, 1865-04-24

tIdcA which hhd BaEu1tQt 1QN lnAcuon, now
eyer, arose from no mi.trust OF The safety Ct
er to-day than It ~has ever been since
lis foundation. From all quarters we hear Of
nothing but the fullest confidence expressed that
updcr the administration Of ofPreetdcnt johnson the
honor and credit Of the uataon Will be upheld. It
Is probable that he Will be eevere to the rob
el5 thin President Lincoln would hare been had
he lived; but this will not In any sense endanger
the future strength and safety Of the Government
but rather otherwise.
Gold ruled a shade higher to-daJ-openlns ut
14et and closing at 14s3.
The peneral produee markets were steady.
Wheat elosed }c higher. Corn 1Gasc higher, Rye
&c higher ard Oats 3G4c lower than yesterday
Provisions were generally firm, and Cut Meats
ruled higher.
The Money market to-day was quiet and STEADY.
There was moderate Inquiry for currency at the
regular discount houscs, and the Bankers supplied
first clase borrowers at 10 per cent per annum.
Rates on the street are easior-ranging at f@a per
cent per month. principally at 1@1s PET cent.
Eastern Exchange is st1ll scarce, and rates are
arm a. par buying and prem. selling. There ia
very little making at present, and the bauker6 hare
TO express currency to New York daily to meet
their dYn5ta.
Gold opened in New York at 1871, advanced 10
15ei, and closed ut 4a0 p. at 149f. The follow
ing are The quotations telegznphed to James Boyd,
gold broker:
1850 a. .m...........1los 1880 p. ..14ot
1850 a. .14pt 100 0p.m.,........,1l9f p.
1s:U0 m-.... ....--.149} 4:2n p. m......... .li9f
Here the market WIS active and arm at the open
ing, with heavy Gales OF ea.h gold on the Stock
Board at1A9@ @l493-elostDg In the afternoon rather
tame at 1s9. On the street the market opened at
14E md c.1gaH Al 1a8| Rt7yar drtt oud -,
most nominal at 135@13s.
Cook County Scrip was in active request and
firm ut 93Gass. On the Stock Board the market
was active At 9os@s3i.
Government securities were active and arm,
We quote:
ye-TTenHes.. ..........-. 1861 17
1eh-e olues -.-.--......... VI "
Notwithstanding the depression In trade aud
commerce during the week, it is gratifying to
every loyal heart to know that the demand for
Government securities was never more active
than atpresent As an instance, the sales Of Z 80
bonds ut the Second National Bank in this city
during the five business days Of the present week,
amount to z579 $50. With one exception this is
the heayiest weeks business done by this 1nsti
tuition since the loan was issued. The total tub-
scrlp.ions to the 7S0 loan, at the Second National
Bank, amount to. s, ,1G2, 200. This bunk makes a
specially Of Government business, and its officers
are nntiripg in their efforts to distribute the loan
among the people.
We learn from Mr. G. A. Ives, manager Of the
Clearing uouse In this city that the clearIogs for
the week ending to-day amount to Still, ,0a6,
agalnst S7,152, ,627 lat week. Tho banks were
open only fye days this week, and business has
been generally dull-hence the decrease in the
clearings this week, as compared with the last
statement.
In Cincinnati money IL easier, aud discounts
arc steady at 1eG12 per cent foz frstclass paper.
Eastern Exchange is IN better supply at Is prem
bug ling, and Ito prem. selling.
in Milwaukee business Is very dull. and East
ern Exchange is steady at par buying and 4prem.
selling.
AT Pittsburgh on Thursdsy the Stock Board
Wa. poorly, attended and business WIS dull. Th,
enlcs of OIL Stocks were at the following quota
tons:
=; T. T;,stsr5 i Cherry '' y.
Roas In lot;).....s 10 n' 's ~'F'
Tie National Exchange B1nk Of Milwaukee
has just hscn organized with capital Of s2000o0.
e. y. Nash, Esq, Is President and ". G. Fitch,
Cashier. This bank succeeds to the busiaess Of
the Bank of Milwaukee, one Of the oldest banks
organized nnder the free banking law OF Wlscou-
sir, Its board of directors embraces come Of the
most substantial merchants Of Milwaukee.
We understand that very unsatisfactory state
Of affairs prevails at Louisville, in consequence Of
eevcre Losses by merchants, bankers, and others,
who have been speculating largely On the gold
market. There are numerous failures in almost
every depart1ntn Of trade, and general confidence
IL disturbed. Mercantile firms, we understand,
suffered chiefly from individual operations Of
partners, but while they did not speculate a.