Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-05-18

20; Wisconsin (discreditedl 65@TG Illi-
nois (solventL 80; Illinois (discreditedA
65@7G Maryland (interiorl 10; Tennessee
(old Banksl l5@2G Tennessee free Banks(,
20@25; Michigan and Canada, 3; Alabama,
90 South Carolina and Georgia, 90 discount.
Our quotations for Exchange and Gold
were as annexed;
New York Sight e. il prem. prem.
B RS;soSTfSSsT"~.~. prem. 2REsm.
hSiiimorSe ..."".."~. K@11- dis. par.
.EmEericsn Gold. 24@s prem. sxai prem.
Flour was dull yesterday though I'M
charged; the sales reaching some $50 brls.,
supe' FIRE going at 81 as; extra at 81 6O@475,
and fancy brands at S.. Whisky was in
coed demand and firm 45O brls. being dis.
posed Of at l2Ic. No new feature was de-
veloI ed in provisions, and no transactions
worthy of note occurred in any article.
Groceries were in moderate demand in the
regular way at previous prices. Wheat was
still in limited request Corn and Barley re-
manned dull, and Oats and Rye steady.
The Imports and Exports of various arti-
Giles during the twenty. four hours ending
Yesterday noon were as follows;
Ilo-Ap DlGcy ~ bdllGlo DhAAty GAA
bushels; Butter, 80 kegs; Corn, LAS bush
els; Coffee, 229 bags; Flour, 1857 barrels;
Hay, l65 bales; Hogs, 500 head; Lard, 10 brls.
and a kegs; Molasses, 8 brls; Oats, PISA
bushels; Pork and Bacon, 4 hogsheads, and
n barrels; Potatoes, 238 barrels; Sugar, 2
hbds; Wheat, 1857 bushels; Whisky, 6S7
barrels.
EapoTts-Butter, 81 kegs; Candles, 1876
boxes; Cheese, 525 boxes; Coffee, l66 bags;
Cloverseed, ID brls; Flour, 2,lS6 barrels;
Hogs, SO head; Molasses, 90 barrels; Pork
and Bacon, GO hogsheads, 20 ~tierces, Al brls.
and $500 pounds; Potatoes, IA brls.; Rye, 229
bushels; Sugar, l44 hogsheads Salt, l65
brls; Wheat, 995 bushels; Whisky, 354 brls.
Thursday Louisville Provision Market is
thus reported in Fridays papers:
Provisions are quiet, with but a small iu-
quby. There were some shipments made
on former orders, but no transactions were
reported. We quote mess Pork at $l6@l7
per barrel bacon Shoulders &c. Lard is
dull and heavy at sHe. for prime.
Thursdays New York papers say of We'd
nesdsy's Stock Market;
The Stock Market was very firm this
morning, and had an upward tendency
throughout, except for one or W of the
Border Slave States, which continue to drag
along heavily under the faint of Secession.
Missouris were better, on account of the
Union demonstrations in that State. aud Vir.
ginias also were a little better. Federal
Stocks continue strong, with a fair invest
melt demand. In Shares, the dealings were
not important, but there was a brisk inquiry
for cash Stock on the part of the shorts, and
but q acanty supply Offering.
The tone is rather more hopeful in the
street in regard to national affairs, but the
speculation is still confined almost exclu-
civelp IN the Uefaran Nnaratara nf tho Road
and street, between whom there is a steady
conflict. The shorts have been pressed
sharply of late in making deliveries, aud the
market has been put up by their forced pur.
cbsses. Pacific Mail sold at IS, ex-dividend
Of. 5 per cent. declared yesterday afternoon.
The Company pursued the extraordinary
course of closing the books before annouuc-
ing the dividend, and the result is that a
great deal of trouble and confusion has been
occasioned. At the Second Board the mar
ket was active, and prices were well sus-
tanned. Government Stocks were in good
demand for investment. The market closed
steady.
Thursdays New York Tribune thus refers
to Wednesdays Financial affairs:
The Money Market is comparatively quiet
Call loans may be quoted at 596 per cent,
with a great deal of money Offering. The
rates of Paper, however, are unchanged,
ruling at 799 per cent. for really prime sig
natures, and from these rates up to one to
four per cent. per month. TIL smaller job
befs, doing this State and near by trade, are
moderately easy, as their payments are
nearly over, and their business has been sat
I i~sfaetory during the season, being but little
interrupted by the warlike demonstration
.'Q Of the country.
Aside from the dependency which exists.
srising from the great pressure of money
among some OF our largest houses-the ramf-
~ications Of whose business has xtended
over almost the entire American Continent
there is q manifest improvement of tone Of
feeling In the general business circles, and
the merchants are more hopeful. The proba-
bic action of the, English Government, as
indicated by the explanations of the Foreign
Secretary In the House Of Commons, with
10 reference to the blockade to be established,
ri, ia perhaps one cause Of the better feeling.
5 It's supposed that although no decided
policy will be pursued in favor of either
p party-ye1 in the fact of her affording pro-
Ia lection TO her commerce, England must Incl
BE- adentally cooperate with the United States
GoFeTDment in suPpFessing the pirates.
Another reason may be found in the general
& eonhdeDee entertained by all parties in thu
ability OF the Government to maintain every
position they have assumed, and that with
Oat immediate conflict. The intense excite
ment OF the past few weeks, under the suD-
"a posed danger Of the Capital, is gradually
2 passing away, and the energies of the
country must be devoted to an adaptation of
its business to the new order of things. ~
W There Wss not much movement yesterday
In Foreign Exchange for the Boston steamers
of to-day, and easier rates were observed,
although for frstrelass Bankers Bills lO6@
l06z was obtained. The supply Of Mercan-
tile Bills wiz be very large il the exporta
tons Of Breadstutfs and Provisions are con-
unued on the scale of last week, being nearly
$l,5O0O00 more valuable than 10 the CORE
spending week Of last year. The.later news
from Europe indicates that our troubles will
not probably embarrass the market for
Money In London, although the demand had
Increased at the Bank-rate of 8 per cent, and
higher rates were paid in the street.
NEW YoRK CATTLE MARKEr-T ursday,
Agy l6.lThe Live Stock Markets for this
week have been well supplied with beef Cat
Ne and mich Cows overstocked with veal
Calves and live Hogs, with q scarcity OF
Sheep and Lambs. The Cattle market was
somewhat animated by the demand for army
supplies though only 1921 head were taken
from the city yards direct, A hundred head
Of Cattle and 10 Horses, OF the Baltimore