The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-02-19
MONEY MARKET.

The stock market continues exceedingly quiet and
prices vary from day day just enough to give the ope
rators sufficient business to keep the wheels in motion
United States 6s 1856, Kentucky, Ohio and Reading
Railroad, closed at yesterdays prices North American
Trust advanced e per cent, Farmers Loan u, Morris
Canal u Canton fell off a. Norwich & Worcester n,
and Harlem u. The sales of Harlem were larger than
those Of any other stock in the list.
AT the second board. Harlem and Canton closed at
prices current in the morning Farmers Loan fell of
"a, and Norwich s. Worcester v per cent.
There has heen yet very little enquiry for Sterling
Exchange The Sara h Sands does not leave until the
cath instant "wednesday next) and there will not be
much demand until the opening Of another week. We
quote primo bills on London at los l05H, with a very
full supply in the markets Paris $40 5s7; Amster.
dam 3sA Sox; Hamburg SAX So; Bremen Tx Tx.
The aggregate amount Of specie imported into this
port from January LIST to February l7th CAS-
as follows
IMPoRrs SPECIE PoRr OF New YoRx.
January LIST to Fsbrssa'y lin, ls47.
Ship Admiral from Havre,. =. ........ $l39,4lO
Steam ns ship Sarah Sands from LIVERPOOL soSsos
From all other Sources. ll6,03l
Total. $l,o34,o4o
The mporatons into Boston for the same period have
been about three millions Of dollars We also notice an
arrival at New Orleans from Liverpool of $3.50 oo0 and
the aggregate importation of specie into the country
since tue LIST of January ls47 will not vary much from
five millions Of dollars The arrival of the Cambria at
Boston from Liverpool, fully due, and of several
packets at this port also due will swell this to full
ten millions Of dollars. q,
Mea~son's Bank Note Reporter gives the following
description of O counterfeit - ~
Threes, Bank of Armenia N. Y. fac smile of the orr
Gpa the paper is rather engraving looks slight
ly blurred. The one we saw was signed j. D. Hunt
Banker letter A, No. 1850, dated May ist, 1914 -
1t ia stated that the bills of the Planfeld Bank will
ultimately ell be redeemed at par. There is no redemp
tion of the Lehigh County Bank, of Pennsylvania in
Wall street; but is supposed these bills are worth y
cents on the dollar.
The receipts of the Housaonic Railroad Company for
January, ls4e and ls47, were as annexed
HoUsAroNIc RAILROAD. bsi
Psssenssss and mail ' sSo 30 90
Total. .................$ $40, SOS "a
same month last year. 22,745 30
in4iesse'' ...ss... .SlI,92O "a
Here IL an increase of nearly hundred per cent
Tor the month this year compared with last The re-
cepts from reights comprise two thirds Of the aggre
gate The business this road only continues SO large
during the winter months, the freghng of that seq
son. particularly this year. is nearly as large as any other
two seasons in the Tho location of this road
not favorable for connecting this city with the Northern
and Western section Of the country and its place must
soon be supplied by extension of the New York and
Albany lins running through the a,ern part of the
eastern counties Of this State.
We have Hsds up the annexed table exhibiting the
gross OF each railroad in this State for each
The pvt three years, from the official returns -