Company
has declared a semi. annual dividend Of six b cent.
The receipts Of the Erie Railroad for
August are Unexpectedly large, and show a consider
able gam on the estimates of the Company. Com
pared with July they show gam OF over $4,000, or
more than 81 200 per day. The figures are
Passengers and Mail $l3379J 05
~
Freight sIIVi'I Vo
s263, 98i ~
| same month 1850 sl29. 200 ~
| Increase ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 'ooW
At the above rate the receipts Of the year would be
nearly s32OO,COO Deduc,ng from which 50 per CT
! for expenses leaving -------.--------sl,6 OooO
VI OoOOO
For dividend -.--.-.--.------.--------- 3bOOOoo
| equal to 10 per cent on six millions Of stock.
Land Warrants are in fair demand at 81
S. FOX Mexican but the supply very much decreased
| The new warrants, Of which some 10000 have
| been issued mostly 40 acres, unsaable but are
disposed Of in some instances at about zoe y acre
The foreign adyces by the Atlantic are
not important commercially. Cotton Is trine better,
but Breadsuis are declining IN the face OF a favor
| able harvest The Money Market In LONDON IS
without important change. The demand for money
was active, but change IS quoted IN rates. Con
soils were declining and sold at 96.c .a9o.c. AGreek
| house Messrs Castelli, GustInlani 60. hil
| suspended payment for E20o,O'O
The Street rate for money in PhIlasei-
PIMA Is Ia Il y CEN, with good demand
The Exports from the principal ports OF
the Urlted States from ls Sept, 1850 TO abou, 18th
| Aug. 1851. Of Flour and Wheat as annexed
1850. 1891.
Flour. .fj3Osj 532 203
Wheat, bushels ..----.-.----.46l, go lfs3m
The increase, Il vail BE- seen, IS very large
4 meeting of the creditors Of Texas IS
called at Washington for the 18th sept, TO receive
the report Of their Committee and to determine a. to
the expedency Of memorial eng the Legislature OF
Texas Oh the basis Of 4 settlement OF her pubic
debt, which shall be mutually satisfactory
Louisville has voted to issue Bonds upon
the credit Of the taxes to De collected 10 the exten
n Al 300 900. 10 aid the Nashville, Tennessee and
Indiana Railroads. The majority ID tne eisa'
Wsrdx Of the CITY, taken together Is about ~"
and All are 10 favor Of the measure save the IS
Ward which glves large majority against ~ Ihe
Is, Ward has German population mostly Inc
o,es,,oo was discussed with great ability By the
shle., men Of the city, including Messrs Guihrie'
soeed Riddle, Brackette and Gompen, the three
s, heing IN favor OF the measure and the two last
AGAINST H. No doub, the work VIII go on
A, Boston the Money market is rather
EASIER. and capital has been drawn into the street
BIZ the high rate Of interest current Stocks are I'M
proving
The Directors Of the Buffalo and New
York cry Railroad, having failed TO negotiate for
the present road from Auica 10 Buffalo have le<
iheir road between these Two places to Messrs bau-
man. Rockafellow ana Moore. These contractors
have advertised for sealed proposals for sub-ietns
subcontractors Will be required TO commence "s
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