New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-08-01
d, "a. On, &c. Railroad bonds were without activity

II.
Generally but $4,000 Illinois Central sold at 99i ss9l
The mail for the steamers tomorrow will be very
rch,. The ssles Of Exchange have been limited and
rster are heavy. We quote nomnay 81 asa for ster'
ling. ard 5Isi as l6l tor Francs.
Freights are still quiet. To Liverpool, so hhds.
Tobacco at I2s Cd COO tics. Beef at 3D. 80 tuns Hon.
du,as Loewood at Is Cd. To London, 100 tuns Oil
Cake at lbs. To Rotterdam, $50 tuns Logwood at
1884, Cd so casks Ashes at DIS Cd bark Of 700 tuns
from Bangor to Hsvre with Lumber ct go p N feet.
The business of the Sub-Tressury Receipts,
s276s77 So Payments, $2o6, 5SS IL; Balance, sll,-
goo 666 80.
We annex comparative statement of the Imports OF
Foreign Dry Goods at New-York for the week and
since Jan. l.:
For the Week 1858. 1855. 1857:
Entered at Port sssi' 's ss ~
s: ::
The Long Island Bank, Brooklyn, has declared
semi annual dividend Of p cent, payable on demand.
The St. Nicholas Bank, sem-annual dividend OF 4
q cent, payable on the 10Th of August The CONNER
cel Bank Of Albany, q semi-annua dividend OF y
cent, pay able August /.
The interest due on the 1875 aud 1871 Bonds OF the
Erie Railroad Company will be paid morrow at the
morrow on Bonds of the Michigan Southern and
Northern Indiana Railroad Company will be paid at
the Office of the Company, No. is William street.
The interest coupons on the Bonds of the New-Jersey
Railroad and Transportation Company due on the l't
of August will be paid at the Bank of Commerce.
The interest due st August on the Bonds of the Chi.
sago and Fond du Lac Road will be paid by Me'srs.
Winslow, Lanier Co. The interest due on the Land
Grant Bonds of the La Crosse and Nil waukee Road
will be paid at the Office of the Company, No. Mas
eau street.
The following is the proposition submitted by the
La Crosse and Milwaukee Railroad Company to its
ockholders for the purpose of raising the means for
the completion of the road:
"To THE STOCKHOLDERS OF THE Lacrosse AND
MILWAUKEE, RAILROAD COAPASY-lt is ascertaned
that will require 1896 000 to complete the Railroad
10 La Crosse and that that amount will be sufficient
for that purpose About ore half Of that amount or
little more It is expected, will be realized from the
proceeds Of the First Mortgage Land Grant Bonds, OF
whi. SOS, 600 still subject 10 delivery AMI the
remainder it is proposed to raise by offering TO the
stockholders Tor such may accept the following
proposition viz: that any holder OF stock be entitled
to subscribe for the y cent Bonds to be issued under
a mortgage the Eastern and part of the WATERFOWL
Division TO the amount OF 0OOOOO, TO be taken at
the rate of 80 cent $500 for each Bond Of 81 OoO
payable as follows viz $500 to be paid in the stock
OF the Company at par al the time OF subscribing and
$500 t. be paid in cash by nstalments one.quarsr at
the tine of subscribing, Onequarer on the l5th day
of August next and the remainder the LIST day OF
September next; which will retire in the aggregate
s4bO 000'of the stock of the Company, and provide
$500 900 in cash funds for the operations of the Com;
pany W bch added to the proceeds Of the unexpended
first Nor gage Bonds, will give sum sufficient for
the completion Of the Road 10 the Mississippi.
"Many stockholders, feeling doubt as to the
value Of the stock, will thus have opportunity
to convert the stock shares into a 10 y cent bond
income, which will be certainty instead Of retaining
the stock shares subject to contingencies. The
bonds being convertible, will afford, at any time the
oppOrur y of recovering them into stock, in case it
should hereafter be found desirable TO do 1t gives
the present stockholders the option to convert the
stock into bonds, which, at 80 cent give III y ceut
per annum investment, and again convertible into
stock in case the latter should hereafter prove TO be
the most desirable.
Books Of subscription will be opened at the office
of the Company in his city, on Saturday next the lst
of August and kept open until the full amount of said
bonds shall be subscribed for by those now holding
stock, who may purchase it for this purpose"
Mr.. RUSSELL Assistant Treasurer, furnishes the an
nexed statistics of the Sub-Treasury for July: