The Sun.
London, England, 1869-09-13 00:00:00

their tariff largely, which went into effect ott MO!,
morning last. The decline was doubtless assisted by t'
failure of the recent Vanderbilt meetings at Saratoga t:
result in the long-talked-of consolidation of the Nov Ir°fr
Central and Hudson River lines, and also by the animal],
meat on Sunday of the Commodore's marriage, the inf'r
ence drawn from which was that the prop,sed consolidr
tion would be shelved for a while. This depression N 8
not allowed to continue long, however, for befJre
nesday night New York Central sold above 904 and yes,
terday it touched 205. Erie, too, long dormant and Intle
tabooed, which, driven from the Stock Exchange, is call d d
only at the National Board, suddenly became buoyant lf
active, selling as high as 351- ou Thursday, an advance",
seven per cent. upon the quotation current fora 111
time past. The rise was attended with a rumour ths,
the stock would soon be registered at the offica
Trust Company, and that a third rail, to connect with t".
Narrow-gauge lines was to be laid. It is possible, h°'(l;
ever, that the movement is merely a transient one due
be
the opening of the " short cut" line, running from
Erie on the other side of the Hudson, and the feStl:,
speech made on that occasion by Mr. James Fisk, lnn
who is getting to be looked upon as a sort of financial JU
at whose nod the railway world trembles, or is 195:
happy. The whole market at the same time showed
siderabla improvement, and the bearish feeling wbiell
generally prevailed gave place to one of an opposite c,
hei
rector. so easily is the tide of opinion and the carrea'
speculation turned iu Wall-street.
The Philadelphia Public Ledger, of August 27, SsYs.to
" There were sales of small lots of State Gs, Ist series, %t
decline of City Gs, untaxed, sold to a fair extes' t,
1111—no change. Company bonds, under a fair ill
meat demand, were steady at quotations. 'rho shar°ol
was generally rather firmer. Of Reading, 3,800 OA
sold within the range of 18 to 481—opening and c1°5,1
at 48i. Pennsylvania holds firmly up for investment 3
57i to 57i, with sales of GOO shares. Catawissa preferd
was steady at 37±-, and Camden and Amboy decline b 0
123. Lehigh Valley was firm at 56i. This comps''y oil
laid its last rail on its northern extension, and the r°,lbe
now finished to the New York State line, and no.
ready to transport coal over by the middle of to
tember. The entire list of Canal stocks was Wel'S
only sale of them being 50 shares Lehigh Navigstle'atio
3Gi. Susquehanna Canal 6's were offered at 57, an tiro
10 was the best bid for the shares. We observe a 134-010
—The capital invested in railways in the United StBtil
nearly four times that doing business in banks. Th°-for
of this latter is $493,000,000-8436,000,000 in 1,630100
nal Banks; $67,000,000 iu 240 State Banks—the ear from
from which are from 10 to 12 perct. on their capita'''.
$50,000,000 to $60,000,000. The cost of tho 43,00°,11)50
of railway in operation has been $1,870,000, the aggr-gIA
earnings on which were, in 1868, $400,000,000--freoek
$280,000,000 ; passengers, $120,000,000—a suna t4fcero,
ing the gross annual revenue of the general g°
1111
ment.—The Fort Wayne (Ind) Democrat, of the 00
says:—" Officials of the Central Transportation pots
have arrived here, to contract with the Pittsbill%,Sif
Wayne, and Chicago Railway at this point, to 11'°;ile
now palace cars built on an entirely new pattern, 010,1111
Hor to any yet built in this country. The cars sreo-lioef
over the Pennsylvania and Fort Wayne and CllllOOOO
from New York to Chicago, passengers going t 00'
without change of cars. The above cars will each c°
sum of $25,000."

r NEWYORK, og
p,'
YORK, Aug. ''' -
FOREIGN EXCHANGE. t, roe Dlril
,
I
Sixty Days. "-L'-'" ~.., 11"'
London Bankers - 109; .
London, Primo Commercial EN .1
—lO9l ...•6131
1
Paris, Bankers
...
Bremen, Bankers
•..".
Hamburgh, Bankers 34-351Frankfort, OM 4O-±-40i
Berth- id Col.- -- - 71+ ...".

Jerlin an. Jologno
Antwerp 5.20-5.14 ''''''
'
Amsterdam, Bankers
Swiss
RAILROAD AND MISCELLANEOUS STOCS:S. 0
1 Fort Wayne ............ SI
AtlanticPNva .ciufi.c
Telegraph
QuicksilverMaila il
. . ... ...... . .. ............................ 51.,1/4 15 1
Mariposa Preferred :" 1
Ohio and MississipPl". I,' 1
-1.,. pi
Boston Water POW'
Cumberland ............ t
AB_
la
scnkse
St. Paul
an d B.r. o.
.k..e.r.s: 1.a.: 7391
M & St. Paul Prefer

N. Y. Central 201,1
Erie
Hudson .. lB6
Reading
Mich. Central l3O
Illinois Central
Cleveland & Pittsbrg lOBl
North-West
North-West Preferred 953
Canton_ 6O
Rock Island
Cleveland and Toledo

EXPItE;

STOCKS.

56 to 661
3, to ill

Adams
American Merc!4ants' Uni(
Merchants' Union, old Sto,
United States

„
il to
53 to 19
ISi t°
'BANK STOCKS.
Irving .....................
Nassau ................... 114
Commonwealth 1J”
Importers and 'rraders 137
11
Metropolitan ........
Central National •••"' 10,5 i
Fourth National ..... • 11:n
Ninth National ...... " jra
Oriental 8ank....... .."'
.130 "
Hanover ...... •••"
Corn Exchange
........ 16'7
Chatham ...............
rt
. ter

Wells, Fargo, and Co

NEW YORK CIT'
State of Nov York 112
Merchants' Exchange 117
Ocean
Merchants'
Mechanics' 1403
America
Phenix lO9
Manhattan
Seventh Ward
Commerce
American Exchange ll5
Bank of the Republic l2Ol