The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-06-27

FssuneialanA CsoDesefni fss=es
! The National Bank Of Virginia, al
Richmond, has declared dividend o.
| five per cent. out of the profits Of the
last six months. - ais aqa
The weekly statement of the New
York city banks for last week shows the
following changes as compared with
the previous week: Decrease in loans
$2,557;9OO; do. in deposits, $S40, 500; DO
in circulation, $4,000; do. in specie
1886 300; and an increase in Legal teh'
ders Of ,S9l 300. :
Blythe returns Just issued Of the Rich
mondJ and Danville railrosd for the
month. of May last, an increase Of se,4e7
Ia exhibited over the receipts OF the
preceding month of April; aud, mn na1
more remarkable, an increase OF S2o,oot
over the month Of May. 1860. the year
before the breaking out of the war.
A proposition to reduce the gold coin
ave of the world to q definite and equal
standard of value is now claiming the
attention of persons connected with
financial affair, and q commission
which is composed of representatives
from most of the Governments which
are represented ut the Paris EXPOSE,
tiou. has the subject under considera.
ton. The commission recommend that
a proposition shall be submitted to the
respective Governments Of France and
the United States; that the Govern
ment of France shall issue in addition
to its present coinage o gold piece OF
twenty-five francs, and that the United
States shall, in its future Issue, reduce
the gold dollar and other, gold coinage
the former to the value of the tive franc
piece, and the latter correspondingly.
The Pittsburg Commercial Of yester'
day says that General J. B. sweitzei is
| in receipt of a letter from the Secretary
of the Treasury communicating infor'
nation of the time when the new Issue
of another series of the Five-Twenty
gold bonds will be made. The letter
states that "the Department has not
deemed it advisable to issue any bonds
of the date of August Is, 1867, but as q
near approximation to that date, more
convenient to the Government and
eaually desirable to its creditors, bond
issue authorized by the act of March 3
1s65. and bearing the date of July l.
1867, has been prepared and will shortly
be ready. The precise time for com
mencing such issues has not yet been
determined, but the Department will
receive for conversion 7-3O notes matur'
inc in August, and where the letter OF
transmittal expressly requests in return
the $40 bonds of 1857, the issue will be
made accordingly, As soon as the bonds
are ready, and in the order of receipt OF
the notes. TransmissiOns to the DE,
partment are in all cases at the risk and
expense of the owner.
The Philadelphia Age of Tuesday has
the following:
The general torpor in all branches Of
trade, combined with the heat OF the
weather, has completely crushed out
all the spirit of stock operations. Out
siders have gone ont of town, disguised
with the losses hitherto sustained, and
the poor prospect of recovering them by
remaining. Things jog on from hand
to mouth in very quiet, uncertain
way, by no means encouraging, OF cal
culated to excite great expectations
The only theme for exultation at pres
ent is the growing crops, and the fields
of which in the Southern section of oul
country are already whitening with
their harvests. This, however, will no,
prove panacea for the ills by which we
are afflicted. Much depends on the action
of the Congress which soon assemblies
1t seems certain that quorum of mem
beers will be obtained. If conserva
tive spirit should pervade their councils
and direct their efforts to the restOra'
ton of peaceful relations between the
sections, the reconstruction Of our shat
tered Union, such is the recuperative
power which our people possess that the
old course of things would speedily be
reached. For ourselves we have nc
such anticipations. The past of the
dominant party precludes such hopes.
The market presents little more
animation in most commercial depart
ments. In the dry goods trade there il
more doing than for several weeks past
although the demand is mostly limited
to small lots of seasonable styles tc
replenish assortments. Prices of staple
cottons are generally we'll maintained
and there is not much probability OF
any further decline at present. Money
is offered freely on the best stock col
laterals at per cent. for call loans, and
upon government securities, in large
sums, at 5 per cent. First-class bust
ness paper, at short date, is taken al
Gta7 per cent per annum discount.