New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-07-25


The business Of the Stock Board continues to be
light and without important changes quotations. have
the natural downward tendency of dull market A
large number Of operators absent from the City,
and many more closing up preparatory to leaving.
Until the " heated term" is over we can hardly look
for any great activity in the general market. The
impression very general that the money market viii
continue to be quite easy during the Fall months, and
consequently there will be considerable speculative
action in the Stock market. Although more extern
sve demand will doubtless be felt for money when the
Fall trade and the movement of the crops commence'
yet with their strengthened specie basis the banks ap-
pear disposed to meet the demand by expansion of
loans At present the brokers complain Of lack of
orders; stocks are not pressed the market holders
having no difficulty in making arrangements to CON
vey stocks in anticipation of an upward movement
later in the season. The decline in Erie to-day is
cent; Central y cent; Reading, e cent Harlem
Z T. cent; Norwich q cent, &c. Panama was firm
at lOl; Cleveland and Toledo declined cent; Mich
gan Central sed at 94 Cleveland and Pttsburg and
that bid for more Cleveland and Rock Island, 94l, &c
There have BEEN it is understood, some considerable
transactions at private sale in Western Shares at full
prices In consequence of the enormous extent OF the
crops il is believed the business of the Western rail-
roads duriog the remainder of the year will be very
large and the receipts show great gains on the COM
psrative period of last season, when the amount OF
produce coming TO the Atlantic was limited. Cam
beIand was heavy in the morning. but steady at the
Second Board at 2si. The sales of Coal by this
Company continue TO be largely in advance OF the
sales OF last season. Nicaragua Is among the rmest
Stocks At s but we lie that the prospects of
an amicable arrangement with the Steamship Co.
have improved. There continues to be fair demand
for G. cd Railroad BONDS both at public and private
sale and the market is sustained. Illinois Central es-
pecially Freeand, have been taken for foreign ac-
count Erie 1875 improved to SO, 1888 s7i. New
York Central 1924. Hudson River Third Mortgage
n, &c. State Stocks, with moderate business, are
unchanged.
There has been a fair amount Of Sterling on the
market for this steamer and at the close drawers
less firm. From the South the supply has been bet
ter than for time past and there has also been
an addition to the supply from Canada Backs. We
make change in rates, but the highest quotation s
obtained with more difficulty. Sterling sia9l, with
bills Of ladng attached ialo for good commercial to
brokers' signatures. Francs are finn at 5l5G5.l@i.
The Freight engagements include about 10000
bushels Of Corn and Wheat for Liverpool at p a3d
1000 barrels of Rosin at 3D. and 500 bales OF Cotton
at la3-l6d Two Lumber charters were made for
South Anne RIGA at Ala SIS.
The payments at the SubTressury were sll,o6a;
received, s9s, 5l9i balance, salss 1873; paid from
Assay Office, s3,Os6; paid on Discussing Checks
sl2O,Ol3. OF the payments yesterday 100000 were
transferred to Washington, and 500, 900 to Norfolk.
| After the adjournment of the Board the following
sales Of Bonds and Stocks were made at auction by
| Simeon Draper:
$500 Flushing Railroad LIST Mortgage, int aided... s8i
10 Geo kyansv lie aud Illinois K K do. DO 80
5000 Ohio Miss.ssiuu X r. I'd
GOO ssoraH ento City lcs 1883, do ...Si ass
y shares Market Fire Insurance Co................ 81
10 shares Commcnwea III Fire Insurance Co...... %
80 shares Commonwealth 30
Adrian II. Muller viii hold his regular sale ofS.ocks
to morrow at u O'Clock at the Merchants Exchange.
The Committee app tinted by the bondholders ofthe
Mansfield and Ssndusky, Sandusky, Mansfield aud
| Newark, and Columbus and Lake Erie Railroads re-
port they have prepared the agreement to be signed
by the different interest in the above Companies, and
copy has been left at the Office of Z. 7. H. Gibson,
No. 80 Pearl-st for the signatures of bondholders.
The Greenwich Insurance Company has declared q
semi-annua dividend of 10 = cent payable August l.
The Leather Manufacturers Bank semi-a annual
dividend of y cent, payable August l.
The Broadway Insurance Company semi-annual
dividend of = cent, payable August l.
The Manhattan Gas Light Company, dividend of
81 so 3 share on the Companys full stock, and
81 IS Sc on the scrip This Company have accepted
the amendment TO their charter passed by the last
Legislature authorizing increase of the capital to
100000, on condition that the Company reduce
the price of gas to 60 so thousand cubic fee within
twelyemonth after the acceptance of the amend
ment
At 4 o'clock this afternoon the specie engagements
for the Pacific were 1915 OOO including Brown Bros.
Co., 100000; G. S. Robbins 4 Co.. for Boston
account 100000; Goodhue x Co., 500 900; Dem
nistoun Wood Co., $50, Ooo j. H. Greene, s65, 900;
j. ]. Stuart, $3.50 To the above amount Mr.
Belmont viii probably add 100000
The earnings Of the WateItown and Rome Railroad
for June were as follows:
80 Iasseusers 57s 76
Ion ikhts'.s... 25 073
bizl and other sOurces.................. 0S3 10
iotA s.ssss.s... eS3 48f
In conse quence Of the hot weather durn the greater
part Of the present month the land sales of the illinois
Central Railroad have received check They are how
ever under the circumstances quite large having beeato
the 22d inst 1884 acres for aggregate of s22
averaging sl4 CO per acre. The freight business of
this road Is increasing and the effect Of the opeuinc
of the connection with the Tere Haute and Alton
Road will soon be seen in the passenger business.
There are still remaining in the Bank Department of