New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-12-10

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The exports within the las. fortnight have been quite
large TO Spain and Portugal "a well as TO France.
We lean of about 500, 900 in gold engaged fer the
Persia tomorrow. The Atlantic brings $500, prob
abby doubloons.
The Directors Of the Ogdensburgh Railroad Com
pehy have iseued their Annual Report. The earnings
Of the Roal for the year ending March 81, were $olo
2l5 80; expenses, $3is eos Is; net income, slo','
3O7 a. This j. believed by the Direct rs to be the
largest net eafngs Of the Road for any year since ts
opening. II s equal to full nteres, the hrst mort
gage, ard about e cent those OF the second class
The Road is now managed by Trustees on the secood
mortgage.
Nearly if Lot quite al Mr. Litlo's creditors have &C.
cepted the basis Of settlement which he proposes,
namely, the prices Of the day he suspended. II s
understood that tomorrow or next day he will make
proposition Of payment, which will probably be .
cent in cash and IS y cent in shogt notes. The bid in
the street for claims against him is IS y cent In re-
ation 10 Mr.. Little The Boston Post Gays;
We have no Eore sympathy with the disasters OF
such fellows, With the Losses Of their creditors than
with those of parcel of players &. three card monte
They and all concerned take the risk Of the game they
play. The bet We wish TO Mr. Little himself, TO
holders of stock property and TO the community at
large is tina, he may never again be able TO operate
in stocks, 10 find fools TO accept his contracts. We
dare say be is no worse and better than many OF
biz contemporaries
In allusion to statement thE bar Of alleged gold
had been passed through the Assay Office in this city,
Tkomps0ns Bank.Note Reporter says:
The plain English of this is: Some other metallic
substance be combined with gold, and such com
bination will stand the assay tests OF our mltts Inc
science of doing this discovered IN France
and communicated to This country early last Su INNER
The cited above il one OF repeated experiments
made with Ike results at the Assay Office in this city,
and at the Mint in Philadelphia. As the sams assay
tests are used in the European MINIS the same results
would undoubtedly follow.
"Aithouph this allowed bullion will stand the usual
mint.test yet it il quite certain inst time sea- and
other influence wiz make their mark upon coin msde
Of IL"
This IL a matter Of considerable Importance to the
financial world, and, if there shall prove to be no
error or deception In the results obtained, it is one
worthy of the serious consideration and investigation
of the public and of the Superintendent OF the Mint
We are aware that this statement is con-
trary to the present received axioms of chem
stry and metallurgy; but it is not possible to
fix limit to the progress Of discovery, and 1t
would appear from the assertions Of the parties that
rev alloy for gold has been found which has passed
of the Philadelphia Mint. The statement in regard TO
this matter, as communicated to US, is as follows;
Some time during the last Summer parties called
upon gentleman of wealth with proposition for the
use Of certain amount Of gold stating that they were
possession of process by which gold bullion
could be alleged from TO 10 p cent, and in that adul-
terated shape would pass all the tess of the Assay
Office. The gentleman was, a. might naturally be
supposed, startled at the statement q a discovery
which, if true might be used 20 debase the currency
of the world, and, for the purpose of satisfying him
self of the truth Of it, pretended to listen to
the proposition, and proposed that an expert
ment should be tried This was assented to;
a parcel of double eagles was taken by the gentleman
himself to the laboratory of the party, placed in cru.
chile with the alloy By himself, and the product,
ateI being melted i'll his presence, taken to the Assay
Office. The Assay by tie Government officer showed
the gold to be q thousaDdths finer than CON- aud the
result in dollars and cents was predicted BY the par
ties holding the secret of the process Alter thus sat
isfyipg himself that the process could be successfully
carried out the gentleman alluded to declined any fur
Their connection with the parties. Upon inquiry at
the Assay Office find upon the books the record OF
the transaction, but no light in the matter. Dr..
Torey the able essayst and the other officials Of the
Department deny the possibility of alloy in gold bull
IoD which their process would not detect and expel
and assume that there was fraud intended by the
parties pretending possess the secret OF the process
not upon the Assay Office, but upon some aPltalst
who might be induced TO invest money in the secret.
Be this as it may the gentleman who tined the expert
mept is confident that il was carried through fairly.
al that the paee question do possess the power of
debasing gold bullion y cent TO 10 y cent, and pass
ug it through the Mint in Philadelphia, or the Assay
Office in this CITY. The process is known in France
and the parties here obtained it thence. The alloy
could be to much larger percentage according TO the
assertion Of the parties interested but the eye would
then detect it in the color of the mass.
We have occasionally briefly noticed the progress Of
the great Central line of Railroad from Piusbugh to
Chicago, knowr since is consoia ,ion on the lst Of
August last, the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chi
cago Railroad. The recent opening Of this road to
Plymouth, Indiana, 1888 miles from Pittsburgh b.
" heh new route, substantially, is formed from the
sesboard TO Chicago seems to justify fuller notice
than we have yet given Of the leading features of the
road The road is i6j miles long occupying the best
and most dire ct route bet Pittsburgh and Chicago.
II passes through no less than thirteen county towns
ard other important towns, 10 Pennsy lvana, Ohio aud
Indiana. Among these Rochester. ew-Brighton |
and Beaver, in Pennsy lsania Salem, Canton, Massl.
Ion, Wooster Mansfield, Crestlne, Bucyrus, Upper |
Sandusky, Forest, Delphos and Van Vert in Ohio; |
Fort WAVE, Columbia, Warsaw Plymouth and VAL |
paIaiso. 10 Indians. The road is mainly one of log |
grades ard straight lines the highest grades not
ceeding a. feet TO the mile and be' Wooster Ohio
and Chicago dntance Of SS miles, there is grade
over a feet 10 inches. From Wooster 10 Chicago, |
the increase Of distance over air-iue is very
small and this mainly occurs in the bends around Lake