New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-07-28

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The May receipts reduced at least SoOoo BY the oun
ing of the Bloomsbury Bridge
TIE Oswego and Syracuse Railroad Has declared
dividend Of y cent, payable on the LIST OF August
at the Union Bank. The Lenox Fire Insurance Com
psny, y cent, payable Aug. l. Morris and Essex
Railroad, n. j., 81 y cent, payable Aug l.
We are informed that Mr.. Sche has adopted new
rule in relation to the payment OF duties at the Gus
tom House, requiring them to be paid at the time the
goods are entered instead Of waiting until the goods
| ae examined ard passed Another rule has been
adopted Of great conve nience to merchants All par
ties at the Custom. House before o'clock are allowed
to make their payments instead of terminating bust
| ness at 3, as heretofore.
The arraug ements for an advance Of fares and re-
duciion Of expenses on the Erie and Central Roads
have been agreed upon and the Erie through fare
advanced to- day from s. to$ s. Rates OF freight viii
also soon be advanced. Extraordinary expenses cal
culated to he equal 100000 aunum for each road
will be cut off under the agreement. The repre-
septatives of the PeInsy vana Central and Baltimore
and Ohio Roads are in town and express strong de-
| sire TO cooperate with our roads.
II is known that Mr.. Thomas McElT ath, who il
of the proprieors of The TRIBUNE, has found neces
sary let ceran aecepances issued to the contractors
on the Pittsburgh and Steubenyiile Railroad go TO
protest. Negotiations are in progress which we hope
| will be speedily consummated aud which We believe
will lead to the early retirement of all these acceptan
| ces. Meantime We are glad to be able to ali
Interested that neither The TRIBUNE nor the Nassau
Bank Of which he is President is implicated to the
slightest extent in these embanassnents. From the
| following communication from the Cashier it would
appear that Mr. McElrath rendered bis resignation
| President las. week:
NASSAU BANK NLwYoRK July q, 1857.
THos. MCELRATH esq.
D,ar SIR: At the meeting Of the Board OF Directors
of this Bank Saturday morning 25th inst, commu-
pcsfion from You cad, resiging the Presidency
# the Nassau Bank 10 take effect the LIST prsx.
whereupop on motion of William Miles esq., the fol-
| loving resolution was unanimously adopted, aud
| copy Of the same ordered forwarded to you:
Esd That accept i, lss The Ts:G Y. rSo
opportunity to him our hsa h 81
and recurring do with much pleasure to the
many seabe associations that hay. sttendd oar
n'Pp'He'' 'H' "'"''' K A. ToOKER Cashier
Since our last advces the following amount Of specie
has been conveyed over the Panama Railroad for Ed
glib account:
Silver 2s4s7 g. ssl26lt %
Add amour, brou ght by Illinois i5' $50 IS
Total 70, the 81 DO 4ss 90
The traffic Of the OHIO and Mississippi Railroad we
learn, is very large. As gravel for ballast Is not
readily to be had upon portions Of the line of this
Company they have adopted the plan so successfully
carried out upon many of the English railways of BAL
lasting with burned clay This article IL at once cheaper
than, ard fully good as the best gravel. Over 40
miles Of this new road has been balasted one foot
deep with burned clay since the great excursion in
| June The road is in good order for business. The
MAJ ayers have already given it pretty ample equip
me nj of 81 engines 50 passenger cars % baggage ex-
press al mail cars, and lU1 box.feigh cattle aud
atfm cars which we regard as large for new road.
The statement of the Commercial Mutual Insurance
| Con tapy shows the earned premiums during the
year were $40 2I 65. The expenditures for losses
expenses, return premiums ard reiDsurauces were
$64s. 232 so, showing prof, Of $lOo99l 81 during
the wear. The trustees have passed resolutions for
the payment of y cert on the Outstanding scrip on
the 10th of August, and TO make on the same daye
scrp dividend of 10 y cent on the net earned prem
ums of the Company.
We bear Of only 100000 yet engaged FOR TIE Bos-
ton steamer but the arrival OF bars by the California
boat will probably increase the shipment.
Inc LoHd0h I'mes annouhoes INC leih' VI Inc
amalgspation Of the Royal Mail Steamship Company
and the European aud Australian Royal Mail Steam
.bip Company, via Panama This renders certain
seaushp line, via the Panama Railroad, to Australia
The Harrisburg Telegraph announces the arrival
there Of j. Edgar Thompson, esq, President, William
b. Foster, Vice President of the Pennsylvanis Rail.
road and Col. Mitchell late Collector Of The Columbia
Portage Railroad and Col Mott, Canal Commissioner.
These gentlemen are evidently assembled at the State
capital on business connected with the transfer OF the
Main Line of the Public Works to the Pennsyvania
Railroad Company, which presume will be per.
fected nme iiately, now thatthe stockholders have
sighted their approval. 80 ,ssooJ 900 li''oa
The subscriptions to the stock of the Crescent City
Bank, New.Oreans, having reached 81, 100000, and
the first rssmeLt paid in the Directors intend 70 or
ganize forthwith.