The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1842-05-14


The sales at the Stock Board have been small TODAY
and prices generally have gone down. New York State
6s 1862 per cent; Harlem per cent; Mohawk III Della
ware * Hudson per cent? Indiana bonds /; stonington
Railroad improved cent? Ohio per cent stocks rose
n per cent.
The supply Of bills England has been quite moderate
and rates have advanced Sales have been made Mt 1885,
and 1881 and some drawers asked 100. The operations
have not been large, purchasers refusing in many In
stances meet the advance. Bills France rather dull
at 5,s2ia5ao; Amsterdam a9lai; Hamburg ,5os5i Bre
men 7sa7ei
Money isquite abundant in Wall street. the banks not
having offered for discount sufficient of the right kind Of
paper to employ their receipts
The Comptroller of the City closed his books for sub
scrptions to the loan at per cent interest," few days
since, and lo3 is now asked for the stock.
understood in Wall that the balance Of the
State loan for years per cent has been subscribed
for. Messrs. j. Ward Co., and Camman whitehousc K
Co. participated heavily in 1.-THE latter house it said
chiefly foreign account. As at least 100000 of the
amount to go to the payment Of contractors 1t will re
the means of distributing large amount of capitul
throughout the State 500 900 out of the 500 900
horized by the legislature at the last session. will DO
taken by the banks in lieu the short loan expired the
LIST March last, that only $500, 900 remains which will
not be required by the State for time to If
the Federal loan should be taken go abroad the effect
would be highly favorable the market generally
It is really of surprise that the loan of this State
has been aowedto remain offering SO long-no security
be better. Backed by the from the public
works, and taxation, and the known opposition Of the
party in power to creating any further Indebtedness
would question if the world presents better sounder
nvestmentparticularly as the appearances Of money
being abundant for some time TO- come ought to makes
per cent stock of such description command hand
premium
Treasury notes in demand at aal discount
sudden improvement took place in the bills of the
Buffalo Bank broken safety fund concern in conse-
quence of that the Comptroller had received an
order redeem the b that bank stands the the
list the Commercial Bank The bills of the
Bank of Buffalo have been selling at per discount
they selling at 3la4
The Bank of Attica free bank is discontinued and all
of the notes of said bank in circulation will be re-
deemed either at the Bank Of Genesee M Batavia at the
Albany Exchange Bank in the city of Albany. The
Bank discontinued from choice not from necessity
The following condition at the date of its last re-
port =
Secured by bonds and mortgages 1927 ~"
Arkansas stocks, 5000
AT Baltimore the Railroad orders bought at g. cents
on the dollar The amount funded 81 900 Ooo leaving
outstanding 100000. Virginia bank generally are
selling in Baltimore at y discounts Wheeling Bank at
Is discount.
In looking over our file ofGerman papers, observe
the Aigemeine Zetung" of May 7th the
OF new Fire and Marine Insurance Company at stettn
with capital of 100000 thalers be called the Ma.
tonal Bank" The Zeiung remarks that il meets with
but little favor The insurance vessels in the North
Sea is too hazardous and the average loss great
promise much profit and to the fire insurance the pre-
miums arc SO low that the companies in existence can
scarcely make living. For this the agency of
the Royal Exchange Insurance Company Withdrawn
from Hamburg, also the French Union" and the In.
glish Professor" and f" Metcllus"
In domestic exchanges visible improvement hos been
effected on the worse points The rates fol-
lows
CURRENT RATES OF BANK Norris AND DoMEsrrc BILL,
Bank Notes Erchdnge