New-York daily tribune., 1857-04-22
SECOND IoARD.
TUESDAY. April 2l-P. ".

TUESDAY, April PIP NJ.
The movement in Reading continues to be the fea-
ture of the Stock market. There is it is understood
large party in this stock who have been quietly TAX
iDq the stock out of market for time past. The
transactions to-day about 10 600 shares opening
a: Sli rapidly advancing to Si4, aud finally closing at
S3I-an advance Of q y cent on yesterdays prices.
Nr. McCalmont of Liverpool, who has been for long
time largely interested in this road came out by the
last Cunarder, and is believed to bc Interested in
the present movement. The market generally
sympathize with Reading; but the Improvement was
not marked in other descriptions, and closed at
lower prices than yesterday Erie 40 i6 the same
as yesterday. Central shows, no marked change.
Toledo is T. cent better. Rock Island improved y
cent. La Crosse / T. cent, &c. Illinois Central,
under the advces from London, fell off to 1924,
decline of 9 T. cent. The foreign news had an un-
favorable influence in the street. as indicating con-
tinuance of the stringency in the foreign Money
markets A sale lS 600 California ~ was made at 81,
which is better.
There has been fair amount of business in Exchange
rthe Boston steamer and the market firm until the
close, when there was little yielding. Sterling is held
a, 1904 by the leading drawers but the business has
been mainly done at 1891 al l09s with a few transac
tions at 1904. Francs 5.22i 05.lS3
Freights are dull and heavy. To Liverpool, the en-
yagemeuts are 1900 bushels Grain at 3d. in bags;
Flour at Ia 3d.; 200 bales Cotton at Id; Bacon
and Lard at l2s. 3D.. l,6O0 barrels Rosn at Is
Cd; 100 tierces Beef at 2s.; 800 Salted Hides
at Ia 3D.; 200 bbs. Shoe Pegs at Is. To Lon
&on-l00 tcs- Beef at 3s 3D.; 5000 bbs. Crude
Turpentine at 2s. Sd. To Hamburg-l5O bales of
Hops at ic 50 hhds. Quercitron Bark at 3os 40 tcs
Rice at 2s. Cd To Rotterdam-6OO bbls Rosin at
ga 3D.; 300 bbls. Spirits Turpentine at ic. To Mar
senles-Rm at 4e.; Bacon at tc. To Bordeaux
Flour at 81; Rum at 4c.; and Bacon at &c. To Havre
Rum at &C.; Cotton at lc. Bacon at &c.; and Ashes
at sSaS9 A bark for the North side of Cuba and
back, private terms
The business of the Sub-Treasury was: Receipts,
$3.50, ,sG3 80; Payments $685., ,sO7 49, Balance, sii,-
sl3,93i OF.
The Fulton brought the following amounts in doub-
looms Schuchsrdt & Gebhard, packages, s35,
II. C. Rosire f. Co.. do, $50 600; L. Won Hoffman
& Co, 3 do, $74,475-Total, $4,000.
There went over to Boston for the steamer Of to-
morrow, s602, 600 in specie, of which 100000 was
Mexican dollars for China
The earnings of the Michigan Central Railroad Com
pany for the second week of April were:
Passenger. ............. $751; 49,; !sssn 1sSs'
Freight .....-...".... s5's'9 81 2iS 7s
Total .............. 7s,2Nsl sl45s 90
The earnings of the first two weeks Of April on the
Chicago and Rock Island Road S6s4f7
Same time last year. olSoo
Increase. s6,6l2
The second week of April on the Mad River road
gives $40 OOS 7s, against ,2l7 6l last year.
The freghting business of the Panama road slarge-
ly increasing, the merchants and producers of
Central America begin to appreciate the benefits of
this route The line Of brigs established between this
city and Aspinwall is incompetent to the business Of
Do Id tl,a(
place another propeller of large size. The two brgs
which arrived here yesterday from Aspinwan brought
i92 bags and boxes Coffee l30 Indigo, 6l3
bales Bark 332 bales Tobacco, SO bales India Rubber
sol bales Cocoa aud $3.50 Hides. The agent ct Pan
ANA, writing by the last steamer, Gays:
If the Central American trade contnues 10 Increase
as at present you will soon require many more vessels
at Aspinwal. The Caroline went full, the schooner
Helena also and there is still at Aspiuwa full cargo
for the Arabela; consequently must either charter
vessel or wait the arrival of the DrtmmOnd or Abby
Taylor 10 forward the "Panamas cargo, second trip
and she will doubtless bring much coffee and many
hides, probably more than full cargo for either
sci, pen aps for both with the cargo coming in
nom BSsnaventura, and perhaps cocoa from Quay
aqui
A merchant in Paita writes he is about making
shipment reXt steamer TO test ahe expenses of this
route and if satisfactory he will put schooner
bring up his goods consisting chiefly of hides and goat
skns. lie ih,ends also be says TO order his goods by
this route.
The earsings of the road for February ard March,
wtEc S<tofoI
io00'','s',,.'....s........... @3i@S]
inofVase''sss'''''. SSuo6
'Ihe Government are taking timely steps for the
pgetection Of this road and in short time there will be
seven shps-ofwarn the hsrbor Of Aspnval and three
in tie harbor of Penama, force amply sufficient to
takepossession of the Isthmus neeessarv it is urer
stoot that Lori Napier susiaus the Administration in
the stops they have taken and has written to she
British Consul on the Isthmus not 80 interfere in az
way.
The sales of lands by tie Illinois Central Company
since Jan are about 3e 600 larger than for the en-
tire first SIX months Of last year, as follows:
10 Aptp 10 soSS, ~
\ July Io>''ts 10
rsNoeH' ''s'..ss''''sss. s'''''' S-'i'-f
The land notes which have thus far fallen due have
ksen pad with great promptitude.
Attention is ssked TO advertisement Of j. W.
Brooks, ia another column, addressed 10 the stock
holders Of the Michigan Central and Chicago, Bur
Ingten and Quincy Railroad Companies.