The penny press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1859-1860, 1859-11-21
Monetary and Commercial.

Monetary matters were tolerably active on Satur-
day. the demand continuing In excess of the ability
to particularly at the Discount.houses,
where customers were moderately favored at lO@l2
per cent. The calls for Currency materially increas-
ed during the week. and the Brokers generally re-
ported close Money market, with indications of in
creasing stringency.
Eastern Exchange was quite inactive on Saturday,
with little disposition to buy and few Opportunities
to sell. Dealers would not pay over to Of their
customers, and were desirous to draw at " prem.
Nothing was doing in Gold, and "a premium was
the highest rate paid some Brokers refusing to give
New Orleans Exchange is very quiet, with occa-
sonal transactions at a dis.@par buying, and A@e$
A few Time-bills on the East were offered last
week and, when satisfactory, were taken at 9@l0 per
cent for thirty and sixty days Bills on tho South
rarely offered at the Bankin houses, but are
quoted at the same figures.
Flour was quiet ana unchanged on Saturday. and
Whisky was unaltered. Provisions We're fairly ac-
tive, but prices were the same Friday. Wheat,
Corn, Rye and Barley were firm, but Oats evinced a
as the weather favorable packers all the Hogs
offered were taken at " h and at the close holders
The exports and imports for the twenty.four hours
ending Saturday noon were as follows Flour imports,
li3O brls; EXPORTS s49 Whisky Imports ,723 brs.
e.pors &ss GiSr% i%por mpor @ sa;a ss1s szpo
Eas impoT1 s BUSHELS Exports s Barley
ports 81 Molasses, imports, = brls.; exports, 81
Coffee, imports, 81 bags; exports, 434. Apples. i'm
ports S39 brls exports, 2 Butter, Imports 57 Kegs
exports ~. Cheese, imports, I'LL boxes; exports
l2I. Lard, Imports 2p3 brs. exports, 80. salt, i'm
ports, - brls.; exports, 1856.
Fridays Tribune says Of Thurday's New York Stock
markets
The Stock market did not mantain the activity
and improvement of yesterday in the dealing at the
First Board and, although steady in opening trans
actions gradually became dull and heavy toward the
close Of the session. The speculative stimulus i'm.
parted to the market by the movement in Panama
appears to have been of brief DURATION and whatever
disposition had been pathetically excited to buy
the Western Railroad shares was pretty effectualy
extnguished by unfavorable statements of traffic for
the second week Of November.
Fridays New York Times says of Money and Ex-
change in that city:
In discounts, the rates made by the outside buyers
OF paper are still $40! per cent for prime indorsed
choice acceptances. Some select single name bills
Q6 months, have been taken to-day at ~ per cent,
while signatures rating only fair or secondclass are
more difficult to negotiate. There is fair employ
ment for Money on temporary loan among the Stock
Brokers, at from to per cent. The private Bank
ing-houses accept per cent. 0D State and Federal
collateral. The Exchanges for Saturday are steady
on london lOe @ilO per cent, but fraction easier
on Paris The leading drawers of Francs accept
CHANGE which makes the net rate f5 l4e. Sight Ex-
change Is made on Paris 5.llS, and on London llOx
per cent.
New YORK Day GOODS MARKEr.-Friday's Tribune
says of Dry Goods: The general tone of the Dry
Goods market remains the as noticed last week,