Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-11-26
From tse cDonssti Price Currens Nov. IS.
Financial and Conn IN e rciaI su uasn "a y >
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Prom tse CiDcinBsfi Price Current. Nov IS
Financial and Com m rciaI su msnary
for the Past Week.
The supply Ut cstency has been better. and
the demand for nuuey buf mOderste; the market
has been rather easy that i il has been easier 90
borrow than u vas the previous week, AZ 5 10 10
per cent. outside the banks. and the regular
banks have been able TO supply their customers
better At 6per cent, the standard rate.
Gold advanced per cent. but per cent Of
this lost 80 that the net advance NJ the close
was but per cent There have been various
rumOrs circulated to which this advance y attri
buted. but the inactivity Of the two leading ar
mics Of the Government. i the great moving
power which put gold up, no doubt
The supply Of exchange has been large. and
the markes dull at-our quotations
Government funds have been in rather better
demand Orders Oh Washington closed at "a
l y discount; certificates 2 discount, and Quar-
termaster's vouchers 3I1 d31s discount
Gold closed nj 1880 premium buying, and
silver at 3S@40 do. The selling rate Tor gold
Was 80 premium In New York yesterday at
moon it closed dull At 5O5s premium. We quote:
BUYING SELLING.
NeN 1Ork..s..... i-tdis par.
Gola.-.---. tss5o prem 81 prem
silver. 3Ss4O prem. AZ prem.
kentucky bank notes. 4 prem.
Orders Washington. i14SIk dis
Ger ihcaes. ............. d..
Vouchers, city ........ SJ5s g96A
Vouchers. county,. no sale
The general business OF the week has been
active in all it, departments. A large country
demand has existed Tor dry goods, groceries.
hardware. aud all other kinds of manufactured
goods Ii - clear that the general commerce of
the city was never ia more prosperous cond ition
than at this time, il ever as much So. The rise
which relieves the manufacturing INTEREST of
serious threatened embarrassment, aud the pOpu
laton ol the city at large OF great threatened
calamity
bu0yani aud rather excited market for hogs
has prevailed. with tut little exception, during
the week. though the receipts have been more
liberal. aud usual number were driven IN, bat
the supply seemed unequal To the demand. The
weather has not been favorable. some OF the days
beihs mild aad murky, and this was especially
the case Yesterday
The short crop opinion has taken general
hold upon the minds 81 all those engag ed in pack
ing. aud most OF them seem % operate without
any fear or misgiyings There has been a local
speculative demand for the product. which en-.
courages the packers
As We have before stated in previous impress
sion, the average weight and Weld OF lard much
better than had been expected; the average
weight u haruly SIX per cent. OeioW that OF last
season. aud the Weld of lard not two pounds per
hog, though az present this cannot be uscertaiuei
with sufficient degree of accuracy. 1t may be
stated, however, that the condition of the hogs
brought in so far is better than az this time last
year. A large number of very light hogs were
brought in the foiepart ct last season The car,
which had been used by the city in the traaspo-
tation OF coal, we're given up about the middle oil
the week. aud are now being used in the trans
portaton of hogs
The high prices will. beyond a doubt. encour
age farmers 10 feed few more hogs than the,
would have done. and should this result in al
ditOnal enc for each farmer. the number in thu
aggregate would be large.
eSterday the weather warm and damp
with light rain the thermometer up to % deg
This caused the market to epen ti,t aud the re-
ceipts being larger than any previous Gay during
the sc lsou, packers did not seem anxious 70 buy
but drovers were stm though rather inactive. III,
market closed firm at Mondays prices. Tn,
sales were: