The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-05-21

TuuRsDAY, nay MY L.
Quosa.iors for stocks shsva Ashs decline. win
derste amount of usiDess appears 70 be ABOUT dr.
Acu 10 got prices down up. and the market varies %
little from day to day that the fluctuations are hardly
worth reporting A the first board 70 day PsnSc Steam
ship Company declined u per cent; New York CaGrd
Railroad, "; Erie, n; Reading, "; Michigan Southern,
DID, Gaena and Chicago, "a Cleveland and Toledo, VI
Chicago and Rock Island " lacrosse and Milwaukee And
grant bends advanced per cent and the stock ~ rne
operations in Hudson River iroad were unusually scsve
thu morning. ana Il improved fraction the peuing
State stccks nd railroad bonds operated Ia 10 mo-
derste ext nj full prices Ia Crosse aad Grant bonds
were in demand and opened At sb per cent The
sales sur up about $4,000. Panama sold at ITO per
the extent Of six shares Al the board
market WAS lower Missouri STATE skies declined per
cent Pacific Steamship Company, New York Central
Eric, Hudson River, x Reading, NJ Hchigar southern,
old, NJ do. preferrsd, i; Chicago Rock Island, y.
The fall in prices throughout the day be
any particular The disasreeable dreary weather
has doubt depressing influence the impress
sion prevails that few days Of prigh sunshine viii give
diheEeEt aspect to the street and buoy sncy 10
the feelings Of operators
The Assistant Treasurer reports today a. follows
Total receipts ts4 500 81
.VN psynehS.... ......-............ t., bOy3 90
1o'ei palanre Vo 10
The receipts include s57 eco rom customs ami pay
ments include sIoo, COO 10 Norfolk.
The transactions ut the Clearing Houss day
follows
Iots exchanges. $i9269 654 20
The bonded debt OF the city OF St. Louis st the coee Of
the fiscal year ending with April 81 ,296, Of
which $40 900 will be due the present year The value Of
the real estate belonging to the city estimated 3.
SIC oto 900 stccks securities. &C., 81 900 oc0 Total
SIS es6coo The estimated gross receipts sccruIng 70
the treasury fer the present year are 81 10000.
Proper evidence has been filed 10 the General Land Oce
Of the completion Of thirty ve miles of the Burlington aad
Missouri River Railroad in the State Of Iowa. bepg that
part extending west from the city Of Burlington. This
Of the roads In tha. State for which made grant
Of land in alternate sections which grant Is being
adjusted by the officers OF ths Land Once We learn from
Mr. Henn the agent Of the State Of Iowa. that road
connects at Burlington with the Chicago Burlington and
Quincy Rarosd In the State of IInos-oue OF the prnc
pal thorougbares In the latter State and that IL of
the most direct and easy Nebraska
The company laying the iron between the pout
Of completion and Fsr1sd-a distance Of fifteen mles-
which lie already graded and bridged and part Of the
grading has been dore between Fairfield and Ottumws-
twenty FIVE miles urthsrat which place the road
strikes the Des MONIES river From thence west to the
Missouri river four horse stage coaches will daily The
company are authorized by the OF Congress cell 100
sections Of land before building any part Of
l2o sections more on the completion OF each twenty
Of road thereafter. Consequently thsy are entitled
to eel 24o sections, and 1--WE mi es more are
completed, 400 sections or, $50 400 ncrss
The Albany Stdsmdn Of yesterday furnishes the fol-
loving statement, comparing the business of the canals
this season with that CT previous years.
1st6-CdsaI opeaed Mayl.