, 1866-03-23
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL


TECE4uAT EfEE1N8, MAfCQ =, 1cG6.
= The demand for money to-day at the various dir
co1nt houses who Comparatively light, hnt the
supply ofeuneacy Il daily dilnlshlnr, and We note
ciote and .ouoer hat stringent market, 7he rate
Of discount at the banks Is eteady Ut ID per cent per
nop,an: but nothing hut frst-cinss pAssea 1t this
rste Street rates for money u1t firm at 1l7 per
cesff PR month
:1hc ma,ket for Easteru E1chx,ge IL xsIr vcry
fkm under light supply, and 1ates are fin at pat
buying and ITO prem. selling; Round lots uere
sold among han1icra At 4 premium OF 70e per
thorsund,
The Austraa<ian. with Iarespool adv.oes to The
10th fust, was fee:raphsd this morning. reporting
bteadstutls unchanged, and Bacon advanced 1s72s.
Lard was in good demand Flyo:Tue1t5 bonds
wcrc quoleo ii fVsi. >
1he ceeersl marketa hare were fat md hrayr.
Mess Pork declined b0e = bfl md Lard tell s14c
i u; but English MIddics. under the snilucuce Of
the foreign news, were more acllve ut an advsnce In
pricc ot :s14e a d. Flour Wts mora Actlye, md
nr1ner. wheat declined A@xc q hui Corn was
cuM and henry. Oats ruled dull and noratnally
Iowa for winter receipts. hut fresh receipts were
lcttcz. Rye and Barley were quiet ano unchanged.
In another column We reprint from the Cnrinnssl
PHct CtSyfa The annual statement os tht Pork
packing in The West. The total uumber Of ho:s
{nclcd during the past sesson amounts to 1G7 IL,
agsintt 45l ,6ls packed The previous season-ahov
ing Elltng-oF Of 76a1145 hoga. The average
weiRht. however, Ehows an increase Of 81 LII hs.
pcFhog, which reduces the falhn.-od, weight con-
eidered, 70 <5G9a hogs. Tue yield Of Lsrd this
past teaeon was also rrrates than that OF 1s6f15;
hut the fysee Current falls in1o the same error It
did last year. In calculating the yield pi Lard in
tb1e city, as reported BY Messrs MtfTard Co., TO
Be leas md trimmings" on!S ~hl1e Il ine1aes ALSO
s'hcad uud gut" Is nbout onc-th1rd of the entire
h,rt n1-ah ~ mill
1nate considerable Difference In the reault Rs 10 tho
total yield Of lard.
the le1e..nphic dispatches thts morning report
ed that 4 ptoyIs1iu dealer In New York. tat the
foot OF ,oad street, had abscondcd with SlDo.0oo
1lst several pioduce taiuEas had occurred IN bnt-
tato-aud that some mora New York Insurance
Couapsules were +.shaiy." This avalanche Of Ell
reports caueed considerable anxiety to-day In CON-
me1cixl circles, hut no ono appeared TO nave anT
reliable intelligence regafdins tnem; aId a'e N
clped 10 believe that there Is but little truth In
them.
Nc Arc informed that Aeasrs. MeChcauey
md FAt1hsnk. decline beng candidates for
the Presidency Of the Hoard of Tr1de
At The forthcoming election. We omitted
ycsterlay TO place The Lonored name Of J. e. Dore
IN the list Of ,ho:c spoken Of in connection with
this Office. Iii. Dose, elected, Will 1uake an ex-
| eellent President
In this connection, # Is proper to stale that the
| only reason the name Of the p.rsent incumbent,
Charles Randolph, Esq, fs no. mentioned, Is. that
he has pcreuptcsil5 refused 10 run for the Office
second term.
The telegraph To-day informs Us That these 1s no
truth in the report, set sfnat by the Washington
| correspondent Of the New York G0xamtFc4dl Id
fz7tise7, thai The Secretary Of the Treasury en-
p!oyed relative to sell tho Government gold 2nd
bonds. But who cztes If he did, 50 long a. The