New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-02-25

R,ei I..atd Vas very buoyZn., selins 81 n3l-an sd
vsnce OF u e cent Oalena vas lo3, L. CToese
improved 20 - ard We waited. Pf:.sbUrgh soid $.
g. Michigan SO7,R m improved 20 IS, s75l, ard
To'sdo to 73l. IL Railroad Bonds, tie make. ws
que. e. preyiors prices State Sticks were slso duh,
but Cshfo1iasD proved 10 66l. The tendency Of the
Stock market ss decidedly upward at The close Of the
Second b. ar J. with good inquiry Tor each stock.
The EIcl snge market closed steady, drawers asking
8, fer Ste, Hrg. The range Of transactions was seSi
e cent. The business N Francs has been large, bu,
rates were lower very large line sold a. 5.23.
weights ere heavy. To Liverpool, 100 bbls. Fo1r
wee taken at L. 3D.; 5000 bush. Grain at SD;
go bsles Cotton at 3-l6d 7-32d.; 100 b.les Sea
Island DO at Sled 800 tea. aud 50 tuus Lsrd at 49,
900 bbs Resin at o. 3D.; 30 tuns Fu.tic at l54 200
ties. Beef at A.. To London, Fl,ur at Is. Grain at
5Iasd.; 200 turs Oil Cake at -0s 100 tcs. Rice at
2O. To Bremen, 30 600 ID Whalebone at IT,; 400
bbls. Spirits IN private terms 1000 bo1es Extract
Loewood a. De. I'd. The brig we.uupks, E.sern
bsi cold for 8, 500. Bark j. j. Cobb, seven years
old, 325 tuns, cold for q, 500 brig was chartered
for the north eide of Cuba to load Molssses at - 80
ard Sugar at 40c., port charges psd. bank for
River Platte, 70 load L1nber at $l9.
The business Of the sub-Treasury Was: Receipts,
1904 59s 80; payments, $50 413 or; balance, $l5,-
2C6 COS 81.
A dispa,ch from the President Of the New. Yo'k aud
Erie Railroad states that the repairs of the Lacka-
ws1en bridge is 70 far completed tina, the mail train
parsed over it to-day ard the freight trains will pass
tomorrow.
The supply of money on can is quite free, ard sock
oars are negotiated without difficulty. Paper psssed
essly a, 9alO cent.
The Indianapolis and Cincinnati Road il another OF
the few showing an increased earning in January The
figures
i s l lss; Ms 90
Increase in ss7....".............".es,aDS
TIE February earnings promise about the same
gain.
The transfer books Of the Merchants Bank Of this
city will close on the 9th and 18Th instant, and the
stockholders recorded the books on the lst OF March
viii be entitled TO subscribe for an equal amount of the
new stock 10 that then held Of the DID, until the let of
May next. Certificates will be issued on the let Of
June, on the payment of the fire. instsllment.
The traI sfer books Of the La Crosse and Milwaukee
Railroad have been removed from the Broad way Back
TO the Office Of the CJmpany, Ne Wall street. Mr..
Joteph S. Colt who has chsIge Of the transfer Office,
comes here with the highest testimonials for integrity
and ability. Mr.. Colt was for several years in the
Barkirg Department at Albany and has of late been
one Of the managers Of the Bank Of Commerce at
Milwaukee. The nterest on the LIST Mortgage Bonds
Of the Milwaukee and WstertOwn Railroad and on the
Bords of the City Of Milwaukee Issued to the La
Co.se and Milwaukee Road, will be paid on ID March,
at No. 8 Wall street.
The adyices By the Indian at Portland are not fnau
caIly important Money is reported still active, but
rather easier in London an Coosos were the same as
before reported 90 d93i. Cotton and Breadstufs dull,
but unchanged. At Hamburg the rate Of interest had
declined to 3 e cent.
The business of the Clearing House was so S3j 900.
An adjourned meeting of the stockholders OF the
Delaware, Lsckswanna and Western Railroad will be
held at the Office in this city on the Sd Of March.
Mr. Ambrose K Ely has retired from the house Of
Thorne, Wstcn & Co., bide and leather dealers. Mr..
Ely, pleased to hear, retIes with an ample for
tune.
The moven ent in Groceries, especially in Coffee, IL
very active. The sales of Coffee to-day are 13 500
bsgs partly on speculation. Rio sold in large parcels
a, lee llc; the market is strong. OF Sugars $50
hhds cold at a IOic and GO hbds Meada at Il a
7lc. Molas,es is active at very full price, Cotton is
rather quiet. The In6ans advices had no effect upon
the market. In Breadstpffs there is no important
charge, but prices rather in favet Of the bayer.
There is good demand for Pork and the market has
upward tendency.
We learn from Washington that the President has
sigred the coinage BILL and that it is now Law.
BY this act the officers of the Mint to receive the
fractional parts ofhe Spanish dollar quaerr, eighths
ard s1teenths at par for two years in exchange for
TIE new cent, which the Mint viii coin as rapidly as
possible. As the silver coins alluded to are already
appreciated the virtual premium at the Mint by the
eIchsrge of the copper colo at par, and which will
circulate at par will have the effect TO withdraw the
Objectionable foreign cons, and to substitute for them
the very desirable new cent.
We have heretofore mention ed that B. {. B4chmsu
President Of the Lancaster Bank a. the ts OF its
pension, bad been arrested 9 charge Of em'ezzle-
ment. David Longenecker, the former President has
been arrested o similar charge, and held to bail in
the sum of $24, co., tn. Lancaster Examiner Gays:
1.-The complaint charges that ssme time 10 the month
Of March 1856 David Lopgenecker then President of
II Lar caster Bank, and b. Bachmsp Cashier OF said
Bank paid $50 0OO Of the money OF the Bank to the
Lancaster Savings lhsttu,ion, the notes Of W. L.
Hell, nseip which potes Endorsed by either the
President Cashier Of said Bank ia their individual
pSme nsmss. and other Directors Of raid Bank thai
at the maturity Of tfese Does they wsrs presenter O.
the Bank for payment, and were directed by the |
Cashier 10 be paid although al the time Mr.. Helst n
etein had funds In tina. Bank 10 his credit to meet
them thus appropratirg the funds of the Bsnk to
ter pnyste il de btedness to an amount exceeding
80 coo.
TIE complaint further charges tbs. the said Davi!