The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-04-17

the supply has been large enough 70 keep down rates
We quote the best bs London at 81 to per cent
premium bills not wen known, but perfectly good
sell at Az to So per cent premium Bills on Paris
quote ut 81 37ts to ST. IS Amsterdam, 80 to 30h
Bremen, II to IN; Hamburg 34ia to BAY
The steamship Crescent city leaves for Chagres to-
morrow Tuesday with good number of passengers.
She fakes out s15oO0o in silver principally in small
coin.
The Fulton Bank has declared semi dividend
of five per cent.
The City Bank has declared a dividend Of four per
cent for the past six months.
The Union Insurance Company of st. Louis have
declared dividend of ten per cont.
The German half soveregns and German ducats bear
tho stamp and many people of the West consider
them Of the value, while the ducat is than
a pennyweght lighter than the sovereign, and worth
50 20 to 81 25-1O0.
The quotations for the local securities of Maryland
Ia Baltimore, on Saturday the 18th instant,
annexed -
Maryland 6's, OK offered 9oii asked do deferred
do 90 asked do SIS so offered 81 asked do sterling
SIS 50 offered S9a4 asked Baltimore 6's 1870 80 offered
991a asked do 1880, 100 offered 1904 asked; do SIS 50
offered; Baltimore and Ohio Railroad dividend bonds
offered 90 asked Union 60 offered 63 asked Farmers
and Planters % offered, 23 asked; Chesapeake 20H
offered; Western, IS offered 10 asked; Mechanics 13I
offered, 141s asked Franklin, ga offered. ga asked.
Insurance American Mutual rs asked; Baltimore Life
81 offered; Firemen's, 1914 offered Baltimore Fire ~
offered, "a asked. Road Socks.-Balthnore and Ohio
Railroad, 4l2S offered, AZ asked Baltimore and Wash
ingon do, Sl& offered; Baltimore and Susquehanna
do. 10 offered, 81 asked; Restcrstown Turnpike 1T
fered; York, pa offered asked; Frederick So offered
so asked.
The Commissioners of the Canal Fund of this State
have advertised for proposals. in sums of 900 and
ward for loan of 100000, under the act in relation
to debts due for damages the canals prior to June
1916 for which transferable certificates of stock will be
bear Mt at tha If
annum payable quarterly, and tho principal rcimburs-
able on the LIST day Of July, 1864.
1t is estimated that there in store Mt the various
ports Lake Michigan at the latest dates, two million
bushels Of wheat and eighty thousand barrels of flour
OF this 100000 bushels Of wheat and 5000 barrels of
flour, in store at Chicago the 18th of April
There also in store at Chicago, waiting shipment
5000 barrels pork and 1000 barrels beef The roads
throughout the Western States represented being
in horrible condition. which has prevented farmers from
bringing in their supplies Of produce The Illinois and
Michigan canal will be opened for navigation the 10th
inst.
Some of the gold dollar pieces been issued Tho
law authorisng the coinage of these pieces expires ON
the Sd of March, 1851 that the have less
than two years to work in and it would be well to turn
much attention possible to the increase this use
full denomination of coin Authority to coin double
eagles expires on the same day.
The board for the settlement of claims against Mexico
10y the United States under the treaty with
that republic, to have met this day, in Wash
ington. 1t is supposed that the board will occupy
at least week in framing rules for its govern
ment that it will first take up the claims adjudcated
under "A former commission, but not passed by the
umpire that it will then ourn for several months
during the summer in order to enable claimants to pro-
cure such papers from Mexico may be necessary to
the transaction Of their business.
The President of the Pennsylvania Railroad Compa-
ny has issued address circular to the sockhold
relative to the affairs of the roid H. st tes that
it Is the intention of the management to suspend the
work, wherever they have made engagements that will
absorb all the available funds that have been provided
have instructed the Chief Engineer to suspend any
further contracts beyond point the Juniaa twenty
miles this side of Holiday sburg, the funds the
command Of the board being about sufficient to CON-
pete the work to that point In the last annual report
it stated that to complete the road to the base Of
the mountain and connect with the Portage Railroad,
would require about nine hundred and sixty-seven
thousand dollars to which must be added about three
hundred thousand dollars ut present required to place
the machinery in an efficient condition, making total
of and quarter million Of dollars, the
quired to be subscribed at this time Tho president
urges the importance Of such additional subscriptions
will enable the board to their labors without
delay. An instalmcnt of five dollars per share be
paid subscription. The next instalment will be call
ed payable the first of August, and thence five dol
lars every sixty days. until paid. Interest will be al
lowed from payment.
The annexed table exhibits the quotations for the
principal public securities Of the country, in this mar
ket at the respective periods named -