The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-02-17

Railroad touched 1881, buyer thirty days. This
stock is ia demand Tor foreign account and il gradu
ally being picked up to Ill unlimited orders. Hsr
lem, old stock, appeared to be settling back again.
There were large sales to-day and prices were barely
sustained. We notice sale to-day of Harlem fourth
mortgage bonds at IS per cent. There was large
business today in railroad bonds at better prices.
La Crosse land grant bonds closed at 37S per cent
| which is an Improvement of one per cent on The
closing prices OF yesterday. State stocks were com
paratyely quiet. Missouri G's left or 5rm at our
| quotations.
. At the second board the market wss firm and
closed with decided upward tendency. California
| State is advanced / per cent; Michigan Central
bonds, /; Hudson River Railroad, 2; Harlem, /;
| Reading, q Michigan Southern, DID, i: Michigan
Southern, preferred, 2; Panama }; Illinois Central
Railroad, {; Cleveland and Toledo, u; Chicago and
Rock Island, f; Cleveland and Pittsburg, Il Very
few stocks were offered, and holders generally exh
bed very little disposition to sell even at present
prices. There was movement in Reading this az
ternoon. Harlem preferred appears To tuctuate
more largely and more suddenly than any other
fancy the list /. closed this afternoon heavy at
2ls while the old stock was active aud rrm
at 10 per cent The advance in Panama brings oal
quarter of the entire capital is owned in Europe.
There are several English orders now on the market.
There were no sales of Galena AID Chicago lis af
ternoon IL closed this morning firm at 30 per cent
cash, and was in demand The report j. very
favorably received. The movement in Rock Island
this afternoon vas upward, with the sale Of only
one small lot Of stock. There is q strong party
moving in this concern, and they appear TO be
gradually picking up the stock in quiet way.
Cleveland and Toledo closed firm at 461 per cent.
The reports from the management regarding the
working of the road was satisfactory showing gene
ral economy and careful supervision. The receipts
Of the Hudson River road are reported large and
rapidly increasing We do not hear much of this
stock the market; but il has strong friends and
il steadily progressing in the right direction There
was demand for the stock this afternoon at the
close. The first instalment of the Harlem loan was
promptly paid into the Office of the company on
Monday Since this loan has all been taken and
the company placed in secure position some Of the
old directors of the Harlem Company who were
disappointed at the last election By the election of
the present Board very actively at work to re-
gain their position in the Board at the next election
in May, and there is no doubt that the market
prices ruling will greatly facilitate their move
ments; but il does not come with good grace, the
present direction having been elected TO carry out
what the old Board could not accomplish.
The Assistant Treasurer reports to-day as follows
lou" recelp9 sl5oon 81
balance aes ~ \.
The receipts include Sos 900 from customs and
the payments include $4,000 on California drafts.
The La Crosse and Milwaukee Railroad Company
will pay and after the 10th inst the interest on
the farm mortgages which fell due January l. 1858.
at their Office, Albany.
The transactions at the Clearing House today
were a. follows:-
Total exchanges si5,os2 III So
balances. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 900, 1886 so
meeting of the first mortgage bondbolders Of
the Steubenville and Indiana Railroad is to be held
tomorrow at noon, at the office of Messrs Cum
mings, Alexander q Green, 20 Exchange place, 10
advise TO the to be pursued by the trustees
under said mortgage.
Geographic despatch from st. Louis announces
that George Smiser late treasurer Of that county,
is deiaulter to the amount Of $4,000.
The bill 10 consolidate the Northwestern and Bal
timore and Ohio Railroads has been defeated in the
Virginia Senate.
The Bank Superintendent gives notice that the
securities of the Pratt Bank OF Buffalo being con.
verted into money he will redeem the circulating
notes at 9ic. the dollar. on presentation of the
same at the Bank Department. The bills OF the On
taro Comfy Bank will be redeemed at par at the
Union Bank of Albany, on and after to-day.
The January receipts Of the Philadelphia, VIII
mington and Baltimore Railroad. this year and last
We're as follows -
1857 lsbs
Passengers. sa6,5s5 10 67s - Gain. SIS ,oe2 %
Freight...... 2b.624 p 1850 Oh loss 1900 IL
Totals. ,2Oa as o7.232 70 .,,s75 p
The closing rates for exchange for the steamship
Arabia, from this port fa Liverpool tomorrow
Wodnosday-show a slight decline. We quote the
best sterling bills at " ~ per cent premium; on
Paris o. Isl 81. 13} Amsterdam, nl ilb
Bremen, 7eg so: Hamburg. % q 37l. The Arabia
will take out upwards of half million Of dollars IN
I specie.
The annexed is a comparative statement OF the
! exports Exclusive of specie) from New York 90
foreign ports for the week, and since Jan. L.
! 1856 1857 1855
Total Tor the week ~ -3a112 81 iGO30 81 5T7 sqi
| Previously reported. $3.50 $50 bo5s372 isc5
Since Jan. 1.......ss,l 7s 592 s7iIs.Gso .7132 7sa
The seventh annual report OF the Manhattan Life
Insurance Company shows that the receipts Of the
year 1857 were s3l7 los s.. OF which t2GS SO s7
\ were received from premiums The disbursements
/ for tho time were il2GO7 So including
I 81 sc3 paid claims for deaths. The assets Of the
| company now amount 20 s732 5s5 ~, it, capital
stock Of 100000 included. II thus appears that the
/ denominations Of the companx have reached a ann