Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-09-06
MONETARY AND COMNEROIAL.
FInnnoInl AnnIra.

AT this point we have no change to record.
Money is equal to the demand, and Gill;
edged Paper is readily taken at l09l2 per
cent per snnum.
At Chicago, there is a better demand for
Exchange, but the supply is liberal a. part9
u per cent. premium. Currency is in mod
crate supply and good demand. Gold 10
scarce at 15@N per cent premium.
At st. Louis the rates of Exchange aud
Gold are uuchanged-the former being per
cent. premium above Bankable Funds, aud
the latter TO az.
AT Louisville, the selling rate OF Eastern
Exchange is at par to a per cent discount,
The general market there is quiet,
Treasury-note transactions form the bnlk
of business in Wall-street New York, The
Tribune of Wednesday says;
'"Mr. Cisco has been kept very baSy to-day
in signing certificates for deposits on the new
Treasury-notes. The applicants to-day
amount to about two hundred and fifty,
mostly for small amounts. In addition TO
this, the Banks have paid in So, 500 900,
being the third installmeut of 10 per cent.
on the Treasufy-note Loan. The draft for
this amount was made by the Secretary on
Mr.. Stevens of the Bank of Commerce,
Chairman of Committee, &c, who appor-
toned the payment among the Banks. Mt.
Cisco has received a draft from the Secretary
of the Tleasury on himself for $702, 900,
being for principal and interest of Treasury
notes sold at the Sub Treasury for account
of the Banks. This amount has been paid
over to the Committee for distribution. De-
Quoting this amount, the Banks have in
vested in the new loan SO, 100000"
The Times of the same date says:
1--WE understand that the American Bank
note Company have prepared twenty mil
lions in the Circulating Notes of the Treas
ury of the United States, of the denomina-
tions of S. $40 and $20 for immediate grad
ual employment by the Department at
Washington. The notes are made redeema-
BILE at the various points designated in the
Loan Act of Congress-New York, Boston,
Philadelphia, Cincinnati and st. Louis.
They will be used in the public disburse-
ments, in place of the frequent and unneces-
sary transfer of small Gold Coin from one de.
pository of the Government to another, but
redeemed at all times in Gold, on preseuta.
ton at the point of payment, and received
at all times and all points at par for customs
and other dues to the Government"
In regard to the general trade of New
York the same journal has the following:
"There is continued improvement and
some speculative excitement in the various
branches of general trade this week. The
rise in Cotton and Cotton Goods continues,
and new evidences of speculation appear on
the Corn Exchange and in the line OF staple
Woolen Goods. The Greek firms are re-
ported as heavy buyers of Indian Corn, a
good part of which may possibly be held in
store for lower freights, although imme-
diately drawn against on London by buyers.
The movement is said to be based on strong
speculative confidence that the present mod
crate prices, notwithstanding large antici-
! pated supplies from the West, must advance
with the season.
"The exports of Grain and other Domestic
Produce this week figure up nearly three
million dollars in value, as against less than
two millions same week last season. The
! Exchange Market is influenced by the sup
| ply of Merchant Bills thus created, and rates
close barely steady for the Boston Mail at
| l07X@l07M. The comparative statement
of the Exports exclusive of Specie) from the
port of New York to Foreign ports, for the
week and since Jan. l:
1859. 1850. 1861,
For the week......s I,s62,I69 s 1,s63457 S27O5 81
| Previously reptd".42 s9S,Sf5 ts,593,45S S399l,t3
Since Jan. l...."".44, ,0H 6O,456,9l5 S6696,9T;