New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-03-31

In reg ard TO Western Banking, Tionpsos's Bsnk
Note Reporter says:
We have repea edy spoken in high terms Of the
Bar ks and Banking laws of illioois and Wisconsin.
The lndisna law, which was the cause of all the en-
barrassments and dltcresit at the West, was, No
have ever ssid, too inducing 10 mere circulating
Barks. This law has been amended, and Is nov
safe and available law.
"In Wisconsin two Banks hsve been wound up,
and the Bank Controller pays par for their notes. In
illinois i've are in process of winding up, aud the
Auditor will redeem their issues at par This Is .
very gratifying resuit The Controller OF Wisconsin,
ard the Auditor of Ilipois entitled TO high COM
mendstion for the ability sho vn In the discharge Of
their euiies Bank Superntendents during the past
trying times
that be can TO bring system out Of chaos. His tssk
is difficult one, but We predict good and popular
result."
The Harrisburg Railroad Company has made .
.emi. annual dividend Of y cent. The Quincy
Stone Bank, Al y cent; woburn, 4; bingham, al
Mt Wollsston, Quincy 4; Lowell and Appleton,
OF Lowell, y cent each.
The Hadley Falls Bank tHolyoke) pays a semi
annual dividend Of y cent. next Monday. This
bank has never lost dollar, and has no Z" Doubtful"
paper
The October coupons Of the Ogdensburg First
Mortgage Bonds viii be paid Monday, April ..
by the Trustees OF Second Mortgage, who have pos
session Of the Read.
| The rapid increase Of Chicago as monetary cen-
ter shown in very striking by the following
facts from The Chicago DAILY Pres" in regard to the
business Of Mr.. F. G. Adams, Exchange Broker, 81
that city, who commenced business there within three
years. The Pren Gays, speaking Of the amount OF
funds seLt by Express by that gentleman The total
amount was o., 400 l62 81 on which the regular
Express charges were ei,o32. The amount received
and sent by Express, we learn embraces only about
third Of the business Of the house, making the toA
an QUIT or money handled the snug sum Of
si0 coo, o(0.
The produce markets are without mu ,h change o.
activity, but prices generally well sustained The
supply Of Bresdstufs IL limited, and will continue 20
until the Wesern Lakes are open. Cotton ID inact-
i've Visiting for the letter mail of the Asia Provis-
ions are In fair demand and steady. In Dry Goods,
prices firm for desirable styles especially Of dress
goods, and In fret hands the stocks are light. The
jobbers are not busy but better hsde is expected in
April In Wal-st outside of the Stock circles there
is a general complaint Of dullness. Some Of tho
leading houses in Monetary and Exchange Trans
actions express the opinion that there has not been
less activity in many years. The general osutoo
which prevails In regard 10 new enterprises
prevents important negotiations, and the general
business Of the country Is 90 much contracted that
it is difficult to employ capital probably. In the
| Money market we have no change to NOTE
Some Of the Bsnks are exhibiting more prudence In
loans but the offerings Of 6rst class paper are stn
below the ability Of moet Of these institutions TO dis
count. In the street the supply Of paper is moderate
and there ID difficulty in passing desirable sigma
lures ct al p cent. fsvorte name, occasionally.
goes'st So 81 p cent On call money Is In large
GEES of the demand at SOS y cent, but with this
plethora Of capital there is little or disposition
into ofu ulstiu
ton esgendered by the disasters Of last year st1
exists.
The Ii gislature Of New. Jerey has passed the Bib
to charter the Newark City Bank, notwithstanding
the objections of the Governor. Two OF the rechss-
tiers, the Mount Holly and Cumberland Banks, have
become law By lapse, the Governor having kept the
bills beyond the time allowed BY law II Il Ia bis nssn-
ton to avail himself Of the veto power.
Four or five millions have already been added -
the bsnLDg capital Of Peonsyivsnis by the present.
Legislature. Nine Bank bills with a capital 81
o. 2so, 600 have already been presented to Gov.
Pollock One Of them he has signed, one vetoed,
and the Others remain in bis possession.
At Boston, Money "a quoted at unchanged rssss-
Strictly frst class names have been done at o1V
cent Good Notes, oss.
AT Cincinnati the Money market Ia rather eAsser.
and good names can be negotiated without much di-
| fculty Easfern Sight EIcnange "~ '~i
| premium. c-
"a, Baltimore Patriot states III st the City Corpora-
ton has notified the Presden. Of the Baltimore ana
Ohio Railroad Company Of their resolution to sell ths
stock held by the city in their road. meeting OF
the Stockholders Of the Company % 10 DO bsld On
Monday next to consider the matter
TIE Cine,nssi, Gase,ts gives the annexed state
mept Of The present condition Of the Ohio and Misss
,ippi Rahosd
"I,s well known that this road hes been IN opera
ton for teyeral months past, - far a. seymour,
distance Of eishty.eight miles from Cncinnsn, ena
that the trains nov run into the city - fr a. WOODS
| Westward of Seymour, the distance 70 'incsanesn
| one hundred and I'VE miles, and on this part o. NJ
| road the work is steadily advancing. In ~ E.ss
| Central Division, - 1t . termed, west Oh oeymoofs
| there ere forty.fve and half miles. which snMsoA
The heaviest work the road, and extending taSse
miles beyond the crossing Of the New Albany ana
salem road, al Mitchell The hlSt eleven end heaf
| miles from Seymour TO brownsfoyn y % ~ COM
pletsd that On additional expsndit.re OF ~ tnen
| 40 coo VIII prepare the rod fox NJ iron, which,
betps completed, win open nearly one hundred miisc
| Of the rosA from Cincfnnad AnA lafve increase o.
businees viii be derived, boAh In freight spd pes
seoaee., without much adAtionA expense, e "a
ssms trsins would tie iscrsased distancs win ~
ssms conductor, snstessrs 10. The balance q ~
divisioa thirty nlea, requires n sypseofass q
about e97l 900 20 prepare foe ths hoa, eng 49,
ssesss:zyy DO As Est 70 b asiaAsd, - sas~ ~ sss