The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-12-28

appears By this that the increase In every depart
ment bat specie has since 1885, hssn very great The
proportion Of specie hand to paper in crculAhon
small but the deposits in other banks for the redsmp-
ton Of their bills Is large amounting to $7l2los This
makes the total amount OF specie $S797e7-about one
dollar to three Of paper in circulation.
The Cincinnati Gazette Of the oath says :-- There
was quite little fare up at Columbus, on Saturday, 1t
the public sale the FRANKLIN county stock in the Cve
land Railway The county held $50 Ooo and advertised
1t for sale ct auction Mr. Payne Vice President Of the
Company gave the commissioners notice not to SELL b.
cause the railway company had endorsed the county
bonds which issued to pay for it, and guaranteed
the of Them and while these obligations are out
the company will not consent to trans the stock except
to take up the endorsed bonds The commissioners were
advised BY counsel that they had right to SELL notwh-
standing their bonds out At The time Of sale how
ever they proposed to sell in lots Of $780, TO be trans
ferrsd the payment in county bonds 1t par The pre-
MUM OF amount of sales above par to be paid in Dash
The county receive the dividend on tho stock until
tran sferd the esmpsny's books The commissioners
reserved one bid for the county Several persons denied
the tight of the seller to change the conditions Of sale.
The advertisement to sell for cash In lots Of $4,000
or upwards to suit purchasers. The conditions Of sale,
as changed would prevent men from bidding who would
with to be safe Mr. Donaldson avowed his readiness
to take the whole at $3.50 share cash. lie read letter
from Mr. Handy treasurer advsing the sale ut $780, 1t
was not likely to be worth The parties got much
excited and talked loud. In the midst Of this In
definite postponcment of the sale announced the farce
ended
The anthracite coal trade, fer the week ending On
Thursday, was light. The Reading Railroad brought
down "A 42s TONS and the schuylki Navigation only
1882 TONS bringing its tonnage for the season up to
79956 tons within asa tons Of the largest estimates
made at the beginning Of the may be that
the maximum amount, 100000 tons viii be reached yet
day or two more OF mild weather viii enable the boat
men 10 the desired point This company last year
brought down but 579,156 tons.
Notice is given to the holders OF bonds in the Schuy
kill Navigation Company that the interest due January
J. 1853 the Convertible Mortgage Loan Of 1882, will
be paid on and after January >. The holders of the
loans Of the company 1885, 1866 and 1853 have not
yet exchanged their certificates for the loan Of 1892 aud
preferred stock requested to do before the
2Sth instant in order that they may be duly placed
the interest list.
The total value of the foreign exports from Baltimore
for the week ending Thursday, $94 0i2 The
port of breadstus for the week comprises 0S9 barrels
of -four, 1862 barrels Of meal, S,65s bushels Of
wheat, and 4,915 bushels of corn.
The Savannah Georgian Of the Esd says, that the
last account Of the subscription to the Savannah and
Pensacola Railroad, gave the amount Of nearly two
hundred thousand dellars Since that more than one
hundred thousand have been added to the swelling list
subscribed by the citizens of Savannah The amount
total Of eight hundred thousand dols already secured