, 1864-12-18

The market hcre opened. betore the advices
from Now York reached here, at 81, declined In
panic 10 ~ and closed foycsish At ~ Silver
was heavy. with declining tendency, at a1b.- Gov
ernmcut 5-s0a aru unchanged 1t 100 buying; 10os
@l1o selling.
Wo invite attention to the advertisement OF the.
Second National Bunk. on our frst page. Tho
class otsecn1ities which It o0ars for SALE no re-
gard. In every respect as the. very best In TIC
market
fxx YoRx CENTRAL RAnwXr.-At tho annual
meeting Of tho Now York Central Railway Com
pany, held at Albany On Thursday last tho follow
ing gentlemen vera elected for the ensuing
year: ', -
Ldrtctors4Dcan Richmond, BuffMo; Richard
n. Btatehiord. New York; Rrastna Corning. A.
6anJ John u: Chedell, Auburn Aionzo Paige.
iel Ths5sr. Boston; IiviaestSn spsaEer, falssiae
iii H. 9tsaaa Ye.R; sailton #hits + Hes9y
.Tho Annual Report Of tho Stats Engineer and
Surveyor was presented. showing the Operations
Of the road and It's several branches during the
ss7,sM, ,si1.H. The total receipts Of he year wore
e tollows: From passengers, $asaa ls1 ~ g.; o;
1reiehsH, fsbia sm9Si othsr sources, SSH 4a.
sra sss,TT.a s;Sis z equal 70 IS per esnt iaad t6e
Tux thcreon) on the capital stock OF the company.
The 100 TnEAsunI NoTEs.-Wc could call
special attention to the letter OF Mr. Ttnkharn
given below. We cordially second all he says, aud
sincerely urge upon the people the popular loan ::
SEoonD NATIONAL RANK, Z
CHICAGO, Dec. 16, 81.
Editors Of the Chicago Tribune:
Will You please call the attention Of tho public
to the $50 loan now offered bY-tha Government.
sa 90 neiSs si ia aad Is @@ With III insissf @
coupons attached, and payable to bearer OF order.
a the aubsetiher 70 tie loan may desire. The
notes run for three years from thc 18th Of August
for each one hundred dollars, and are fcdeemab]e
at maturity at The option Of the holder tn $50 s1
PIT cent gold bearing bonds; They can be OBJ
country 1t pa1, and accrued interest from the 15ih
Of August, 1S84; and q the present rato OF gold
bearing bonas tths sSs 9sinE worth 70 per Cent
that can be made N uoretnment securities.
1he Secretary OF the Treasury desIres to avoid
any further Issue Of bonds, the interest Of which
pei circulation, preterriag to rely upon ths sub
tcEipuons to this loan to meet The current de-
nandB upo1the Trcasury.
There sahbe but one opinion "a to the deelra-
blenees III not necessity Of this decision Of the
eort. il wa5, BY liberal ls4gts saSsesl .
tiona to tie loan to make It eucceas.
EDWARD j. TENKHAx, Cashier,
Another National Bank, the second one, haa been
established at Quincy. in this State. It Is called
"Thc Merchants and Farmers National Bunk o.
Quincy" with cash capital Of $15a oo0, with the
privilege Of increasing It to ssooooo. The follow
ing are the officers of the Bank: Directors-O. II.
Browning, Nehemiah Bushnell, Lorenzo Bull,
Charles H. Bail, aud Edwnrd ]. Parker. Presi-
dens-lorenxo Bull; Charles Il. Bull, Cashier
Teller-Edward J. Parker. The Bank will com.
mence operations ~ soon after ths 1st day o!
January next as possible.
NV YonK STOCK kMARKEr.-Closing prices for
cash, Dec II. 1861, received by F. g. s<oushl
Co., sommisaion, stock and boud brokers, n Clark
street, Chicago.