New-York daily tribune., 1866-01-10


creasng disposition to invest in this class Of prop
erty, attributable doubtless to the fact that the
consumption Of coal is already enormous in this
country, and more than keeps pace with the In
creased production Of the mines.
Exchange continues dull, and quoted as follows:
Bankers sterling, GO days, l0ss loe; do, days,
lO9l d ITO; commercial, 1881 alOsl; Francs long
date, 5.l7l a 5.l5; do. short date 5.l3s d5.lll.
Freights are very dull. The only engagement
we learn of is $50 bales Cotton, per steamer. at al.
The business of the Sub Treasury was: Receipts,
81 ,4l2, ,423 45-for Customs $4,000; Payments,
81 ,7OS SON account Of Loan, $S7, 900; Bal
ance, S6S, Col ,O69 81. Coin Certificates, $3l4,3iO
Money is abundant with stock houses, and more
call loans offered than for some time at Cal pei
cent. There is 10 better demand for commercial
paper, and long engagements are not in favor
Best names are quoted 799 per cent, and second
class l00l5 per cent. Money lenders are watching
the action of Congress closely, and prefer to keeI
their resources within easy reach.
The Ch,oago Tribune of Saturday says:
The complaints Of a scarcty of currency ere in
creasnC and several Of leading banks today had to
refuse accommodations 10 some of their best Customers
II was expected by many that as soon as the packing
season fairly opened money would be rleDuer than
formerly but thus far the orders IRON tie Lust nave
been very light and the product has 20 be carried with
city capital The receipts of hogs to-day wee upward
of 20 COO The money for hogs goes West Goy ic
make further purchases and ii they continue to come
in Thus heavily withou. corresponding export o pro
duet Eastward our market VIII yely speedily DC DRAINED
OF money. The late Of discount OF the banks femnns
steady 10 per cent per annum street iates are nr
at per cent per month.
The stockholders of the National Park Bank held
their annual election yesterday, when the following
ticket was almost unanimously chosen: Directors
William II. Fogg, joseph l.. Bulkley, John IL
Macy, Oliver Hoyt, George j. Byrd, George IL
Potts, Peter Hayden, Arthur Leary, Jackson s
Schultz, John Townsend jr., Hull Clark, Eugene
Kelly, William L. Blodgctt, Charles T.. LII, VIII
liam X Kitchen. Inspoctors-Loring Andrews
John r. Marshall, Wison G. Hunt. The state
ment of the condition of the bank at the prcsen
time represents the institution in very prosperous
condition. The surplus, July l5, 1864, was $4,000
July |, 1867 it was 81 100000; and the statement
of January .. 1866, shows q further increase, th'
surplus at present being s,3OV,OOO. Tie director:
will shortly hold q meeting, at which the pres
cnt officers of the bank, William X. Kitchen
esq, President and james L. Worth, esq, Cashie
who hare thus far conducted the business of th'
corporation so ably ard prospeiously-will proba
BIZ be reelected. lr accordance with the usual Gus
tom, the election yesterday was succeeded by al
elegant collation. in .he Directors Room, No.
Beekman-st., which was attended by many of The
stockholders ard their friends, the whole aiail
passing off in a very agreeable manner.
Attention is called TO the card Of tho New-Yorb
Guaranty and Indemnity Co. in another column
Its directors are among the most active and sub
siantial merchants Of the city, and its executive
officers of the highest ability. TheCompSny unite'
capital with large experience in the business it pro
poses to undertake, and viii supply want long OK
isting.
The following dividends are announced:
Pacific Fire Insurance Company, per cent
Fulton Fire Ins. Co.. scmi-annualJ Per cent, free
Long Island Fire Ins. Co., 5 rer cent, free. Con
tinental Ins. Co., semi-annual, per cent. Th'
Standard Ins. Co. seIni-annual dividend of 5pe
cent. The Philadelphia and Lrie Railroad Co.,
dividend of 3 per cent, and tie st. Nicholas Goa
Co., quarterly dividend Of per cent.
| The North American Fire Insurance Co. has de
clared dividend of five per cent.
A dividend Of four per cent, free Of Governmen
tax, will be paid the stock Of the Cleveland an'
Pttsburg Railroad Co., Of date of Dec. l5 1865, oI
and after the 10th inst, at the American Nationa
Bank in this city.
| The receipts from Internal Revenue since June
30, 1865, amount to over $S5, 100000.
The following will show the comparative receipt:
of -four and grain into Buffalo by lake and Grand
Trunk railway, for four years.