New-York daily tribune., 1862-04-26

Vol. be &c g si.: sIs1.;.:;' oS $23;s3 ;;s
@-ls'.'''''" 10 6'''' ro..l..... $50 si55.7s
Tie de7osii. with Mr. Cisco fJr Five y cent Ger
dacacs today were Sl,362 600, nearly all from the
city banks.
The new securities called for by tie certificates
81 ncd by Mr. John Ferguson for irst mortgage
bonds Of the Ohio and Pennsylvania, Ohio and In
diana, snd h orr Wayne and Chicago Railroad Coal-
paies viii be issued 1T the Office OF Window, Laner
& Co.
TIE American Exchqngc Bank Lac declared div
idend OF y cent, payable Mays.
TIE Mechanics Dsnhing Association. semi-an-
nu4l dividend Of ? cent payable May l.
At tlerle. for Direc'ofs of the Michigan soni5.
ern and Ncr.Acrn INDIANA Railroad, hold in Toledo
on Wean,sday, tac goatieuen comprising the oid
Bo.-d wers reelected ae follows:
r. ~ Giih.it ulics J.. "; Henry Keep New Noit Allan
Campc-l Ns~i OIL Aia-ft Ha'rmsl = Sew fofA; Milton
Yort &r,.o, geerdri~y hub1in n. y. v u. Keep Las
vof \. William Niliths, Buffalo. y 4 si. IN y W
Cl-sesnd ch.oi Jchn 5. Berry 'onssnune, hieHgah :
Ph.o byIshV &C. ElAhsr. lEdSnsi NJ L. Sykea' t!iago
Il.noi[
Gold il rather fTmer to-day, and il in demand, at
l0s. A leading speoie broker took all the lois
offered after the Fiist Board 3. lOl}. The
courre Of gold sl dsappoins The sbrewdest political
ecvnoolsts aud wonder to tie correspondents oi
cur foreign houses, who canno. uLders'Gnd why, 10
State of specie suspension, gold should bear only
J., PER cent premium.
There il less acivity in TIA street, to-day, in In
debtsdness Certificates Ad Treasury Notes, bnt the
market ia firmer The former sell Vt 9Sl. and the
730 per ceu's are wanted in large lots, at l0c!
Iu. la hnyn hep huvipv ~
higher quotations.
Money. in tie language of the street is n " Ding
st 5q6 y cent on frst-clsss colaterais. Gilledsed
paper goes at 5,a7 Y cent, and in extreme cases
even lower.
TIE Chamber Of Commerce, G, a special meeting
this afternoon, adoIted a report, aud ordered tue
Transmission 10 Congress Of memorial on the sut-
ect of taxation. TIE memorial proposes a scheme
FOR raising $3.50 0t0 900 Of revenue. The same
seaeme viii be urged by Committees from New
York Philadelphia, and Bosion-cilies which, nndsr
the proposed BILL will pay oue-third Of the entire
amount OF revenue to be rased.
The intelligence by tie City Of New-York, from
Liverpool, shows tha, there is great excitement
among tho European Powers as regards iron-ciad
steamers ana irou-cad fors. Many scientific men Of
! AZ
being used by the Government is not sufficiently
tough TO siard broa from the largesi-calibtr
cannon. TIE experiments tried by the WaI Depart
nenl Of Great Brit,in upon two iron-cad iagetsone
Of lie same thi,Ln r. of the Ane lean Monitor andan
other in af respecs Ike the English man-of war War
rior--show that either may DO ridded q. 900 yards
distance. This will evidently lead to a system Of
experiments by both France End England, IA touch
ing the quality of iron to he used single bar Of
New-Jeraey Frsnhlinlje, tested, by order Of the
French Government, AT the National Forges Of the
Chaussade proved that It's absolute tenaci,y eded
,ha, OF any Of the best irons Of England Spsin,
Sweden, or 81 eria, which lad been tested az the
same forges. The Government Of the United S'n,cs
should, without farther delay institute systeIa OF
experiments in regard 10 iron for ships aud cast and
wrought iron for large-c,liber guns. Ine consump-
ton Of iron, for many years to come, will be very
large for shipping for covering forts II s Of the
utmost Importance, for these purposcs % have The
very best article that can be made
TIE tunnage of this port for the last three months
is by far the largest ever before known, the great
demand for Government porposes, and The shutting
Of Southern ports having increased the arrivals II
our harbor. The following il comparative sum
mary:
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