New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-05-04

The next European mail is expected to bring highe
Hquoaions, and an increased amount of orders
state bonds, railway mortgages and bank shares ar,
all strong and in demand. Railway shares carly il
the day weio lower, but at the decline Their,
vas general rush 70 buy. Erie sold
tat 70 and so during the day, and ccse.
4 firm. Ono lot Of 10000 shares was taker
of leading bear at &c regular, and 10000 could
have found a market at the rate. Tho business Of
the concern is enormous, and the increase for May
promises to surpass that of April. The increased
trafc the Company viii eDablcit to make tsres
nlar divdends,and topay fIom its earnings ioralargC
proportion Of its new rolling stock Of which it now
I rcaps tho advantage. At the Second Board the
whole list was steady and in demand at full prices
The disposition is increasing TO speculate fr rise
in railway shares upon the theory that large bust
! ness will be done for tic remainder Of tho year
Easy money and commercial prosperity all the
month, arc assured facts, and must pat railway
property permanently higher.
The sales Of 7.30s are large. The First National
reports $5ooOOO, and Henry Clews s. Co., $500, O0O.
I Money is still abundant, and shows no signs Of
scarcity in any direction. The ordinary rates are
| ) al per cent but good deal is done at "a I
upon choice colaterals. Commercial paperis scarce
and wanted.
Exchange is duh and fayors tho buyers. Therates
are nominally: Bankers Sterling, GO days, 1000
1925 Bankers Sterling, . days, ll0l@ll0s; Mcr-
chants Sterling, lOsGIC3a; Francs, J.lli0j.l3i.
Bankers aud merchants interested in foreign ex-
change meet daily from 10 o'clock p. M. at the
Merchants Exchange and News Room, Nos. % and
80 Pinc-st.
The business of the Treasury was Receipts,
.st407,53i sj-.or Customs, $36l, 0oO Payments,
:$2,3N,i7l 6i-on account Loan, sl,lG2,COO; Eal-
ancc, s3l, 6ll,967 81.
The Subscriptions to the 7.3O Loan at the Ninth
National Bank this day amount to 81 032,9OO, and
sales Of same, sG6f,OCO making in all, 81 $4,000.
The Coupons cf the First Mortgage Bonds Of the
Scioto and Hooking Valley Railroad, due May T.,
will be paid at the American National Bank, No.
,SO Broadway.
Tho New-York exports for the week, exclusive Of
specie, compare as follows with former returns:
For Al. r,s isGa sea. . lsstGit:., Is s 1872;
Previously reported 6@,9cs,sOi 525il4i2 g. i23G2
The New-York imports compare as follows:
Dry cood,. ! lsSa. $751; issi s 1872
Gen. Merchandise. 3225s9 5,i52os2 l.6yi,cCo
Total for the week. s4q924i9 s&77l,g3s s2sl4,I5s
Previously reported 5g,Jl.532 1s.i6OGi 4ieoLe4|
Since January s53.55l,lsl ss5.2i2 9la s477ol so2
The Hartford, Ncw-llayen and Springfield Rail
road earned last year - $50 3oG 6j, from the fol-
lowing sources: Passengers, SIS Gao CO. freight,
49, 40 o.; rents and expenses, $iO,j7O Il. ln-
terests and taxes, $50 ,325's Tho total amount
Of dividends dcelarcd--threc per cent quarterly
vas slOOo57 90 The total expense of workingI
the road, s1l9,7OG %. Capital stock, $2,3jO,OO0,
all paid in. Of,his amount, S2,O5o,ooO was owned
IN Connecticut; 600, 600 IN Massachusetts,. Total
amount Of funded debt, sj27,COo. Recently the
capital has been increased, and a stock dividend
declared.
Mr.. Leopold Berwirth having withdrawn as
President of the Orient Mutual Insurance Com
pany Mr Eugene Dutilh has been chosen to fill his
place.
Tie Central American Transit Company call up
3 per share for the ljth inst
A dispatch from Washington says: "The Gov
crnment will pay sloO,OCO,OoO to discharged SOL
dicrs and Others during the month of May. Forty
millions Of certificates Of indebtedness were re-
deemed in April"
The Boston Transcript Of last evening says:
"Thcre has been quite an improvement in business
generally during the past week aud IN domestic cotton
goods the demand has been Unprecedented ob5ers and
Retailers could bold OIL no longer and the market as
been cleared II every variety Of goods NJ very large
advance in most from the previous few week
Cotton has also lyarced. and many styles of goods
have been largely sld in advance Of production The
money make has continued 10 favor the borrower but
without any special change In the demand or price
Tho borrower in God credit finds every accommoda
ton for call loans at six per cent. The demand for dis
count IS still limited at to eight per cent. In
siocs the mnrket is unsettled end variable. In sono
few cases prices have improved rapidly but IN most
descriptions less frmness is noticeable than az the CON-
mcLcement Of the previous week"
The Philadelphia Banks announced the following
dividends yesterday: City National Bank, per
cent; Western National Bank, 10 per cent; Ma
tiona Bank of Commerce 8 per cent; Union Ma
tional Bank, 5pcr cent; Farmers and Mechanics
Natior1 Bank, 5peg cent; Manufacturers Nation
al Bank, per cent; Kcnsington National Bank,
10 per cent; Tradesmens National Bank, per
cent; National Bank Of Germantown, III per cent;
Southwark National Bank, l. per cent Second
National Bank, pcrcenti Commonwealth National
Bank. 6 per cent; Corn Exchange National Bank
L per cent.
FOURTH NATIONAL BANK OF THE CITY OF
NEw.YoRR.
Nos. ~ AND ID PNE.sr.
DEPOSITORY AND FINANCIAL AGENT OF 1HE UNITED
STATS.
Have for sale, ready for delivery.