, 1866-08-27
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Ldst Neekil et<tttlle4 k4t4ftklets4s
llhaiae.s lltoashu,t tte ty IL fesisi,ig slowly,
]nbteEe, Bte hli doing Mlsat They ta!i ''aoatl"
tfAde=hnt goad tor the reasnEt vAly. 1iis Dry
tioUta market e,towa afgns Ut fnHe'fell nglifily,
Judging fiNi the tneftaaea RiiIAhaF Of tIHYafs IN
fAu oily. INT lha ag4Feaale 0f lseif purchases Il
comparatively fight, hihhlf fota hs s0flIn4 ip AFe
oil thai afa Heepsf, and tle baTtFs aFe only 1aita
ing The etiy tn gnter 1a,eHanlIan ssaeks, anl ses
nNhAt Il loeA4 liku," sn ths way Of ll9nts a.sil
shees, m Helt'e irAlln hAa l'neH done, influenced
more by The upward movement IN ysllss linn she
aetHH2 eensHHpl1ve aaIaaRlr There II iAt4ly aet1
I've h'lsnea fal1E IN ATRcpTtes In small way.
Hu hear af no largp purchases, tor taVa any lasga
hHyr1s 1nada thelr appearance. uxcepl ta few
lsalatel cases, This demand TAT hardware II
guod, he1ter than at ths lime laa1 year, III tho
aggregate trade ia healthy, t',ongh In aoae ustau.
ces We henr the merchants complain Of taa slow
ness Of collections, hut Tits IL IN measure 10 ba
expected, owing 10 thu lateness Of tlas harvest,
aud tho Light amount Of grain that has 50 faE Leen
marketed. The receipts Of grain here are daily
increastng md In the course Of couple OF weeks,
a much more attiYe business may be looked fot
In all departments OF trade. The reports Of c}lol-
era In the city arc greatly exaggerated and our
country merchants need hare no ftaEs In visiting
Chicago, 10 purchase their fall and winter stocks.
There Ia no cholera here except few Isolated
CdseS III tnt 1Hest p3tk Oh tne E1&ys WlGF6 no Ea1~
itary measures are in eject.
The week cloEcs on 8 rather stringent money
market. The country banks have checked lsbet-
ally On their balances, aud the commission mer~
chants have been urgent applicants for currency
to sh3p 10 the country, rs advances on grain TO be
marketed here. The demand for loans on 1ucr-
camille account has also been quite liberal; and Ia
order to meet the wants OF all applicants, the
banks hnye been so7ely taxed. To-day WIS no
exception to the rule during the week The do
mand from all quarters was reported active, md
the volume Of currency steadily diminishing.
Tie discrimination on paper presented for Dis
count Ia becoming more rigid, aud few but those,
whosc usually large deposit lines cnttt1e them to
It, receive tie ''needfu- For such the rate Is un-
ehsnged-i0 per cent. Good names arc readily
taken on the street At ! per cent, while Inferior
signatures cannot be negotistcd for less than TX
per cent per month.
Exchange was t1atter today th.n yesterday. In
the forenoon some Of the banks, who were short
Of curredcJ "s1obbeted OF" several round lots at
at@1.50 discount; but in the afternoon tha mar
ket Was shade ttnes. there being few sellers
below 1-10 discount at the close. Tho counter
rates were 1.10D1c discount buying. and Tar seaa-
ing.
In Foreign Exchange there Is 1lttlc doing, and
the market IL nominal at the following rates:
Commercial 60 days sight, 167c buying; and ban
kcrs' co days sight at 10s@1o3!zc sellfngi ehost
sight commercial. buying ut 109izc; aud bankers
selling at 1O9 110c for small lots, but large hills
would be placed at ahout New York auot,tions.
In the retail way, over the counter the following
rates are charged for sight: