New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-08-20
The following Is from The he,s ORLEANS Delta a
tho 10th:
The offi al hank statement OF TO-DAY connare. :.
follows with that Tor lisf Saturday,

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LO.s loaos.....:::... s5ssT3 ss7i,s@s Dc. isSTss
In money aiiair, tie movement IL CO our last las
dico.ed bnt little charge of any kod chat caIk for
Special no Ice. Carifal wa, heretofore freely Of
iered throughout TO strictly fistcass borrowers but
owing TO the almost universal suspension business
Tue Demand for accommodation on theic part was OF
100 restricted character a. lead 10 extensive peeo Ia
tom. Some little paper char ged hands however,
a. i1@i4 Y cent Y month, and there Was u derats
oui ess done In sscood-class names, secured BY un.
doubted coliaeralr, at previous fgures-2d3t cent
y mohth-ou the lover grade signatures were for
me most part wholly negl- ted. At bank, traosac-
ti'ns were confined to partial renewals of maturing
llgat ohs with an occasional new discount 10 meet
tie dcmands for furnishing essential plantation SUP.
plies.
the previous reyieY. M nere have hem mo transfsr.
made VI "her dividendpayng OF notwithstanding
snares 20 far we have been able to ascertain. Some
favOrite etot ks continued generally in good request,
and sales of this descrpIlo could doub less have beea
effected at previous asking rates. but prices OF most
cLsses Indicated still further advance aud the gan.
eral OF securities attracted no ate ion whatever.
Exchange has gone i'll lower, under an increased
supl from Chuils'On Savannah, aud hobile aud the
falling oil quotations naturally resulted ia rahes
heavier 0leTatiOns The banks nave worked oil over
quarter If a million during tie week. and thrir ag.
grrgaie low amounts to but Lttle than two and
u halt millions. Rates have been exceedingly irregu-
lar, aud the demand for domestic his almost entir,y
subsided but Steny is extern lively used as scb.
stitute for sight creeks on the North and il Is djy
Transmitted West In constantly increasing amounts
Subjooed the ruling figures Tor all clisr.s Of bills:
Cleir Sterling, sal Y cent premium; Bank Notes,
noninslly llJ0 ll04; Francs, $50 05.lO dol; New
York Sigut, cent discount to par and ceat
premium.
1he Chicago Tribune of F riday says:
The demand for currency is still very active among
produce dealers, and the market con'lnu-s exceedingly
cloe The banks generally kept the rate of exchange
nominal at J q cent prem; but OF them cold
feely at cent and Others at par. On the streetia
some cases difficult to dispose OF exchange even
at par--so great the demand for currency. Gold
was 10 fair request at I, cent prem. for currency.
Owing TO the stioQeucy in the money market, there
deposition 10 take Canadian currency ard
it sold at 1 a y cent discount for exchange,
With regard TO this currency, e T from prtvate
sour es ID improbable that ons Of the lead
ing Montreal banks may make arrangements TO estao-
sh an agency in ths ely redeem their curTeney In
New-io excbaDgeat about Y cent prem. we are
also informed by reliable and well Informed partess
that il is through no fault of the Canadian bankers
that the present of affairs exists. According 70
the law establishing the bauks, the value OF British
sovereign is placed at 81 81 (which valuation was
based on Forei IN TX hange ~ 1857. S1se the pres
ent war broke Odt, however the rate 81 Foreign tx
change la. fallen 10 los 0lU7, and the New-York
bullion brokers have imported soyereigns-the balance
OF trade being in favor Of America, and they nave
sought an outlet for them, where they could he u-ed
without loss, or at q small profit. Money speculaIon
In New York have bought sOvereigns a. 81 SJG$} &
aud rent EN- to Mon real and bought New-fork Ex-
change witt them at az cent oh-thns leaving
them good Iroht. Merchants, 100, havl0g Dsi.nces
in New-YOrk, and notes To pay IN MONTREAL nave
taken soverelgns from New-York to Montreal with
which to lay their Uotes-thns making cent oy
the operation. THIS state OF affairs has therefore
forced the banks 10 redeem in soveregns Instead u
American ,on Ms usual-and hence the advance In Tho
rates Of exchange.