The New York herald., 1868-05-31


specie ........... 20,479,947 II, ,S61, ,0S8
Circulation. s4,1s3,OSs 34,145,8O6
DepoSitS ZUZoO1,5oO 2O4, 146, 1854
AeyN CenOerS. oz233,OO2 90, 1888, 753
There has been very large business transacted
In government securities, and prices advanced
from quarter to half per cent, the great
est Improvement being In ve-twenties Of 1867 which
sold at 1922 late in the afternoon. Between three
O'Clock and the close there was more than usual
activity In the dealings the street. and prices were
more strongly the ascendant than earlier In the day.
The latest quotations on the street as follows
Registered, 1881. 115X l151s; coupons, 1881, 115
1l6 6-2o's, registered, 1862 lOSH 1oSx; 6-2o's,
coupon, 1862, lax l11,S; do, 1884, ITO a 11oH;
do, 1896, ITO; do, 1866, January and July, 1l2H
1l2X; do, 1887, 1925 q 1l2h; 1o-4o's, regis
tered, 106K 105K; 10-40s, coupon, 1QSk 1857;
June z3o's, 1093s 1ooX; July 1905, 1o9T q 1o9hs
August compounds, 1885, 11sj4; September do,
NIX; October do, 117k
At the commencement Of business the stock mar
ket was rather heavy, and at the early session OF
the open board prices were slightly lower than
at the close last evening, Ere selling at
7lX and New York Central at 1874. At the
11rst regular board the market was steady and
Erie closed y lower than at the time yesterday
Reading ", Hudson River, TX, Cleveland and Pitts
burg x, Cleveland and Toledo q, Rock Island x,
Northwestern preferred v, Fort Wayne u, Mil.
waukee and st. Paul preferred u, Ohio and Missls-
sipp Il, Pacific Mail 1,S and Quicksilver x, while
New York Central was u higher and Michigan
Southern u. Government securities were strong but
dull, fvetwenties of 1867 excepted which were
active. At the open board at O'Clock the market
was weak especially for Erie which declined to 7Ox
At the second regular board there was no material
change in prices, and New York Central closed q
lower than at the first regular board, Erie 1s Ceve.
land and Toledo i, Milwaukee and St. Paul pre-
ferred " and Quicksilver u, while Rock Island
was higher and Fort Wayne l. Government
securities were strong. At the open board
at half-past three there was slight i'm
provement, and Erie sold at 7OH 7o>s, New York
Central 1885, Reading o5H and Rock Island 97h.
During the remainder OF the afternoon the market
was quiet and at the close, at O quarter to six
O'Clock, the quotations were as follows:-Pacinc
Mail, 95x 95,.; New York Central, 1897 134; Erie,
70 7o%; Reading, 96k 961s; Fort Wayne, 1857
1le; Ohio and Mississippi certificates 3OX; Michigan
Southern, ssx sszI; Rock Island, 81 97x; North.
western esx 80; Northwestern preferred, 7eX a So
The foreign exchange market was inactive but
nominally steady at the following rates:-Bankers'
bills on England at sixty days. 110x Ilok; at three
days. 1l0k; commercial bills, 10ok 10ox. Bills on
Paris, at sixty days, 6.l3x 612K. On Berlin
Bankers, 71X p 70; commercial, ny Tx. On
eremen-Bankers' 7oX 80; commercial, 7sh 7ox.
on Frankfort-Bankers', Al AK; commercial 4ox
AoX. On Amsterdam-Bankers, AK 41k; CON-
tnercial, II ak. On Hamburg-Bankers' 3ek
3ex; commercial, SO 8eK. On Antwerp-Bankers',
SIS 5.13k; commercial, 5.17k 5.I5
The daily range Of the gold market during the