Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-03-05
MONETARY AND OOMMERCIAL
Financial Affairs.

the days business closed in a manner that
gave perfect assurance of the healthtul state
of our and the strength of our
merchants. A number of names lay over,
but they were those ofpersons without credit
in Banks or standing on 'Change-such as
go to protest at all seasons Of the year.
Eastern Exchange was firm, with little
alteration from Saturday, at a prem; deal
ers giving %@4Oc. on New York; Is on
Philadelphia and H@26 on Boston. Balti-
more continued quiet at u dis. buying and
par selling.
In New Orleans Exchange and Gold there
was no alteration. Both were inactive the
former at Il and the latter at H@% prem,i
round lots selling at a.
We heard of no transactions of conse-
quence in Time bills, which ruled still at the
rate of 10@l2 per cent. per annum.
Illinois and Wisconsin notes were l per
cent. lower; the general buying rate of the
Brokers being I dis Missouri continued at
6 dis; Wheeling City S; the Banches and
Eastern. Virginia 6dis. -ttl
Flour was remarkably dull here yesterday,
and rates were nominal and Whisky was
also very inactive, and Nc. per gallon lower.
Groceries were quiet, and Provisions like
wise, though holders remained firm. Mess
Pork could have been sold moderately at
SIT, but large lots must have gone at a lower
figure Bacon was in moderate request;
Bulk Meats inactive, and Lard without any
sales of consequence. Wheat was dull Ear
Corn firm Rye steady; Oats dull and lower,
IA ,r,Oaa Rorlau in oon1 damann ..
The following are the Imports and Ex-
ports during the orty.eight hours ending
yesterday at noon:
Impors-Apples, LAO barrels; Barley,
l,429 bushels; Butter, ll5 pkgs.; Candles,
10 boxes; Corn, 4,770 bushels; Coffee, S64
bags; Cheese, 1876 boxes; Clover-seed, 295
Hogs, 1866 head; Lard, 343 barrels and 4
kegs; Molasses, 1886 barrels; Oats, 2,444
bushels; Pork and Bacon, Y bids, 2l7
%tierces, 27S barrels, 225,530 pounds; Pota-
toes, L,5O1 barrels; Sugar, Liz hogsheads;
Salt, $50 barrels; Wheat, l,9ll bushels;
Whisky, 1929 barrels.
~Exp0S-Apples, 1896 barrels; Barley, 458
bushels; Butter, So packages; Candles, 724
boxes; Corn, 1852 bushels; Cheese, 292
boxes; Coffee, 1856 bags; Clover-seed, 2l4
barrels; Flour, 1879 barrels; Hay, SO bales;
Lard, 40 barrels and 1863 kegs; Molasses, 1884
barrels; Oats, 476 bushels; Pork and Bacon,
345 hhds, 683 ~tierces, 62S barrels and 643
boxes; Potatoes, 1881 barrels; Sugar, 200
hhds.; Salt, 81 barrels; Wheat, 1892 bush~
els; Whisky, 1878 barrels.
Yesterdays Louisville Courier says of
Saturdays Provision Market:
There was some activity in the Provision
Market to-day, the demand for mess Pork
being fair at the advanced price which was
r,to6I;abad 0aofardau Tho nauuo from tho
South and East continues favorable, and
the market closed firm and buoyant at the
quotations. The sales to, day were 500 bar
rels city packed mess at SIT 20, and $50 bar
rels country packed at SIT.
There was a much larger demand for Ba-
con on Southern orders, and prices advanced
fully &c, the market closing firm with a
decided upward tendency. The sales to-day
were 200 casks from the jobbers at 75sc. for
Shoulders; exc. for rib Sides; l02s@l0%c.
for clear rib, and 1876. for clear Sides
There was a larger inquiry for bulk Meats,
and the transactions were over 275,00C
pounds, at 6Hc. for Shoulders, and SIC. for
Sides. There is nothing doing in Lard.
The following is a comparative statement
of the imports of Foreign Dry Goods at the
port of New York, for the past week and
since January /:
Entered at the port. 81 ,626, 464 3,7,S,O3l 1885, 0l
Thrown on market. ~2,s2O.972 s~,9l7,77 24lLSIS
Estsfsd al the port. 81 ,Ss2,8l ~ 225,sssSsysss 1873, 7s
Our Saturdays exchanges observe respect
ing Fridays New York Stock Market;
There was quite a reaction on the Stock
Exchange to day from the extreme buoy
ancy of Wednesday and Thursday, caused
by The less favorable look of political affairs
at Washington, which not only induced
short sales, but led to a large amount OF
realizing by speculative holders. The very
rapid advancing of the past few days placed
a considerable margin of profit with the bull
Spectators, and as the advices in the morn
ing papers and some subsequent private tel
egraph dispatches from Washington threw a
partial cloud over the prospects of yesterday,
they were disposed to realize their gains
without standing upon H@l per cent. in
price.
When this course of the market was made
manifest, other sellers rushed in to sell the
quotations down, so that at one time THIS
afternoon the whole decline of the day on
the Railway Shares was equal to an average
of 2 per cent. New York Central, 80H@3s
Yesterday afternoon, sold as low as 1871.
The decline on State Securities was fully "a
Oh per cent, and on the Federal Stocks
az per cent, if so much, the heaviest sales
being made equal to yesterdays best rates,
The market in the afternoon manifested
much seusitiveness to all political rumors,
while most Of the street operators appeared
ignorant of the precise news, if any, upon
which the breakdown had occurred.
Later in the afternoon, the Share Market
showed a disposition to recovery, and prices
were stronger by A@H per cent. than the
printed sales at the Second Board.
Saturdays New York Times informs US il
regard to Fridays Monetary affairs;
The Exchange Market for Saturdays maj
is less favorable by H@% per cent. for Mer
chant Bills than earlier in the week., and \
az per cent. lower, on the actual sales, TO
Bankers Bills. The disposition yesterda!
on the news from England to stiten tn
rates is even over, and several leading firm
we've willing sellers at q fraction under 10
per cent. We quote Bank and Bankers
105X@l06 per cent.
In the Money Market to-day the offerinI
OF good selections Of Paper is moderate, an
strictly prime double name Bills outside 0
Bank are taken at or within the Bank rat
of Z per cent. Fair single names range al
the way from 8 to II per cent. On demand
/, loans there is less activity, as the payment
/ into the Sub-Treasury, on account OF tn
: New Loan, are now oNef-the last New Yor
: payment beinR made ~tO-day--While the Il
x sales Of the Loan for permanent inyestmel
~ have relieved speculative holders of a lar
share Of their original awards. The Sto'
- was in continued demand to-day at 95&@
per cent the latest sale being $5O,OO0a at %
ho Der cent. This Security andTreasnry Pap
singular to say, were less sensitive TO I
to adverse political yumors and impressions