New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-03-09
IIe Nlrautae Seat,neI Of Mar n . ssys:

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spdWaterto,n Railroad alter its sale by the LsCrosse
Company 70 the Madison, Fond du Lac AID Michigan
RalrC ed Company, and the latter Company at1u,p'
to tale torcible possession OF tie road TN >~'1''Hy
afternoon, a number OF the Directors and obeers &c
npsned by abou: thirty forty men proceedeu 70
toe depot in this city, just before the .ne tor me an
leaving for Ws,erown, turned Oh the conductors,
engineers and other officers, after some resistance on
the part of the Freeman men, and TOOK entire PO''e
sloL OF the tram. -
"The Jackson pay-v were 40 much in the ascen-
dency a. 20 numbers that they went on % WG,ertown
ou-ng the Freemap.es from esch station IS tney went
along, and giving possession 10 some oil tnsr own
parry. A. WapGtown the Freemanites turned out and
succeeded in geting session OF the train and depot,
the latter keeping possession Of the round house, 10
which they secured themselves.
"Sundr.y the Chief OF Police, with police went out
20 WsteTowu ard arrested all those Tor whom they
had warrants. Among these we're Judge Rose the
Fresi4.nt ofthe NJ. +. & NJ. R.R., Mr. jackson, and
number OF residents Of this city.
a. Watertown ire police came very near having
. serious affrsy with some OF the burghers VINO
took The psT. OF TIE Jscksortes and mace some NJ
tile demonstrations but got pretty severely handed
and concluded 10 keep out OF .ae melee. Inc Chei
got cd ugly club II the mouth.
Yesterday afternoon over live thousand persons
had assembled about the depot. mpelled by motives
of curiosity but there no disturbance. nnhoer
of both parties went out the tralnthe Ffeemahites
u possession.
The Boston Journal OF today says;
THE activity which characterized the stock mar
ke. Was not AZ all e.seued at the Board on Saturday
Il, is lOnS lane that has no turn, . an o,a
and ,ole Of our brokers thought they never snould
Oct ont of X; but they think the end reacheG al
ias, The revival of business Is quite sudden, Out
been expected and Is founded upon cHan8c ~ pup.'
opinion IN regard To Investments, assisteu, VI Co
by the great abundance OF money. Cdp' AhsIs "h9
Will not buy any more gilt-edged paper LOOK sround
to see what s really cheap aud worthy OIL S'C"n''0"
AMI invest accordingly OH h;d and OIL
d" Boston snd Name was duh al w piu an4 -
asked Worcester declined 10 S9l, anu was offered al
tho same Eastern declined 20 5Ol, and was onered
treey There is no doubt that the Eastern - one Oh
the cheapest stocks on the st the corpor atioh s'
working itself Of debt, and It Is expected WIN re
sumo dividends at the beginning OF next year Nor'u
ern fell off 20 49, and offered freely. Concord wss
offered freely at 43l. Manchester and Lawrence al
yanced 70 % bid and no stock Offering hicngan
Central sold st 73t AZ the First Board ana at 'ol
al the Second, il was offered freely a. a. western
sold AZ 9o, and was offered freely at par ProVi-
dence was offered freely ct 79i, and Od Colony ~
SOL Wilmington az Second Board rather impulsVely
advanced to 30 So and several hundred aRareS were
disposed of. ....... ,,;.noa,,. a,., :, do
msnd a. 49, and Pittsburgh at $50. The meeting OF
Directors OF the Pittsburgh VIII be he'd tins week
and they will probably decide whether to Guy up ,nS
closed at Al bid; Pewabic was very strong III tne
morning at lU but fell of at the Second Board 10 ~,
Isle Roysle sold at and 81, closing at bid, b: 6O
IOltec advanced 10 - ana clCseu IN 1Hh1
Steel in demand at - ana superior al OF copper
Fails was offered at &.
