New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-01-13
Money is abundant on call at 5as per cent The

increased activity In stocks affords more enpioyment
for capital at call but in the face of this new de-
mand the rate of interest tends downward. Prime
baper is readily sold at per cent, and there is
market for large amounts. Second grade sells at
more moderate rates than for some time
The bank report shows an expansion in all depart
ments except circulation. The surplus OF reserve
has increased nearly six and quarter millions, and
the excess above the legal limit is now $25 7i27.
The following is the comparative Bank Statementfas
the week:
sn.o,o ,r5 s,9 si s,a - Inc s.9ssa
legal tenders S2iii'acl S9,75alo Inc le.i,aS
Total reserve. 7a,8a5a5 ss9,s7Ss7a Inc. .,lW,la
Gsgsf'i s ss5 Dec ". s
., T Ds4 ..s liabilities '1 Sss sSi5i '1sss55 mo- ~
rSss,f Ssr , Sal :a;s Inc ' ss
Exchange is dull Bills ALTO days on London arc
ouoted at 1O90l09i for commercial; lo9sallo for
bankers: do. at short sight 1103@1lOt Paris at 20
davis. 51s,05191: do at short sight, 5.lSsa5,lOs;
Antwerp. 5.1s.0513s; Swiss, 5.lSs05l9t; Ham
bnro S66536t: Amsterdam, 40s04lt; Frankfort
4Os04l. Bremen, 7ssG79l; Prussian thalers' s@I2t'
The following was the days business at the
Office of the Assistant Treasurer: Receipts for Gus
toms slsl. 900; for Gold Notes. sA9O0O; total Re-
cepts. $685. 97 81; total Payments, LsS74oi~ -;
Balance, S97. S25,G7S s..
There has been activity in the freight market
to-day and rates have advanced the supply of YES
sells for charter is SMALL the closing quotations are
az follows: To Liverpool. by sail: Flour, rs. 3D.;
Wheat at7d Corn, 3d. Heavy Goods 22s 6d.027s Cd;
Cotton. 5l607-l6d; and by steamer: Flour, 49, 3D.;
Wheat,9d. Corn, 3d.. Heavy Goods, SO@4Os., and
Cotton at s02d To London: Flour, %. 3D.; Wheat,
I'D; Corn ID; Heavy Goods 25s; and by steamer,
Heavy Goods $685. To Glasgow, by steam: Gram
acid; Flour 3s. Cd, and Heavy Goods, 3OG4Os. Inc
engagements to Liverpool are $500 boxes Bacon al
25a27s Cd, S4O0 bales Cotton at 5-l607-lod.' So"o
bush Corn at 3d. and by steamer, 75O bales Cotton
ar s2d and Is bales Sea Island do. at Id. To Lon
don: 1850 bush. Corn ati7d To Bremen: $50 bids.
Tobacco at 27s. Cd. A vessel to Cork and market
with 1000 qrs Corn at 6s. 3d.. and Bremen ship.
with 1000 bbls. Petroleum to port on the Cohli-
nent. at 49, if to Bremen. or As Cd if Antwerp.
The following are the imports for the week..
DRY wee; so ;%os . ~ sssss 'sss.s :Sss
General Gel mdso.. aisi's75 aa4aa77 i9se1s ll2a.2so
Total. .ss45s,Oss ss,O95el2 :i,45s,isa s2Il7,@7
The imports of foreign dry goods compare as fol-
lows:
Ers.T T. , lsse s,o .l 1sGs ,5 5sSs
Thrown on market...... 2690,69l l,99l,2Si 97.iD
S,nss JPs NOV. i ss Isss , 5sSs
Thrown on market ... 4,643,S63 I994,3si s67,i4
The receipts of cotton at all the ports reach Ooe4S
bales against $40 bales last week. 106l7 bales the
previous week, and s7,757 bales three weeks since;
making the aggregate receipts since Sept. /, 1867.
bales against sl9S4 bales for the same period
in 1851 being an excess this over last season
of 7745 bales In the exports this week there is
large decrease the total from all ports reaching only
47G8 bales against 40S9 last week. and 647 bales the
previous week the corresponding week OF 1867 the
Shipments from all the ports amounted to IL 21 bales
showing an for this year of 26l bales The total
foreign exports the United States since Sept l. 1867
now reach bales against S 1873 bales for the same
nerod last year and stocks at all the ports at
present 35 0j bales against 55l92 bales at tue same
time I'm 1861 The movement OF cotton at al the ports
since Sept /, is reported as follows: