, 1859-08-19

TurLspAx EVENING, Aus.1a
Tie weather lax bccu cloudy and cheerlcss-
during The DIV. and financial matters hare rar-
taken OF the general dullness. Exchange u uat
al current figures, and the demand limited; but
rates remain doggedly at 81 per cent. premium.
Gold same figures, with very little changing
hands on auy terms. Discounts close at legal
rates, viz ID per cent per annum. Very little
doing outside Of the banks. ut nominal dguref,
yarying according to the wants Of borrowers.
ST. Lor1s.-Tbe D<socat has accounts OF
tue mobbing Of MI individual who called on tho
branch Of tue State Bank Of Missouri, ut Chill
10 redeem their bills, by the people Of tha1to"f'
With u,obs in Missouri, md small stl'cr-co'n
redemption in Illinois, western currency must
soon win an uncnviuble shin-plastcr notof'ety.
Bv dispatch to Cincinnati We learn that the
same paper l,as The following in regard to the
mouey.markct Of ST. Louis:
The Statc Savings Institution are now charg-
inc I've pcr cen1. discount on the notes Of the
CbillicotAc branch af The State Uank. Other
houses are disposed 10 do likewise in conse-
oueucc Of the Chilsicoillians mobbing the Bank
Messenger.
cxtept-not ut all in 50 grcat proportion as
some Of the smaller houses. They say they are
s.nu,tinp On the brakes" considerably, for fear
Of s.breakcrx ahcad.'' The market eau no long
or be called ''casy." at least there are unnais-
taxable symptoms of "tiehtncss." Merchants
are not being paid up as well as they might be;
and they naasf pay their debts in tue East. ~
thecountry trade comes III, they will doubles
lie paid up, TO some extent, Us is customary.
Currency already, in the nutural order Of things,
is beginning to come in; it is bought generally
at a@l Z cent discount-thc latter from outsld-
ers, mostly.
Exchange on the East, though not in SO mnct,
demand Us last week, is still very firm viii. Sur
inRs Institutions and private banks at II pre1nl-
u.p buyinr aud 1t selling, for 3fissouri-with the
banks Of issue, 1G1! is the selling rate; the
range for specie is !Gf premium.
New Yonk.-The following is from last
weeks
Week ending. Loans. sIrce. Circulation. Deposits.
zst as: .:s: sss;s Ss; i;; :;ss
3s:;:::: Rssss:: lH'55s "a ;;; sa'.a '7'.:.* e:
The money market is working easier. The
HsraM Of yesterday morning in regard to the
market the day previous, says:-
Money is not active today. The discount
brokers complain Of ! scarcity Of really desira-
ble paper, and OH call the well known brokers
arc over supplied ut to Z, according to secnrl-
ty, DC. The bank statement OF yesterday was
calculated to inspire considerable confidence
and to Increase the amount Of money seeking
employment in mercantile paper. II the banks
would make three or four more such statements
the punic makers would lose their vocation.
C1sc.SxATI-Thc Gazette Of this morning says
Of yesterdays market:
No change WINS observable in the money mar
kct to-day. The regular houses contnne TO
take oil tile acceptable paper offered ut 10 to
u per cent, and ,nntters are easy for those
whose securities come up 10 the required stand
ard. Paper Of lover grade is negotiated with
some difficulty.
There was an incrcascd" demand for Eastern
Exchange, both from local merchants and cor
respondents, but it continues to be freely met at
/ prem.