The New York herald., 1863-12-25
FINANCIAL AND cOMMERc ciAL

THURSDAY. Dec. M-G r. NJ.
The operations in all escriptons of stocks
limited to-day and the usual dulness which pre-
cedes the holidays was apparent in the market.
Shares were sighty down at the opening OF the
morning board but before the close there was
better feeling Harlem declined II. Reading u.
Chicago and Rock Island l. Michigan Central q
Michigan Southern T Chicago and Northwestern
X, aud Milwaukee and Prairie du Chen IA. Hud-
son River advanced IA. Galens Il, and Pittsburg
and Fort Wayne 4. Pennsylvania Coal went up
II, Wyoming Valley "a. and Cumberland preferred
declined "a Quicksilver opened at 55. against GO
last evening" and was sold down to "a at the board
and SO outside, raying to Sc a 561I at the close.
Mariposa. which was sold as high as AZ yesterday.
brought 35 a SO this morning. Pacific Mail was %
lower.
There was no afternoon session of the Stock
Exchange, and the public board held only the one
O'Clock meeting. Both adjourned over unti
Saturday.
Nothing was doing at the gold exchange to-day
beyond few sales Of small parcels. the first OF
which was made at l62; but the price suddenly
fell off to l51ss :.
The business at the Office Of the Assistant Trea
surer to-day was as follows:-
Payments. 90 a t0c Se5 ~
Receipts from customs. 240,0O0 00
The New Orleans cotton market was active on
the 18th instant and sales were made at very full
| prices. The receipts since the lst Of September
had been AZ, 1878 bales, including $500 captured at
sea, and the stock on hand was about 10,OOO bales.
The Picay,ae reports prices as follows
81 bales. Of which bales samples sold at e3Hc good
q tnu mid n III
as sna q Sdaas aS and lo
s ssc. II d. a. ssc, d. at ssxc. do q. sse
choice at 4sc. mixed at 50Xc, repacked at 62Kc.
sas al mdUs az Se
do. at 6oHc, reboxcd middling. at 89Hc,2 strictly
Kidding sSa Sci s1 Island ss,ey ar y %d0'0s o0
The total value of the cotton which has arrived
at New Orleans since September l exceeds in
amount sixteen millions of dollars, which before
| the rebellion would have covered nearly four
| hundred thousand bales.
The Broadway Bank Of this city has declared a
semi-annual dividend of six per cent and an extra
dividend of four per cent, payable ON and after
the I'd of january The New York Exchange
Bank has declared quarterly dividend of three
per cent and an extra dividend Of three per cent,
free of government tax, payable on the 5th oi
January. The Continental Bank has declared q
dividend of three and half per cent, free Of
| government tax, payable on the 4th of January
The Bank of America will pay dividend of five
| per cent, and the Atlantic Bank of Brooklyn five
| per cent, free of government tax on the I'd o
| January.
| The Mercantile Bank Of Orange, NJ j., will pay
semi-annual dividend of four per cent, free o
| government tax.
| The Chicopee (Mass.) Manufacturing Compan!
| pay dividend Of six per cent on the SOth inst.
! The Manchester (Sfsss.) Print works pay divi
dend Of twenty per cent on the 24th inst
Counterfeit Ave dollar notes on the Union BanI
Of Philadelphia are in circulation. They arc il
imitation Of the genuine, and should be sharpi.
watched.
The statements of the banks Of the three princi
pal cities of the Union for the last week compare
with the previous one, and the corresponding time
| Of 1862, as follOws:-
| 2jpsc;p, Ciresirfio