Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-10-20
Special Report.
FINANCIAL AND CoMMERcIAL.


active. Outsiders keep away from market
and brokers have affairs very much
upon their own hands. The first board
opened with slight improvement on clos
ing figures of yesterday, bat as call pro
gressed the spirit dropped, and business
closed with lower prices.
Coal stocks strong.
Bank shares full
Mining shares quiet.
Railroad bonds firm. Railroad shares
irregular with upward tendency, princi-
pal activity in Erie.
The Gold market opened with increased
frmness, and advanced about two per cent.
This advance was afterwards lost. There
was less activity and animation than yes
terday.
The Loan market is still easy at per
cent.
The exports of gold for the week are
over s4,5OO,OOO.
Foreign Exchange insctive.
At the Produce Exchange there was a
sharp rise in hour, grain and provisions.
Towards the close the market was gener-
ally dull, and the improvement was par
tally lost.
BOSTON STOCK MARKET
At Boston to-day Stocks were very dull.
MEETING OF NATIONAL BANK OFFICERS.
The proceedings of the numerously at
tended meeting Of National Bank officers
at the Astor House, to-day, were private,
but it is stated that they will be officially
published
Gold closed at the Evening Board at
2o9a@2Os6,
REBEL PRISONERS.
Gen. Page and other rebel officers, who
arrived by the Continental, detained at the
quarantine will not be brought there for
for several days. 1t is understood that
they will go to Fort Warren.
FALL OF CONFEDERATE LOAN.
The Commercial Advsrtissr's London
letter says
The news of the defeat of Early in his
retreat up the Valley, was received
yesterday, and caused further fall of
per cent in the Confederate loan, in addi-
ton to like tall which had occurred
during the few proceeding days.
In three weeks the loan has fallen % per
cent.
PUalLIsTIC.
Bells Life, London, says;
Neither Mace or Coburn can claim
stakes.
It recommends Coburn to accept Mace's
challenge to fight in England, and either to
toss for referee, or allow BslEs Life editor
to name four gents of the Press to select
referee for them.
CHANGE OF THE OVERLAND ROUTE.
The proprietors of the Overland Stage
Line have decided to change their route
from the river road to the cutoff and run
the Salt Lake and California mail direct
to Denver. Heretofore Denver has been
supplied with mails by branch route.
SUBSCRIPTIONS TO sEvEE-THRTY LOAN.
The subscriptions to the 7-3O loan for
the past two days, as reported to the
Treasury Department, amount to 81 ,O2s,-
900. The entire subscription is S54, OOO,-
900.
AMERICAN SECURITIES.
The HeraLds Paris letter says:
American bonds are considerably en-
luired for, and within the past ten days
have beeR regularly exposed in the win
1ows Of Exchange dealers.
CONFEDERATE CLOTHING.
The Cork EranlIHsT says:
The army clothing factory at Limerick,
made sixty thousand suits of
clothing for the Confederacy and shipped
hem on blockade runners.
CONFEDERATE CURRENCY.
The Charlottville Chronicle says:
Confederate currency is worthless and
it to be burned and holders
10 be compensated with cotton or bonds,
and the people then adopt traffic with
put money.
SOUTHERN NEWS.
The Richmond Enquirer of the 18th,
says:
The Federal mortar batteries on Cha
pins farm are nearly completed. These
batteries are said to have a commanding
position.
The Examiner says:
The people talk about starving, but
hey better starve than be overrun with
Yankees.
The papers also berate the War Depart
neut for keeping back that good news
which it is believed has been received
from Hoods army, and insist upon knowing
t. They assert that they need all the en-
,ouragement they can get.
The Brandon (Miss.) Republican says;
The beef cattle which recently crossed
he Mississippi, passed through here en-
-obts Ior hoods s army
THE PRESIDENT sERENADED.
WAsHINeToN, l9.
The President was serenaded tonight
md made a speech, congratulsting the
upon Marylaud's adoption of the
lew Constitution.
THE REBELS IN MISSOURI.
ST. LOUIS, October le.
The Democrats Jefferson City special
ays G neral Fisk returned this morning
rom reconnaissance to Boonville. He
'aroled the garrison at Glasgow, number
ng between six and seven hundred and
,wo or three hundred citizens who assisted
n the dafansa of tho Y,1ane ond oIso yorolod