New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-02-16

The capital Is 20 be paid up in cssh Mr. Simeon 5.
Looms the President has been for twenty years con-
recsed with TIE Hartford Esna Office. TIE list Of
Trustees i strong one
Tomorrow "wednesday at lei o'clock. at
the Merchants Exchange, Mr. wilueriinr will sell
the Cstswassa, Wisrasport and Erie Bonds advertised
! BY Messrs. Gilbert, Coo & Johnson The Penasylva-
MIA Legislature have just passed bill changing por.
ton Of the route Of this read making shorter and
of easier grade and taking il through Dsrvfe where
the Moniour Iron Works situated This change OF
the route it Is estimated wiz make saving in the
cost Of the road Of sbou, three hundred thousand dol
lars The subscription Of two millions to the SgnSury
and Enc Road is of the hghes, importance to this
road a. L ensures the building Of the Sunsury and
| Erie and gives the Cstswisss route terminus on
Lake Free and connection with thousands Of miles OF
completed roads the West thus establishing ii one
| of the great East and West routes.
The chief activity in Dry Goods is still in
Cotton domestic Goods which are buoyant in price and
low IN stock. The demand for si Goods is however,
on the increase Brown SheetDgs and Shirngs are in
short supply. The heavy Sheetings selling. to ar
| rive, at 7i9sc. Bleached Goods are low in supply
| with quick demand at 12i else. Brown Drills are
brisk Sc Besched Ste, and Blues 9c., bat the sup
ply sadly short ofthe demand and orders take time
for execution Osnaburghs scarce especially those
| Of widths. Denims are firm With deficient supply.
Stripes and Ticks are sold down to a low remainder.
with an absence of desirable patterns of medium
| grades from the market. Prices looking up.
Printing Cloths in moderate demand full prices.
The range is from Z. d6ic. The stock is no.
large. Prints quick good prices. The sssort-
ment Ia attractive Lawns in good request at the
late auction prices. Gnghsms brisk at 10lc. for
Manchesters. and lie. for Lancasters and Glasgows
Delsnes in active demand mostly for Bsreges of
which one large lot sold at shade under market
| prices The general market is, however, very firm
There is inquiry for Cloths both blacks and col
ored but the limited supply limits transactions, buyers
resorting to foreign Goods in place. Cassimeres are
| active, mostly at about 81 for Fancies. Plain
styles are firm and regular. saiinets are in
| duced stock. The demand is good and prices firm.
There is marked increase in the demand for French
goods especially in dress descriptions which recently
have been backward. Fine Bareges, Jscone,s. Silks
and fancy Prints sought for with considerable ayd
| ty Ribbons also show increasing sales. There is
doing in French as well as in Belgian and Ger
man Cloths both colored and plain blacks Prices arc
very firm and favore styles are buoyant Though the
goods imported TO large amount large quantities
are ye, waiting at Havre for opportunity Of shipment
Some jobbing houses here, however report that all
their orders have been filed and that they have re-
ceived them earlier than usual British goods are
active and mportatons .aid pay we'll this year,
especially Cloths Dress goods however. have been
sold more freely than usual and In good request,
n0twitb Standing the increasing consumption of Domes
tics The obbers all report themselves busy bees,
and in high state OF hilarity from the readiness
with which their accounts are paid. as well as from
the readiness with which goods are selling, and good
prices paying Stocks are low in the Interior and
country dealers only proportion their purchases to
their wants for short periods Credit is good and cash
Gales more frequent.
The General Mutual Insurance Company
has declared dividend OF Is p cent, the earned
premiums for which certificates will be issued on the
30th of March. Also dividend of y cent. on the
certificates Of previous years payable on the 2lst inst
The Paterson and RamapO Railroad has
declared sem annual dividend of p cent, payable
on the 2lst ut the office of K-tchum Rogers Bement,
| In this City
| The Li.tle Miami Railroad Company's re-
ceipts tor week ending Feb g. 1853, llG66 II
Corresponding week 1859 7l7s Is
Increase over 60 p cent ...............si,4 80
! The Sunbury and Erie Railroad stockhold-
yesterday In Philadelphia to receive the report
Of directors The stockholders resolved to increase
the capital stock s6OO0OO0 The capital stock was
previously only s3,0O00O0 The early completion of
this important road the lakes Erie Is thus secured
beyond contingency. The grea, advantages which the
harbor of Erie present cited in the report very for
chilly and in view of the conveyance by that city to
the company OF a number of water lots for the con-
strucon OF piers such an improvement at the west
ern terminus is strongly urged, with eye TO ulu
mate large coal trade this road to that part The
report then reviews infinitely the various connections
with the Sunbury and Erie road, and the advantages
such connections confer, making this not only tho
shortest and most direct route from Philadelphia 10
the Lakes but slso the shortest to New York Boston
and Baltimore facts which must attract TO it very
large amount Of trade and travel, while very large
return trade 70 the Lakes may be anticipated In the
shape Of coal
An arrangement has been made between the
sunbu1y ard Erie n" and other "Lske Shore" Roads,
and bill has been will be introduced 10 the Penn.
syvsnia House TO perfect It. The bill provides that
there ,ha never be any discrimination In the rates OF
fare On passengers charge for freight which shall
operate against the Sunbury and Ehe Road. IL also
provides that the Lake Shore Road shall subscribe
$4,000 to the capital stock of the sunbury and Erie
Road Other parts Of the bill provide for full and
entire egszation of the Lake Shore Road and author
ice en- increase Of stock issue Of bonds enable 1t
10 make the subscription alluded to- This Is an I'M
portaut Arrangement the subscription Is very de-
.irsbe one for the sunbury and Erie and the commu
uty Of interest established will be highly advantageous
70 both roads.
Nj Muller aavertises so sell az auction
$4,000 of the Ohio River Land and Marble Company
q cent Bouds Feb 49, at the Merchants Exchange,
tl2M The objects Of the Company are 20 supply
lumber and stone to Cincinnati and other leading
Western cities The land, embracing 1880 acres "a
in Levi. Co, Ky, lying Immediately On the Ohio
River and coIEprisingits left bank from point oppo-
sire Por,snou,h Ohio TO Vanceburg, KY. We gather
frolr the parties engaged in this enterprise the an
nsxed fact The land Il clothed with primeval for
est The oaks poplar, whitewoOd and black walnut
spread over its surface and support luxurant growth
Of that untural gspe which has become IN and around