New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-02-16
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THURSDAY, Feb i5-P. VI.
I, ,be s.ock market there was fair amount OF
,r.;r..s his morning the market opening htn bot
-, NTH heaviress At the Second BoArd the
LEADING sncies with the exception Of Reading, had
dorpTsrd tendency Erie closed at 4ei, about yes
t.,d,y's price. Reading improved to77l The traffic
in his road we hear from Philadelphia, is cutie large
and increasing, Irrespective Of the CoI business.
Hudson River, 3sI. Psnsma advanced 70 III. H4r-
lem IL quite buoyant and sold at 3i Central was in
demand, touching s5, al advance Of = cent. Cum
bersnd heavy, the supply of stock being consid-
ersble II closed at 3d. Nicaragus fell of to l6i,
decline Of y cent, partly occasioned by the IN
preston that they would be responsible for the Lost
gold Of Mtssrs Psge, Bacon & Co. The Western
Railroads aye generally firm. Michigan Southern ad-
vanoed 10 o. Northern Indians, %. Michigan Cen
trsl. Oh. Galena and Chicago, g. Chicago and
Rock Island, 81 Cleveland and Toledo CT. Ia
Railroad Bonds the transactions were $40, 900 at fall
prices Fries, 1875 s4si Fries 1871, 81; l'33, e3ii
I'd Mortgage, 1922 ls62, s2i. New-York Central -,
99J; &C., SIT Panama, llOi. Hudson River3d 40 +
gage IA. Harlem, 90l &c. la State Stocks the
business was 10 fair extent and the market was firm
The Exchange market is steady with but little do
ing. Sterling, 9a9i; Francs, IA a5.la% The
Southern mails have brought but moderate amount
Of bills.
In Freieh,s, there has been seldom much dull
ness To Liverpool, Grain is nomrsly 4, and Flour
ia; 700 bales Cotton, SO; 800 or 400 boxes Ba-
con, l7j6; 200 bbls Pork, p; 500 bbls Rssin,
lHOa2L Charter was made for Cuoa at iOe tor
Sugar, and So FOR Molsssesi and another for Porto
Rico at Acc for Sugar.
The receipts at the Su5.Tressury we're SOC, 333.
Paid, sl44 SEQ. Balance, si,34l ,6sj. Paid from
Assay Office, 1854.
TIE entire shipments by the steamer from Boston
Yesterday weIe sl3l ,OO0 OF which $4,000 were in
sovereigns.
Mr. Draper holds his semi.weekly sale Of Stocks
tomorrow Friday at the Merchants Exchange, at
l2I o'clock Included in the sale four shares OF
the Academy Of Music, emitting the holder to free
admission to all the performances in that house. which
right is transferable.
In addition to the gold by the Northern Light,
Mesms. Page, Bacon & Co. RENTED $4,000 in
drafts ON the Sub.Treasury, which were equal to go
much gold making the remittances by this steamer
$500 The gold received by the agent Of Messrs.
Page Bacon & Co. was sold to Meisrs. Berend IL
Co. bullion brokers' whe, upon unpacking the boxes,
found two Of them, which were supposed to contain
s3s COO were filed with old iron, heads Of bolts bits
Of bare, &c. The specie boxes OF Page, Bacon Co.
are about feet long made Of inch eplank and
branded with a hot iron D, S. * Co., with c.. Ii. 81
Co. under. The false boxes were nearly square-.he
usual shape Of specie boxes made of Central Ameri
can cedaI-and the d. 5. & Co. cat in the lid
with knife. The exchange Of the boxes containing
gold for those containing iron was probably made
upon the Isbmus by parties who were fully prepared
and waiting for an opportunity TO turn up. The DIFF
ference in the appearance of the boxes excited the
suspicion Of the Clerk Of the Bank Of America, who
received them from the ship; and why the same effect
was not produced upon the officers Of the Northern
Light when they were received at San Juan remains
TO be explained.
Another robbery was made public to-dsy, th,t Of
the Clearing. House Clerk of the Bank Of the Com
monwealth, whore pocket was picked in Wall-st. of
900 of the specie certificates used by the banks in
the settlement of balances with esch other The GER
tfcates are Of possible value to the pckpocket as
they are current only between banks, and no person
but bank officer could righfuly be in possession OF
them A suitable reward is offered for their recovery
As we stated yesterday the State Treasurer OF Cal
olDia has reconsidsred his ust decision in regard
to tie Bonds OF that State, due LIST March next and
they will be paid after that date, by the agent
of the State Mr. John Cook Jr., at No. 81 Broadway
The excuse offered for requiring them TO be sent to
Sacramento for payment at the risk of the owners is
that they are autographed bonds, poorly executed:
and TO prevent the payment of counterfeits, II was
supposed TO be necessary to submit them to the exam
nation of the Treasurer. Admitting all the premises,
this was the laches of the State and the owners OF the
bonds should not have been required TO submit to
risk and inconvenience, which, properly, the State
should have assumed. However, the matter is now
arranged.
We understand that The Convention of Underwr-
tiers, lately held at Buffalo, mater ally increased the
rates of Insurance on IIulls and Cargoes The i'm
mense losses of the past rendered this step
cessary for the preserv alton of the Companies.
The Sixth and Eighth Avenue Railroad receipts
for January were reported as follows:
Sixth Avenue Railroad. :..................slsi8 IS
Eighth Avenue kalrosd..............''.... 2SIso 70
Tot.l.......................sia $50 50
Last evening a meeting of stockholders in the
Kpickerbocker Bank was held in the Bank building
there were about one hundred persons present. WIN.
S. Hunt presided. OSCAR HAwLrr, as Secretary,
reada memorandum of agreement 10 this eneet:
subscriber. to pay to blank Trustees, per cent.
on subscribing; 90 per cent to be PAID on ten Gays
notice; and the balance on twenty days notice; the
fund to be used in purchasing the assets Of the Bank
to be disposed of for the benefit Of all concerned
subscribers to elect their own Trustees all votes to
be in proportion to the number Of payments made
under the agreement Trustees to be responsible only
a. for a personal act and that only as regards hon.
esy and upre Illness to have full power the funds un
til used to be deposited in some Bank in the mans OF at
least two Trustees and atess two to sign every check
the assets 10 be and held in The name OF ct least