Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1863-12-05


= rebel army under Bragg was driven from
before Chattanooga, without what might
be called a general engagement, but in
which therebels were greatly discomft-
ed, and lost 6, 600 prisoners, As guns,
1000 stand of arms, and 1000 killed
andwounded, besides an immense amount
of commissary, quartermaster' and hos
:. pital5st and camp equipage, has been.
the all-absoIbing event of the week, and
caused gold to decline to l43, but this
decline was recovered to a great extent
subsequently, owing to the critical posi-
ton of our forces under Burnside at
Knoxville, where they. are besieged by
the rebel forces under Longstreet; and
pushed far on toward Richmond after
Lee. The export of over one million
dollars in gold from New York, last Sat-
urday, had some influence In causing
the advance. The market for gold has
been greatly unsettled at New York all
the week, and consequently here, the
price changing from hour to hour, and
keeping all classes of business men in a
constant state of suspense, because
rise or fall in gold is equivalent to a rise
or fall in all kinds of merchandise, as is
well known z axl l1ei
The demand for money has been
rather active, and the banks find full en-
ployment for all their money Just now,
and there is some closeness felt in the
market from time to time; but still no
unusual pressure. The street rates are,
8 TO 10 per cent, with leaning to the
latter rate, for desirable paper Ex-
change has ruled dull, without any alter
alton in rates The supply is large, deal
ers buying of their customers at one
tenth of per cent dis, and charge them
par; but discount from outside parties
is the buying rate The business done
in Government paper has been moder-
ate, and rates are unchanged.
A counterfeit greenback was diseov-
cred on Third street yesterday. The en-
craving is rather poor. trtG e
Business, in all its departments con-
tinues very active, and our business
thoroughfares are crowded from early
dawn to after dark, with all kinds of We
hieles. We are not aware that the throng
OF business on our streets was ever as
pressing as it is now The receipts of
= hogs have been quite large, and this with
the decline of gold, in the fore part of
the week, depressed prices somewhat and
also weakened some in the supposed
great scarcity of pork, regarded neces-
sary to justify the rates current for the
article On Saturday night the weather
which had been wet and mild, became
r cool, and on Sunday there was hard
frost with light snow, and this continued
up the close, and furnished excellent
weather for pork, packing. Hogs are
arriving rather slowly farmers not seem
ing as anxious to hurry them in as had
.abeen snppqsedz but We. may look for NIL. lib,
weeks. The course of the market dur
ing the week has been as follows We'd
nesday: E9TaU aa8 FHgf
The market opened steady and firm,
but the demand was not pressing. The
receipts were light, and drovers were
firm as a general thing, but the news
from New York regarding the decline in
gold, had rather depressing influence
9 on the market, though it could not be
said that there was any change in prices.
!. Light sold at Sc 509S6 Is, audlotsa av.
eraging 200 to 220 lbs, at $7@7 20. The