New-York tribune., 1868-03-07

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Total debt 2,6is,2o7o79 80
AMOUNT IN THE TREASURY.
Currency 3l,7540S2 Is
Amount OF Debt less cash IN the Treasury s25i922 81
BY comparing the above Public Debt statement
with that issued on the LIST of February the follow
ing is exhibited The debt bearing coin interest has
increased $l3797 $50 The debt bearing currency IN
terest has decreased $ll 457 90 The matured debt
not presented for payment shows decrease OF
Al 65sO15 The debt bearing interest has decreased
az $50 Igl The amount of coin in the Treasury has
increased ss132,212. The amount of currency
has decreased $3.924,O6s. Showing an in
crease of cash on hand, $SOS,lA, making
decrease in the total amount OF
debt less cash in the Treasury, of $7,iS5.75l. The
warrants issued by the Treasury Department during
the month Of February, 1868 to meet the require
ments of the Government, amounted in round num-
bers to the following sum- viz: Civil, miscellaneous,
and foreign intercourse 100000; interest Oh the
public debt $4OjOOOO war, $9,SGO0OO navy 5000
coo; interior pensions and Indians, $4.9O,OO. The
warrants issued for the redemption OF the public
debt are not included in the above.
The following are the receipts from Customs at the
ports below mentioned from February - TO y in
clusive
Boston ....... taS,s95 90 san Francisco. -, NJ
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Se1SaT1 Se%' Orleans. Feb 1850 %
The railway war loses nothing Of its interest, but
thus far Judging from the price of Erie shares, its
fortune, as against the Northern gauge is in
the ascendent. This whole controversy has grown
out of the successful cornerng of Harlem stock by
what is called the Vanderbilt party The
possession of that at the time worthless prop
erty forced the purchase of the Hudson River
Road and the adrOit diversion Of part OF
its traffic to the sustenance of the Harlem.
Controlling both routes 20 Albany, monopoly was
formed which enabled its managers to advance rates
largely The next step to secure traffic for the twiA
routes to Albany was the possession of the NewYork
Central now practically consolidated with the Har-
lem and Hudson River. The family" thus saddled
with one good road, the Hudson River. and the
Central, which, its managers swear has been
unable in the past to earn more than six per cent
per annum. though selling at 100, and the
Harlem, whose past Is continual record
Of financial disaster. II became necessary to
secure more thorough Western connections with
Chicago as the terminus. and to have an under
standing with the Erie by which monopoly of
business eonld be secured at rates to be named by
the Vanderbilt party and its allies. AT this juncture,
when success seemed certain, it announced that
the Eue in connection with the Atlantic and Great
Western and the Michigan Southern, had made
an ARRANGEMENT by which a broad gauge
road would connect New-York with Chicago.
to the ruin OF the plan TO make monopoly the
narrow gauge The termination of the present Erie
litigation is of interest except to its shareholders
and spectators. The public wants cheap fares and
cheap travel and now feels assured that as soon as
men and money can build the new broad gauge it
will be made. and permanent competing routes be
secured from the Atlantic to the Great Lakes This be-
ing done the people have little interest in the owner
ship of the routes At present there is no disposition
10 buy Harlem Hudson. New-YOrk Central Cleve-
landand Toledo Orany unit Of the proposed monopoly
but a willingness is shown TO let their owners put
any fancy price upon them they please, and to keep
them in place for the sufficient reason that only very
rich people can afford 10 hold stocks which cost so
high and pay 80 little. The Legislature will do
wise thing il declares that the management OF the
roads in the State shall not become centralized and
put in a position where they demand rates for
business which will be to the injury of the public.
Toledo, Wabash and Western stock and bonds are
in more request aud higher under the certainty that
il is soon to have another outlet east over the new
broad gauge connecting with the Erie from Toledo
At this point it has now 1000 carloads of freight
bound east Its President has a large interest in
getting the new route Open The Toledo and Wabash
has been steadily improving its condition for several
years and is steadily working toward dividends on
all It's cost.
Dispatches have been received stating that the
road from Sioux City connecting that point with the
Chicago and North West eastOf Omaha is now ready
Tor Gao. II Is estimated thai the earnRgs from this