The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-12-23

The receipts ct the oce OF tho Assistant Treasurer 70
day. amounted to sl26 200 paid, $3.50 7ebalanss,
"a, 843,24l
The rosers Bank has declared dividend Of three and
hall per cents the Continental Bank four per cent? the
Boston and Providence Railroad, three and half per
cent the Providercs and Worcester Railroad dividend
Of three per cent the Western Bank Of Baltimore semi
annual dividend Of Ave per cent.
The sales at the stock beard BY Hev son Holmes,
Merchants' Exchange, Cincinnati for the week ending
Saturday, December IT, 1868, were:-S0 shares Mad
River and Lake Erie Railroad ct 3d. $50 shares New AL
bAny and Salem Railroad S. o. shares Oovington and
Lexington Railroad with intsrsst, os ~ shares Law
rsnosburs and Upper Mississippi Railroad So; 26 shares
Kentucky Trust Company Bank stock 10o 81 shares c.
vnssn and Lexington Railroad with IL months inter
est) 70; Little Miami Railroad, less dividend, ia SO
shares Little Miami Railroad with dividend, llsK; so
shares Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton Railroad los; "a
b.rss Covingon and Lexington Railroad (no ipterest
CO; SO shares New Albany and Salem Railroad 5o 10
shares Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railroad 1o6
And the offers wers-for Eaton and Hamilton Railroad
81 Kentucky Trust Company Bank, %; Asd River and
Lake Erie Railroad, 7ox Indianapolis and Bslleontane
Railroad, 80; Peru and Indianapolis Railroad, SIX;
Columbus, PequL and Indiana Kalro ID GIN Newcastle
and Richmond Railroad, 47K; Laursnceburg and Upper
Mississippi Railroad 49, (his sto has advaucsdD and
for Little Miami Railroad lls71. Sales heavy.
The Norwich Courier Of Tuesday has the following 70
ave to the in which the forgerss Of Mr. Psarce
Of that city, were discovered
Ia now said that the financial operations Of A. T.
PeGrce wound rather suddenly In consequence Of
event which happened few weeks previous to his
fight from Norwich seems that among the spurious
paper which he had discor nted here there wai note
agsinst Henry G. Nichols, iron dealer Of New York.
This note having been forwarded BY the Norwich Bank to
New York bank for collection, Mr. Nichols duly
notified b, the New York bank ten days before the note
due that note of this description had been lodged
going to he bank and informing them that the note
forgery wrote to Mr. Pearce, requesting him to call at
his store proposing 1t the time, by way Of lure
blind to sell hi 10; of iron. But Pearce took
notice Of the letter. and Mr. wrote him again Neither
did this third bring answer or bring tho man.
and upon Dquing for It, told that it had been taken
up Pearce two three days before But though the
nots takeI up, Pesree we'll knew himself to be
pected and suspicion enoe engendered he was too
shrewd not to know that he Liza Ut moment to
have the whole train CT his forgeries brought to light
Of winding up his operations In way that should enable
him to leave the country with his pockets well lined
This purpose he carried through most successfully From
deveopemens which have been made since he absconded
not have taken away with him less than from 1000 to
$4,000. now comes out also, that for some time pre-
Sious to geing away PeAroe consulting maps and
charts of the South American AtAnt, coast making In
quires to the best modes Of reaching certain poI
in that direction from all which II 10 inferred that no
has probably directed his oouras thithsr.
The annexed statement exhibits the quantity and value
OF certain articles exported from this port during the
week ending and including Saturday Deoem IT. 1862
distinguishing the destination and extent Of shipments to
each place.