Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-01-21
from the CncinnI nj Price Current. Jan 20.
Financial and Comm rciaI Summa ~
for the Bast eek.

Tor the P8st eek.
Gold has been gradually advancing during the
week, but without any special excitement, which
hHs usually accompanied au advance IN gold,
E0r has the business doI.e IN it been large, bot
the feeling that a fua Their advance will lie e.
t'blI-hed seems to be gaining round. CHIEFLY
owing to the increase Ia The export Of the article
The demand iur money has been upite active
aud tue market cl>e, but toward The close the
the SUI ply Oi currency MS rather better still the
heavy Iail oi snow un MONDAY night will block
up railway travel sgain and lead 10 a cser mar
ket, ~ matter oi course. The whole range
l. : 10 IL per cent Exchante has ruled dull
"hich l. cheH, tp he At rbute % tie scar,tv ct
currency. at pr buying. and one tenth premium
selling. but ~ many caSrS bankers sold round
lots At par. Oa,iers on '-hnston and vouchers
are lower. tut have not been offered at The cur
rent raies contractors using them collaIeral,
rather than sell them The .iem md Tor 800
bonds has been moderate. this point. but The
sales IN the + ,~tern citie- have been quite large
during the week The quotations tor cin. OK
change aud government securities, at the close.
were ~ follow:
BUYING. SELLING.
New York; par. Ito prem
Gold........ ...-....... D prem. 90 prem.
Silver...................5 - prem. 53a55 prem.
Order o. Washington, 2di>.
Vouchers, city,. 961s 997
The FIRST and Second ,tions Banks of this
CITY have receive ~ Instrument OF the new cur
rency. The iveS n 1e have i'm u recent issue
stated, are poor specimens % bank note enyrav-
in.; the tens ana twenteS are of Il superior or
der The fves should not have been circulated
The ir-t irik received lot of , Ter tent LEGAL
tender notes. The New York banks have got
fifty million dollars of them, heng the Whole
.mount of the lo,n. and it has el>ci the money
b,nk- tn put large amount 81 the q eenhacks,
which they held Ia reserve. into circul itru
The weather has been untavorlbe for X ,ilway
trIth =. thou. II the tsmDerItuIe has been miller.
but the snow remained on the ground. ami ON
MONDAY nis hi and Tue-dlv (yester,i ~ morning
snow tell Ia the depth nf fifteen inches wi,ich
again completely stopped the railways. and will
doubt cut off III ,i.lieS of all kind- of Irodure.
The advance in goli has had >tlifcniug nh
ence ON holders of produce ui al kinds but il has
not led Ia that speculative den, md which might
have teen looked tor. which L. probably OWING To
the tact that price- al all kinds of domestic pro
ducts are tar above shirpin. point It'll. not.
with>tan,ins the advance in Sler iug exchange
Toward the close at the week there wis rather
ire inquiry for 4 ur. and II consequently
held mere hrml,; tut Ne cannot say That anS
IN ,rk-i advance established. but BUYERS
are willing {" operate iagcI, al prices " ich had
b. Ell tu some extent nominal a week ago 81
prhue cnn Il have been Snld tn a considerable
extent Yesterd,, az s. sld5 -. but hn'ir Q
w,uted 80 Abuu' u ~ b5.- extra sold st SOFA
10. Wheat has not chtn..,i essentially there
his been { IL lem md Tor red. but none uf CON
sequence for white The supply oi rorn has
been better. AMI this IN come ton with the
rr. irct of taxing al ihe wh-kI m ale after the
l2th inst. cau-cd p.nic ~ The mrkr, AMI Dis
tiller> Withdrew aud prices declined 10 81 (dl %.
hut Yesterday the SNOW. and consequent stopplee
OF trnNel. made di-ti.lers more anxious and -
they have pretty much M al" mp their minds that
the lev TX lw viii not he retro ntive. they
weie more ANXIOUS To- iuy and the market cln~ei
buoyaut ~ IL 0JGcl ~ ~ Inc low r rails
stations O,is decliusd to S3ds4c Ia bulk and
not in murh dem .nl. au.i Ca 81 m sack, with Il
guOl dem iud VA this utpe Glkeihment con
tractors buyug quite iree, IN rhi4 ,a,pe
RYE advanced To 81 - and ia light supply.
Th,le has heen q f,r lem nj Tor prime Fill
Buley AZ II D To - g. hut Chicago Spring
HIS not been silea'le ~ over 81 - to 81 30
Whi-ky has been gre,tiy unsettled. some days
hu,ets and sci er- could not agree upon the
price An amendment u the hll now before
Cuueres> taxing VII the domestic liqurr- an hnnd
w,> pied last week. which ciu-e.l some ,er-
saton but The al Ct ui this movement seems Ia
he understood now. - that the panic c,u>ed by
va hiief one Congress sill ind itself
ou'eenealed by spectators ia ths matter no
doubt
The speculative demand Tor provisions which
we noticed IN our lasi subsidized about the midd G
OF the week. huf belutr u di large business
WAS done ia hulk meats tie sales reaching tour
million p1ulds duridg Welue,diy amt Thur
DIV. rhieis cuuntry. bat alter thi~ dem nd fell
~ to Ire,t extent. At the close. however
there was sn improved inquiry. an - f. good
shoulders. o. tor 4 10 sid,~. and ltic fir hams
There Were more huNers thrn sellers Those
who picked et points 10 the interior have been
the rhisi sellers. tee ct, pteker- heiug disposed
10 hold 'her stock until further ou N the ~ei.
son Mess pork dvancei To So 81 and on,
small lot s'li ~ S2l. hut there wi> not large
dem nj ~ S2n ~ Il any time. mi iowtrl tho
co.e tie oem.ni ceased pretty much. but city
held - $40 , 20 S2l ,ud country <2l a.
S2o - l. Ct a., hcsn offered at III, "a &c inr
cnuurl and rify. bui there Il ; net teen much
demand. and ,he m,ikei ossd quiet but firm
New bacon shoulders sold ~ s. ~ hui To rurn,
out at smuke could be brought ~ II 10 OOt
It's old bacon sides .pli IT ~ 81 ptrkes Ntnva
h,cnu sides uut az -muke New ultin ham. sul,
At l2i packed TIA, atc held ~ i2tsr Sug,r
eutci. ijis 10 tot c,nvi.'cd. Head and gu
lsri i iu g,pd d,m snd ~ III.
The grocery mitke. -quict but hrm. ih'
hu-,gt.- duuc ht. been i-ht. owing tp the hlock
adc ~ the t,ilwtt. Clover .ecd advanced Z,
s. 9i6t~ 10. hnt ,losel rather heavy
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