, 1861-02-12
:Cttira9pCtiitutre,
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY Il, 1861.
MONETARY,

MONDAY EVENING, Feb. II. 1861.
The weather to-day has been abominable-slush
under foot squalls Of rain. gusts Of wind, and an-
gry clouds overhead, with everything to make
dun. gloomy day. ~Bnfaness generally has been
confined to Iaz7ow limits Since the falling of in
the potk trade, transactions hare been confined
mainly to small orders, We Aear Of some orders
for ptoytaioas fnom the South, End 4 few parties
arc beginning to operate In corn alung the Illinois
Hivct, ~ We arc now doubtless within less-thau
thirty dsyz Of the opening Of the canal; but deat
ers are moving with GREAT caution and keep far
within their own means. Business cannot com
zneneo fairly TIL something definite il known In
regard to political prospects. The times are too
portentioua for capital To risk much but thirty
days from The 4th Of March they will be much
wozse or the country will be tending rapidly to-
wards peacc, and It Is to be hoped long continued
prosperity.
The nominal selling rate Of Exchange to-day has
been 2 cent. premium hut round lots coald be
had ut 6x early in the afternoon. and towards the
close At 6H- Buying price sock, and In the
morning eK was paid. The tone Of the market
was decidedly dn1l. The TACT L, bankers arc doing
ltttls or nothing IN Ezchauge, and any consi1era-
bic change either in the supply or demand, might
cause rise or fall Of 1@3 q cent In the market
Gold nominal 1t sos buying; selling eh@7
PREx1CM AND uECUnEksr FCxDa.-The follow
ing are ths closing rates OF F. GRANGER AnAxs,
Esq, editor ofthe Chicago Bank List, No. a Clark
street, for currency, exchange, ETC.:
8U1wo. sE111.d.
n. 7: and New England solvent b'h s :.
1s., Ohio, KY. aud Ind State... :.
New Jersey and Iowa. -.
Tenn, Ma, and Free Indiana......- :.
@9ASsoo1.--- --...''.-.-...-...--.far
1o40.. ..--...--.-..-.-..-..--... 6H -,
CNcuHREHr MoXKT.
Buyirg. DIsoonW.
DisEtaited Illinois banka...-...... 20 -.
Ta-N g, Ala, Ga. md Old Tene. ..
btoeE Banks OF Tenn. s =.
Csc1ssA11.-We quote az follows from the Ga
sstte OF fSaturday:
II TT s movements in the money market to day did
1oans from acceptable borrowers IS not equal the
supply Of capital and paper Of this caas continues
e be taken freely at io@12 per cent. 4 good deal
from TO 10 per cent Investments OF this kind afe
preferred BY = good many lenders, who are nnwIll-
Ing, 10 thepreeent unsettled etate OF aars to pur-
chase time paper. There is also very good de-
1nand for fret class Eastern bills, and we heard Of
sale to-day OF paper At equal to Sf per cent. The
ps91 pssga9aiag nguEe, however, is 10 per cent. The
New York exchange continues very firm, and
several OF the houses refused to draw, to-day, ex-
oept forTegular customers. .othcra. however. cold
rs heretotore, without discrimination. The rcgu-
selling, but outsiders were in some cases compell-
Sew oeans ssiay
e prem buying and x prem selling. Partiea who
haVe heretofore been drawing at H are now out Of
fhs market Gold Is tnactise Mt .s@A prem-the
Missouri, Illinois and Wisconsin currency was
very heavy to-day at discount and the market
closed this afternoon with q decided downward
t&OURnCP. n urfa fn+fh 1a-
cline, handled It very cautiously-
NEw 0RLzASs-The Fieayune Of Thursday, eth
nAys:
Aconside1ab1e degree Of activity prevailed in
the general market to day, and the tranzac1ous III
a egssea were aga,n q1ate Large: The money market
TO exceptionally first but the circle Of
these II 80 much nar owed down that tbs opera
to little o. nothing more than before. Paper Of
this description IL wanted at II + cent, but the
classification Il 60 arbitrary that many really good
signatures are discarded. In fact we have no reg
niar msrfrt - ret, though there arc more indica-
ti0ns Of partial return to confidence
The Foreign Exchange market continues heavy
was i'd At Which little was sold, but towards ti!s
close it could not be obtained Prime Bil1s were
passed It 1o&ts. and we now quote from 104a{G1
z eod sa 1T sSa dsSsoun ns
Thirty days at 1A@1H- Sight Ia less firm. and
closes at E@x discount. Bankers cold st XGb7:1G
discount, and the Banls check over the counter III
u discount.
Dn1DEEps.-The New York Central Railroad
Company has declared q semi-annua1 dividend o!
three per cent on the capital etock, payable on tue
10th init, upon stock registered at New York,
Boston or Albany. and on the 10Th dag Of Marci,
nezt upon stocks registered at London. The
transfer books. which arc now closed. with be re,
opened at New York, Albany and Boston, on the
morning Of Friday. the 22d day If Febrrary Inst
EARNINGS or THE GA1ESA AND CHICAGO r. r.
Co.-The following are tho earnings Of this road
from February, 1st to sth. 1860, and 1861:
1860. 1861