New-York daily tribune., 1858-12-31

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l3 reular. and seler 'hity. Tne Pr-f.rre stocG
moderately active, and advanced to "a bid after the
secord Beard there was further Improvement Of =
cent. Thers appear. 10 be e s,ro,g combination IN
ths .toct snd 90 for the Common and 20 for Preferred
are freely grsd-ciet. TIE Western sn.r-s fairly
a. i've, bat ite charges were alinportaat. Michigan
Celira We firm, improving - 5ii Illinois Cerlfa
wss sl-o bitter, ard after the Second Board - xss
BID, seaiIi 67i yesterday. TIE improvement We
occs.ioted y The Iroba 'liiy that 70 cal ~nil be
nscs on lie s;oek during 1859. There mas been
a fair demand FOR state .tocss AMI the
market !, vel sustained. OF Government Stock N7s
5 y csL'- s 600 sold al the Second Bosri q,
lQiI ard tta bid for la'ge amount more although
the bidter you'd not take small srn)u1t There nave
been private sles within few Gays Of sbsut i00,O 900
Of these .ocks at l0i. Several large parcels which
he'd beeL EEL, 10 Europe 70. sale have been receoty
returned Ard sod in this market. Tni. loan 70
have been received with disfsvor By European capi-
'alsts. AT TIE ccse the general market, although
dull, vss very strong We quote las. prices: Missouri
&c, 9Oi l. Virginia g., 99i az; Cumberland Coal
Co. l9I 40; New.York Central Rsrosi, SIT a !;
Ere, l6, :; Harlem, 49, Gl3; Hu;son River, 3}s
"a; X. sdrg, 52IGs; Mi ,higan Celr,l, 5lia.;
Michigan Sou-beiu and Northern Indians, 90 I; do.
Preferred, 4sdi Psnsms, l23I l. nlrols Central,
6oIai; Gslers and Chicago, al. /; Clevelaod and
Toledo 3Iial; Cicsgo snc Rock Island, j9l J. Hi
nois Central p cert Bonds, Is75 s7i ass; Pacific
Nail Steamship Co., 9tl la9l.
Tie msrke. for Exchange, II steady and q1iet.
Freisbts. To Liverpool: 900 bblr. Pork q. - 61.i
COO bae. Cotton st 3-l6 a7-32i. 1900 bbl'. Crude
TurpeItne At q. I'D 50 tcs Beef T. steamer, at 5s
To G.a gov: lt0 bblP. Sosin at 81. v 2sO ID. To
BreJep: 20 cases M4nofsc .ursd Tobscco at 3Us. 4
ship Of 100 tuns from New Orleans 70 Liverpool,
private terms
The business Of the Sub-Treasury was: Receipts,
$2i3. .23i Ol-for Customs, $3l 600; Payments, sEi
C47 O6; California Drafts, S66,OOOi Balance, SILL,
O84 ij.
The study OF How Not TO Do II il sthl followed at
the CrcOmocution Office 10 Washington with gr al
energy end success The Secretary Of the Treasury
pers.ts in his desire to cut off the July coupons from
the lew bonds to be issued in January nowthst and
ing the representations Of influential parties that such
a course viii cause the loan 10 go | e cert cheaper
than if the coupons were allowed 70 remain on This
is anoiher result of making Secretary of the Treasury
out OF country lawyer, instead OF having an in-
ieligeDt and experienced inancier in that place.
There il no change TO report in the money market,
AMI call.losns are easily effected at TO I e cent
This extraordinary plethora OF money during the holi-
days has been seldom seen. Firstolsss commission
house paper, Fix months to run, passes readily at
cent and shorter dates can be done at lees rates. Dry
Goods Jobbng paper cells at and Y cent
single names. class Of paper not generally known
in the street. sells at high rate. There il no present
appearances which indicate q return to even legal
rates. The Jobbers ere dscountng their own
bills at legal rates, declining to give their
paper for purchasers, which makes scarcity
Of strictly business notes in the street
Bessrs WiDtlcy Ianier & Co. pay on ths 81 prox
the interest the following securities: The Bonds OF
the State Of India-s for barking purposes issued IN
IooI Delbs D.r,oe- ~F ~ the
Bond # Ross County Ohio, issued TO the Maretts
AID Cincinnati Railroad Co.. y cents; the Bonds Of
the Town of Harmer Obo, issued to the Marietta aud
ncirna,i Railrosd Co, Z y cents; the Bonds OF
Washington County, Ohio, issued to the Marietta and
Cincinnati Railroad Company, e cents the Bonds
of Champaign County Ohio issued TO the Colum ,us,
Piqua and Indiana Railroad Co., cents; the Bonds
of the City of Portsmouth, Ohio, issued to the Scioto
and Hooking Valley Railroad Company, 7 = cents
TIE coupons Of the City Of Quincy IL, will be paid
by Woodruff & Co., No 40 Broad street. The New
York and Harlem Interest Coupons of the Third Mort
gage Bonds of 1872, will be paid on Monday at the
Treasurers officer Of Twenty-sixth street and
Fourth avenue. The coupons Of the Milwaukee City
Bonds, issued to the Grees Bay, Milwaukee aud
Chicago Railroad Co., and the coupons OF the First
Mortgage Bonds Of said Company will hereafter be
paid hy the mortgages in possession OF the road at
tie Ocean Bank in this city. The transfer books Of
TIE Philadelphia and Reading Rs lroad Co. will be
closed on the 3ls. and reopened Januaryll The cou
pons of the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago
II .iroad Co.. due on Jan. l., will be paid
at the Office ~ 81 William street. N. n.
Jesup & Co., No. II Exchange place, pay the
Jspuary Coupons on the Joliet and Chicago g cent
F.rst Mortgage Bonds, and Henry County, lowa, =
cent Bones. TIE semi annual interest on the Chicago
CITY and e cent Bonds issued Tor sewerage pu'-
poses due on the lst Of January, will 1t paid on Toe
30 Of that month at the banking house Of ssrs VIE
Glow Laner & Co. No. ~ Wall street. The interest
Coupons on the Civil and Fire Bo'ds of the Ciy OF
San Fral eco will be paid January3, by Messrs. Wm
T. Coleman & Co, No. s. Wal street. The interest
Coupons On the Freeard Bonds issued 10 the Florida,
Atlantic and Gulf Genital Railroad will be paid by
Jossph Gree No. 9G Wall street. the Manhattan
SayiI gs Institution has declsred semi annual dividend
at tae rate Of T. cent T. anuum all sums OF sJVU
and under, and a. the rate Of E cent = aunum on
larger sums, payable January :. The Merchants
Bank of S. Louis WILL pay seni-annua dividend Of
p cent on all stock psd up on the is OF Jelly last,
and at the rate of 10 y ceut p snnum on al stock
subsequently, paid up p.yabl, at the Bark Of America
Oh the 81 Of January. The Mechsuics Bank Of New
H,ven Will pay a dividend on AMI siter the lst OF
January of T. cent. The Lsckswanns and Blooms
bursh Rsilrosd Co. VII pay tie Coupons due on their
Bonds on tie lst of January At the Mercantile Bank
The Mercantile Fire Company of this city have de-
clared dividend OF y cent, payable January 8.
The coupons due III tbs city lst January mex. on
the General Nor gage Construction Bonds OF tue
Chcsgo, Fort Wayne and Pittsburgh Company, dstei
January /, 1857, and on the Sinking Fund Bonds OF
vi ~ nd a