The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-10-01

Totals. ................ Sy49065 $42,3l0 tlU7,504
The aggregate value of merchandise exported from
this port for the week ending the 9th inst, was
sGascoa being s3l o62 less than the value Of foreign
dry goods imported during the period
1t Ia stated the authority Of the chief engineer
the Central Ohio Railroad Company that the
ton between GAINESVILLE and Columbus is about to be
formed, with as little delay possible Sufcient Ca
ptal has been subscribed to justify the
Of the work The construction Of this work insures
the certainty Of q connection with the Baltimore s.d
Ohio Railroad at Wheeling, thus forming very I'm
Iortant link in the great railroad highway to the Mis-
sissppi.
The Camden and Amboy Railroad Company have
just made contract with the Trenton Iron Com pany
for 800 tons Of railroad ron at something $50 per
ton, in preference to buying British iron at SIS per
ton. Our railroad companies will before the lapse Of
many years find that they have made very great mis-
tske in laying down their tracks with the cheap iron
rails imported from England English rails are made
Of three qualities Of iron the best being upon the top
where the most comes. short time after these
rails have been used, this surface OF, and tho
wear then comes upon the second layer and ia little
while the rails become much worn that they are
useless. American rails cheapest In the end they
made Of quality of iron, and that is the best,
and the is alike throughout On our rair pads OF
bad grades and bad curves, the Low priced English
rails are totally unfit. We have been informed tha
at any Of the Of the Erie Railroad bandfuls of
iron dust that has been OF the rails and wheels
can at any time be scooped up. This shows how no
ssssary 1t lie to have rails manufactured Of iron Of tn
best quality
Counterfeit half eagles are In circulation One
them taken by of the Philadelphia banks where
Ii sssaped detection and paid out subseq r.
1t was received at the Custom. house, and was only
detected by Its trial upon the delicate scales in
there. The COIN it is said H. tho surface OF pure
gold and the Impressions In every respect perfect
limitations Of the genuine. Upon breaking 1t open,
however 1t was ascertsined that the gold Was only
about the thickness Of ordinary writing paper, the
inner part being of zinc. lead other base me-
tai The difference in the weight Of this and the ge-
nune half eagle is slight, but enough to detect it.
character on the scales The external appearance Ia
very like those Issued from tho Mint.
The Wabash and Erie Canal has been completed To
Tsrre aute, and will soon be In nsvisabe ORDER Thi.
very important event to the farmers OF Indiana and
interesting to the bondholders depending upon the
Of the canal for interest their
OF the Sill $40 800, the stock Of the Causda banks
only s6,020000 In circulation leaving more than
six and half million dollars dead capital In the
vaults Of the banks For the last eight years bank
stock has not paid dividend Of six per cent annually
During this period banks, both in Canada East
and West, have made no dividend; others have By
legislative enactment, reduced their capital Bank
stock IL rs per cent below par The depreciation Of the
bank capital on this account Il So 500 The N post
Of one per cent all bank crc uatiou yielded
sl4l 80 less In 1s4s than 1s7 One half Of the bank
stock of the colony is owned In Great Britain and the
United States.
The annexed statement exhibits the amount Of Uni.
ted States stock issued to foreigners from the 18th to
the 2tth Of Sept both inclusive