The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-01-31
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
MON ny MARKET.

MONDAY, Jan. 800 P n
ma market was In very unsettled condition at the
spsnng this merning and demand Of consequences
sssd any the fanciss. The transactions there
Sre limited and Of particular character. At the nrst
beard NcarsguA Transit declined per cent; Florence
and Ksyport, \; New York Central Railroad, n; Erie
Railroad, Y. Cumberland Coal declined y per cent;
Uanton Company, y; Erie Income bonds, " Parker Vein,
u. We have seldom known 20 dull market. There Is
nothing In the future calculated keep prices much
depressed and NO one able to give good res
son why the present inactivity should exist The bulls
and bears make progress in their Efforts to put prices
mp down. The latter arc evidently trusting to tas
power Of endurance the part Of holdsrs, bsHev-
ing that In the absence Of . demand their
ability disposition to carry viii give out.
The next from Europe may help the
bsars but it belief that capitalists on this side
Of the Atlantic beginning to view the postoS Of poll
oa Affairs in Europe in the proper light We shall not
again. trust erience such exctsmsnts as have
sanity been created by the arrival Of later ne from the
Of hostiities We may have fluctuations in prices
for breadstuns, and panics from time to time among
spscuators, for unwarrsntabls imitation has already
been realized and later there must be smash
among those who purchase for advance In doms
flo markets. instead OF sending abroad This will take
place as matter Of course without affecting Ia any way
the rca position Of affairs in the financial world Monsy
matters here are daily Improving and the very eontrac
ton that has be.n forced upon by the
sAzly produced by the probabilities Of general war la
Europe has been very beneficial and served materially
n settling things down upon . more substantial aud
OLD easis
At the second boI,d there was quits buoyan. market
and pretty largo sales Delaware and aue advanced
per cent; Cumberland oa.i q; Eeis Railroad X Had
Railroad, Il New York eentrSl R.ilrssd 4; Reading
Raj road "a. Hudson River Railroad stock has taken
Eedaen start it having risen two per cant sisse Saturdays
second board This morning o5ly few ANAL lots *
shsngec hands, At OF ts per cent Tais afternoon more
tha1 fifteen bundled shares sold 1T 6s% SO psr
cent At the close Of the market the tendency Of prices
generally VAS upward, and holders we're Arm ct tie "a
vRncs.
The receipts At the cce OF the Assistant Treasurer OF
shis port to cay amounted to $40 sO7 80; payments
Ul43s2 l7-lsAyng balance Of 81 585,o82 20. Hall
dollars quarter dollars dimes and half Dimes can nos
b Ind in sums Of Sloo, in exchange for gold coins.
The annual statement! OF the Astor Mutual Insurance
Company shows that the whole amount OF premiums for
the ending December 81 1898 $50 o. The card
sdpremums we're $3.50 o23 96, from which have been
pad-osses $i66 los 10; return premiums $78 6s7 49,
reinsurance, commissions, and expenses, $7l342 81
making total Of t6l6 1913 CO. and showing . net profit
Of s33 $50 06 Tee net esrned profits Of the company
70 the st Of December Including certificates previously
Issued are t44os65 o. Its assets t6s6sl2 A. The
trustees hare Declared An interest dividend OF SIX per
cent on The scrip Issued payable FsbruAry7.
The smeunt Of the publ, debt OF the Unisd States re-
deemed since January IL 1854 is $12o 800, Of which
ga 800 OF the loan OF s49 400 of lS43 81 of
ls4S Of lS47 81 0C0 Of 1S4s snd coo Of the
Texas indemnify Amount OF debt on .standiog JAN 49,
1854, $ba,77l,4 47 o.
The annexed statement exhibits the receipts and ex
psndures Of the government OF the United ates for
tbs quarter ending Dec 81, 1855
ruAscK UslrKD STATES REVENUE AND EXPENDITURES
Rtcips
OBJ I'll "a
0&s OF puonc iAnc 81. 222S078 80
Incidental fl I'M mis- lAIe ous sources lOl 300 "a
loan under act Of January rs, l847, Urea.
sury notes funded Observation-Disclosures. $50 90
Eao:ndii,:r, 'o
OWL, miscellaneous, foreign intercourse,
Intssior pensions and Indian ....... SOC, 5sa u
Mh..<s................. 6Ooo6e2 ~
Aavy.... Observation-Disclosures. 9993l SO
io4....... 3J3 III IS
Tie deficiency for the quarter orc 49,
ne above returns do not inc!uds trust funds.
The annexed statement exhibits the movsu ,nt in the
leading departments OF the Back OF Kentucky and
branches the lst Of JAM 1854 compared With that Of
JAn, 1850 =
BANK or KENTUCKY AND BRANCHES
Jan 1855. Jan, 1854.
CApita'.. So, 40 OoU 30 tVV wv
Loans and Discounts. 5.47661 445s93
Specie. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. ,l66 goo 067 $50
ArculAuOn. L,Ilo 5So
Deposits Observation-Disclosures. 1,l96, T20 1888 81
According to TIL the bank and branches not In
ssh strong position IS they four years since