The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-03-29
FINANCIAL AND CUMMERCIAL.
HONEY M A n X u r.
MONDAY. March 28-6 P


There was another slight improvement in some Of
The railroad and coal stocks day. but whether this
upward tendency will continue, few days time
win suffice to determine. We have hitherto spoken
pretty freely on this subject and yet see rea
Son to change our views Among theraroad stocks
that advanced at the first board were, Harlem, Hud
son River Long Island, /; and Beading, l. Of the
mining stocks, the Phenix Company went up Ii;
Parker Vein Coal Company, Al; and Cumberland, Z.
Erie railroad declined !, as did also Montgomery Min
Ing. Sales of Sixth Avenue Railroad were effected
at 1l6t and III. Nearly 900 worth of Erie bonds
changed o at lis for first mortgage, and 1861 LOG
for second do Little business transacted In any
other description of railroad bonds.
The Assistant Treasurer of this port to-day receiv
ed $ll4,l62 g.; paid out $l9o,el9 s3-balance,
S7,10l ,49s 4s.
The Bank Of Fshkil has declared semi-annua
dividend Of three and half per cent.
The bill amending the charter Of the Philadelphia,
Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad Company, so as
to allow the company to erect bridge for their road
over the Susquehanna at Havre dc Grace passed the
Maryland House Of Delegates day or two since, bya
vote of thirty to fourteen, being more vote
in Its favor than the necessary constitutional ma.
jority OF the whole House. We trust the Senate will
that the company may proceed at once to remedy
the evil which has long been such q curse 10 the
travelling public.
The Senate Of Maryland passed on Thursday
unanimously, bill reducing the direct tax from
twenty-five cents to twelve and half cents per hun
dred dollars.
The annexed bill, with some slight amendments,
has passed both Houses Of the Legislature Of Louis
II tha offnun IF bouk ~
less value than five dollars =
Section Ee enacted by the Senate and House Re-
representatives. of the state of Louisiana in general
BY convened that from and after the pronunciation Of
ton Of individuals authorized not authorized carry
the business Of banking, for any body polite
issue to be Issued to pay out receive In pay
ment any bill of credit, bank note promssory note
issued within without the limits of the State Of Loui
sana other instrument Of writing TO be used
money, or circulating medium, 10 . loss amount
OF Q less demon ination than five dollars.
Section Be II further enacted, &c, that any indvi-
dual association OF individuals body polite
gote violating the provisions Of this aot shall forfeit
recovered with of suit in the and for the
any who shall for the and such
dictiop.
Section Re II further enacted &C. that the penalty
inflicted BY the second section OF this tha not be
forced against individual individuals other than
those issuing causing to be Issued said small notes
notes prohibited by the section Of this act for and
during the period of six months after tho
thereof.
statistical work, published in Germany, and COM
plete to the close Of 1862, gives the following figures
npon the railroads there. The German league is
about five miles. There were ut the close of the
year. and for the most part open to the public, in
Austria, 247 leagues in Prussia 5O7 do; in Bavaria
la do; in Saxony, So do; in Hanover, l0l do; in
Wrtemberg; Al do; in Baden, AZ do; in the Duchcs
and Principaties, 1l2 do; or total Of 1882
German leagues or ZOO miles; $500 miles are in
running order, the rest are not completed; 1850
miles are administered by the various governments,
and 1850 by private companies.
An election will be held in st. Louis county Mis-
sour, ON the 4th of April, proximo, on the PROPOSE
stion to subscribe, on the part Of the county, Eve
hundred thousand dollars to the North Missouri Rail.
road and four hundred thousand dollars to the Iron
Mountain Railroad, making a total subscription to
the two Of nine hundred thousand dollars
The London Miners Journal gives the annexed
detailed account of the quantities Of metals OF homo
produce and manufacture, exported from the United
Kingdom Of Great Britain during the month ending
January 9th, in each OF the past three years -