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Show GEXERAL. Financial Activity. New York, 2S. There was an improvement im-provement particularly noticeable in the stock market yesterday, where speculation was buoyant. The transactions trans-actions on 'Change were of immense magnitude, both at. the Board and in the Long Room. - Sherwood, thetinan cial wiiier, says that the indications are favorable fur a prolongation of the present season of activity, as the principal prin-cipal holders of stocks are various cliques, who fortified themselves with long loans made at low charges, and are of course able to mark up their specialties to any point they desire. This amounts, however, practically to a simple exchange of shares between various combinations, there being, as heretofore, a marked dearth of outside orders. San Domingo Annexation. Washington, 2S. An opinion prevails pre-vails among the Senators that the San DomitiL'O purchase will not be brought up until alter the adj iiirniiient of Congress, Con-gress, and that an extra executive session ses-sion of tne Senate will be called by the I'rcsident to act upon the treaty generally. gene-rally. It is agreed that the annexation can be fully completed without the consent of the House, except in voting tlie purchase money. It does not appear ap-pear that there has been any change upon the question in either Ilju-e. The opponents of annexation proless to see no reasons for changing their views iu iev of the information respecting re-specting the Island, furnished by the newspaper correspondents; while the friends of San Domingo are confirmed in their opinion by the facts thus given. Both parties are already preparing their arguments, and the pro-pecis are that the contest over the report of the commissioners ffill be long and exciting. Prominent Senators who have heieto- lore exniuiieo. no par l.-aiisnip oneiiner side, say it will be impossible to get a two thirds vote to ratify the treaty oi annexation, whatever the report ot the commissioners may be, and that the Senators who will oppo-e the treaty have fully made up their minds already, al-ready, and will place their opposition cm the ground of inexpediency in annexing an-nexing more contagious tropical territory, ter-ritory, Witnesses Wanted In Haste. The Senate investigating committee caused a summons to be sent by telegraph tele-graph to New York, on Sunday night, to Collector .Murphy, directing him to appear before it at Wa-hiugton as witness, without delay. Deputy Collector Col-lector Teiwilhger ai.d A-.-i-iant Collector Col-lector Cuurch are also summoned. The collector went to ashington last night. Railroad Frauds. New York. 2s. A Wa-hincton dis-pat'-h to the Times s its, an explo-ion j on Erie railroad uiaUeis, such as has not ever yet occurred, may shortly be l M.ked for. Intelligence has reached the otlieers uf government, to the effect that extcu-ive frauds on the government govern-ment as wed as on the stockhold- r-have r-have been perpetrated by the munaje mcnt, and it is expv ted the facts will Le shortly made pab.ic !Tlie Southern P. p.. R. Wa.-hirgr.-n. 2-. The rr 'pcrt for the Southern Pacific K. It. bid are not encour.u'ine'. Ine l-i.l, with the re-qu.-st of the Senate I .r a c nft ren-e, H i:;-'2 the tpeiikcr's mb . v tbs i ii.iii-e. ail c.-.nn-t if: r-.-T-h- i votout j a su-peLs;on of the rule-, it is (iouot-, (iouot-, I'ul it a two li.ird'e y cm f: ob-j ob-j tamed h.r thi- ur; o-e.. ' Circular form Commissioner ria- anion. I Wa-liinri-u, 2-. The co.rnm --ion-; or of int rti.d rev- n i-r I. as i--u. d a ; cireu-ar, K'utiri; I fc-jt re r-ilin he ! net a -t.t to tne b-.-'-ln--. by an int- r-: r-: i.ai revenue i :h -it, oi aey i-::, : or ap ; ..ni u.eiit uii-ier any ."""arc or noiin-il noiin-il aTi.-'ritv. or ai.y r en.p v-' v-' :i.- ut e! .-'i h ( ". '.r a 1 - o: al to 1... j ,1 d i;.--s, .in r .n u: a.. 1 ii.s -m' e-a- Le-p r, ur.-i-.-r th'. a. t el J-l.j 2 1-'"-. j Adjournrd. In i ,'. P In, T..e I" ! ad- I lourn- i ke e LMs m-irii.tig, the rr-en-' ate hav.D doirj so jtst.r.jay. |