, 1866-03-30
FINANCIAL AND C0MMERC ClAL

Tnu1snAT EVENING, Marfh p.
The upward course OF gold has been checked.
and the speculative fehng tnat sptang up few
dsvs slnce On 'he prospect Of 4 permanent advance
in gold, has disappeared. The demand for currency
equently less active, and although The money
market was generally reported to be close, there
was no ttingcnc5 felt. >Firtt clss. paper was dis
counted 1t the reeular Discount homes At 10 per
cent per nnnIIn but Inferior paper discounted
On tue street ut 1G2 per cent per month.
Eastern Exchange is firm al pa. buying and ITO
premium selling. Round lots wsrr sold au1ung
bankers At 4 premium Of 65D70c per thousand
The dcmmd f. stIu Inadequate to meet the supply.
md the leading bankers have etill to express cur.
rency daily 10 New York 10 u1ain1aIn their balances
there. ,
The general markets today were inactive and
rather heavy. Flour w1a quiet and unchanged.
Wheat was unsettled and about &c Der bu lower.
Corn and Oats were steady Rye wxs ic i,t1 bu
htchtr. Barley was qule1 and cau.da
sold At decline Of 800Nc per bu-
Provisions wezc dull and heavy, but transaetaons
were too Light 10 Justify any decline In quota
tion4.
The weste1n Trustees Of the National Bankers
Express Company returned Today pretty thorough
i d,.ersted. They went down 10 New YORK and
found the whole Thing "4cnt and dried, ready for
smoking. and they wetc poMerlcss 70 do anything.
The tn'ue western delegation voted against con-
.ohdaunc with the Other Express Companies but
ns lse+ixthe Of the s,oek VA Owned IN New York.
the west had no power 10 d. anything. The whole
anair vas told :. for rons " to the Adams, Amer
Ican md CuHed slates Companies. When the
~est.En Tfuetees SAN they wcre power1css to pre-
,eEt the IL allowing up" they all consented. e.
cepl ". r. coolbaugh Of this city, who stubboEn1y
| zelused to 1ecazd his vote for sneh 9 consumna-
uon. Thus ends the National Bankers Expr1as
! Company
Meanwhile the Nerch1nls' Union Expnss Con-
pauy 1re vigorously at work. preparing for busi-
ness. Then contracts With the railroads arr IN.
pleted, aad bciose the 1st Of Jnly they sill have or
Gees plen IN every important Town and city N the
IL scarcely merchant in the country but is stocE
holder. It Will doubtless prove great enterprise.
not only N the advantages which It will afford the
pnhl1t by furnishing competition nhese there has
been nothing but MONOPOLY but also IN y7eldlug 10
The stockholders handsome profits. -
The Board Of Trade elocuon, which takes ptnce
On honday next still exei,es considerable attention
on Change. To-day Ar. HouFhteiinR withdrew
bis nane = 1xnuid2te for the Presidency; but We
understand his friends intend still TO press him to
Domination- 1t u also rumcrcd That Mt. Randolph
hss cEecuted to hecome candidate for reelection;
but theEe it nothing definite shout 1t. II his own
wtthee In the rtatte1 consulted, he wi not be
eandtdAfcs hut bis friends arc very persistent At
present IT looks very much u II the ezny1ss would
be narrowed down 10 Hessts. McChe.ney and Dost.
The cEan me1ehants eeem to favof the former, and
Tie provision merchants The 1atter. Nominations
viii prnhebls he nnade on Friday OF Saturday.
Gold opened IN New York fo-day At lsSls. and
closed 4. 1s75s The folio King are the quotations
.telcgtaphed TO James Boyd usoshets, gold bro