New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-05-26

FRIDAY, May 25-P. NJ
There was an active business at the Stock Board
;hs morning, and the quotations had upward ten
dency. The principal business was in Cumberland
Erie and Reading. After the Board the market was
heavy, es ecialy for Reading, which under rumors Of
decreased tunuage, burned bridges and reduced tolls
fcll off to s5. AT the Second Board there was bet
ter feeling and the market len Off with some iirmness
Reading s7l Erie fsi; Panama 99i Central 9li;
Harlem 81; Cumberland PSI, sc. Panama shows
an improvement Of q cent; Michigan Southern
e cent; Illinois Central = cent; Cleveland, Column
bus and Cincinnati . cent, &c. In Railroad Bonls
the transactions exceeded 100000 at full prices.
Illinois Central advanced to &c, al improvement Of
g cent; Panama lOlli Goshen Line So; Erie 1873
% bid The Broker Of the Trustees is buying in the
Bonds for the sinking Fund for The present mouth.
In State Stocks the market is very firm with sales Of
500 GOO Virgina's Improved TO ga; Michigan 81
Louisiana Is o.; Indiana 5 al; 3,s 50; California
~, &c. The feeling at the close was firm.
H. Exchanges there Il but little doing and rates
unchanged. Sterling 4 0loi. Francs 515a5.l2i.
FregAts continue very duh; 600 bush. Corn were
engaged lor Liverpool at p 2.c.-ship's bags. An
American ship was chartered TO load Deals al the
British Provinces Bic for London, at - Us. Cd.
brig from Gonaiyes to Now-York at g. p FIR Log
and Mobile that Northern vessels already there
being chartered for the Deal trade after having gone
South in ballast FOR freight
The receipts at the rub-Ioasury were $50, l56 in
gliding $4,000 from Dubuque; Paid, SOB, 400, in
Guiding s22 200 of California drafts; Balance sl2l9,
So; Paid from Assay Office 81, al; Paid on Disbars-
ins Checks s4e $50. Tie deposits at the Sub-Teas-
my from the George Law have been about $50 0J),
of which unusually large proportion has been from
passengers The bullion dealers have also been buy
ing oey from passengers, in one instance high
$4,000 from one person, proving that the disturbed
state Of financial matters in California has sent larger
amount than usual Of gold in the hands OF passen-
gers.
Tie follow ing sales Of bonds were made By Simeon
Draper:
MOO Chic and Mississippi Railroad. and int......... -
-6,i7 & cent bond. made By John n. Gait ne, T. A.
siHoIscn snd ?. G. Cautiae 70 the Ohio River
Land and Marble 20 =
Tie Merchants Bank has declared a dividend Of
e cent for the past SIX months payable on the Is. Of
june
Tie instinct Of Mr. Birdsall Of the Sub-Treasury
detected to-day most dangerous counterfeit Of gold
coin which Of the legal weight and size. 1t
the bese1ecutod counterfeit which las been detected
Tor a long time. Yesterday, the same officer detected
/ a spurious coin which had been received at the sub
| Treasury from the Philadelphia Mint showing very
roprchenbe degree Of caroessnoss in that institution
Tie following exhibits the condition Of the Banks in
this State on Tie morning Of Saturday March 10,
ls55. The report embraces returns from 2s7 Banks,
ore Branch then in full operation, and Of - Banks
which were closing up their business: