New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-02-09


good business doing At full rates. and the manuae-
ture OF which Of late has yielded excellent proa's
Ginehsrns are in steady demand az prices having an
upward ten3ency Prints and De Lsines are JET con-
1srstyely quiet. Tee supply Of French Ribbons ~1s
never 20 large ind varied In character ~ u pTesenL
AL the impcrx,ions Of last year paid great pr'aia
which has led to an Increased supply this The de-
mand IL yet however, mostly confined 70 NUMBER
Tvelves the most staple description Of Vest4ngs and
yelvets are aetve Bn,ish Goods are in good suJply,
the arrivals being greater than usual Tie demand
10 moderate bat prices sre well sustained The lat
advices speak Of prospect Of further advance IN
wo1l which will occasion another advance in WOODEN
roods. The tendency Of prices In almost every srti
Gle IL upward The incresed production Ia yet appar
emily below the increased demand, and al goes
swimningly There does not appear any faltering in
payments, but both country and city buyers psy up
promptly ip the nsn, and many in anticipation There
10 ye; q large number Of traders who have surplus
funds which are employed in timely eash purchases
whenever favorable opportunities occur.
There is no change in the Money market.
The supply il ample for the demand and the general
impression Of the street is that the market VII continue
10 grow cay.
Mr.. John w. Harriott has been elected
seeretary Of the Fremen's Insurance Company in
place Of Sci Gray, deceased.
The Shoe end Leather Dealers Bank has
decided TO receive uneurreni money from depo,i'or'
Mr.. James j. Wilson il 10 be President Of
the BANK Of the Commonwealth spoken Of yeserday.
Mr. Ed Baght viii be Vice PRECEDENT The Directors
are among our leading merchants: William u Cavity,
Of Morfimers & Cavity; Benjamin N. Whitlock' OF
whtloek Nichols & Co.; Lewis b. Brown, Of Lewis B.
Brown & Co, Joseph B. vabdervoort, Of Dubois &
yanderyoort p Nelson Spoford, Prest OF Grocers
Sugar Refining Co.; Henry G. Koop Of Koop, Pesher
q Co; Corns X Sutton, d e. A Kinysland & Sutton
Roswell skeIl skell Van valkenbGrg &c Co.; HriisOn
Jones, No. 80 Futonst W. NJ. Benjamin, No. %
Johns IT John J. Herrick, Herdck Il VsR Boskerk
Charles l. Frost Frost & Forrest; Benz. c. Lee jas
Lee Go.
The stock IL nearly all taken. The capital will be
475OOOO or 81 10000 and the Bank will probably be
located 10 toe Merchant Exchange Buildings
The City Of Philadelphia has voted to sub
scribe two millions Of dollars Of the stock Of the Sun
bury and Erie Railroad which the completion
Of that important work All the traffic Of this Road
will pass the Cat,awssa and WismspOrt and
Erie Road, the Bonds Of which advertised By Mess.
Gilbert, Coo & Johnson, TO be sold a, auction on TIC
18th inst
The Catawss. Wismsport and Ere Road extends from
what IA called the base Of the Broad Mountain, where II
connects with the Little schuylkill 10 WsmspOr, ads
tbee Of 30 miles with branch from TanaDend near The
Little c;iOn 20 the Beaver Meadow Ra oad
distance Of 10 miles with the Ebt % construct bran hes
coe mines either side Of the line not exceeding five
The portion Of the line from Tumsnend Ca;aw ssa Is
Bdles graded for dOabe track, also the branch Of IS
lay down the track and furSh the graded road y est
To sons,Tuet from Tamsnepd 10 the connection
with the Little Scbuy ................. fo"o
The extension from CStswissa 70 Wilhamsport. l"a0o
.s2oooooo
- tonds seourtd by mortgage, with The night to sue
e5ooooo more under the mortgage, after The road
iD operation 20 Catawisa.
