Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1865-04-15
Special Report.
STOCKS

NEW YORK, April IA.
Wall street presented a very dull sp-
pearance today, and business in all direc-
Itions was on very limited scale. Stock
boards and Gold rooms were closed
Transactions were all on the streets. Good
Friday was generally observed in.business
circles. re-:
In Government securities there was
sharp recovery from the prices of last
evening exchange. There are but few
bonds pressing on the market.
STOCK MARKET.
The stock market was very strong on
the street, but the balance of business was
quite moderate. Prices were very regular
The gold market opened at a decline of
one-hslf cent from the closing price of last
evening, but afterward recovered the de-
cline. Business is not large.
PETROLEUM. f. o..
The petroleum market is higher but
steady. Crude 84c; Refined in bond 52c /;
Free 714c.
DRY GOODS.
The dry goods trades is-yery sctiyepob-
bers are doing a very heavy business.
There is large number of country mer-
chants in town, and they are now purchas-
ling quite freely. Business yesterday was
large and again today trade is brisk.
Il TOBACCO.
In one prominent jobbing house this
morning there were over two hundred
buyers in the store at one time.
The order removing restrictions on GER
tain ports South has given additional i'm
petus to business. Prices of all kinds o.
goods are very firm and tending upward.
The ITi5uHe's Washington special say!
ztbat Senator Harlan has urged the Presi-
dent to appoint General Butler military
Governor Of Richmond and Virginia AZ
the Hampton Roads conference Hunter
stephens and Campbell anxiOusly urge'
that in the event of the submission of tn
rebel authorities, Butler would be sent t.
Richmond with plenary power.
The Times Washington special say
the table upon which Lee signed the art
eles of capitulstion was purchased by Gen
ersl Ord for fifty dollars. The chair
which the two Generals occupied we're ais
purchased by him.
MORE PARTICULARS OF THE CAPTURE o
LEES ARMY.
The Worlds army special gives the fol
lowing account of the pursuit and csptur
of Lees army. The two grand armies 6
the Potomac and James began 8 pursui
which will be remembered as the mos
swift, the most unrelenting and the mos
successful in history Lee uniting hi
forces near Chesterfield @. a., pushe
\ straight on for the Appomsttox. Crossin
the river at Duvaps bend, he struck th
Richmond and Dsnville railroad at Ameli
g O. H., on Wednesday, and began to strai
,severy sinew to escape down that road
Dan vile before Grant could head him Of
4Grsnt was too quick for him, however,
! The flight of the Army of Northern vi
8ginis had not begun, before his swift Ii
egions with steel fsngs and braying canno
we're on its track.
-M One glance at good map will show VIII
Ia pretty race it was. For three days an
Haights two great armies, scarcely hftee
smiles apart, thundered on through the vi
,alsges and valleys, over hills and stresm
toward the common goal, the Richmond
) 4 Danville Railroad. Which should stril
j + it frst2 Our men marching as victo
8 should, spanning days with feet that new
seemed to trip their swift tramp sOundt
II also, far into the sleepless night. DiYi
q ions that sank to slumber in the evenil
J, st ten, awoke witha crumb or two, to sts
e upon the road. All hsrdships and inco
n veniencs of ether marches we're turn
to joys in these. Wading rivers beco1
e glorious diveriment. Soldiers went in
+ the water up to their waists joking a
" Laughing, and emerged, shaking the
selves and rolling on the banks like
hsppy drove of New Foundlsnds.
General Grant and everybody who
he pesred in sight received an ovstion. GHs
work, General, but if you want Us to