The Cleveland leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1865-1865, 1865-09-13
Special Report.
FINANCIAL.
NEW YORK, September IL.

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a. long, Tor attracting the outside public ini
q the street. Brokers and professional specu
= = lators are simply preying upon each oshe
n IN small way. Outsiders are unususIl
u indifferent about the speculative move
q ments in stocks.
!. ! The railway list was rather more aetiv
4 to day and closed decidedly frmsr and in
u proved. The earnings of the roads unde
f the generally improving business of th
country imparts strength to prices, ans
especially in the case of the trunk lines
Erie rose !. Reading continues active
r Michigan Southern, Michigan Central anC
Ncthwestern were active and higher.
Coal stocks are in better standing, owinc
to the active demand for coal and the sd
vance in prices. There was less activity
in the latter part of the day than during
the forenoon.
Governments were generally steady.
Gold was weaker today, owing to The
decrease in demand. 1t was rumored OF
the street fhst the Government sold half s
million this afternoon.
Money continues easy.
STOCKS.
Petroleum stocks were steady to-day
with sales at the following rates Germa-
mia 20; Eureka 200; Webster 100; Pithole
Creek ss5; Watson 300; Buchanan Farm
70; ROesky Run 40; Ocsanic IS; Knicker-
booker Is; Oil Greek 225; Rynd Farm 80 ;
Empire City 55; Mt. Vernon SO; United
Ststes 2, ,7O5; McIntyre 2JO; Eureka $50
Brooklyn 40. Petroleum has been in more
active demand. The inquiry being from
exporters and speculators. Sales for re-
fined in bond 76a79 for do free.
Business in the dry goods trade has
fallen of especially in domestic fabrics, not
from want of buyers but owing to the rates
now demanded for all classes of cotton
goods. Buyers now here cannot purchase
goods and compete with their neighbors
who lai1 in supply before the recent rise,
There is no good reason for the enormous
advance in cotton goods within the past
week or two, as the supply of raw material
is steadily increasing, and prices have fall
en-. New England manufacturers are MAX
ing larger profits than ever before, realizing
loo per cent. on their present stock.
Foreign goods have not advanced 10 any
great extent while this sharp upward
movement has been going on i'll domestic
fabrics, and importers show their wisdom
by meeting the demand at fair preft.
There was general dullness in bread
stufs to-day, and the market was heavy.
In flour there is nothing doing except for
export as prices are too high for shippers.
Provisions are lower, and the Produce Ex-
change was not very animated so far as
pork is concerned. The leading house in
this trade is still carrying great deal of
mess and the prospect of getting it off is
not very bright. There is but little doing
for home consumption, and the only export
demand is for West Indies and South
America
In beef there is an active business for |
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In other provisions there is nothing do.
ing Of Importance.
The export demand for petroleum has
been steadily increasing, and there is now
q large number of vessels at Philadelphia
for that purpose.
Crude here has advanced TO $50 per gal
lon, and refined to 6o@6lc. There are
large orders here from Europe and we
shall probably ship great deal of oil dur
ing the fall and winter.
GoNETo RECRUIT BIS BEALTH.
NEW York, September IL.
The Times Washington special says
that Assistant Treasurer Chandler has gone
North on short tour to recruit his health.
Mr.. Chandler has been closely engaged in
his official duties since his appointment,
duly putting in about fifteen hours out of
the twenty-tour. This has weighed so on
his health as to require rest as the means of
restoration.
INTERNAL REVENUE.
The receipts of the Internal Revenue,
to-day, are s., ,219, 1874.
PATENTS ISSUED.
There were 13O patents issued during
the week ending to-day.
COLONIZATION.
A Scotch gentleman, now here, has Sc
cured large tract of land in Virginia,
where a colony of Scotch will settle in
or December.
GEN. HovEY.
The Worlds special says that General
Hovey, new Minister to Peru, has arrived
from the West to receive his instructions
to departing on his mission.
TO BE WITHDRAWN.
It is thought that the military force will
soon be withdrawn from Virgins, and the
power to maintain order placed in the
hands of the militia, the same as in Mis-
sissippi.
TRAVEL
The Hersld's special correspondence
says the tide of travel setting out from here
towards Richmond is beginning to be very
and hSs already compelled
the Alexandria s. Orange Railroad to put
an extra train up that road, in addition to
the train which has been leaving here st
an early hour in the morning. On the
first day this road was turned over to the
company the passengers receipts amounted
to only $27. Lstterly it has been sversg-
ing 81 200 daily.
REVENUE DECISION.
The Tribune's special says: The Com
of Internal Revenue to-day de.
cided that person who merely canvasses
and takes subscriptions for maps, book, &c,
is not peddler within the meaning of the
Internal ReVeue Law. If he receives for
books, maps &c, at the time he takes sub
or if he delivers them and re-
ceives his pay therefor upon subscriptions
made by him or another, he is
a peddler, and should take out license as
sucn-f Siam
MEXICAN AFFAIRS.
The Hsralds correspondent writing from
Vera Cruz says: The Liberals are making 6
active preparations for the winter cam
paign. The mountaineers were engaged I
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