New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-10-06
THURSDAY, Oct. 5-P. NJ.

THURSDAY, Oct. 81 NJ
The business OF the Stock Board continues to be
very light and the brokers complain very generally
of the desrth Of commissions. In prices the changes
arc not very marked except for Reading, which fell
oc to ~ further decline Of y cent. There APP
pears 10 be no cause for the decline excepting the
selling out Of of the parties who were recently
buyers. Erie declined ! q cent; Hudson River and
Harlem were steady; Central declioed y cent;
Cumberland b cent Nicaragua, = cent, &c.
Railroad Bonds we're steady bu. not very active.
Exchanges are dull and prices tend downward.
We mske DO change in quotations Sterling, sa9t
and Francs, 5 l2I 5lll. In Freights the business
is sill limited. To Liverpool % 900 bush. Gren, sl
ed in bulk, Sid 10 bags; 200 or 800 bales Cotton
ID; Dead weight, lol. The Alps has small parcel
Of Wheat Oh private terms. To Havre, 200 or 800
bales Cotton, &C., and some Wood and Slaves at pre-
vious prices. charter was made from Mobile to
lIsyre at l3-lGc.
Tie receipts at the Sub-Treasury we're sli2,97i,
Including $4,000 from Chicago; payment, slO5, IA
balance, 81, isa 9l3.
s. Diapers semi-weekly auction sale of stocks and
bonds will take place at the Merchants Exchange to-
morrow at l2l o'clock.
The IIousatonic Railroad hasdeclarcd semiannual
dividend of y y cent. on Old stock, and y cent.
on new stock. The Fulton Fire Insurance Co. has
also declared dividend of ; y cent payable on
ard after the 10th inst.
The receipts Of the Ohio and Pennsylv ania Railroad
for the month of September, 1854 were sl23,44 50.
The e. tmate Of Mr. Roberts, the Engineer, for the
month OF September was only SOS 900. This result
in the face of the cholera Pittsburgh must be highly
crafty Ing to the friends of the road.
The receipts OF the last week Of September for the
Cleveland and Toleto Railroad were si,si5 against
s9,o5s iame week last year. The Chicago and Rock
Iand receipts fog September promise TO exceed
800 COO. The Michigan Central Road, we under
stand have leased the road which connects Joliet
on tie Rock Island Road with their road at tho foot
Of the lake the Cutoff Road, il is called. The
Michigan Central advances some funds for its CON-
petion.
The Exchange al the Clearing House s2o, $751;
oss-proving the very heavy payments d yesterday
heavier than any day for several months. The Assay
Office will soon be in operation. The officers were
weighing silver bullion to-day, and delivering it to the
Refner and Meter. The demand for specie for Bos-
ton and Philadelphia continues, and the Banks are
lo-sg considerable amounts daily. The steamer OF
Saturday, i, is estimated, viii take about half
million We noticed few days since rumor tina;
the Central Railroad he'd had an offer for their Rond.
We hear TO day ruInor that some arrangement hiss
been made to place them with Messrs Barings in
London although it is no, known whether it is an
absolute sale or whether an sdvanee has been OBJ
taired upon them In relation TO the failure yesterday
in Philadelphia, Tie Ledger OF today says:
The announcement, yesterday Of the failure Of the
crv goods snd clothing house Of Reed & Brothers,
Marx e, ST. for the Of about million Of dollars
was the subect Of free conversation aud very unre
served censure in al commercial circles. The frm
we uuders.aId, claims tofsve excess Of liabilities
Of come three hundred thousand dollars and give as
an for their suspension the very aimsy and
Satisfactory pre,ext tina, they wish to 90 into quda
ton and wind up their Affairs. We have never neard
Of failure in Philadelphia characterized with harsher
terms than was that Of Reed & Brothers yesterday.
Among the failures reported in Boston, are the fol-
Loving houses: Samuel SandGori, large holder Of
real estate; Mesrs. Samuel r. Morse & Co., clothing
AID dry goods firm Messrs. Lincoln, Wing & Co.,
AnstrsI la trade; Chaplin & whitton wholesale drug
ge;S