, 1865-03-25

column, Of tho Second National Bank OF this city.
L. the old leere o! Scven.ThiEiIea u row nearly
exhausted, PARTIES Gesirous OF investing In Gov
frrmcut securities will find the new loan OF S00.-
q 0,0o0 tho most desirable In the market. The
officers Of tho Second National Bank have DIS
played laudatle zeal in procurins subscriptions
to the old loan, and We have no doubt but they
Wlli 10 equally eaccessfnt with the new. :.
Thr Fourth Esuonal :Bank OF this city has re-
moved 10 Its splendid new ofdce ID Lombard Block,
On Monroc street. close to the Pest Office, end for
The better accommodation OF Its custonots, 1t viii
keep open doors from 10 a. N. to p. m
Preston, Willard q Eesn's closing Eatea for
Government Securities are rs follows:
2. g i55s 1oss 70 III
y y 2. 39sos' lsa os''.''.......--. e., g ,,oo ,a,o,
Mcssra. Preston, willard q Kean informs III
that The $50 Loau in ita present form "a neatlJ
exhausted. but that there will bo no Interruption
in It's sa1s- The new loan will only differ ffom
the nrHt in baying year longer 10 run
4 hnSe petroleum swindle Under the style os
the First Na1tonal Petroleum co."-the name or
a company already in operation has turned up.
the prospectus giving the following parody on the
names Of tho most prominent capitalists Of New
York as its trustees:
john: D. Mee,re. PreeIdent;' M1nturn Mayo,
Secretary; John Quincy .Adana, Treasurer; Len
Gray, Attorney; j. 3. Clapp, Travelling Saperin-
He1sy fa Goopse a. s Ga%9saes % kd T. ae aessa
= The export ct specie dom New York ssill con-
Hnues light, the total amount ttuce January lat,
being only 81 es9 esq., nga1ust So,75a,555 for same
period Ia 1861, and ST., SOL ,a31 from s-a de-
c:eate OF IS $50 469 from 1851 and Of IS lbs fn
49, 3. The decrease IN imports or dry gaads and
general merchandise is also large, the total I'M
port since the first Of january amounting 10 only
<s9 478 4a aganse $50 ~ 795 for the same period
IN 1864, and ss9, ,&s,9l3 In -1s63-a decrease Of
S23,9:4 $50 from 1861, and SO 6oo 6ot from 1861
-Ghe Ba1ns Of Virginia and the FaEmers' Bank
at Richmond, Va. are calling IN their circulation.
paying for it 1916 IN gold oa tha dollar. The OF
dciaEs aro aftaid Je6. will selze the Is d1cats."
The London Correspondent OF the New York
Commercial AdceYtises: says: That the de-
cline in The funds has created an intense dep1es-
sion In ali departments Of trade. Every import
ant article Of consumption ha7 kept gradually de-
elnng ,and to complete the list the iron trade IL
now one OF the losing occupations: One firm ia
stated to have lost one quarter to one-ha1fa mil
lion atesting on consignment from Cbtna+''
-The n. Y. 7sa5rn6 Of Monday cuutaIns the
following paragraph concerning Northwestern
StotkA: 4,
"The.e was pa7ic In Northwestern stock IN.
der tnmors Of trouble IN Chicago. For the Com
mon as low az n VIA touched, and 5o} for the Pre-
i about ee of the csn@on Stock q
which over Il, ,OOG, 90 was tusnre1 d bonus to
aecure The Ga1enl road in the consolidation"
The Boston Journal Of Monday last: States
that "lhe supply Of Eleeubaeks and National Bank
1otes ia 80 abort that 1t Is diflcult at times to
make payments, and Of late it has been neccssi
" to certify chceta. There Is no pressure for dis
count, hut the very best notes will not now 60 q
ltts than 8 per cent" -~-.- ).
lit will be Of importance to all corporations
stock companies, ETC., to know that the Conuis
siopct Of Internal Revenue has decided that nj
assignment OF stock made by the owner which
passes the title to the purchaser, whether mud
upon The books OF the. corporation, OF npon tn
certificate, IL subject 10 stamp duty ofstive Is
cents"
1T is stated that tho local banks Of Ohio hny
advanced 60 largely 10 pork and provision opeFl
turr that they are unable 10 discount TO the1r reg
tight place:
@The New York Journal ef Commerce Of aIou
/ d,y last, s,as the following:
ave rerr+t to polce the suspcnston Of Messr.
Strecter, Fa1on, and Po ter, 10 the drJ good
] pc eaaion On Tie rising market, and must aay
counted their gains At one time above quarter {
miilion-soms say over half q million; u
shrinknge in values has lei: them stranded"
| The total value Of foreign exports from PoT
|
S3a5544, ,S02.Ta,
lin Europe the actigity in American Secntiur
| continues. The loan market in London, accort
| ing to the latest adriccs, was easy. In the Lol
don Times financial a1lcle OF the 9Th, ,ve find th
following remarks on the exportatton Of gold
| this country:
1. "Thn Austra!asiau, from America, h l. bron.t
only f66co, and the quantity Of bills on Loado
nov offering at New York Is 80 fat beYond tn
tnmedl,te demand for remittance th1t It Is nj
impossible the next steamers hence may take OF
some amounts H. goa: Ih.s condition 1ts, t
Proportion OF the tsapsaetfons fu connee'.oe< Wi
the heasy and un,ntertupted supplies Of feder
e sss iondon
aud in proportion as the payments are made to
rom Germany, tho Claims Of New York upc
ooess3ions I hsve ended 10 feep % he c cannent
IicJ make as much Ii cur 3aror in the aetllemel
& s.s s ks I afpnif an U, IL e as
ent moment the eale Of bonds, large aud consta
sa they havc been, hare not fal'y suf1cel to sat-
+ the specie balances which the war expenditu
cau:ss day By day to fail due rom Amerlca
Europe Il l. int lately, indeed, that the suma
!. gold required to be rematted nom New York h1
Tie buik of tic California supply il diverted hi
! er, and hist the protective md almost prohibit
tariff now IN fore ;, hss SO pressed on the sene1
ol The t3eans Of takinc European goods In an
thing like their former quantity, their impor
tions for the concluding half Of the paat year hl
t lng been only equal to one-thlrd Of those Of t
j | preceding s1x months. ,....
. "The Immediate event that has created the p:
!. s,bIlity Of momentary turn ot the tide seems
pccted. Of the Cation seized at Savannah. T
: iianamission Of specie from liverpool to NJ
I York, should any such operation jast. now tn
nlHre, must therefore moi be regarded as uno
! alous. 1t is simply a proof that the drain whl
: that country is undergoing from tho waste Of u
, viii not Jet admlt Of some inanitesimal perc:
. | tarc Of The proceeds of the enormous debt th
{ arc pllins up by borrowing European gold, and
the ccncurrtut sale OF a large prize Of cotton
/ rcach Tor b little while their Owl hands,"