New-York tribune., 1868-03-04


6 per cent Commercial paper e0sl per cent.
Exchange is lower and quoted as follows London.
60 days 1Oos0109l; do sight 1l001i0s Paris, long.
51505.1Ss do. short, 5.l2l0511i; Antwerp, 5.i7f
05.15 Swiss, 5.17l0515; Hamburg, 363036t; Am
sterdam 4ls04ll: Frankfort, 41041s; Bremen, 7ol9
79s Berlin. 7fJ0T2.
The aggregate amount Of exports exclusive Of
specie from the port of to foreign ports for
the week ending March g. 1865. was $S,9sO,2OO.
Freights to Liverpool, 800 pkgs. Lard at Sss. aud
200 bbls. Stearn Rt 35s To London 1000 bbis Flour
at 2s Cd. To Havre, 100 bids. Tallow on private
terms An Italian brig to Gibraltar, for orders. on
private terms A Prussan bark to Cork, for orders.
with $500 qrs. Grain at 7sa7s. 3d., and bark from
Philadelphia, with Petroleum to port in Europe, on
private terms.
The conversion Of 79Os is proceeding rapidly.
The Treasury is not buyer of 7SOs for conversion.
but is very properly conning its operations TO ex-
changing gold bearing bonds for them.
The Chicago and Northwestern road shows. in
February, an increase of earnings Of over $2l40o0
with gross traffic exceeding $4,000 The contnued
large increase in the earnings Of this road coupled
with the fact that for the next two years it will have
monopoly of the Pacific trade. attracts some atten-
tion to the Preferred shares as secure Investment
stock It's net earnings for the fiscal yearwin con-
siderably exceed s4OOOOOO surprising those of thei
Erie or New-York Central.
Washington dispatch says:
solution OF the difficulties respecting the payment OF
the debt in gold or greenbaoks, and return OF specie
payment, is looked for from an unexpected quartef
Is thought that the Supreme Court in the various legal
tender cases pending before it, will decide that
s o.T aW % e ueS
Treasury Department will then discharge all claims as
In conno other money being legal This will settle the
whole question in that VIII be acceptable TO the
people.
The earnings of the Michigan Southern road for
T-A 80 49, a.. si--s ..-sr.- t..-.>'
4 a vOruaTy were
1868 .7S6 sS02iS7 lInc..ss79ss
| The transactions at the Office Of the Assist
ant Treasurer were Receipts for Customs, $751;
600; Receipts for Gold Notes. $4,000 total Receipts
g. 9S43 40; total Payments $,S79,75O 81 Balance,
| 500, ,427,942 so.
The Proridence Journal says of Printing Clothss
The market duh with downward tendency. Tho
following are the sales 1900 pieces 56x6O 7c.; 1oo
do 56x6O 7!c. 5000 do, 60xG4 &c., 5000 do, 64x64.
slc 1900 do 84x64 &c., 10000 do, 64x64. on private
terms. Total $500 pieces.
al meeting of the directors Of the Milwaukee
and ST. Paul Railroad held on the Goth ultimo. il
was determined to make the dividends on tho Pre-
ferred stock cumulative.
Of the Michigan State finances Tie Lansing Repsb-
cdn Of Feb "a says: The cash balance in the State
Treasury on the 3Oth of November, 1867 was $751;
113 90. On the 31st of December the balance wac
1859 81 JAM 81 it was $549l l1S 81, and the 25th
of February about $57O00 only $4,000 less than at
the close of the fiscal year. There has been received
on account of the State tax of 1867. t270000: and
from the specific tax railroads, $1ls.0o0 The
ceipts from tax on insurance companies are 20 per
cent more than last year. and they will probably
ceed $4,000, as they were $4,000 In 1851. Of ths
$3s29 80 of State Indebtedness to be paid in Janu
ary $685. 900 has been paid, and the following sums
viii be paid soon as bonds and coupons age pro-
sented: 5000 two millions ioan $500 war bonds.
and 5000 in coupons. The Treasury receipts viii
continue to increase, and will probably exceed $780,
900 in July"