New-York daily tribune., 1856-08-06
TUESDAY, August 3-P. y.

Times and nearly the whole hst OF stocks eyhpahsee
in the decline There appears 20 b. 90 disposition %
operate excepting TO take in shorts, wm>h pay
proft and the be8rs free sellers. In ADDITION 10
the quiet induced by the absence OF OUTSIDE operators
there are strorg spprehensons felt IN regard 70 the
n oney market Of the future. A contracting OF the
present large sgaregse Of bank loans Is by many looked
upon or in pending and the first effect win allupon the
street Under this apprehension considerable ssles are
being made both Of each and short stock. We do not
look for any immediate stringency in the money mar
ke. but if the shipments of specie continue, the new
activity in bu,nese consequent upon the resumption OF
the Fall trade can scarcely be met by the banks with
GU, some contraction Of call osns Enc cloeed at co.,
decline of y cent; Reading s7i, decline of y
cent Central f. off TO SO; s6s, Michigan Southern
to cot a9l, Gslens 1911, seller thirty Cleveland and
Toledo 75., Chicago and Rock Island e2i, Michigan
Central 9l &C. Illinois Central firm at lo7 under
foreign orders, and Cleveland and pttsburs at SO,
buyer thirty Nicaragua sold down 10 4. In Railroad
Bonds the busir ess moderate at the Board but
there considerable private TRANSACTIONS including
about 5000 Erie, 1893, al 80 for Europe and some
Isis for the same destination. A. the Board Illinois
Central sold at s2i b. 60; Eres, 1871, at es, and 1878
At %. The purchases TO day Of Bonds under feregn
orders reached about 100000 In State Stocks there
is considerable frmness, without large business;
Virginia sold at "a, and Missouri at 80.
The E1chsrge marke. closed with some hrmness for
Sterling at 9ide; fr benkers names, and sdsi
for Commercial. Francs are 5l7l G5.l5. Tho busi'
has been large although but moderate for regu-
| lar trade rtmittarces.
Fr.ights are fruer. To Liverpool, GOO bushels
Grain at Q; I'd, in ships bags 5000 1000 bbls
Flour, Is Sd u Is Cd $500 Go. Roein, ls Cd d
| A Al.
2s. I'D.
II Q busins ss of the Sub-Tressury was quite small
to day: Paid, s92, 79j a. received ss77j6 776 bal
snce, ss,562, SO 40; paid for Assay Office $685.
$50 50; paid on Discussing Checks, f2l ,267 60.
The private letters by the Atlantic speak of avery
easy Money market in London and less strngency on
the Continent. The business in American Securities
was cor siderable and would have been much larger
but for the firmness Of holders. Some orders have
come out for Railroad Bonds-New-York Central, II.
lros Central, Michigan Central, Michigan Southern,
Eiie, &c-but not TO large extent and in most cases
limited below the market.
At nccn to-day A. H. Nicolay offered for sale at
auction, under the direction of S Libby, receiver,
several notes bonds ard interest in real estate of
Phir eas T. B,rnum The foawng is the official record
of the sale as furnished by the suctioneer
bonds Of the Crystal Palace Y 800 each S2o each
4 Greenwood,
a. 1855, or e. 5s2 is, payable in years, with in ~
tsds"4S ss6s. .Sa not. m:s. +; Il D. Bu.r i.ed Nov
a. ls$5 I $3.50 r. payable in 7yss'' with inter s,s
pisTsory note made by Henry Dalton jan So
ls5i, 70, 500 payable on demand, .Oa tor..;...;
PIcmis'Ory noe, made BY VIM. H. Noble, Dec. on
! pr ui.o,y note N sde by Adam Ray, May p, 1883,
Tor Gu. ..1sd and l. So sae
ted .sy the M,'i..ippi snd Milwaukee R'uroad, .os
tna cii; .: fitt.Gai: ia. 1855 c
scnS ts 4 Siss.Sy sfh County due in 1855 for
eisi Sond Of Miami cooity da. IN isii for scc''
f1s:.t stTi .s son: Of osi~.;
. MI "a s m st . Gn nebs. o. os.os ..e . for
subject ard ud spen amounting 70 sSo TO-
ard Ma Barnum dots not wave hef neh' oi uo~e !" 'ne
H.o e acre. of land in the tOwA.hp Of Bu.hwei King,
Couuty subjec, the following moresses aud
udsm.nts amounting s6 and Mrs Barnum does not
wave her sn, Of dover in & The popsy to III. .ueumsn..
psJsbl. Of the Receiver at 10 O'clock Ass D.
The Reading Railroad Company has given notice
that on and after the Ia OF Sptenb ber the freight and
tolls n that read will be Increased Is cents Y tun,
be,w, en- the mere diesnt poin,r, and 10 cents y tan
be.ween the ,hoiter intermediate points. From
Mount Carbon to Port Richmond the rae will be 81
y tup, instead Of 81 s5 y tun a. now charged.
The New.York Life Insurance and Trust Company
has declared semi annual dividend of five per cent.
on the 9th irst.
The Citizens Bark, q semi annual dividend Of p
ctrt pay able l2,h inst.
TIE Third Avenue Railroad Co., p cent, payable
nth irst.
Tie New York Fire and Marie Insurance Co., a
semi AMI ual dividend of Is v cent payable on demand.
The St Marks Fire Insurance Co, semi-annual
div yidend Of y cent payable on demand
Tho Controller Of the City of 81. Louis adyertises
that the interest on the Bonds of that City, due here
will hereafter be paid at the Bank oe the Republic in
this City.
The business of the Clearing House s25, l52 600.
The steamship Nautilus, arrived at New Orleans
from Brszos Santiago brought sl2i,72s IS in specie.
The Persia, to morrow, will take about million in
specie, which is considerably more than has been re-
Gently supposed rhe would take. The shippers, We
hear, are Goodhue for Pennsylvania State interes,
$500, COO; Belmont, $500 600; Goddard, 100000;
Robbin-, $3.50, ,OOO Mr. Hoffman, 500, ,OOO Pickergil
slOo, 900, ard probably otl er small amounts.
1t will be gratifying announcement to his friends
in America, that Mr. Geo. Peabody, after an absence
of ftwepty years from his country has engaged pas
cage to N.w-York by the Collins steamer of the Sd of
September next from Liverpool.
Tie London Mark.Lane Erpress of July represents
tie greater portion of the crops laid by the late heavy
rain and wind to have recovered and hopes enter
tanned that the whole will its position. The
weather was generally favorable to the matur ng of
the crops the ears being flower; but the period is
a critical one
Letters from Chicago give the gratifying ntell-
ge1ce that there have been heavy showers all over
the State. The receipts at Chicago OF the leading
articles Of produce have been;