The New York herald., 1869-05-15

AS might be expected, this advance has encour-
aged the "bearsn to put out new contracts and the
loan market shows some hardening in rates. Up to
Clearing House time to-day from to per cent was
paid for carrying with one transaction at "nat.n
In the afternoon loans were made at to 2 per cent
Tor carrying The report OF the Gold Exchange Bank
u as follows:-
Sou cleared $40, 90l 0O0
Sol pa,ances. Is2l 4ol
turrtncy 2,61y2l3
The disbursements OF coin interest to-day were
&477,037 q.
Foreign exchange was frmer late In the day and
some Of the "goodn bankers were asking lo9,4 for
sixty days sterling, prime bankers bills OF the same
time ruling steady at l09;t. The importing mer
chants were buying more freely to-day, which fact
pnd the decline in bonds abroad strengthened the
market. The range Of quotations was as follows
Sterling, sixty days commercial 1857 a 1Oe; good to
prime bankers, 1925 1925; short sight. llO
llok; Paris, sixty days 5.20h 516%; short
sight, 6.lej4 5.l3%; Antwerp. 6.2lH 5.1o4;
switzerland, 6.2li4 5.l6l1; Hamburg, 35's 351s;
Amsterdam, 4o3s q 4oss; Frankfort, 4oI 4oas;
Bremen rs 7sI; Prussian thalers. 7o4 a Tx.
Commissioner Deano, according TO an evening
contemporary, has instructed Collector Bailey to
collect the assessment loans in the case Of the
nrm VINO were made the parties TO the test suit
pending, however, the collection Of the penalty for
the present This action decides the question as TO
Ill bankers, and Collector Bailey will enforce the
tax soon as the assessments can be made out. 1t
is estimated that this tax will range from 100000
70 81, ,5oo,o 600 in the Thirty.second district.
/ brokers' firm, said to be "short'' OF gold and
stocks failed this morning. No statement is given
OF their liabilities. They not prominent In the
street.
The stock market was quite dun and transactions
tame, comparatively So afler the Wild iuctua-
tions OF the earlier stages OF the week. The duness
Is due In a great measure TO the quetness of the
Vanderbilt stocks, which are waiting the action OF
the Governor upon the Consolidation and Scrip bills
New York Central was steady between lsl1. and
Js2k. Hudson River and Harlem were inclined to
weakness, but under suspicion that the selling
movement was to enable the cllques 10 get more OF
the stock, there a decided rally Port Wayne
was steady at 1861. The Northwestern shares
were Irregular. Michigan Southern was
heavy. Rock Island was unsteady between l2s
aud 129 Late IN the afternoon there was
sudden rise IN Pacific Mail 10 95x and
. break In Wabash to 1914. Mariposa preferred was
better The express stocks were weak and lower
1he following were the closing prices at the last
call:-Canton, o2& bid; Cumberland, 80 bid: Western
Union, AZ +41s; Quicksilver, 1s4 1S1S: Mariposa
e3s bid; do preferred 4s5f 40; Pacific Mail, e3a.
p9I; New YORK Central 1914 1872 Hudson River,
15ek bid; Reading, 9ox e8A; Michigan Central, 1875
h'lZo9x; MlchlRan southern anu northern lndlana,
ioelk loosf Illinois Central, 1455. LAG; Cleveland
and Pitsburg e2a& s3ls; Chicago and Northwestern
PIX 9i1s; DO. preferred lo3H a 1O3%; Chicago and
Rock Island, 12s1. l2sll; Milwaukee and st. Paul.
5s%a'sss; DO. preferred, SIX ss; Toledo Wabash
tnd Western, rs 7sh; do. preferred, s21, n IS;
Pittsourg, Fort Wayne aud chicago, I55s 1854;
Ohio and Mississippi 334 4a3sk.
r. Southern securities lower for the Tennessee
pew bonds and North Carolina SKIES Prices
were steady for the general list and closed a. follows
for the leading bonds:-Tennessees, ex coupon os a
ssIs; do, new, os,s a SO; yirgnas, ex coupon, ss
6sk Georgia sixes, So 50; North Caronas, ex
coupon, 90 ooJs; do, new, 65 a 55jS; Louisiana
fi1es 70 q "a; do. levee skies, 20 q 70A; do. do.
t,gha, SOY q 20; Alabama eights 102 o lO2Jl; do.
nves. O. q IS.
The earnings Of the western Union Railroad dur.
tsr the period from January TO May wcre:-
f1p3 $50
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y The receipts for customs and the receipts, pay.
Snens pd balances at the sub.Treasury In this city
Tor the expired portion or the week have been as
folows:-
CustoDi, ,Uotss. >------s, Sub 7sen sury ---
Rdotpts. Receipts. Payments balances.
10Y O.. f4N.930 Sl,o1O,385 si,159002 $50 T0s, 663
Eay H.. iso,e5l 1li7,O90 1,32s96t s3626,5ss
nay l2... bl0etIo L42s,s00 s67,I07 sI,0ss4s5
say e.. S49 ~ 1,l.s,255 s7g,5e7 s43e7,1os
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