New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-02-05

Ions. The transactions were nlosI cA'e-Sl'' 80 '
Nicaragua and Illinois Central Bonds The ia''er "e''
bought IN freely by the shorts who sod on me "a! '
a.tIyal Of the steamers news. Inc al lhe oeoon'
Board was scarcely sustained al the full proes oi e
,,ornino selling at s3 the closing price Of Saturday
The receipts Of January were larger even thah esq.
rs,ed having been $4,000. The earnings will
nrobablv show IN the neghborhood of $780, 900,
against sn7,oOO in January, less. Reading
wss mite buoyant at the Second Board, and
sold a. high as s7i; New-York Central wac
se3aeO; Hudson River 3Oi, which Is better
Cumberland sold at go 23i. which il per cent I'M
provement This Company, as wa stated N our ele-
graphic report ths morning, has applied to the Legs
aure Of Maryland for permission to purchase and re-
tire one half their capital stock. II understood that
tley have sold to another company portion OF Their
lands which they not mining, and with the pro-
ceeds Of the sale would retire their stock. Nicaragua
was active in the morning at 22i %, but sold al the
Second Board at 22i sale Of 900 shares Yves made
AT Q2I seller 4 months. The inquiry for Western
shares was good and prices generally were strong
Galena advanced per cent selling at no. Chicago
end Rock Island. e7i; Michigan Central, 9Oi Cleye-
lspd Columbus and Cincinnati, 100; Cleveland and
Toledo. 73l Michigan Southern continues 70 show
the new activity of the last few days, and improved
TO oil an advance OF p E cent. large Increase Of
businefs to the road is anticipated from the completion
Of the Goshen Strait line and the Detroit extension
and the recent movement il doubtless partly based
upon the improved prospects Of the road Milwaukee
and Mississippi sold at s3l, and some private sales
were made at "a. The election OF officers for thus road
takes place in few days at Milwaukee Mr. Catlin
the present Precedent has made himself very popular
with the stockholders in this vicinity He has been
on the ground here to communicate all information in
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far has been due in great measure to his able admin
istraton of it, affairs. The sales of Railroad bonds
were over $500 900. Of which $50 900 were Illinois
Central which closed at 53I, advance ofli 2 cent.
Goshen line sold at slI interest off equal to s5
Enc, 1873, es. Ncw-York IS, lOl &c. In State
Stocks the business was not large but the market il
very firm with few offering The inquiry for banking
purposes is considerable.
There is not much doing in Exchange, by reason of
the advanced demands Of drawers. The leading
bankers ask q cent for Sterling, but find no buyers
Outside bills are selling at ass moderate extent.
The Freight market is generally very dull To Liver
pool 200 bbls Flour 2s 3D.. 100 do 2s Cd 200 tuns
Bacon, 27s. Cd 500 pkgs. Lard, 25s. and 200 bales
Cotton, 3-l6d. To London, so tcs Beef So. To Ant
werp L, 600 bush Rye I'D. and 20, OOO Grain I'D,
in ships bags; 500 bbs. Rosn, S.; Bacon So. Sd,
and Cotton, id. To Amsterdam, 200 bbls. Flour,
4s. Sd.
The following to-days business the office of the
Assistant Treasurer: Paid, sl47,694 22 received,
ss4, 1907 balance sl,723sn SO; paid for Assay
Office, s2s ,sl2 Of; paid on Disbursing Checks,
s35, 5l9 go.
The following sales of Bonds and Stocks were made
at auction by a. ii. Ncoay:
800 HUdsD River Ralf0ad q Mort, interest sddsi 6ii
$40 Canandaieua and Corning let Mort mt added et
s. shares Miehssh 6ens g5i
% shares Sixth Avenue Railroad ~
225 shares Second Avenue Railroad. d5lt
10 shares Camden and Amboy Railroad iSt
10 shares New.Heyen and Hartford Railroad
449 shares Toledo Nursery ~.
20 share. Continental Fire Insurance Company
50 shares Manhattan Gas Light Company '.'''.''''''i"
10 shares seventh Ward Bank
The coupons on the bonds OF tie City Of Racino,
issued to the Racine and Mississippi Railroad will be
paid on the 10th February by Clark & Jesup, Ne. 20
Beaver street.
After suppressing the receipts of the New-Yorl and
New Haven Railroad Company for the la% few
months, when they showed large decrease frcrl the
previous year, the Company have made public those
of January, as they show a small GAIN az follows:
.......''.''S SILL IL
Freight. lo,uVo W
Total. .s6,.,ti =
Lees paid Hsnem....................... S3Oo "a
Bslance............. .'.......'..'. Sbo41o y
For January, Is54....................... 55727 36
Increase S3,fuo IL
This gain arises solely from the fact that the steam
boats on the Sound have all been laid up by Of
the gorge OF ice at Throgs Neck. The Harlem Rail
road has also suppressed its receipts for December and
January This Company are endeavoriug TO negotiate
their I'd Mortgage Bends, and the publicity of their
traffic would probably assist the negotiation. The
stockholders OF any road have unquestionabe right
to know its annual receipts, and when the manage
ment refuse to communicate the information the infer
ence is irresistible that the business has materially
falien off