, 1865-09-19

dealer htmscI0 Ia held 10 be A commercial brok.1
ard as such must proeurs license The construc-
tion betfdcs being rendered necessary By tho terms
d ths law, Il clearly equitable. II the aren't Of
New Iork house appears IN Jour city, askins-or-
dcss for goods, he eoupctes directly with the deal
err Ia such goods in that market. and thers il as
much prop1ietJ In requiring him 70 be Hcsnsed
as II b wsze peddler. and carried stock with
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We learn that counterfeit compound interest
notes OF lhn denomination OF ona hundred dollxzs,
dated May !, 1866, made their appearance In PhEla
delphia yesterday. They are eaid to be well exc
cuted, and likely to deceive competent Judges.
Bankers and merchants IN onr city Wonld do well
10 keep IN eye On all who tender such money
The Philadelphia Inquirer Of the 18th says;
Among the dry goods jonhins hoasess ne
more active Than 1t ills time, md lazgs shlpmen3
OF manufactured goods are making to the Sout1 anu
son.nwesL n Produce, hoWeys me Iahsaon essao ~
supplies relative high rates. and general unwilling
neas to opetott, except to supply present rates-"
The Lat. mail tom Europe brings notica
Of pna~ of the most common Of the swim
dies pespetated, and yet cue that It Is difficult
to guard against i seems that merchant In Bue-
nos Asres sent 10 house in Antwerp bM q
lalinS Of $50 bales ofwoo1 and ouo hale of sheep
skins, shipped bJ vesse1 called the 3ustare Marie
The bill ofladtus came BY steamer il advance OF
the a1.iyd Of the vessel with orders for insurance
In due form, and an invoco OF the goods, against
which drafts were drawn for Is 900 francs, which
drafts were duly accepted On arrival OF the yessel
It was found that there was only The bale OF skins
On board, TIE 169 bales Of wool having been added
to the bill Of ladn2 aler It was signed by the eap
tain, clearly proved by the captains copy or
the bill Of ladlns. Advances are daily made In all
commercial ports On shipping documents Of mer-
chandize, md It Is 90 necessary and important q
part Of commerce that some chez n1eeetcmuis-
aud carried into effect b general agreement, such
ns Certificate from The Consul, which would ut
lcost prove the correctness Of bill Of lsdns, though
1t could not prose the quality Of the goods.
In Philadelphia, On the 18th, money wos freely
offered at 6 = cent on cal.
-oil Stocks in Philadelphia, On the t6sh, were
easier and more active. Dunknrd brought II !;
Walnut, SEC; Tianesh, Gle; st. Nicholas, x; Ma-
pie Shade, 5h; Keystone, =: Dalzel1 ~ Minso,
1.3A; Pope Farm, 4 ;.Sugar Valley, i Sherman,
4; Big Tank, 71; Mcc1iutoek, III; McElhcnny,
III; Egbc1t, z; Curtin, s:'s; Junction, 2.
IN New York moneyts offered In great abun1-
arcc at per cent. On call. Commercial paper is
Steady at 63,G2s per cent for the best graded.
I'm New York and other Eastern markets there
is large business In compound notes, which ara
now sorted vaIJ carefully by receivers, and have be-
come profitable article Of traffic by brokers'
Foreign exchange In New York on the 18th
inst wRs quoted as follows:
Eanke,s' Sterling, 60 .1011s D1095s
1ankers' Sterling, dags. .u0
Merchants 108 &t1os1s
Franes, long date-. .5171i i@516la
Francs, eh0rt date. ate.s..............5,l3 Ii 4e5.13A
1t was ruuored On Wall street on Friday last
that tho Secretary Of the Treasury was about to re
go,iate a1oan. and 'buslness was quiet IN couse-
qnence, The New York 1fi5u7s, referring to the
rumor. says:
The Treasury Is In 70 need Of loan " Il its daily
statements OF income arc to be credited. lie may
contemplate exchanging, At pFiee named bJ him,
compound notes now, held ~ IN Investment loI
gold bearing bonds, lhus renewing In adrapcu upon
any easy money nnTket claim Of Indebtedness fall
Wonld 10 be advantageous, j. It would put out of
sight currency which stands in tue wav u raaamp-
tion: Specie payments nrc never out Of The mind
Of the Secretary, and those who are sure that he
advocates ia!ge cxtcn.ion OF legal tgnIess or Of
National Dank Notes, will discern their mlstsae In
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