New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-03-05

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n. 0svssnnent and Sssse Socks were IN iaar %.
nsxd, and fsms Atsks ssscond board ne nask~
~ rather better than in the street, ous closed
heavy.
Exchange is in fair demand for the
steamer land steady At Io0los per cent for ,tsfims
There Il no activity over 10 per cent. france
sl7}@5I6s.l -
There Is not much activity in Freights,
n,, Tho market ia firm Further engagements, 1909
bbls Flour for May at Is. for London and 40 hhds'
Tobacco at g. To Liverpool, a full cargo Cotton
about 500 bales was engaged a. 5led which II al
advance; 1000 bush Wheat Cd. 1000 b5ls- Flour,
Is. lid. To Glasgow, 5000 bush. Wheat, SD. To
California there Is fair business doing at previous
rates.
The receipts at the Sub-Treasury are
$l640so. Payments, s35s6s. Balance, s',a9s $40.
The Money market continues to be abun-
dainty supplied with Capital, and loans are nego'
tisted with facility at y cent. call. Firstciass
short paper cal y cent. Several of the Banks are
buying paper and making loans, but some OF them
are less free lenders than last week. Aucttoneers
paper is SAG p cent. The payments from the coun-
try are better than they were, and the numer-
Gus arrivals of merchants with remittances, enables
our merchants to meet their payments promptly
There still continues to be demand for
United States Stock for foreign account at 81, which
is an advance. We tried to say few days ago that
this Stock was used in Amsterdam as cover for
usury, the borrower, besides paying legal interest,
buying of the lender share or two OF Bank at par
A typographical error, no wever, made nonsense Of
the paragraph.
We hear of continued sales to considerable
extent of nrsscass State Stocks and Railroad Bonds
for foreign account. One purchase OF 100000 OF
Bonds was under consideration to-day.
One of the evening journals in endeavor-
ing to be wiser than its Reghoors, only exhibits It's
ignorance No one has reported loan OF $4,000
on Eric Stock, but on Convertible Bonds, and the
transaction is loan and nos sale, the only con-
di.ion being that the English house making the loan
is at liberty to cell the Bonds in London, whenever
they will net the owner here %.
Some 100000 is now being put up for
the Baltic It is not anticipated that large amount
will 20.
The amount of Treasury Notes out
standing s $I60 96l, many of which, doubtless, have
been destroyed.
The Scioto and Hooking Valley Rail-
road is in rapidcourse Of construction from the City
of Portsmouth, Ohio, to Jackson in Jackson County
distance Of A miles, and will be ready for the iron
,ails in May next A portion Of the iron is no
about arriving at New Orleans. From Jackson to
the point OF Intersection with the Cincinnati and
Marietta Railroad, distance OF miles, the road
will hs completed in the course of the coming sum-
meY. When this IL done there will be a connection
with the various roads OF the State and an active
and profitable traffic secured.
The Michigan Southern Railroad Com
pany have issued brief statement of the condition
of that Company and its business OF last year. The
results speak loudly for the great value Of this road
and guarantee its future prosperity. When it con.
meets directly with Chicago, which will be during
the spring. the traffic must be very largely increased
| The earnings for the year 1851 were as follows: