The New York herald., 1863-10-31

Y, The Gould and Curry Silver Mining Company
have declared dividend Of 800 per foot, pay
able desired, at SO Wall street, by Eugene Kelly
4 Co. The Norwich Arms Company win pay,
November 9, their second quarterly dividend Of
I'VE per cent, free Of tax.
Springer Harbourgh, Of Pennsylvania, and T. J.
Carter. Of Illinois, have been appointed as the
two government directors Of the Pacific Railroad
Company, as provided by law.
The coupons due November on the mortgage
bonds of the Indianapolis and Madison Railroad will
be paid at the Office Of J. 4 8. Ferguson, No. IS
Pine street.
The Boston Daily Aduertiser Of yesterday thus
notices money and stock matters there:-
Money afYAirs and business continue to move quietly
onward. with little excitemsnt or change The abun;
dance Of capital affords ample e, general
disturbed BY fluctuations 10 gold and foreign exchange
Land shares were quiet with little doing Mining shares
Brokers' Exchange. the principal trsnsactiOns being st
auction. rEf
The Cincinnati Gazette of Wednesday says:---
The market Was freely supplied with exchange At
bankers bousS. cusomsrs q 500 per 81 900 on The
%ore Rates Of interest srs arm a. per cent
In open Market and bankers are getting all the paper
can aks bot the surplus house is disposed Of At
another 20 that the offerings Of good paper absorbed
Kentucky currency is bought at premium and Bank Of
the State OF Indiana at y premium.
The Minneapolis, Faribault and Cedar Valley
Railroad Company-sometimes known as the Min
nesota Central Railroad-has recently been reor
ganized, and large amount Of new capital con-
tributed for the construction Of this road, chiefly
by the present owners Of the Milwaukee and St.
Paul Railroad, of which latter road the former is
an extension.
The Minneapolis, Faribault and Cedar Valley
Railroad ia now under contract from Minneapolis
to Onatora, about sxty.hve miles at which point
IL will connect with the Winona and ST. Peters
Railroad now in process of construction from WI
mona to Onatoria, about eighty miles. There are
at this time from two to three hundred workmen
actively employed in the construction Of the Min
nesota, Faribault and Cedar Valley Railroad; the
road bed is nearly prepared for the iron, which
has all been purchased, partly in Pennsylvania
| and partly in England and is TO be delivered at
the opening Of navigation next spring. The loco
motives cars and full equipments are all under
contract, to be delivered early in the spring II
Is the intention Of the present owners Of the Min
ueapolis, Faribauit and Cedar Valley Railroad u
| have the whole line in operation by midsummer o
1864, at which time il In expected that travellers
can 20 and return all the way by rail from New
York to St. Paul and the Falls cs st. Anthony
The completion o. these roads, and the addition o
80 much capital to the wealth Of Minnesota, will
be new era for that young and vigorous State
We venture the prediction that population an
wealth will Increase faster in that State during tn
next year than they ever have in any State in tn
Union. The virgin soil Of that State 10 luxuriant
rich, the water powers Of the State inexhaustible
Their great want-in modern times necessity
has been railroads. These, II the State h wis
and cherishes and fosters them properly, the,
will now have in every quarter Of the State sun
cently settled 70 justify the outlay. go l5
The following are the movements Of dry good
n the port Of New York for the week ending Oct