, 1866-03-03
Goyemoeut Bends remain firm. wftl3.t1l IN &c
ttv. a-+,~rd fcr Eerer-ThIYtles We urple:

CSemi@s CSea Si1an!y Geaecssa Ssssnsd- od 8 e.
scripps, H1estpn 4 Kean, in Their Daily Fasaaeiat
L<atss, OF today, quote Government Securities al
follow: 5e1s d,u 1t 1ffsK, buying; 7-30e In good
demand n p94 aasK; 1o-fos. asGsoK; Compound
Interest Notes Of 1864, 1os&1G7; Of 1s6s, 1919
1oeA; Cook Comfy sr1p, 1G@ @1Uss5; Cook Coun~
ty Bonds. f14.
me Cincinnati I.iot ctsr4rt ot yesterday cot,,
tatus tic following:
and tte general anuety which prevails Etsatd.uP
the Aiozn btil'' now before Congress, ka> upa
hieh Etatc o{ caut1ouRnaee In commercial aud hnan
c1al circles. md deter business ucn fn'n making
adventures which. under Other clEcutusauccs, they
won1d Enake without hesitation. NE. AeCujloch,
nc nc t9,d 9tses The Pasease OF ,Ils su on s ths
credit Of The Government; and II he has insisted
upon tts adoption With The pertnsety hs J, rerr-
ssntsa to nav. eseiate II !; ls2t1n not unlikely iha
---In Cincinnati .stee Of Discount are drm at 1Dfs
Il Per cent At the banke, and at 1s} 16 per cent In
p{,cn market, The Gd=exe etaie4 ihat the currency
!. being rapidly drawn out ofthe hanks. Exchange
Is easy Il. 50 prem. buying and 11s prem. selling.
In ST. Louie money Ia easy nj log II pr cent
per annum. E1chsnce fa eenrce at 80 prem. buy-
Ing End j 50 FeiltnF.
THO Comptroller of the Currency has receiyed
q escat nany applications rom banks asking to be
converted Into national lnaks. He has replied to
-
having been sanctioned By the oface he has no at-
thodt, TO establish DEW ones, md that III The esc1t
Of the enactment OF new Law upon this subject,
hanks 'hat have aed taeir applications shall 'lsre
the preference. ~
Tho eazn1ucs Of the Chicago L Rock Ie,and
Aatlrpad Company for thx third week tn February
wc1e s.47n aeainst ia ss7 for the corresponding
rrek N 1865; decrease, ts.467. =
THE earnings Of the Michigan Southern Rail-
frs.x ~. I.f
aaanql xss.9Gz for the taue period Last yer; de-
erea.e, sso,g74.
The eatnlnts Of The Michigan Central Rail.
road Tor <lhird weeE In February weie S57.e00,
against 5,5a3 for the game period In 1866; de-
e1cste. x8,ssa
The earnings Of the Chicago 4 Northwestern
Railroad for the third week In February we're $1a5-
a4s~ against <S1 .211 tor the corresponding period
Inst year; increase. fs3,a
In Boston the money market il eaficr, more
abundant supply Of currency bc}ps asailable % bur
rovess. The rates Of interest are. howerer, mn,n.
tatned with little alterations, tal ioana rul.nc ut r
ctt undountcd co}latcrae, EMO the b.nk ratc for
discounts Of enor-dated paper remains at about
e-l0 = cent The market continues wel1 supplied
Eith New folk funds, which, however, continue In
good dc,paDd. In the outside discount msrke.
there Il more brisk inquiry for desirable pape4,
and the rrppfr Is hardly equal TO the demand The
rrst qualify Of MERCANTILE paper passes readily 1t
- T cent, While lower qualities range from =
cent 10 T. and even higher, accordinR to Ci1cunn-
stxnees.
a rood deal Of uneasinees uas caused m Gin
cinntti yesterday ty the return from Washington
al co4k1dctzhle amount Of 1910 coupoHs, which
~ese pronounced By M1. Spinner n {pruha-
b1y} couutet1etts. The difference between the scu.
nine ard alleged couuteffdts uxe pointed ont, and
Upon inTet tfe1tton IT Was found that large pgo-
portion Of the bonds tn the hsnds OF bsnkere there
coHrtronded rt1h the description ciyen Of the a.
lered spurious tssEss. These inquiries, however,
led 10 the discovery ot bonds IN the hands Of orig
tn.l purchasers, who obtained them directly from
the Treasury, which corEaponned exactly uifh
those detcEtbed n xounteHcit4. The conclualon,
therefore, uas the counterfeit scare resulted from
taissake- Two plates were doubtless used in PRINT
inc tie boud4 originally nnd ffotn this resulted the
flight difference detected at Washington. The
bonds were Of the denomination OF <50Q.
The New York hank committee appointed to
proceed to Washington for the purpofe Of confer
ring with the Secretary Of the 1feaenk5 and Mr.
Spinner 1auve 10 the tai on teposits have returned
from their mission, the result Of which WAS saiis.
tac,oaJ. The avesage deposits Of the hanks asu 10
he taxed after The amount OF casele draHn against
accuuuts each da5 IL deducted. The Erusa deposits
uin be retuIned, ard separate account Of The un-
collected checks will b Kept to be placed to the
credit Of the hanks- This ndjusta Iris vexed ques
sion On equitable basis, and more IN accordance
with the spttt OF the law than II at first proposed.
Tho following Il tbs comparative statement Of
the e1poE1s texcusire Of spcce) from the port nf
Ten. =, md sines Jsn. t: VIVA ~'s'''''
1ss1. e ~ sersf':a:: Tssa; @s e s5 s.
smee Jan. 1;...sss, osds sa42s7.ie s1:saa7i