The New York herald., 1867-04-29

The export Of Specie which under three quarters
Of million. fell short OF the general expectation bascd
upon the Of foreign exchange which up the
shipping point The demand for customs duties at the
port aggregated sl.970 ooo The effect OF tho maturing
OF fifteen millions and half Of coin interest on
the LIST OF May on the 6ve-twenty oan ap-
pears 10 have been discounted About half OF this
is estimated be due 10 bondholders residing
abroad
Tne foreign exchange market steady during tho
part Of the week. and the ratio for prime bank
sterling at sixty days advanced 10e no. but
the close IL declined about q from the highest
point and Saturday the following rates were cur
Bankers bills England at sixty days 109L
Il; ut three days. 1l01 *; commercial bills 1857 a
1os4; francs at sixty days. $40 Sis, three days
SIS $40; bills on Berlin, TAX ah; on Bremen
7ss1 a 79k; on Frankfort, II a41h; Amsterdam.
4o5s 4l1l; Hamburg, SO a 36X; on Antwerp. g. 22h
a51s1
Cotton bills still regarded with distrust and
further failures tho trade expected losses by
the steady decline in the price OF the staple having fallen
with particular severity upon considerable number Of
prominent houses, and the general belief is that the
present rally in the Liverpool market will be followed by
renewed depression there the spectators
completed the covering OF short contracts TO
which the recovery Is doubtless mainly attributable
There has been increased activity In several branches
OF the general trade OF the city during the week owing
demand to rcpensh stocks needed for immediate
consumption, while the upward Of gold had tho
effect, IN some instances, Of cmboldening buyers
Breadstutfs strong and excited and provisions
steady. Cotton unsettled and declined about
per cent per pound early in the week, and
buyers showed no confidence In the market sus-
tanning itself, notwithstanding the largely diminished
receipts and the low price touched. On Thursday,
however, II experienced change for the better
and subsequently under the Of the advance In mid.
dngs at Liverpool from 10isd 1t improved &c 2lc.
The receipts for the week at ail the ports amounted
% sos bales making the total estimated receipts
the beginning OF September last 335 bales against
17426el baes for corresponding period in the pro.
vious year. The total stock at all the ports
is, according 10 the latest returns, 4o6 los
bales. The stock n Liverpool on the 18th,
inst was 7i2,s]e bales, and 81 London 41,5le bscs,
against 670 bales Liverpool at the time last
year, and 535N ai London. On The date mentioned il
estimated that In addition there 1877 900 bales
OF American cotton anoat, and 364, ,es4 OF Indian,
maxine the present stock In warehouse and afloat
1245 $40 bales against 800 bales the same date
last year. The market Cor dry goods during the week
dull and irregular, and the inactivity or
trade at Manchester. together with the decline
IN the price OF cotton, caused buyers 70 hold
on In anticipation Of lower prcca the lower grades or
".
prime brands also The manufacturers OF domestic
goods ara however slacksnng the production 20 a. 10
keep even only with the demand and hence prices arc
maintained above the views Of buyers and hand 10
mouth business The result dealers feeling disposed 10
limit their purchases 70 their current necessities
Tho railway share market developed an upward tan
dsncy. bus the transactions SIN confined 70 the pro
fsssional specuasors, who oct the dog est do~p
prncips and without outside support steady improve
msut hardly b expected The low prices q which
stocks ~ now selling compared with the quotations
current Ast autumn, together with The prsvsuins
nssssay go, furnish . basis for . riss.
but there lack OF speculative feeling both IN ana ous
a wan street. The general public has been % o.su
bitten tnas 10 afraid 70 touch railway sharss ana the
managemeas OF our railways Ia unfortunately 10 scan.
dalousy corupt and the assrssss Of The ssockhods,
srs - entirely neglected BY ths manage that there ID
good rssen fos the avson thus manifested nose eftbs
roads On the Stock Exchange are msns~sd in
Wall sses for The Ssaen Of their directors and Others
IN tho ring with them, and hence public usslecs leaves
thsr stocks 70 great extent ths mercy e vusasesd
ss~d o. TseaiasoFs 10 Wan street. vho play with hem
for prons - children do with shu,slssoeka rhs naskss
ciessd arn On saturday evening" a ne sshdolnsd
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