The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-12-17

Total value OF coinage. $2f5 900 90
The report OF the Marine and Fire Insurance Bank Of
the State Of Georgia made Monday, November 2Sth
lsSa' Elbows line Of discounts and exchanges Of
s2o375ss speie $3.50 o35 circulation ST. 3ol 5is de
IostR s2s5, les, capital ssC0,ooo.
The London Times Of the 81 inst, says:-
tapPears that the amount TO be RENTED to this coun
Try by knsta, for dividends &c. during the next four
months VIII probably be from 100000 to floO 600
Dearly one nall the total which has just be- uary
moved The two Russian loars known In the l., ID On
market are the Five p cents ot1s22 for fs 500 Ooo
the -Four snda Half cents OF 1850 Tor E 500 900 of
which latter f?20 900 has been redeemed The
oil the ormer still held intbis country as
cd but it is supposed to be large The yearly diV
ceLd on the two Tall respectively the lst OF January
snd the LIST of March next and win amou to about
ESQ ,0o0 while further Of fllo 900 required
January for the annual Withdrawal Of two per
the loan OF 1850 according TO the conditions the con
tnct The aggregate funded debt of Russis home and
foreign, is estimated at about fs0, 600 o00
The annexed article from the Liverpool Times of
recent date relative TO the manse of railroad
paniss in Great Britain wi apply with equal force
abroad directors this side of the Atlantic and wa
give for the purpose OF showing the necessity
holders occasionally looking into the acts OF their ser
wants
Considering how the directors OF railways have con
fved during the last few years TO ruin property which
previously paid handsome per ptsgsconsdsring the
injury and, In many cases. the destruction which this
who have fallen from the lap of luxury and peence
into circur Stances to nothing of the
numerous victims who have died broken hear ted and
expiated their mspac confidence in lhs graqe--t
surprising that the have stood long quiet
spectators of the devastation As long the great
paues pr osperous the confidence of the dsrs of
stock proper and reasonable enough but when the
day OF reverses came with would have come, should
have thought increased vigilance and tsrdiy awakened
Jealousy Has this been the oaseP glance the
Of the last half dozen years will show that tho share
holders have been pundered with their eyes
they have endorsed every kind of with aacry and
thus In, tsad of taking the management Of their eva
property into their hands they have alow we'd
Der OF gentlemen styled directors, to do what they like
with it. to manage 1t IN in which parcel of pso.
pie broke loose from Bedlam might be supposed to
mage any estate Of which they obtained pos session
In this country accustomed to pay becoming
spect TO station and many Of the directors the
ing companies persons Of mark and tls confidence
created in such persons which experience
justified We have seen this OF standing lend
themselves for the ere purpose OF money making, t,
very speculson and the records Of the
Offices have been got up with nothing to
commend them but the addresses OF few Of title
work upon those who said to be born with silver
spoon in their mouth ana it is the part Of pru isnce
aPPrehend to judge Of policy BY Its results test which
directors in this country have played their parts
We would not wish to be understood rbutlne dis
amor whom 90 amongst eli other classes an rsr.gs
mixture of good and evil may be found Every director
OF railway company is compelled to hold certain
which he would naturally be supposed to take in the
company But the temptations to extavagancs
Increased ne Knows That he has
joint stock purse ct his back and that in the pursuit
certain hobbies the loss which may will fall lass
heavily upon himself than upon Others for he avail
himself Of the information which his position commands,
and into the market at the most fitting occasion
sell or to buy and thus either break his fall add to his
esources just the ruling price of market deter
mine. The best of but the Of mita
often unconscoufly carried out, and the which
such specuator Mr.. Hudson attained to dnd
plenty OF followers and, Ia most such cases. those
who were bold enough reckless enough to tire I'D 10 the
footsteps Of one whom fortune had appare ny taken
der her wing would In almost every instance, bstter
he instruction"
is pleasing therefore, to find that the days Of rail
way nfallbility drawing 10 q close, aud that
who shrewd enough In everything else have at Icing
become too shire wd to enrust their prop those
have shown such inaptitude for management The
principle Of amalgamation which has ried
out to ridiculous extent has been sks furious tn
shareholders ans public The fret 1t has curtAlsd OF
their div denda, BY Incorporating the paying arsre
with the leg osho3a. and the public hghe
fares have been exaosd the main lines because ths
branch ones had proved uuremunsratvs In . word.
has been VI II observed, the trunks PEELED to
pay for the branches'-the gres, vital organs have
been laid under contribution because the exre mites
were laralyzed-a principle whether In mechanics ID
b1cs which sets ut defiance every rule Of economic
scieuce.
The annexed staten N exh bits he quantity and value
Of foreign dry goods entered at this port for consump
ton for warehouse and the with rawas from
during the week ending and including Thursd ~ Deo 10
1853