New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-08-03
THURSDAY, August 2-P ".

TIE amount Of business transacted today a. Scck
ExcbsIc &c Is larger than for some weeks previous.
The amount Of State and Raiwey Bonds sold being
tsss OoO and the Drr Der Of shares sold exceei.ny
So co., be.i1es several large Transactions q private
SALE Inosnss the most active among he States,
the saes being SIC o0O Iinoi- Central CONSTRUCTION,
the leading Railroad Bonds, sales sls9,0 900. Among
tie shares Il sO1 10 the extent Of 400 shares aud
Reading about 5000 shares. The sudden rise drew
out considerable stock, and the closing quotations
were weaksr VirginiGs sold It 9s b5G, and 953 vas
bic cih very little offering renDes-ees offered at
9t2 Mssouria were firmer, %. being bid. Indiana
IS edyanced TO So, with sale of $4,000 3; g, o69
Err Ccuyertbles, l57l, so d at sj CJup'n OIL tie
Bonds OF 1875 sol Illinois Central Bonds opened
ard closed At ssl which i. below yesterdays closing
SAILS FreelAnd Bonds again sold te3i. Aechsnts'
Benk sosd al III and 49, the latter being Did a. the
closes the recent rDmors do lot seem 70 affect the
price further than making IT more sctiye Nicaragua
was &C i've and touched % the last sale being e. 49,
al imp. ovement Of over yesterday. Cumberland
fell back, closing L; 29i. Canton was firm a. s'l
Ne.York Central was in good demand; l,235 shares
sod az be Q'ard al OBJ a99} closing at 99; beside
which 500 shares at 99l and $50 shares at 100 were
pu- chased between Boards Western Roads we're
finn: G. ena and Chicago at lO5ii Michigan Central
az %; Rock IsisDd at 9s Cleveland and Toleio a,
90, sLd evelapd ma Pltsbur1h a. g. cash, ADD 90
Oh time. AZ tie close 65l was bid for more, without
sale Eiie opened at s2l, fell TO 59i, and closed at
SCI Harlem was in active request, and sod az %.
Panama advanced T. lOs, with brisk demand.
Money was more plenty to-day on call than before
noticed.
Tie Board OF Directors of the Lenox Fire Insurance
Company have declared a semi-aDnual dividend Of
five per cent pay able al the Office OF the Company,
No. 81 Wallet on and after the It'll inst.
The Trustees OF the United States rras Company Of
New-Yorh have declared semi annual dlvidead Of
5Ip cent, paya Ole the 10th OF August The Penn
sylysnia Coat Company, semannual dividend OF . e
cent PAY able on the 18th inst. The Irving Fire 4
surence dividend OF = cent, payable on demani.
Tie Peoria and Bureau Valley Railroad Company,
= o,ut, payable at the ofise Of the Chicago aud
Rock Isend Railroad Company on lie l5to ms. TIE
coupons on the bonds OF this Company falling due to
day viii be paid 1T the Com Exchange Bank.
After the adjournment Of the Board, the following
SALES OF Bonds and Stocks were made a. auction b.
Simeon Draper:
stCC City To- int siisd. ........,....... 5
4 ,hsfes Beekmsn Fire InslrGuee Co ...-.......'. t
10 ,hsres Peoples Fue Insurance Go 81
The following raes Of Bonds and Stocks were made
at aucti, by Albert n. Ncolsy;
leo Fushnf RAJ road L. q nt added 81 celi
$40 Or,st " extern QlBSisl IIoaf 's. INT adtef -
Terr- HsHe and Alton RR. p g. int adj 81
lCftc tbictgo AID MRpli kk. q or'. T. INT sid ~
ltCC L. and M Rslrusl &c. iut add. y.
le,c0 Hods0n River Sd moiisase T. in aided ~
CroC llir o Central Railroad T. IN. add 81
% tlsrrs II III Pc f-rred %
80 share Lake Erie Nahssh and -. Louis Rail
1000 . i%se %la.pcrt ssj Enc
10 e1ares tceen
4 shares TIA han b8nk..
LsI0x Fir. Insurance Co............... al
shares esh Fire Insurance 81
shares liar uouy Fire lrssr nee c.. 1T
Sios ares Lssyeftc Mineral co hypotlecated ... &c
o6 shu.. sir Iirrhr Bendns o. fun stock 49,. 81
i,te .hsr. Xirsiii Cs per .............. l5c