The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-03-01

ginias 211s North Carolinas, 81. and Mssouris
2ss. These are all, o. will be noticed, stocks Of
the border slave States. The advance Is mainly
based the belief that these States are not going
to secede. The general railway list was slightly
better than last evening. Book Island advanced
u. Galens u, Toledo ~ Michigan Central !,
Southern guaranteed "a, Reading Is, New York
Central 4. Hudson River TX. The exceptions to
the general market were Erie and Illinois Central,
which were unfavorably affected by the news
from the other side The latter stock il the cheap
est remittance which the English can send to New
York al the present time. Between the boards
the market was dull, and the price Of New York
Central fell otto 1917. In the afternoon every.
thing rallied again, then fell of . fraction, and
finally closed steady, the following being the last
uotations:-Unitcd States SIS Qs74), s8< 80;
Virginia 6's, S0s4 ASH; Tennessees, tn n;
Missouri 6's, 70 "a; Canton, lax Is; Cumber-
land Coal preferred, TX s; Pacific Mail, s7s SO;
New York Central, Ss1s "A; Erie, 35H II;
Hudson River, Az AS; Harlem, 1871 y "a; do.
preferred, 421S Il; Reading, Az 4s; Michigan
Central, Go a II; Michigan Southern and Northern
Indiana, l5j4 *; do. guaranteed, 3SH 81; Pa
mama, 1l6 III; Illinois Central, 1871 81 Galena
and Chicago. 1884 a "a; Cleveland and Toledo,
371Ia a; Chicago and Rock Island, coz 81;
Chicsgo, Burlington and Quincy, 76a "a.
The news by the Canadian veriies the predc-
tons we made in this column q month ago. The
English are now receiving the news of our very
worst times here, when exchange had fallen back
from 1867 to 1897, aud when the secession of the
border slave States seemed certain. Accordingly,
we find the Bank protecting itself against further
drain of gold to this country by raising the rate of
interest to per cent; while cotton and bread
stu1s are both lower. American stocks were
rather lower In the course Of week they will
begin in England, to receive rather more cheerful
accounts from here, and the improv ement we have
witnessed this side during the past fortnight
will be repeated in Europe.
The exchanges at the Bank Clearing House this
morning were $2l ,450,765 "a, and the balances
Stops, 1872 80.
Annexed is the business at the Office of the
Assistant Treasurer to day
Receipts 81 1902 1856 %
for Gus 'onS'.. eoO4 "
balance. 32l3040 ~
Over a million in gold went to-day to Phiadel
phia to be coined. New Orleans continues to re-
ceve large amounts of specie from various sources.
All merchandise shipped TO the States of South
Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, louisa
and Texas must be accompanied by an invoice;
otherwise the goods will be detained at the Gus
tom houses Of the different Southern ports.
Adams Express Company give notice to their
shippers to the above effect through our columns,
this day. We are not advised what effect this or
der will have on inland shipments sent by express
or railroad, as there is nothing said in the act in
reference to inland goods; it only mentions
Southern ports
The Suffolk Manufacturing Company has de-
clared a semaanual dividend Of five per cent, and |
fremont Mills four per cent-both Of Lowell, and
payable February Is; the Taunton Iron Works,
eight per cent, payable April /.
The movement of the banks in the four princi- |
pal cities % the Union in which weekly reports
are made, as shown by their last statements, is a.
follows