" Land Stocks were in great demand. East Boston
advanced to II, and was very scarce Cary Company
Was largely dealt there to be large qusnh
Ties for sale but BUYERS absorb it all aud are snxous
for more In New-YOrk it is becoming prominent
stock and sels higher than at our Board we under-
stand that the transfer books are to be kept NJ the
Corn Exchange Bank. NaveIey IS rather sowi the
demand for 1t is not great at about q.
"There are no new features in the Money market;
i is rare occurrence to see anybody short now
The rates Oh tpop paper are from 10 E cent oh
| call money is abundant at > & cent.
S.Fs OF STOCKS BosroNl0 shares Rochester X ~
Concord RR 4S u Eastern RR. bio 5loi Mich Cen RI
49, u Northern kR 80 80 do bio i 10 DO ~ u NesJe
RR Boston ana Providence RR ls Od Colony and az
River RR 500 Vernon, and Canada RR 49, Boston and
Marie RI s Gat Falls Co., 10 100 fs 81 s
Machine shop 30 Cay improvement 90 ~ 200 g.
Co. BIZ do S6o 60 Hsdley Fails Co l2l % waSeFsy Co
q Atlantic Cotton Mills, $50 Quincy Fire lns Co 49, Il
s so . 90 do Is So
lo OJo so ROcssnd Copper Co. 4 2o roltec Mnin
50 p B.nE cGPnSa q DO o 10 Howard Bank
s5 ebser Bank 1907 England Bank, ll5i Tremon
City Is, payable in NewYork Ol 100 Vermont Central LEI
IL incoa%6o PSadeiphi., Wilmington aud Baltimore
R. 90 Boston and Worcester r. r. ss 80 MeIopohtsn 4
Tote CO. Mining Co.. 'T i: do Bs q Minnesota Mining
10; do 1901 % Roekand Mining Co, AZ; IS do a.
s S Rcya M Mhns Co.. S. 50 WavIy Co. O
ws Go: = US Sff Bo.Sa Cent 60
iS.: 10 Lyman Mills 50; 70 II adley Falls Co.. l2lc.
The Madison Wisconsin, .JOUnai publishes the fol.
owing relative to the progress of the Legislative In
yestigaon Of the circumstances attending the Railroad
Land grants:
The city is full of rumors in regard 10 the progress
of the investigation INTO the Land Grant frauds.
Messrs. Klbourn Falvey have been examined. Ii
half OF the reports be true, of the most
pervadiDg mOnstrous and damnabe series OF brberles
ard frauds will be disclosed that startled the
public The suspicious Ofthe past, big and black as
they have been, likely to be resolved into verties
of even more astounding proportions, and of yet
darker and more repulsive characteristics IL Is said
that Ex-Governor Bashtord is implicated in Mr.. h-
bourns testimony. The latter is reported to have
that he paid TO Governor Bashtord SJO,OOO an
railroad bonds, and since that time he has csshed
sl5 coo of those bonds This is the story current in
the lobbies, and about town generally If this prove
rue which sincerely trust will not be the case, 1t
will 90 a great way 30 shake out of US all confidence
in human nature, since We have not only the solemn
assurance of Gov. Bashford to the contrary but the
positive, downright, unqualified denial OF MI. MI
bou himself over bis own signature, written for the
express purpose OF publication
In regard to the La Crosse Road, The albany Argas
SAYS:
THE vacancy in the direction of this Company
occasioned by the retirement Of j. Il. Brewster Of
New York is TO be filled by the election Of Mr. William
Watson of this city. The Directors no longer employ
financial agents at NewYork since July last. Money
hss been raised through agents in way the present
Directors decline to follow. No less than 100 600
of Stock and Bonds have been slaughtered by forced
sales. As soon as the Eastern Directors who nearly
ell reside in this city discovered the made Of raising
money they resolved TO remove the fiscal agency and
the office to this city where they manage il them
selves. Judge Radcliffe, we learn, has assumed the
special charge Of the finances of the Directors.
We learn that the floating debt, which was very
troublesome has been reduced to extent TO render
II no longer 20. Messrs. Clark, Perry and Luther Of