The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-08-22
market for the shares Of the Atlantic Telegraph Com


pany
telegraph each which yesier
day offered E34o Immediately advanced thus morning. on receipt
the day Was found thai extremely nrm
the hnai price was $3.50 10 1870"
Tho commercial news by the Arabia is moro cheerful
than any we have had for long time The Liverpool
Times says
and manufacturing have bsen marked arc there in
dcao wanting TO inspire hopefulnoss IN The continuance Oh @
The money market is reported easy without any in
in the demand for money in its price Consols
closed the 9Th inst at 96s for the account and 96a
for money American securities have been more active,
and have fetched better prices
The fire marshal is engaged la investigating the
of the disastrous FIRE at the City Hall Tuesday night
None of the evidence has anspircd, but 1t IL thought
that the result will bo nobody TO blame The COM
mittee to whom the mayor message relative to the re-
pairs Of tho damage done the edihce met to-day and
agreed to add another story 10 the centre building and
to build an iron cupoa. The bell Ii 10 DC removed 10
a boil tower TO be built in the Park
The following is the programme OF the great cable cell
ebration TO take place on the lst OF September
Cyrus w Fold esq., the of tho Niagara and Gorgon,
by city the Battery and while bo
ing received VIII be snotcd with asaiyo OF 100 guns -
reception Field associates will be escorted by
procession Of the military and civic bodies Of ,he Guy 20 s
Field Captain Hudson and Captain Daymon OF mo
Gorgon also address to the telegraph companies
This commenced by tho vocal PER
fomAnco by the various musical societies OF Achvea 'he
T. After each address appropriate music viii DO performed by
AZ die conclusion Of the ceremonies authorities
will be escorted from Cry the City Hall by the Are
torchght procession, with such societies. as may eo "
Appropriate uanrparences be placed over the gates Of tho
Park through procession will and upon the my HAM,
The requested illuminate their dwellings along he
rs through which the ocish procession aS w pass NJ roa
Captains and yman TO be received by the
the City Hail. where they can receive ho
congratulations from to O'Clock p m
evening municipal dinner TO DO given at some place 70 DO
selected.
Mr. Field had a reception at his house in Gramercy
Park this evening which Captain Hudson and officers
of the Niagara the municipal authorities, the judges,
and number of other distinguished citizens were pres
emit omitted to mention yesterday that Mr. fleid mas
written to the directors OF the company In London re-
signing his Office general manager
The money market was shade more active here to-
day. but without any change in the rates OF interest
There was little nothing doing in foreign exchange
Rates remain nominay unchanged as well for sterling
as for continental drafts. The only demand was from
bankers.
The stock market was very heavy this morning, and
tho news of light receipts the great railroads was used
most vigorously by the bear interest New York Con
trail fell to 77s Reading to 46a against Al yesterday
Erie to 16b Chicago and Rock Island to 723 Galena
and Chicago SO and Cleveland and Toledo and Pana-
each declined /
Al the second board the stock market recovered Part
closing rates follows Tennessee skies, 9ls Ma
tonal Bank 1888; Merchants Bank III; Bank OF Com.
merce 100 Cumberland preferred III Cleveland and
Toledo 34s; Pacific mail, s4k New York Central 77s
Chicago and Rock Island 72b Erie, IL 6S; Rea1ng All
Michigan Southern stock, 22a and Galena and
Chicago, S3f
There was an active business in -four at further ad
vance of 10 cents per barrel. Wheat was also
cents per bushe better Corn quiet but firm. Fork
was heavy and lower. Beef firm. The market was
firm with fair business. Sugars also firm and mod
erately active.
The imports of foreign drygoods at New York for the
week amount in value to only 81, 23O 1872 against 81
for the corresponding week of last year. and 81
227 SOC for the time in 1856 One good feature in
the dry goods trade here is the fact that the stock OF for
egn goods in bond is steadily decreasing, tho amount
thrown upon the market for series of weeks having
been in excess of tho entries at the port. The total
thrown upon the market since January LIST shows an
cess of nearly six millions and half compared with
the imports Of the same time. We annex tabular
statement which will show these facts at glance, MS
follows
ar IooJs u{ n York.