The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-10-04

corner among the bulls, and by the demand from the
shorts. II closed to-day at 79% Tho demand for State
stocks and good railway bonds continues fair and prices
are well maintained Mssouris fell of x to-day, but tho
general market for State stocks steady At the close
| of official business the following were the last
quoal ons;Virgnia 6's, s6'a u; Missouri 6s, s3M
"a; Canton Company, 17l4 q Cumberland Coal IL a
y Pacific Mail, 1917 so; New York Central sos a.
Ere, AZ b; Hudson River, 35 35t4 Harlem, % ga
do preferred 361z $685. Reading, A Az Michigan
Central 40 431s Michigan Southern and Northern In
diana, % 40; do guaranteed, 221s PA; Panama, III
ll7 Illinois Central, 66a 66ls Galena and Chicago,
1879 "a Cleveland and Toledo 2lA %; Chicago and
Rock Island, COS COS Illinois Central u.s. 81 S4a.
Considerable excitement exists on The subject of the
California mail routes. On Wednesday three steam
ers viii leave this port FOR Central America with passen
gers for California These are the Baltic of the North
Atlantic Company, which runs to Aspinwal and connects
With the Pacific Mail Company steamships the other
side; the Northern Light, OF the Vanderbilt Company
which also runs TO Aspinwa and with Wander
bit vessels from Panama. and the st. Louis, of the
"Atanc and Central American Transit Co . which runs
TO san juan and proposes TO connect via Nicaragua with
either the Oregon the Pacific the other side This
latter vessel carries the mail under the Johnson contract
and touches at Key West The ST. louis belongs to the
Pacific Mail Company, and has been chartered by that
Company of which Mr. Joseph White appears TO be the
active manager
The Atlantic and Central American Transit Company
state that they have made every arrangement for reopen
ing The Nicaragua route under the Van Dyck grant,
they have boats in abundance the river and lake. and
mules and carts for the land travel that Ncaraguan
government will give them every facility, and that they
viii carry the mail through from the Atlantic the Pacific
in about thirty hours On the Pacific they say that they
have the steamer Pacific ready TO connect with them at
San Juan del Sur There appearing, however, be
doubt whether the Pacific will do So arrangements
have been made by which, the arrival OF the Baltic at
pinwal message to be despatched to the Pacific
Mail Company agent at Panama. directing him to send
Of their steamers-apparcnty the Oregon-to wait
for the st. Louis at San Juan del Sur Such
as We understand are the present prospects
for Wednesday. The company appears TO be san
guine of getting the mail We presume it is prepared to
offer suitable guarantees the Department for its safe
and speedy transit the Ishmus of Nicaragua I'm
der the circumstances feel bound to recommend er-
chants who write by this opportunity duplicate their
letters by the other ships, in some way other.
The Western exchanges declining again At Chca-
go Eastern exchange is selling at IL Il St. Louis it
is held at y z premium. These still too high
for the season, and can hardly be maintained.
The annual election the Clearing House takes place to-
morrow, and there is that certain changes which
experience to have rendered desirable, will be
quietly made
The business Of the Sub Treasury to- day was as fol
lows
Total receipts. 1907 1894 70
For customs. $4,000 90
Total payments. 1929 OF
Balance OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 491S142 96
The exchanges at the Bank Clearing House this morning
were 955 a. and the balances 81 1881 5S7 49,
The Arizona at New Orleans brings $14 30 and the In
danola $50 416 SO in spece-both from the Rio Grande
The Paterson and Hudson River Railroad Company has
declared dividend of fssr pcr cent payable the 9Th
inst, by Sebbns Bloodgood % William street. after
that date by the Treasurer at Paterson.
The following table will show the amount at the several
depostares subject to the draft of the of the
United States on the 06th NJ