New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-04-04
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The supply is large but the demand is equally 50.
The April half. yearly dividends Of the Boston Banks
will amount to 81 245,lO The Atlantic pay cent;
Broadway, City, Columbian, Commerce, Eliot Gran
tie, Howard, Maverick, National, North, North
America State, Washington, and Webster, 81; Massa-
ehusetts s3l Is; Atlas Blackstone, Boston, Eagle,
Faneuil Hall, Globe, Hamilton, MECHANICS, Mer-
chants, New England, Shawmut, Traders, TremQnt,
Union, a; Boylston Shoe and Leather, u; Exchange,
Freemans, Market Suffolk, 5. The several sums
mysteriously missing from several institutions have
not materially affected the dividends.
Ore of the valuable results OF the building of the
Panama Railroad to the commercial world is the tacil-
tiles which it affords Gor the shipment of whale oil
home from the Pacific, thus enabling whaleshp7 to
extend their operations indefinitely. whaleshp
which came into Panama q short time since for sup
plies, had just before shipped portion of her cargo
for home at neighboring port to go round the Horn
at l3c. y gallon. The captain chagrined to fnd
that If he had brought his oil into Panama he could
have shipped il by the road and from Aspnwall home
Mt Sc. y gallon, making saving of Sc. y
gallon and some two three months OF Time
The Panama Railroad Company has made arrange
rnents to afford every facility which may be required
for shipping oil in this way. pier, 45O feet long,
has been built in the Bay of Panama, TO the end OF
which freight run, to receive cargoes from
lighters Vessels lying alongside and deliver the
same ON board Of vessels at Aspnwan Vesels of from
200 TO 800 tuns lie alongside the pier with safety
grounding in the mud at low water. The vessels at
Aspinwall are fast-sailng brgs, belonging to the Rail
road Company and the Company receive oil at Pana-
ma and deliver ii in New York, under through bills Of
sadng at the rate of eight cents gallon, if received
at the pier and nine cents gallon if received in the
harbor. This charge every expense from Pana
ma 70 New-York in the oil is sent through the
Superintendent Commercial Agent of the Panama
Railroad Company, insurance excepted. The freight
may be made payable on the Isthmus or in New-York,
at the option of the shipper The vessels Of the Com
pany sail regularly semimonthy and the average pas
sages from Aspinwa about 25 days. The time
occupied in crossing the Isthmus is four hours.
The Independent has the following remarks upon
Dry Goods:
1.-The dry-goods houses are all now very busy.
Our city crowded with merchants from the interior
and the prospect for the month os April is hatterng
Che trade Of March has been at least onethrd larger
than last year. and Is presumed that the same pro
portion Will hold good to the end of the Many
descriptions of both staple and fancy goods have
slightly receded in price but the changes thus far have
not been important. The auctions are more fully sup
Piled this week than last but the sales for the most
part, considering the heavy mporatous, satisfac
tory-that is the losses have not been very severe
Wednesday was the opening of Spring Msntillas
" unprecedented. This branch of trade has grown
steadily and rapidly for five yean past and is now at
uacting good deal of attention. The aggregate
business In this line is much larger the present
than ever before.
assignments:
eaton and Sherry, Rome, n. Y. failed.
- L.. H. Culver, Ithaca, n Y, failed aud assigned;
ha bihties said to be $40 600
I. w. Davenport, Newburyport, Mass, failed;
OWES about $4,000; assets $4,000.
g. Joseph q. Hjbbs, Philadelphia, Pa, hardware
3D. i" aS' stock % be sold at auction.
sSseoige X. Brown, Defiance, Ohio, failed. Large
SSSu1nsnnS debts general creditors anticipate small
D. Mcclure, Wooster, Ohio suspended. In-
John ~ Berry, Fredercksburc Va Suspended
y w. thander X Co. I.eba5oD XIV ais;gned
preferring come creditors. Have To-, 'besv;12 o3
pork. A good dividend by the vencr7l creStors ;s
expected.
Nathaniel Brewster Mount Pleasar, Ios fauad
ard gone il is said, to the far WestS i"O'' 'N'N
-. J. " Her, Sumptervile, Ala. ass,roa
Huribut & Ames, Eleuburg, III, fail
Harrison, Fay & Co., large house In BoS,o, IN
the produce AID provision business, has II il "a
made bad failure. More than year since thew w.
embarrassed, and obtained an extension. ~
"F M. Viewer, al extensive retail dry goods mer
chant in Milwaukee hes been closed by attachment
Isdsbtedness very large n New York and Boston.