New-York daily tribune., 1856-01-15
MoSDAY. Ian. In. 10.

rt.r. u-as n considerable degree of activity this
,oo,rro in Stocks but the market, especially at the
s.oord BOARD. was heavy. Fresh rumors about the
,ecsU NJ Mr. CHAMPION circulated, and 80 sensi-
rive is the Stock Market that they caused decline OF
l,oI q cent. These rumOrs have been current talk
cor tho last four weeks and the demand for his recall
was known positively two weeks ago. yet the revival
of them in an evening paper knocks the market down
Even II true az il doubtless the case the sending
bor,e Of An ambassador il no cause Of war or of
oHepse. Erie went 10 5Ol, but recovered afterwsrd
70 sol. The receipts for December have settled
mn much larger than anticipated
Reading fell off 10 9lI decline of / 2 cent. The
dividend was declared to-day, and is as we have be-
fore stated q cent in cash and 2 cent in stock
Central fell off to 9l.. The accidents the Hudson
River Road have had an uniavOrable effect upon this
stock. Harlem is dull at l6l. Hudson River under
the second unfortunate accident which occurred this
morning fell off q T. cent, selling az low as 26l. The
loss bv this accident il estimated az about $50 o0O
In Western Shares there is important change.
Illinois Central sold at OCT. The steamer brought
ONE orders for this stock which have been filed. Ga
lena and Chicago was buoyant in the morning and sold
q, 1os II closed al the Second Board l2ll bid.
Michigan Southern s6l; Michigan Central, 90 Cleve-
land and Toledo. III. Milwaukee and Mississippi Is
in good demand and sold during the day as high as 81,
buver 80 that being bid for at the close. There
very Little stock the market and there were orders Tor
everal considerable parcels limited little below the
current price. The above price shows an advance OF
p cent since TlurSday, when the dividend came on,
and Is equal to 90 dividend Cumberland is quiet;
Nicaragua closed at 22I In Railroad Bonds the bus
mess was Sis O0O of which s9j, 900 was Illinois Gen.
trail closing at sll Tcne Haute and Alton sold at
7jI, and Goshen Line at sil, &c. State Stocks are
steady and rather active Sales of 100000 L. b
Or were made at l6 which is rather above the Sec
retary's bid. There is good demand for New-iork
stocks for banking purposes and considerable sales OF
the s. recently issued have been made at lO3an ad-
vance of e cent.
The business in Exchange has not been very large
to-day and the tendency of the marketls downward.
There are four or five Southern mails still back and II
they do not arrive there may be rather more firmness
tomorrow. Sterling is quoted at 74dsl, with some
leading houses asking 81 without selling Good COM
mercal bills have been sold at y cent, and the best
signatures at 81 e cent. Francs exhibit rather more
frmness, and considerable sales have been made
We quote 5.2ll 5.27a
To Liverpool the engagements include 1000 bushels
corn at Id in bulk, more now asked; 1900 bblS
Flour at 2s I'D. 3s.; leo boxes Bacon at 35si 400
bales Cotton at 7-3od ID; and by the Atlantis, 40
tuns Bacon, Pork and Land at 7Js.
The business of the SubTreasury was Pad,
1894 G93 OF, including $50 600 California Drafts, and
$500 coo transferred to dsbursing accounts received
sln, ,s5l AZ; balance, 80 Isl 81 paid on disburs-
ing checks, s5l, ,979 90.
The earnings of the Erie Railroad for December
prove to be some $4,000 above the estimate of the
Directors and sl35OOO larger than for December,
1854 The figures
December, 81l......,,.''.''''''''' : o5ssoy %
December, 1914 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. hit'l 10
Increase, 80 p eent................ tl5i o1 "
Tie earnings of the Norwich and Worcester Road
also show an encouraging gain the same month OF
the previous year. being
December, l6bl : -floI
December, ,l55i..........,........'''.'' ZVsfo %
Increase. TO~t' ~
The increase mainly upon freight.
The earnings of the Michigan Central Railroad Com
pany for the month of December were:
Passengers. Freight. Miscellaneous Total
lsa5.... e9ilf2 s. sl<56i SO +6,925 - %zI6D p
l854.... 697Ce 10 6@523 90 4,O&9 II l55,o6 50
Inc.s22S74 46IO52 &c 1896 90 ss6,322 IS
The New-Jercy Railroad Company have declared