New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-12-27


There was much larger business done at the Stock
Board to-day than of late and quotations had strong
upward tendency. The disposition to buy on time was
large and but few sellers options were offered. The
bears do not appear at all disposed to take advantage
Of the present condition of the market TO get out short
kues which they could do without difficulty. Mr..
Little is understood is operating largely through
members of the Board, but confines his operations to
buying cash stock and putting out buyers opone, 30
that there no prominent dealer at the Board ready
10 supply sellers options freely. Time sales in some
stocks now pay 1890 y cent y annum on the money.
Toledo for example is cash, and76 bid, buyer sixty
carving 6 y cent interest also, which is Is y
cent Rock Island was 81 bid buyer sixty, the cash
price being 954, &c. Erie is less buoyant than some
other descriptions, but closed at 6ls an advance OF
y cent. Reading was firm, and sold at 80, seller
sixty. Central was in active request and advancedto
93I cash, and "a buyer sixty an Improvement OF 1t
2 cent. The Western stocks were also better.
Galena advanced to 49, Rock Island, 95l, dividend
of, an improvement of about 81 cent. The receipts
of the third week of December are 500, 600 against
S24 900 last year, notwithstanding the heavy SHOWS
Milwaukee and La Crosse was75 ex-dvidend. Illinois
Central was very buoyant and in demand on foreign
orders. The market improved to 1924, and a
sale of Nicaragua Transit made at A.
In Railroad Bonds the principal feature is the advance
in Illinois Central of which So 600 sold closing firmly
at s6I, which is y cent better. 1t is supposed
portion of the purchases were made to fill orders re-
ceiyed by the Canada. The market for other descrp
tons was firm, but not active. State Stocks are
strongly held at higher prices Virginia sold at "a,
seller sixty, and Missouri Is as 89a.
In Exchange there is nothing doing, as there is no
steamer tomorrow. The prospects are that the rates
Of Exchange must fall off during the next week or the
6rst week in January. Rates are now about v cent.
higher than they were last year at this time
in consequence Of keeping back the Cotton ship
ments. The spinners of Great Britain have been
unwilling to buy stocks thus far, hoping that the crop
would be larger than promised to be- and that de-
cline in price would be experienced. The CROP on the
contrary, promises to be something less than three
million bales and the price instead of recedng IL ad-
vancipg Great Britain has now begun to buy, and
the shipments of the next month or two must be large
There Ia decrease in the exports to Great Britain OF
10000 bales equal to 600 co., as compared
With this period Of last year. There are now l59 YES
sells loading for England and France against 100 last
year. and the deficiency will be made up, bringing
large amount of Exchange on the market.
To Liverpool 5000 bbs. Flour at Is Cd lis. 10ld.;
10000 bush. Grain at 81 a6ld. 700 bales Cotton at
SOD. x3l6d.; 800 bbls Lard at 22s. Cd To Lon
don, 1000 bbs. Flour at 2s. &C. s2s. Cd, the inside
rate in British vessel; 200 boxes Bacon at 27s Cd.
Q30s. TO Glasgow rates contsSe nominal
The business of the Sub-TreRsary was: Receipts,
slS3 OOe; Payments, sls2s57 40 balance, sll,97O,-
259 20.
The semi annual interest on the bonds of the La
Crosse and Milwaukee Railroad Company viii be paid
on the Cd prox. also the interest on the Milwaukee
and WATERFOWL Railroad bonds-bott by Atwood &
Co, No. SWsll street.
The Peoples Fire Insurance Company have de-
slared dividend of6 p cent, payable !au. ?.
The Washington Insurance Company semi-annual
dividend of 10 .. cent, payable JAM ?
The famous cause efthe North American Trust and
Banking Company was q. the last term of the Court OF
Appeals set down for the rst day Of the neSt term
.yan 5th. The argument ia expected to occupy week
xr mere. Emine1. counsel are engaged 10 the cause,
,.aong whom we haye head mentioned N. Hiu, 5.
3seardsley G. c. Bronson, w. c. Noyes' aad Z.
OCOnor.
II business at the Clearing House was $50 457 GEO.
The gross earnings OF the Little Miami q CouG-
bus al Xenia Railroads for the year ending with the
3th Of November, 1876 Slssse
The tcs expenses during the period inelud ,
ing Are snd WIZ -
Net earning. ss45.os5 IS
wObirds q which belong. to tie I,e Miami Company.
The earnings Of the third week of December on the
Cleveland g. Toledo Road were 2s lO6 against "a, 500
las, year. The aggregate Of the Cast three weeks is
$685. against ss5, 500, an increase Of sl5,oa.
The earnings of the Lake Erie Wabash AL st.
Louis Rood in Novesaber were
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The road from Toledo 10 Detroit was competed yes
terdsy from the latter city TO Monroe where 1t con-
meets with the Southern Michigan Read, and loco
motive ran over the whole distance. This forty miles