New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-01-15
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discount and the Al and y Cents par and lilo pc
,;u,o The rev Government loan celia 1t 1914, bu:
"a. offered 10 day on ii sellers option. There
no ooo..be change In money rates, although there Is
1. disro ztion shown, upon the part Of some OF the
hank Managers to make another combined attempt TO
obtain higher remuneration for their funds. They are
sas disposed 20 take long paper c: he rates cuent
for some past bat holders ge. nd OF 1t through
tie Discount houses without difficulty. fir't Class
short paper is 4a5 2 cedt, ard long a cent.
The Republic FIR. Insurance Company bss declared q
div iend Of Sc 25 p share TO the stockhoeTs payable
on demand also, scnp diyiden1 Of 81 = cent on Tue
earned premiums Of 1853 for which certificates Will De
issued ON the Sch q February, which day interest
viii BE- paid ca the outstanding scrip at the rate OF
cent T. annum. The Greenwich Savings Bank has
declared semi-snbual dividend at the rate of
cent snpum on all sums of 500 and under, and at
the rate Of y cert on larger s1ns, payable on the
18th inst The Connecticut River Railroad has de-
clsred q seui.annual dividend Of p cent, payable
Fab. |.
Among the contingencies which thresten the Pacific
Mail Company. beyond that of possible opposition
on The part Of Commodore Vanderbilt, are, fret, the
withdrawal or division of the mail contract, which
now brings in to the Coinpsny about sioo,oo
annually; second, the revision of the arrangement
between TIE Company and the United States Mail
Steamship Company, upon more equi'aos basis TOT
the latter; and third the competition OF the o'hsr
routes 10 California via Nicaragua and the lsthmus OF
Teuhusntepc. The open expression Of hostility t. the
Dyesent monopoly in the Presidents Message, is
significant OF the determination Of Government to make
more favorable postal arrangements, and that the
contract which expires in 1859 will not be renewed,
may, we think, be regarded as fixed fact The
contract with the United States Mall Company expires
in October next, and, according 70 tae present
conditions the division Of business is in the ratio of %
y cent TO the United States Mail Company, aud
IS q cent to the Pacific Company. This will not
again be considered fair division, we have reason TO
believe. Wherever the Nicaragua route is fairly
opened, az beyond question it will be by some Com
many. the competition will be direct and earnest; aud
although the Pacific Company may for time do the
business of the Tehuantepec route, ii is not probable
that line which has such manifest advantages will
long remain dependent upon steamers attached to
rival route and competition here also is TO be auci-
pated Another rival for the travel 10 and from Cali
forpia will presently be discovered in the Overland
route, which within year or two we may ex-
pect, from the movements already on foot,
will become q favorite, expeditions and safe
mode of reaching the shores Of the Pacific.
These items constitute Of the clouds
which hang over the prospects Of the Mail Company,
and which, although it may be admitted that ts oper-
atoms will always be very profitable yet must rednce
materially the present enormous earnings. The latsst
rumor is, and this appears reasonable, thai the
Ariel Northern Light snd Queen of the Pacific will be
put on the Nicaragua route to run alternately, under
an amcabe arrangement, with the Panama route,
in order to head off competition by that
route from unfriendly parties, and to secure
aud divide new mail contract. LII
this be done there is doubt traffic enough to make
both lines amply remunersive, while the public Will
be more fully accommodated, The real destination Of
the boats above named is however, still mere matter
of guessing the secret thus far has been remarks
bly, well kept but as the recent movements in Pacific
Mail stock have attracted much attention in and oat OF
the street, We now, heretofore, have given all the
facts and rumors bearing on the subject which were
current.
The American Guano Company has received its
third cargo Of euano, which has been disposed OF at
Boton. fourth cargo, due in about forty days, has
been disposed of at Philadelphia The first two car
goes are being sold here The aggregate quantity re-
ceved il about $500 tuns A prominent ship-bulder,
under q royalty contract with the Company, has al
ready ships the way to the islands of the Com
pany to load, and more will soon follow The reports
from the Pa.ent Office of the quality of the gusno are
highly favorable.
in leg ard TO the State Bonds OF Minnesota issued to
railroads, The Minmesotida of the 9TH says:
zone thing We desire all parties 10 take notice OF,
and that is-tbe purchasers Of the bonds must eXcu
sivey rely upon the means and lands and resources
and net profits Of the Railroad Companies, for the
payment OF the annual interest upon them, and in
case expect the people of Minnesota to tax themselves
for that purpose, until those means are entirely ex-
haused, and the Railroad Companies have thrown up
their hands, and surrendered up everything-charers
and ALTO the State-tteu, the People and State of
Minnesota viii endesvor to do their part indorsers
on the bonds. With this fair understanding ct the
outstar, shal be gadto see the bonds negotiated
AMER the Let February prox. the Office in this city
of the Pittsburgh Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad
will Be cosed and the agency be transferred to Messrs
III. X. Jesup & Co., Exchange place.
Mr.. Hswiey, Of the firm of Hawley & Bradford,
has been elected member of the Board of Brokers.
The Hampshire and Hampden Railroad has lately
been transferred to the control Of Joseph f. Sheffield
Of New Haven, as security for debt of slO3,Ol4 due
him by the Company. In relation to the matter The
Springfield Reputlicaa says;
"The entire management and control are given up
to Mr.. Sheffield, with liberty to re-mortgage or
lease He is TO apply the earnings 10 the expenses Of
running, and such repairs and improvements as he
deems desirable next 10 paying the interests on the
prior mortgage the road, and then to paying the
interest and principal of his claim.
However fortunate the road may be in its business
within possible limits, these objects will fully absorb
the profits Of the road, and probably more than absorb
them; go that the stockholders may safely resign all
expectation or hope of any return principal interest
Of thsr investment. The amount Of the stock paid in
is $292, $50.
The Hampshire and Hampden Road is operated,
in connection with the Connecticut portion, by the
Nev-lork and New-Haven Road, which owns the
equipment. The total receipts Of the Massachusetts,
asst aar Duf1 dot At