New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-01-22
NEw-YORK CITY BANK STATEMENTS.


Exchange is quoted as follows: London, GO days
1ogIQ1o9g sight 100. a1lO; prime commercial 1850
100. Paris. long 5l7lG5l6; short, 515G51S.; Ant
werp 51s,a51G.; Swiss 51S905lGg; Amsterdam
z.9rl; Frankfort, 4l9GA!; Bremen, I9!a 79s; Der
lin, 72072i.
Tie Providence journal quotes printing cloths ac-
tive with an upward tendency. The following are
The sales Of the week: 1900 pieces, 56x0 &C., 10000
pieces GOxG4, Glc 5000 pieces C4XlA &C., common
early in the week 10000 pieces 64X6i, Ctc extra;
1900 pieces. GixG4, &c, standards SOCoO pieces
CixG4, &c, extra; loco pieces, O4x0i oscp eAud'
Saturday Total, 149,5CO pieces.
Comparative earnings of the Detroit and Milwau-
kee Railroad for the week ending JAN 1G:
ises S9.9si 1867. s2216s Dec...--.s22o4
The following was the days business at the Office
Of the Assistant Treasurer: Receipts for Customs,
s21SOOO: for Gold Notes $4,000; total Receipts,
sS94si4 30; total Payments, &, 193497 0S Balance
$lO56iO197 p.
The aggregate amount of exports, exclusive of
specie from the port of New-York to foreign ports
for the week ending January 81, 1865 was $367sG COL
Freiehts-To Liverpool COO bales Cotton at 715d.,
and by steamer $50 boxes Bacon at 456s. and 1880
boxes Cheese at sos To London 100 bbls Pork at IS.
To Glasgow, by steamer, 500 bbls. Flour at As. A
vessel was reported last evening but the particulars
rs TO the cargo, rate, and destination, are kept
strictly private.
Inc Boston, hartford ana Lie LOdu nave H"oO
ngements to complete their road without delay
and have already large force at work
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company some years
ago took three millions of per cent bonds from
the Philadelphia and Erie Railroad Company the
bonds being convertible at the pleasure of the holder
into eight per cent preferred stock The money adj
vanced on these bonds supposed at the time was
sufficient to finish the Philadelphia and Erie Rail
road Time has shown that this was mistake The
road is not yet satisfactorily finished, and Satur
day at tho request of the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company, the Philadelphia and Erie Railroad Com
pany issued TO the former Company $1,000 shares of
eight per cent preferred stock in exchange for
g., 10000 Of the seven per cent bonds. The same
bonds are to be reissued without the convertible
clause the proceeds of their sale to to the com
pletion of the road doubling portion Of the track,
and to some new work The funded liabilities Of the
Company remain the same the capital being in
creased by preferred eight per cent stock to the
amount of As COO shares
The Cincinnati Gazette Of Monday says:
There was less activity than usual, Saturday in
monetary circles. The paper maturing was not large;
checking gt and the demand for money was less
the would be very with the present resources
bankers but the conservative course they are pns
ing in regard to discounts throws considerable good
paper upon the open market, where there IL not pro-
portonate amount Of capital. DeposOrs in good credit
have no difficulty IN obtaining money at sGlO per cent,
but II the same paper offered IN the open market II Is
difficult negotiate al better than ~ per cent ana there
"a little Of what acknowledged to be good paper
offered at 1913 per cent but other than rteass seems
to be neglected. Exchange was in good demand, with
less liberal offerings aud rates were hrmer and more uni
form, at par buying, and lilo premium selling.
The following shows the totals of the average of
the leading items of the Philadelphia banks for the