, 1869-03-07
FINANCIAL AND CON 1MEKClsL.

-....... oAEUADA1 kEHNIA2, HkfCn 8.
fGf zen da}s past l! has btcu apparent to alton
uVe Ct f'e's that money VS. gradually gro sing
1enee, md tbs: tho nee:asIs1es Of thu buslnesI
ouE ANY "1e l1cleasinx. On particular dA5r.
Hnet here Nas ONE Il dux Of l1oray f,u orosd
Ae f,eSa towMd r.rineenJ his seentd to
asop. a1a kanporarJ ea.e hAR seensd 10 make
1oe 'eafs OF st.t1 gent money nGrkst entirely
Gfnandess, but Ii. Re has been, ,sve1thel.as.
aNae 1ighienl1 wh,ch has been more m11ked
Within the 1ss: two daIs. Il IL wsll ktoan
that largo amount Of the avatIAb!e capisal
Of the buti1s.s uca Of thu dy Is loeted
up N proT1tiori md g11ln, and som,
aio IN rial es'a'e, and alto ih&t tho
pfspaeaIors {of The shr1nR movement OF pto1uca
were Aso calsire '.Ess Euouus into the cona.
", bat 1t u ttonah,s that ii addition to these
drains very cautious mu114endezs Aro holding
on Etse to se= MIA. Is :ltelJ to BE- tho gcne.N
line Of hnan7A polieS Of ,he nsw Secretary OF
tae Treasury eefofE They tpread out much. These
cireumhsArcca have cumbined to mako money
s'Ght Il this closing of the week. TAe bsnks xtc
stsA tupplJtrK the Necessities Of III enstomern,
to whom thsJ feel under Any Obligation, a. 10
pc. eert but thefr IL great dett OF good pspr
teeu1ed BY couaterais Of gram rsoa1pu, ETC.,
which II Lot taken IN the regular WI
at the backs, bat Is offered IN the
outside ua4Aet wheze bank money comes
out In aEtt TIKI the present, only through
tote.brck.ts and u from to ~ per cent per
mosth. some good eonnere!l pxpsr. md some
speculative psre. tecnssd BY untcubsed enu1..r.
Ls. ate heisE rte,eu At thpee rAteR now.
1hs'e le perhaps No greater Amount Of real e..
tate mortgages otlng offered, on which tho hold
trs with 10 lcIIze, than the average Of tho past
three OF fur week., but the supply Of money
feek1rR tn.rtmstt IN that way Ia issf. .E1d money.
teIdtn fnd It eatee 10 get the tt1h tatea Of tnte
eel auo etna1nltsiors u1nalJ charged OF suca Il.
yeslM' l9.
The supply ef currency here has been eating
eeRIeC onrtrg the week, and Is perhaps rs low
nJw IL II any tfme for s!1 montha psst Eonstd
esaols shf1m' nss to tae country hsve been made
eve7J GAY dnriLg tho wecks and there must nov
"a teMttent ano0Lt In tho ccun'Ty 10 8tsxt tAt
psoG 0eo novtns n: thou ii II It progresses NOR
ard racre will be Eeedsd.
Exchange han been It discount Ill the wo . Z
owing II tho necessities Of bankers Tor currency
1fs Euppfy On the market, however. IA net Ixr "a
and tntrs Il bet liula making BY shipments o
produce. kAlus were na1ds betWeen banks to-daJ
At Gos per 8, 900 cleeount- At tho counter bank
ers are eellnK To their customers 1t 1lo premium
| ard buying II 10 d: eourt.
The uPw1fa movement OF Government Bond1
| atd tho downward movement Of gold, which
/ wern 10 marked yestes1ay, were reversed to-day
tho apparent cause being the legal opstA.ls whlel
has been di&toyeyed to MI. A. r. Staxalts ae
teptaata Of the portfolio OF iha Treasury. Bnt
even tnou1d It turn cu. upon careful )adlcisl do
I libela lon. tat ths obttaele Is an sfsc
tvs orr, and though Nr- Stsvar
| Mould 1ot become Secretary Of ths
Treasury, 1t will In al probability only cauae
temporary decline. As No me1 TONED Jeaterdsy
szrat RdTancs IN bonds has been h,swinS Il
| Europe fo- 81 months psstatd eveEJ tnGdtn: thA
u not posi&ively untAyuEabie Adords N oppor
tunity fos the pries 10 advaace uors rapidly thu,
usuAl. reaction h-s followed eTArJ such I'd
vatee. but 1t haa nerer been 10 great a, the ID
ss1cc, 70 ihk: In tas arcra4e the1s Il Z Rradua
progression tow1rd par. Il HI. Stewart Il no
eligible 10 the SecsetarJsh!p, another MAJ vii
| b. fou1d, sid 1hen he IL announced bonds. vii
adsa. &C agzin beyond the.r former figures, ,becauss
eapltalitts ever, where beliere that they u7l
| room 70 10 psr In Rold.
Gold was quoted nj $50 this morning, which L
the 1ovesI pnee 1t has touched sinee May 10, 1865
| The lo1tst tolrt II hs1 touched sirce Oct. ~
1862, WIS 12s en- the 4th Of March, 1855.
Deslsrs' quotations. for buying and selling Coz
eminent Bonds, Loctl Stocks, Gold aod sIlrrs In
| tha HlA1ket tht1 aftaEuoou. were Al pelpH: