, 1859-08-24
Financial anD Commercial
MONETARY.

TCBpAT EvES1Ko. Aug. T.
Exchangc is kept by bankcrs to-day nominally
Ut 81 per cent. premium. in order as we surmise,
to charge that price on collections; but VIC be-
lieve nearly, il not quite all Of them sold freely
to customers ut Ct. The demand for currency
is more active, and shipments must rapidly in.
crease, aud hence further decline in exchange
may confidently be expected.
The money market is close, owing to the great-
er actiriiy beginning to be muuifest in business
circles. Discounts are confined 10 tho necessl
ties Of best customers
Gold # premium, with very little changing
i1ands on uny terms.
Rates outside Of bank sbow no cl,unge fro,,,
former figures, Very little nouey can be had
outnidc Of bank on nny terms.
st. I.ouls.-The Democrat Of yesterday re-
ports several purchases of Pixies Peak Gold
from returned miners Last weeks statement
Of the seven st. Louis banks shows circulation
Of &';77s,363; exchange maturing $3,3l7.4:s;
rpccie, 9s6,750. The German Snvings lnstitu
tion reports coin on hand, f49,2s7.l2; coin sub
jcct 10 drAtt io Sew York and elsewhere $ss-
sos.'5; exchange maturing. e57,ls7.79. The
Boa:nan's Savings Institution has coin, ee0G,-
4Gs.?5: exchange maturing and 1uatufcd, $685.
350.36.
The DAaocyat says;
Money u becoming closer, dai,y. One OF the
heaviest houses had Offering yesterday Of over
t~ice as much paper as usual; it discounted
emily about half OF it, but still ruoi& than usual!
Exchunge on the East is in good demand, but
still not 80 great rs it was a week since; it is
possible the people have not money will! whicl,
10 pay for it. Yet tue moncyed houses gener-
ally only hare supplies for their regular custom.
crs, even at II premium for Missouri money!
few sell to sot,e outsiders afsu, though refusing
to gooc many. For gold. which il in demand,
al can buy exchange ut aMt ct premium.
C1xc1xxAT1-The Gazette Of this morning
says:
With one or two exceptions, bankers rcported
limited demand for money, aud in crcry ausr.
ter the supply was fully equal to tue offerings Of
good papsr. The latter was taken fseely Il IL
412 per cent. Currency il becoming more
plenty. indicating improved collections, and a.
together matters present q more cheerful or-
peAraace than We haye noticed for several weeks
past.
Las collections improve, and the supply Of cur
fcncy increases, the demand for Eastern En-
chanRe becomes more active, The Sslea to-day
were larger than usual for Monday. and someof
tue dealers did not supply their customers, but
theae parties were ablc 10 buy Ill they needed At
other houses, and thus the demand w4s fully
met 1t premium.
Gold il not much iuquircdfor About el5 900
wss purchased to.day, of II dealer, partly 70 fil
40 order from q country bank, at prem. The
bill market II quiet but gteady. Good paper is
saIcab!e at GtNs for Eastern, nnd algls for
southern. We quote:-
x.wya,. s,.b, ..... ,as1 mrikc INC e11Lnsa
American God. 50GSs prcm gst1 prem
There was good demand for Missouri cur
reucy to-day, Il II discount, and for Illinois and
Wisconsin 1t u. There is getting 10 be some
demand from the produce trade for the laatel,
ead the tsudsaey i to lower rstes Of discount.