New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-01-23

The following was the days business at the once
of the Assstant-Treasurer Receipts for Customs,
1921 900: for Gold Notes, $4,000 total Receipts,
s2OjS sos IS; total Payments, S3l32.52 GO; Balance
S1O4 5GG477 81.
Freights-To Liverpool. 10y steamer 100 bales Cot
ton at .c 80 hhds. Tobacco at 40s., and to Gas-
cow by steamer 100 tcs Lard at 4Os British ship
to Liverpool with 1900 bales Cotton at I'd. for com
pressed and 7-16d. for uncompressed.
A new railroad is contemplated in Waterbury,
Conn TO connect Watertown with New-Iiayen by
way of Waterbury, Plank. and Canal Roads This
vould give two routes to New Haven and New-York
the Canal route connecting with the steamboat train
nj New Haven. and aiOrdmg an expeditions ana
pleasant passage 10 New-I0rk IN Summer.
A Rochester dispatch says:
THE Common Council OF this city last nil ht unanimously
adopted resolution indicating purpose 10 lsty ln
the local taxation upon the property OF hc CehtA
iating 10 the running Of trains across the city.
Mr. Wilson. L. S. Commissioners Of Public Lands
enumcratimg the advantages Of the Pacific Railroad
10 New York in the Aslatic trade as compared with
ocean routes and European and Asiatc transit com
pancs remarks:
The travel from Japan Russian Asiatic possessions
Philippine Islands, Eastern India, the Indian Arcl
TeaS by Sam Fancisco and if OILY on The
OF economy In time For the lighter ana more cosby
articles OF trade the transportation OF which forms Du
small proportion of the price. the facilities afforded by
onr ocean and continental lines viii largely snpersedc
even the continuous navigation OF the SIez Canal Ione'
which al any time is liable 10 interruption BY European
hostiitcs. The rapdity OF transit Will, m large mum
Der OF instances cOunterbaancc the higher rates OF rail
road transportation and the double transipment first
al san Francisco aud then atNcwNork. u may be eN.
pectod that very considerable portion Of the teas and
silks OF China will reach England and France after tran
sit over railways, and corresponding amocnt OF
their higheT-prced exports viii reach ASA by me
same route The teas and silks imported INTO the
British islands during the i've years ending III 1854
amounted 5l1 239 pounds, valued al Ncrs1oOO
The foreign trade OF Japan is Of recent development Du
rapidly growing importance The Col0raGoOh recent
return trip brought 10 SanFranciscO freight nearly tree
times the value OF the entire trade between That place
and Japan during the first quarter OF the year 1860 WINE
our direct trade with China for 1866 was more lhah tcc
times that Of the previous year. The precious metals
which times past for greater prCmnulude and safety,
went 10 the oriental ports by way Of London VIII he sent
by our ow more direct and specdcr routes, AZ
wing OF half the OF transmission beside the En-
gsh Insurance from London 10 China This direct treas
IRE shipment viii make san Francisco and Newlork the
financial centeTs the clearing houses OF the WOrd trade.
controlling they do the production OF It's metallic CIR
culatmg medium
Tie following table will show the advantage which
New York will have over London after the Pacific
Railroads and the Sucz Canal are both opened:
TABLE Snoring the comparative distances Of LodOa, by
traV or Gibraltar and Suct Canal and NeU Ok by rdy
OF San Francisco, from me sane points: