, 1863-08-28
FINaNCfaL AND COMMERCIAL.


THURSDAY EvKNrta. Aug. q, 1859.
To-day has been Eather quiet with scarcely any
charge In tie general money market Of the city nca
yesterdays report The demand for discounts IS fair
Mt the former range. rtz: 7@10 per cent. Bankers.
however, sttn hare q yery considerable surplus OF
funds which they would be yety glad to employ safely
and prohtabty.
New York Exchange continues to work easier; hut
former rates aEe unchanged, viz: par0N buying, and
x selling few houses eoncedc fraction on round
lots.
Tie first New York dispatches rnado the price Of
Gold 15 tEen 1siA, closing at 1e4. The usual price
here was 1ss. Silver 11ss1ls Treasury Notes nomI-
nal, buying u, ceiling u.
HEAVY FA11ueE.-rttvate dispatches report the
failure Of J. A. Van 6Aua Son, heavy brokers uni
stock dealers will bc st:an:o amid tho nsane stock
gamblers OF Wall street II many others do not sink ont
ofefrht, to be known no more forever.
The y. Y. Times Of Tuesday last says:
There vas highly speculative demand for stocks
throughout tks tay. aud p.ces adsanca! conslaeIa.
liz @rS M m a
sn other stocks that he hcli lie did hod about 1900
hs III s. ss t
ne again 6e called 1t tie board under lie 5c Saie
I'd IoRs dds nstare of the formation Of lie Mwsa-
hee aid st, faul Railroad Company, and its claims to
10 tass tetmosy It an sac eary ste ii tae % mesn.ne
,e;e 4 AZ ntIgsoa ln toFee rom the surssms Court
the Company rs Its assefa.
All St. Losls, On Wednesday, money matters were
quiet. Gold was sold In considerable amounts By
banLcrs at2sH92tk pram. Mls-oarideteucc warrants
ftn at 50 buying. % selling.
At Philadelphia, on Wednesday, there was no
change In tic money MARKET Rates ruled FROM 49G
yer cent. With tie supply ia excess Of the deu.and.
Geld YVES very weak, and Government securities firm.
Tho speculative movement IN the stock boaid has
coM9to pa.l.e.
Al CBcft natl, on "Wednesday, the supply Of money
wasin excess OF the demand aud market easy At "a
sterccnt. Government securities 20 trm taat there
ms no disposition TO sell. Kentucky and Indiana mo-
ney dull Ut tGfc pteus.
Of the cheago and Alton Railroad Company were not
pa1d the Gth tns, stated In Esuc OF yester-
day. It ts claimed by thocredtoZs Of the old Ccago
und Alton and st. Louis Company that they have
lien upon the road for tho payment Of the debt duo
them. and undctstand that they about to COM
menec suit to. cnfores tho payment OF such claims
There claimB sre inciuded in rte "nlinois dcht
60 &aed. but are toE monefs borrowed cars engines.
de-, at the East, and amount to million OF dol
1art TIC NewsYork Tribune Of the 18th Inst contains
dispatch, stating that tic late Injunction WAS Issued
and served without any notice to the Company. and
that measures will Le Immediately taken to apply the
remedy.
The New York Tribune says that Commissioners
now In that city, at the office Of Messrs. Myers
Co, No. Brood street, charged with negotiating for
capital to complete twenty miles Of railroad between
Lacrosse, Wis. aud Houston City, Mlun.. already
graded btdecd and ready Tor the eupeFstructure, at
TIE eastern terminus Of tho loot River Valley and
Southern Minnesota Railroad. The road Of which this
Il the last link through the best and most fertile
rorion o the State ct Minnesota and land grant OF
$50 acres PER mile ts secured to the Company By act
Of Congress- and la1ge and valuable portion Of which
will come at once into market On the completion Of
the above twenty miles