New-York daily tribune., 1856-03-31
Tie Boston C,ssr,Ag- Asuse ssmnesssd operation

today.
The busln.ss on the Reaang Railroad % gradually
Increasing. The tunnase last woek, " Tharsday, ws
- "a tuns, and for tho year J,s;2 tuns, Against
,oa 7s1 turs to the time last year.
The hill 10 enable the ditors and the scckboIder'
Of the sapdusky, MansGeld and Newark Railroad 10
sunpre their affairs by sAls of the road and the re-
duct,on Of the stock, has passed the Ohio scnate.
There ,- no change Of Importance in the Money mar
ha. II. supply u very abundant, with good de-
mand. There are fewer loans below y cent thAn
there were ten or fifteen days ago. There II an stive
demand or 6r--cIass paper which goes freely st Ss
T. cent. The supply ~ moderate. The offerings AZ
bank are in some cares not more than oh' h"n Inc
receipts.
The loan for the Hannibal and ~. Jo~ephs Railroad
Company, which We announced yesterday, was nego-
tai.d on the 2tth Of February last, through he'-r
J. T. Thayer a. Bro. Of B,ston and DE lAunay, l-e-
Nm a. Clarke Of New-York. The loan u for 81 600 900
Of their Firrt Mortgage Bonds, on 100000 acres Of
land located on the line Of the Road. This amount,
with g. 600 900 State Bonds giyes them ample eah
means 10 complete the road in 1857. Forty miles are
now graded 900 tnns ralls purchased and now dev-
ering and ,ix miles laid down These lands are re-
ported to be equal TO any IN the United States many
ofth,m are particularly adapted TO the cultIsaton oi
emp and tobacco, aud through three counties the
Road will run on extensive beds Of coal. ThIz Road,
when completed, gives a continuous railroad eonnec-
ton from the City Of NewYork TO st. Joseph on the
Msour River, 49J miles-the last connection west
from Chicago THE Northern Gross Road,) 100 miles,
from Galesburg to Quincy on the Mississippi, having
been opened Oh the lst Feb Ut.
The following extract from the able report on the
commercial relations Of the United States with all
foreign nations recently communicated TO Congress
from the Department OF State .presents an interesting
sketch Of our commerce with Cuba and the restrictions
with which il il burdened. We also append FABLES
containing q comparative statement of the commerce
between the United States and Cuba from l545 TO
1855 inclusive. with the value of the imports and
exports Of each, together with the tunnage Of Amer
can and foreign vessels within the years designated
The restrictive policy Of Spain especially asresaids the trade
Of her Colonies h adhered today in Cuba and Porto Rico al
most when she mistress OF nearly the cnfe
southern portion Of this Continent The stationary eondon
1884 indicate the rute-sress OF any ehors 20
Nets So ons a. the system itsef shall
TO be the Colonial policy Of SPAN but little nodhcston ~ Us
acts or diplomacy Be careful says the inruc
tous KING and Counc othe Indies 10 LUIS de
rov in early in the sxtee ID century, BE CAREFUL
nor to allow the cultivation OF yes
inauch there always ample provision OF these things
and the commerce of the kingdom should not be impaired by
such colonial protuc And in the 1910 these royal in
struetcus rpesed with the addition the following EN-
ph.c angusge Inasmuch understand perfectly how
much tie Observance Of these rules necessary for the de-
pen6euce Of the Colonies charge and command you TO see
" 10 their faithful execution
sThese extracts are found In Brandt Mayors History of
Mexico
The same spirit that this protection for the Wine and
OIL Spain and for the exclusive trade IN these articles 70 her
American Colonies 1910 remains nchanged IN degree
because practical distinction be- pohbve
dicriminations and positive prohibitions IN the commercial
policy which In 1885, cen' lTes and half later virtually
excludes American Flour, and many other staples for which
the inhabitants CT Cuba nft necessarily look to foreign
mBrke.
Until the system itself abolished and Spain adopts the
bera commercial policy which charac;ezes the present
ghtened ege-ur she follows the example Of Great Britain
Belgium Holland and other negbbong couutes IN removing
all unnecessary kes from commercial entepre the com
with the mother county bat with the
United States and all foreign nations must remain has
during quarter century crippled restricted and
u the home
meet the expenses OF The Colonial
and ain uowerles the restrictions With which bur
deued in eIoping the exhaus Of The island,
supplying the necessary means OF comfortable snos
suce great bulk Of it, inhabitants unless az prices far
above their scauty
If the Government of Spain could be induced propose
agree to similar commercial reciprocity with the United
States thst existing tween the latter country and the
British North Anercen Provinces would superseds
couuerya and iatOTy by establishing
the commercial relations between them basis OF
and liberal recprOcy hut II is believed that, while II
very rerod would make the Island OF Cuba the richest
natural Of island OF the
In the world would eniEeny contribute TO cement
strongly render ndssolube the bonds of union be-
tween il and the mother country.
The following table exhibits the value of exports from tue
United States Cuba during two periods embracing three
each.
IesTs. Value Of exports from United States 70 Cuba
1884,. . 3e@,lW
leS5........................ 5!4Oofyls -
1885 b,1hJr<Sl fo6 Obls Aue
lS53........................ b.2IyJ9 lrlDI fIfIJV
ls54........................ Br55l!3Z ll59 SS,iss