New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-01-08


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We are requested to say that the statement IN Dos
ton paper that the Minnesota Company has sold copper
in England which hos netted but l9c, - untrue. IL
has shipped no copper England, and 1t has SOFA none
at any time for less than l3c.
The Long Island Insurance Company have declared
a regular dividend Of 10 y cent for the past SIX
months. and an extra dividend Of ), payable on the 9th
int. The Seamens Bank the usual haHyearly dyi-
dend. PAYABLE on the 18th of January. The COlun-
bia Fire Insurance Company seni-annua dividend
OF q cent, payable on the 18th inst The Clinton
Fire Insurance Company semi-annual dividend OF
8 y cent, payable on demand. The New-Orleans
Canal and Banking Company semi-annual dividend
of ) I, cent payable on the st of February at the
Office of NJ Morgan Son.
Tire haysvlle aud Lexington Railroad Company
has made dividend Of 9 y cent, payable on demsnd,
with fair surplus. This is, we think the first Rail
road Company in this country which has been sold out
under foreclosure, reorganized and made dividend.
The above dividend is about equal to y cent per
annum on the Fret Mortgage Bonds, the holders OF
which bought in the road when sold under foreclosure.
The Second Mortgage Bonds and Stock were entirely
wiped out.
The interest on the Stocks due February will be
paid on that day by the City Chamberlain, at the Shoe
and Leather Bank.
As we stated some time since, the Rhode Island
Banks have decided TO resume specie payments or the
18th inst.
meeting of the Stockholders Of the Mechanics
Banking Association will be held the 9th inst, TO
consider certain amendments TO the Articles of Associa
tion for the purpose of recognizing with filled up
capital to $500 The remaining asset. are estimated
TO be worth about $500, 900,
The business Of the Clearing House to-day
s15,09l ,64s.
The notes of the Medina Bank Of this State are now
taken on deposit at the Metropolitan Bank at the
usual rate of State currency.
The Cleveland, gainesville and Ashtabala Railroad
Company failed to provide for the January Coupons
ON the Bonds issued to the Sunbuy and Erie Railroad
COMPANY. The amount of this issue is s5OoooO.
These are the Bonds of which the Ashabula Company
were robbed Ly the Pennsylvania Legislature for the
Leneft Of the Sunbury Company. We presume the
A,htabua Company niIs sunni =
This default. but it is unfortunate that Company III
such high standing heretofore snU ma " necessary,
under any circumstances, to protest.
We notice by an advertisement in another column
that Messrs. f. w. g. w. S. Morse have retired from
tbe finn of Thompson, Morse & Co. The business OF
tlat firm will be continued with the same tacthtes
and promptness a. before by 5. {. Thompson and r.
F. Thompson, under the title of Thompson Brothers
at No. 9 Wall street. The house OF Thompson, Morse
& Co. commenced business under adverse cTcum-
sances and in the beginning OF the pane, but II mas
proved one OF the most successful ever established
here in the uncurrent money aud domos site exchange
business.
The clipper brig Josephine, about 300 tuns, clears
to-day for Jarvis Island vie the Sandwich Islands,
where she touches TO take on board men, loaded with
buoys anchors, chains railway apparatus PROVISIONS
&c. We understand the experiments which have been
made during the past season under the auspices OF the
Agricultural Bureau of the Patent Office and the
United States Agricultural Society, which are no. yet
made public have fully convinced the stockholders
of the American Guano Company Of the great value
of the deposits on their islands, tina. they have DIS
Matched the above vessel with full confidence of sue
cess notwithstanding the adverse reports OF parties so
ignorant Of its true worth as TO denominate 1t not
guano at all, bt in one case "brd lime in state OF
decomposition" and in another, mere earth
The following gentlemen have been elected as
Directors of the Cleveland and Pittsburgh Road;
Messrs Farmer, Clark, Rice, and Fitch, OF Cleveland;
Tunbul of Steubenvile, Mccullough OF Welsvlle,
Holloway of Bridgeport List of Wheeling Lyon OF
Pittsburgh, Stow of Beaver, and Kingsley OF New
Haven Ii is understood that Nlr. Farmer OF Cieve-
land is to be the new President of the Company and
lie should as possible make clear aud full re-
port of the condition of its affairs
The shipment of specie by the Arago on Saturday
promises to exceed half million of dollars. We
annex the let of shippers and amounts by the Persia
on Wednesday:
Brown, Brothers Co.....u Mint bars and o,o o -,
$4,000 in sovereisns. S2cO. 49 %
+ Won Uoarnsnn American gold coin 900 600 ~
" 4 American ged........ 10000 %
Rsnk 81 Commerce Gold coin and bars. ISL 900 "
s~srs R.mont ........,...,. Mint bars California
Aus"s bars and coin ......... los 2s u
I.,,o, Kin, Gold bars. l0l 267 80
pAhoaS Rrn,leysE 60 ~ American 100 900 %
Goodhue Amencan coh'''''' i i W
Y Rsr.nd Silver dollars. 10000 %
n po..nd 70 ... Gold bullion .......... 750Ss o.