Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-12-08
Special RepOrt.
F1NANc1AL AsD ooMMEReIA1..

s as NKw YoRK, Dec. Z.
Stock market Opsrsd with stronger spec
ulative feeling than for several weeks past,
but interest strongly in ascendant. At the
Stock Exchange there was considerable
buying to cover shorts as well as for fur
ther rise. This change Of tone is to some
extent the result of growing abundance Of
unemployed funds. The teuor Of Secretary
Fessenden's report has apparently strongly
stimulated a speculative tendency. The
entire railroad list was strong and excited.
Erie, Hudson River, Northwestern and
Rock Island, were especially active. Spec
ulation in Governments was quite strong
and large business transacted. Mining
stocks improved. Petroleum dull. Stats
bonds without material variation.
The Gold market opened steady at 2Ss,
but finally took start and rose to higher
hgure than. has been current for some time
past. The market was quite animated
and excited with large business. It de
cIined about per cant In the afternoon,
but was steady at the decline. Zi--
l STOCK MARKET.
The money market continues easy. At
Gallagher's Evening Board Gold was 2s9;
New York Central 1901; Erie 1905; Hud-
son ll5f; Reading 1861; Michigan Cen
trail 1891; Michigan Southern 7s1i Illinois
Central IsOi Pittsburg llOa; Rock Island
I06{i North Western 4s3 do preferred
77s; Ft. Wayne 1O52i Ohio and Ml:sis-
srppl oeIIncAses sesi csrabsrlAnd are )
MaripOsa a53.
CAPTAIN wINsLoW.
Captain Winslow Kearsage is stopping
here to-day, and was visited upon to-day by
the Cora.ai.sOo from, Ullzmb1r commercs.
He will have public reception tomorrow
evening,
bARRKa.
TO-day's papers are barren of news
being filed with the message and accom-
panying report.
GoAGMIssI0S.
The Panama herald says; Informs-
ton has was lately received that DR..
GWinn has obtained fron Maximilliar,
through the influence Of the Emperor Ma
poleon, commission as Governor General
of Sonora, with authority to induce immi-
grafton to settle the country.
The Herald thinks this Is preliminary
step 10 establish French colony on the
Pacific coast.
The prisoners captured on the steamer
Salvador are still on the gun boat Sam
Custar. )
Recent Brazilian papers contain copies
of sn orler issued by that government to
the effect that all the ports of that country
be closed against the Wauchusest, for vic
lation Of the neutral laws of Bahia.
CAPTURE OF BLOCKADE RUNNER
A Fortress Monroe letter gives the par
ticulars of the capture of the blockade
runner Vixen, by the gunbost Rhode Is
land. The Vixen is a new steamer, and
was on her frat voyagO. she is English
built, and of faultess model and equip
page, with two horizontal engines. Pre-
vious TO coming into contact with the
Rhode Island, she had been pursued bytwO
steamers and outrsn both Of them. Dur
ing the chase the Vixen run fourteen knots
an hour, but she was gained upon by the
Rhode Island. Her wheels turaed 30 rap
idly as to throw of the buckets and diIA-
BILE the boat -.-
The Rhode Island tOvsd hsr to Fortress
Monroe.
The VIXEN Is splendid specimen of
naval architecture. She is 226 feet in
length, has two smoke stacks and two
masts, is schooner rugged She has large
crew, numbering 400 men.
Her Captain is an ez-oficer in the Eng
lish navy.
FROM GRANTS ARMT.
Letters. from the Army of the POtoma:
contain no news.
The utmost quiet prevailed along our
lines, at the latest dates.
sHERAAH's OPERATIONS.
The Macon Messenger Of the 2sd ult.
says of the cavalry fight at Walnut Greek:
The enemy, variOusly estimated at from
1000 to 5000, with four pieces of artillery,
commanded by General Klpatrick, opened
with quite q brisk fire, which was
kept up for about two hours, without loss
on our side. The shooting was not credit
able, Of their loss wO saw ai1 dead
horses.
Captain HufOrd, OF the 10th Ohio, with
a very few men who had crossed the creek,
made daring charge on our Atillery, when
his bsrss was shot snd the Captain cap
tured
These are about the only incidents of
this second attack on our city. All injury
done in the immediate vicinity was the
burning Of a mill snd the injuring of
few hundred wards of railroad II vras q