The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1844-01-26


The railroads in all parts of the world present equal
y favorable report In Great Britain all the railroad
investments are rising and their receipts increasing
From the LIST of July to December o. s43 the increase
over 1872 was OH the Glasgow and Greenock f222O--
Grand Junction f6i75-Great Western eli, 506-South
Western f7O69-Birmingham Observation-Disclosures and
Leeds Ell ,69sfSorth Midland f5s37-Manchester Boil.
ton and Bray E3si7 This increase is owing principally
to the reduction of the price Of passage.
All the railroads in this country running between
large cities, connecting with any extensive ne show
in every report great addition to the receipts and bust
ness OF the road This property must improve in value
rapidly than any other description The stocks of
all the eastern roads very high The Worcester and
Western, and the Lowell and Nashua roads in dis
pute about the charges for the transportation OF freight
and passengers. The Western and Nashua Companies
contend that they charged too much and the
company have referred their grievances the Legislature
for arbitration The controversy has had unry orable
effect on the Worcester road, sales of which, made at
only IL per cent advance while the Western hal ad-
vanced to $50.
With in the past three weeks, we have registered the
arrival, at this port, of than half dozen of orr
largest packet ships from London Liverpool and Havre
all OF which have brought full cagoes foreign mer
chandsc. The entry of these valuable cargoes at the
Gust ON House has increased the revenue from customs
very largely and made good the demand goods for the
spT ing trade The business yet hardly COM
nrenced; the importers and obbers making up their
assorments and making arrangements for very extern
sive trade rents are advancing in the business parts of
the city very rapidly Stores that rented for $500 last
May have been leased for another year at $1,000 IN an
other instance where $1,000 paid addition of
$500 has been submitted to for another yoar This is the
usual course Of real estate in the lower part of
the city adopt the revival OF trade and an improve.
ment in the times
The of this CITY has baen M lIv
this month. The amount of duties received ut the Gus.
tom House, from the LIST to the 18th inst reach $40
which much larger than has been received during the
SINE period for years The total receipts the Custom
House in this city for the months Of January February
March of s43 only 81 s76s5 The heavy receipts OF
from the customs for the early part Of this month
shows that the imports have come in unusually
early The packets leaving the otho side from the LIST of
January to the middle Of February usually bring the bulk
of the springs Importation but orders early
in consequence of the high prices scarcity Of
goods in this market, and the result is premature re-
turns. The steam packet just ARRIVED at Boston, came
loaded with freight The Liverpool packets to Pbadel
pha bring large cargoes The csent prospect is that
we shall before the spring is post have many foreign
goods as the anticipated demand will absorb. Our impor.
tiers pretty well satisfied that the tariff will not be
touched the present Session Of Congress- At all events
they do not resU let themselves, to supplies that
propsphty. Vie speech OF Mr. Evans, OF Name in tho
Senate in reply to Mr. McDufe, the tariff settles the
policy Of body the subject he gives utterance
to the principles othe party he represents He stated that
o,en debate the subject would unsettle public conf
dence in the pemanency of the act and that
alone he regretted the the argument by
the Senator from South Carolina Operators In all parts
Of the ntry in articles liable to under, be
released from restrictions have abandoned their former
movemen s and bnse their arrangements and calcu
ations the permanency Of the existing laws regulating
the tariff.
The ret urns ofthe Bank of Mobile of the I'd u compar.
ed with the previous present favorable cond
ton, and shows the bank to be in better state than
usual
BANK or MosnE
49, Oct i8ig. Nor. 1911 De-. q, IA Dec. 2, l3
Ccuation, SO O72 1917 GOO IL, 6sl
Deposits, s6l $50 89,O5 1921 55ig
Loans, l75IIo7 I4S22l3 lac 49,
Specie, 3o3Ois 22.l52 6i3,T20