, 1876-04-27
FINANCE AND TRADE.
Operations in Financial Circles
Not Active.
Surplus Of Funds interchangeable
Cloarings $4,000. 900.
Tho Proluco Mnrkcts Neryous...pro-
visions Active and Worry Weak.
Grain Bteadier---WhentF Fir1uor--.Ooru
Strong.


Thu business Of tho banks dulL Payments
arnonnt 10 mora than new toAns and she snrll"a of
tho losnabI0 of the banks II consequently
Incrtasing. necop Of country stun Arc larger, but
tho demand from ths Hoard Of Trade for loAns 10
carry stuff with remains light Tbs country roads
ropostsd 10 be drying rapidly, and Tho movement
Of country produce and ca.tle haa boon qu'cksned.
and The movement Of currency 10 tho country has
grown. These signs rreeels an improvement In col.
lecttona and return oi eass IN this osn market. For
tho present. there Ia moderate number Of applies
tops from tho mercantile md ohor customers Of tho
bAnt.
Hates Of dsconn ga 10 por cent, With growing
disposition to make coucexlont to dcsrahls outside
borrowers.
On thc street ratea arc 7sls PCT cent, with super
hnity Of funda.
New York exchange w.s sold between banks Al pr
10 26c per 81. 200 prpm!nm.
The cloafings wcre -, coo. 900.
PROSPECTS or TIE Silver 1ssCE.
Treasurer New saya ths different bubtEcsturiss and
tho Treasury hera will pay out within tho no1t aix
weeta about 900 In silver. aud that after that
The supply will bo grester than tic demand. 1t II vory
likely that within two months ConRgats will pas an
&c. lncrtas!ng tho legal tender Of silver, and tas
tho hflns carscily OF the country will be consid-
erahly increased. 1t IL argued that the vast
machinery usad In tho mining Of alyer
has caulcd too rarid production 10
touch bo.to In stI.ar produetlon within few years.
anu That tho continual dec1easo in the production Of
wy nss sffi fe o e.
must DO tho 1rst ntep TO srcce payments and that the
opportunity to exchange small denominations Of legal
tenders for silver must he the nrss thing, coupled
with Increase ln Tho legal terer Of silyes.-Fush
tnaton Cor7sspondtsaet sets York Daily BalEstrn.
GOVERNMENT bonds.
The bids for tho $5,B83,o0o Of nov d. part Of tho
Alabama indemnify Find. wero opened 1t tho Treas
ury IN W&shington on Monday. There vcre tvcnty-
Ave bids and the aggregate amount b!d for wna &7o,-
ooO, co., Tbs highest lid tlO3.78 716 for al or
none, by Droxel Morgan Co. for n. IL Hothschild
Bons J. q. Morgan, August belment Co., and them
selycs. Tho award Was mado 70 them. Thu bids In
detail were - follows:
900 At los Iu5l0o0 sl,U.ooo Al Io1 7l0o: sioooou
aa ao1 II 4 lo' o;;o v at la
90 ht 1o3 7oloo. Philip spoyer Co.. s1.oo oo5 IL 1o2
2s;1o; s:ooSo @ y ~ ts;l,o tsoooo9 At 10y 100:
$4,000 ii io3.9I. Woe7enionss 4 Co., $500 000 Al
Kuhn. toeb c., ss.ss,ooo Il lca.s1 Rehardsoa,
HUI Co., <ioood i 1851. Foote 4 FRENCH boston.
- ' ssss!'s aa'sn: sss' Hss ss,
YORK, $'od,Tn st 1o?A. faw Englaad Mutual
bsa osa sspsn Co., h9se1 ss SS. sa It To- ~
ts ssa sosg t9 81. ' 'rSa Il isnt,
oS 1oa 7aloo; sss1ooo It ia !sioo; OF liz whole
Hiss Co.. 1860 900 It lU3 1l-100; ST. ocp II l0j
l5lu1; 0oo At 1903 1llo0; st. 0Oo At los 3l0o:
1iavcn Co., ssoo 600 at lo1 s5.uu; 100000 at l09
15.1W. Hinton Drown 500 ,ooo at lo2 3t.l0o Ss0-
$1,000 It 1oa 77.lo0 Fisk h Hatch, si,0oo.uU Al
~! ssico; August t. neltaont M Co. Tor n. ~. 10th
esha e nat' o sons IL q lo' FISK HITCH
lo3 +a-1to. Fisk Hatch 81 ooo 900 a. i03 2o-loJ.
8ecrctary prtstows course in adopting tho Ssoo ooo
limit for blds, thereby denying au persona Of small
cans Any chance of obtaining tho bouds at rnt hand
from the Government ~ vtaxod with general dlsap-
pEoyal. Tho New York Naily En.lettn expreasos ths
prevailing opinion on this point when II says:
No act Of Mt. Drlstow since ho has been gecre!ary
has provoked 10 mitch unfavorahls continent "a what
those who tuuess that II IL merely tnistats On Ill1
pArt but Whatever II ia, 1t In unfortunate. VS. heard
4oasy that he drew tho Law under which the sale is
made.