Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-05-24

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S SsIsr mTIesSs par y PREM
American Cold. * prem. - prem
Flour WIS in fan request and firm, at $3.50
to s. 60 for super6ne; 81 rs to s. 80 for ex
ira, and 81 go to S. rs for family and fancy
brands. a fair request was also had for
Whisky, and the market was steady at 1870.
Provisions were extremely quiet; mess Pork
vas purcbasable at $l5 70 to SIG, and Bacon
in limited reQaest at sac. for Shoulders, and
.7h@7Ac. for Sides. Sugar and Molasses
were firm, and Coffee was in better request.
Wheat was in active demand for choice
grades, with little of the kind in the market.
Corn, Oats and Barley remained dull, and
Rye was in improved demand, with a light
supply.
The Imports and Exports of various arti-
Giles during the twenty-four hours ending
yesterday moor were as follows:
ImP0rt-Apples, 70 barrels; Butter, IS
kegs; Corn, 2,412 bushels; Cheese, 30 boxes;
Coffee, l56 bags; Flour, LIS barrels; Hay,
104 bales; Hogs, 1871 head; Lard, 10 barrels;
Malt, 1923 BUSH; Oats, 1887, BUSH; Pork and
Bacon, 2 ~tierces; Potatoes, 42S barrels; Rye,
sol bushels; Salt, 800, barrels; Wheat, 1,s43,
bushels; Whisky, 553 barrels.
Ezporh-Apples 80 barrels; Barley, 504
bushels; Butter, Id kegs; Candles, $50
boxes; Cheese, 1000 boxes; Coffee. 3O7 bags;
Cloyerseed, 5. barrels; Flour, LIB barrels
Lsrd, 297 barrels; Molasses, 157 barrels;
Malt, As bushels; Pork and Bacon, l08
b~ogsheads, l0S ~tierces, 204 barrels; and 49,.
1870 pounds; Potatoes, 81 barrels; Sugar, l49
hogsheads; Salt, 1l5 barrels; Wheat, 524
bushels; Whisky, 512 barrels.
Yesterdays Louisville Journal observes
Yesterday was a dull day with moneyed
men. There was some demand for Eastern
Exchange, which the Brokers supplied at ~
per cent. premium, buying at n premium.
The Banks checked sparingly on New York
for customers at l per cent. premium. There
is no demand for New Orleans Exchange,
which is held nominally at par, the buying
rate being l per cent. discount. The To.
bscco Market is buoyant, the sales being to
a full average at good prices. tn general
market was quiet and the rates unchanged.
We annex a comparative statement of the
Exports exclusive of Specie) from New
York to foreign ports for the past week and
since January ], 1861:
For te veek. 1850. 1850. 1861.
Total for the week.S 1881. s95 s l,536,Ilg s 2,6y7y3sl
prv'y repOrted~".. -2s'552,2G3 ~aO6'i,iOs F2is'5is
Sire Jan. l ...-.-..s2I, 1883 $50. a27, 222 $40 sao,s99
Wednesdays Times thus refers to Tues
days New York Stock Market:
There was an active demand for Stocks at
the early meeting OF the Exchange to day,
and the same continued, after tie adjourn.
ment on the street, until about two o'clock,
when the inquiry fov Illinois Central Shares
(tbe most active on the list appeared to be
supplied. The transfers of this Stock were
closed for the annual election, this afternoon,
which fact concentrated a large number OF
deliveries of borrowed Stock and maturing
short contracts into one or two days. Our
last report gave the particulars of Mondays
extraordinary fluctuations, growing out Of
this account, and the experience of the short
sellers was not particularly different to-day,
as G915@69 per cent. cash, was paid for 1000
Shares or more, without the ability TO renew
or continue the contracts until the reopeniug
Of the transfers, except at a difference of from
3 TO 8 per cent. l'si &c.,
To a less formidable amount, the case
was the same with Virginia State Stock,
which ran up to 5lX@52 per cent, cash, to
supply pre-. existing contracts, falling due at
43@45 per cent, while short contracts were
renewed at q difference of 2@2X per cent.
for a few days. Beyond these two Stocks,
the features Of to. days market was a heavy
demand, for Missouris at a rise of X@I per
cent, and a firmer feeling in New York Gen.
trsl early in the day, the highest sales being
at T2% per cent, cash. Government Stocks
rose on the Coupon Elves of 1871 and 1871, ]
per cent, and Treasury Paper was firm at
lo2 per cent. for the January issue.
Az and Immediately after the Second
Board, the Railway Share list was weaker,
owing, in some degree, to the closing of the
lllinoi Central books, and the release of the
| SfFpnf fran 1ha fnunIunta~w -. I'LL
had been brought about by the heavy over.
sales OF the past two or three weeks, aud the
recent withdrawal of Cash Stock for thu
English market. II was difficult at the
Second Board to fix a price for the reopen
ing Of the books. The quotation for deliver,
by certificate, with power of attorney K
transfer, was called to 66967 per cent, bu
very little is done in this way. New Yorl
Central fell back 10 72972H per tent. Pa
cihc Mail and Panama we're l@IH per cent
higher to-day. Late in the afternoon thu
market was frmer again, and the following
were about the quotations, the sales Of Mis-
souris, al the advance to A per cent, being
$4,000.
Wednesdays Tribune observes in regart
to tuesdays New York Monetary affairs;
The supply Of Money on approved collat
erals is daily increasing, and is greatly II
FANfFF W Nht utuIhUu on hl uf5L Class lOaus
From tine indications Of The course o
bullion, ard the gradual decline on the Banl
loans, tbs ease in the Money market mus
soon assume a plethoric character which vii
become oppressive TO capitalists, and MAJ
lead 60 investments which at this time arr
regarded without much favor The genera
suspension Of business in the m~ercantil,
circles, reduces the usual supply OF paper
and capital in vain seeks satisfactory invest
ments. Confidence is gone, and none bu
prime Endorsed notes, which range from z Il
10 per cent, are current. All other sigma
lures are irregular and unstable. The Gov
erbment loans are the only securities offereI
at present calculated 10 absorb the dorman
funds in the street, and this is considered a
the most promising Of investments at pres
ent. We quote call loans at b96 per cent
with occasional transactions at per cent. O
very favoIite securities.
The tendency Of the Foreign Bill markl