New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-08-20
WEDNESDAY,, Aug 1872. q

The feature of the Stock market to-day has ben
the Huctuation in Southern Michigan which opescd =
90, recovery Of y cent from yesterday; fed bank
to &C. again recovered to g. and foaly olosed q III
an improvement Of "a cent on yesterdays, csSssAg
price, The guaranteed stock advanced to 53 which y
y cent better The transactions were 5000 shares.
which considering the excited state of the Market
was not large.
Tol. do rallied this morning. and sold - high - ~
but declined again. and touched ~ after the Secosa
b, ard. Reading sold at 6el, which is q decline. hds
closed at 3Oi 30l. The whole market had down.
wud tendency, with more disposition shown % ths
part Of the operators for the fall to put out conrss
In Exchange there was but little done to-day. To
market closed as before noticed, quiet, at 9la?a &
Sterling.
Fr.iahts are rather frmer. To Liverpool 300 bun.
Wheat at 3D., in bags; $50 bales Cotton at d. ~
London, GOO bbls. Rosin at 2s. 30 tuns Tobacco q
lis Cd; 400 bbs. Oil Cake at Is Cd. The ship Ado
laide Cooper, TO Buenos Ayres, with Lumber, a Sis.
The Hellespont, 76s tuns, to Sydney, for $1,000
vessel of 500 bbls. was chartered to load Flour rco
Richmond to Rio, on private terms.
lte business Of the Sub Treasury was: RecetpA.
$40, 323 g.; Payments, $23e, 533 70; Balance, W.
3OS, OH So.
Albert H. Nicolsy's regular Semi-we.kly suoei"e
sale Of Stocks and Bonds will take place to-nsrsv
Thursday, at l2I O'Clock, at the Merchants ~
| chsnge.
The second irstallment of So v share on the tAw
or addition al stock Of the Bank of America viii b
payable at the bank the lat of September reHf.
The Directors of the Southern Michigan Rsilroad
Company met to-day, and elected MIR. j. II. Rsnss@
President pro tem to fill the vacancy occasioued b
the resignation Of Mr.. LitchfieId. They slss ap-
Couy nt shich NJ GRAY n
Chairman, to provide for the payments of the Com
psny meeting Of stockholders WINS called, to nsee
at Adrian, Mich, on the 25th September, for The
purpose of electirg new Board Of Director, he
present Board having resigned, to take effect upon
that day. The following gentlemen were slss -
pointed Committee to examine the assets 90. u
the Road, and report its condition to the called meet
ing on the 25th proximo The Committee consists q
Judge A. j. Parker, Albany; the Hon. J. c. Wright.
Schenectady; Judge G. G. Bronson, Jas. Lee. esf..
Theodore Dehon, esq., New-York, AID j. MCGEE a
Steuben.
There is some activity in the money market, bet Tho
supply a. vet is abund ant The banks appear to BE-
still contracting, but not to any serious extent.
| The receipts of the Wiuiamsport snd Elmira Rad
road Company ths month Of June, 1857
Month of June, Ao~
IneIs.:s soGnt Is z az 49, ~
For TIE month Of July, laS6...........'..'.. %sS
Increase about IS y cent ................ e1o0 -
The earnings of the Lebigh Valley Railroad Tor ne
month Of July 1857
Earnings Of July. 1856 were......'''..'''''.' "U -
Increase equal TO 100 y cent............,"tn,S -
The Persia takes out 81, 742, 507 76, and E2oe b
sovereigns.
The secretary Of the Treasury he's decided, ~
peals from the decision Of the Collector Of the Co.,
toms at Philadelphia, that "cords or corduroy,
veveteens, mole.kns, dreednaugbts, repelIsDt mole
skins, ard grghams" composed wholly Of cotton, sre
liable to duty Of "a y cent The importer Of he
eingbarns claimed entry at - cent snd~
schedule d, and Of the other articles entry uad1
schedule f. a. q duty Of Is cent, a. "velvet u TIE
piece, composed wholly Of cotton
The report Of the director Of the Mint in reeeesss
TO the estin ated quantity Of gold and silver cola 81
bullion in the United States, contains the following
estimates: II have, requested examined the ese-
mates you presented in your lss! annual report On "
finances and 70 your ast Bank report, as TO the amoone
Of silver remaining in the country. Our effort: =
auiye at ally this point are at best bet
n ere copj, cures. have, however, fully cooSdored
the point question, and by two different modes hsv
arrived at the conjecture that the amount may -
stated a: 500 600 900. As curious coincidence -
10 .ruls AID to exhibit the basis Of my cacusnoc
will venture TO present. them To you somewnss u
detail. vs
l. An estimate Of the amount OF coin IN the Cni'ee
States bas, Upon the number Of Inhabitants;
Popula alton of the United States, ~
on these fturhfths workmen OF o'ne 80 ~ ~
from $500 TO 500 per annuu, and may Dc s1PP'"s
an average o. at 9 time. n1oNmo
100000 at ia
The remaining 9Th b. sopPos~d '" n 100 a. -
an average, ssy A0Mnr
hanks hold.
1.h :, In .ti,u oLs banks one thro %
go. have 4 capital Of . llsooooU ana my ~
nnn..S 10 hold 10 y cent Of 1sr csp"~ "s
tinae. '''''''''''''''' r'
Al estimate of gold and silver coin in the United
g. ~ based upon statistics Of coinage: We ksow
VIVA, he Mint and its branches have coined Ne tesw
We, lind of coins have been subject to exporstioe,
VA that are likely to remain In the country; and No
Inov he general character Of our specie currency.
We have undoubtedly the whole silver coinage exs-
cuted urder the laws Oh 1852 There is stu qussdy
of the previous silver issue; which, from the rss g
which il Low finds its way, in small dspoats to ~
Mint con barely exceed - 900, 900. The old Spea'A
spo Mexican fractional silver coins cannot Do ees
g. 0e0O00. The entire coinage Of gold dohsrs, CON
Dot liable to expectation, and not much a,'
ter eapes spce the rpt change Of etAndArU ID lotOc