The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-04-16

costly be gwen ought 70 strike every one With won
der that they never are
We have said, that material ehans, had <.lsn
place during the week In the value Of money! or In ths
prices OF stocks This ID certainly Co. but there arc
certain unmiHskaoie evidences Of an sppro~shina
change. There is not commercial or Nr.no,.l .,u,
that doee not indicate the gathering storm M n;
ofexehange is OK OK per cent, With an unv.,s ,.n
dency. Few bills and large demand are vh,sn.r,nv
their voices Of warning into the ears Of the .sus
eashiers Of Wall street As yet few large drop. s,s
the indication that the cloud Is around u.s. prenar,n
for dash Bank officers are too intent upon making
large dividends to heed the signs Of the times Thev
are usually unprepared for changes They s,e more
intent upon expansion than contraction and really
produce many Of the evils Gin fact all Of the) that
overtake the traders Our imports nearly so DER
cent, up to the present time those Of last wear
Rome 100000 bales Of cotton all have 70 10 forward
Our stocks have attained price where for the present
they likely to remain and will not be abroad to
any extent. What then il to supply the exchange for
the large balance Of trade We say gold with the
demand for that article the side export ana
the calls Of the upon the other the banks
will shortly have much they can attend TO- 70
look to themselves.
The reports about Calfornia-or the facts nov we'll
understood, about that remote regionare producing
their fruits. The West is being dspopulatsd, and
drained Of its resources property Is falling In value,
the merchants unable to pay for past purchases,
and unwilling to enter into engagements. The
stores Of importers and obbers ore daily hlling up
with the immense importations Of the spring--im-
portations stimulated by the successful sales Of last
years and the prospects for active spring business
dark and gloomy In the extreme The speculative
feeling OF the New Workers appears 70 Be tho de-
cline Real estate for sale at the Merchants
Exchange finds bona hde bidders; good productive
property Is almost unsalcabe; stocks - stand
still, and will long, take the back track with
strides not at all agreeable People very little dis
posed TO truths which conflict plainly with their in
teres and it Is manifest that but few discover, in th
signs Of the times enough to induce them 10 get
easy sail The market is not in state 70 let they
without considerable sacrifice; far stocks
cerned this s certainly the Holders, therefore,
determined to wait little. All think they will be
the nrst in the to get OUT and II this axiom
that the old adsgc Of the devil take the hndmost" L.
built.
corn Spectator suspended payment Saturday
His liabilities pretty well distributed, and amount
In the aggregate to about hundred thousand dol
lars.
The amount OF United States Stock issued to foreign
er., during the week ending the 18th instant, was
$3.50 Of which $4,000 Of the loan Isl $500
Of 1916, s12s 600 Of lS47, and $4,000 OF ls4s
The receipts the ONCE OF the Assistant Treasurer
Of this port, to-day, amounted to sl5s,27s "a pay
ments t5l,t2o o9-balance $4,5os,1o1 IS.
The amount Of duties paid at this port during the
past week was 1881 s5e 10, follows On the 9Th
$4,000; 9th. tI37 900; 10TH $4,000; llth sIssOoo
18th, $40 coo; 18TH S9S.sSo 10.
The annexed statement exhibits the quantity ef
wheat In store at Chicago the let Of March, in eaoh
Of the past six years; also the price of wheat At that
port the opening Of navigation, for the pc
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