, 1862-10-03

THURSDAY EVENING, Oct, 2, 1861,
The weather continues very unpleasant; but It
seerns to prodnce no check upon bustness, The
demand for money is 30 good that though It IL
abundant and accommodations are readily Obtain
ed, the rates OF discount are firm at 7@1o per cent
onay one or two houses report the lower figure.
while the more general rate Is s011 per cent.
several la-ge houses holding the rate firm at 10 per
cent.
The market for Eew FORK exchange IL active,
hns the supply Is ample. This banks buy at par
and sell at y premium at least these are the
usual pr1cea. Some ofthe heavier discount houses
"au lot take 1t any better than * off from out
Elders, and Oh round lots require H@l-1s even
rom cnktomere- From the ruling selling rate yiz,
n concessions are made to customers on round
lots.
Gold Was steady to-day at sbont yesterdays
price. 1nNew York It was 2s3. Here the usual
buying price was u. though we heard Of few
market price, however, YVES Il.
Old Treasury notes were bought at 10. A few
parties paying II per cent above the current rate
1nNew York the rate was 19X.
Silver was bought it Is per cent. premium.
TIE, NrW POSTAGE CuKRE8cY.-The Journal
Of last evening had the following paragraph:
The postage currency does appear to In
crcase IN volume, although several lots have been
reeeired hom New York and other places. The
collector Of the district. VIE understand received
SD.N0 oi this kind OF currency some two or three
weeks ago. yet he refuses to supply the public,
score ts general and tbs evil should be remedied at
once.
This statement reflects in1urIounly and untustly
upon Mr. Haven. The facts are that ut the time
referred to he received Tires instead 1t thirty
thousand dollars, with special Instructions to dis
hurse 1t only to the officers Of the government.
ofcourte he had no discretion IS to the use to be
made Of the money. Yesterday he received IS 600
more. but with the remittance came 81 i,001, 600
OF Tfeasury Notes. and with them the same post
tive instructions as to the postage currency, Viz:
to kend 1t to government dishursing officers in
ezna1 parcels with the Treasury Notes, 60 that
change can be made In the payment Of soldiers snd
the ordinary clain,s against the government. Let
no one, therefore, Invest any strength in tramp
to the collectors oface for the postage currency,
BE has no authority to accommodate them, and In
hct has special Instructions not to do it. The
TACT is this Ia "large currency" and with all the
facilities the government can command, It has
been impossible 1t to supply the demand for
the poetsge currency, Let the people be patient.
It viii doubtless al be accomplished In q few
weeks more,
MnwAuKEz.-The Sentinel Of this morning
tayr:
Monetary matters were unchanged yesterday,
and business somewhat curtai1ed By the closing of
the ba0ka At o'clock on account Of the funeral
Ct the Late John G.. lnbusch. Rates OF exchange
Is heretofore were h0K buying and 4 9 cent.
premium EelliDg. -"
Gold WAS weaker owing to . reported decline at
New Yozk. The opening rates were 20 o ccnt,
premium buying and ~ selling. Whether these
figures will be mAtntstned to-day viii depend On
quoted q IS y cent: premium buying, and Old
Demand Notes 16017+ "
PHnADELFH1A BANKs:-The weekly statement
Of the Philadelphia banks, made up to-day, pre-
sents the following aggregates, as compared with
thoee Of the previous week: -