, 1859-02-08
COM MMERC7lAI,
Commercial and mone y Matters.

Exchange is decidedly clt .ser than it wAs
[ev dsys ago. Rates, howe' yer, are unchssesd.:
Ne quota 1t 1A@l4 to customers. For col
lections aud to outsiders ,tae rates are Hrm ut
the higher figures. Their is very little first
class business psper off .riug. Ths scarcity
viii doubtless continuo for several weeks, 4
suoply cannot be looked Tor much befafe the
opening Of navigation. Discounts a. . sual 10
per cent What few eastern thirty dag bills
offer are freely taken ut PR 10 half per cent
discount Gold 1A@lH, with few sa les. The
street brokers' are doing verY little ii. nominal
figures ranging from 1@2 per cent. ps:r month.
Coxnzsc1A1--The Breadstufs mar kets this
morning were generally buoyaut. Al an ad-
vance was gained in Wheat, Flour nd Corn.
In consequence Of the Asia's news being ex~ 4
pected. transactions were very limited.
Tho light receipts Of Wheat encoura ged hold.
era to additional firmness. and buyers tad to ad~
vance their views 1@ee on Winter aud 2@4e on
Spring in order to secure the few lots offered.
About 900 bushels changed hands ct $l.25
for No. Red; Sl.1o for No. 2 Red; ss @9oc for
STANDARD Spring, aud s0@s1c for reN No. 3
al IN store.
The Flonr market advanced 10@l5c, under N
active demand for both Spring end Winter
grades. Abont 1900 bbls changed hands at
s6.25@6.ss for White Winter; and e5.121@
5.o5 for choice Spring Exsras. At the close
there were very few lots Offering.
There was more active demand for Corn TO-
day, and after the opening, priees advanced
1kc-sa1es being made at a range Of s314@65e
DER 60 lbs. on track. Thers il considerable fig.
uring going on concerning round lots for future
delivery but the only sale reported is 5000
bushels for delivery in the first week in May On
private terms-
Oats are very firm. Barley easier. high.
wines nominal at 24@25c-Holdera all aefing
25:, with however no sales at that figure.
The Proyiaiun market remains inactive. L
sale of 100 bbIs Lard was made to-day ut 11t55c.
Dressed Hogs firm ut IS. 25@7.00.
II Milwaukee on Saturday last Wheat was
dull. and Extra declined &c. Dressed Hogs,
$6.25@675. Receipts Flour. 939; Wheat,
1861 bu; Oats, 1,2N; Corn, TIC bu; Barley,
33s bu; Hogs, IS.
The Bellevilie (Ill-) -ddooeat< Of the Sd says:
At Hinckle7's Mill near Il, 900 bushels of wheat
| were bought last week, at an average price OF
| 81 per bushel. One day during the week he
| received over 5000 bushela. We could not
learn the amounts taken IN By other mills zig
other mills in this city, but judge there could
rot have been less than $4,000 paid to our
farmera last week for wheat alone. What should
prevent easier times in the money market.
The Rochester UAion says that Buffalo agents
hare been in the towns up the Genesee Valley,
On the railroads, purchasing corn, oats and even
barley for that city. There is probably half
million Of bushels Of wheat in the elevators at
Buffalo, but other grains are short, and con.
suue.s. who have hitherto relied upon deposits
made there from the West, in the fall. are COM
PEELED 10 20 Eastward into the interior for sup
plies.
The Buftalo Commercial says Of the Hop
trade:
An advance Of frcm 90 10 40 per cent.
hps been established in the price Of hops within
the past week or 50, With a more active bus1ness
doing in the new crop tot consumption. l5o bales
OF which we're sold in New York on Friday lass
ct l2@lsc for 1st sorts to prime, and s(G1!c io'
ID soris. Old meet with moderate speculative
demand, and prices are firm, with sales OF 1oo
bales at 3@6c, as to quality.
Dressed Hogs sold at Albany On The 4th inst.
ct s@s1zc. =.
At Phi1ade1phia on the Sd, Clover Seed sold
at &, and Timothy at 32.12A.
The New York Hfrald Of Wednesday says
that the duties that will be paid into the Custom
House during the present week will amount ts
neur1y, if not quite, two millions Of dollars. and
: those Of next week will not vary far from tht
game SUN. This rerenue is from goods already
arrived. or known to be On their way. 1t il
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