, 1863-08-25
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
TIE MONEY MARKET,

MoSDIY EvESIEG. Aug. q, IEsS
There "a rather actiEiy noticeable In business
and financial circles and Indications begin to be more
plain TINT tho fall tEnde is coon to open week OF
two and it will be In full blast aud our bankers
may as well prepare to meet Its requirements For
Eeeksrast exchange has been decidedly close and
Ia safe to say that millions Of Eastern currency has been
seEt home to make it, 1t Will not be many weekB at
most till the trouble will most likely bo to find curren
move tho crors This has generally been the
Hcnce past scasons ind we presume the present Will
not be exception. As jet there Is change In tho
rates OF discount tho range being a9o per cent The
Increased inquiry hns made somc Of the banks little
nmer In their views. but the market Jet Is abun-
daAily supplied.
Hew Yosk exchange Is shade easer, but there Is
change In the rates usually charged viz: par9H buy
Ing, and II selling. sturgcs Sons made concessions
Of frac. ion 10 best customers On roundlots
In New York. the rates for gold according to private
dispatches, were 12l@12sX, closing at 12sH. Here
the brokers paid 12e3123-on1y few paE1ng tho up
Ter figure.
Treasury notes ase plenty. The nominal figures
among tic brokers arc M buying, and X premium, as
tho selling rate.
AT Milwaukee, yesterday, business was auIet. and
money eps;, at per cent. Tho supply was much In
excess of the demand Exchange was firm at full
rates.
The st. Louis market, on Saturday, was dull. aud
the banks loauins but lttle money. Government
vouchers were In active demand, at 1H@11 per cent
OF for large ones. New York exchange scarce and
tIm. Missouri Defence Warrants steady and lrm. at
s@sec buying and selling.
Tho First National Bank at st. LouIs, u meeting
With fair success In having it, stock taken.
Tho Branch OF tho Bank of the State Of Missouri
At St Joseph. hns removed Its coin and tunds atnonnt
Ing to <2oo00o to st. Lonis for future security
against robbers and bushwhackers generally.
Up to this tfmc sixty -four companies have applied
to tic Treasury Department or authority to act as Ma
uonal Banks, under the new banking law. They arc
largely from Ohio and In1uua where tho local bank
currency hss hitherto been considered insecure
Tho statements Of tho banks Of the three principe,
cities Of tie Union for the last week compare with the
previous ono, and the corresponding time Of 1s2 as
follows;
Loans. Deposits. Specie Circulation.
1,5s;ys ,Aa;s; $ $:;sl5s@%n s1ssoes ssaJs's9. ssas,7
Iii; seaoa s7sss.os 7as@7 7,1ss2l7
7....~:.as1112H 2a.se127 t.1l2,*r 2.sss.ass
Esf: E.; }a's' 4; '|||g|}
The sales OF United states $40 years stock Ia New
Tos1 on Friday last by conversion OF United States
currency. were ss 20, Of which $79 o0 through the
loan agency. and tis By subscriptions direct the
treasury otace.
The Philadelphia Enqulrer.o Friday last says Money
continues to grow more plenty. -Four per cent Il the
rate most frequently rald rhcro aoy large amount Is
nvolred, although tho current transactions from aY
to day arc generally at Six.
At Cincinnati On Saturday 1ast the demand fer money
wns moderate. The market continued to work easy at
c@srer ceas- Exchange In good demand and hrm ot
raE buying and per cent. prem. selling Government
Securities etcndy with good demand. Kentucky ana
Indiana currency ranged from h@1 prem. buying.
The IlGrnd Of Friday Last says: Thoa to rrn-
mcnt Of the National R3nktng Associations createi