, 1865-06-15

Isl.
Ooyerument securities were a shade easier
We quote:
Buying, Selling
Nve:Tweaties.. lssa 1oa
Cook county scrip is held at nj, with buyers al
97, Old Bcrp is In reouest at sf,land sellers are
holding at Par.
-Pres,on. Willard & Kean, II Clark street
quote:
10s, buying at.....-.-.. .1e2i A10al
SsSs, ist "a and 81 S'ssn ssil,De "
They keep ful! 1upply Of 7 sos on hand Tor in,
mediate delivery, aid allow liberal commission
to subscription sgents.
The N. 7. Ford, In commenting on Con-
missioner Lew1sTrccsnt decision, which orisln-
ally appeared In the TRIBUNE, publishes the fol-
lowing under the heading, "Warnlng to Buyers
of Domestic Manufacturca":
The buyers of all merchandise manufactured In
this country, on which internal revenue tax Is
levied. Will do well to rcad the dcciston OF Com.
missioner Lew!s. Conmiss!unst Lewis decides
that the innocent buyer OF domestic manufactures
has no 'eEus tit to properly, uusesa II can be
proven that the Internal revenue tax has been
decision Ia 1l3ubR, Peiztnr, wherever they could
be found, spizits manufactured By parttes accused
ofdefrsud,ng the revenue. The innocent hoIdsrs
told BY the oiictali thai they will not recover It
until they prove that tho tax has been pId on the
SINE. This seems very Mu.h like being called
ior % es.aa on IN ionoeenr citIxen, aniss5 be csn
prove lis t.Docence. So lon. as this continues
10 be the prsctics OF the department, no buyer OF
4osss e M i sss fo ,sasd
by the manufacturer. In Important purchases. 4
hord Of indemnity should be required from the
feleE. to secure against loGs truM seiZure By
Treasury Department officials.
-Tun and n ha1 mil cf FRYE TrFnnfv Tn4taf
States Bonds have been received in New York
within the past TWO weeka. The i. y. Commercial
.idcryliser, however, says The movement Ia now
about suspended.
satterthwalte's London Circular thus refers to
American eecurities:
we hare agniu to note numerous and impos.
tsnt dnr:ng The past week IL the Lon
don market for American securities. There have
retn considerable sales by continental holders Of
United Ststes hve-s@cnty bonds, to realize the
large profit which bas accrued on them; the
for shipment to New York. tha relative price
lh.t ruling hefe.ff
"A letter from Montgomery. Ala. datsd aoth
..Busaness IL Improving, hut slowly, The Post
oce, 1t IL expected, Will be open for the dispatch
ol busluess fhostly. Tho markets are moderately
a0r mutton 15c punk l5c, butter 40c per b egg,
s5Gaes PSI : dozen; now potatoes (s1atce> a19a3c
in Philadelphia eight ncw oil companies have
BEEN organized during the week. representing
capI.al Of s., 324 900, and = $50 eha1s The H.
qrrer, On OIL Stocks, saEs:7
With reference to OIL shares there is scarcely
anything new Prices continue flat, and epecula-
ttou Is very tame. nunber OF new "strlkcs"
have been announced tn Pennsylvau!a and Ohio
during the week. hut they have failed 80 far TO
hnvE my fayo1abls effect upon tho general N ar
kcs. lhc cdtc's Of the excitement which was
produced over the "st11ko" Of "sugas Creek"
come time ago, taught operators lesson which
thc5 viii nor soon forget, and y will take some
remarkable intelligence Of "stsikfs" TO produce
arepsthon Of that e1citemenk
- The Commissioner Ut Internal Revenue has
nsds decision that "where Il person engaged in
the purchase and safe OF stoete, and company,
hes.ock Of vhleh he haa purchased, becomes in
solvent, SO that the sock IA worthless, the amount
OF The purchase Monty may be allo we'd rs deduc.
ton. But It pluat be shown to the satisfaction Of
the astessor that such stock is not and never will
be- Of sDy vslne. The 1oss may b8 deducted from
p,Lnts derived from ttoeks. but not from gains In
hus:nes., salaries, Eentr. In crest, &c;
t'Buelness remains III TIT s.n.c unsettled state
ae reported BY us last week and must, ofuecessi-
IT, continue 70 nuul trsde restrictions are retnov-
and the question Of property suhlect to con1aea.
ton settled on such basis as 10 give encourage
ntns 10 the community. Great efforts 10 bring
tDg bankers snd N. srhnnts, with, We trust, fair
pr, gpect Of success. Tno markets generally are
eepreseed, the supplies ftom al puInta North be-
ever, we hope, only temporary. The community
u hopeul, snn desfrous OF dong an acnye busi-
nesa: Our crops of cesesls aEs IN a1e condition,
mtnco In = lev days. There Is no material change
In pttces."
