The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-06-20

NEw YoRx, (FridAy night June ls 1858.
The Albany Argus says that the republicans Of the En-
pe State in difficulty 10 find candidate for Cover
nor overnor Seldcn positively declines
nomination and James s Wadsworth, of Genesec, also
refuses Judge Culver, who " sits up o nights with
bleeding Kansas and the widow Brown, is now the ia
yorite. The Argus that Culver man OF no pro-
tence nor of any genealogical vanity in contadis-
tncon to blood OF all the Kings You Of course.
aware that the Culver alluded to Is the man who lately
had serious difficulty with his church account OF al
legged npropriees of conduct with ladies of his
quaintanoe The judge plead professional business the
Of his nocturnal visits but the church members
thought that visits at two clock In the morning,
and lasting all night were MOI professional certainly not
legal tef8s $685.
The increased activity in tho money market still
nues and the banks still pursue their policy OF caution
and non-extenion. Private capitalists willing to
do paper at rates below those current at the banks
Some paper maturing In August discounted TO day
ut 4 per cent by mercantile men who, having pro-
vded funds for their payments in August and Sep
tember wish to gain the interest in the mean time.
cannot understand why the money market should be
otherwise than easy when the necessities of the trading
community small owing to the limited scale Of
their business and the consequent dearh of prime business
obligations. Foreign exchange is firm at 1854 lost
for sixty day bankers bills London, and l0S 100 for
prime commercial do. Exchange Paris IL quoted at
5.l6t 5 .l2a Hamburg, 36{ 36a Amsterdam At
Ala and Bremen, 10 79t The dull state of the mo-
ney market in London is thus described by the
pondent of the Commercial Advertiser
Of falling tho Of the Royal Exchange would
apparently produce permanently serious effect in tho London
money market
Ours is not quite deadsve this description would
indicate, but certainly prospect of "hard
times" Relatively money is quito cheap here as in
London per cent for three months paper here is
equivalent to "a per cent there Conso temporarily
depressed under the exciting fom this side about
the cruisers outrages, and quoted at 95a 95s
div.
The stock market inactive to-day, but at the first
board prices tre higher than the closing prices Of
yesterday. At the opening New York Central
bearod down to sol with large Sales but towards the
close of the market 1t rallied and up to 500 Read
ing advanced 1; Mil. and Miss. fell off r and Mich.
Central II. State stocks were steady and in good
quest At the second board there further improve
ment caused it is sad by the purchases of Of the
leading bears who had oversod and the market left of
with indications of further RISE at the following prices
for the leading speculative shares Pacific mail 76A
Reading 43 seller 6O and "A seller 0 New York Cent
raj 8lB Erie l64 Mich Central 81; Mich. SO. III
ILL., Central 81; Cley. and Toll 323 Chi and r. !. II,
and Mil and Miss 1911
The flour market to- day inactive and lower spec
ulaors being afraid to oversoc themselves and run the
risk of their -four souring in this weather Wheat
was Sc. per bushel cheaper. Corn WIS better and
Pork firmly held, and rather dull. Beef
steady and unchanged Cotton is rmer and active
at the following prices: