Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1865-03-25
Financial.
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EDuanc1al.
From the N. Y. Oommercial.l
There 10 another bolt in the panic Inc
break down is not so universal as TO ieaVs On
the market none who are In q position 70 ouy.
when prices touch low extreme; a n;s nc nrU
the heavy decline OF yesterday has taie morn
ing brought buyers into market, whose pur-
chases have checked the DOWNWARD move
mpnt- >. ,,,
appareptly more disposition TO buy, and on
some of the railroads the improved feeling
was apparent in an advance OF 1Xa2k per
cent
An important amount Of stock has been
thrown on the market by brokers, on account
Of the failure OF their customers TO make & rod
their margins; and this has, OF course, aided
the depIe scion.
There was strong movement in Govern
ments Large orders continue TO come in from
the interior; which check the down ward ten
dency OF prices, thought not wholly, the Six
Fer Gents having declined ut the board saH.
Ten-forties were Y lower.
State stocks and railroads bonds are held
above the market, and the transactions are
very limited. Bank stocks are dull from the
same cause.
Money is in moderate demand at : per cent.
on call. discounts are quiet at the extreme
rates of Gals per cent
Exchange IS quiet, the rates rather favoring
the buyers.
Gold has passed another prominent land.
mark. The price opened at 15U2,, after " ard
touched ISL =, and steadily declined to lis9.
There appear to be no "bulls'' anxious to ar
rest the course of the premium. Speculate On
has been for several days almost exclusively
to favor allowing the price to fall as low as
possible, so as to afford the better chances for
a grand rally TO be made when opportunity
favors. In tie present temper Of the market
it is impossible to say what figures the pre-
MUM may touch.
The Evening Post says:
ITO expect, as some OF our gold spectators
affect TO do, that the government can pay
specie for Its notes Immediately on the cessa-
ton OF the war, or that the national banks
could be compelled to redeem their circula.
ton in gold on demand, while the currency Is
so deprecated by being increased to double its
normal volume, and NO specie reserve is held
in the country, except by few OF the state
banks, is too singular a delusion to be passed
by without notice. To this belief, however,
much OF the recent depression in governments
is ascribed."
IMPORTANT TO THE HUMAN FAMILY.-With-
ont attempting to combat or endorse the theory
set forth IN an extract from report OF the
committee on fisheries Of the Michigan Legis-
lature, il it be not true it is about as clever
advertising dodge as has been played upon Il
legislative body. If it is an established fact,
cioUs as gold fish. The report says:
The fisheries of Michigan are but yet in
their infancy, and yet the total annual pro-
ceeds amount to over million dollars. They
afford highly priced luxury for Immediate
cons umption and form one OF our leading arti-
Giles OF export and are very justly regarded as
constituting one OF Our greatest in erests. 1t is
also a matter worthy OF serious consideration,
tn at the profus ion with which finny tribes (Pspsf
cially Mackinaw trout, SO called,) propagate
their species, and is peculiarly said to be i'm.
paItedto those who partake freely and regularly
or them as food; a superstition that would seem
strongly supported by facts, as fishersmen are
proverb bal for the number Of their descendants
Many OF the inhabitants Of the northern fishing
districts OF our State are the happy fathers,
often. Of over score OF children. Very nu-
merous cases can be cited as striking proof in
support OF this theory. Thousands OF the
weather. classes from the most civilized por-
items OF the Union. especially since the break
ing ont of ne war, become con verts to this
theory Through patriotic motives, uudoubt-
edly.) and 60 annually to the fish yielding
lakes and rivers OF the North.
IL The New York Fashions say there is a
change already in the waterfall pins. face
tonsly called by men "dumb BELLS" The pins
with huge balls at each end, connected by an
elastic string. were considered the height OF
style. These have been superseded by the
most fantastic and really grotesque shapes.
Many Of ebeny, cornelian, amber, bronze,
coral, silver, steel, and gold-carved, inlaid,
and covered with golden frame. wOrk-every
imaginary design is initiated, too numerous to
enumerate. The most elaborate are bronZsd
wheels, each spoke covered with fine ara
bes ques Arrows inIaId with glittering gems;
onyx seals, with pendants OF golden bells: white
lilly cups. with broad green enamelled leaves:
gold and silver trumpets-these will give an
idea of the caprice and extravaganza of Fash.
ions.-Aew York Commercial.