New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-01-11
SECOND BOARD.
THURSDAY. Jan. 10-p. m.


The principal movement to-day was in Erie, which
Auctuaed between 52 5li closing after the Second
Board at 5li. The ransaotions reached some 1000
shares This is decline of about y cent since yes
terday. This road is being worked without Interrupt
ton from the snow Reading was 92I, and quiet
The meeting for the declaration of the dividend is to
be held we believe, on Saturday. Central was heavy
at 92I a decline Of = cent. Hudson River was also
very heavy in consequence of the accident at Pough-
keepse and the best bid was 2si. Panama
sold at lOOl We give below statement OF
the income account of this road showing
surplus of SIPS OOO nearly y cent after the dvi-
deDd In Western shares the market was without
much change but had generally downward tendency.
Michigan Central fell of T. cent Michigan Southern,
| / q cent: Cleveland and Toledo, = cent; Cleve-
land and Pittsburgh improved u y cent, selling at
Coz; Galena and Chicago, 1914 bid, 1875 asked, &c.
| The movement in Nicaragua was iTeguar 1t sold
down to 23I in the morning, afterward improved to
| 24I and closed at "a bid. The improvement IN the
afternoon was in consequence of telegraphc advices
from WashngtOnSshat the party who went there TO
arrange mail matters would succeed. The agreement
10 which we have before alluded and upon which the
late rise has taken place, has only been waiting the
arrangement of the mail service with the Secretary to
be signed and take effect. In Railroad Bonds the
transactions mostly confined to Illinois Central OF
which slOO 900 Sold closing at sl;. Fries, ls7l sold
at 81; Tere Haute Second Mortgage, rs; Harlem
First Mortgage, so, &c. sale of $4,000 Indiana
Is was made at 81; Virgnias sold at 90; Missouris,
e5 &c.
In Exchange there il but little movement The
supply is fair and large amount of bills is known to
be in the six or seven back New Orleans mails Should
these mails arrive in time for the Saturday steamer,
the market will probably be weak If not there may
be temporary irmness. Sterling is nomnally u eei,
the latte being the asking price of the leading bankers
lot of Bank o. England notes, sight, sold at =.
Francs were very plenty, and sold lower. Very good
Francs have beer sold at $50 G5.27i The range is
5.3Oa52o. The leading drawer put his rate down y
cent to-day
In FreightF we notice to Liverpool engagements of
500 tcs beef al 5s 80 tcs rice, and 900 boxes bacon
at 2is Cd 1905. 200 oars at Sc. 3d.; 1000 bbls.
-four at 2s 3D. 12s Cd; $50 bales cotton at Id us
tes and 500 bbs lard at 3Os 35s $50 bbs. rosin at
o. Cd 10 900 bush. grain for immediate acceptance
at Cd ard 10 900 receivable at option of ship owner
within two weeks at ID To London $500 bbls.
-four at As 80 tuns ocake in bags at 4Os; ashes at
| ass. To Antwerp, ashes and bacon at ass.
In consequence Of the nOn-anival of the Washing
| ton mails the drafts paid at the Sub-Treasury are
small. The business of the day is: Paid, s7al 49,
received, sl55, 1888 49, balance, s2,773, 6O4 Az paid
for Assay Office, s2,27s II paid on dsbursng checks,
| a. 959 80.
The dividend of the Market Fire-Insurance Company
10 y cent for the six months payable on the 18th
instinct y cent as printed yesterday.
The Bowery Savings Bank, at the rate Of y cent
y annum on sums of $500 and under and at the rate
OF p cent larger sums, payable on the 2st inst.
The Ohio Life and Trust Company has declared
| J...J IofA lIa An bai
to New York stockholders at the Office in this city,
The dividend declared by the Milwaukee and Mis-
sssippi Road for the past six months is 10 cent in
stead of 10 p cent as anticipated. The dividend is
payable = cent in cash and p cent in stock The
stock dividend presume il made in whole in part
from the accumulatons of the sinking fund. The
parson with the earnings of the preceding year shows
| a very large gain:
Gro receipts for 1855 s6s7 $40
Gross receipts for 4s5O5l
Increase (sbOut As p cent? s222sse
The amount of freight moved over the road for the
| two years compares as follows
Tuunsge going East ..............63sS sl,72O
| TunnAge going West. .:....,...4s,2H 1881
Aggregate tine 81 COL tuns)....n2Oss 1854
The greater part of this increase it will be seen,
| in the tunnage moved West, which is merchandise,
&c, for the supply of the local trade 1t has been
generally supposed that the increased freight receipts
came from large crops, and might be cut down in
| another
| There is more activity in Land Warrants and the
| market is higher. ThOmPsoR's Reporter quotes:
Buying. Selling Buying Selling.
l Sc: ..lo los lS s.: .Is l@
4os..........................il0 lis
There is no marked feature in the Produce market.
The snow in the streets still restricts operations There
so,,. dsnos;,;or 70 huv shinpa,. tou,er