New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-01-15

The Stock market was without marked
change to-day excepting IN Ere, OF which the sales
cont,r ne to be large declining prices The make,
opeped at 7ss went TO Is, ater IN the street recof
cred to 7s and the Second Board to 7ei and then
reacted closing ats In the street aiser The Second
Bosrc some 200 or 800 shares sold al 1St O7st. The
,aes at and after the Sc ond Board exceeded 5000
shares and the sales since the opening on Monday
have not been less than $4,000 shares THIS stock
seems 10 have absorbed nearly the whole attention
.f ,be Board Sales Of $1,000 of the new Convertis
blss were made at s7ds6i which is better than the
average taking price Reading was firm and closed
At ,es The Zlnc stocks were rather heavy with
rpod.rate business Harlem was one Of the hrmest
stocks and improved y cent. Norwich was dull
ard declined TO 80. The demand for L. s. BAnk
continues and sales were made at q, further in
proyement Government, State and Bank stocks are
in fslr request and steady.
The market closed steady for Sterling
with fair supply of bills. We quote 1000. for
rosd names with some leading drawers asking 10.
and mercantile bills at 81 al, Francs are 51jG
s,El.
In FIeights the movement IS still conSid-
cradle engagements 10 or 1900 bush. GraA 3D.
600 bills Flour &c, Cheese PCS, Dead weight rs
0d0I5s, GOO or 200 bales Cotton d. dj32i. To
Slaves 5cs., Flour Is o. Naval Stores Is. 81. TO
Haue, ship, the Marmion, was taken up at &C.
TO Antwerp, some Cotton &C., Rice 25S. To Gias-
cow small lot of Cotton 3-lGd To Lisbon,
stave charter was male at S.5 0Si9, for hght and
heavy pipes and another to the Mediterranean, 200
tnns, at So SEQ and po.t charges paid. Genoa
freight was made at 9l6c. for Cotton, and two coal
charters 20 Kingston. Jamaica, At 81 IS. To Cali
forsia there is fair business dong at As 060c for
feel, $3.50 $33 Tor heavy goods.
The amount received al the Sub Treas
ury was $79lI7. Paid $33 O53. Balance $l,775 2l9.
The steamer took 5000, 253, which was
less than was anticipated A lot OF $3.50 900
countermsnced, bills having been bought TO take the
place OF it. The Franklin, Saturday viii pro5a-
bly, take but moderate amount as she does not de-
liver her coin IN London as the CunarJers do.
The Merchants Clerks Savings Bank has
declared DIVIDEND, payable the Goth INST at tae
rate of SIX per cent. per annun, on Suns OF ole
thousand dollars and under, aud a, the rate Of dso
per cent. on larger suns
The Albany Exchange Bank, three and a half Q'T
cent.
One of our c0tempOs who Is scarce
" yet aoclimated appears to be OF the doubling or
der and to think that t6s part OF true ~lS.om con
Sists IN believing nothing. You ma cN,A :" 'iie
an observer he giving ta.ta 20 aaN inng WhcA Is
said or done In such naughty LOCALITY as Nali-s''
By an advertisement IN to-day : paper
rwii be seen that & Draper, IT., oilers for ale
eco of bonds issued 10 provide Tor the improve
ment ofthe navigation OF the rver Des MONIES, nom
IL, junction with the Mississippi Fort Dos Monies
a distance of about tro hundred miles These bonds
draw in.erts, al the tate OF p cent per annum
III. .aNN IL.
sold In sums OF i've hundred dollars and upward.
The riveT Des Moines lows through he dchessand as
uspprosches TO the Mississippi through the most nn
msrousy populated portion OF the STATE OF lowa-,hs
object of the improS ement noN IA The course Of con
suucuon beng TO render il nayigaole by the erection
OF dams excavation Of canals &c. To promote this
eNjeoi, Congress IN 1876 granted TO the then Ter
riioIy now State OF Iowa alternate sections Of Ils
atm OF land ave miles wide. on bCta SIDES O me
nver with power TO sell lfom time - time, IS tic
work proceeded, and apply The proceeds Tow mi the
cost These laR0s, amounting IN ell 90 lle'e,0oi
acres, have been pledged oy ae State COX sac coa-
structon OF the work as also the WAtecrelis, tolls
SC, ar,sng from the work Itself
The security for payment OF principal ana interest
of these bones, as ALREADY remarked, is the land
granted by Congress, and the proceeds OF the work
xself-iha, is the rents OF water privileges, tolls &C
The whole cost OF the improvement is estimate
at about two million dollars, OF Which, s3l20oS have
been expended thus far. The whole issue o. sac
preferred stock the class IN the market, cannot
by law exceed 81 $4,000, aud the proceeds OF the
sale of the property pledged are 20 be applied hf>i
e. their payment
The Directors OF the Ohio aud Pennsyl-
wanna Rair0s al, submitted iheI report 10 the s,ocA
holders IN Pittsburgh, the SIh Of January instant
Speaking OF the connection Between Cleveland and
PiltSbuTgh the report SAYS
"At noon, on TUESDAY, the 9th dss Of Jan, l>5e
the parties LAYING The track IA me Two digeg-og>
met III point sN1y-one miles iron PltisourSa, ana
closed the gap. \ soRunuouS railroad communion
ton from Pittsburgh 10 Alliance, elgaty';No mles,
was thus consumuaiCd aNd Pittsburgh became coA-
nectsd by an uu0Token chain OF Ms, class Railroads
with Cleveland and also Win Columbus aud Cll-
cnIau. The passengers and express freight from
Cleveland were brought thrcOghto s.s0Ctsa oa .aC
lire tke same evening. There has '1Ss been accom-
pliShsd IN years and hall irvln tse commence
mtnt OF tue WORK. nfSt-rale railroad tonncc1o 2
tween the public works OF ONO ana uese - fsansyi-
vania.
The number Of passengers carried, ifom gae oaes-
rg Of the frs. portion OF t6e road % the close ol Iae
calendar year, Was So 20. Un,A very recently, oay
q miles o the road wes IN use, and las ge, ousl-
IL IN us infancy. The recess, from nsssc gers
have been $50 GA 50, and from freishi ss,s5a IS,
making $Ss, 343 70. The expenses have been $ii.-
receipts are now rapidly Increasing.
The OHIO and Pennsylvania Railroad IS
now completed, and IN successful operation
81 miles West OF Pittsburgh, where II connects
with the Cleveland and Wesyille RAILROAD,
which is also completed from that point ,ALiancel
TO Cleveland. This gives continuous Inc OF
railways from New-York to Cincinnati, BY Nay
Of Philadelphia, narIisourgh, Pittsburgh, Cleve-
land and Columbus, excepting space Of some
20 miles LAS. OF Pittsburgh, where there IS good
turnpike road, with stage coaches for the uanspor-
taion of passengers. Tae residue OF the Eus e.
EassiIlon, % miles further, viii b, completed n
few days, most OF the Irack being already laid. The