, 1861-04-27

Tho opening Of the Straits inrueeda more cheer
ful feeling in business circles today but the i'm
mediate effect upon tho money market was ecarce-
" perceptible. Exchange was very variable.
Some OF the banks were unwilling to pay 1nu0h
aboye 10 per cent, others allowed customers 15D
1537S<. About 13a15 the average range. The
selling price was 1sGt7-the higher dgure to onnt!:
siders.; "A VERY lew layn will now determine the
fate ufmr Hl1nd13 Enfnancy. t1Eship pas6nts' sAoud
b. active and the edemaud. for currency ;drin ha
MANY believe, the: banks not now IN the se}ec5ed
list may be sustained. Times are 20 uucertainKnd
unsettled, that we hare no advice to give to our
readers. Each ono must form bis own sjudgment
and run lis own riaks. 49,. -
Gold IS buying at Is, :ael1Ing 1s9aethe latter
for email parcels. :, r: : Fix
WIscossH.-The general rnls to reject all Wis
consin money, is still In force here. Each one Of
onr city banka has small utt Of itsown which are
taken from customers. For the benefit Of our Viz
consin readers, TIC publish the following List,
which dispatch from Milwaukee to one Of ous
leading banks says has been added today to the
Wisconsin banks rejected in Milwaukee:
Bank Of Beaver Dam, Manitowoc County,
EoAo Qu Lac, Monroe County,
HoElsout Mercantile
Manitowoc, Southern,
North America, Waupat ca County,
0conto City. Wau-h "a County,
Oneida, Wfnnebago County,
Lake Shore, Wisconsin Valley.
TIE SOUTHERN s1ArEs.-AN the Banks south Of
the Ohio and Of Mason and DIxon's Line, are .tnn-
current here. Missouri, and a lew Of tie Ken
lucky Backs have nearly the same ralue as ILL
noIs. but It Is impossible to give any definite quo
tations.
SrocKs.-Dispatches to saltsnstal & Co., No.
n Clark street, shoE decline In Tennessees tfnce
yesterday offs cents, which is really about 20 per
cent on the former price. The closing rates were
for Tennessees 81, Missouris 35, Virgini s az.
Ralway shares were nearly the same as yesterday.
| Closing quotations for New York Central y, Ga.
lena 55, Rock Island 554, Burlington & Quincy
ts. Market STEADY. - '.::..
| MlLwAuKEE.-We quote as follows from the
Sentinel Of this morning: : :
We doubt il such day ~ this has ever been
witnessed in the money market. Ever eince Tues
! daydt has been known that a. convention OF bank
rally supposed that the meeting wnn'd take actor
in regard to theiseues Of tbs banks heretofore II
| good standing. To-day, and especially this after
banks tocE more definite shape. All Was feverIsf
| excitement, bueiness on Change Was brought to
| stand-s11l: nobody wanted to Touch any currency
| business on tbs streets, to the casual observes
very active. wss, after ait dull and vexatiius il
| the extreme. Large numbers thronged the store
| to purchase, but the merchants wanted to do 4.
burinees, and many went 70 far as to close thei
stores entirely. Men ruehed about the street t,
pay some debt which, otte Hise, they would neye
nave thought Of; but every one was willing to trua
for anything IN facs' The whole eity could hay
Exchange was nowhere. The nominal rate q
the banks WAS II per cent. bat they sold nonc
Here and there we heard I outside purchasers, a
l ]iAfR tCa far hs
| tween.
GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY OF CAHxDA-Traf.
for week ending April Is, 1861.
passensess ........-:........-$2 750.1
| Freight and Live Stock. IS, ,495
| Mails and Sundries. 2T299.
| Total Observation-Disclosures. $SG 9T3
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