, 1863-03-17

ffNANClAL AND COMhlEhGlaL.
THE MONEY MARKET. |,
MoSpAr EVENING. March 16, 1868.
The general money n,ar'et of the city for the
day has been steady. Borrowers And it, II anJ-
thing little closer, but Is yet it docs NOT amount
to anything like etringencT. Good round coalatcr-
ais from good parties will bring Ill the fnhds deal
ers appear to be able to safe1y and prodtably-
The market for gold has been dropping and e1-
cited. Private dispatches made the " "eu1batone'
rate in Wall street before the opening OF the boasd
157. At the dsst 1t closed at 1851, and sunk be-
tween boards, according to some dispatches 10
15sK. Parties here did not agree as to the lowest
figure reached but 1t closed at 15a4. Transactions
here were limited, very few paying oTeF l5|aoon1
1b2 being the upper figure The impression 10
ginning strength that much lower hsu1es uaose
eoon be reached but Of this, each one 1nnst 1ofh
his own opinion. IN cases Ike this the hA1o1i's
,rav he eros ss1Y uaietakcp. We hope not.
New York exchange 10 still close. Bankers pay |
u and sometimes small fraction aboTe and sell |
strictly to customers At ". To outsiders the rate
ID smx. One large honsc still dosgcdly adheres |
Ia its old rates-payng par and selling to custom
| ere at y. |
The price of silver was 5000.
| Old Treasury notes were bought the same as
gold New, nominal at x buying; selling, 4.
| Indiana currency, i1SGs per cent. premium;
| Kentucky, S; Ohio State Bank. II Iowa, 4.
y. . ft'1-A ts4Hs. LIZ '"Ao"1As Ho''ce
VI Ippot s- tsanee ~ -, ,es.o,'
r;a;5c ~ 'nnSs,tiNn ~, Htu n1!srt so 81 a ~.
tcnicr notes into the National Six Per Cent Loan,
| {eo.nEnony called - fiSe-iwenftef, Will ccase
STAxr DEFY on PRox1ssonE NoTEs:-Fhe fol-
| lowing are the new provisions relative to the
| stamp duty or promtssofF notes: ....
| ANY MEMORANDUM, check receipt. or sother writ
ten or printed evidence Of an amount Of money to
be paid on demand, or at time designated, shall
be considered as ptomlsEory nole within thc mean
ingly and that any inland bill Of exchange, or Or
DIR Tor the payment Of any sum OF money exceed,
aug S promiesory note, shaI Cn lien Of tie duties
Or stamps atl1cd thereon:
Que ttut--Dpon c.ery sum Of two hundred dol
lars, or any fractional part thereof II payable Oh
demand, OF at any time not exceeding thirty three
days, including the GRACE from the date Or sight.
7uo Ctnts--1f payable at a TING not less than
thirty.thtce days as aforesaid, and not exceeding
ei1tythrce days, including the grace from date or
sight.
sixty.three days. as aforesaid, and not exceeding
ninety three days, including thcgacc from date or
sight.
ninety three days. as aforesad, and not exceeding
E9see. r,. - s,s ~. 49, 49, .s..
four months, as aforesaid, ind not exceeding eix
months rom date or s1Efe. 1ncaains . grace
! months rom date or sight
GALEsA AND CHICAGO Union n: A-trom inc
annual report Of the Directors to the stockholders
. for the year ending December 31st, 1862, we ex-
t,sst the following summary Of business faE that
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=, Numoet OF nles tNn " M9ou *no Ita'e1 ~, oso
trains ana sWltchlns eis!nts. ~, 1fs,ooo
Il NGnus iaata,' ~ ~ Gn;nr, +rss;na ~ f'bfcoTo
e and Galena Union track, ,:.....;.:..... l4G,s5o
Number of tons OF freight carried one
s5.a!1,!e9 a:, as3
l. Number OF passengers carried one nile+ 1na1auai
Aggregate mileage Of freight anop passeh- 40 a., ar,
4. 63,85f,9
~ Earnings per mile run, excluding u, b. =. -.
CT Expenses per mile run. lhGlaang t5ack
'g iinpstnn + NJ on;ncv tra;na. . H.H
Is Per eentace of expenses to carninge.. 53s
IT, Cost per ton per mile, assuming one pas
fehcef e9ual ~ une W a Inns II ''&o'
rack and brfdscs} per mile r,l, inciud-
ing mileage OF Ehcago, bafnnstou q .-.