The Cleveland leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1865-1865, 1865-08-07
FINANCIAL Z COMMERCIAL
e,-r,pAY EvEsrs. Aug. 5, 1875.

eATURDAY EYkAIN9s aug. o. 1879. Il
The National Debt as announced in the state
ment Of the Secretary Of the Treasury made public
q fsW days since, not only most a~greesbly surprised
the general public, but startled the gold and stock
hBaneisrs Of Wall street. who had been calculating
upon an exhibit Of at least three thousand milliOns
and upon this assumption, which their figures and
tho,e Of the New York World fully justified, had
based their operations. Upon this class the en ct
Of the statement Wss promptly seen in the decline
Of gold and the improvement on Government Sc
%curi'ies, and in the check given to the speculative
operations Of the bulls. 1t must be confessed. how
sVsr. that tho exhibit is much more favorable than
could have been expected, and eVinces . judiciouB
and careful management Of the Treasury Depart
meut entltliOg Its able head to the thorough conf
dsnce Of tho people in thsfuture. The sctuAldebt,
in every form. July 81, was 81 T57, 25s, 2I5, against
an aggregate Of 50, 635, 2O5 1853 May 81, and sass,
s55,C7T March 81, 1855, indicating sn Increase Of
$40, 29s, les in ths past four nonths, or equal to an
average daily increase Of s., 500 4s4. As compared
with the aggregate iodebtednssI Of the nation on
the 5th Of July, 1864, when M. Cha,e retired from
the Treasury Department the total increase has
been s96t $50, 9O4, or At the average daily rate of
50, 1864 ISL The increase OF the interest item in.ths
past thirteen months has been S65,s37. 22s. Tbs
interest on the debt Of 81, 757, 26s,2A4 at the close
Of the month of July, was SIS. 262.469, Including
S6i,51 ,ssT in gold, aud S74,7to,63I in currency
The outstanding gold interest bearing stotks Of the
Government, now amount to 81, los, $50, 647, against
81, lOO,36I, 242 on March 3lst. The currency inter
est bearing portion ofthe debt is 81 ,2ss, e,545, As
against S75t, O55, 1928 on March Slst. The volume
OF gVeenbsck circulation Is about the ssma, name
ly, Si33, 100, 500. The Il m of fractional currency
has been increa'ed from S24, "a Os7 on March slsiI
to SIS 10000 on Juls 3lst. TIE debt pas. due,
which has ceased to bear inter st, is IcW Sl,52T,-
100, against SS4s, 40 on the S1st Of March. The
audited liabilities of the National Treasury on the
slst MT, were only SIS 7a6,OeO, white the available
cash balances in the TieAsuIy were up to SIZE, 1884,
63L, Of which s95,SSs,O 0 were in Gin and the bal
ancs in currency. This latter item Is one Of the
most surprising and satisfactory Of the statement.
The local money market pre- entsd no new Eea-
ture to-day. The demand for currency is only
moderats, and the Banks are conf rtabIy supplied.
Exchange is close and steady at e discount to DAr
9V55dBI& Yields gradually and slowly IL price, and
at present speculation seems to b. in Absyanoe.-
The closing price this afternoon was l4S2.
In the Cincinnati money market supply and de-
mArd are about equal, and the market works COM
70 tably easy. Exchange is steady ct PAF to SOC
premium buying and lie premium selling.
The Chicago money market Is dull snd easy OF
currency. Exchange /, close and nrm ct par buy
ing and lilo premium selling.
The weeks imposts Of foreign Dry goods ct New
York have been to the value of 90, O99, s4s, against
SZ,3Ol ,S3s same week last year.
This Collector for the First Dlttriet Of hamilton
county q few days since seized TBS barrels Of whlS
by from the distillery Of Dedsworth, of Hamilton,
on a charge of q violation Of the revenue Iaws.-
O.her lots belonging to the game party have been
seized iu other districts.
In the general mArksfs to-day there vas very
little done in Flour and Grain, ano we can report
no material change. DIVISIONS are firm and IN
good d-mand. P, Oduoe is unchanged. Other Ar-
ticles without q~uotabIe change. The reader is re-
ferred to the report of sales and quotations giVer
belOW
In the Wool trade there Is more activity noted by
dealers, and a little better prices are being paid BY
purchasers. The range for fac grades reported By
dealers to-day is 5596 o.
The following we're the receipts and shipment
at this point by Railroad, Lake and Canal Of lead
ing articles during the twenty-iour hourS ending
At seven O'Clock this morning: