The New York herald., 1867-01-08

Tho discount line Is inactive the supply Of the best
GraGe Of commercial paper being very light and tho
demand equally "a The rate Ter sixty days noses
mains - per cent For paper u inferior grades there
10 market except at high rates among ths brokers
~ the tan O'Clock epen board the stock market was
Arm q the closing prices Of Saturday ~ the rst segu
lar board the business was well distributed and mod
crate In volume butsths speculative feeling rather
tame, and prices were without Improvement New York
Central closed higher than at the time satur
DAY, Cleveland and Pittsburg X Cleveland and Toledo
~, Northwestern H-do. preferred ,f, Maripssa l.
Ia. preferred y, Western Union Telegraph q. Erie
wN 4 lower, Reading H, Michigan Southern S, I'LL
nois Central ~ Rock Island y, Fort Wayne r. Gov
samsnt securities rm and the chief business In
them confined to avs-twentiss or the new issue Of
1885, technically known a. candy Johnsona" These
advasced u; first issue Of 1895, issue Of 1852 Nj
coupon skies Of 1854, y. Tennessee sixes, nsw de-
ciised 81 North Carolina s'xes. now, u. AZ
she o'clock open board there material change
n prices. New York Central sold u 1l1X Toledo
wabash and Western, lsK; Erie 67K H. ~; Cleveland
aad Toledo, 1861; Rock Island, lo4 ts 81; Michigan
southern, s2,s; Illinois Central, III; Cleveland and
Yistsburg, eo,s . s0M; Northwestern, 46< x-pre-
fered s2x; Fort Wayne, 1o4X; Mariposa preferred,
8sh; Union Navigation, 10sk *.
At tho haif-past two regular hoard the market was
barely steady New York Central closed y lower than
~ the nrst regular board; Ene y; Reading, Vi Mich
issn southern, y Illinois Central, x; Rock Island Vi
Northwestern preferred, vi Ohio and Mississippi GER
siacsiss, "; Pacific Mail. 1K Western Union Tele-
graph, K. Government securities wore dull. Coupon
vewensies Of 1882 declined III seven-thirty notes Of
the second series *. Tennessee SKIES. ex.coupon de-
ciinsd x Al the opon board hafpast three prices
Eris esH; Reading, l04x; Michigan Southern, SIX;
Cleveland and PittsburG, SEX Northwestern lok; do
vsefsrrsd, s2,s; Fort Wayne. 1o3s< 1o4; Western
Union Navigation Company, Ask; Union Navigation
Company losz: Mariposa preferred 90 d. 81. Thsre
sale Of Maryland Coal for the rst time for
moatbs, ~ tx. There moro activity and frmness
in the railway share mke. during the OF the ater
soon and M the close the following quotations
currsnt:-Nsw York Central, I11k Nj Eric 81 o7ts;
Asadlus, lolzs log; Michigan Southern, SIX 81;
Cleveland and Ptsburg. sex 90; Northwestern, 4sk
Ak; do. preferred, s2k ~; Rock Island, 1o3x 1O4;
gort Wayne. 1ol lo4,<; Ohio and Mississippi cern-
caies 20 . n; Western Union Telegraph, lsx . Y.
compound interest quoted thus by ths deal
sn:-Juas, 1894, 11ess q K; July, ll5X 1loH; Au-
gust, l1s,S *; October, 1ilx S; December l13'l
sx: May. 1895, 111K y; August, 110k X; Sep.
tember ITO ll0k; October. lookaZ
The gold market has becn active The opening price
was 1slX, followed by advance 1885, after which
declined 70 1slx, and fuctaasd between this point
snd las I'LL Quarterpast two when began TO droop,
.snd u four o'clock had touched 1885 Subsequently,
On the slres however there wore transactions at 1Sl,
spausscsd By che report that Mr. Asheys impeachment
sssoution In tho House Of Representatives had been
referred T. the Judiciary Committee. There was mod
sAely brsk borrowing demand for con but the supply
~as abundant and loans wsrs generally made without
interest.
The foreign exchange market was nrmer and rates
we're generally fraction higher than per Saturdays
steamers Banken bills England al sixty days were
4uoted atthc close, ~ 1ook . 1oe1; At three days,
Ito 1l0E, Commercial bills, 1osk 100; Francs. at
sixty days, 615a b13sl; At three days, $40 as12k.
Bills on Berlin, 724 is2h on Bremen. 7sx ~; on
Frankfort, az a AK; Amsterdam, a1ts Hk; on
Hamburg, 3sil 38jk; on Antwerp. 517k a5.16k.
American securities quoted In London as follows
on the dates mcntioncd:-