The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1844-03-17
MONEY nj ARK EFT.


The stock market to-day was very huctnating. Some
descriptions fell cf while others advanced three and
four per cent. Harlem improved per cent; Farmers
Loan III; Long Island declined per cent; New Jersey,
J; Norwich and Worcester, Iii Pennsylvania S. .; Ohio
SIS, z; Kentucky 6s Il Indiana, /; Canton, It. There
sales Of Western Railroad at either board The
sales not very extensive. Harlem continues to
ADVANCE very rapidly The rise in about four weeks has
reached hundred and twenty per cent hav
ng advanced from forty.two TO sixty -four per cent
The Lafay cite Bank of Cincinnati is not embraced in
he recent act othe Ohio Legislature which chartered
the Wooster and other banks of that State That bill
required that the Of all the stockholders should be
fled with the auditor Of the State by the lst of March,
which impossible, the stock is owned principally
At the east and in Europe The consequence is the bank
has to decline business 1t receive deposits, other
than specie not being allowed after the LIST inst to pay out
any thing but specie her notes. which latter must
be registered by the State auditor.
The revenue from imports has increased very much in
England The receipts at the Liverpool Custom House
the month of January 1884, exceeds by $4,000 those
for the corresponding month last year.
The bills of the Commercial Bank of Lake Erie at
par in Cleveland Ohio The receivers paying in full
all bills for dividends with interest to the LIST of
March.
resolution has been submitted to the city council of
Baltimore which states that the public interest and honor
will be advanced by extra session of the Legislature
further states that the declneso the stocks of the Sae
indicate want of confidence in the public faith,
which should not exist at all, and particularly at
this early period after the adjournment ofhe Legislature
The lcy of Baltimore is particularly interested in the
completion of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal The de.
feat of the bill in the Legislature, has disappointed many
citizens Of that city, and great efforts made to have the
whole thing reconsidered The decline in the quotations
of the State stock caused by individuals interested in
creating an excitement that will lead to the accomplish
ment Of their ends.
Company has passed the Massachusetts, Legislature also
charter authorsng the building oft the Massachusetts
| and Vermont Railroad through Fitchburg.
| The Hartford and New Haven Railroad Company have
declared dividend Of two dollars each share of the
original stock including the distribution stockbsing
patti Of the nett profits for the last six monthspayabld
on and after the c5th inst.
The bill for the sale Of the main line Of the Pennsy vania
improvements extending from Philadelphia to Pttsburg
passed the committee Of the whole in the Senate on Thurs
day. provides for the sale Of the works at auction, and
fixes the price at $40 ooo The bill for the sale Of the
Delaware Division fixes the price for that work at
O8O
| At meeting ofthe Canal Commissioners, 1t was re-
solved that the canals OF this state be opened for nAvga
ton on the 18th ofApril next.
The receipts ofspecie New Orleans on the 7th inst
amounted to $40 I00 of which 500 600 came from New
York. per ship Ocmulgee.
Counterfeit tens the Planters and Mechanics Bank
of South Carolina in circulation They only differ
from he genuine in color and certain stiffness in the
signatures