, 1876-04-26
FINANCE AND TRADE.
The Loan Market Moderately Active,
and Country Business Increasing.
New York Exchange Firrncr-s.
Tho Cloarings $1,0OO,OOO.
Tho produces Markets Irrcgnlar-''Prs-
yiaions Less Actlye and Steadier.
Whskt md Corn Still Weak and Tending
Downward,
FINANCIAL.

eosas Il the banks wses busy yesterday In opening
accounts With county banks that hass beea cor
responding With the City National. There vas ns
6hef estt rttceptble Ia local financial circles Of the
bank lurs Of shs day before. fooah and cauteless
tumor VA started In Tho morning shscns thc tols-
enoy Of another bank, but tha was speedily stamped
ont by Tho ocezs ct the institution Tho National Dank
Of Commerce, who proved eoncusvty 70 I'll hiuquirers
thst shoy wsrs entrsl5 sound md that tho report to
Tho contrary had originated only among mischief.
makers. Tbs loan buslness at tho day displayed no
nav points Of intertsk Tho demand from the
city o0atotnsts OF the various bank1 still ofig1-
mates largely in tho hownesa Of collections
and Of country trade Tbs volume Of beth IL Improve
Ing under hs stimulus OF Tho drying weather. but not
rapidly would ta tbs case wtrs It's farmers not
occupied with getting In hc!s seod. Thete
applications from country banfa for loans with which
10 meok their engagements hefot 1qnding tho pay
neht of thslr deposits BY tho CITY National ooussd.
sr1blA amounts Of s receivable arc maturing At this
Tina. and thase Il : somewhat larger Rufpus among
tbs banks.
Hates Of discount arc eaio pcr cent, With concss-
etons 70 good outaldA borrowers.
On Tbs street, rates ate 7G9lS per cent,
Nav York exchange was aold between b@nfs 1t par
10 35o par u, 600 premium.
TIE recelps Of cutrsncy exesel Tbs ordsrs from ths
country.
The cearings vers &, 10000
., TILE crTr NATIONAL BAHK
The depoaitog1 Of tho City National Bank arc cir
culatinR among themselves petition to Tia uonpttol
1or Of tbs Currency that tbs bank may b allowed to
go Into voluntary liquidation and ssttls up its busi
heas. They aay they satisfied that ths bank tn
quickly and sAtiafacsoEly than In any otnsr WY.
This petition has been largely aigncd.
Saventy-hrp ceula On tic dollar was bid yesterday
Tho strcata on depctots Claims tgAtuBt tbs City MI
aoual.
A morning paper referred 10 htnk in dalesbur7 as
having ~ largo dcpoals In tho City National. This
must have been refersnrs 10 tho Farmtra' and No.
ehln1oa' Dank. tbs only Institution Of that city 4.ing
account With shs City National Bank It il inror-
rect ths FnrnnesB and Mcchanlca' had day before
yesterday tbs smallest batance With the City National
they have TOR yeass Thoy keep thclt with
hs Assphansa' National Bank ID Chicago. xhers they
wow hAvs so, 600 On deposit.
nEAv1Nxus IN THE noNANzA sTocgs, i.
Tbs San FTsncdco Chronicle Of shciloth tnst. ssya:
At the Informal session yesterday morning .Aero
S.sa largo numbe5 Of deaers IL attendance: but tho
Aphs Imperial .nd E1heqas? wei. bs oy stoets
showing any lso yhslsyes Hsa ao bean Tor these
epss 1S2s ra & tf1asn f1a
fet would ha!c shown eerioua decline. The bonanza
stoeis scsreely hsd quotation. There die.
California nad Consolidated virginia rnt da,nper
npon tho trslo Of Virginia STOCKS. Tho now shared
s0.75 70 872s elosng 1t ho iater aguro. Tns eyems
scarcity Of Mnhn stock sent the p1!eo UP to 81,
E1ehsauaT touched sa72s. Ths tnaetsity = IL iii I'll
other stocks ~aa noticeable snd gass operators tho
Impression that the Gold Hill group lilo as.netef
which sayel tue market from turning out bad.
!, NATIONAL RANK or THE BTArE OF NEW YonK.
Tbs President Of tho National DAnk Of tbe Bste Of
New York has reetivcd thn Official re1mlssion Of
Comptrousr Knox for the bank to resume business.
Application will accordingly 10 msde to tho Clearing.
Houao for reaanfAaion, business will bs resumed
probably by lhs lst Of BfaY.
TUE stSEISa FUND,
Tle act requiring slhkiug fund WA paesed In
1862 and WA 10 10 put In operation tLat year, but
nothing MAS done about II mill 3Iay, 1861 Tho pur.
chases for thia account haye boeu % follows: