Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1865-02-17
Special RepOrG.
NEW YORK, Feb. 16.

FINANCIAL.
The Railway Share market was heavy
and lower to-day, and the tendency of the
market was decidedly downward.
There is an advance of Federal bonds in
Europe, and the fall of Fort Fisher has
strengthened the market for all Govern
ment securities. The Liverpool steamer st
Portland brings large orders for 5-2Os Of
the old issue. The price hero rose to ll2,
but fell again on later news by the Halifax
steamer.
State Stocks are quiet.
The Coal and Miscellaneous List was
quite animated in Cumberland and Mari
poss, but was otherwise dull.
The Gold speculation is very weak under
the present military situation. .a
q The Money market continues essy.I r.
There is no alteration In Foreign Ex-
change.
PETROLEUM.
Petroleum Stocks active. Cherry Run,
50; Empire City, 525; Germsnia So;
Knickerbrocker, 100; Buchanan Farm,
1856; Manhattan, 70; Oceanic, 325;
Rynd Farm, zoo; Tack, 365; United
States, 26. Petroleam market for crude
arm, with sales of 1000 barrels on the spot
at 524; refined in bond dull at 81; refined
free at 81.
STOCKS.
Gsllsgher's Evening Exchange.
Gold 2O4B. E s.-F--
New York Central, 115; old, III;
6-2O's, new, 1les; 1O-4Os, 1929; Erie 764i
Hudson 1Osa; Reading lis; Michigan
Southern 66s; Illinois Central 1lss;
Pittsburgh "a; Toledo 113; Rock Island
50; Northwestern IS; do preferred 671i
Fort Wayne s7F; Ohio and Mississippi
Certificates 27A; Chicago and Alton pre-
ferred s44; Cumberland b73; Msriposa
ll3. Market dull s
Gold closed st 2O4s.
CRIMINALS.
A Confederate agent named Garlic,
committed suicide yesterday, while the Off
GERS were attempting to arrest him.
The Times gives the particulars of the
Identification of Beal, the pirate sentsneedto
behung on yesterday. Philip Parsons, was
brought hare from Detroit and selected
Besl among spsrty of twenty. At the
time the clerk arrived here ne was not
aware of thearrest.
Beal offered the jsil keeper $1,000 in
gold to allow him to escape.
SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY.
The Times Washington special says
Western Senators and members of Con-
gress, backed up by the delegation from
Indiana, are pressing Mccullough, Comp
troller of Currency, as the new Secretary
of the Treasury. Their argument is that
they require protection for western inter-
ests against the peculiar influences Of the
East in the financial policy of the Govern
ment. o.s r
New England is also at work to secure
it for that section. 1
FROM THE soUTHTEsT.
The HerGIGs New Orleans correspond
ens says: nearly all the Trans-Mississippi
rebel troops, about 10000, have evacuated
Arkansas. They are in the yicinitysof AL
exsndris and Shreveport, Louisiana. They
are well clothed by supplies received from
Matamorss.
On General Walker attempting TO get
bis command to the East side of the Mis-
sissippi to assist Hood his men positively
refused to move, and several hundred of
them deserted. So r.a So
Rster ing Price was recently sent to Mex.
90 by Kirby Smith on sons kind of mis-
Non. .sar
FROM SAVANNAH. Of
The Tribwsss Savannah special says
that in our recent movement Colonel
Swain, of Ohio, lost a leg, and Colonel
Kirby, Of General Blsir's staff, was wound
ed q
The correspondent says the immediate
objective point of the 17th corps was
midway on theSouth Carolins railroad, ten
miles west Of Branchville, and near Smiths
srk, on the Edisto, that the 18th corps
would probably strike the railroad at