The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-03-31
CO MMERClAh AFFAIRS.
MONEY MARKET.
1hursday. March 3O-0


The stock market . little frmer to-day. At this
frs board Treasury notes fell of 4 per cent Reading
Bonds x; Reading Railroad x; farmers Loan III Har-
lem u Canton advanced u; Long Island T. There
were oaly moderate transactions
At the second board Treasury notes improved e per
cent; Farmers Loan "a; Harlem lss; and Long leland
e. The market clossd Arm at the improvement.
Money has been little more abuna ant within the past
day or two ard tho rate of interest has slightly fallen
Off Tbs banks have plenty of money, but they
afraid to let It out As confidence becomes bet
ter established money will DO plenty that IL will 60
begging fer employment .a
1teppsars by accounts received from the principaI
points in tho Western States that the amount pre-
ducs to ccmeforward upon the opening Of navigation
much smaller than last season. According to thu
received il appears thst thsres at the Mad River
Railroad dspots CO 600 bushels Of wheat; the San
duky and Mansfield Rsilroad 90 00e bushels wheat and
very Iitts haar; at Milan IS COD bushels wheat; Maui
5000 barrels -four; line Of South Canal 90 bushsls
wheat and 5000 barrels four Detroit IS 600 barrels
aour end very ltls along the line of the Central Rail
road Mt 81 Joseph there is not than half what
there last year. Ths stock of wheat the upper
lakes estimated at 500 600 bushels and that Of -four at
30 600 barrels 1t is reported that in ali the grain grow
rg ssctons Of the wtern country the supply of grain
IL limited compared with last year The wheat crop in
Illinois looks very promising, but we have accounts
from say other state There Is very little danger of the
supply Of hroadstu1s being sufficiently reduced this
gear TO keep up prices and 1t is Impression that
after the resumption Of ztion, there will be
great decline from the prices now current
The Columbus Ohio Railroad to terminate OF Kent
nstead of Springfield. The Little Miami Railroad Gem
psuy makes the road out Of Greene county about ak
tsep miles The road from Columbus to London viii
be placed Immediately under contract, and tbs whole
line pu,hsd as fast a. practo able to have it com
sd ss the earliest possible date The Cleveland p.o-
10 are making active sxsrtions to noish their link to
~bus and thus Cincinnati has a good prospect Of
Coiu- lines Of railroads pleted to the lake. In
having matchmaking at Sandu,ky, the other at
two years,
Cleveland ,,n.. ,ooor,lv ,ooas that ths
Happe@Fs oy an Oh >>iysd Ia Great Britain for ls47
sr"s amount Oh duy united to cal 500 3os, against
oa eoeoun' ol "H' biting falling of amount.
s''iso VI 1870 'nu'sAh 'sts in 1s47 amounted to
Ing TO $3.50 s7a. TIE net recs, An. precsd,na wear
cal $50 TO against f32 l6s7s5 in 81, ended tbs
The table articles imported during x,,g amongst
9th Of January shows that the folio domc.,ic
variety Of other commodities, enterea ,sbos ewt
coDsuupNon, viz gl5 o2i owt Of butter, 8, cog,
OF chesss 3io7 I6s lbs Cocoa 81 40 $40 lbs lao
(ncuiipg ~ o30 sO7 lbs of British colonial and 10 n
61a lbs of iore'ga coffee 7b4a ali eggs 1891 ewt
han oI 7sa pairs oflenher gloves As 6s lbs Of OPT
um, 405 400 lbs OF ,ik manufactured goeds 100 ala
pieces Of bsndanpss snd other eilhen haudksrchief
la $40 lbs Of csssa guea s lbs Of cinnamon l9a
s's lbs Of cloves 10 $40 lbs of mace lss7elss CT nut
megs 9ss 500 lbs OF pepper $40 gallons OF rum
oa77ea gallons of brandy, IS gao gallons OF Geneva
5,7ol7ss cwt Of unrsansd sugar (asains oso owt