The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-08-25

The Chicago Tribune of the same day remarks:-
The money market continues very close, and business
is materially restricted in consequence Eastern exchange
sold the street freely nj par and at the ioUs
brokers Offices it sold at "a q per cent prcnium
at par. Gold is and in demand at
per cent premium
The Milwaukee Sentinel of Tuesday SAYS
Exchange was easy at the current rat IS Yesterday buy
ing at and selling at per cent premium. Gold held
ut Il Sd demand very moderate. Currency in good
supply for all business purposes
At st. Louis on that day, according to the Demo
crdt:--
Atthe opening of the money market there was quite a
demand for coin but the subsidized in short time.
and the market settled quiet. Exchange was
held at IA TO per cent premium for Missouri funds aud
gold at g. There is marked disposition the part cf
holders Of exchange to hold to It, there is nothing
doing TO require the use Of currency, ard they
prefer TO let their Eastern balances remain where they
exchanging them for Missouri money any price
Government securities are those attracting speca!
ton all over the country at present.
The Illinois State Journal of the 10th inst.
says:-
To-day is The last IN which 'fwldcati currency can be
received for bonds the Auditors Office aud III, bank
collecting all their energies for one final charge
upon the institution, for at five O'Clock this afternoon il
ceases 10 exist We suppose there has been about four
millions OF dollars retired since the first Of July lclv ing
between two and three millions of the circulation OF
banks under call still outstanding Tho oler banks can
be ntcrfercd with under ninety days. The Auditor
viii gradually close out the remaining securities Of these
banks taking not 10 force many bonds upon the
market at once so that b!lholders may realize much
as possible for their notes Probably by tho st Of ia
nuary the stocks will all be sold and their notes redeem
able at the Auditor Office
The Chicago Tribune says, respecting the move
ments of produce at that point
During the week ending August II the total rccepts
flour and grain in this city amounted TO S74 55 bushels
showing increase on the supply Of the week Of
about $50 600 bushels The receipts of -four and grain
terday followsFlour bbs, 6,O2o wheat bush
els 692 corn bushels 259 319; OATS bushels 97O
rye, bushels, 263 barley, bushels, 150 Reducing the
-four to wheat the total receipts yesterday foot up425 94
bushels The receipts during the past days amount
to 905 6o6 bnshcsof which 52o,3 bushels
The weather during the past week bas been mild and
pleasant and in every way favorable harvesting and
curing the spring crops. Nearly all the wheat cut
we'll as oats and barley, and the farmers busy in
stacking and tireshng The yield of the wheat crop,
while Is not quite an average crop quantity Is of
excellent quality, the berry being plump and full In
Of the central counties Of this State there are com
plants of the wheat being very much deficient when
threshold but in of the northern counties the cxpec
atos that particular fully realized The oats are
OF good quality and the yield is fair. Barley is light
crop and Of on inferior quality. The growing corn crep
locks well all the West and If escapes early ros,s
it will prove q very large one.