The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-12-01

Quotations Tor these securities remain about the
reported BY the last sesmsr. There 10 very LITTLE
activity In any OF them, and We do not anti
oipsts any movement Of consequence until some
thing is known in relation to the course which
will be pursued in Congress in regard to our foreign
affairs and the national nnsnces. Within the
next very important matters will ranspirs
affecting commercial and financial affairs very material
ly. The first il the enforcement Of the new tariff the
second the enforcement Of the specie provisions Of the
Independent Treasury BILL besides what Congress may
do in relation TO the raising of loans the ex
pen.es of the gevsrnmsn All these things have their
influence upon business and financial nstters generally
and until they disposed Of there will bs very un
settled state Of things.
The Governor of Missouri in his message to the Le-
gisa,urs ofthat State makes the following remarks in
relation 10 the finances of that State =
"Ofthe seventy Ave thousand dollar loan authorised
by act of the last Legislature to estimated
deficiency in the revenue for the last two years thirty
thousand dollars procured-twenty from the branch
Of the bank at Jackson and fifteen from the branch
Palmyra-he mother bank and other branches refusing
to loan any forty thousand dollars less than
the act authorised the executive to borrow The bonds
for these have been renewed and other renewals
will be necessary unless means are provided to pay
than of
The from taxes for the last years amount
ed TO saso75s 60 The ordinary Of the state
government for the same perodincluding the expense
Of holding the State Convention about $ls 0os-smount
ed TO s247 ,274 TO- This shows ordinary revenue
soove expensos Oh $SS,41S ". bonus and
divdends from the bank, for the same period, were
s2e,si7 21i and the interest upon the State bonds
outstanding not including $4,000 dollars due the Jack
son and Palmyra branches, amounted to $4,000 dol
lars for the same period This makes an excess of nts
rest on State bonds the income from the bank to
the State Of sllslsa ~ The ordinary receipts and
pendtures for the next years the income from the
Bank and the interest the Stats bona for the same
period may not vary far from the statements for the last
two years IL not the Of ordinary revenue added
the income from the Bank will fail to the interest
upon the State bonds for the by spa ma OF
To meet this sum, will be necessary to provide for
increase Of the In addition TO thi,
sum- the bank claims from the State SOS 600 the most OF
which interest paid upon the bonds sold raise cant
tai FOR the bank and the branches at Jackson end Palmv
~ hold the bonds of the State for $3 00e AZ above
ted making in all debt Of $3.50 000 for the pay m nj
Of which provision should be made.
Only three bonds OF thousand dollars each
were sold under the act Of the last lcg. lafuIe au
forming sale Of bonds bearing Of interest moi
exceeding eight per cent for the redemption Of the
ten per cent bonds, redeensbls in i546 and after
With the proceeds Of these bonds, six five hundred dol
lar ten per cent bonds redeemed. No Other
bonds were sold became offers were made to TAX
then, Which were then deemed reasonable; aud be-
suse twas believed at that lime that the constu