, 1866-08-16

Local Stocks are in activc demand and e:Eon.,
with myers Of Cook County rs Mt ~, and Cham
1,cr OF Commerce At 50.
The Chicago nnd Alton Railroad Company
have declared dividend or i've per cent upon the
earnings OF the last si1 mortks, parable on the
first OF September. :,
As thcrc are al present great many counter
felt and National Bank Notes now in circulation
throughout the country, VIC publish the following
list of designs On the hack Of the genuine notes:
Sf+teo. Washington restsnsng his commission
e5G1 notes, Surrender OF Burgoyne i; Sl01 noies,
Declaration Of Independence; SO noies, Isap:isin
Of Pocahontas; $40 notes, Dc Soto discovering the
mississippi; IS notes, Landing Of Colambns In
1lsa; ~ notce, Sir Waller Raleigh. 1855. 81 nores,
Landine Of the Pilgrims. All National Bank
Notes, tho backs Of which do not correspond with
The nboye, are boGus.
According to the Boston Dul,elsn's copper
resume, the excitement decpcns cycsy hour. Thu
sale: arc Immense The brokers havo done
heavier commission copper stock business during
tho past fortnight than eycr tetore. Within tue
past week, says the Eul<tin, tho record kbows The
following advance: Copper Falls. iah tn 13.:;
Euron. 10 to IL; Hancock, - to 3lsi; rewabic,
35sz to 3S1s. franklin, i71< 10 50; Quincy, IL TO
60. These figures arc from tho 1iet OF the high
priced coppcrs. The email FRY hare advanced
srnpatheiiea1ly keeping step to the music Of the
leaders. Humboldt, ~ Se5!s; pe1herick. G1a as;
St. claif, s1xe17; Sative, 8o01ooH Canada, 5gD
10; Frcncl, Greek, G3I55, mud so on through the
whole illust1tons list.
= The Receiver General Of Canada has adyer-
tiscd for application for the purchase Of Provincial
Debcmnres, to be issued in denominations OF
sIcn. 500, $500 and <1,e00, and bear per cent
Interest, payable halfyca.ly and redccmable on
the lst Of Sepsrmbcr, 1sss, at par.
The Foreign e1ports from the port Of Dalu-
more during the past week were valued At St39 sci
nour, tGs Iris meal, SEQ brls bread, 70 brls beef
800 brs pork, Gs bt1s ro.in, bEls and 500 gallons
tutpcniInc, i,si9 bushels corn.
iii the Cincinnati money market there Is no
change The demand for money IL, the aggregate
Il large. but good paper is not plenty, and hank.
ers loan sraEtns'S. The charge tor prime paper
sSe510 per cent.
New Orleans da.cs OF The 11stl ins.au, say tht
money market proper has exhibited but little aui
nation durirg the past three dnys. Only limit
cd business has hcen transacted In mortgage pa
rc7 At the extremes Of sG1 per cent per anuu1a
the ruing ratcs being 1058ls, while AL inconsIdes
able amount has heen loaned on approved co]lat
erals per cert per nnnnm, in bauis, and PC
cent I7er month, III the open market:
, The United States Treasurer has in his pos
session bonds ofthe unicd States Amounting t
az. 100 ~ securities for circulating notes
national banks, aud bonds amounting Il
*, us. 500 as securities for deposits ct publ,
moneys in banks designated as public deposi;o
rfes. Total securities held, - :, In s0o Uurin.
the week fractional currency Amounting II
f'a1, ,u0D wus printed At The Treasury Department.
The following atc the amounts Of the di1crcnt dc
nominations printed: Ten cent notcs, fGt,0 900
twenty cent nntcs, <15s 900; fifty cent notes
$751; ,fG0. The shipments during the same pc.io
were as follows: tt the Assistant Treasurer a
New York, <10D. Gro; United States depository a
Pittsburgh. Pa, ff1 01; United Statcs deposition
ri Chicago, ILL.,, $50 cG0; National hanks, $ls17J1
To1al, SS71719. There Is still brisk demand 10
currency from ali sections Of the country, aud Ii
printing divisonis kept busily engaged IN Its man
ulactntc-
business In New York IL IN a seml.siasna1
condition, Call loans ranse from dGI5 per cen
The quantity Of commercial paper making /
s1nal!, although the demand for discounts on th.e
: month"; paper from The merchants Ia incrcasins
apparently with v.cw 10 hiking advantage Of ii
present facilities for obtaining discounts. II
bcs names pass At sGsG. aud tho next best at
Trer cent.
Tho city Of Nashville, Tenn, adycrtiscs for
1oan Of Sszs ooa Al esx per cent interest. p1yabl
substantially in New York. The total ltablitie
Of the city arc stated at s5JD,0 600, rea1e.cntlu
,tD1 taxable property.
0 Notwithstanding the large quantity Of petsl
9 1cun destroyed by several fires, the supply Il
= Shipment is increasing The following staicmc1
il shows tic comparative exports to foreign coul
# tiles in iSGS and lsGG I'M TO The ID instant