New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-01-09


There was fair amount of Transactions
IN the stock market 10 day, with prices showing 10
important change from yesterday. The announce
mont Of "a p cent cash dividend on Reading for the
wear 1850 had an unfayorabe efect-the sto,k having
ds.lan-d IL cent - -.'----1, H. ever Was Oct
ter and closed at co., decline OF Pcent. rom
YESTERDAY The report il Is stated Will be i1yora-
bic one. The sales were over 5000 shares Erie was
steady at sl for the opening and the securities are
in fair demand al the prices as yesterday Long
Island is doing better, and Morris appears to have
little more vitality. The Mining stocks were ra.leT
drooping. Harlem and Norwich were FIN. Hudson
River improved {. Canton continues 10 have up
ward tendency. sale OF Panama Railroad was male
20 IS and Delaware and Hudson az 99, buyer thirty.
For Government and Stte sto Is he i4quiry Vas b..
tive and the quotations buoyan Governments ls6L
were held a,ll-t. Virginia 6s sold At 1885, an im
provement Of p cent These being the cheapest
state Is on the market attracting considerable
attention Bank stocks are in fair demand and firm.
There IS a moderate business doing IA
Exchange, and Sterling is heavy. The rates are @.
alec, with good City bills at 10 p cent. Francs
5l6l05-I3.. There are some Southern bills on the
market but The supply viii not be considerable until
February The demand for the steamer Is mod
crate.
In Freishts there is not much doing
The engagements OF Cotton are coo or 500 bales At
$500 a3l6l Flour Cd Gram 81, Dead weight l2s.
Cd l5s., RESIN %, &c To LoHdon, Naval Stores
IS, Dead weight 25s.. .our Is. o., &c. To HlEle,
Cotton is firm al lc.
The receipts at the Sub-Trclsury are
COS. Payments, s79,6sS Balance, $l,722,5jt
The Ohio Life and Trust Company have
declared seni-aunual dividend Of 1 p cent, with
a. large surplus.
On Saturday next the bids axe to be
opened by the Erie Railroad Company for three
millions Of ten year Convertible Bonds, bearing y
cent. interest The acceptances OF the Company
now aaoat viii be received in paymen! Of the III
s.2ments which spread over the ext slX monIhs
The Bonds draw full interest from the lst OF January,
50 thal this pCslponement OF payments gives TIE
taker about II 2 cent. advantage. Il is the
general impression that the amour, Of Oaers Will
be very large and that the taxing pn,e viii be
between :. u 50 ? cent ~ So they aye loyerth.a
The pgesen. ConVerubles are selling
An engine passed over the entire length
of the Harlem Road aud on TO the track Of the West;
EN- on Monday last. The Road IS n. vet open for
business, however, in consequence Of the cold
weather ana heavy SHOWS, which have much o.
strucied the operations OF the contractors In the
course Of a week or two we presume this nexrouts
10 Albany and the North viii be IN full operation.
We believe the Harlem is the only roaI in tbs
neighboThood which has made regular time With Is
trains during the late severe weather, which rega-
isriiy Is due very much to The efficient naaageAsnt
OF biz, Sloat, lis able Superintendent.
The Empire City Bank in Broadway vas
IeorgSnized las. evening by tie appointment Of e1-
Governor VIM. {. Bouck as Pres.aenI AMI Nr. II. T.
kieraled as Cashier. Mr. James Puriv. ate q he
Custom-House, has been appointed lst Teller.
We only hear of moderate amount Of
sold engaged for the Saturday steamer. The amount
will probably not exceed half million OF dollars
The Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati
Railroad Co. have declared AL additional dividend
Of per cent, payable II stock, which With the ire.
Eous cash dividend Of per cent, makes osr .ea-
for the aIs. slx months ending with December las,
leaving ssl surplus earnings Of $4,000 The wssth-
sT during December has been unt4Yorabls for lar-s
business and the DELAY IN opening the Ere and Dso
hIA Read has discouraged travelling 5y the Northern
route this road, however, has been doing a far
business, the passenger receipts for he first "a DAYS
having been sl4Ss3 The gross earniays 81 lie
morh VIII probably Be $4,000.
On the p miles Of the ClsFelaul. Painssx,1ls IA
AshiAoa Road, Just opened, The receipts las, wees
were Sl,o40. The business On this Road w,u %
largely increased By The opening OF rhe Ere ana
D2nAEk Road, AID The extension Of ne rack fr31a