Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-03-13
MONETARY AND OOMAGERCIAL
Financial Affairs.

WlH per cent. cOntnuluk ~ w bho Ehte lOT
frst-class Paper at the Discount houses.
Currency was still in fair supply, and about
9 the same at the close as the opening of
business hours.
Eastern Exchange remained firm at Z
premium on all points; New Orleans dull at
L@K premium, and Gold quiet at H@%
premium.
New Orleans Notes we're put at H@l dis
count, usually the former figure, by the
Bankers yesterday, to prevent their usual
foRing.in here during the present season.
There are no better Banks in the country
but they are too distant for their issues to be
readily converted. Uncurrent Funds were
unchanged; Missouri, Iowa and Wheeling
City going at 8, and Illinois and Wisconsin
ut 7 discount.
A better feeling was observable in Flour
yesterday, but prices were unchanged.
Whisky was in fair demand and steady.
Groceries were steady Wheat advanced &C.,
and Rye declined lc. per bushel. Ear Corn
remained steady, and Shelled dull. Oats
were in moderate request, and prime Fall
Barley in good demand. Provisions re-
manned very dull, with very few transac-
items.
The Imports and Exports of various arti-
eles, during the twent7-four hours ending
yesterday noon, were:
Impof tS-Apples, 653 brls.; Barley, 3,OO5
bush Butter, los pkgs: Corn, 1885 bush;
Cheese, 367 boxes; Coffee, $50 bags; Clover
seed, l9 brls.; Flour, COZ brls.; Hay, $50 bales;
Hogs, AZ head; Lard, 2S1 brls, s5 kegs;
Molasses, AGO brls Oats, 2,066 BUSH; Pork
and Bacon, 10 hhds, q ~tierces, AL brls.,
$780, $50 lbs; Potatoes, "a brls; Rye, 81 bush;
Sugar. 1888 hhds; Wheat, 800 bush; Whisky,
1880 brls.
bush; Butter, l6 pkgs.; Candles, L,OO4 boxes;
Corn, l,l95 bush Cheese, 1873 boxes; Coffee,
357 bags; Glover seed, 2l2 brls.; Flour, 472
brls; Lard, 888 brls, % kegs; Molasses, 1877
brls; Matt, 668 bush; Oats, 672 bush; Pork
md Bacon, 297 hhds,, 2S4 %tierces, 234 brls.,
Sc boxes, &c. 3l2 lbs; Potatoes, 41S brls Rye,
1876 bush Sugar, 1l8 hhds; Salt, log brls.;
Wheat, 1887 bush; Whisky, 1878 brls.
Provisions in Louisville on Monday were
firm; the papers report the following sales:
lao brls. city mess Pork at ST. %; 6l5 brls.
same at SIT; 81 brls. clear mess at SIS 50
200 tierces and $50 kegs prime Lard on pri-
waite terms, and 80. 900 pounds rib Sides
packed at 9Sc.
Mondays New York papers nave the fol-
lowing;
Business is at last improving a little. Some
of the jobters are selling Goods to the near
by cities, and are preparing for a trade with
the West and the Border States in April and
May. Several importing houses report in
creased activity in Merchandise. With the
Cotton States, Of course, there is no business
doing that is worth mentioning. The rush
of the last week in February has quite sub
sided, and il is evident that the new Confed-
eracy, If it does not pay the debts it owes,
will not increase them at present. Planting
is proceeding with vigor in all the Cotton
States, and there is no prospect that the
trouble in the South will diminish very ma
terially next years cotton supply. The i'm
ports at this port continue very light, as CON-
pared with last year, while the exports of
Produce continue to exhibit a very remark
able increase. The following are the COM
paratiVe tables of the trade of the port for
the week and since January /:
IMPORTS.
1889. 1860. 1861.
GENERAL Nc:cIfdiSe. S,i67766 S@,2s8i2i i'iss.6i
Total for the week. s5s477 silss,as7 50 5g2,79o
Previously reported S7rs7a26S 42.O7/,S'4 ~Sti2l,573
Since January L.. s,s,aa OBS $40, 2O6,2n ss7,OI4 AZ
IMPORTS or PRODUCE AND MERCHANDISE.
1853. 1860. 1861.
Total for The week Sc. sl4SI,2l4 s2,Os9,3 72 So 4g7,t5s
Previously reported. h'5l4Ul n.5h,967 2lA2l,5S7
Since January l see. ss,ese,5l5 si8.633,a8 s23, 9l8, 5g5
IxPoETs OF SPECIE.
1859. 1860. 1861.
F FSs! d ! Ssf a.15ricd . S5as'5it s ssSI e 1,f ES9 sSS
Since January L.. s~i,7sa,g7i s2,96al3o I,l7l,8o5
Mondays New York Tribune says of
Saturdays Stock Market;
The speculative movement of the Stock
Market is becoming tame und s~piritless
again, and the closing day of the week was
the most inactive of any. At the First Board
the changes were not important as compared
with Friday, but there was evidently a great
deal OF hesitation on the part of operators
for the rise, and the market dragged on
nearly every call, with a tendency to give
wsy in prices at the close. The Bear de-
monstrations were not strong, but the mar
ket seemed TO settle under its W weight of
dizziness. The North Britotrs news was con-
strued uniavorably, and probably had some
influence against the market, and some of The
sensation dispatches Of the morning were
potent In checking the disposition to specu-
late for the rise.
Al the Second Board, the inclination to
sell appeared TO increase, and the market
became quite heavy throughout. Prices
were generally about q per cent. lower than
in the morning. Government Stocks were
steady at about Yesterdays prices, but for
State Stocks the market closed steady. In
Railway Bonds the dealings are light, but
prices are generally very well maintained.
The market has but few points Of interest
for the dsy. Outsiders take but little if any
part in the movements, and the fluctuations
were mainly controlled by the political
gossip at Washington. The feeling is gen
orally hopeful among the spectators of the
Board and street, but there is not yet conf
dence enough on the part Of the public 70
sustain The movements for q rise which ope-
ratoFs initiate, and the consequence is an
unsymTaibetic repOse TO every spasmodic
start to higher prices.
Under the circumstances = with seven
States of the Union in revolt, and eight more
In hesitation-prices are quite as high as
should be expected, even by sanguine
people; and when we add to the con-
tingencies of speculation the possibility of a
collision, which would bring sudden panic
into the market it's not surprising that the
spirit Of speculation does not extend much
the country have been laid waste by political
dsnagogues, and the recovery from such In
calcuiAp,e mischief must be graduated by the
pace eno progress Of patriotic and common
sense doctrines. The sentiment In Wall
street may be correct but it moves in i'd
vance OF inc laeus and realities, and there
fore commands but little eonhdence.
Mondays New York Herald says, under
date of Sunday EVENING" ~ 8fl
e The Money Market is scarcely as active a
Il was a week sgo, though rates remain thi
same. First class names, which are ysrJ
scarce, 60 at COT per cent? and the Broker