, 1865-03-22

| Here the gold market on the street was dul1 and
heavy, opening at 155, declining to $50, AID clos
ing at les. Tie heayy shipments Of gold TO New
York during tho past tTo days have mads 'scash
gold" scarce, and prices paid On tho Stock Doard
| were higher In consequence.
! Silxes Il dull mud nominal Mt 13DG13s-
Government Bonds were weak, with buyers Of
5e0s at l0it310 and Of 10 s0s at 1900; hut the
brokers generally refused to sell at anything like
| those quotations.
Eastern Exchange is still In very limited supply,
ard the market 1t firm ut par buying and prem.
selling.
The further decline in prices to-day foread
large Imornts Of pEodcce, &c., on tho market,
and there IVES general call By the bankers for
additional margins. In this connection VIC hare
to report The temporary suspension OF ono Of our
Ecay,est pork, wheat and gold operators. We
hnve not heard the amount Of bis outstanding
lrabitieq, but 's loases have been very heavy for
u wecls past, aud he paid out ''down to the last
dollnr." There is q fa1r prospect, however, that
he will be ahlc to meet all his engagements With
In areasozable time. His Gre dit has suffered, but
not his reputation for honorable and fair dealing
The N. !. T1ats Of the 18th, in IN article on
gold speculation, has the following:
"Thr purely gambling and desperate uature OF
the Gold Roum, I'd asen1 Of speculation, lIvlng
a1d breathing rpou the efforts ard hopes of It's
chief promoters to discrcdit and destroy conf.
not be more nptly illustrated than BY the dsyalop-
mcuts which have thus followed the present de-
I cline. Tic eGulyocal character Ct tho machinery
bark, ia NO: more patent, however, now On the f,l
to ls than It should have bctn to the pablic {aat
summer on he rise to $50 per cent. Ii Is tha con-
ciousne that both figures are and were too high
for tho condition and resources Of tho country,
the military situation and the relative voanno oI
grecnhcck currency to ,hu ample supply Of gold
for uii legitimate commercial oG{erts thnt cft4tes
A New Ynrk afternoon paper, disposed a few
months ago to defend tho Cold Room as q " pub
lie institution growing out Of the exfsencies Of
the currency, Eow wsltes in this vein:
"The downward tendency in gold Continues
The .; cline, however, !. attributable M cute as
to the current news. Ever since the political
manipulation Of the market duting the Pfeslden
III, election, when the price was forced up largc-
j. For partleon effect there has been strong party
III the marke. haldiog gold at high coat fhelr
poit'ca! prochvit1es have, pcrhaps, caused them
to csr,mate tue growing ascenaaney of The nat1on-
al armies below the actpal truth; and they have
TINS been Induced to persi:tently hold thciS gold
In hope III turn In affairs that would enable tae
10 sell out ut more layorabls prices. We have
repeatedly indicated that u time would coma when
the false hQpea Of these operators would he
broken by tho progress of eyents; and that then
the aIge a9nns ct gold they would pat upon e
Etate Of affairs Il now being realized"
The Madison {Syis.) S{dse Journal says:
I'VE learn TINT the banks Of the State ara avail
ipE themselves Of the Statute allowing them to re-
tcrs Of = cant; consequently tho blnks OF this
city and OF Milwaukee nre charging 4 cent dts-
count On all banks which redeem in milwaukee,, !,
At par. Nothing bat ereen6acEs and natioaal cur.
rency is paid out: The retiring Of the circulation
Is gong rupld;y 1orwazd.'
- In Boston money is reported easie. Of 6 =
cent on call, aid 1}@s for the best grades Of COM