Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1862-07-18
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H. Magnets Telegraph
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The stool: marker Wa huo"aNt and more
actiyr today than fyr some tine past, and Tor
mos; Of the leading securities prices were bet
ter United States coupon Is Of ISL sold at
lJ2: American Gold IL liG.; Penn. State =
At So; Citv It's, ne;r, ~ lu22;; Penn. l.. 1t
mort. at l02:; Nor. Penn K. lst mort. IL .:
Sus1. Canal t. st 3.i:: Reading K. & 81 II
-; Che and Del. Canal is at ~: Cam. and
.Aui. Il. i: - at o. OfSharrs. Reading K.
brought ~: rcnra. K. ~; Cat;wisza K. pre-
fcrrrd, ll;; Nor. Penn. i q; Srl>q. Canal 81.
The philadrlpn;a ledger Of yesterday re-
maIk<:
The great feature in financial movements
on Wednesday was th" large and very sudden
advance in go!d--or, more properly >peakr-.
The great and sudden depreciation Of b2cE
cur7ency IS comparcd with gold, Sales arc
reported nj llG,. an ad:aAc" Of 5: or the
highest sale on TUESDAY. .;::i"cr w2s quoted
ii IA per cent, though probably arGc lots o.:
half dollars would have commanded = differ
c1lcc Of ~ per cent. the rIo>t remarkable
fact connected with ihiS depreciation oi pa-
per. tins cbcapcnnS CT its price, is, that the
best and most reliable OF stool; securities do
not improve in the samG proportion that cur
rency- Ccpreci;it,.- TN III: contrary, stock
prices on "Wednesday w'src about H. same Is
:; month aE1---t!at Is, Government, State and
Citv loans "-err selling II about the same pri-
ccs and ;et, within the month, the purchas-
ing power Of the paper moray has deprecia-
ted as compared win gold. more th:.i! IL per
cent
: The ,,;,c,~ FORK journal nf Co,rve.cc &c
Yesterday tiuS SPEAKS "i' Wednesdays mar
kc; in that city:
This has been ;cr;; exciting ia: in '"Tail
street. Gold rapidly advanced, touching u.
tor mixed lots al thc first board, and soon al
ter reaching IL for double eagles IN the
street. 1t tEe second board nxcd lots
touched 1lG:. and after lhr board double 90
giles were sold at lis, while some holders
asked 10. The ad;ancc has been 50 rapid
that many are locking ior reaction. Did
demand notes haze adTGT;riiC lbs. Ind some
are askin: l02
Foreign exchange j. t:-citai ani vcrr ir-
regular. i;a; Ears' 80 ia: sterling bills have
sold in Some cases as high as 10. per cent,
but the market j; quite unsettled. We quote:
Bills as "a da.ys on London l2tal211 ioT docu-
mentar:: l27al2St for commercial: l29al30
for bankers, with sales nj l29: do. at short
sight i31tal3ls: Paris 1t 60 days .l..iOa4 81 !:
do. ut short sight 432ta4 80 Antwerp I.l0a
40: Swiss 30; HAMBURG lltta42tt: Arm
sterdam iGta-tc; Frankfort I. .a:iS: Bremen
@la95: and prGssian thalcrs o2:aS3t
The following are the rates oi exchange at
Nc5v York Oh the principal cities Of the
Union: Albany dis; Baltimore ami Boston
par: Buffalo :, Chicago !, st. Louis :, Detroit
(. Louisville 7aI, and Milwaukee discount;
philadelphia par Pttshnrg ani Cincinnati,
discount.
The stool: market has generally irnrro7pi
mosr ii IN" list being much higher.
The sun, OF the eth inst, says
The rates for foreign exchange have i'd
ranced considerably since las, week, with but
few bills offering, and the demand at the high
rates ruling is very small. The quotations
which We give arc necessarily nominal. Ex-
change is dependent upon the rise or fall u
gold: London, bankers bills l2Sai39; COM
mcrcial do. l25al2t; Paris. 10 DAYS sight .l.3j
a4.ij: do. short sight ,l.3na+.4G; Antwcrp.i.l5;
Amsterdam 'lj!a4G;: Bremen S9a9l: liam
bur: i:11a+3; Cologne SGaS2: Frankfort lSaiS,.
The following were the rates Of the domes-
tic exchange brokers yesterday: american
Gold lj!al3!7pc: cent. premiums: American
silver ): ~ per cc;t. premium. uac-i e;.r Ger
tiiicate: 99:aluo; =. 3-lU Treasury notes lGl.
alui::: Jnltcd States coupon Us Of ISL lu2ta
iG2i: Dutiahlr Demand notes la: per cent.
premium; New FORK. boston anti Pnladcl-
phia exchange par; Pennsylvania currcrcv "a
: ard MARYLAND DO, gal per cent discount