The New York herald., 1867-04-26
FINANCIAL AND coMMERciA

FINANCIAL AND CONNER ciAL.
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THURSDAY. April 26-sPH.
The gold market has been excited and very irregular
s movements to-day, under the influence Of conflict
ing rumors relative 70 the aspect Of ahrs between
France and Prussia and the quotations for hvewentes
in London and Frankfort. After opening st no. it ad-
vanced to 14oE, and reapsed to 1897 within an hour
and then gradually recovered to 140, from which il
sprang In less than ten minutes In consequence
Of the London telegram the that Prussia emphat-
icaly repeats that she will evacuate Luxembourg and
that war Is now regarded almost certain But the
price relapssd 70 I40 almost quickly the uctua-
tions during the rest Of the day we're from 140h TO
l41, the closing transactions in the room having
been at 140H. There good borrowing demand for
coin and loans made at l-64 1-l6 per cent per
diem in favor Of the lender The yesterday
and to day have been very heavy, both short
.long account and the fact Of there being only about
seventeen millions Of floating gold with which to make
the deliveries creates active borrowing demand The
undertone Of the market is at present strengthened by
the heavy decline which has taken place in and
the mness OF the rates Of foreign exchange These
up to the shipping point and the spectators for
rise calculating upon considerable shipment on
saturday The steamer Deutschland which sailed day.
took ont $196 900 in specie Tho received this
morning is decidedly threatenng than hitherto
received because is apparently moro final in it's charac.
ter when take consideration all that has preceded
IT. But even II regard inevitable there is
sufficient reason why gold should advance it is doing
in the considerable return flow Of bonds
The SPECTATORS discounng possibilities than
probabilities and in tho speculative excitement OF the
timo the imagination exerts influence than mate.
rial Causes and before gun is fired in the threatened
conflict the whole effect Of II will have been discounted
in the Gold Room. Although the Treasury will dis
burse more than fifteen millions in coin in payment
the nvewenty loan the lst Of
May the gold market is unaffected by tho prospect
earding II a nero drop In the bucket. the more
especially half the is payable 10 bond
holders residing abroad Just the tendency Of the
market upward and high figures talked Of for It,
bat 1t remains to be seen whether will justify its
continued rise. At outbreak of the late German
1t very rapidly, much above the present point but
It declined with almost equal rapidly when the tide
turned.
The supply Of money continues abundant to the Stock
Exchange six per railway coilateras with
ceponal FIVE and seven, white the gene
raj rate goyernm is FIVE. Notwithstanding this
ease however, the demand is light, owing the du!-
| ness Of business in wai street There is moderate
amount rst class commercial paper offering which
tas freely 6z 1iG per discount the banks.
Inieor sgnriures hoaeycr have 10 sabmit TO higher
! nnoa. brokers. Tho Western money
ke,s Neil >upalicl vita rcncy, and Cincinnati;
money Ii ortei 70 good borrowers at 10 per
cen, no. clssed ish difficult OF sale
air runse from = to 10 cen, .he open
marset .ar ial,scs- ,rere grad iay increasing,
and ...,' ,lsis easy a,w Of capital
osc. IS,
i; M eu . ,ss o,a, ,asi taiway shares
',.,rr 4.,ty ras cr4lr. sli a. o7 u u Eric
-. - Fi.t ~.
ia,d and n. isbass vJ;s x; r.. I-,nd, 81 h;
North wc'efn, si's, Do prcf4 raa 81 trrs wayne
9:,s; wesicrn rnion .ele, ,rapi. 81 q.
ir.t regular board the nibtc, N.ls drm at ii-
proved prices New York Central closed / 4 higher
than lime yesterday, Erie s6, Reading x,
Michigan southern North West Z, d, prcfcrredl l.
Rock Island IL, Fot Wayne I, Milwaukee and II.
Paul preferred u, Atlantic Nal Ia Ohio aud Misss
sipp certificates Il, Western Union Telegraph IA Gov
ornmeEt securities somewhat heavy. Coupon hve
twenties OF 1852 showed decline Of OF 1854 Il,
| tenforiics &.
At the half-past three open board the market was
fraction lower barely steady Erie sold
| 57,.; Reading, 1927; Michigan Southern, 6sis y
| Cleveland and Psburg, 69ss; Rock Island, SIX
Northwestern 321s DO. preferred 5s1s: Fort Wayne,
% e. 81: Western Union Telegraph 3sJ Atlantic Mail
S9k. Subsequently the market remained steady bat
dull, and a quarter TO six the following prices
| curTent.-New York CENTRAL 90I e; krie, OK ~
Reading, 1o2 u; Michigan Southern, 6ds ; Cieve-
land and Pttsburg. o9s "; Rock Island S7l1 y;
Fort Wayne, 90 u; Northwestern, a27s y; do. pre-
ferred 5sx y; Pacific Mail 1884, ri Atlantic Mall,
80 u; Ohio and Mississippi certificates, 23h q =:
Western Union Telegraph, 3ska r.
Government securities closed steady and dull at the
subjoned quotations :-Registered 1881, 1ooil h;
coupon, 1881, 100 Y; $40 registered 1862. 1861
y; $40 coupon. 1862, 1o9A H $40 coupon, 1864,
l0sh u; $40 coupon, 1866, l0s% Y; do. January
and July, 1914 es; gold, 4; August 730, 1861 y;
| June 7-3o, l05H Y; July 7so, l05SaX
The foreign exchange market was very nrm during
the morning. and transactions bankers sterling at
sixty days place 10oK ITO; but afterwards
became duh and closed steady these rates Bankers'
bills England at sixty days 1oo e; at three days,
ll0ss ss commercial bills. 1857 109k francs at
sixty days. 8 22k Sis; at three days. 10 5a512K;
bills on Berlin, 7oS TAX; Bremen, .sk 7ei4; on
| Frankfort, 4o,< AsS; on Amsterdam, 40a Az on
| Hamburg. ss5s 3ex; on Antwerp s.23H a5l5.
The Boston bank of the past three weeks
compare UNDER
Aprl s. April u.s. xprf "a
Loans ...... SOL, ,679540 sol, 4A 3o2. .412 SIS
Specie ........ 456,751 370343 34a5i2
Legal tender notes 1e so04is 1esi5355 1s,5is.6os
Deposits ...... 37,2Ss7I5 372is.525 3s207, ,5ls
| Crc'n (naticna). 24.s51,522 A,s3s,s9 A.s52 200
| CIrc'n istatsj..... 2e6,ol1 2s7,205 2sS, 7ol
The receipts for customs and the recepts payments
and balances the Sub Treasury in this city The