Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1865-02-09
oUEsTIONs AND ANSWERS.

In the correspondence column OF TINS |
weeks Noah's Times and Messenger we find
the following questions and answers:
QuestiOn.-I went to several brokers to |
explain to me the difference between a |
1910, 100, and $50 bonds. They told me |
they had no time to explain. Now, l ask |
you, for my benefit, andithat of a geat many |
more people, how many of these bonds pay |
interest In gold, and how many in paper?
l wanted to buy 1O.40 bond (S50D and
they wanted to charge me $54 63, when
the 1910 stood at 1oo3. What kind of
bond is $50 note, payable three years
after date, on the top Of which it says in
terest one cent day2 want to know how
the 7.30, $40, and 1O.4O bonds are issued
the small sunni What are one year GER
ti6cates2"
AnsVer.-A 1O.4o bond and $40 bond
is bond redeemable by the government
respectively at any time between 10 and 40
years, and between and 20 years. A 7.3O
bond is one which draws interest at the
rate of seven and three-tenths per cent. per
auuum. The 100 bonds draw interest in
currency (paper money! but are convert
ible at maturity into bonds of 1881, which
draw interest in gold. Probably when you
wanted to by it there were over four dol
lars accrued interest due on it. If 80, it
would account for the extra price. You
must know, that the $50 and the 500
bonds draw interest annually only, while
bonds for larger amounts draw interest
semi-annually: When bond for $50 is
sold, therefore, it may be sold with con-
siderable interest due on it. The security
you allude to $3.50 note) is government
one, drawing seven and three .tenths per
| cent. in interest, the principal and interest
being payable together three years from
the date of the note. The 7.30, $40
and 10 40 bonds are issued by the Treasu-
ry Department in obedience to an act of
Congress, and may be had in amounts as
low as fifty dollars each. Certificates of
Indebtedness are issued by the government,
payable at the endof year, wi h six per
cent interest.
Question What is meant by foreign
exchange is quiet at lO9S@lO9S for bank
ers, sterling at sixty days, and l104@l1OS
at three days.
| 1 tAnSUer.-lt means that it is not difficult
to obtain the necessary documents to ens
able you to draw the value of one hundred
dollars, in gold, an London, sixty days after
you arrive there, if you pay to the bankers
here the sum of 500 38 or between that
sum aud $lO9 60 in goId-the "par of ex-
change" or, in other words, the difference
between the value of our gold and British
| gnu OCLukJ III Lu6 De5I GIluSSJ huOuJ nine
per cent. in favor of the latter. If you
want your 500 in gold in three days after
you arrive in London, you must pay little
more here in New York, say SllO and from
25 to 60 cents.
Que8tlon-What is meant by the money
market being easy at per cent on call
AnsVer.-That means that money to loan
is At per cent. interest, if ready to be
returned whenever demanded.
QueStion.-I want to buy $4,000 worth
in gold. What is the modus operGndi, and
what is meant by 'margin p How is this
buying and selling of gold done, in your own
person or through broker 2"
AnsVer.-It you wish to buy $1,000 in
gold and put up "margin," you go to
broker and hand him twenty per cent.
| (S2, 0OO) in paper, or ten per cent. Isl ,OOO)
in gold, on the amount. The money you
pay him is your "margin," and you become
the nominal purchaser of the $4,000. If
gold rises, you sell and make all you can
on the advance. If il falls, you lose, but
cannot lose more than your "margin," as
your broker will be sure to sell out your
gold in time to cover the "margin."
Que8tioH-Decide a wager by stating
whether "Hamlet," strictly speaking, is a
tradedy or drama2 What constitutes a
tragedy, play, tragi- comedy, a comedy,
a drama, a melo- drama, &C.? Are not ali
plays called dramas? Are not all actors
called "comedians?"
AnSWer-"Hamet" is a tragedy. 1t is, at
the same time, "drama," because, in a
general sense, tragedies, comedies, and all
similar representations are dramas. A
tragedy is play the tone of which is seri-
GUS and the denouement tragical. A comedy
is play the tone of which is humorous
and its GenoUement mirthful. A melo. drama
is light, irregular play, exhibiting no
predominant serious or comic feature, but
a supposed blending of both. A tragi-
comedy is comic piece with tragic effects
in it. play is drama and drama is a
play, each being general term for dra-
matte performance. No. A comic actor is
called comedian and tragic actor ira
gedian. All actors are called players, as all
writer's of plays are denominated drama
lists; but each has specific title besides
which arises from the peculiar style of his
performances or productions. Thus: an
actor may be light comedian, like Lester
Wallsck, or low comedian, like John E.
Owens, or he may be remarkable in "eccen
trio comedy" like @. Wallot, Sr.; he may
be light tragedisn, like E. L. Davenport,
a heavy tragedisn, like Forrest or mixture
of both, like Edwin Booth; he may be a
walking gentleman" or a"general utility"
and 80 on. In like manner drsmatists are
divided into comedy writer's, tragedy ditto,
farce ditto, melo drama ditto, &c.
WE have been at some Daina tn oscarte;n