, 1864-09-25
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL,
MONETARY,


sATuaoAr Ev11ma, seps, ~ 1884,
The money market to-day yraE unuxu1lly
quiet. The extraordinary decline In gold his un-
settled the msikets and checked speculation and
trading, and our grocery, dry eoods, leather, aud
general wholesale houses sre doing utte OF moth.
ipr. The decline in produce has eaused IN active
demand for eu1sency By ho!der1, who arc unwilling
to tell ont and meet present lessss, but there Ia
vcrJ little doing by actual shippers. Money for
Ill speculative pursuits ID close, but Legitimate
dealers and sbtppets are heely accommodated 1t 10
PER cent per ann1m-
Extern exchanges todsy waa In aetlyc demand,
and urder light supply the market ~ss nrme.--
closing ut shade Better rates. This bankess wuc
paying X9S on, and selling ii round lots u y
oa, but generally 1t psr. The present panic in
erstn has ahus Oh IN Eastern orders, and heuce
|he usAt supply; but = Few days will probably
r<ctiiy Afs and Efndsr the znarket tole1ably easy
again. :
Ths psn3e in gold to-day sbsoshed general atten,
tiun- Owing to sta1m, the telegraph did not
work tn sster II o'clock and 3huu wss ye-y uu-
easy 1eennx among those interested in quotations,
The dst Quotation received was ia and then there
es1as quito series Of lower hxures, TIL 1ao wss
reached. TIE following aze' the quotations rn-
eetyed By James Boyd rod bzoter. IS Clark street:
1000 I. n. m.........:al2 |139 m:... .ao6Y
1GsS m 81 .ass @ 1s ;:
Hen fhn msrf<t a. ouIet-open4oX At 2n, bnt
c,oslns tn panic 1t tso, and with Astzonz down.
ward tendency. Some heaE3 deatra.ss wan 4ads
! to day to paraea Who purchased 1t ac@2ao-p1ttu-
cpally d!seaplea Of Augnste Belmont md tho Rich
| 1nond taet.o1. Silver sold to-day ~ low as 1ez,
and closed1un and heavy FiTo-t1en1es WERE
wtak. ...
| Tho London money news creates soma degree
! Of amuseoeot that resi- panic IN the Krgilah
funds and fancy epecul1tlons On the London Ex
ehsnse should have followed the mets talk ofpeace
run this sfde. The effect On COTTON ~ Liverpool
was In nks proportion, and ne adEanee of the rata
Of interest ut the Back Of England to per cent
! WAS probably hastened bJ the same cause. On
the other hand, our United statea stock roses PEI
cent. The solution OF this e3f1aofdmaff state Of
4 things In 4 1nrner market Of 10 much wealth md
1 3upo1tsncs A that Of London, Is traced by the
leadmx Organs tn English opinion to excesaive
speculation IN iii foreisn funds a1aeF Aoa Ea1ks2
6sas<s, md in every species OF joint stock co.,
estnf. bu.h FOREIGN snd domestic, and especially
fo< banking m o,es The ~oeld-eedat IN 23 UsIesd
| lstatks. These rources OF absorption hare fairly
! run the raonaY markst dry. -:
! The English people hAEe been systematically
p<rd1rateet aqa3pet bur United states stseks. but
arc free t,aders Of xnd spectators n every Other
| eesufptlou of forsie1 funds~ Not %, tho Cnntf-
! Mental peonle. they believe In our stocka have
taken them see3y at chrsp foreign gold prices and
hsve. IN turn, thrown spon the London mazket
portion Of the pss,.oa. holdings OF other foreign
secasf'ies. ~-.'
7 nv Yozx seocx AARKET.-The following are
tho quotations &oesepk =. reeeivcd BY F. g. Sal
tpnstan j. CO. comnissiua; stock and bond hzo-
fes, II clnk s:reet, Chtaco: :
E.$ ....... IL I-ss::: ...1is