The Cleveland leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1865-1865, 1865-08-08
special gepOrI.
FINANCIAL.

NEW YORK, August 7.
The stock market is dull and weaker,
from the regular rate of interest and the
absence of demand from the outside. The
public operate against speculation for the
advance and embarrass the bulls. The
Erie cliques, it is reported, sold out on
Saturday, and to-day they have been bor-
rowers of stock, and it is surmised that q
bear movement will now be engineered BY
the late bulls. at the board z, 100 shares
sold at a decline of q per cent from Sat-
urday morning. At the opening
of the Board the stock market
WAS steady but generally dull. There
WAS considerable effort to break Erie and
Pittsburgh but it was unsuccessful. At
the close the market was somewhat
stronger than in the morning. The de-
cline in London quotations for Five Twen.
ties has had no effect upon the price here.
Orders to buy have been received by the
last steamer, and some small purchases
have been made to fill them. There are
, no indications that orders are heavy. Mis-
cellaneous list dull. Railroad bonds and
State stocks are quiet and steedy. Moth
ing of importance has occurred in the gold
msrket since last week. The supply of
money at per cent. is ample for the wants
of brokers' and there is no stringency.
PETROLEUM.
Petroleum stocks were generally steady
this morning Buchanan Farm is higher.
The Company have struck well flowing
125 barrels before the sucker rods were
taken cut. Sales were made at the follow
ing rates: Buchanan Farm 70, Webster
95, Cherry Run %. Excelsior $50, Rynd
Farm 95, Germsnis SO, Oceanic l25,
United States 1880, Pithole Greek 1O25.
The Petroleum market is fiat, with little or
no business doing. The quotations are un-
sound, at S2f for crude, 5Oa53 for refined
in bond, and 69s72 for free.
ARRIVAL.
Major General Heron arrived this even
ing from Washington, en- route TO Fort
Lasvenworth, where he will make arrange.
ments for treaty with the Indians at Fort
Gibson, in September, About thirty tribes
will be represented in the council, and it
is expected that friendly relations will be
revived with all the Indians in the South
west.
CONDITION OF THE NEGROES.
The Hersld's Fort Monroe correspond
ent says, In Accomac and Northampton
counties, on the Eastern Shore, many ne
groes, formerly held as slaves, are now
hired 81 their f0rmor owners, and arc 70
receive from $5 to $40 compensation.
The former slaves, hired at these small
wages, are given to understand that this
extent of pay is authorized by the Govern
ment. They are further told that the full
privileges of freemen are not yet allowed
to them. They are virtually IS much
slaves as ever in these two counties.
No encouragement is given to business
enterprises, nor anything looking to the
settlement by Northern people. Special
opposition is now made to prevent any
thing being done to complete the Air Line
Railroad project the charter Of which was
obtained before the war. In Mathews
County there is little or no Union senti-
ment. The former nlsves are told they are
slaves still, and used as such. The negroes
are told they will have their freedom bye
an-bye, as soon as the Government issues
orders to that effect.
FACTS ABOUT ANDERsoNVILLE,
The Post publishes the statement of a
man living near Andersonville, who says
that st the time of the starvation of our
men, there was an abundance of supplies
in the vicinity. At the post qusrtermas-
ter's at Americus, nine miles from Ander-
sonville, there was turned over to the U.
S. Government 200, 900 pounds of bacon
and an immense amount Of corn and other
products. A larger quantity was stored at
Albany, 40 miles lower down, and very
considerable stores we're at Oglethorpe, Is
miles above Andersonville. These amounts
were continually increasing from tithes and
purchases,