, 1865-05-08


1t is also 10 be noted that with the exception O!
| Corn and Oats there has been but llttla produce
| shipped to Eastern markets; and fur ten days
past very few Eastern orders Of any kind have
| been received. With regard to Wheat the de.
mand has been aimest exclusively confined to the
requirements Of specu1atoes-tfe orders seut
hlther having been generally limited to about
*1G0 p bushel, while 1t has been selling In this
market to local dealers at $t.14D1.e2 But this
atseEcc Of any shipping demand ia beginning to
have depressing influence on the markets. and
we trntt that before long prices here and at the
Eaet will aesimilate 80 as to allow trade to asaume
It's regular channels.
This decline In gold has tended greatly toward
checking bus1ness of all kinds. The commercial
community hsd recovered from the panic into
which they were thrown BY the heavy decline
from 200 down to 150, and, under the Impression
that the market would not fall much below the
latter quotation till the currency Waa reduced,
trade md commerce had assumed quite a lively
aspect; hut during the present week there has
been general decline in the prices Of prudueo
and proyi.ioAs, and capitalists are acting With
utual cautlon. The severe Lessons Of experience
Administered during the past few months have not
been altogether lost; for there is probably at pre-
sent 1eas speculation than at any previous period
for eighteen months past; and this too st Il time
when there is perfect plethora Of mouey ut al
most every business centre In the country.
The recent decline In gold, md the depression
In The general markets, have contributed toward
stimulating Investments In Government Seeurl
ties. During the present week the subscriptions
to the Seven Thirty Loan have been on scale OF
ragnltute hitherto unknown. For three OF four
days past the Subscriptions to Jay Cooke & Co.
haye ranged from seven to seven and half mil
lions dally. In this city alone, during the four
business days Of the present week the subscrap-
t1ona 10 the Seven. Thirty Loan at the Second Nj
tonal Bank alone amount to 1850, making tho
sotal sales at this institution foot up to $50
II the subscriptions continue long at this rate,
The Loan Will soon be all taken up. On the I'D OF
April Jay Cooke d Co. reported that the sales on
the present $500, ,o00, 600 Loan Amounted to S1o0,
cG0, ,oGo-Eo that now there cannot be more than
one hundred and fty millions lcet- As this Is pro-
baby the last kix per cent loan which will be Of
fefed to the people, those dee1rous Of investing
should not delay.
G., 4. Ives, Esq, manager OF the Clearing House
Of this city, reports the c1earinZs for the week
cnalug to-day flour business dsyb) amount to
$G,e29a20 against S8,953, so last week. This In
a,itut,on ls now thoroughly established, and is a
great public convenience as we'll O. safeguard
TO-DAY business was unusually quiet. The
general markets ruled dull and easier, with but
limited spt culative inquiry. Flour waa lessae
i've, DuI nueuIuEeN. "QtAt Eultu uu41 AuA f{34C
lower. Com declined 1c, and Oats 1@91tc per
bushe1. Provision. were depressed and dull
The money market continues quiet, With but i
United demand for discounts, which was freely
net bJ tte bsnkers at 10 per cent per aunum.
Street rates arc steady at per cent per month.
Eastern Exchange continues very scarce, and
rates arc firm nj par buying and premium cell
tng. The dsmsnd Is unusually brisk, both In Ibis
c1ty snd from the interior.
Gold to-day VA. steady-openlng at 1857, ad
vsncfng to 1881. and closing at t43. The follow.
ing arc the quotations telegraphed to James Boyd,
gold broker:
1850 a. .m...........143i 100 p. m.,....--...14s
There was fair attendance on the Stock Ex-
ctanaa Today, but busine:s WAS extremely dull.
Cath Gold WEI sold to 4 very limited extent at
both sessions at 143. On the street the brokers
were paying III, but tha market was inactive.
Silver remains quiet and ateadY ut 100.
Government Bonds vere ehsde lower to-day,
owing to en- anticipated decline In Europe, on ac-
cunt OF the assassination Of President Lincoln.
On the Stock Boa1d sale. Of 5a0s were madc 1t
1cl3. We quote the b1okers* rates as follows:
B9ying. Selling.
Tsn.Fo1aes ................ IS @:
Dr1lng the present week Collector Raven, At the
Custom House, has beerpbnsS paying the interest
bueness days OF the present week, the interest on
nearly four millions Of bonds has heen paid by
him.
Cook County Scrip continues In active demand
and firm al 95+ The offerings arc unusually light
The following IL the comparative statement Of
the exports exclusive Of spcce) from the port Of
New York to foreign ports for the weak ending
May ,, and eince JauusrJ1:
. dsSa; 8. so0 . ,sst. sss1xc : asSs; 1;S sos
ffsv. Ps5 ns 1sposfsd: s ss IS g
Since J,n. 1.~ 1es ,o1a sssosS, ,4as $50 ss4
Mr.. NcCutcheon, tho oldest bank clerk In
New York, and long an atfdehe OF the Mschanlcs'
Bank Of that city, died few days since.
Information hzs been received from our Con-
su1s and from American bankers in Europe that
there are now IN European markets between three
and four hundred millions Of United States bonds.
The 1argcst amount Of these securities are held by
German capitalists and By the masses Of the peo-
pic as permanent Investments.
Mr.. James Robb, formerly of New 0rleana,
hut more recently from this city, has connectsd
h,r.se1f with the banking house Of Wins1ow,
Lanier d Co., Of New York city. Mr. Robb was
well known here "a President OF the Chicago and
Alton Railroad.
The customs receipts in gold, for the fiscal
year 1854, w1lI probably amount to between
5000, GOO and $50, ,0c0 0ao The Secretary OF the
Treasury at the opening Of the year estimated tho
receipts at III '0oo,ooo.
The following tables ehoH The exports and re-
CENTS of provisions and breadetAGs at New York
during the week ending Apr1 so and since the Is
Of January for two years:
xxFoRTs TO FOREIGN POETS.