CoMMERCIAL AND MONEY MATTERS,

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In Norwich and Worcester there was another
fall today but generally here symptoms OF Tevi-
va oi better feeling in stocks good portion OF tee
week holders have been unosded, and not only are
shorts buying but OF the buyers who alwsys
in the lowest point beginning 10 buy


The Foreign Exchange market is firm with fair
demand We quote London at 1854 q l09 Paris 5ia6t
as 2i Amsterdam 3ei d4o, Hamburg 25i go Bremen
7e3a7o.


The Bank OF America has declared semi annual
dividend OF three per payable the Sd OF January


The Seventh Ward Bank has declared dividend
Of three and half per cent for the past six months.


The Havre packe; took $1,000 Mexican Dolls. and
a5, 600 Five Franc pieces.


In the Money market there is no marked change.
Firs, rate four months paper was sold today at per
cent per mouth After the ls OF January the release OF


large eIuoun money now held up for dividends and
the payuen; OF debt must give some relief The
nteres, upon the State debts OF NewfoTh and ONO and
0. the General Government, makes no nconsldeTspIe

The following new Countereits says Thompson's S
Bank Note Reporter were thrown into circulation in
this city yesterday 3s the Chickopee Bank, Mass
ar imitation OF the genuine The engraving how
ever is very coarse and the filling up and signing bad
They are payable TO 2 81 Cerew, which is engraved
letter A. IS and los on the Trenton Banking Company
NewJersey The IS have spread eagle for vignette
locomotive on the left and chip the right. The
los have an Indian viewing the railroad and occmo
tive on the right ship-;he paper is poor Also 5s on
the Dednam which were described in the Tribune Oh
the day before yesterday.


II IS stated tha: an arrangement has been effected
by the Reading Railroad Company with tie holders OF
,he. doarng debt This debt, amounting TO some twelve
hundred thousand dollars has been converted into the
stock of The road par, with the exception OF about
$500 OOO which has been converted into bonds at par


The Chesapeake and Delaware Canal Company
have resolved the payment OF interest on the
common bonds OF ,ha; company and that it will com
,nence with the payment Of ?! per cent on the coming
semiannual interest day.


The Philadelphia Ledger says =" We have been
advised that troublesome spirits in Lehigh county
State endeavorng 10 create An opposition 10
the pay OF the State under the tsy preext OF
an alleged informally in the Tax law.


At Phiadep phia the money market is daily grow
ing tishcr-the Banks throw cut more paper and as
consequence the rate OF interest is daily avanc
/ nC


The Western Railroad will have handsome
plus Of nett earnings after third three per dv
dend besides S450000 in the sinking fund 3lst
December The Worcester will have no surplus after
paying its January dividend at least stated by
OF the directors, The special meeting on Wednesday
that the proceeds of the thousand shares would
make the corporation about square,


The Committee TO whom referred the mater
OF continuous railroad from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh
have made long report In II they say:


continuous lre of railway may be made from Har
rsburgh 10 Pittsburgh, exceeding 229i miles in
length with inclined planes, and no gradients OF more
than feet in the mile add to this the railroad already
made from Harrsburgh to Philadelphia, 1O6 miles and
hoia philadelDhiN Ptsburgh
not exceed 1886 miles and the passage between them will
not be more than twenty hours efordng the shortest
cheapest and best communication between the Atlantic
and the estern country by steam power on railway tna
has been, probably ever will be- projected Ac
cordng the estimates OF Mr. Schslter. under whose
direction the surveys were iade-and we are informed
by scientific and practical that the road can now be
made considerably within the estmaes-the total cost
OF this road graded for double track with single track
laid including stations depos and land danagea
VII oe- l3T no.
And graded for single track ',I2l3so
They bring by this route Cleveland and Cincinnati
much nearer 10 Philadelphia than to either Boston or
Neyv-York and expect draw of large portion of the
Western trade Say from Cleveland to Boston 73 miles,
Cleveland 10 New York New.York and Ohio Railroad
$40 miles Cleveland TO Philadelphia 100 miles from Gin
cnna to Boston 99l miles Cincinnati to New-York 900
miles Cincinnati TO Philadelphia 65l miles. The grades
also as we'll as the distances stated considerably in
nyor of Philadelphia The road however is not built
| yet.


By the synopsis of the Missouri Auditors report
it appears tha, whilst the State debt is noinaly s2Os4
g3s 5 it actually less than million. The bank stock
owned by the State, in her own right and as trustee
amounts to s947 92l So In addition to that amount the
Auditor includes part Of the State debt the United
States depose 1882 335 30 which, 1t ID presumed, will
never be called for These two deducted from the
aggregate debt as reported the actual debt Of the
! State at S754,6Tl o.


The following is the actual cash value of the prop
erty in the State Ohio estimated by Mr. Kelley 1t
makes an enormous aggregate and shows that the State
debt is only per cent upon the property OF the people
! OF the State:


Land (Farrs) listed for taxation, 23,06l.202
! acres at an average value, including build


SI3 per ,r s299 795 $50
Nb thereon. 100000
FIGURING mills grst and saw.nills, furnaces


o'ber napufacturins ,f esabs 100000
Dry goods groceries hardware, and all other


ktpai kap: for saie 1''''a4...e anu @ 100000
! Furniture (otTer than necessary kitchen FUR


niture and bedding for the family Tor 3oU,


coo families estimated 500 average value


for each family SoUouuoo
1Ie fiss@i Massn % ooc at $50 sac w. @ s5oOoO
/ 100000 horses and mules old and young at
I $50 each IcUOuUVO
1000 600 neat cattle old and young So each 1900 eco
/ 100000 sheep, at 81 each. fUOO ooO @
900 coo hogs at 81 each h................ 100000
'sas Coaches os ses49oa..' s.'.' aAr a5ooOoo
Gold and silver watches, and various other 100000,


articles not mentioned above------.-----. lUOO0UOo


Making a grand aggregate S526045, ,626


Markets. Carefully reported for The Tribune


FRIDAY, Dec. %