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St. Louis. Sr. LOUIS, Oct. 3d. We have nothing new to notice in the money market. Great stringency and insecurity continue to prevail. The body of our business men, however, stand firm, and no recent failures have been reported. The currency question is involving the community in greater embarrassment than ever. The banks have repudiated nearly all foreign bills, and throughout the city there is a great lack of a circulating medium. Retail traders are refusing all bank bills except those of the State Banks of Ohio and Indiana. Something must be done by our financiers to improve this state of things. The brokers aae holding frequent meetings but as yet, have recommended no means by which to escape the troubles. They only desire to save themselves. Our merchants should go to work and adopt some remedial plan for the whole people. Certainly, we have financial talent enough in our city to extricate us from this difficulty. The disorders of the community consequent upon the money troubles, have already been overcome. We have no longer any panies to contend against. All is quiet. The banks are safe and sound. The only difficulty is, how to start the wheels of currency. Let our competent business men, we have plenty of them, take the matter in hand. It must be done and quickly too. Rates of Exchange are entirely nominal. Prices for money are irregular, the banks discounting a very little at their legal rates, any outside lenders getting almost anything they ask-St. Louis Democrat, 3d. Cincinnati. CINCINNATI, Oct. 3d. This was another gloomy day in financial and business circles, and very little was done during the day. All seem as if waiting for the crisis, and what may be its conseqences in discussed generally. Money cannot be borrowed to any great extent. Exchange on New York is scarce, and in demand at 5 prem., and in one case, we know 9 prem., was paid. The banking houses are discriminating more closely, and the notes of the suspended Ohio Banks were thrown out to-day, also the notes of the Ashland (Ky.) Bank. The Miami Valley, Seneca County, Canal Bank of Cleveland, City Bank of Columbus, Clinton Bank of Columbus, Dayton Bank, Springfield Bank, and Upton Bank Sandusky, and it in clear that if some change does not take place for the better soon, the consequences must be most disastrous.-Commercial.
