The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-05-21
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
M ON EY MARKET.

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At the 6rst board to-day, there large sales of all
the leading fances, but the tendency Of prices was
downward Buyers option thirty and sixty days, ap
pears to be the favote mode of operating and there
evidently plenty of sellers these terms. The uctuA
onstoday were bothupwards and downwards New York;
Central bonds advanced u per cent Illinois Central bonds
~ New York Central Railroad u Pennsylvania Coal,
fell off per cent; Cumberland Coal, II; Parker Vein,
n; Harlem, u; Reading Railroad, y; Cleveland and
Toledo, III Cleveland and Pittsburg, a. Several Of ths
fancies remain stationary, and much neglected.
Canton Company, Nicaragua Transit Pennsylvania Coal
and most ofhe old established railroad bonds do not
tract many operators, and the probability is that there
will bel speculative movement in them at present I'd
fact we much doubt If there will be much speculation
thing for time The brokers have 1t all them
selves, and there indications OF relief from any
quarter.
The steamship Washington, from this port for South
ampton and Bremen, to-day, carried out s733 745 in
specie, most Of which in gold bars.
The Bowery Fire Insurance Company have declared a
semi annual dividend of ten per cent? the Knickerboc-
err Fire Insurance Company ten per cent: the James
Steam Mills Newburyport, four per cent, semi annual
The anthracite coal trade is very active The demand
SO urgent at the eastward that higher reghts than
were almost ever before known paid Within the last
few days, We understand high IS 40 per ton has
been paid from Port Richmond to Boston where coal is
selling at IS S. so per tom On the Schuykill Naviga-
ton, for the week ending Thursday the shipments
"a, 800 tons, and for the season. eli 7O2 TONS
against 1921 tons to the same time last year The
amount brought the Reading Railroad the week.
reached 50,637 TONS and for the year. FOL l76 TONS
against 52S OLA tons to the time last year Ship
ments of coal from the Lehigh for the week ending Sat-
urday last 30 1877 tons for the season. l26,4S6 TONS
Notwithstanding the general expectation that the Della
division would be again navigabe before this time
appears that is not yet in condition for the passage
of loaded boats and at the slow of progress making
during the present week. there is fear that it
will not be ready before the beginning OF week. In
the meantime three entire weeks have been lost to the
State and to those whose business is dependent the
canal.
The stock sales at the stock board private sales
by Hewson Holmes, Cincinnati, for the week ending
Wednesday, May IL, 1854 follows:-s0 shares
New Albany and Salem Railroad stock, at 40; IS do
Cincinnati, Wilmington and GAINESVILLE stock at 74; 40
do Little Miami Railroad stock at l09k; do Coving
ton and Lexington Railroad Stock interest rate 56
70 do Eaton and Hamilton Railroad stock, at So 20 do
Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railroad stock. At
9S1s; 100 do Little Miami Railroad STOCK at l091<; Is
DO. Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton Railroad, at 9s{;
so do. Famers Bank of Kentucky at 1O6 as do. Cen
trail Indiana Railroad at So 60 do. Covngton and Lex
ington Railroad, new stock at So 200 do. Eaton and
Hamilton Railroad, at 6o Is do. Northern Bank Of
Kentucky, at 114A; SO do Ohio Central Railroad ut
SAX; 80 do. Little Miami Railroad at l091s 20 do. Cu-
cinnat, Hamilton and Dayton Railroad, a. 9e; 40 do.
Covington and Lexington Railroad at So 20 do. Little
Miami Railroad at 100. Money rates for the past week
stocks as collaterals, two per cent per month.