New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-09-12


Gales of the Company continue to be quite "a arg
as they desire having been 10 the 10th inst. $lnVV'
at an average Of over 81: y acre. The traffc "
also improving having been So 600 for the first weeA
Of this month, the largest first week the road na ever
known. The adyices Of the recent rapid rise in this
stock when received in England, where f.heady
some GO, COO shares are held, will, 1t oeleVeo'
cause a strong speculative movement, which will carry
the stock far above s present pnces vi Enc tne '.
were very large - 600 or 900 slsares including a
by one house connected with foreen parties IL
that leading operator bought yesterday and 70 Day
in addition 70 large operations IN other @ocks i'''
shares of Ere considerable portion Of which nc was
to deliver on contracts made with the same pa'ue'
thirty and sixty days ago. The traffic oil the foaa -
very good, showing large gain on August ~ We"
September of last year. The bears are any VI sea-
ing Enc short. II closed at Gig, having ceen vi.
Reading was in moderate demand, and steady az "o'"
seias6l. Hudson River sold ut ~. Unfortunate
Transit was very SIC and sOd at ). In western sh'
the feeling was strong, and more than the usual do-
Inand for descriptions which have recently oeeh neg
lected. OfToledo some :, 600 shares sold HoPeneu
heavy, but at the close recovered hrmness, anu
was 77i, an improvement Of y cent on yeserday'
The receipts for the first week Of September were
Sl9CC0 against $14 600 last year. The change OF te
boat line from Buffalo to Cleveland, instead OF rom
Buffalo to Toledo, which was made this week. must
show favorably in the receipts Of this road during 'he
remainder Of the month. Galena was lV9f. mus
burgh was in demand aterthe Board % was oid sehe'
thirty, an improvement Of II y cent hicnlsa"
Southern sold at 81! which is decline, and M'chiea"
Central at 92l. La Crosse and Milwaukee tooK
start and went to 70I bid, an advance OF q =
cent For Milwaukee and Mississippi, 7Ss was pid'
The sales Of Railroad Bonds Were about $~,ooo, III
Guiding Fries 1888 at a. and SO, seller ~ mos Ihere
were sales Of Illinois Central State Stocks are III
fair demand at about previous prices.
The market for Exchange is quiet and unchanged.
The supply of bills is fair; Sterling 9e9s e cent;
Francs 5.17i d5.15.
In Freights, to Liverpool rates are easier; o,ooo
BUSH Of Grain was taken at ale. in bulk ana bags
600 bbls Flour at g., 400 bales Cotton To Lon
don $500 bush. Wheat at SIC. To Glasgow, Wheat
at &C., in bulk.
The business of the Sub-Treasury was: Receipts,
$2S2, s3S Is; Payments, S2@ ,l5l II Balance,
$l3,7S5, 1903 36.
The receipts for passengers on the Third Avenue
Railroad for the three months ending August 81 1870,
were as follows:
In June. $3.50 .,
In July. % oSo %
In Tot. sioisl5 10
The revenue of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad for
August was as follows:
Washington Total for
Ms1 Stem B b. NJ, a. e saa n r9;d a.
For Freight. ........... 3sOAl 10 s,s II sass@ 81
Total. ssss rs s8 ss9,sa7 90 sis7sss 50
On comparison with August, 1856, the result is as
follows:
Main Stem.
August 1855 ..................sGI 10 10 10
August lsoo..'...........'... oo,i~ % '"-' 70
Incres.e.............. ss79 90 Increas.. s1Hsl2 81
4 .;:s: 49, 'j:!' !: &c :::; i
Iucresse............. sSoi2 81 Increase. $3.50 60
The earnings of this road for the past eleven months
T ~ re-, : - IS rssss9 81
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. e66599 1s
Annexed is statement Of the business Of the Penn.
syvania Railroad for the month Of August, 1856. 1t
will be seen that, as compared with the corresponding
month last year, there is q slight decrease:
Receipts for the month ending Aug si.... sy7sds Ss
Same month last So|' ="
Decrease. e]S"s VI
Receipts from Jan. 1856 Sept 50 g,s e
Same period last -o0.O oV
Increase SEQ ,s72 os
In the month of August 1855, the Ohio River was
in good boating condition, while in the same month Of
this year the water at unusually low stage, and
is to this fact that the decrease above noted to be
mainly attributed.
The land sales of the Illinois Central Road for
August have produced 1881 IA 09, and in detail have
been as follows:
x,sao % acres Construction Lands sses,sa a.
3702 10 ceres Free Lands ................ 5o,6I3
966 10 acres Interest Lands............. H,zH -
Town Lots sold ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 6492 80
rot.l 63sl IA %
Sales In 1856. ifo~ii''S "
Total 90 - On
Prior TO January, ls56. ooSS'o" %
The market is finn for Flour, with good demand.
About 10 n00 hhls. cold The receipta moderate.