- The following etsteraent shows the average
condition Of the Banks 1t Massachusetts ont OF
Boston, for ava weeks ending juno ]: Capital
stock IS 900; loans and discounts I'll, ,11a
speclo In hank xso,s76; balsuces In other bank.
paysble On demand $1,ol5, ,eSs total amount dus
from other banks t1,25o. s3s; total amount due
to other banks sla1, $50; lepoaits sao45,555; cir
cuatlon $l3, ,112,G:1.
on Stocks In Phtladelphfa, on the Eth Ii
slant, were mora active. The following we're the
closing quotations; Csldweli sold At *a-Ii; DaI-
cell, A.0'; A1tas, &c; 4cc1in.ock, $so0; Story
Farm, Sic; Maple Shade, S14.50; Big Tank, $t.37;
Junction, <7.sl; NcCrta s Cherry Run, TIC;
Walnut I.la1d, 81 1.31: Oil Creek : Cherry Run,
sl.1sGl61; Densmore, tl.ss.
in Milwaukee money Ia plenty at the usual
rate Of discount Eastern ExehnDgc is drm at par
buying and prem. selling.
ia Boston money Is still plenty and raies Of
d;stount easy At ptr cent. Call loans arc casy
a. 6Ga6 per cent. ...
slons Ut rupture OF peaceful relations between
the United States and France, which prevailed in
the latter country when tha news Of the Mexican
excitement here reached Europe, it Is only neces-
Rary to say that considerable oreers for cotton
were rapidly transmitted from France to En-
glsEt.
New York Sight Exchange Is in good de-
r1and in st. Lonis at par selling ani ITO diecount
buying.
In Cincinnati, on the 18th, money was in
good .upply and easy 1t 3 cent p annum for
nrst class signatures, and 1o9la 2 cent Tor second
elaes New York Exchange Is steady at par buy
Ing and 1 10 p1eE,. selling.
In Phila1o!phia, money Ia plenty and easy 1t
B1T 2 cent 2 aununn, and good paper Is .sircs.~
- The n. 7. Times says the collections Of gold
On the May coupon. arc pretty nsazly over. The
Eve leading continental bankers are believed to
have collected on abcut 90, ,Ooo, 900 OF ah. The
English collections have seen moderate, and the
whole cum OF this loan held abroad Ia proba-
bly, rrdeE tho previous estimate OF $te0, ,oul COO
out Of s510 100 Of the original issuo Of 1852.
Tho New York Lo1.m<reias AI1ertsssr On tho
opening up Of trade with the South, tas the fol-
lowing:
ave lean with pleasure that the Secretary OF
the Treasury cE1I ces the greatest destsO to Gree
The traffic with tbs Southern States from money
governmental distractions. In his Instructions TO
lha agents Of the Treasury Tor tho purchase OF
cotton We arc told he has Instructed them not be
lpqusito,IA as to the antaeeents Of the cotton Of
fergd fur sa,e but to purchase withontquestiono OF
iii Who seem 10 be authorized TO sell cotton.
They will soon give traffic to tho Southern
SfhlHe.n
The Illinois Central Railroad fa1nclsl state-
Hent for May, 1sG5, Is IS follows:
Acres construction l1nds
sold d..............-...... a.a5l3t lol. f5ar@nA42
Actes interest futd lands
70 od,,,...........,...... $4,000 for 5,63l00
Acres freu lLnds suld ..... 1.teo.S0 for T. 43055
Totsl sales during the -.....-..- .-.
month OF May. 1865. 10, ,331 n for Eli, ,11 81
r., m trt add f,txn Int sn}es aH,3 Fit