To ayihe track Sc on the graded road $500 ono
10 connect with the Little Schuylll. 10000
And leaves the $4,000 applicable 20 tie cHenson % Wa
Transport For this sum, with the balance ia stock OF the
COMPANY they have Offers from responsible contractors to
grade do all the work and furnish al the materials
The whole cost Of the Road viii stand taas; -
Present sock. 10000
stoei to complete 10 Wiamsport. ...... 5ooOoO
Dedaet iron, this tle voao Of the coal lsuds Of
the Company ''''''''''.'''.'''''''''.''' i"'""
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Or, Tor hoe distance o. miles Sa5 49, per mile.
AT Niunspou this road has two very valuable c9nneo
lions, With the Wiilans2or and ElniTa Road now
under contract uniting Il with the New-fors AMI Ere
Read and a ischano OF Northern and Western connections
and the other with tie sunbuy and Enc Road making
important hnk IN new and shortest great trunk ae
between the West and thewAter,
The arrangements all complete for OPP nina THIS
hnc OF communication from frt on ito ia-eto
New oIt, Philadelphia ard Baltimore, 'o-"ii the San-
bury and inc, from The lake TO Mihamspor the Catta-
whsa, WiliSuspOgt Enc, from NiiamspoTt @ Tama-
qua, the Litue sohuyhu 20 Fort Cnin and the Read-
irg Philadelphia, to Philadelphia or from hmaqua the
Lehigh Valley Roed 20 Eston, thence over tie NewJersy
Contra 20 Newiok The only Roads remaining - be oon
Peed 70 onsunae these connections the CatSwssa
NilhGmsTor a Erie and the Sanitary krie both 81
which are ~ part under contract and the parts not vet et
only wait the settlement of some questions 20 choice Of
route, 10 Dc placed under contract
The exhibit Of the Company states
Nv fne, Road he hef
land and New orb is 10 miles less than by Buffalo snd A.
ssny 10 nes los than BY the Enc 1osd aud ~ niles es
than BY tie Cleveland and Psbursh and Pennsyyania Gen.
tal Line while the grades compare quite a. iavorably
Whe the projectors claim TO- tins Road these i,anteses
Of through usiC they also clam that Tor oc sat bus
II will have % superior IN tie county II passes
through broad extent O country, a. present without r'
agricultural and mineral products and the Road peneates
the very heart OF vast deposits Of both btamaous aud an
Of which viii far exceed thasOf any agricultural dis
IooK ns anon lie map twill be seen tst the AVERAGE dis
tspce between the Buso ard Albany, and the NcwlOrk
and fne, about 10 miles between the fennsyyan Cen
tra and Baltimore and Ohio about the while space
10 left between Tie New York and Ene, ard Pennsylvania
Ccn,Is OF about $50 miles. The rIopos,d new l.ae coca
completed there wal be ave great thorough es so tho
Atlantic 20 the Lakes N nearly parallel lines with space
between each Of about % uies distance quite soeni 20
AFFORD ample local haHucsS wilc they arc al comPen
tors Ter The throggh business.
by the WilAamspoH AND EluirG Railroad viii ard very
atsely 70 IT'S usfe BY tbs route i'om Niagara Fss 20
fhadtpha s bat 4lA miles, whereas BY Albany ard New
York is SIS, SAVING Ia mos OF travel by this route
From Elnirs BY Tie Newl era and ETie Raroad tie Us.
New York j. "a miles aid TO thus the distance
Philadelphia " mteS makes so trom kimrA % fhlAde
phA heIess BY tins route VII be but ~ aviHg l09
nlles and bringing fu'ra 10 miles Phsdelpha hv
this route thar New ork, BY tho Newly nk aaa Ee
When boIue nud that the whole tide OF pleasure
travel SuriuS the Is oa S0Sth North, that
the interhsree 81 products between warmer and colder
climate always he great the Importance OF this
Eunicaiion hA dly be OyerTsied
The books OF the Australian Steamship
r~.b
Office Of NesSrs. Duncan, sherman s Co.
An election of Trustees of The Wabash and
Erie Canal the part Of the subscribers to the loan,
viii take place on the 18th April next
The subscription by the PENNSYLVANIA Rail