Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-03-20
MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL.
Fiusnciai Aaairs

Ahm HoANo9 sho HAlH1 VI NAAApHNy nohht
good, with little surplus at the Banking
houses, where all prime Paper is placed by
customers without difficulty at 1O@l2 per
cent. per annum. The Money-demand was
fair, though mot large, in the regular quar-
tiers, but in Che street the request was light
Eastern Exchange was in better supply at
a premium selling, and the buying rate
rather lower, dealers giving q on PhilSdel-
phia and New York, and u premium on
Baltimore and Boston. 1Gy m
In New Orleans Exchange and Gold there
were no transactions Of consequences, and
rates varied with different dealers.
Uncurrent Money ruled as on Monday:
Indiana Stock notes, x; New Orleans, Il
al; Wheeling City and Branches and East
ern Virginia, s; Charleston (Val g.; Mis-
souri,, Az; Illinois and Wisconsin, solvent
6X; Tennessee (oldl, 8; Tennessee Stock, 8;
Michigan and Canada, 3; North and South
Carolina and Georgia, 8, and Alabama 10
discount.
The annual Pork-packing statement of the
Cincinnati Price Current shows a decrease,
this year. in the number of Hogs, to be l99,-
943, compared to last year; an increase in
weight Of l4k per cent, and an increase in
Lard of az pounds per hog.
The demand for Flour continued GOOD
yesterday, at 81 5O@4 So for superfne; the
sales Of all grades reaching 1900 brls.
Whisky remained firm, with sales of 1900
brls. Provisions were less buoyant, and
though it was easier to buy, rates were I'M
altered. Mess Pork, city and country, was
still held at $40 75@17. Bacon was in mod
crate demand at &c. for Shoulders and SIC.
for rib and lO1c. for clear Sides. Groceries
continued firm. Wheat and ear Corn were
firm. Oats were in good demand, and other
Grains were unchanged.
The Imports and Exports of various arti-
cles, during the twenty-four hours ending
yesterday noon, were:
Imporw-Apples, 424 barrels; Barley,
3,l0l bushels; Butter, l26 packages; Corn,
1882 bushels Cheese, 442 boxes; Coffee, 90
bags; Clover-seed, "a barrels; Flour, 2,5Os
barrels; Hay, 296 bales; Hogs, 80 head I;
Lard, 95l barrels and 1865 kegs Molasses,
1877 barrels; Malt, $50 bushels; Oats, l,2O9
bushels; Pork and Bacon, 80 hhds., % tes.,
l,16l barrels, 46 boxes and 1872, 1886 pounds
Potatoes, 456 barrels Rye, $50 bushels
Sugar, 229 hbds.; Wheat, 1913 bushels;
Whisky, ], 100 barrels.
Ezpors-Apples, 168 barrels; Barley, 1868
bushels; Butter, 24l packages; Candles, 95s
boxes; Corn, $50 bushels Cheese, 156 boxes;
Coffee, 3l2 bags; Clover-seed, 81 barrels
Flour, 1850 barrels; Hay, 10 bales Lard,
40 barrels and $50 kegs; Molasses, 277 bar
rels; Oats, 442 bushels; Pork and Bacon,
158 hhds, 487 t~ierces, 1851 barrels, 27l boxes
and Z 1900 pounds; Potatoes, 410 barrels Rye,
400 bushels Sugar, l76 hhds Salt, 70 bar
Telsi Wheat 1900 bushels Whisky, 8O4
Yesterdays Louisville papers report on
Monday sales of 1853 brls. city mess Pork at
$l7; 60 brls. country at SIC rs; 10 casks
clear Sides at 1O24c.; 16 casks clear rib at
1Oc; 5000 lbs. picked Shoulders at eci 5000
lbs. picked Hams at 715c, and 80 casks
Bacon, on orders, at former rates.
The following are the comparative Gus
tom house tables of the trade of the port of
New York, for the past week and since
January l:
IMPORTS.
Genl Merchandise. 2,C69,aO 8,7l9,578 l~,6i5,29O
Previously TepoTtedis'SSs,5S55 4S,sS6 al s7''oiif'i5s
Since January i-~.s41.s27,69 50, 2Io,8o8 sg,s75,647
EXPORTS OF MERcHANpIsE,
loDHs lSOUV LSOI.
F FRsaid 5SE shf f, porte y s.ss5.si5 l% is5I,s:5 ISIS s,sis' so
Since January I..~.slO, 1904 i~5,s08,a8o 2s,799, 46i
ExroEIg OF srEcIE
PTevioHsiy reported i isss:ss2 a,5 S'5'i5S LIZ, isi' 81
Since January 1..... s~6,15l.827 8,O77,6o3 ls6OI8
Mondays Tribune says of Saturdays Stock
Market:
The large trade in Federal Stocks is again
one of the most important features of the
day in the Stock Market. The transactions
of the First Board, mostly in the new Loan,
foot up an aggregate of $1O2, 600, and in the
afternoon a further amount of $6LOOO
changed hands, making $4,000 for the day,
exclusive of private sales. Prices were a
fraction better than the recorded sales OF
yesterday, and the market was firm at both
sessions. AT the present rate of investment,
the entire Loan will be distributed within q
few weeks, and the Bankers, satisfied with
brisk sales and good profits, will be quite
ready, if not eager, TO compete for any new
Loan which may be wanted. State Stocks
were tolerably active, but the sales are
mainly confined TO MissOuris, Tennessees
and Virginias, with which the market Il
constantly fed by the West-when they arc
no longer so desirable for Banking purposes
The Share-dealings were rather larger
than on Friday, but the speculative move.
t4Ah UNIV Abo hANAO ~ IhC 6hDlk
hesitating, undecided feeling noticed for s
week or ten days past. An effort is occa
sionally made by some of the leading spirit,
OF the Board to infuse a little more life int
the operations, and a spasm of activity
awakens the hopes of more lively times, bui
the failure TO attract outside orders acts as 4
wet blanket on speculation, and the Bulls
after some e~xertion, become discouraged
again. The truth is that the question o
values hinges so much upon political mat
tiers, which are incapable of present solution
that but Jew dare to embark in speculation
and the market may temporarily be worked
up or down to a moderate extent withOu.
drawing in the public. Tn advance of las
Autumn in Railway Stocks was based upor
the iairest prospects the country has seer
for many years, but the blight of disunioI
has come upon the land, and the results nj
one can fOTesee. ..
This new element in the calculation o
chances puts the ordinary laws of politica
economy at defiance, and battles the intelli
gence of business men. Hence speculation
is a blindfold game, and the player maj
stumble over an unexpected obstacle. OF per
chance make a lucky hit and see daylight
again. Since December, Stocks have ad
vanced from fifteen to twenty per cent.
partly because their decline was the result
t of panic, and partly because hope hai
pTedominated over fear. At thesl
prices the market holds with remark
[ able steadiness, under circumstances of thu
most complicated and difficult character
circumstances which render it not only haz
! ardOus to embark in any new enterprise, bui
which threaten 70 embarrass and ~restric
ordinary business movements for some time
AT the second Board the market was steady
throughout, and prices in some Instance
show a small advance. After the adjourn
ment, the disposition to buy was rathei
stronger, and the market closed firm bu
dull.
The business Of the Clearinghouse to day
was $ls,369,888. The Money market show
increased abundance in the supply, withou
u,ataria1 chanoa in rates % Tntarasf IT.,