, 1876-03-01
FINANCE AND TRADE.
Bank Deposits Incrensing~--Tlio
Loan-Nlarlct Quiet.
Now York Exchange Firmer...Collec.
tions 1mproved.''C ''Clearings,.
$4,000, 600.
The Produce Markets Irregular.
Ions Ftrm-.. Wheat Weak..-Barley
Strongcr...0thcr Grain
Easy.
FINANCIAL.

he min sourcs OF activity In financial crcss wAs
due 10 the preparations Of Board Of Tsads u1sR for
aeiuements THIS adds nothing 70 tha total business
Of thu banks Ths dcpoait Inca OF tho banks hsvs besn
tner4asnR Of ate The country II p.yinG up trceyand
country balance hero aro consequently considerably
lAsger than they were. CITY balances arc improving
iltIe though not murh those Of country corro-
spoudeu!s. The demand from mercantile sources for
1oapk nat pressing and tho offerings Of man'fsctr-
Ing and miscellaneous piper not liberal. Discount
nea et we'll allied. but the tendency o! financial
matters Ia to creator eAsp.
Rssss Of iiacount arc e@t0 per cont.
On tho street, business In dull. Tbcrs II demand
for good negotiable paper. Hates s6als per oent.
New York exchange wls somewhat nsmer, and sold
between banks II sa97sd discount for 200.
Country ordcre fot currency uero not large.
The cteaslnga wers 81 ,o1.
THE w1NsLow ronazR,gs.
In regard to tho wlnaow notes said 10 hsve been
met airce hts Arrcat 1t IN almost impossible to get
uable information, tho street IL full Of rumors.
Three or four hanks have been named With tho great
est positlvenesa those which hold tho pad notes:
but ws hAvo visited avery Gao Of them whose name
we have heard mentioned, and tic o1lctals deny tbs
a,ories fatty. Tho individuals who are sad TO hsys
been The Indorsors also contradict tho This
grain u truth, however, may 10 at tho bottom Of u
al. It Is possible that or two OF tho uotea that
hAvo all along besn acknowledged by the tuaoEsers
to be genuine have been mot upon taer becoming
due Within week or two pas. A. TO tho statement
LD4u0 HVA RufA CCu1IASuCu A4E tUuF Aotpst
Ing in the aggregate to oaoo have 1cen taid etc.
they arc gross oxaggtrations. There bag probably
been othor swindn8 in this business than W!nso~R.
but It's e1nct character sud extent can ouy be known
when tho wole anar ID cleared By tbs return Of tue
forger.-Bos!on Commercial Bnitttn.
THE RMAL1rcnA1oE COINAGE.
The nickel oue IL lonzsr coinea, aud the 2.cent
bronze piccs which, By tho way, was very convenient,
w1s abolished by tho at Of 1571 Ths fact that largo
quantities Of 2cont bronze in circulation mAeads
mkny business n,en Tacy may be sent 70 the Mint In
this city for redemption, and when thcy aro 10 sent
they arc sent u tho melting pot. The bronze 1.ccnt
pi CO Is subject TO redemption at thu Mint, but
unless mutllated ohbswas unfit for circulation II
Ia cteansed and reissucd The same IL the when
nickel coin Of tho denominations Of and cents
forwarded for redemption. II In good condition, they
a1e cesnsed carefully overlooked, nnd rosaued. The
nickel loent piece gosa to tho melting pot when sons
for redemption. II proved too oclum1y.-Fht.atiphf
North Amertean-
AMERICAN sEOUR1T1EH ABROAD
United aatcs 0orornrnent bonds hays declined, ox.
ina to the prospect Of funding operations. The
bonds affected thus fAr chiefly The per conta sud
thu exchange Of the present 81 for AZ par cent
bonls ts not regarded with squan!u.ity. In limo,
however. with tho established credit Of thu United
poael will tocomo favortea this aud other Europe
Al markets.
American railway bonds 9ucs and Behersuy
steady. 1ennsylvanla, New York Central anu Illinois
csutral aro &uoug.-Ca1ts 1ispaleh seu York Herod,
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