New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-12-09
FRIpAY. Dec. s-P. N.

The trArsaotOns are quite extensive and the speculs
tive disposition appears to have received new impe-
tus. The most marked advance was in Erie Inc )mes,
which under the favorable appearance OF the new
loan sold ct 9j an advance Of 2 cent. The clos
ing sale was at 9il. Erie Stock was also active and
buoy ant, touching 37i, further advance of Y
cent bu, closing at 36. The sales Of the day in this
Stock reach 5000 shares. Reading improved y
cent; Hudson River, cent Central, Y cent;
Cumberland was steady. The Western Roads were
steady but dull In Railroad Bonds the business was
large reaching sl75 900, including Panamas 10; H.
inos Cent al 64I IS; New York Central, Ell; Hud-
son Convertible 6lI Second Mortgages, 90; First
Mortgages s4I; Erie First Mortgages, log; Incomes,
oiIa95 Convertibles 1871, 7Oi al; Harlem FRS,
Mortgages co. sale OF $50, 900 Illinois Central
BONDS wss made at sc, buyer mos. In State Stocks,
with good supply, the market is firm; about
800 900 were sold at SCI for Virginias and ISL for
Indianas There are considerable orders from the
South for virginas
Exchange continues heavy and ranges for Sterling
from TO ct = cent the latter the asking rate for
Bankers bulls. Good produce bills have been sold at
5G5! cent, which would leave to II cent.
profit on the importation Of specie. The supply OF
produce bls mostly with bills lading attached, is
considerably in advance Of the demand. The Bank
ers are craving but little. The scarcity of money
among remitters IL doubtless the cause OF portion
OF the cuIlness in Exchange; but the main cause Is
in The over-suppy of bills, which, but for the failure
Of the Southern mails would be sill larger The re-
cent large ftpu OF Cotton Corn and Provisions
have materially increased the quantity OF Sterling on
the maket Bankers are not anxious IN draw az
present rstes but bills drawn against shipments of
the produce necessarily pressed on the market.
Francs are 5.lsi a5.l3i.
Iu Freghts there is moderate business doing and
rates scarcely 30 firm. To Liverpool: 10000 or
Is OC0 bushels Corn, 81 a6di 1000 bales Cotton, O
3-l6d COO bbs. Flour 49, 500 bbs. Resin, 81; 200
or 500 bxs. Bacon, ISL; 800 bbs Pork, p. To LOG
don: eco or 800 bxs. Bacon, 22I6, To Havre; 1000
or goo bush Corn l0c. 400 500 bales Cotton ic.
Charter was made for the Coast Of Africa on pri-
va'e terms, and Lumber Charter for Buenos Ayres
at $40. TIE ack-Ball line, Messrs. Chss. ii. M4r-
shall & Co, have bought the two remaining ships
OF the Dramatic line in addition to the two ships
before noticed.
The following sales Of Bonds and Stocks we're made
at auction by A. II. Nicolay:
s3Uc Harlem Rsrosd let mortgage Int sdded. ....7el
a. .hsIrs Delaware Lscks~asns sBd Western H. R..6it
IS shares Aeenesn Express Company
30 shsIer Expire CT Bal
$40 shares Juon Gold Company.
A. II. Muller & Co.'S regular semi weekly sales of
Stocks snd Bonds will take place at the Merchants
ExchaI re tomorrow at III O'Clock.
ALBEIT H. Ncolay will bold special anction sale
of Stocks and Bonds tomorrow Saturday at l2i
O'Clock, at the Metchants Exchange.
The earnings of the Michigan Southern and North
ern Indiana Railroad for November
Passengers ard mails.
Freisbt aud tniscelsneo 6ly7l
y.,1.. iss s5s25
Increase ss625S
The total earnings OF this road for the eleven months
endrg Nov. 50 sto..............tl sal 9j7 80
EsTnmss for sane period, s55......... l,462si 81
Showing an increase ia eleven ulouth.of son 49, %
OF the above amount OF 81 ,99g,e57 90, there
Received froGa pssser and mail .....$ l4lo2i So
From fei1bt And miscellaneous. 1918 81
The Portland, Saco and Portsmouth Railroad has
declared a semi-snuual dividend OF three cent,
payable on the 18Th inst.
All the matters in dispute between the Nicaragua
Company and Com Vanderbilt have been smicably
arranged, and receipts in full have been passed.
Having seen it stated in an Albany paper that the
work the Sacketts Harhor and Saratoga Railroad
has been suspended, aud that the Company has not
paid the workmcn engaged, we have made inquiries
of the officers OF the Company 10 this statement,
and we assured that the Company has strictly
compiled with the terms Of its contracts ia every
spect and that it does not one dollar except in
the shape of bonds having twenty-five years u
ture. 1t is undoubtedly true that the contractors
have not been able TO pay all their laborers for the
last few weeks, owing failures the part Of those
who had sgrted to advance the money on the bonds
they had taken and il has not been in too power OF
the contractors thus far to npete nego l;ions al
ready commenced with other parties unless at ruin
Gus retes. We also assured thai the contractors
have bound themselves, under hesvypenalties no. to
suspend the work or abandon their contracts, and
that whoiever difficulties exist are between the con-
tractors and their lGborers and for which the Com
pany is not responsible, and shich il - tempo
raEly control. In regard to the lie sis County
Bark notes with which some Of the ltoorers were
pad, We understand he amount in circulation along
the lie of the roed IS only about $4,000, and that
the parties who issued them WI make arrangements
Immediately TO redeem them at par. The Company
have sent supply of provisions to the lsborers.
The business at the Clearinghouse to-day was
:l3, 522 coo, which is small think small any
day since the establishment Of the Clearing House.
We hesr Of three failures yesterday, two Of which
were rather important and Of houses which have
hitherto stood well. The New-Oreans failures men,
toned in our Geographic dispatch al factor
houses, and are rot -e are told, important. The ad
vices from the West continue to befayorsble except
il in regard TO the water in the rivers Tie CiHeiH-
Eofi Ga=etfe says;
The most noticeable feature, and one that as re-
CARDS both the present and the future, must be re-
earded a. decidedly favorable is the full supply and
comparatively, and We may sic, Unexpectedly low
prices Of Exchange. In TIE early part Of the wesk
rates settled down 70 a premium, baying and sell
ing iOr Eastern crafts and AZ closing the offerings
.vces "a the demand ard the narkst co.ed AZ nrs