The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-08-18

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WEDNESDAY, August It's P. NJ
There activity in the stock market to DAY,
and better feeling among operators. At the First
Board Pennsylvania 5s advanced "a per cent; Erie
Bonds, 1871 q; North American Trust, Il; Michigan
Southern Railroad, l5s Long Island d. Canton Compa-
ny declined u per cent? Erie Railroad s Michigan Cen
tral Railroad, a; Harlem, u Harlem and Hudson River
in active demand. There largo sales Of New
jersey Zinc without change in prices Reading Railroad
entirely neglected. Cumberland Coal aud Iron
Company stock has been inquired for considerably lately
There were sales day at sixtyve per cent. At the
Second Board the market altogether better. Ncara
qua advanced u per cent; Michigan Central Railroad
stonington ]; st. Lawrence Mining Company 4 This
stock has advanced considerably lately and there every
to suppose that it has going up
The superintendent at the mines gives, under
most favorable accounts of his operations Several hun
dred tons Of lead OF the greatest richness the
surface and, soon the shafts already commsncc
completed, the company viii commence melting.
There already machinery enough the ground turn
out FIVE tons of lead per day All that is required
make most Of mines productive is good management
There many experienced Cornish miners this
try and their services should be secured any expense
Coal stocks continue TO steadily improve Not much
stock is offered particularly the dividend paying kind
The market generally closed firm quotations. with
upward tendency.
The receipts at the office of the Assistant Treasurer
this port to day amounted TO S17s,e45 79 payments
s72 642 5S-balance, $5.73l,571 IL.
There has not been very active demand for foreign
exchange for remittance by the Boston packet to
row. The supply of bills the market has, however
been limited and drawers have slightly advanced their
rates We quote bills on London at 105s a lOss per
cent premium On Paris, 5f134 5fl21s; Amsterdam
4O94 Al; Bremen 20 79h Hamburg. 36H 36ss. The
Boston steamer will take out very little specie.
Tie European news has had no effect upon our mar
kots and SO far as we have heard by telegraph Of
the markets in any part OF the country have been
fucnccd in the least favoraby unfayoraby by the
accounts received by the Franklin or Canada The quo
taions for specie in London the 4th instant we're
follows Bar gold, us Cd. Spanish doubloons rs Cd
Colombian donbloons. us. 3dan per ounce Standard
bar silver, without gold IS per ounce do contain
ing gold all gold above five grains in the pound
paid for Is 0ssd per ounce Mexican ana South Amorl
can dollars, is. l05sd per Spanish pillar dol
hrs A. lid. per ounce United States dollars is I0ssd
per ounce.
The earnings of the Michigan Central Railroad Com
pany for July 1852, amounted to SS3017 49, against
sS1ts2 10 for the corresponding month 1851 showing
a decline Of 81, 564 20.
The receipts Of tolls at the Easton Office on the Della
division Of the Pennsylvania Canal for the month
Of July amounted to $50 $40 TO- exclusive of dra xbscks
Tbs amount Of coal shipped during the time was
no 1868 tons.
We learn that the surveys upon the route OF the Sun
bury and Erie Railroad progressing from Erie
ward and that the spirit and vgor with which the work
Is now being prosecuted premises its completion
early day. number of subscribers have anticipated
the payments Of the first instament James L. Randolph
Es has been appointed by the Board Of Managers en-
gineer Of the Western division corps Of engineers
under the direction Of T. Haskins Dupuy, Esq is en-
ployed In running the line from wiansport westward.
Both these gentlemen distinguished In their profess
sonthe former having served with great credit upon
the Baltimore and Ohio road and the latter tho Penn
sylvania Central route
The Terra Haute Courier says that some two hun.
dred dollars in ten dollar counterfeit bills were passed
on upon the merchants Of Toledo, Ohio, q few days
ago. The bills purpor to be Of the Ohio State Stock
Banks, the Miami Valley Bank Of Dayton The bills
neatly executed though darker In general appear
ance, than the genuine bill. The name Of d. Adams
Register the face Of tho BILL Is written ON the gen
upe and engraved the counterfeit The signatures on
the counterfeit easily detected by comparison with
the genuine though well calculated to deceive The cash
Ter Ct the Miami Valley Bank states that no notes have
been issued by the bank of later date than March l.
1852 Some Of the counterets dated April 15 1852
The movement 10 the leading departments Of the banks
OF New Orleans, on the 3ls Of July, as annexcd:
BANKS or New ORLEANS.