, 1865-02-05

Here lie gold market mas unusually brisk open
Ing at a0}, declining to 20, aud advanced to sl0'
at which 1t closed On the Stock Board the sales
wero heavy, and large amounts OF cash gold were
offered, at a11@21a. Silver was In active demand
and firm at 1876, with very light offerings.
Government Bonds we're firm. Fiyc-Tweufcs
were Gzn at 1ossl buying, and 109k selling. Ten
torles were in air request at lo1, Hitu sellers at
1Uo.
- In Boston money is easy on cali with unqucs-
tonable security. Outside tho banks and on un-
certain securities, large margins are required and
a high rate Of interest.
The semi-anual statement Of the Banks OF
the State Of Missouri has Just been .taade. It
ehows the following aggregates of4cading items
a. compared with tho last statement:
December 81, 1861.
} St9ek sapi hi;o. - s., -:
state bonds. ds.....'........-... Ss,o6o ", ..---....-
Discounts ...:......-......, o91M ........--
Exchange maturing -..---.-. 1876, TIC ..........
ExchanQe matnred. 12s,431 ..........
Circulation .....----...--.... 96S,514 l136,7fi
Deposits. ts............-.....-- 4,931,521 4,677,014
= Eastern Exchange ut Cincinnati iskvely firm
at I premium. The express companies had ad-
bankers are talking Of putting the rate up to /
premium.
The coupon gold interest due on the let Of
March and lat Of May, on tho public debt, will
probably be ordered to be prepaid, from fbur to
Elk weeks before maturity. az the gold Is on hand,
and it would be good policy for the Government
10 hayc It employed, rather than to remain hoard
ed in idlencss. These coupons hayo got to be
paid, and may we'll bo anticipated, as they have
been before, and thus give holders IN oppor-
tuntty to cell their gold, md put the currency
proceeds to some usetal purpose.
Tho Ifi0rlds Washington correspondent or
Monday says: " The subcommittee who have had
theftaxs1aw amendments under considera ion. re-
ported them 10 the Committee Of Ways and
Means this morning. They made very little
change In the old tax law. It was the purpose OF
the committee simply to amend and perfect it 80
that revenue officers Will understand its proper
administration. The committee believe that Ii
rightly administered the government will get at
least one third more revenue. They do not In
poee additional tax, on manufactured petroleum,
and scarcely any on crude"
The $1c0 Treasury notes have been counfer-
fclteds 1t Is reported to be smaller than the gen
uine, and the coloring on the back Ia paler and
LEGS distinct then In the genuine. The words
"Oue Hundred Dollars" on tho right hand aide
Of the counterfeit is smaller than In tho genuine
note, and the lettering around the margin is also
different
The earnings Of The Milwaukee md St. Paul
Railway Company. including the Eastern Division
OF the In Crosee Railroad, arc for 1864 81 80 a98:
1863 81 7Gl 233; increase for 1851, fa95 155. The
operating expenses OF tho year are 10 per cent,
4-Swindlers are now passing ronnd through the
country, says the Cincinnati Gazette, making sight
drafts on banks where they have NO accounts, and
managing como how or other, to dispose Of them.
Two drafts Of this character, one ofthefNatonal
Banks, wcro received at rittsbuEg from banker
In Buffalo, where they had evidently been cashetl.