The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-07-16
. Commercial and EinanclaI.
New YORK Money ana Stock gAIaiket.

New York Money ana stock Market.
2'p 2Pth 'li7" NEW Yokk, July Is.
The day witnessed greater excitement in anan.
between France aud Prussia began. An unset!
tied feeling peIVaded the gold mafket whore tho
volume Of business was Immense, and ductuR.
tl0ns were wide and frequent. Before tho formal
opening Of the room gold sold At lax; this on
private cable deep4t 4tcheS dated last night giving
6S francs 30 cantmes 40 the quotation for Fentes;
saying there Wa0 great excitement At Berlin, and
war iARAa inevitable A. later public despatch
gives 66 tE9neB 70 centimeS ~ the quotation for
FepteS, and reported the prospect more peaceful,
which caused decline 10 Ills 3f9 911SH, frOm
which there was q rally tosl the recorded
price In tho room: At this point London
Gyitable; France W4s missing hsr troops, aud the
French fleet had sailed under scaled orders, but
4 Was believed to blockGde'the PrnRsIan ports.
This carried prices again up 20. 1l4IS; from this
noNRs came that all hopes Of peaceabl9 adjustment
between France and Prussia arc given up and Ma.
pole0n Will formally declare war. This news
was not tllly credited, and only advanced the
price To lax, attCr WhIch II declined to 14S@
114<c. subsequently, dispatches hay6l been ~;
ceiYed saying tho Corps. Leglslatif has declared
for war, and rentR8 are down TO G6l Soc, which adj
Vanced the price Of gold TO 81 154% The excite.
mente continued without abatement to the close,
At ono timo in tho afternoon the advance In
French rentes TO G9f 800 was reported, which was
interpretcd as slight hope for peace. On this
gold fell nom 16h 10 14If, and 'thGfe was sharp
EQllyttn prices on Stock kxchAngei but A. the
lhG, while cableltelegrams spoke Of q c6nillet aS
inevitable. This caaused a rise IN gold to
the highest point Of the dhy, and started D
downward lnoYement on Stock Exchange, Mar.
ket closed at 1lGh 116A.
ut 10 reported that tho spocie shipment to.mor.
1oW will amount 70 s., 800 600 Of which 81 UO0
60 BY tho daily limo and $250I0O0 by Bremen.
Carrying rates a06 percent. Clearances sl07,
000,000.
The news from Europe had a marked effect on
The Produce Exchange, aud tho breadStnlls mar.
kct was active at an advance and an decreased
business for export. dorm ...G ui.is: aiIi,
The Stock Exchange suffered by tho announce.
ment Of war, and for q ltimG stocks were thrown
overheard almost withoukreGartl TO price, The
market, at tho height OF the excitement, looked
like drifting Into 4.panic. The crisis was finally
aYerted. Tho decline in values ranged from 10
6pCr cent, and business on that scale. '''
MoNET-Actiycat sos per cent on eall,. Dis.
counts nominal.
sTEnIlNo - Unsettled and nominal at 1O9x
G a9yESSEEEE E !E! B go3SpsLD Depressed Sy. sales Of
gnitOd Statesi S's Of 1881, coupons, .1i9XQll4
Ve.tWelties QS60 .109 6l09k
Flve.twentios (1s61: @loef
Flve'twenties Gs69 100 ,6o1e9H
FiysswSatiSs iyss%Sadi {Ss3 @
RiVe,twenties: :d8G). .;...!. .10SK@ @1o3X
Teu.fortteS. ,.....................107 107 G101k
CURRENCY skies !.!..s!. :! :1I3 o1l38
State securities dull and heavy, Pacific rail.
road securities lower f''
lLST0ocs-The market was quite, firm at ono
time during tho afternoon and rallied sharply,
the Improvement being equal 10 3 por cent on the
lowest figures. At the close, however, the mar.
ket was heavy and unsettled; while tho improve
mont was partially lost. ~. II 81
Il Canton, 67K; Western Union Telegraph, S4jH;
Adams Express, q; Wells, Fargo B. Co., 10:
American, a; United States! 45H; Pacific Mail:
$50; New York Central, 95jf; do. Sctp, 9O; Erie,
29K; do. preferred, 4S;; Harlem, l341t; Reading,
g1t{; Michigan Ccntral, 1l9; Lake Shore 98S;
Illinois CentIalJ 1S7f; PlttbburRh, 1083{;
Northwestern, sax: do: preEerred,. S6)i; Rock
Island, III; Now Jersey Central 10Ik; 81 Paul,
*; DO pEefCtFsd, TS,L oWE99Sasa, SoS do Pre-
preferred, O.; Chicago q Alton, 118A; do, pFc.
lerrcd liz; Ohio q Mississippi, 34k; Hartford
q Erie, "; Cleveland, Columbus q Cincinnati,
s2: Burlington, 100; Cleveland, Columbus q In.
diana Central, 19K. ~