New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-04-08

WEDNESDAY. Apul-pN


There is continued buoyant tendency
In the Stock market With strong speculative dspo-
sition 10 buy the Fances TIE great ease OF the
Money market enables operators to carry Stocks
without difficulty, and while confidence in the CON
tinuance Of that ease continues there be no i'm
portant decline in the Stock market The siiiculsy
Of employing money at legal interest no doubt has
turned considerable portion OF the surplus funds
Of outsiders into Stock speculation but we are dis
posed to think tina, of the movement. now going ON
no considerable portion is joined in by outsiders.
There was time, some years since. during specu-
laive rise in Stocks, when srea. number persons
of all professions had more or less interest In the
street, bat see bu. little OF this genera, speculz-
tive action in the outside public as yet. At the
Second Board 10 day the market was arm and the
demand active for the leading Stocks. Canton
shows the largest rise TO day, going TO s2s an inn
proyement of2s p cent Ede Was also buoy ant and
improved p cent. Reading had also q strong up
ward tendency and advanced i, y cent. The
amount on the transfer books here Is less than
l7,OOO shares. Nicaragua was firm at As. Harlem
improved Zinc was in dem and az the close at 1876,
with no sellers. Norwich improved y cent. In
Erie Securities the market is active and buoyant;
CopyeItioles improved p cent; Incomss y cent.
For Madison and Indianapolis lON vas bid. Indians
IS advanced y cent. For State aad Governments
Stocks the inquiry is good and the market firm.
Sterling closed dull at 8 OF for good
Bills 81 for FIRST. class bankers signatures. Consid-
cradle amounts OF Sterling were sold at siast
Francs, $40. The supply of Southern and Mercan-
tile Bills 10 increasing
Freights are not firm. engagements,
2ccO or 1880 bales Cotton, 1924, part compressed
2,oOo .bbls. Flour, ls6l9d. $4,000 bushels Grain.
AID. a IS tuns Bacon, LIS. Cd. Deadweight l5s.do
COS. To London, l,cOO bbls Flour, lsd. To Havre,
Cotton, &c. A French brig took Measurement Goods
a, $l0asl2. To Germany, Cotton, s0ic. Grain,
7Ged. The SicilIan vessels We alluded to day or
two since were taken for Msrseles at SIT for light
Pipe Slaves SOC. for Resin; % for Tobacco and
s,lc. p Dbl. for Provisions.
There is considerable activity in Money
bu. the supply is very abundant The rates are 40
Al on Government Stocks 5G6 on general call
loans Firstclass short paper. sac y cent; long
6ta7 y cent. The supply is quite Limited, az the
Banks do all their good offerings.
The receipts Of the Madison and ln-
dianapolis Railroad for the week ending on sasur-
day last, Sd inst, were
For the corresponding week OF last year- -o;sO
Increase (about 90 per cent )----.---------$S,voo
The receipts at the Sub-Treasury are
sIo9,27O Paid, sil.sl7. Balance, sSs62,lso
Alan election held at the Metropolitan
Bank on Monday, the 5lh April, the following
persons were unanimously elected Directors iof
the ensuing year: James Mccall, Henry suydam'
Jr., Wilson G. Hunt, VIM W. Stone, Benjamin b.
Sherman, Henry C. Bowen, George Roberts, Hor-
ace B. Clahiu, Edward G.. Failc Lewis U. VIII
son, Henry L. Person, John Steward, Jr, iona
than II. Ransom, Charles II. Booth, A. hooel'son
Walsh, Thomas Smull, Daniel B. Mhier' Nv
meeting Of the Directors held at the Bank on Iaes
dav the 9Th of April, James Mccall was unani-
mously reelected President for the ensuing year.
The AIS shares Phoenix Coal Company
sold at auction to-day, brought $7ifoss " snare
The steamer to-day took but S3,oVo In
----.A---s,- VI osate osocks snu
Railroad Bonds were sent out. This drain keeps
tho market steady for good State Stocks at full prices
Virginia Is sold at lO5IGllo. They quoted
in London al 97l096.
Some Of the Government Coupon 5s,
due in 1865 issued to Texas have been sold here 1t
lO5alO6. They were paid out BY Texas az 1903.
Two hundred shares of Dauphin Coal
stock will be sold at auction to morrow, by Simeon
Draper, Esq.
The Firemen's Insurance Company Of
this City has declared semi aapual dividend Of ten
per cent. The State Bank, q. Camden, n. has de-
clarsd a semi annual dividend Of per cent
The receipts of the Vicksburg Railroad
for the year ending March, 1854, were tl73,los.
against $780, 7S the year previous The expenses
we're about the same.
The meeting Of The creditors Of Texas
at Washington City is unayoiisbly postponed to
Wednesday, the 18th Inst.
The Commercial advices by the Africa
are not important. Con,Ols had touched 9SI, bu.
but closed at 9st The high price had checked spec
ulation. Money continued very abundant at ilG2 ~
cent. The Bank had not reduced the rate as was
anticipated.
The rise in continental Exchanges, though sradu-
al together with the increased supply OF Bullion,
has had the anticipated effect OF depressing the price
of Silver, and quotations are reduced on Dollars ID
y o., the price being now As lid. Bar Silver has
been done at previous rates. but the market by no
means brisk Douoloons are IN less demand sup
piy small. The imports OF Gold from the United
States has much diminished by late arrivals, bat q
import OF Specie Is anticipated from the
West Coast. Money without change, and aoundans.
Foreign Gold in Bars (StandaId).-..p OLA II
Foreign Silver 10 Bars (standard)---P o. W
Gold Coin, Portugal pcs -----------R oz--s ~ q
Gold Coin, DouslooIs, Psniot------R Of 10
Gold Coin, Doubloons, Spanish------p oz-5 10
Gold Coin, Nspoleons. y or ID
Gold Coin, 10 Guilder pieces ~ oZ--3 10 y
Silver Coin, Mex ard Amer. Dols- ID oZ.-0 log
Silver Coin, Spanish Pillar Doilars--P oz.-O VI
Cotton was without marked change since the last
steamer, and in fair demand. Breadssuas continued
heavy. There was fair business doing In Ameri-
can Stocks. The quotations are as follows
United ststss5 q Cent Bonds --------ls55 9ets sif