The New York herald., 1869-09-12

sscht $40 q SIX; Antwerp, k27K $40; Swift
ser,and, s.21x $40; Hamburg. SAX sSx; Amster-
dam, seS . 4Ok; Frankfort, sex 4ok; Bremen.
Tx 7sk; Prussian thalers. 70 7oH.
The government completed its purchase for the
Sinking Fund by buying the following lots Of i've
twentes at the accompanying prices: II, 900 1854,
registered at lls4l; 3ooo, 1894. coupons, ut 1854;
$4,000 1865. registered, at 1854; 1000 1895. cou-
pons at 1854; 5000 1852 registered at 1854; 1000
1855, coupons new, at Ils.4l 1900 1857, coupons,
at 1854; 1000 1858. coupons, at lls; 100 900 1885,
coupons lnewh at 1ls76; $500 1895, registered new
At 1855; 1000 1852, coupons at 1ls.25; 5000 lSo2
registered. at 1is.43; $4,000 1862, registered, at
11s.54; S. 900 1896, coupons newb at 1880; 10000
1857 registered. at s7S; 10000 1857, registered al
1855; 10000 1867, at 1887; 1900 1857, re-
gistered. ct 1880. The easy money market
aud the nrmness in gold led to sharp
inward turn in the bond market. but under appre-
tensions arising out Of the bank statement there
was slight decliue In prices late in the day, at
which the market became steady. Time loans on
governments have been made at y per cent Tor
thirty DAYS plus the full legal interest The closing
prices were as follows:-United States currency,
skies IO9L ITO; do. skies, 1881. registered, l2i't
Q I2I%; do. do. coupon, 12lH l2lT; do nVe-
twenties registered, May and November, III
l2lh; do. do, coupon, 1852, do. 1aa i22H; 90.
DO, coupon. 1894, do, 1917 12lA; DO. do'' cou-
pon 1866, l2lh a 12l24; do. do, registered Jahu-
ary and July, 11s,I l2oH; do. DO. coupon 1852
do, 100 o 1905; do. do, coupon. 1897 do'' iZoA
a i2osI: do. do. coupon, 1865, do, 100 l20h;
do ten.fortes. registered. llo lI0h; do. DO,
coupon. 110s a Il05s.
In Southern securities the Tennessees were strong,
but the list was otherwise without feature. The
earnings OF the North Carolina Railroad for the
months OF May ami June, 1862 were s7s,Soo So, and
the expenses $50, 729 r. making the net earnings
s27 $40 So In the corresponding months Of 1865 the
earnings were seso29 SO, the expenses s57,4s4 So
and the net earnings slo lo4 70, increasen gross
earnings OF ss671 and in net earnings of
sI5,aO5 10. The Southwestern Railroad OF
Georgia reports its gross earnings for the
year ending July 81, 1889, at sel0,116 90 and
Its operating expenses, including taxes, as $54s729
or about sixty per cent leaving as net earnings the
sum OF $500 $50. Two four per cent dividends were
paid out OF the years earnings, leaving uifing
surplus. The receipts were $4,000 less, and the
operating expenses $4,000 less than during the
previous year. The shipments OF cotton were less
by 900 bales than those OF the previous year. the
following were the closing prices OF the Southern
ex coupon, 81 6la do, new 53 a
53k; do five per cent, so; Virginia, ex coupon. SIS
SO; do, new SO go; do, registered stock, Al As;
do registered, 1885, SO 81; do registered 1857, SO
SO; Georgia skies, s4 s5; do. sevens, 81 90; do.
sevens interest payable In Georgia, 90 81;
North Carolina, ex coupon. 551s q So; do, new,
Az AK; Missouri SKIES, 81 o S7h Mis-
souri,, Hannibal and ST. Joseph, 90 92;
Louisiana SKIES, 70 a Il; do, levee skies, 66h .
SO; do. ei9hts, 81 IS; Alabama eghts, % a 93H;
DO fives e3 a 65 South Carolina skies, 10 H. do,
new, e6 q 81; City Of Memphis skies, so 81; do,
10 on
IS; do New Orleans consols, "a q rs; do. do issues
to railroads so 10; Mobile aud Ohio sterling. SO
CT; do eights, 81 o.; Mississippi Central Railroad
first mortgage II ~; dO second do, 60 So; Men,
phis and Charleston, first mortgage s5 81; second
do, 70 IA; do. STOCK 40 AZ; Greenville and Co.
lumba Railroad, guarded, So 81.
The following shows the results of to-day's busi-
ness at the United States SubTreasury In this
city,