, 1860-02-21
:tfiuaurial a1n Commercial. |.
MCNETARX.

MoxpA1 ErE1zp, February %, asso.
The money market opens with its usual dal''
mesa. md prospeots do mot indicate any ifnmeo'-
ste change. Everything Is moving along qn'e'-
lE <l,e Lsnks appearing to be content 10 'e'
their large surplus capital, lie 'de' FatueF nan
to risk auythiug in doubtful INVESTMENTS
supply Of good business paper bears no sos9 o1
comparison 10 The ready means OF tne oankefs'
snme Of the banks report exchange little
fr,oer nj current rates, viz: per cent. preml-
nm In the street it sells at 1s@lf, but the de-
mand is small.
Gold dull at e@et.
ont,,ds the banks there is very little paper !
changing hands On any terms. Rates are nona'
iual At 1.@a por cent. per month.
Loy,s.-We quote the following from the
Democrat Of Saturday: *
The exchange market is rather stifeuing than
msnd. We quote selling rates firm at Il prem;
on the East and South, tor bansab9e tunos-ss
nreu1. for Illinois aud Wisconsin,. As the pur-
clases have beea large in the last fe* day from
the Sub reasury, al prem. Tor gold, It IL rre-
suued but little u let there ans Is ~ 60 unnat
It il time the heaEier pay ments we're made, gut
the demand unay be accounted for by the fsct
that MANY time bills on the East and South,
bought by the banks In November and ueccua-
her, are msturine. and ~ these were oiscoSn.. MI
cd. they hare to be met With exchange on NC"
York aud New Orleans.
-Ctxc1xsAr..-Thc Gazette Of Saturday snys:
The demand for Eastern exchange is fully up
IN the supr'y, and tue market is firm at presl-
nns ouotatious Dealers are barely abte to
la, nm ,heir Eastern hslauces Al q working
nont. Eastern time bills Gre taken freely at
sml0 per cent. Nothing Of Importance done IN
gold. We quote:
E.w York sl<ht........ SOW Ps@. @ SH p,sm: %sa,:
se. s%.,', = :;s,d p<'4' xex prem.
No change in uncurrent money and we con-
tinue to ouo,e Missouri, It dis and Illinois, Wis
eenain aud Iowa, ut dis.
LATE BAsK or 1owA.-At the election held al
Iowa CITY On Thursday, Tor officers Of the 1o~s
State Bunk. Hiram Price, Esq. was elected
Presidedt, Ezekiel Clarke. Esq, Vice President
aud Etihu Baker, Esq, Secretary. All TIT
branches were represented, with one exception
Z charter was granted for branch Of the Stat
Bank to be located ut McGregors.
PANAMA. RA1lnoAp.-The office at Panama
furnishes tue following statement Of the traot
portstion by the Panama Railroad during th
wear commencing Oct. !. 1858, and ending Sept
80, 1855:
xsu,. freight Aissss'" F.s:aa: fPs%.S &:Ps%:5s 4e's,
EE;:::s:ss:s::'.::::;;:;.s.:: E:::ss:'. .ss
4L4at4- = ti.k - MIND SHN IN
~, 1us sts 80. 17e7R 3Sol q II
Mennaoo'a<' saaS'-''"'' :Sis - 1,G]
Coal tdnt ...'--s-'" .-3X4So sei 1ani-:
These figures are interesting as showing IT,
amount Of treasure shipped east from the RI
ci6e coast. They corrqhoratc With sufic'en
aceuracy the figures derived from otht
sources.
sr,pxEx7s or CoppEn rnos oSrosAcos.-
Tho ontonason -Hiner estimates the amount
copper shipped from that district during th
past season as follows:
Tons Of rmsh copper 4h pp-d in 1e5s.............
oozh,e pftduct snEot cep2tr.- ~
Tbs 4finer eays that these figures will be nj
reriatIy increased next season, there IS now n
recognizable grounds for doubt. Indeed, "e'
We given to speculation on such topics. "
should not hesitate to say thst tue aeos
amount would be exceeded by the shipment
from tbree Of our prominent mines-Nlnnest
ta, National and RoeSiand.