The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-02-28


rizing settlement Of the account between the State
and the United States Bank, on the payment by tho
latter of Sl50,000 to the State Treasury.
The Maryland Legislature have rejected the bill TO
permit the banks of that State to continue the issue
Of notes of less denomination than i've dollars
The receipts Of the Philadephis, Wilmington, aud
Baltimore Railroad. for January, 1853 amounted to
$50 S2S 81; January, 1852, $50 $50 40; gain-(over
twelve per cent? S6,sS9 III. This has been realized
without the through freight from the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad which the Wilmington road is not yet
ready to take
The Troy and Boston Railroad Company offer for
sale $4,000 of its convertible bonds, being the ba
lance Of an issue of $500 900, which is secured by
first and only mortgage on the entire road and its
appurtenances. The bonds bear interest ut the rate
OF seven per cent per annum, payable senannualiy,
in this city; principal payable April LIST, 1864. The
capital stock paid in amounts to si3l ,000 This
gives good security to the bondholder
Twos Of the fremont Bank, Boston, altered to
twentes are in circulation and so perfectly done
TO elude detection by an unpractised eye. In
making the alteration, two figure 2's-one OF each
end OF the bil-are extracted and eos inserted very
sklfully. The words Two Dollars, in the centre Of
the BILL are likewise erased, and Twenty Dollars in
serted, 80 as to deceive the most careful eye. The
word two, printed in red, also in large letters in the
centre of the bill-and which has been regarded as
safeguard-was taken out so completely as to leave
no trace of it whatever.
The annexed statement exhibits the condition Of
the Bank of Connersvie, Indiana on the Hth of
February 1885,
BANK CoSSERsyLIR INDIANA.
Bank notes in circulation. s39!, a62 w
Indiana state stocks, deposited with The Audi
lor ci State 4ooo os W
Specie hand Observation-Disclosures. 50697 IL
Total immediate available means ... .sls9, 1892 IL
As the stocks can be converted into gold at
par, at any moment in Wall street, New
York the above shows immediate labil
ties viz, bank notes in circulation 307 4b2 90
Excess of immediate available means over i'm.
mediate liabilities. Sl,s40 w
II may not be improper to add, that the late ex-
element against some Of the Indiana free banks
did not by any means include the Bank Of Corners
vile.
The navigation returns of France for 1862 show
the following results:-There were employed in all
the ports Of France, (outwards and inwards) 240778
ships having an aggregate tonnage Of 734 1926 and
crews amounting to 24l 1854 men. The ten ports of
France which principally contributed to this result
are the following, placed in the order of the amount
Of tonnage appertaining to each:Marseiles, 1866
ships, 1872, 1928 tons, l33,960 men; Havre, 9,6l5
ships, I,2546O7 TONS So ,lO1 men, Bordeaux, 1897
ships, S69,422 tons, 1884 men; Nantes. 1895
ships, $50 s43 tons, 81 573 men; Rouen Gals ships,
SAL 1855 tons, 37,724 men; Calais 1887 ships,
39O,O2l tons, 54,3lS men, Cette, 900 ships, 367,-
4s7 tons, ,725 men, Dunkirk, 4,439 ships $685. lit
tons, 81 ST. men, Boulogne, $40 ships 1928 $3.50 TONS
3Os95 men; Deppe 2,Ol7 ships, lsl O2l tons a. 1868
men.
The Supreme Court Of the State of New York has
decided that all subscriptions to the capital stock of
railroad companies, are binding The Troy and Bos
ton Railroad Company brought suit against George
Z. Tibbits for the recovery of unpaid balance of
a subscription Of $4,000. upon which 81 500 had
been paid. Various technical objections were raised
rs to the binding Of the subscription, but the Court
decided in favor of the company, and ordered YER
dict for the plaintiff for slS,5OO and interest from
the time the calls were made.
The annexed statement exhibits the value Of mer-
chandse, other than dry goods, imported into this
district during the week ending and including Fri
day, February IS, 1858 -