The New York herald., 1861-12-18

Ur CoHVtrlou lNIO u pcfiEI uepOslt u NY. ooiHe
of the banks refuse to receive special deposits.
The following is a comparative statement Of the
exports, exclusive Of specie, at the port of New
York for the week ending December II and since
January L.
For the week s...... s2.ll2,sGa a,682s5a e.72e,e95
Previously reported 90 57o,el2 eaes512e l27922a2s
Since January $65 es2, ,5o5 os,247 6Sl S,sla
Included in the above are $1,000 900 worth
OF food grain and proyisions-sent to Great
Britain to feed the British people. The
fact that 80 much Is needed constitutes
an argument of some ssrength against the
plausibty Of the wanike reports which find cur
rency in the British journals. We cannot feed and
aght the English at one and the same tirae and in
all probability on calm reflection they viii prefer
that we should continue 70 do the former The
large export reported above ought to supply
enough exchange for the wants Of the importers;
yet bills ruled to-day at lleH Ill. AT the
opening Of business everybody asked llo1s; to.
wards midday some leading houses asked Ill;
later again the Bank Of Commerce offered 10 sap-
ply the demand at lloH, we do not hear Of much
business being done at any rate. The Cunara
steamer is delayed by order Of Lord Lyons, and
consequently the mail viii not close till tomorrow
specie she will take. None Of the foreign bankers
care about setting the example of specie shipments
at the present time. AS, however, there is
fair profit on shipping gold against bills at
ll0%, it cannot be expected that specie shipments
can be long delayed.
Stocks we're uniforml, better this morning; the
public seem to have recovered from the panic int0
which they were thrown by the news nom Europe
tin tl,a GtaolyE Nv
change that the buster and fury of the British press
do not amount to anything; it is remarked that the
Times and other Londou papers have been for
years in the habit of viliiyng the Emperor M
poleon and that no one in authority, either in
France or in England has ever taken any notice OF
them. The stocks which improved the most to-day
were those which fell of most yesterday on receipt
| Of the news-Pacic Mail, Erie Central, Galena,
! Panama. &c. After the first board the market
| fell of Il per cent In the afternoon
| the decline was recovered and stocks closed
steady. the following being the last quotations.:
! United States Cs, registered, 1881, S7a4 IS; do.
G's, coupon, 1881, 9ls4 80; do. 5's, 1874, s1s4
| s214: Indiana SIS, n 10; Virginia G's, 4ss4 a
Az; Tennessee 6s, 40a4 q Al; North Carolina SIS,
| 81 So; Missouri 6's, 3s 3sls; Pacific Mail
Steamship, s21l s2s4; New York Central, 1925
1874; Erie, 26s4 1875 do. preferred. ls14 a
| 4sLs; Hudson River, 35 35ys; Harlem, IL II;
do. preferred 2el4 26ls; Reading, 324 49,
/ Michigan Central, As o i51ls: Michigan Southern
ana Northern Indiana, l71ls l7sss; do guaranteed
371@ S71ss Panama, 1851 l09; Illinois Central.
| bsa6s1a; Galena and Chicago, 69A 70l4; Cleye-
land and Toledo, 303s sols; Chicago and Rock
Island aS aSl4; Chicago. Burlington ond Quincy,
| 5314 SAX; Delaware, Lackawana and Western,
| Is: Milwaukee and Prairie du CHEN, II is;
! Illinois Central bonds, rs, s6$$4 s7}l; Delaware
and Hudson Canal si1s s21a; Pennsylvania
/ Coal, rs 50.
| II is Of the highest Importance that Congress
should lose no time in coming to some understand
| ing with regard to the financial pocy of the go
vernmcnt. In thirty days the public treasury VIII
| be exhausted, aud 10 scheme has even been pro-
posed for it's replenshment. In Wall street it is
| foregone conclusion that Mr.. Chase viii he com
| PEELED to Issue paper money, not redecniabic till
/ after the war. Some persons, however, Who claim
to be in the secrets Of influential politicians object
! to this method; and seem to intimate that money
| can be obtained for the prosecution of the war
without resorting to the cxpedient invariably pur
1 sued by nations involved in wars extensive rs
the one now raging. If there be any truth in these
limitations, it is Of the highest Importance that ..e
| facts should be dynlged If Mr.. Chase, or
the Committee Of Ways and Means, have any
! scheme by which money can Be borrowed without
a suspension Of specie payments, they commit
| ting gross injustice to the mercantile and jnan-
] cal community by keeping it secret. Business
here and elsewhere is seriously disturbed by the
conflicting rumors which are current; no one knows
at what moment we may be doing business exclu-
siycly on paper basis. Among sound minded
and patriotic people there is 10 difference Of
opinion on the sHbject: every agrees that it
would be cmncntly desirable to bring the war TO
close without suspending specie payments. if it
can DC done but at the same time every one sees
that, il this caanot be accomplished the sooner the
6aake suspend the better will be for them for their
depostors and for the public at large. II is not
generally thought that suspension by our banks
would ne productive OF any serious ess. But il is
evident that the present state OF suspense cannot
last much Longer without leading to very grave
difficulties. business Throughout. the country is
paralyzed because Congress devotes ts time TO
idle schemes for the emancipation OF slaves whom
our armies cannot possibly reach Al present, and
in frivolous personal matters. If Mr.. Thadleus
Stevens desires to yindicae his selection for the
responsible post Of Chairman Of the Committee Of
ways and Means the public expect that he viii LEI
us know without delay where he is going to get
the money for the prosecution Of the war.
The business Of the Suh-Treasury was as follows
10 aday:--
Total recsipts ..s........,..,. y2i+,t Gas rs
---Fcf c1storus. So 600 90
Payments, including rcd 6Tper cent notes 25s sag G3
Balance Observation-Disclosures. 4,eA5 1893 81
The exchanges OF The Bank Clearing House this !
morning were slo.lie,sss 10. and the balances I
~ SEQ ,029 a.
The Bank Of New York has declared . ssrsi- |
annual dividend Of three per cent, payable Janu.
ary3
The PenpAy)vanla State treasurer has given to
the public hfs annusJ statement. Of receipts anu
expenditures foY he fiscal year ending on The aath