, 1870-08-09
NEW YORK.
Marked Effect Of the Var News on
Wall Street.
Closing Price Of Gold, 1l8 3-8.
Tie General Murkcts Unsettled.

6pccta1 Despatch t. Tia Chicago Tribune
WALL STREET.
NEW foRx, Aug. a-MS y1ewa Of the protable
situation In Wall street, telcgraphed 10 you yes
tes.la5, were realized when the market opened
this morning. The Fruss.an victory sent gold
rceling downward, and Started bonds upward
again. The theory Of German operators, who
very largely influence the gold market, IL that
decisive French defeat makea a short war.
Hence gold nust naturally fall 10 the figure II
was selling at before Pstm applied the spark that
has set Europe ahiaze- The party In The Gold
Room which resists the downward movement in
ststs that the French reycrscs On the Rh!nt Will
he followed br Il long war. Napoleon is now light
Ing for hts throne, ani. as the natlonsl pride Of
The french people IS deeply moved, he mag de-
pend upon being baclett to the bitter end. lie
still has million soldiers behind him,
and Is rot in the desperate plight tha. hls
uncle was In several times when he afierwRrd
changed the fortune Of war. The bulls also SAY
that there arc mysterious intimations received
from abroad that tho real blow Of the war Is to be
struck from Denmark where 4 large French feet
AMI army IN accumulating. 4 part Of the army Is
kept on the Rhine to draw on the Intention OF tho
Russians from the great strategic stroke which ii
to turn Berlin into the hands Ut French
amy moving down fFum the f}a'iIc.
Between these conflicting views tho futun,
Of gold fs as uncertain as ever. The opening
r'.se sg-'as, aaia' eoas'aelao'e e1cltemehs, Nas
~. ~. lns uasAet vas *eaA, ana LOOK 'afsnel
plunge toxnWArd when It Was announced that
honds had advanced tn London and Frankfort.
The r:1cc 1sscunc'l to 11st aud closed at 1lsx TO
1iSa., after heavy transactions during the day.
The German brokers threw millions on the mar
let with great Tapdisy. The rates for carrying
ranged hom 10 per cent.
GOVERNMENTS.
Inc government oond market "as The next
i+.4u- FNk
crs, and The mice aayanc.,l. with t,nctnat,ons.
80, .ns.., a, ~. ss,n., r.,,. w. -, ~
anu eiosea AZ tne a'snes. asrs nsufes OF ene das'
Ao!k9.
The money market shows no signs OF change,
a1l is easy at to per cent on call
sFocks
aud Com Exchange were almost deserted. in con-
sequence Of the yacht race for the Queens cup,
."s ~ ~. snea, lo' 1ae 1'e' eepsea 'nat
Ia '0s "a' OIL .ns 1as nrMrs., tsnne. u,.rrn
Brcadstuns weFc down, and cotton aud pcsro-
1cum urueF. In sympathy Win eou aud The ure-
Yalllng theorr Of The shortness oi The war.
FOREIGN EXCHANGE,
The foreign exchange market l. dull and nonl-
,,,,. nnt, IN, a.,n,. nv s,1ht
oA''r sAe 'A's.S'''s AoA s'sA@
ITO The Associatcd P1ess.1
TILE NATHAN AERpER CASE
NEW ToEx, Aug. s-A mass Of testimony Was
taken today in the Sa,hat1 cnsc but II fails to
throw any light on the mystery, OF anorl clue %
the asaaSstp
PRESIDENT GRANT,
presidsni Grant left Lnng Naueh. to-day, for
- A>>''@'' S'S = sE9 e oos1os. s'
Tho n,st baIa Of new Texas cotton was sold to-
day Ut s6A cent? pound.
4 rtliainous attempt made last night to throw a
train ct the Brooklyn, Ba,t / Coney lelanti Hali-
InE cEhTRAI BlSk rtI1cRx
Application will be made ~ The civ Of Brook}n
of M its caahier. N'~' - ''@0 @>A>1' 0>' ID s'->s
oTuKa cR1xrsrL xAz1yez
The coroners !ory, n tne case oi Adam Lang
ton, found yerlsct Of jastit1aNe homicide TAX
ley, Indicted for enbezzlement toip, tue Mer-
chants Exchange Hank, i at ias, balad Amelia
A5mstfppE, tbs ahorttontst, has also been bQtIed
| PExcOSAt~ =
LaAy Franklin visits Harriet Dteeher Stowe, At
1sno1, Asss, and ssals for England on the .ssh
Ikrscn FzorEsrAS1s Axp 111E wAR II ErHorE-
| 4 number Of French Protes,Ants today adopted
I resolutions expressive Of opposition 10 tie waf
| John Savage. Trct;denl Of the fen,aa Brother
g, HsS:a @ s'5eplsE saas s aRon ~ 'e
uation engaged In The present war.
T1iE FRKzs os IaE KCKoFEAs wAR~
as o g xssn IT. r. lssaes na
! RI ruSrr without putting forth all her strength
1ncre nc Tunors II The street his E1ornlne
that c1eat mot was tearing down pulln. build
ncs Id PARIS la1t snrrr seems to be no
| f0r such rrrs,,1s,
rrya.c ,tssnhiches to tmrxyttuo hcusca ncre de-
Glaze that The widest exctiumcnT an5 ru::,usilsru
! prcyail in I,ans xherc political differences are
rnttr,;x fnTuoftsn and the IrnIvrrSnl y,,. IA 10,
| thc defeat OF I'yus5ss Enltstrncnts for The army
M said 10 b. active all oycr Fraucc.
TEc Tyisunt ihrs a,iu,lt-s 10 Tie military sl,ua4
ton: ~ $50
with it, right wing ,urue, and Gu, OF. is cen
re division AID rear Is In !nu,tncnt danger Of at
t:ck. The cufire French arm WIS. and rerhsps is
In mos, critical rcsation' Fpr fwo tiayS II ac
Maiou vas entirely unx,lt TO communicate VIII
| neaInl,artcrs The EUpcror had nd choIrc but L