, 1861-12-18

MaIEet-f1tst board iIW second board steady.
FOREIGN EXCHANGE n. +. NgHd Of the
18th, says:
The banking firms quote for sterling sixty day
prime commercial arc offered and eel freely at
!os4@10s, and come ask 1oeK. Some Of the bank
causes could not sell bills, quoted ITO, which 1fas
used b some of The speculators 70 the supposed
adganfage o. foreigners and the South ana The
Government and banks finances. The foreign firms
connected With Liverpool al synpathize With the
fbr msn the fhe qo1 o Of San nn[ lHae
which are go general at present. Their fdea is to
stop specie exports ftom Great Britain, and then
to embarass, II possible, the Federal Government.
them.
The ratea on Paris range from 5,aeas17x; on
and on Amsterdam, Il to Ak. ''
In connection with tho subject Of exchange re
seven millions Of bushels Of com, three millions
bushels Of wheat and seyep hundred and fifty thou
ssnd barrels Of Hour The railroads ha,e made a.
-N1E1ogA4 LoAH AND NV ToRk. BAsKg--Tbe
hfx sEsn fs5F Fl i a tic ss Yaan = See
Treasury Notes. The position. Of the national
loan with the associate banks Of New York Bos-
ion. and Philadelphia. is aB follows: The b9lks
hare agreed to fake three loans, amounting TO
Saz6 Ie5. .479, On which they have paid $lD.
ment. They bare been reimbursed BY Govern
ment $s7 Tpc, COO on account Of the $50, ,0000o0
C1HcMNA71.-Thc Gdzftte of the 1Tth says that
owing to English news there was feeling ot ne--
The demand for loans was quite moderate-more
90 than On i Saturday, and @ gocd paper was freely
| there were fewer transactions below 4 premium
than Oh Saturday; but so1nc parties were still
Tsg to as At n be4e foaRs to
falling Of In the receipts, and the offerings were
freely taken at par. There ~as an increased retail
Owing to lie difficulties with reference to the
| Southern Bank Of Kentucky, the notes Of that
| bank we're thrown out b! some Of the bankers to
day, others took them at 20 dis., and By feW they
Here received at par. The parent bank at Russell:
vile, being under the controlof seeessionists, and
having ordered the branch at Louisville. the Ken
tueky ieglslature, Saturday released the latter
from all fesponBlbilify to the former. Under this
state Of things the notes OF the parent bank are at
| least Of doubttul value.
sr Lou1s-Thc Democrat OF the 18th sa5s:
| The money market opened to-day dun, as 1t
| closed On saturday. There was very little doing,
| and rates remained MISUNDERSTANDING at 8 per
rsnt money. But thsre is s largs amount of goId
| on the market BY the late dlsbuFsements Of the
.ha Tse f snq1t
sonri paper in circulation is no more than Is re-
Cotton and Cotton Fabrics.
from the New York World, 16th.l
The extraordinary price to which cotton has ad-
arc shipped and on the way 10000 bales Of cotton
for acconnt Of Liverpool Arms. and 100 bales for
American spinners. It is difficult to realize the
enormous Increase in the price Of cotton fabriea
without the comparisons placed before us. In or.
Der to furnish orr readers with dsnits de- Or
place before thcm the following list Of prices on
August i, and the lowest prices at which The same
goods can be bought now from manufActu1ers
agcnts, promising that some Of them ask bout hah
cent more than those we quote; o1r quotationi
are the lowest for cash orders and to close buyers