New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-03-08


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The earnings for each month of the past year. up ~
October showed handsome gau over the correspond
ing months Of 1859; and but for the political panis
which prevailed from the beginning of October 10 De
close of the year the gross earnings would have ex-
ceeded half million OF dollars. There is q large
amount of produce upon the line Of the road whirh
was expected to out aud until political mastsvv
quiet down and confidence is rest red, bus
little improvement be expected. The Indianapolis
and Cincinnati Railroad has, however, done as wen =
its neghbors
Mr. Cunard states that unless the Ausralasisn, nsw
nineteen days out, arrives in time there will be %
mail steamer leave next Wednesday. Some appreheu-
sion is felt In regard to the safety Of the Austraastsa
but three four other steamers oct OF time ass
il hoped that she has only been delayed by bead
gales There is also hitch in the payment for TIE
Adratc which may prevent the departure Of that ship
on Saturday If advices previously received OF tt
non-suspepson of the London banking firm abo0
which rumors have been current she viii leave at The
appointed time.
There Is better inquiry to-day in the open marksa
for the new Government loan end for Treasury Nose
but the latter are lower They have been cold to CO..
siderable extent at rates TO pay 9@9l cent inferes
to the buyer Those bearing low rate OF interest ans
used for Custom House purposes have almost entirely
disappeared from market. They are in demand ct 10
v cent discount. The new loan has sold at pfivaes
sale az high as 93s, advance Of cent on yesss-
dsy's price.
The business Of the Clearing House was $2,S2a,VSA
Gold continues to 90 to Boston and Philadeiphia ID
settlement Of balances, which checks tho ncrease n
the bank specie line, which however shows $So0,V
crease to-day in consequence Of the California arrival
The doubloons of which about two and half millions a
dollars were held here time since, going bk
10 Havana by every steamer. One shipment ofoves
half Million not before reported The amount hero
now does not probably exceed million and a half d
dollars The principal features Of the Money markst
are the abundance of supply and the great scarcity q
rst-class paper. In rates there is no change. Ths
commercial letters from the South are, we bear, msrs
satisfactory their Tone and cover larger remtances
than of late.
A diepatch from New Orleans quotes Ic. advance -
Cotton.
In reply to Messrs. w. T. Coleman g. Co., who
asked advice in relation to selling gone of tho lndan
Trust Fund bonds in their possession Judge RooseveS
intmaed that the best TO be adopted was -
write to the Secretary Of the Interior giving the fss
Of the case and asking his advice to the redempoa
OF inc pOnu5 ~ tHe uoferuiEeus oAo :" ot'es~o 49,
bonds for sale public auction first giving the Govsr
ment and all parties interested due notice of the sana
Another Ohio Trust Company decision has been hsd
to-day in the case of the Bank Of the State Of New
York agt The Farmers Bank Of Salem. This acton
was brought TO recover Of the defendant az the N
dorser Of bill of exchange. II appeared on the triak
that the defendant in August 1857, owned the Bib n
question and the cashier of the defendant FOR safety a
transmission, wrote it the words. Pay f. Ludlow,
Gasp. S. Campbell, cas-" and sent it tctbe Agony
Of the Trua Company in this city for collection Ihs
nsme of the defendant did not appear on the bill Ths
plaintiff made loan to the Trust Company, and teek
the bill In question collateral The cshier Of the
plaintiff was eross-examined at length 10 his kn0wf
edge Of tho course of business Of the Trust Comp<n
The Court held that although the plaintiffs paid vsue
for IT, they were not entitled to submit the case to-
Jury and non-snited the plaintiff. The case wss b.
fore Justice Weles.
We give below the statistics Of the commerce Of sis
port for February which contain striking featnrs
The imports Of du,iable merchandise less thanons
half as great ss in February last year, hut the with
drawals from warehouse than three millions
greater. The aggregate of merchandise thrown on tho
market shows falling off of nearly four millions. The
amount warehoused is large, more than double the
amount of February 1860, but the Withdrawals ware
two millions greater which, we think, was not gen.
orally anticipated. The imports Of specie show an
excess Of two millions. In the exports there hsD
increase Of 800 600 in produce last year. Tia
shipments of specie are made up Of doubloous ssxa
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