A Cheering Sign

The New York Mail cites as one of the most significant and hopeful indications of the tiinea, the faot that the banks of that city are discounting six months' paper at five to six per cent , in preference to loaning money at three per cent. on cali. This shows unmistakably the confldence that prevails among tankers as to the steady increase of business, and is perhaps the most cheering sign which has appeared siuce the panio of last year, inasmuch ag when confidenoe once begini