New-York daily tribune., 1856-03-29
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q par in payment for the lands. III "ouo 'oen Tia.
tbe security must BE- undoub,ed, and the means OF
payment sure.
The road built for cash and 10 the mot substantlA
manner. runs from Hannibal on the Mississippi, to ST.
Jos,ph on the Missouri, is two hundred and six miles
an ,.egtb and win eoet equipped, about sI and half
millions Of dollars. II will be completed in about two
years; and the money ~ by the sale OF these bonds
and by The State loan Of o. ooo, ,ooo, all provided.
Messrs. WDslow, Lanier g. Co will pay on the let
April the interest on the following securities: Bonds
of the City Of Columbus issued TO the Columbus and
xenia Railroad Company, . cent; Bonds Of the
Counties Of Marion and Shelby, issued TO the Belle
sniaine and Indiana Railroad Company, p cent;
Cleveland, Painesvile and Ashtabula Railroad Com.
pany, I'd Mort. Bonds, y cent; Bellefontane ana
Indiana Railroad Company, cd Mort Bonds,
cent indiana and Bellefontaine Railroad Company
Income. o cent; Ohio and Pennsylvania kainoed
Company Incomes, v cent
An application has been made TO the AUDITOR u
This State for renewal Of certain certihca'es of otsN
.aock supposed TO be lost in the Pacific.
The Brother Jonathan, from San Francisco, via
Nicaragua. had only s37, 700 N gold This small
shipmept was the result Of the breaking up Of the
Trapsi. route by Walker.
In addition 70 the American treasure brought over
the Panama Road the following amounts were trans
ported for English account
.S...."........................"siSsSssssgsss5 sssgs5
Gold. '''N'
Total. .....................$l4IV,Sc
The rood s in fine order, and the freight business
iDcreasing, especially from the Poetic to the Atlantic
The line Of brigs established between Aspinwall and
this port have now full return cargoes Of bark, Cocoa,
&C. full cargo Of Dry Goods from England, valued
sa eco had recently passed over the road destined
for the West Coast Of Mexico. One of the Pacific
Steamship Company steamers had been chartered 10
transport these goods up the coast
The statement Of the affairs Of the Orient Mutual
Insurance Company on the goth February shows the
fetal premiums of the year to have been 81 2s5 s3,
Of which e9l397l were earned premiums. The
Losses were s5s2, ,Oss including all the risks Of this
Company on the steamer Pacific. The net profit Of
she concern was ss2 ST. The assets consist of cash
81 loans slO3 i5O bills receivable s67o sol, the
collected premiums, &c. t67,s4s; total, s9o5, ,9Oi.
This Company has declared the payment Of an inter-
sst Of cent on scrip heretofore issued payable st
May, and dividend Of 20 y cent on the net amount
Of earned premiums, payable on the 18th May. The
Trustees OF this Company include the leading names
Of the commercial world.
The expenditure called for by the report Of the Su
perintendent of the Erie Railroad, Mr.. McCulum,
which has been alluded 10 in the daily journals,
amounts 10 s25l 6o0 and it will be expended for the
Improvement Of the road at various points, completion
and removal Of bridges, switches and turnouts,
enlargement of depots, &C., during the coming two
years. The most important item is the making Of an
cmbankrnent under the Cascade bridge, the cost of
which s estimated at about sl03 900. II any accident
should happen to this bridge, the delay of business
sccssioned by would be than the whole cost of
the improvement called for. The whole amount to be
expended spread over two yeas, is of but small i'm
Eortance 10 q corporation earning six millions per
annum. The report will probably be ready tomorrow
We hear of Gold going by the steamer tomorrow.
We hear there have been some considerable amounts
gone South this week.
In addition to the regular dividend made by the
Cleveland, Painesvile and Ashtabula Railroad last
February another dividend Of 10 cent has just been
declared out Of the surplus earnings Of the road pay
able April Is, next in scrip.
Mr. II. ID. Bacon has obtained verdict Of s347, 900
sgainst the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad, in the
United States District Court, at Springfield Illinois,
Sor the sum Of t3l2 1913 IS and interest thereon ad
vsnced to the Company since the settlement made
with Page g. Bacon on June 5, 1855.
The Legislature of Virginia has adjourned, not to
meet again unless specially called together by the
Governor, for two years.
The Stock and Bonded indebtedness Of Virginia is
20 large, and generally held in Northern States
and IN Europe, that becomes matter Of interest 10
the public 10 be well informed in relation 10 the inan
sal measures Of that State.
The Banks, the charters Of which all expire in 1857
have been recharered for six years from the eIprs
ton Of their present grant, without any essential mod
kcation and several charters have been granted
These required TO secure their circulation by de-
pcst Of the Bonds Of the State with the State OFF,
ears. They hardly be successful in competition
with the old Banks which have no such drawback on
their powers for making paper money.
The four millions OF Bank Stock owned by the State
ordered 10 be sold at the rate of million per
sum, and the proceeds invested in the stock of the
state which was Issued prior to 1881. This descrp-
op Of indebtedness is largely held in the State, hence
the sehshness of this peculiar arrangement.
The floating debt of the State or certificates Of a
Sebtedness Issued by the Board Of Public Works TO
contrator, now amounting to one and quarter mil
hons and also all demands the Board up to the lst
Of October next to be paid in y cent registered
stock at par; the aggregate amount Of this issue
win be about two and s-hal millions and all this goes
10 contractors who viii necessarily realize in Wall
street.
Power s granted TO the Treasurer to issue 800 900
Of Treasury Notes bearing cent interest, and re-
ocivsbe for State Taxes. There will be three series
Of these notes, the frst payable in one the second
h two, and the third in three years. and they are to
be in ESQ and 600 denominations. These will prob
ably deprecste and enable the rich pay their taxes
at q discount.
The Tar bill" provides for reassessing all proper
y and enlagng the per centsge 20 as to increase the