, 1865-09-24


and closing at 1871. Silver was nominal at 1910
l25
There Waa good attendance on the Stock Board,
bnt business IVES dull. There was nothing done In
gold. Government Securities were In fair request,
and VIC note Gales Of about 3a5 600 Of Seven Th1rcs
At N9AA. Fise-Twensies {sma1l) were sold at
100. Ten-Fortles were tn active request at o. for
latTc and 06 for small. Dlinots War Loan was in
III demand At n. Old Cook County Scrip vas IN.
qu1ed for at 1os, and new at %. Cook County Sev.
ems were offered at o., aud Chicago City seyens q,
1@. Bank Stocks were neglected, with buyers ol
Itlrd National at 100 md sel1e1s at 10l- Chambe
OF Commclce Stocks were in uc,iye demand, wits
Offers Of 1Gs, but there were no Stocks on The a..
ket.
Compound Interest Notes vera In active demand
at 1ll4 for June, 10Sx for Ju1y, 100 for August,
lolA for October, and 100A for December
-1hestatisties given At the recent meeting oi
Iron naEu{acturers 1t Cleveland, show decline
ofiron manufacture In 1865. While some share oI
this decline s due to the dsproportionate prices of
labor md supplies prevailing for the last SIX
months stn more Is duo to the opening OF The
door 10 foreign iron. r.
The most striking facts reported atthat meeting
were, nnt, that Of tweuty-oue anthracite furnaces
In the sehuslkll Valley in blast In 1854 and makiu.
ctO tons OF Iron, but eight arc In blast IN 1865,
making Is COO to 5000 tons. or tweeuty.nine m.
thrasite furnaces on the Lehlgh, making $4,000
ions ot 1ron, but eleren continue, making proba-
biy 5000 toms.
VI twenty-oIe fu1nnees on the Upper Susouehah
m, but four remain In b1ast; and OF sevcnteen On
The Lower Susquehanna, bat nve remain In blsst.
Generally the anthracite furnaces made not mora
tim oue-thfrd rs much irnn in 1865 as in 1861
Pittsburgh has thfrtytwo iron works, and six great
steel establishments. OF these, the number silent
y eleven iron wo1ke and two steel work.. But one
u1nace ont Of i've Il in blast.
Philadelphia, with eleren rolling mills, Is now
producing but ten per cent Of lis productions In
1s64 The great Dansif1e rolling mills ere silent,
With mora thsn half the works Of the like character
throughout the country.
The Il. 7. 7S.aes ofthe soth sa5s:-
lhere e an Increased demand for United States
5-3s o. no Dew Issue to-day. owing to the differ
Gonds TO make the exchange. but for this iudQce-
,Ie7 mea = offlss Tie supply atteE r transeSp
mop EafoPs - mnst have been TOO limited on this
within limits. The other Gold d.heds1ng StocH src
ntm, End Certificates OF Treasury Indebtedness arc
nuuey.s
The Pittsburgh Commercial Of the 91st haa The
following intelligence relative to oil companies:
The Law under " hich the great majority OF oil
COMPANIES are Organized, makes 1t binding upon
,os, os s1sS ma majority ot nc afes
ri month tsep,embeE with TIC Recorder oi Deeds
in the county whsrs 1he company exists, sworn
q ssm ssa aa6s2 e
sban9 held BY csca atocktolder, tho amount in
ye-tN il real and personal eslato, tha amount OF
iha mt Day Of August preceding the die of
these ccrtiacates. ,and he amounts .gsinst
s ri, # hs DIE q hs sSs'' q
Jointly and tsserally liable for such debts Of The
eoPolatten contracted during tho continuance Of
terms of ihe lsw M oheelvsd Is prescribed, 1heir
Pet.ona1 liability shall cease. And further, the law
holds the stockholders personally liable for Ill wages
within ef1 months betors demand msde upon the
coEfnraiton, and Its neglect or refusal 10 make pay
menl thirty 6s5s aier obtained aeatnst
penons liability attachcs to e4ch one OF the stock
hoGers aecnr1fnc TO his propoztionate share Id It"
-Ihn New York journal cf coa.1aeTca Of Wed.
uesdsy contains The following:
t,on i uoes IT. I'd he ~.
already done good service b. 1eadinS msny Of he
county hsnks, n view q its estabnshusnt to
pose of cfrrula1lng them nearer hozna. Some
large aEoNuts h4te been taken also bY buyers Of
Wszt9n produce, 20 that shere Is no pressure Of
thefeMs rey oppoE1une dme In which TO perfect
hs details Dc q he 3e'y PIN, since the machinery
md operate fot tho general advantage with no un-
pleasant dIaWbacks.NH
Although the quantity OF max sorn this year In
ireland Is by many Thousand acres less than LIST
Jear, the quality Of the ptodneo is 1kr superior.
Even = regards quantity, 1t Is larger thsn In any
preceding year except 1883,
This Eex York Lsd<Pesdest, OF this week, eays:
4Ttere very largc orders for com 10 be shipped
TO Europe. which exnuos Re d1led owing to Tho lac
Of sound, meschantable co1n in MARKET Immense
Quantities have been received hero; hut, 1aIt eomes
chiefly In canal hoat 1t has been found On arrival