, 1865-05-22

1t mu<t be borne In Nlnd also that tha eln91Isf
stefdtue:e In tho market hss been maintained In
the faee Of increased sh!p1ents Of gold to Europe
-ouc steamer having taken ont on Weaatsday
last .arly one million Of dollats. The result Of
this Ie. l. decraaso IN the speculative dsnsuG-the
maskct oftnrg little or no attrscu.n to opera.
tori, who look for an uaysnce OF decline OF SO
10 z cent within lew t4ys.
BUSINESS during tho week has becn very quiet
In fact dull II We Except tho speculation which Is
Eoirg On In grain. anG which cannot properly be
c1lied legitimate bu.fness-and our wholeslle
merchants, shippers, for1aEders, Sc, complain of
tie ttsgn1tiou. Comparatively little produce Is
being moved, aud fscrIhts arc scarce and low.
Between the psices hoza and those At the East
there Is no HarRln for ehlpuen', aud tho Epeca.-
iorr have bad The markcts completely unt.r tlelr
cou,rol- This ktate Of ad.iss Is "a. from belas
healthy, and wa trust our readers In the in er;cr
NIL! not be mIsled by the sudden fail and rise in
prices which take place almost hourly and witho1t
any re.l csuEe.
very little, and under the strong competition to &C.
cure Freight puh.hed arifs arc of little OF ro &C.
eonnt, Each rold is operstiax for Itself special
rites. The came thing IL tGue OF the propeller
lines aud i.Ea transportation compsnle1. They
ere ali ct present encssei In tcuttlne'' rates.
The - ea.nings c,nro1 fall to b. low this month,
ur1css they are pretty we'll ''esoked' in W.,l
sireet. before beng Published.
The meHtern 1aIl,osds arc also doing very
light business At present, but II the reports which
tome from Iowa are correct, large quantities OF
produes-chle1y wheat, corn, and oats, will be
sbipred hither ~ soon as the farmers have their
sprirg labors completed.
The total c.earices 1.-THE Clearing Houte IN this
ctfy for the week srdfsg to daY amount to
77,s18q16.97 sRatbst SQ,1Ai, ,si5.33 the previous
meek. This falling of In the business 1t the Gear.
ing Home Is suggeat,va Of q decrease In tbs gen
eral trads ct the city.
TO-DAY tha n,oucy market WIS STEADY. There
Was N unusually brisk demand for money at the
le-dls discount houses, but It Wis principally BY
grain specu1atofs, and Al lenders hare very little
1ait. Ii the present pricet, borrowers found tho
market exceedingly close. At sap1e OF the baaks
there WIS genuine scarcity Of currency, bat this
WIS not generally tha c.se. There Is no change
in the rate Of d!seonas, which tctuains It 10 per
cent per annum; but the ttreet brokers were nc
tive ut 10a per cent pc7 I1ooth.
The Proense markets to-day were huoyant.
Flour WIS moro active and steady. Wheat ad-
s.nccd se5.Ic, but closed uusesilsl. Corn ad-
v,nccd EG7c per busAel, under IN lnrseastd 4 ship
ping demand Oats advanced 31tc per bi=hsl.
Provisions and Whisky rem aiu dull and nfe1eas.
The supply Of E,stern exchange today MAJ bet
ter thsn for seversl days p,tt, 'hut The demand L.
still active, and no concession hza t.k:n pace IN
rates. We quote tie buying zate Il psr, and sell
ipe 1t 1~t0Q5 prem. Tbs s3pply nt Cincinnati,
St. Louis. LopGyl2e and Milwaukee Is vsry limit
ed, aud that tends to- stsen2thcn rates here.
Gold opened in New York to-dsy zs 1st, ad-
following are the quotations elegIuphcd - James
Rrx| srn'3 0kAr&