The New York herald., 1869-03-04

The foreign exchange market was without feature
to-day, except weaker feeling. Rates, however
remain as last quoted.
State bonds were steady to-day and quiet. The
following were the closing prices at five o'clock
Tennessees, ex coupon, 81 67Js; do, new, e5K
e5H: do. fvc per cent, 81 81; virginias, ex cou-
pom, 5oK q 81; do, new, cox elh; do, regis
tered stock. 50,s 81; do, registered, 1855, IS
SO; do, registered, 1867, SIX 52,s; Georgia sxes
Ma s1H; do. sevens, o2H %; do. sevens, inter-
est payable in Georgia, IS 90; North Carolinas,
coupon, e2k q So; do, new, 50 . 60i<; Missouri
stxes, SIX o s7T; do, Hannibal and st. Jo-
sepn. ss ssK; Louisiana skies, II 72 do. levee
sxes osH q 20; do. do. eights. IS . 81;
Alabama eights, OAK . o5; do. nves, 90 . 81;
DO sixes sterling. 90 o o5; South Carolina nxes
II q -; do, new, eo,s . II; do, registered
stock, 90 q 65; City Memphis skies, 60z . SIX;
do. Atlanta eiRhts rs . so; do. Savannah sevens,
OF o.; do. New Orleans consos Is so; do. do is-
sued to railroads. 90 10; Mobile and Ohio sterling
GO a67; do. eights, 81 50; Mississippi Central Rail-
road, first mortgage, 90 70; do. second mortgage,
So IS; Memphis and Charleston, nrst mortgage,
90 sl; do. second mortgage II a IS; DO. stock 40
80; Greenvllle and Columbia Railroad, guaranteed,
S.
The stock market opened with better feeling In
the morning than prevailed al the close OF business
last night prices on the street before ten O'Clock
being mostly strong. At the nrst open board the
express and miscellaneous shares were fairly active
with Mariposa as the feature and Pacific Mail buoy
ant New York Central, however, declined, and
railway shares under the pressure OF the high rates
asked for money, weakened and fell on. The market
at the nrst regular board was heavy and i'm
mediately succeeding, 1t being about the period Of
greatest strngency prices reached their lowest point
OF the day. In the interval to the second open board
tko ltaf kA
market at this board being steady at the Improvement
prices advancing still more after the call and con-
tinung to strengthen proportion to the increasing
ease In money, under purchases to cover "shorts."
up 10 the last regular board, when the following
prices Observation-Disclosures preferred, 32S; New
York Central, 15ok 1885,: Hudson River. 1875 bid;
Harlem, 133 q 1856; Reading, Oh e1T; Milwaukee
aud St. Paul, 64x e5; do preferred, u III. Michi-
gan Southern, 90 q oeh; Pittsburg, se1 ooh; Tole-
do los 105h; Rock Island, I26 1877 Northwestern,
SIX SIX; do preferred, 90 eok.
At the last open board the market was again .'o1"
the following being the closing prices at the CALI
Cumberland. SEX . 37x; Wells, Fargo Co.'S Ex-
press, 81 3lk; American Express. ~ q AK; Adams
Express, sos 5oA: Merchants Union Express. 15k
q Is; Quicksilver. 23k 2syi; Canton. 5ss1 a 5ox;
Pacific Mail, lolx lo1k; western Union Telegraph.
ssk 81; New York Central l6sk 15s,t; Harlem,
1888 q 1871; Hudson River, la6 l36,s; Reading, oiS
q slX; Chicago and Alton, lte 100; do pre-
ferred. 157 bid; Bankers and Brokers'. los Q
40; Alton ana Terre Hautc. a 3s; do. pre-
ferred. e5 90; Toledo and wabash, osh CO..; do.
Milwaukee and St Paul. 65 q 6Sk; do. pre-
ferred. TX q 57k; Fort Wayne, nix lis; Ohio
ana Mississippi 3sk 3s,s Michigan Southern,
s5k 9sX; Illinois Central, 14o a1Hk; Cleveland
and Pfttsburg, soy seys; Cleveland and Toledo,
lo5k 1o5k; Rock Island, 125x q l2e; Northwest
crn, slx a s1is; do preferred 90 eoH; Bos-
ton Water Power, 1o,s 1eH; Mariposa, lS4 u;
do preferred. s2ys SO; Lake Shore. loS iosk.
Later the market was hammered" on the street,
and further decline followed, the dinerent stocks,
however. closing firm at the lower quotations as
given below.
Business throughout the day was limited and de-
void OF any special interest.
the following were the bids for city bank stocks
today.-New YORK, 1873; Manhattan, lAo; No
chanlcs'. 80; America 14e; Phenix, 107; Mechanics
and Traders. 1a5; National, no. Mcrchants' Ex-
change Ii7.; Seventh ward, III; Commerce, Io2;
American Exchange iisx; Bank Of the Republic.
fifS; Bank Of North America, los; Hanover, 100;
Metropolitan, lao; Peoples, 14o; Nassau 1o<; shoe
aud Leather. 100; Corn Exchange 12o: Continental,
ooy: St. Nicnolas, 112h; Commonwealth 112L:
Importers and Traders 12s; Park, 157k; Central
National, ioesf; Ninth National, Ill; Oriental. 14a
The now famous "schenck bill, passed both
houses late this afternoon In the shape reported by
the conference committee. The full text OF the bill
will be found In the reports OF the Congressional
proceedings.
The statement Of the public debt to March J. just
presented by the secretary OF the Treasury Is pub
lishcd elsewhere texhihlts de raase OF si0Sesf5l
a. compared with the January statement, which,