The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-12-25
FINANCIAL AND CONNER C,AI.


WEDNESDAY,, Dsc 2-6P.M
We notice little more activity In the stock ket the
effect probably OF favorable financial intelg
from Europe The tend ENJOY of prices up this
morning from the opening, and they were arm ~ the
close. Illinois Central bonds advanced ~ per cent;
Pc nsyvaoia Coal X; New York Central Railroad, q;
Erie Nj Reading \ Illinois Central Railroad, i; M'n.
gan Southern, III Panama, Y. Nil ~aukie sod Mississippi
Railroad declined n per cent small lot OF Ia Crosse
and Milwaukee sold at TAX psr cent The mos. marked
Improvement TO day in Illinois Central bonds, and
there were sales the advance The demand for
money to-day was equal TO anything have known for
weeks The pay ments for two days centred In
one, and the amount Was therefore quite large. The
stock marker stands il eriully Every oay is weak
eniDg holders, and In the event Of moderate advance
some weeks hence il will do them good, for any oro
nary difference In prices will be long before
We have no doubt many holding for the dividends
but they seem TO lore sight Of the fact that stocks fall OF
after the dividend more tpan the amount paid
After the adjournment OF the board following sales
Of rocks and bonds were mAds at auction BY A H.
Muller:-
81 oc0 Mike Horizon RI LIST mott STINT added 10
sSo sns american Coal Co.. OF Ma, per Sax
Equitable ms. Go ..s....................S 1853
Also, The following by A. n kioolay
$2t 0oo Warsaw City Hancock Co., III IS int added so
IL, GOO Lack ma Western RI Let mort. do -. Tx
COCO sacramento City los do. II
o q .lU
100 shs American Coal Co OF Maryland .......... So
40 Farmers and Citizens Bank Of L. I......... 10
~ ArnzAns BANK $ioO ..............,........W
80 Excelsior Fire lns Co ....,..,.....,,..., ll3L
"a Commonwealth Ins. Co................92H a2X
40 Fremen's ms Co 1880. ....................1iS
At the second board very smell business WAS trans
acted, bu! prices were pretty well maintained. We
tce 70 day large cash sales Of Cleveland and Toledo
slight advance in market value. Tho great difference DO
tween cash prices and those ruling tor buyers option
d~fvx
crease - money ghtens. Independent Of the eect OF
the value Of money upon time contracts the disposition
among operators to put out contracts buyers option
daily becoming less and the class Of shyster SPECTATORS
every day find it more difficult to make transactions It
will be good thing TO kill of that Glars OF specua.ors
Tho Assistant Treasurer OF this port reports week
- follows
p 1saa pc Toto, u 1%a,
Monday. ..... sl1lssS Al s2lSo74 81 slls.e .7a IS
Tuesday. 2es.tls 20 22s,2s 90 n,9ssloi As
Wednesday. 64,ssl 90 s28a7 ~ Ieio,i0s Is
that large amount OF bonds and stocks lost
Wednesday the 23d ns In going from Wall street to
the hudson River Railroad depot In Chamber ret
Their transfer has been forbidden aud the pubic should
be on their guard against negotiating the sams
Tho Atlantic Bank Of Brooklyn hss declared remit
annual dividend OF Ave per cent, payable the "a OF
January the Chemical Bank dividend OF six pr cent
payable the 9th OF January the Bank OF ths M.tro
polls Washington City, . rent annual dividend OF four
per cent payable January The Manchester (N II J
Print Works will pay dividend Of four per Janu
AIRY to holders Of soc Dec 20. Tnis Is the FIRST divI
dend since January, 1855.
The transfer books OF the La Crosse aud Milwaukee
Railroad Company will be re-opened the moraiug Of
Monday, the 9th Of Jannary. The company advertise
that the dividend Of ave per cent already noicei will
be paid the second Of January the Broadway Bank
The southern Pacific Railroad Company have just CON
peted s purchase OF iron for the FIRST section Of seaiy
i've miles OF that road.
The Union Canal will be opened for navigation through
the whole line the LIST day Of Apr 1857, when
boats Of the largest size leave Midletosn any
poIn, the line OF tho State canals and have
wa.er route to Philadelphia city. The ope-ng Of Thu,
canal Will prove very advantageous to the owners OF
boots running to Philadelphia, saving, as does tho
cessiy Of trsnshipment required by the present route
ard viii II believed considerably profit the ssauysin
Navigation Company. What eject II any toe diversion
Of boats hi way may have on the Sasqhsnanns ana
Chesapeake and Delaware canals, remains 10 be seen
The syracuse Journal gives the following statistics Of
canal busineis at that place -
Whole amount or tolls received this year.. s35 i4l "a
DO. do. GO. last year,. s2.o -
Decrease. sia,oes 90
Whsle number boats weighed at the weigh
lock In this city 10 lSbe................... 6,osI
In lseo.... ...............'.s........ 900
increase. .......s.......s........... oJi
Number OF light boat weighed In 1884,. 1ss
In lseo.. ................s... 40
observation-disclosures. IS
Aggregate pounds that the boat weigaed IN
1900 s2p 5ot $50
IN gu Soz oos
Increase. sol SIS
The vhole amount of pyoueytv Ier this war aoouned