The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-03-06
FINANCIAL AND CONNER CIAL..
N O N e Y M Ar X z r.
MONDAY, March 5-6

MONDAY, March SIS 2. M.
The stock market opened this morning buoyant
ard sctive. Reading Railroad led the list. Etie
was in fair request. At the first board Indiana SIS
advanced per cent Erie bonds, 1876, Ii; New
York Central bonds, /; Nicaragua Transit, /; Can
ton Company, /; Cumberland, !; Erie Railroad
/; Reading Railroad, q; Cleveland. Columbus and
Cincinnati Railroad, j; Cleveland and Teledo, !
Upward of four thousand shares Of Reading were
sold this morning, opening at 7Si for cash, aud
closing ct s04 per cent buyer, sixty days. This is
but the beginning Of the movement The earnings Of
this company for the first quarter Of the present 6sca
year are sufficient to satisfy all that the gross in
come for the year will not vary much from five mil
lions Of dollars. The company have raised the
charge for transporting coal to tide water to two
dollars Per ton, being an increase Of sixteen
per cent. This alone will give an increase in
revenue of nearly five hundred thousand dollars
during the present year. without the increase of ton
of coal. In December, 1854, there was an increase
10 gross IL come Of $21 900, and in January, 1856,
an increase Of about 500 OO0 The receipts Of Feb.
ruaiy have not been made up yet, but we under
stand they will show large increase. The returns
for the quarter when officially given will show most
favorable resuls. OF the railroad stocks, all but
Reading and Erie were very dull today. Railroad
bonds we're in demand today q. prices current at
the close on Saturday. Illinois Central we're steady
at IS Yer cent cash and sellers option. STATE stocks
we're not much operated in to-day, but prices
were firm. Nicaragua Transit was In demand 1t
leh per cent. The gold lost by this line has been
recovered. The company were not responsible Tor
the loss and their bills OF lsdiug exempt them from
all dar gers, by sea or any other way, intending
robbery. Although the company in no way suffer.
ed, the recovery Of the money has had good
effect on the market value Of the stock.
The following sales bonds and stocks we're m ,de
ct auction this morning, by A. IL. Nicoay -
81 600 Wisconsin improvement fund l2s int added 9o}
1000 Hudson River Sd mortgage 49,. do. 72A
5000 n. y. and Harlem kR LIST rnortgaye do. sIk
sss s sS N Iiss'G@ 11Ssa 90 49, &
1900 Mortgage three story brick house ana lot,
2oxioo, Church street broohlyn, subject
10 previous mortgage Of 81, 300.... 500
10000 acres land in Dekalb and Morgan counties,
IS shares Third Avenue Railroad 2ol
10 do. Peoria and oquawka Railroad. ........ IS
176 do. Cumberland Coal Company ........... Az
SO do. United States Mail Steamship Company. Us
loo do. Chatham Bank. ........................ 81
1859 do. Isabella Copper Company ............ e0c.
do. Northeastern Company. 40
At the second board the market was on the whole
better. Erie Railroad advanced 4 per cent; Read.
lpg RAILROAD, 4; Cumperianu Coai, 81 New York
Central Railroad, Il Nicaragua Transit, d; Cleve
land and Toledo fen of per cent; Indiana 5s, l.
The transactions ct the Assistant Treasurer's Of.
fee to day, were as follows:-
Received. ....................... ssI,1 40 90
Payments. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 3s,s27 so
Paid for ASSAY Office 1877 90
Balance ..................,...s45 $50, loo "a
The warrants entered at the Treasury Depart
ment, Washington, on the LIST and I'd inst, were:-
For the REDEMPTION of stock s22sI7 IL
For having Treasury debts.....,,......1 IL, b25 ID
For the Treasury tment...,.......2 q, 259 is
For the Customs ........,.............s 80, 7oS Oh
FOR the war Department ............... "a, 0lg %
For the Interior De par tment ...,..... 25l6 81
Fer repay in the Interior Department. 2 516 81
For the Navy Department 81, $50 ~
Covered into the Treasury from customs.... $50 IL
The steamship Baltic from this port for Liverpool
on Wednesday viii take on. about eight hundred
thousand dollars in specie. There will not be another
large shipment from this port for two weeks. The