, 1869-01-06
FJN:NcssL AND COMMERCIAL.


TUESDAY EVENING. ian. 6.
Etnee:ations Of considerable increase IN the
spp!icatiurs for io1us Immediately atter state
,uc1t aay have proved to have been well foondcd,
ard the activity In tho demand Rs compared to
the average Of LAST week is not!ccaolc. The
whole Of this increase, however, IL n1de up Of
applications that but for the b1ak eatem .rts
would have come in week or 20 ago, but have
hcen deferred On account Of that event The
condition Of local finances was gradually in-
proving durirg the whole Of last week Mer-
chants have bccn collecting 1nore easily
from the country. and, though theIs de.
posts have not increased much during
tlst 1ine 1t has given them fuada to par
Eastern hills without borrowing OF thc bauss.
a. d II class they tnFc been applying fur fcss
money dIf,ng the last week than for a month
CT t4o he:ole. The applications 10: loans tnat
hare hcrn deferred until after p2ar.s1 day aud
a'c making money active now, are largely fos spec.
7lasiyc operations IL grain audfother products,
&c1etaLta. manufacturers, lanber de1lc1s, and
cpn u1esit u1e1chants-tn their lesii,ml:e bu.i.
ncsH, abide ftoI1 speculation seam to be conpar-
stjycty easy for MONEY. The banks are eupply-
ing lhelr regular customers with nearly all they
ask ior though mones Is rsi.l close enouch to
make II eit5cnlt 1os ltrsons haTir 20 claims on
tic favor Of any one palticular bank to get
muLcy.
The movement Of currency bttween the city
.rd county IL still in favor OF the city. though
the receipts uese not 60 heavy 10 day the aver
age OF Last week, and there were also some Gun
| siderable r. mlttanccs out.
E4caruse cos,inuts firm, and vas sold bctwee1
| banks to-day at Soc to 75e Fer Sl,lOU premium
| closing yery rrm at the hitter ngnte, The In
] crease in the dem3Ld a. the counicr and the dt
| tninished supply, continue to iGdieate tht CON
p!e.c surn shat has becn made in t1aue within th
! plst few wecke, and promises con.il7co firm
| n=ss and m up1ard tendency in exchange
Rsnkert arc uow taking New York Ids Of theI
ca=t,mers ut par, and selling ut 81 Oh per 81 ,0G
| premium Do-ton demands checks At the bzu
| rates Is New York, Boston eisht-checks ar
taken a. $a.tD To {a.5o of.
At ut etiuE u the Representatives, Of th
| Al ks, members of tue Chicago Clearing Hous
Ass. csaticr. TO day, the following officers IN
Committee Of Management for the year 1863 wez
elected. VIZ: Sol. a. smith, PRECEDENT; J. (
i nutler. Vice President; T.. A. Ives. Manage
| The Commsttee Of Management elected vel
Acssr.. E. !. Ttnkhan, Jofn lie koven, J.
| Adsit, L. j. Gsge ard u. D. BurhatAn.
In New York the noye1 m-tood OF buying ar
s.li1E loarr nF1nwfut money, or bu ,iax Ut
selling grernbaeks' as they term 1t, has be4
+ adopted, ind 1t Is proposed to establish rc-ul
loan exchange, whete loans will ba bought HI
| snld to the hlghesl hiduer, thus dispensing I'll
, | ill the .sthlnn1ng'' which has heretofore be-
the inevitable exueomitant Of q light nun,
market, 6nd placing the maI ket for II qfu1 n on,
| In scne tcEpects on the eane footing as that
gold. ......
a Goyet1 mept Bonds were depressed ss.ln /
, day b. the st1iEgent money market in NJ
!. | York, thc decline since yesterday being equal
about &c on the wbolc l1ss. Dealers rates
l. buying and s,lrs, Government Bonds. Los
!, siockt.Gv'd a-d Silver, IA tEts m.rke, this a!t
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