New-York tribune., 1867-08-16

business nearly every department OF trade continues
dull Rain much needed, and from some sections we
crop The harvesting Of the Spring wheat crop s now
fay and while the yed Il p fo
money at the banks is light, and the maret IL reported
easy The supply Of currency is good and stlcy nrst
class business paper can be negotiated easy terms
The rate OF interest on commercial paper ~ ~ Pe
but loans on Government securities can readily be erected
| at lower rate. There Is some demand for currency
from the interior, but the outward movement VIII not
fairly set IN until the harvest Ia over and the farmers
begin to send in their grain. The market for Eastern
exchange was comparatively steady ana ~lth0ut @ any
essential Change One bank sold round lot at zoe on
but the current rates among bankers were 2o discount
10 par Counter rates steady at llO discount Duy
! ing, aud lilo of per cent premium selling
| The Milwaukee money market of Monday is quoted
as follows:
The money market has been very easy during the week.
the banks readily dscountng all good short paper at 10
per cent The offerings in the street have been very
light the quotation for money,outsde of bank per
cent fair amount Of demand loans bas been placed on
Governments AT per cent.
The following table shows the present position Of
the Bank of England, July 81, compared with the
state Of its resources at this date in each of the pre-
ceding three years 1t also shows the bank rate of
discount price of Consols, wheat cotton and yarn:
Circulation Iss4 eos issS S;7 SAG eS 9 sGs
Private deposits IS.5iSs26 l6sT2i 177sss5 2oS9ssi7
GGE GEcr sssass sss aHHs sss as7 s i asa
Reserve. 5s9s4s9 e.SlSls S'253Sg0 l2Sa2 So5 o5
ha sFf' Up Gr S5Sai soion sc!d @ ii led iD' IA iold
good %riiS quality IS 1ld 1s sld. Is Cd. Is sd.
The bank return shows that both regards the de-
post aud discount business the variations are
81 o. e Ss5 10 inc inc heSs SOCK of be precious
metals the bulk must consist OF com received from ue
as5o01 Tie amount Of notes in circulation is 9eO
being increase of 2ls0j; and the stock OF bullon III
both departments is 4J3 showing increase Of
fI5l $50 when compared with the preceding re-
Large supplies OF gold ang gold coin have been re-
ceivcd from Liverpool ont OF the recent arrivals from
NewYork and other quarters: Nearly the whole mas
been taken for export. Any effect the BANK movement
might have had on the STOCK Exchange malkels "as var
neutraized by the dsquietng political news from the
Continent however, the feeling of apprehension win
regard the relations between France and Prussia nav
ing been considerably diminished by the assurances OF
the Aonaer in pacific arueie which we pn9ish else
descriptions Of securities an Improvement IN price mas
taken place A clause recently introduced in a Govern
ment Inland Revenue bill for the pnlpose OF imposing %
penny stamp all coupons Of foreign ana othef seeur
ties, has been Withdrawn.
The weekly return of the Bank Of France shows
the following changes
Increase, coin and bullion, e27: 900; bills discounted,
a2fG coo; notes in circulation, lOGO0 Desrease-Pn
vate deposits, A9S,Coi advance, taotoi 6oyeInhlst
coin and bullion brings the tOta mp TO 3S54l7,0OO The
increase ia the discount Is lot of ueh Importance, Dut
notes have been more wanted for the purposes OF eou
latiOn.
The ST. Louis Republican, Of the 12th inst, says;
The volume Of business Is stll below general cxpecta
early part " the week h. flour, wheat ana corn ana
decided recovery n prov iOns within the past two days
ne cannot resist the conclusion that general trade has
been dull and the average OF prices has scarcely been pre-
served. In merchandise departments there has beenyeIy
little doing aud the from the country OF lts
unwilugutss 20 buy, aud the marked indsp0sltlon OI
farmers sell their grain except al about the average OF
s. for Fall wheat their farms are not calculated 10
sustain those who have been oNpectlng an active re-
sumption of business upon the harvesting OF the Summer
crops there less disposition among merchants
to ronqush than have noticed at any corresponding
period since the disruption Of trade at the beginning OF
the
The following are the July earnings Of the Pitts
bureh. Fort Wayne and Chicago Railway Company:
S.4i,2 70 1900 s552ST7 Of Decrease. sl7cS %