The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-09-14

the company to raise It's rates on the Lat u July
each year. twenty-five cents per ton. This year
they omitted to do 10; hence the reduced receipts
from that source In the other departments Of busL
ness there has been an increase II appears by the
above returns for August that the actual operating
expenses only amounted to thirty-eight per cent Of
the gross income There Is not another road in the
country operated at such q reduced rate.
We are glad to hear that Mr.. George D. Lyman.
the manager Of the Clearing House. has been ap-
pointed by Mr.. Schoonmaker. the Superintendent Of
Banking, agent for that department in the city Of
New York, to have charge Of the bank note plates
and printing. The place OF deposit for these Is the
Manhattan Banking Company. better appoint
ment could not have been made.
The Afrca's mails bring US details of the foreign
news In relation to American stocks. Earrings
circular Of August 81 says
American stocks remain without regular demand and
without huctuaon in prices. United states 6s bonis,
Maryland SIS sterling, va 9s; Pennsyl,ania 6s bonds
SO s4 inscriptions, rs So Virginia 6s dollar bonds,
ssh 9o19; do: SIS sterling, 80 as.h; New Orleans
Illinois Central Eairoad bonds, 70 s0 Michigan Cen.
raj SIS dollar bonds e6iS as71s; New York Central
IS SEA si Ianama rs sterling, Us Oh Pennsylvania
entra, 81 o.
Satterthwaites circular of the same date says:-
There has been steady market for American secur,
recently the market have been taken OF and tAere
,re general inquiry for well known bonds. rie 1888
latest Ne% York 9uotaona We note in
New York Central and Michigan Central convertible
bonds, Frie 1885, Reading 1870 and Ohio and ennsylva
mia income bonds Sales to moderate extent have also
been made in Of the bonds recently introduced TO
the london market viz Cincinnati Hamilton ard Day
ton Belvidere Delaware per cent guaranteed by Cam
den and Amboy and the Joliet and Northern Indiana
per cent bonds guaranteed by Michigan Central and I'LL
nois Central railroads. State stocks have been quiet
| ste OF
Wright, Junior Co.'s Liverpool Cotton Circular
Of the 3lst of August, says
Our cotton market closed quietly Friday last, the
date Of circular advices per Atlantic and continued
ing the sales averaging about 1850 bales of all descrp
tons principally taken by the trade who continue their
consumption to its previous extent and the short time
is to abandoned. Whether Ii arises from
the want II buoyaDcy To trade in the manufacturing dis
rcs the prolonged absence of important avices IRON
the seat varhe broken weather we have experienced
the nature Of from the United States in
spec TO the growing copcertain II is that spectators
do not display that confidence in the future that the
| position of our stock and the limited amount of
supplies likely TO be received within the next two
months is calculated to inspire, and left to the
| every day demand Of spnners, &C.. holders have
eyineed general willingness to meet the inquiry with
an oyerabundant supply which deprves the market Of
all animation. return Of fine weather. and the barome
ter indicating Its continuance has however inuenceIa
cheerful tone, with extended transactions during
Bales 5000 ef to and
| ers,) with greater rmness and evident tendency
towards higher pces-ast weeks quotations, which
scarcely obanable in the early part of the week.
being resumed The total sales Of the week amount to
81 40 bales Of which 49, z0 American Spectators
have taken $3.50 and exporters g. 100 leaving $3.50
bales of all kinds to the trade. The import Tor
time is AZ 503 bales Of which %, 726 are American
The quantity known to be at sea- from American ports,
is about AZ, 900 bales.
The return from the Bank of England for the week
ending the 25th August gives the following results,
when compared with the previous week..
Public deposits 60 OIL s25. .Decrcase. 1854 0S6
Other deposits II ,674 $40 Decrease. 5y6,51
Rest Observation-Disclosures. 3327, $40. Increase. A. 4o2
On the other side Of the account
Government securities s13 O25 164 Increase. cells 900
Other securities 149 232. increase. 52,22s
Notes unemployed. S,s,4555. .necrease... 35i9o5
The amount Of notes in circulation is EGO, 0422 l5
being decrease of f234 1926, and the stock Of bull
lion in both departments is els ,545 $751; showing
decrease Of f57o,e9l when compared with the pre-
ceding return.