New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-02-10
rEcoND BOARD.
MorpAY, Feb g-P. i.

Thert was an active Stock market TO-
day. especially in Erie but the fsuces show none Of
the ecyancy Of tho last week. All the active
Stocks we're lover. Centoa declined / FER cent
Erie Reading J. & Delaware anu iiudsoncohnn-
ues firm. Hudson River fell OF per cent Sales or
Madnon and Indiana polls we're made ~ IS Dividend
% ce,t. off, which improvement. Erie Securities
are firm. The new bonds sold at S5s The demand
forC Government Stocks is moderate ard rates steady
At the Second Board the marke, was got baoyani'
In Exchanges there is not an active bus
mess, but leading drawers very firm at lot, and
one formerly free drawer sells but sparusly al that
The range is lGGl0l. for frst-clsss names. The
supply OF souhein bills Is light, and the demand for
Sterling is large. With more than oae quarter oil
the Cotton CROP already sent forward bids are nearly
as scarce az before the shipments commenced.
There is more activity in freights for
Liverpool and the engagements of Breadssufis are
large OF Grain 10000 $1,000 bush. al Sii lp3it
Flour goo bbs ,l2d. Cotton, 700 bales, "a d3'S2 T.
There is also a demand for considerable amount
Of freight by the packets, 10 sail atser the Canal
opens. To london, some transactions were made
ON private terms. TO Hayre, 800 or 400 bales COT
loD, lc.
The specie by the Wednesday steamer
will according 10 appearances, exceed million OF
dollars and tis Of large exports has caused
some une asitess IN the street, although yet there
Is no marked effect produced in the Money market
excepting to make long paper leis eaig OF negotia-
ton. Parties having money to invest are I'M willing
TO lock up their funds al present rates
A very decisive step in the right direc-
ton has been made by the Illinois Central Railroad
Company, and this impoItant work Of internal i'm
provementhas no y been fairly commenced. sale or
four million OF The Construction Bonds has been made
at par 10 capitalists OF NeW-YoIk and Boston, and
with this beginning, the Company have resolved to
proceed Immediately with the construction Of the
Road. MIR. Msron, the Chief Engineer will proceed
TO Illinois a. once, accompanied by contractors OF
known ability and experience, with Instructions to
place under contract the entire line from Chicago to
Cairo, the s0uIhern terminals, and also some sixty
miles Of the man stem from La Sale, south.
The remainder OF the line Will also receive immedi-
ate attention. Mr.. Neal viii not return to London,
but will devote himself to the interest Of The Com
pany in Illinois. The lanes donated by Congress for
the purpose Of building thS road have been selected,
and will be officially recognized devoted to this
purpose at the Lam oice, curing the present week.
They amount to about 2,i39 600 dCrcs, and Govern
meht retains in the Srno district upward OF three
millions Of acres. The Directors Of the Company
have been IN session hcle for The week past, and
have organized their plans Of proceeding SO far that
there no longer remains any dOuo: Of the rapid com
pleon Of this great en'eipri.e, the most important
to Illinois, for the Development OF her resources and
natural wealth, which haS ever been undertaken.
These who know the men that have this WORK In
hand, need 10 guarantee that they are not oil the
class likely to fail IN any OF the requirements which
command success. or aottg aud enterprise, as well
OF capital, the lever OF Aiohimeaes, there is an
abundance among them.
The receipts AZ the Sub Treasury were
sl59,ls0. Psio, S9!l,0;l. Balance, $3o?S,SSi.
The earnings Of sac Macon and Western