The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-04-03
THE DAILY DISPATCH.
r,n.noial and Commercial.

1
The Atlantic brings news Of tho hnai eoncri.
.,on of Peace, and the birth Of Hoyai pace, ana
hair. apparent TO the French throae undes sos NJ
napartist dynasty. The latter event plooucos 70
excitement outside Of France wnicna nasmy
s,.ted If ccurse. The former mas oeen 10 long g
v.rdad A certain, that Il win make no impression
-, commerce. which had already aecommooasso
,,.sf "a peace; It viii be grateful 20 the poor sol
s,.r. tho have suffered 30 dreadiuhy m the en-
mea .,u. -
The rsreadstufs market Is the only point OF es'
,a.srest IN the Foreign news, and that n re-
presented a. dull win no en~Aee "
hsm tnose nary "a in New York. Tuesday. was
49, animated with sales OF Virgin. ~ sot,
decline Of dollar OF more ore sav ieans on cali were
was In active demand, ANU Az" I
made below per cent
,,,,v wrsrrRr RAILROADS ARE BuILT.---Whiie
,,,a;ri. "a strugeiing with all her power TO make
har nublc improv ements, the new Nortn"esterp
81 ,,s.s are building roads with the puehc Ianoss
1iren them for the purpose oy 10. or
N"ns rs;s;,e means is and Il 10 an interesting
&c; ,b., .ha land donated by the Federal Govern!
-, n this case Is . slice out of the rich empire
given up by virginia, IS one OF her sacrifices to
'ne con the asth day of February last the Hannibal
- 9, Joseph Railroad Company negotiated
.hraueh Messrs j. +. Thayer Bro, of Boston,
"a he Lsunay Iselin & Clarke, of New York.
"a 900 5000 Of their first mortgage bonds, ON
acres land located on the line OF the road This
amount, With three millions of State bonds, give
them ample cash means to complete the road in
1857 Forty miles are now graded; o0O0 tons rails
purchased and now delivering, and 6 miles laid
"These lands are said to be equal to any in the
United States, many of them being particularly
adapted to the cultivation Of hemp and tobacco.
and through three counties the road will run over
extensive beds of coal This road, when compile
ted, gives q continuous railroad c0nnexion from
the city of New York to st. Joseph. on the
Missouri River, 1893 miles, the last connection
west from Chicago-tbe Northern Cross Railroad
100 miles-from Galesburg to Quincy, on the Mis-.
sissippi-being opened on the LIST February last"
RAILROAD CoSsoLIDATIoN.-The Pttsburg
Post saws the basis of an arrangement has been
made by parties representing the several compa-
MES forming the line of Railroad from Pittsburg to
Chicago via Crestlins and Fort Wayne, to conso-
date these roads into company, to run in close
connection with the Pennsylvania Railroad from
Chicago to Philadelphia.
The opening of the navigation in the Ohio has
made business very brisk at Pittsburg. From
Monday till Friday evening there arrived q boats,
with 800 tons of freight, and departed 40 boats
with ID $50 tons of freight. These do not include
the Monongahela packets and those to several
points down the Ohio.
The New York Bank statement is unexpectedly
favorable, the decrease in the specie line being
much less than was anticipated in view of the alb
Sorption by the Sub-treasury, the shipment OF
$35O,000 by the steamer and the drain to the
South. The loans are but slightly increased
The deposit line has apparently fallen off
but in fact there has been an increase of half q
million