The Cleveland leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1865-1865, 1865-08-30
Special Report.
FINANCIAL.

The Stock market is without change
Speculation is quiet and prices are frac-
ton lower. The prevailing feeling of the
market was in favor of low prices, but af
fairs are so much under the control of a
few large operators that the feeling is very
imperfect.
Government stocks are very quiet. There
is 8 very moderate foreign demand for
5.2Os. The transactions of yesterday and
this morning of that character will prob
ably amount to $75O,OOO.
State bonds are lower on Missouri and
North Carolina.
Coal stocks are stronger, both on An
thrscite and Bituminous shares.
Miscellaneous shares are generally steady.
There was no speculation in gold to-day,
but extensive purchases on importers &C.
counts were made. The,mArket was some.
what Armer.
Money easy.
Petroleum stocks are steady to-day, with
considerable excitement in Tack and Web
ster, fee simple, "A; Pithole Creek $50;
Buchanan go Cherry Run %: GarmAnia
80; Tack 50; Bradley 300; Everett 30 /;
United States 1925; Webster 1s4.
The petroleum market is quiet and steady
with sales of crude at sl3; refined in bond
41a53; do. free 69A723.
TRIAL OF PAYMAsTKR WEBB,
NEW YoRK, August 2s.
The Times Washington special says the
court marital for the trial of Paymaster
Webb has just closed its labors. During its
progress some strange disclosures were
made of the scandalous manner in which
an unscrupulous set of shsrpers in this city
IcOnspired with the disbursing officer of the
government and defrauded the soldiers out
Of their hard earnings. A Jew who was
dismissed from the service for dofrnuding
the government at the beginning of the
war, but who has since been doing business
here and holding q somewhat conspicuous
relation with some of the disbursing officers,
was put on the witness stand and made to
testify that he himself had purchased no
less than 500 books of the soldiers, and that
the aggregate amount of these was $780,
600. After good deal of equivocstion he
also confessed that the lowest rate of dis
count at which he took any of them was 10
per cent, which, taken as an average, will
give him the sum of $40, 900 alone. This
however, is only one among the devices in
this city for fleeing the soldiers. That
such thing should be carried on in city
full of detectives, whose business it is to
protect our soldiers, is burning shame.
No doubt the Jew considers them legitimate
transactions, and he may corrupt disburs-
ing officers and share with them his ILL got
ten gains, without the slightest fear of
punishment.
Check books were given TO The soldiers in
payment of bounty, and as q means of pro-
tecting them against sharpers, aswell as in.
ducing economy, were made payable by the
psymastsr of the regiment to which the
soldiers belonged, and only TO the soldiers
themselves. This was believed to be suffi-
cient precaution against the swindlers and
shsrpers, and would have answered if the
psymssters had done their duty properly,
and they very we'll understood no claim
agent or broker would have dared to pur-
chase them without q previous understand
ing with the paymaster, for without that
they would be vslueless on his hands.
General Wells intends to follow up this
matter, and it could not possibly be in bet
ter hands.
GHHERAL cRocKER
The Herald's Washington special says the
remains of General Crocker were taken in
charge by the military authorities soon af-
ter his death, and removed from embslmers
to room in Willard's Hotel this morning,
where hundreds called to view them dur
ing the day. Every possible honor was paid
them by order of General Augur. A hand
some infantry and cavalry escort accom-
panied them to the depot at six o'clock thiE
evening. Colonel P. T. Hudson, of General
Grants staff, is detailed to travel in charge
of the body and Colonel Preston 10 attend
on Mrs. Crocker.
OPENING SOUTHERN POsTOFFICEs.
The Tribune's special says: The govern
ment having notified the Provisional Gov
ernors of Southern States, that it is ready
to reopen all the postofices as speedily as
floyal mon can be found to fill them, the
South is being provided with postal facili-
ties as fast as practicable. During last week
Is6 offices were reopened and 16 routes let
towering over 1,15O miles in length. The
Postoffce Department is now preparing ad.
vertisements for all the Southern routes
Contracts to commence July 1st, 1866. The
prices to be paid are to be considerably less
than formerly and it is the intention of the
Department to make the expenses of these
routes, if possible, smaller than receipts.
TREASURY NOTES.
The Treasury Department is now busily
engaged in the printing of compound in
tsrsst bearing notes, 100000 of which
have been struck off. The order for the is
sue of forty m iuions was received a few
days since.