New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-01-06
.o.o.nt If Treasury Notes are very small ae Score
tary having extended the time lot mahrae deposits
The Rock Island earnings iour'r1 week in December
december earnings of Norwich a


will show A., 900 TO 5000 increase over 1858.
The Chicago and Rock leland coupons, due loth,
will be paid at the Corn Exchange Bank. The Rebel
Fire In surance Company has declared dividend OF
y cent, payable on demand. The Pacific Fire insur-
anee Company has declared semi-annua dividend OF
" cert. PAYABLE Jan. 7. The Commercial Fire In
sursnce Company has declared dividend of y cent,
navable on demand. The Mechanics Bank Of Mis-
souri, semi-annul dividend of y cent on all stock
subscriptions paid in on the rs Of July 1859, and at
the rate of 10 y cent per snnum on all subsequent
payments, payable at the Bank of America, in this
city, on the 10th inst. The Clinton Fire Insurance
Company semi-annual dividend of v cent payable
on demand. The Hope Fire Insurance Company a
semi-annual dividend of v cent, payable on demand
The Empire City Fire Insurance Company semi
annual dividend Off cent, payable on demand. The
New.York Equitable Fire Insurance Company, semi
annual dividend of 10 v cens> payable on the 18th
inst The Seamens Bank for Savings will pay inter-
est at the rate of cent per annum on all deposits OF
$500 and under and at the rate Of cent per annum
on all larger sums, on the 10th inst The Merchants
Insurance Company 10 v cent, payable on demand.
The aggregate dividends in 1859 of the Fire Compa'
MES of this City and Brooklyn capital of $l7,75i
GOO have been g., SSS, 825-about IL v cent.
Messrs. Raynor & Blackwell have sold lots on the
west side of 7hav so feet north CT ll7thst, % feet
in front and rear 100 feet in Depth Also, gore adj
joining north As feet in, fronting 7thay about 10
feet rear leo feet in depth the south line, IVA feet
IN in depth on the north line. Also lot north side OF
II7ths, 100 feet west of 7h-av., IS feet front and
rear C6 feet in depth the east line, 100 feet on the
west line ALSO, lot adjoining west, Is feet front
and rear 100 feet in depth the west line, 80 feet on
the east lne Also, the piece Of land adjoining about
feet fronting 1l7th-st about so feet fronting Harlem
lane, about so feet in depth the north line and 80
feet in dsth on the east line, with small stone house
thereof rented for 800 per year. together with one
half OF Harlem lane fronting the last-named piece
wherecosed Also, cores the east side of 7th-av,
% feet 10 in north of ll7th-s running north along
7th-av LOG feet 10 ill., thence soutbeastery l3l feet
ill., thence to the place of beginning 60 feet in. The
whole Of the above sold for 1900. John McClave
has sold one 4-story brown-stone English basement
dwelling on north side of 32ds about 200 feet east Of
Broadway, for $4,000.
The Dry Goods business Of the week has been equal
to the expectations of the trade although it has not
been large. Some of the early trade houses are CON-
mencipg with their usual activity and the next few
weeks will witness large trade. We do not, how
ever look for that rush Of trade which has character
lied come seasons but more gradual demand, quite
sufficient to meet the productive capacity of our mills,
and not excite speculative feeling. The facilities Of
communication with the most remote parts OF the
country render II unnecessary for the merchants to
keep large stocks in the INTERIOR and the trade is grad
ualIy assuming less periodical character. The high
rates of freight to nearly all points of the interior have
operated against any very large purchases for present
forwarding. The determination to shorten credits in
every department lie showing good results. The class
Of buyers here desired those who paid their bills
promptly the past season. and willing to conform to
the short-time and note-abank systems. The strength
of the jobbers depends in great the rigid
iy with which there roles enforced and enables
them to conform to the demands of the manufacturers
In limiting their sales to four and six months credit
Importation of plain Cotton at this port during
the week ending Dec. 30, as compared with pre-
yious years bas been r :" .