The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-03-29

Fanny. March 2s-G l.. NJ
The stock market not active to-day but little
better feeling prevailed among operators At the frs
board Farmers Loan advanced = per cent Portsmouth
Dry Dock, -; Canton Company u; aud Reading Rail
road, q, There are no indications Of any permanent
improym in the market value Of any the leading
fsncies The money market has materially improved
Thursday is the thtes day in the week account Of
the arrangements between the banks In the settlement
OF their accounts. In consequence of this wednesday
and Thursday short days and those having payments
10 make then prepare for them in advance. The
steamer from this port for Liverpool will take out
large amount Of specie. More than half million Is
already engaged Between hundred thousand and
cT million Of dollars will probably be shipped by the
steamship Arctic on Wednesday next. We have
doubt but that the weekly shipments for the next
month, viii be- equal to half million Of dollars At the
most moderate calculation the receipts from California
win more than supply this demand leaving present
supply untouched The movements In specie do not
create much excitement In financial circles In pre-
vious years. and we find the precious metals going In
every drcon for the regulation of exchanges without
causing those sudden contractions and expansions for.
merry experienced.
The receipts at c Office Of the Assistant Treasurer Of
this port, to-day. amounted to Sl4OT3 G; payments.
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Amidst all the changes and fluctuations In The fancy
ward. la the lower part Of the city prices have al.
yanced enormously and real estate 4 nov higher than
hae been known before vast Of property
has changed hands. and the has been quite
speculative There has been great anxiety exhibited on
the part Il purchasers get hold Of property in Broad.
way and the lots have changed hands three
times in many weeks. at advance of several
thousand dollars each time In other parts Of the city
prices have not advanced rapidly hut the improve
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risen in value than productive property The
opening q North William street into Chatham has had
very favorable influence prices II real In that
pcighborhood. hank has been located the
corner Of Chatham and Duane, and IL 4 In contemra-
ton TO locate the point formed by Chatham and
North William streets Thia win give q new Impulse to
Improvements In that ncighborlood That vicinity
must ultimately he one Of the best sections Of the
city for business. Property Madison square
commands enormous prices. Lots in that section are
selling for eight and thousand dollars each The
Fourb above Onion square. 4 being built up
very fast The great travel the Harlem Railroad /.
attracting attention to that thorcughre AMI lots have
advanced considerable II l. In contemplation To erect
another hotel the Fourth above the Clarendon
House on an extensive scale The time not far dis.
tant when the Fourth above Union square viii
contain of the largest and most fashionable hools
in the city The demand for dock down town i
great that steamboats, navigating the North and East
rivers must before many years take bcrth In the upper
part a the city where they will be more convenient for
the travelling public Recent sales Of Corporation pro-
perry, In the ncighborhood Of siSe,h aud Scvenisth
streets show TO what extent the speculative maua pre-
walls. The Harlem Railroad affords such facilities f'r
reaching the upper part Of the city within few blocks
Of the Fourth avenue that dwellings Ia that vicinity
must at all times command high rents. aud property
must rapidly increase Ia value
The stock Of the New Jcrscy Exploring and Mining Com
pany rapidly passing into strong a nds for permanent
investment. The company is snding TO market
$500 lbs. Of the white Of zinc daily, besides large
amount Of brown and black paint by the arst OF May
lite anticipated that this company will be sending to
market six tons Of white and six eolorcd daily
which will sell for from 81 900 to $4,000 Tho red oxide IL
zinc Is only found In Sussex county New Jersey aud
the only pure substance 10 be found in the world for
pare paint. The suphuret Is found IN quantities
In England and this country, but is eonsi. derea
Mile Or no value, frep The iset that " Is blended