, 1860-03-21

MONETARY.

TrEmA1 Ey1s'So March e', 1e6o.
The moocv market during tl,s past week has
hecn quiet and easy. Currency il in good sup
ply, aud produce dealer. and merchants gcncr-
ulIy have been liberaI:s accommodated at upper
cent. per anuum.
The market Cor Eastern cxcAuusc has been
STEADY ut o, pcr cent ,,rsu., the selling price
ut the banks, At the close. however, it is weak
at that figure. and on the street it is rather slow
sale at = per cent
There is little or no demand for gold.
Nrw Yonx Mckee MankEr.-The Ereaiag
Post OF Saturday says:
TIC money market shows no noticeable
change. The supply bus been very free during
the week, sud Tcr cent. las become q common
rate. FIRST cluss paper il 6(L7 per cent. Seine
:,r'u,c short bills hRye been done &nder per
cent
lue New York, Tor Bremen, takes OF.
$14J .00V in specie.
FAllrnc or 4 S7ock DnokEu.-The I5st an
nounces the failure Of j.. i. Little Co., as fol-
LOWS;
Great excitement was produced to-day at
noon. bv tile annouuc ,:ncnt Of the failure of T..
g. Little 4 Co.. u kuusc which has Tor some time
ttlst ,akeu prominent part in the operations
OF Tic HtFNEl4 IC Pt!ANl}f9t HA"sAk % oA fAAS
lnus+. tincc the pt!ce OF New York Centra! !!
stood at s.. hax bern the selling Of privileges tO
call ft.r 1h,s aud other stocks, ut Une.per ccut.
mdrancc on tile market price Vi ahe times, ior
period Of 10 days.
The first clr.ct Of The failure was q general
demand for stock from parties WHO hao so1o
slures asain&t tile privileges of the house. For
instance, ii holder of q privilege Ut say II. hui
probably sud the stock ut -. aud consequently
when the privilege ceases to be good le Is short
~ much STOCK. The price Of New io1k Cen
trail, previous to the suspension ot i: Little
& Co., was 75i iG154, but immediately buyers
for large quantities appeared, mud rs h'gtl Us
~. was maid, but at tic close the quotation is
1al.
Messrs E. u. Little & Co. arc to make propo
hitton to those interested before tue meeting o
thu S'cnnd Board, and 1t is the impression tha'
:. srst;cu4"m, will l'r Effected, as the means q
The Lousc. It IS SUPPOSED, are umric to met III
outstanding obligations.
CINCINNATI Monty MAnkE7.-Thc Ga:t!fe O
yesterday says:
The money market was in tolerably com
Portable condition oil Saturday. Tie de'nant
did not jucFeasc, ulsi It was only moderate
while capital was in better supply, aud tue reg
utar houses were abia to uccn.uluodate an VII.
had any cuiu,s upon them, while thry a!so took
tn some extent, outside paper. 1t MAY bc sad
saat parties who had good paper to oi'cr, a"e
were willing to sell II III ~ e IL per GeHe. nA1
no reason 10 complain. The stringent feature:
which have characterized fipaucial affairs fo'
several weeks past have, in the mala, disal'
pearcd-
Easter.4 Exchange YVES scarcer aud irner
Will, some dealers, while it vas more abundant
and in less demand with others. Among th'
Latter we're the heariest houses On the whole
howerer, the demand was about equal 10 th'
supplv, aud rates we're frM Ut previous quota
tiuus. i limited business was transacted il
New Orleans sight, Mt dis. buying, and 4pre'n
selling. No local demand for gold. The receipt
are shipped East, by exchange dealers. Tier
was FUR demand lor New Orleans bills, with
corresponding supply. Ne quote first elias
names III dis. tor 50 days, aud II q 2 for 6
days. Eastern bills were in light supply, an
goud nau,es were in demand Ut equal to bQGl
l'e: cent. We quote:
uCYtsE. SELLING.
New Yark q 1T 4.......... 3.ts ~ prem. s.e.H PEN
i ..tan .,.,,,..,.-.... -. 81 Fyeh. 3.trH rtu
fhtl.te.aAlA y. I'ttn. sses+ FhM
::'l't'n nre--.-.-...........-. ~ p'eia- :tJS ptra
Amarican Gold ........-.... 70 4,9O prem
Wcstero uacurrcnt funds are steady, at 1@3
t'is. for Illinois and Wisconsin, aud 1t dis. to