The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-02-14
Summary Of clearings for the week.

This shows no increase on the previous week.
The gross earnings of the Milwaukee and Missis-
sppi Railroad Company for 1857 amounted to
1882 SIT, against s6sO,474 for the previous year
showing an increase of s202 ,343. The running ex
penses for 1857 were very heavy, owing to the
winter, amounting to $4l2, 200, leaving the
net income $47O,6l7.
Annexed is the official invitation of the Secretary
Of the Treasury for proposals for an additional
Issue of five million dollars of United States Trea
TREASURY DEPARTMENT Feb. 12, 1858.
Notice hereby given that sealed proposals will be
ccived at this department until thu fifteenth day OF March
proxmo tor the issue Of any portion the e Of I've
millions Of dollars 6easury notes exchange for gold
coin Of the Ubed aA deposited with the Treasurer Of
the United States the treasurer of the Mint at Pha-
depha the Treasurer OF the branch Mint New Orleans,
or the Assstan, Treasurers at Boston, New York. Charles
ton St Louis thin ten days FROM the acceptance of
such proposals. authority of oogre
entitled An &C. TO authorize the OF Treasury notes.
approved 23d December, 1857
Tho treasury notes viii be issued the receipt here
OF certificates OF deposit with those officers 70 the credit
the treasurer OF the United States. They will Do made
payable to the order o such bidder bidders shall
agree 10 make such exchange at the lowest rate Of late
rest, net exceeding six ccntum per anrusr and will
carry such rate ire the date OF the certificate OF So ID
deposi,
The proposals must state the rate Of interest without
condition and without reference to other bids, and
no other fractional rates than one fourth, ha
three our'hs OF one ceptuu. Eve per ceutum OF the
amount proposed 10 be exchanged be deposited
Of the treasury officers above emu fa,cd whose Ger
LcAte oil such deposit must accompany each proposal
security for IL uflment If toe proposal accepted
immediate d.rt ctons Will be given such deposit
Should The proposals be variant from the OF
act o. Cor gress of this notice, they viii be con-
siderej.
An proposals under this notice must be sealed apd in
scribed on the outside Proposas for Treasury Notes"
They will be opened this dcprt nen. IL o'clock ~
on said 18th day Of March.
HOWELL COBB, Secretary of Treasury.
The Boston TrGyeHeT Of the 18th inst. gives the
following resume of the stock market of that city,
The market yesterday unusually active and sales
al the board were extensive Railroad stocks are very
dull ana the prominent stocks offered al lower prices
Boston and Maine was freely 0fered at s9Ff Worcester
fell OF 20 So Western is offered freely NJ - and Old
CoIony at SIS. Manchester aud Lawrence sold after tho
board at S. is rather singular that the Ms1caester and
stock a~sys quoted at auction tao or three
collars higher than Il is offered the street Ftcn
burg fell or to so, and Concord declined ~ IL, closing
~ asked; Northern steady at 81 bid; Eastern 10
hid; Wilmington sold al 23ls and offered at lower
price st the close; Cambridge Horse Railroad sold so
Minnesota Mining Company advanced 10 49, at which price
closed N demand fittsburg not on red less 225
Rcokland freely offered 80, osed srong 81
bid; Superior was steady at bid Pc sabc at bid; aad
10 Royae at bid Bank stocks in fair demand,
wteodt any change in prices Bay stae Mills offered
freely at 20, and the ony deusod Is by fes shsrs,
who hang back for still lower prices Haley Falls
offered al IS per share With bios 81 Essex Con
pany freely o1ered at SO Ogdebsburg drst bonds
in demand at 7O-1l asked: Rutlaud csts are Of
iered at rs is17 bid Vermont Central h-sts offered
ct 2o-ls bid
The new constitution OF Minnesota authorizes any
legislature, by two-thir1s vote to pass general
banking Law, with certain restrictions and require
monts, viz.:-Not TO sanction directly indirectly,
the suspension Of specie payment; 10 require all
notes or bills issued to be registered, and ample Sc
cury in United States State stocks to be pledged
for the redemption Of the in spece and in case
Of depreciation Of said stocks any part thereof
10 the amount Of ten per cent the banks 10 make up
such deficiency The stockholders Of any bank or
association to be individually liable TO double the
amount of stock owned by them, for ali debts of
such bank or association, which liability shall con.
time for year after any transfer sale of stock
by any stakeholder. The provisions OF the consttu-
tion arc al that necessary to authorize any Lcgs
lstuic 60 pass a banking law.
The following i tabular statement Of the cx-
ports Of sugar (reduced to boxes) om the ports Of
Havana aud Matanzas, for ,he past ten years We
add thereto the principal destinations, remarking
that the remaining exports about equally dis
tributed between the Baltic ports Hamburg, Bremen
Holland, Belgium, France, Austria and Italy,