The New York herald., 1850-12-06
MON BY ARK E II.

TnupspAy, Dec 5-6P.M.
The stock market was quite active to-day Most
Of the kading fanoies In demand at prices cur.
rent yestsrdsy. BtoniDaton and Norwich and wor-
oest.r havs bsen In request than usual and both
have slightly advanced. EIis Railroad Is with dif-
Guilty sustained at present points The bears sell the
stock freely time, and seem to labor uadsr no ap
relative to the future II without doubt
she best sale on the books at rates aud the
b.srs will make great mistake II they let the present
opportunity pa,s without sowing the seed for rich
harvest The Gales OF Farmers Loan within the past
day or two have been limited, and prices have been
steadily settling down. Morris Canal has Tot varied
half Per cent during the past week. The transac-
tious have been large both In thi, city ami Ia Phill
dsIphia but the bulls and the bears veil bi-
ansed, that neither party has made much progress.
Portsmouth, Dry Deck Is up again, and will probably
20 higher 1t requires little money to carry large
quantities Of this stock Tat Il s "a vorite with rps.
cuistors generally An advance Of even one quarter
Per cent, pays q large proat Harlem is one Of
the steadiest stocks on the list The bears
cannot dspress is much. and there are purchasers
tot all offered Reading Railroad will probably take
another start upvard In q day or two. Th'rs
were large sales to-day, at an improvement Of y
per cent on the closing prices Of yesterday. fsr
shares Of Long Island occasionally sold at the
board and the bulls aud bsars troabs emseves very
little about t. There active inquiry to day
for Railroad Bends and large amount Of Rsading
Mortgage and Erie Income Bends changss hands sta
sliEht advance.
The rretpts a the ocs Of the Assistant Treasurer
Of ths port to day. smoun'ed to 81 ts3 AZ payments
s3o1s2 o.; balance tcs56 ele o.
The demand for foreign shsnss, fr remistsnce By
the etsamshis Atlantic on Saturday, has been mod
-ra,sly active withstandng the advance la rates
We quote on London Qls a 10 per cent prsminni on
Paris. Bf2o 5fI7lE; Bremen 791i So Hamburg 80
s9oi<i AmsterIAn Al a az The steamship Frank
I'm. for Havrr, carried out $4,000, In silver.
The followinz counteriets are in circulation -
Tivss on the Farmers end aechanics' Bank, Hart
ford l0's on the Iron Bank Connecticut los on the
Htate Bank Hartford De the Farmers Bsuk,
Bridgeport lO's on ths wirdhsm County Bank. Goa
neotieut Sc on the Prevalence Bank, Rhode Island
on the St of October last the surplus fnud Of the
stste Bank Of 1ndiaua amounted 20 seven hundfsd
aud seventeen thousand nve houdred and sightyfour
dotrs and trcnty -four cents This exceed DIS the vhole
amount OF the Suspended sbt, aud the estimatei
value Of the banking houses and other real estate
held BY tho institution A large addition ha, since
bfen made also to the surplus fund after the uiua
s,mi annual ditidend 70 stockholders the 18th Of
Nosember More than ave oghths the eusire
csrsi Of the state Bank & held in specie at this time
Tho amount Of tolls received at the Canal Collectors
osios 10 u oicy Of New York, duing the month q
sgeurtr,csiv ain the sane month 1919 rSs 23i.0 os
rpsr..,e in 1850. s5,ssl 10
The whole AMOUNT received from the opening Of rs-
,rstirn 20 the 1t c Dtcfn 1859, was f23 $40 W
Amount received up 10 time In lSi2. 2l0os 55
increase In s5o.................. Sf0s50 a
This increase is goods shipped from THIS city OR
ths west The tolls on produce, Sc coming TO tide
water are collected at the place Of shipment
We learn from q statement made By the Collector on
th~ Delaware division Of ,hs Pennsylvanis csnal ~
New Bope that ire total rec pts ~ cansl aud oal