The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-10-25
OFFICIAL.
GENERAL ORDER.
T,ssANCsAL AND CONNER GAL


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The stock ket much more buoyant TODAY than
We have noticed for time. The trans actions time
ncrs asing and the Sales sellers option taken
with greater confidence. All the leading fancies
pretty active to day particularly considering the state
of the weather At the first board Canton Company ad
,aneed per cent; Norris Canal VI Pennsylvania Coal
2; Cumberland Coal u; Parker v.in \; New York Cen.
tral Railroad, u; stenington, 2; Reading Railroad N
Hudson River, IL; Panama Railroad, l. Nicaragua Tran
st declined II per cent Crystal Palace, l. The only
mining stocks sold at the regular board to-day
AcCuock and Gold Hill Ech bro ught full prices. Quo
ations current for Potosi lead offered to-day but
not accepted by holders. Bank stocks are gradu-
ally, but steadily, settling down, and nothing can
arrest the downward course Of these investments.
A. highly productive securities, they have had
thier day Under the operations of the weekly state
ments and the clearing house, they must conne them
selves strictly to legitimate line OF business and 70
doing they cannot pay such large dividends have
declared during periods of speculation The banks OF this
city have had their harvest Their glory has departed
Anew years since they all powerful in the nanca,
world and they at nes used their power private pecu
mary purposes The commercial community their
hands and they did not hesitate occasc nay TO give the
the money market such turns al would Affect
yaiueS materially, without the shortest notice Now
there Institutions of secondary Importance and with
Tho a in sher position, their stock investments real
isss corresponding depreciation We look for much
pces tor urary every bank stock in the city and
also look for the winding Of many of those banks
which have sprung up so suddenly the corners Of
the stfeess in every section of the city.
at iho second board the market opened and closed
heayy The sales we're limited Erie Railroad declined
per cent, New York Central Railroad u, Hudson River
Railroad "a Cumberland coal "a. Hanover Bank sold at
IS per cent.
at the Mir ing Board the sales were AZ folIows:--
200 hs Mineral Copper. u SEQ shs Penn Zinc =. az
loo shs ~ Tar. Copper..4 500 shs do. BIO 3l<
lie receipts the Office OF the Assistant Treasurer of
this port today $s2 006 81 payments s204 $50 81
balance S. ,232 H.
Tie Anthracite Coal trade shows considerable activity
tie past week. though the aggregate tonnage is not 40
large as We have weeks noticed The Reading Raj.
road brought down for the week ending Thursday lat.
3eIV tons, nakng total for the Of 365 379
tons, against $50 6es tons TO the time last year.
bsng loss on the seasons business of o. $50 There
shipped BY the Schuylk Navigation for the week 28
022 tons making for the season. TO Thursday last 100 3ol
tons against e5i, 5 last year. showing an increased
tonnage OF that OF year to the anne time
The shipments of coal from the Lehigh for the week end
ing saturday as s5 27 tons being an increase
tS3 tons over the shipments or the preceding week
For the there 1877 500 TONS against 9l5s71
on Of IS les tons. -
The Board OF Directors Of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail
road Company in pursuance Of the project Of laying q
second track between Baltimore Piedmont have de-
eidod 70 apply 20 the City Council Of Baltimore to endorse
the bonds Of the company for five millions of dollars p
picaon viii also he made to the Mayor to call an extra
session OF tue Council to act the subject in order that
an early decision may be arrived 1t will be necessary
to obtain an act frem the legislature authorizing the city
TO endorse the bonds before the transaction can be per-
feaed
The Official returns Of the gross earnings Of the Vermont
Central and Canada Railroads for the first eight months of
1868 show an aggregate Of $3.50 bid So namely first
six months, sal5os5 o. in july $500 &c. and in Au-
gust s'b,elS H. Estimating September, October No
vemocr ana December at EACH the gross income
Tor the year 1858 would b. very nearly ss0o,oo0.
We learn that by the first Of November . new mail
roste VII be opened By the Wilmington and isnshsssr
RAhoads, in addition TO that by the route from W.
ninyon y Charsstsn. By the st 81 January the bssta