The New York herald., 1850-03-13
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C0MMHRCIAL APPAIRS.


Tuesday, March l2-0 r. m
There vas slight reaction in the stock market to-
day. far prices concerned, while the operas
tious were to . greater extent than usual All kinds
Of stocks were sotive to- day At the first board U.
os 1857 advanced q per cent; Pennsylvsnia SIS, III
Erie Bonds, new, 1; Reading Bonds, vi Farmers Loan
az; Norwich and Worcester, Z; Indiana SIS fell Of u
per cent Morris Canal ~; Erie Railroad, u; Read
ing Railroad, y; Canton Co. r. The improvement in
Farmers Loan is Of those galvanic touches that
fancy stocks are 80 frequently subject to, aud as
there epecuors ready to catch st any fresh bait
they to relieve Of the shrewdest holders Of
their stock To show how great fire little spark
kndsth Is only necessary to point to the fact that
the advance in Farmers Loan TO. day produced
partially by reference Of the difficulties ct issue be-
the company and the purchasers of property ct
the recent SALE to board of srbitators In snticpa.
tion Of decision In favor of the company the stock ad
yanced about two per cent whereas the probability Is
that upon an announcement Of favorable decision
having actually beep made, the stock would fall Spe-
suators in the fancies usually anticipate any move
ment calculated to benefit any particular stock, and
when the reality comes prices generally take the back
track.
At second board there large sales Of oil the
fapc and prices compared With those current in the
morning, show slight improvement. Erie Bonds,
new, advanced y per cent Farmers Loan, y; Read.
bears havefor several days past been large sellers
time, and when the tide turns they will have wide
margin for depression in prices. The fluctuations,
from day to day, show In what feverish state the
market i and most any of the fsnces may In any
day. The ups and downs In Morris Canal sre sum-
Client to give the bears good profit almost every day.
and, as they sell upon every advance, when the COL
lapse takes place, the possibility s that the bulls will
suffer some.
The receipts at the Office Of the Assistant Treasurer
Of this port, day, amounted to 49, payments
$bs,4l2 IS; balance, $3,7ss,6l7 80.
The proposition to connect the Seaboard and Ros-
noke Railroad with the city Of Norfolk, BY bridge,
the southern and eastern branches Of the Ess
beth River has been defeated In the vrgna House Of
Delegates.
We publish, In another part Of this days paper, .
table showing the quantity Of each article exported
from this port for California for the year 1s4o and for
the nrst two months Of 1850. This will be valuable to
those engaged In the trade. Shipments made within
the past four i've months still aaoat, and mer-
chants in California judge pretty nearly what the
receipts from this port will be. So far form
an estimate, IL is impression that the aggregate
receipts Of gold from California will just about pay for
the goods imported into San Francisco from the port
OF New York. Boston 10 very largely engaged in this
trade In fact every seaport the Atlantic has fitted
out more or less vessels with oargoes for California
table has been published In Liverpool showing the
amount Of dividends realised to the end OF last year.
from the estates Of many Of the leading houses which
fell during the commercial crisis Of ls47s. Alexander
L. Co., have paid %. Sd. In the pound Barclay
Brothers, 2s 3D. Bruos, Buxton Co, H. Cd. Ben
susan Co., 3d.; Brsine, @. T., (snd with intsrest)
2os. Cocksrel Larpent Co, Cd. Csstsllain Sons
Co. los Cruikshsnk, Melville & Co, nil Fry, Grf-
hths & Co., a.; Cover, A. A. & Nsphsvs, IL. Cd
Harman Co, Be-. johnson, Cole Co., (sxpsctsd),
"a. Lsckersteen, A. A., IL. lkd.; Lacksrsteen
Crske, 10kd.; Lyall Brotherv & Co. q. Perkins,
Sehlusssr Mullins, Sc. Phillips, 8. Co., Ii. Phil
lips, L. Co, 70. I'd. Reid Irving 4 Co, Is 3D..
Rougemont Brothers, Pc Cd. sArgant, Gordon Co.,
2s. Sd. SAndsrsop & Co, 20s. Truman Cook 12s
In several Of the above instances further dividends are
expected.
The vslus Of merchandise imported into Toronto
". c.. for the year lst9, was CO o025o9, Of which
81 500 liable to duty, and 200 free goods
The Rroes from customs for the year lsap,
f4bob11 IL. I'd The gross customs revenue In 1sts,
casa o29 &c. 3D. shoving increase In 1sie over
the pre- oedpg year of less than Ell64sl 12s 10d
The Pennsylvania Canal Qncludipg the branches) 10
In fine pavigable order and large number Of the
line beats have already been despatched to Pittsburgh
heavily eghted With dry goods and groceries for the
West. The packet boats win commence running about
the middle OF this month The entire ne Of the Sohuy
Kill navigation viii be for the passage OF coal and
other boats the last Of this week The dewster Canal
IL also In naigabe order and boats were expected TO
reach Havre de Grace on wednesday morning. from
the SuSauehannah Causi.