New-York daily tribune., 1854-09-07
1854. 1881. Is5a. 1881.

"From which il will be seen that the decrease in re-
ceipts now amounts 10 333 900 bales the decrease in
exports to Great Britain, li1 600; France, 10000;
other foreign ports % COO Total decrease in exports.
23O 600 bales.
The uncurrt 1T money receiving Banks, the Metro
pol,en and the American Exchange, are beginning
T. REQUIRE guarantees in cases OF deposits con-
siderable amounts of the notes of some of the New
Elglaud Bapks which are on their list. A depositor
to-day cent IN about seven thousand dollars of the
notes Of the Merchants Bank of Burlington, VT,
which bills, received from hi. correspondents at the
West, the above Banks declined to receive withou
the guarantee OF the depostor.
The Exchanges at the Clearing House we're
sl6, eco.
The interest coupons on the Illinois Central Rail-
road bonds, due let October, will be paid at the Of
fee of the Company, No so Wallet. We have reli-
able authority for stating that the money for this
payment is already provided aLd deposited in bank.
In regard to this road, The EcoAomist says:
"Few persons fully appreciate the quantity of land
that Is contained in the grant in aid of the Illinois
Railroad. The quantity ia 1900 900 acres. How
much is two millions six hundred thousand acres
Neither more nor less than the dimensions Of the
whole State Of Connecticut! As follows:
Official return Of 2735s1s
Lends paieited 10 Illinois GENITAL Raroad.... 2512o6o
"A person or company that should own the whole
State of Connecticut in fee, free Of debt with all its
rocks rivers swamps bays, hills, dales and valleys,
would be possessed of good farm, Notwithstanding
that very arr proportion Of it would be unremune-
Tatiye being unsuseeptlble Of cultivation aud lneli-
gble for occupation. The State OF Connecticut con
iaus 500 600 Inhabitants. O315 dwellings, o4l miles
Of railroad and taxable valuation of 600 900 900.
This is what has grown up upon patch OF land
odua TO The quantity owned by the Illinois Railroad,
but fer teneath il in value. The land owned by the
read Is all selected for its fertile qualities, and eligible
location. There s none Of t waste or unpr0ttable.
There II 20 portion of il remote from railroad convey
ance TO the best markets North and South lt Is all
accessible to the most abundant supplies Of bitum-
nous eoal-ihe whole quantity Of coal in the whole
UuiOn is 80 600 miles, third of which IN Illinois.
The suppl Of timber by railroad from the North is
EIniiess. Here all the elements for the support
Of an immense population.
The steamer OF to-day probably took much larger
amount of shares and bonds than any steamer for
meny months We hear, among other renttances,
Of 500 shares New Central Stock by one party 800
shares Erie by another nearly ssoOO 900 Of various
Bonds by another, &c. The foreign letters by the
late steamers all Indicate an Improvement in the DO
mand for our securities.
The Chemical Bank desires the holders of its FIVE
hundred dollar notes 10 present them for redemption,
in order to facilitate the detection Of the perpetrators
Of the late fraud upon the Bank, who, il appears
oeived Ga 900 in that denomination Of notes.
From Baltimore we learn that the brokers will no
receive the rotes Of the Farmers and Mecanics Bank
of Kent County Md, as they were not redeeme
there yesterday by the agent Of the bank.
The drouth has lessened the water in the Erie Ca
nal to such an extent in sope of the levels that the
largest cioss boats cannot be used, and the smaller
ones Cannot carry full cargo. This state Of
things has thrown an immense amount OF freight
upon the Erie and Central Roads, and these works
are now tested to their utmost capacity Of freight
equipage. The Delaware and Hudson Canal Is
also very low, which embsrasses the transportation
OF coal. The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal has a fair
supply Of water and boats are hghtened only about
10 or Is cent.