New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-08-08
THURSDAY, Aug. Up. ".


THURSDAY, Aug. 7-P.H.
There was rather larger business in Stocks to-day,
hut the tendency is stl downward, with few ehcep
TONS The pressure of stock on the market II con-id-
er6ble with but few buyers excepting to NIL snort
contracts The bears appear to be free sellers Ihdef
the apprehension that there must soon ensae con-
traction Of bank lOant TO extent sufficient 10 force
laIge amounts Of hypothecated sock on the market
At the S,cuud Board there WAS fair amount OF bnsI
ness with rather better feeling in Erie but genera "
, heavy market. After the Board Erie aga
heavy and closed offered, at cot. Reading was eo;.
CtntIa was heavy at s6t s63 Panama declined
= cent. Delaware and Hudson sold at 40, buyer
four months In Western shares the Market
generally was heavy. Michigan Southern WAS
more active than for some days past, and M
proved y cent. Pittsburgh was ic. bet
ter, with large sales Michigan Central -)'d
a. 9oi; Calm. lO7! Illinois Central was l07., with
lO7 IT, red for SEQ shares TIE amount of tns stock
held abroad il now 81 600 shares, and continually III
cieasinr The rights sod at II e cent premium.
sale OF Mla aukee and Mississippi was made 1t ~, b.
20 Cleveland aid Toledo fell off 70 -: @7ii. The
receipts for July are 500 00O against So 200 IN JAY
lsst YEAR In Railroad Bonds the business n moderate
al rbc market rather heavy. Illinois Central closed
OF 81: New-York Central b. -, and - 100: Edes,
ls7l, - &c There was bu; little done in State
Stocks, al d prices teld downward.
There j. hu, little doing in Exchange for the steam
er and rates are scarcely finn. Sterling, % a9j tor
good rames; Francs, j.l7i dj.lj.
H. Frlghts the market Is without important chang.
To Liverpool, 00OO bushels Grain at ID. 06i j. IN
bulk end ships bags; Cotton ID. To Bremsu 300
bales Cotton, III To Antwerp, 1000 barrels Ro'un,
3s +, o,2 bushels Rye sd. IN ships bags; 100 hhd-.
Tobacco, tx.
At til, Sub.rreasury to-day the business was large,
but the receipts exceeded the payments. Paid,
sIjl col 81; received 1920 Isl 9s including $4,000
tor transfer drafts on Boston balance s-677 $50 ~
pad for Assay Office s27 265 IS; pa.d On discussing
checks. s67 75j 10.
The Cry Fire Insurance Company has declare! a
dvide Of fourteen dollars per share payable on the
10Th inst.
The United States Trust Company a semi annual
dividend Of three and half per cent payable on the
9TH inst
Tie Pennsylvania Coal Company have declared
divide nd of ) y cent, pay able on the l7th inst
The City Fire Insurance Company have declared
dividend :l4 = share, pay able ON the l@th INST.
The Bank OF Loui-isnn has declared regular semi
anrusl dividend of > p cent, and extra dividend OF
Ctlt payable 10 rA+ manu-
at the Merchants Bank in this city
The eaDipga of the Chicago and Rock Island Rail
Road Company for
july, iis55, Observation-Disclosures. ss74l63
IIerease reaIly fifty per eeut.)......... $3.50 ~
Inc e4r1 Iuss oi the Sionugt0n Rail Road, in July,
were a. follows:
s....s..r..+l !s''; lsss s ia;'j:'
To,.l..sa5?g5 4I80i $4,000
The Norwich and Worcester Road wdl show, We
understand about - 900 gain in July over the same
month Of last year.
The monthly earnings of he Flushing Railroad
this season show gradual but steady, Increase over
;hos. Of las, season, ranging from 70 II = cent.
The number Of passengers carried last month wls
%, IS, averaging 900 g Gay for tie working days
10 trans being on Sundays.
Tbereceip's of the Morris Canal have been
Ios to July 70 iaS' ;:s ~ -,
See' eias aug; = ,6;i - T'i'' u"
Wei ending AUG. . lsi5.......... 7,"0 "a 1899 .
Ip.,es.s in 9
We mentioned yesterday that the Reading Railroad
woulo advance lie rat Of freight for coal the LIST
of September. The Scnuylk i Nav CATION Company
has gwen notice OF al advance OF cents y tun 20
II laGelylia, and Of 10 cents the intermediate
peitts AID ID. Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company
OF deduction OF 20 e. tun on the drawback al
lowe5-n both instances 10 tske effect on the lst of
Stptemb,r. This -hows concerted action on the part
of the principal coal carrying companies, and proba
bly intend. 10 hasten purchasers IN layirg IN their
Winter stocks, in view Of the advance N price likely
20 tnsue in the enhancement OF the rates Of freight.
The following IL statement Of the receipts ard ex.
pendi,uro- Of the United States for the quarter ending