The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-06-26

There was not much activity in the stock market to-
day A slight mprovem in prices realized, CON-
pared with those at the close yesterday CON-
pared with yesterday mornings prices there has been
decline Long Island has fallen of about per cent
since last sale; Norwich and Worcester AZ Harlem,
New Jersey Mining Company, u Morris Canal adv
q per cent Portsmouth Dry Dock, y; Reading
Railroad "a. The decline in Norwich, to-day, brought
good deal Of stock the sales having been larger than
we have noticed for weeks No feature has
presented itse in any other leading railroad stock and
the tons between about the class
operators
The cepts at the Office Of the Assistant Treasurer Of
this port, to-day, amounted to sll701o; payments
81 S93 s9-balance, s2s92s4 So
The Bank Of Commerce has declared half yearly d.
yidend Of four per cent payable the 7th OF July
The Board Of Trustees CT the Bank Of the Metropolis
at Washington has declared dividend Of four per cent
out Of the half year profits 20 the 3oth June
The telegraph, the other day gave nforma
ton in regard to the dividends declared by the Utica
Gas and Steam Woollen companies. The former divi-
dend was only ga and the latter per cent
1t is astonishing how much is uttered by the
whig papers in relation to the tariff. They revive old
and stale arguments advance the mos absurd ideas and
continually hsrpng upon the strings Ruin to
the manufacturing interests loss Of specie increasing in
debtedness to foreign capitalists prosraton domestic
nally sounding in ears aud would think from
the groanng and grumbng OF the proectionis organs
that the all upon the very verge OF
ruin and that nothing In the world short Of mme.
date increase In the tariff would them The Bos
ton ias Of the 21st inst states that the following
named manufacturing companies have asccrtained their
loses during the past to be the put against
their respective names-making aggregate loss Of
$4,000 by six mills only Of the many opera
ton throughout the country
Stark. $4,000 jackson ......,s 500 600
Atlantic......... $1,000 Salmon Fails. -. $1,000
Appleton $1,000 -
The high tariff papers have seized upon this statement
the truth Of which know nothing about give 1t
for the purpose Of showing how the free trade tariff Of
1876 working We should not have been surprised II
th,e manufacturing companies had reported losses three
times large those given above and should have
been more convinced than that the pre-
sent low tari the The stock broker who fa-
ed in Wan street and the real estate Spectator who
failed f,w weeks since can With equal proprety alri.
butte their downfall 70 the tariff u 1916 iii fortunate
that these manufacturers have something e. throw the
blame reason, but their want q kn9wedrc-
to give for their losses The commercial classes
sofortunste, they have scspe goat when mer-
chant fails Il Is generally attributed 70 trading bad
debts ztravagance in private expenditure loss by
probation in the market value Of goods but
the tariff Of having had anything t. DO with it.
When manufacturing establishment loses money outs
dividend, Or fails out and out the idea i not for
ment entertained that bad debts high salaries
gers extravaganza Of all sorts Ignorance Of business
rise in the value Of the material without CORES.
pordng increase in the vsue Of manufactured goods,
and dozen others the any Of which have
to d. with the profits and prosperity q these
than all the tariffs had II late to
create any political capital out q such statements
presented above high tariff obsolete idea Just
much a. the United States Bank Both are dead
and beyond the reach Of any political galyauic battery
that can bc brought to operate on them We have
doubt that between this and the meeting o. Congress
great effort will be made by the party press TO atate the
high tariff question: but 4 viii be useless expenditure
q raw material which could be uscdfna better cause
On the FIRST Monday Il June the twenty -four banks Of
New Hampshire had capital stock a s2501 600 amount
due the banks secured by pledge Of stock s3)5l2 To-
real estate s47 GO a. total debts due the banks s453
or "a due from directors s4Gssi co. specie sfiOt42pI
bile Ia circulation $50 O2s 37 deposited ID other banks
for redemption 81 their bills Ss37 500 IS