The New York herald., 1851-12-31

The stock market ali at Loose ends to-day
Holders generally anxious to realize and the guam
tty offered deprecated prices materially This move
ment has been made times this season. but it
has failed each time We have frequently remarked,
that 1t easy enough to buy stocks, and easy
enough to sustain prices. 80 long - most Of the
speculators purchasers but the moment there
were more sellers In the market than buyers,
there would be break down. Our predictions
would have been realized long before this, but for
the tenacity with which operators for held on to
their supplies The time Is coming when they must SELL
when they must put their stocks on the Market and
make the most Of them We allude only to those stocks
which held in such large blocks those fances which
speculation has been pretty active and which
Gated in every bank jim Wall street. with limited margin
There indications the first board
Of panic among holders of certsin,fancies Erie Rail-
road declined 1K per cent; Erie bonds 1885, Read
Ing Railroad, q; Hudson Rivsr Railroad, q; Harlem, M
New Haven Railroad, u; Norwich and Worcester, u.
New Jersey iziDc advanced Y per cent; Canton Co,
u; Morris canal al stouington, u. There large
transactions In Erie and Reading At the second board
there was more depressed feeling, and holders made
further for the Erie Railroad fell of per
cent; Harlem u; New jersey Zrnc Vi Resding railroad,
"a The bulls left the street to day In very poor spirits,
with the prospect Of blue day to close up the year
The receipts at the Office Of the Assistant Treasurer
S2S,oG1 44-balance, $e3l3 500 81
There has been moderate demand for foreign ex-
change to-day for remittance by the steamship Europa
on wednesday. The supply OF sterling bills has i'm
proved within the psst day two and drawers
so firm ip.their rates. We quote bill, OF London, 10
l0A per cent premium; Paris, ST. 10 ST. 13l; Am
sterdam. 41i4 A1s; Bremen, 7s1< 7SI; Hamburg
369s SSsS. The steamer leaving Wednesday will
take out less than half million of dollars In specie
Engagements had been made for much larger amount;
but large sums have been withdrawn.
The New Haven (oonn.) Bsrk has declared semi
annual dividend Of four and half per cent the New
Bank Of New Haven two dollars fifty cents per share the
Boston and Lowell r. r. four per cent payable January
the Manchester and Lawrence r. r. three per cent
on the common stock and four per the preferred
both payable Jsnuary5.
The Chemical Bank has declared semi annual dvi-
dend of ak per cent payable January q the Bank Of
Commerce. four per cent payable Januaryb
The interest due January upon the mortgage bonds
Of the Cayugs and susquehsnna and Lackawanna and.
Western Railroad companies, will be paid on presenta
ton Of the coupons ct the onice Of the companies.
The navigation Of the Ohio river was open at Pitts
burg, yesterday. The liver rising rapidly, and
steamboats, were preparing to leave.
The annexed statement exhibits the amount Of duties
Of the fiscal year. from July LIST 10 September 90 1851
ssreeably to warrants issued exclusive Of trust funa.
and treasury notes funded
FINANCES FEDERAL GovERSMESr = Revenue AND
DisBuRsEMESrs.