New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-04-12

The business of the Clearing House to-day was
So, S18,038. The Neptune Insurance Company has
declared dividend of 12I y cent? the City Fire In
surance Company of p, cent and the Boylston Fire
and Marine Insurance Company of Is cent the third
semi-annual dividend of the same amount in success
oD)-all Of Boston, and payable on demand. MIR.
Mateson having declined to resume the Presidency OF
the Central Bank of Utica, that bank has gone into
liquidation. The interest on New-York City stocks,
due May ], will be paid by the City Chamberlain at
the Shoe and Leather Bank. The transfer books close
on Saturday next. There is an upward movement in
Government Stocks, with an active demand. AT pri-
vate sale $33 600 Coupon S. 1874, purchased at
1921 The Registered 5s are no held at 1881 and the
Coupons at 1921. The Skies of 1867 are 1917 0lOS.
The steamer to-day took only $5O,O 900 in specie.
The market for Railway bonds has become quite
active within the last thirty days, and 1t is evident that
people are beginning TO appreciate the fact that too
great disparity exists in the market values of many
of these securities and others current 10 the market at
or above par value. 1t is gradually becoming per-
ceptible to intelligent minds that much Of the depres
sion in Railway securities is owing to disaster which
has been quite general, and to Encouragement and
error which are not TO be charged upon all railway
companies Such has been the feeling against Railway
securities that facts have had influence, and there has
been quite as much Discrimination to invest in securities
of undoubted safety, as in those which had less solid
claims to this rank This prejudice, very naturally ex-
cited by sad crisS in the railway history Of the
country, is wearing off, and we witness stronger
disposition to invest in railway bonds of good standing,
and to buy also many of the owestpriced securities
which have been for some time floating at nominal
prices On the market. The prompt payment of about
nf ifv tha al nf Anril. bV
the Michigan Central Railroad Company, has done much
to restore confidence and the conservative measures
of this and other roads, to provide by sinking funds for
the gradual and sure extinction Of debt have also had
excellent effect. The result u.s. that people reflect and
examine, and finally conclude that the influences which
govern market values are somewhat superficial. 1t
would be difficult TO prove by any mathematical calcu-
lation Of values, why Railway Bond paying or
y cent and secured by the pledge Of property showing
ample capacity to and pay much more than inter-
est, should rule from 10 TO 20 v cent below State
Bank and Insurance Stocks, and it ia only 10
Guence Of blind and mdiscriminste condemnation Of
all that belongs to Railways, that we witness such
singular distinctions Apparently this ia the view now
taken by shrewd observers Of the Stock market and
thus we see more lively interest in the market for
Railway Bonds many descriptions OF which are rap.
iSlv recovering from dizziness and depression.
In relation to the movement in Cotton, William p.
Wright g. Co.'s Circular says;
op question has ceased to have influence on pric.
90 ~ iss The attention Of ali engaged in the Isae VIZ now
be- directed the prospects for the neh' crop anu %
will be watched with close scrutiny A. ~ oeo hale.
RTcrpTs for the week at all the port, amount 20 'S
III sreess reaches 75l 100 bales which may PopsolJ
move the maximum OF the season, ss.s . msi
egrspb that the receipts at al points have s'' o'N
ExroHr, fcr the week large say 1883 oLs
III fO0 are 70 On Britain, being the Isfes ~eeA
b u, on env previous season TO France tho ~
decreased his week amounts 70 ls ~
foreign pofs Tiers decrease OF 6s0Ov Ts demon.
nos be made up quality required docs NOT ehuh ~
puniIy The pa.ohsssa VII have s be made In Liysffes@