The penny press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1859-1860, 1859-11-07
Monetary and Commercial

The movement in Monetary affairs was quite
active Saturday and the checkipgs at the Deposit
houses were rather heavy The supply Of Currency.
however, was much better than It was on the pre-
viou' Saturday, and the Banks felt comparative
degree Of ease.
The Discount houses arc doing the greater part Of
sne god Paper offering at iOtai2 Per cent and ara
extending their gccommodatons 10 consequences OF
tne increased receipts I Curre0cy.
steady & e. 400: buyins, and y premium selling
rs ss; M nS supply was not large but sufficient 10
Gold was quiet, and could have been purchased In
thssn hss ac Ss q, soc dealers paying no more
lnNew Orleans Exchange, Sight and lime, nothing
q consequence was doing and no change occurred In
Flour was unchanged on Saturday; holder. BE-.
tpg very ntm, firm, and unwilling to make, any con-
good demand. Provisions were quiet. No sales OF
Hogs 10 tx place though lo9o head wers received.
The raceipt OF Produce and HOGS for tho twenty
four hours ending Saturday, were as follows:
Flour, brs i,9O4
nlsky 99
X2rn. ssS
noat 6OI
Ea Rs %.
Marley ,f7S
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Fridays Tribune says Of Thursdays New York
Stock market: ..,cra
, There was good degree Of animation ut the Stock
board to-day but the buoyaDcy Of yesterday was Lost
and most Of the speculative stocks closed at slight
uscnne AZ the morning Board. This sudden change
OF feeling combination Of the views we have tx
pressed hat the stock movement IL almost entirely
short turns either for the fall or rise one elem ent
q the market which aids The bull interest, Ia that
mere Is no prominent or powerful bear interest op
posing an upward movement. The parties In the
street who have no confidence In high prices for
Wae the Tr%ss wpss apgear sn.rsy
and mako'no available opooeltion when caly takes
& Place At ths same time the parties operating for
market up by vigorous action. The conseausDcs @ S ~
this state Of things 10, that the fluctuations from
dsy TO gay are slight leaving the neral market %
beginning. "
Concerning Money and Foreign Exchange in:sNew
York the same number Of the Tribune obseryes;
The Money market CONTINUES to show increasing
care and t.s supply Offering on demaud s increasing
,ion, being ats Veent. Paper Of Desirable quality
sfs !. .a; Il; dsss q r. e
There Ia no elias, Of SIM name paper which 10 moo
sSGnsht S after a. Legal rates than that the large lob.
market, as ths principal houses are cashins their %
eighi-month bills st7 ~ cent. y annum, There Is
aSsndcns the sys.m Of oedt and tSs
short. credit system has placed obbers in position
to ss sntiG ysry E 'hsir paymenis
supply OF commercial signatures and moderate de-
mand Barkets are willing TO draw largo lines Of
Sterling at ITO, aud even trihe less Considerable
amounts Southern bills are arriving aud in some
cases are sold at loss on New Orleans cost.
The receipts Of Wheat and Flour at the principal
receiving points In the West during the past week.
compared with the week previous, show an increase
in the receipts of upwards Of 10000 barrels -four and
40 o0O bushels wheat. This was brought out doubt
less by the advance which ruled about ten days ago.
Since then the markets all over the United States
haW hA.sll Fns all lp onA thA -.
h ,avy failing off. On Wednesday tn. receipts OF
wheat at Chicago were only 1900 bushels, and yes.
torday ~. .00O bushels. ,r.'t0
Ths entire re, sip's Of lumber at Ohica ago, from
January 10 November ], last year, were r3,-
year. II the Chicagvans receive much during tho
present month AID December last year, the total
feet. D. OK u
The shipments at Chicago during the present year.
too while they exceeded 1888 The beginning OF the
season, have fallen OF since then suieient 10 make
deficit ofab0ut 20,0O0,0OO feet.