New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-11-03
COMMERCIAL MATTERS.


"WEDNESDAY, Nov. .-r. N.
Tier y6s An iurveaSed activity in The Stock marke:
to-day, a,d the tendency Of prcos WAS upward Their
was considerable buyns to cv<er short contracts. and
some purchases were made BY parties who believe that
the fan bias f,r the moment exhausted isi, and mai
temporary rez>iion msy be exptetei. The commission
houses still complain Of the abesnce Of business ;'nd
ne movement aopcars thus far 20 be almost entirely
r,ahned tie oAaers in the street. The mosi impo~
tan, advance wa, IN Pacific Mail which, after the
Second Board, soIS mp tof4 1t j. thought that the
leading bear has been buying considerable
amoas; within FAY or two. The improve
men, in this stoes WAS sympsihzei in by
the ge>sr,l market. Csstral opened 80. and con-
nued srrn during the call The specula,. purchases
of Erie continue Over LEGO shares wee taken at
sesl. fhe purchases made by PARTIES who are
confident that the affair of the Company viii be sails
factory arranged and the stock rise. Hudson River,
Harlem. and Reading strong but not active The
Western shares were in good demand. and in most
cases show an Improvement Michigan Southern adj
vanoed to IS. Michigan Central in demand and has
recovered p of the recent decline. Ii is under
stood that Boston party have taken hold of it. Rock
Island advanced to 63 and Gaena 73. Between the
Boards. the market WAS not active but firm. At the
Second Board prices were well sustained, with
moderate amount of transactions. Hudson River ad
yanced to 363 and Central 10 ST. Michigan Southern
was not fully sustained, selling at III The advance
within dAy or two i, ascribed the fact that II has
been discovered that the l., Mortgage Bonds do not ma
nre in MAY next MS has been supposed but in Noyem-
Der. 1860. The market at the close quite steady
but dull. The last prices were: Virginia g. 9il asil;
Missouri g.. Sjl es5l Canton Company, Is; Della
4 H. 4. nd
pany. lisali; Pacific Mail Company. 734 a73i;
New York Central Railroad, 81 ASIA! Erie Railroad,
sssI: Hudson River Railroad 36i s37; Harlem Rail
road IOl l0l; Harlem Railroad Preferred, BOZ S3;
Reading Railroad, 81 49, Michigan Central Rail-
road 40, AL; Michigan Southern and Northern lndi'
ana Railroad 81 e61 do. Guaranteed, ~ Is; Pan
anna Railroad ~ 1921; Illinois Central Railroad,
81, ee5; Galena and Chicago Railroad, 73s s93l;
Cleveland and Toledo Railroad, u 02ll; Chicago
and Rock Island Railroad %! et3l Illinois Central
Is. 81 ass.
There is something doing in foreign bills for the
Saturday steamer, and are heavy. In some cases
sales have been made at v cent declines OF CONNER
cial sterling bills The range is lO9s alloi.
Frcghts-To Liverpool: 200 bales Cotton at l-l6d.,
and 800 bbs. Flour at y. To London; II bags Wool
a, 2os vessel to Bangor with Flour at 25s.
private terms. A brig of 269 TINS to Norfolk and
thence to Rochelle, at 1000. ship, built at
Portsmouth by Tobe Littlcied of 9Sj tuns, sold on
tile stocks for $4,000.
The business of the Snb.Treasury Was: Receipts
sIi3.5i 7C--for Customs, 10000; Payments, $!o0-
so7 SO; Balance, - ,j63, i07 -.
Tie condition OF the Banks of the four leading cities
of the Union. according TO their latest statements at
hand is as follows:
Loans. Specie. Circulation. Deposits;
NYork Oct. D. tllattiS W.! SO 7s1,s ot SoS aSd
FSiIs o oSt - o., sSss s Stsa 2sss 5s 2,
SoT!s Oct r. AzlS,s72 l2.esS,5iI s,4S4ii l7@s'oi
Total. -2z655I5s l5i, lsss rs log .ga
lucreaso........ Lsl'o' 4lo''iS s..,,';;z, '''''"
IA compared with the first week of January, 1879,
the loans have decreased in round numbers 81 900 900,
the specie siCC0 coo, and the deposits s3l 900 900
in other words the banks have paid s3l ,1ooOO0 OF
debts and have lost only si,oo0O 600 OF specie in ~
doing. The aggregate circulation shows change of
only 100000.
The receipts of the Morris Canal have been:
Total to Oct. 2, isSs .... $9stsS y o., "a. .,
Total to Oct - lSssi E|sap ~, 2a -s
Increase. .s2Ol52 80
The Hudson River Railroad receipts show much
arger gain than was reported. They are:
October, 1888 ...............'......'. l~''o OF
Increase observation-disclosures. t2sS'i bi
The Illinois Central earnings in October were;
qs
io''p
Increase OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. +S75'e
The increase in the last week OF the month was very
large. The receipts Of tie Land-Ofice were about
$4,000.
The following is statement of the earnings Of the
Buffalo, New-York and Erie Railroad Buffalo to
Corning for the month Of October, 1859, compared
with the same month last year:
~ !sss. 1859.
Passsngers.......... rl15ol ~ e40l 90
@5a<l y, -l'S
Other souEccs...........-....... 1871 81 Low IL
Totsl....................S5s.J 10 155.257 %
The Norwich and Worcester road earned in Octo-
be-. anon. ~
$500
An officer Of the Indianapolis and Cincinnati Rail-
road writing his correspondent here, gives very en-
eonraging account of the traffic OF the road. He says:
" Since the 18th inst, our business has been rapidly
increasing and at this time are wholly unable to
tran port all the freight which IS pressing on our ine
We could employ al least 80 more ears than We own
We are earning from 500 5000 per day than
at this time last year Our receipts from inward
bound freight corn wheat, -four, &c.D only lim
/ tied by our tunnage capacity. l hardly know what
We shall do two weeks hence, when the hog season
commences. The crop Of in Indiana is enormous.
Ii will 1--WE orr road each month Tor year to come
| thousands of dollars than We earned ast year.
The turn ia our business has a. last come, and 1t Is
| greater than dared 70 hope
| 4 meeting OF the cotton and wooden manufacturers
was held at the Aston House to-day. The meeting was
largely attended and than five millions OF capital
was represented. An organization was formed called
| The United States Cotton and WOODEN Manuac-
| turers Association" numbering among It's members
| ..-nDl.-l and succna.fnl manuflc.