The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-01-11

C0NMEReIAL AFFAIRS.
MONEY MARKET.

ThursOay. Jan. IO-o fs
The stock market continues without any material
alteration There large sal,s Of all the fsnces,
and prices were . little below those current ct the
clo,s yesterday At tho arst beard Kentucky 6s de-
declined a per cent; Erie Railroad NJ Erie Bonds,
new. y; Farmers Loan. 2. Harlem was active
to-day than have noticed for several days; the pro-
babe csute Of which 10 the prospect Of dividend
the frst of February IL will create change Ia the
holders Of the stock at all events and thu fhrs~det
operators In the street are selling II short In suticps
ton Of heavy decline, arsr the dividsnd 10 psia
where the money Is coming from to pay this dividend,
no one seems TO know, or can even imagine. Tnst IL
will be much added to the capital one can fer
moment doubt and the money -ill doubtless be raised
In way but how, Is the question, and uodsr what
name, will the expenditure be put down In the con-
struction account.
All the securities ot the Erie Railroad company sp-
pear 20 be in bad rePuts The ne~ bonds have for
sometime past b, steadily declining. and have touch
ed lower points than have before been realized rns
uspsgsm,nt are playing very deep game With these
securities and the probability Is that they viii make
great deal OF money on them. OF the 81 100000
s,eoId nortgsgs bonds, s2so0,ooo have been
Issued and are IN the hands Of the pubic
Tie balance 81 200 oeo) has been hypothscst~d f1r
hans to the ctnpsny aud u " reported that the hoi.
ere are Depressing the market value Of thsse nds fr
the purpose CT Ming price 10 take th"m a. IN sette
usni either claims The stock has fallen nearly too
pr cent since th. pay m.nt II the last dividend aud
the quspiiiy upon the nark., .. larger thas have
noticed for long time. Many large holder. have re-
Gently cold out In snticir .on % the publication q
the report made under oath to the Legislature
The opening q the Ns~bursh branch T. con.id-rei
another drain upon the gross Of the company
rom The main stem, ts receipts gill not pay Its
ping p.ntes
The receipts at the once Of the Assistant Treasurer
OF this port to-day, smo-p,ed 10 sii2l2l 81; paw
n,nts szT $50 o7 balance 81 b3st75 81 Three pack
sts arrived to- day from Europe with immense csrxoes
Of dry goods &c There " likely t. be great demand
upon the banks for specie to pay iuto the Custom
House for duties.
The Farmers Bank % virginia has declared divi-
depd Of az per cent net b-sd,, the states quota
Per ceut The Exchange Bank 81 virginia ha. de-
car.d dividend Of % IS per share or az per csat on
the capital o. the bank, after o.dueiog 20 cent. per
share or one fourth Of per cent for bonus to the
state.
The GrsbissviiIs Manufacturing GO a C) have d.
elar.da dividend Of twenty dollars per snare making
A Der cent for the year The bank q Geors.tosa a
c. PER cent The Bank Of South carclina ~ S5 per
share. The Union Bsnk Of South Carol'ns 81 q pr
share The State Bank 81 south carolina 50 per
share. The Bank q Charleston . = per cent The
Planters and Mechanics Bank Of Souih Csrolioa 70
cents per share The Charleston Gas Light 'omPsny'
81 per stge The South Casolins Insurance. co'n.
pspy 81 90 per share besids 20 c-pis per share for
The unpaid dividend 81 January. isIs
The annexed statement eSh ots the condition ~
each q the bspss In the city q Baltimore on the Ith
q Jsnusry 1850 AMI the ssgr'gats movensnt IA the