The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-08-04
Tie IOHOWIHV tdUie 6HUWs CHe rdHg8 VI gOIu during
the day and its price at stated hours

Transactions In the loan market ranged from So
TO per cent for carrying.
The following is the report of the Gold Exchange
Bank:-Gross clearings, s42 100000; gold balances
$2,024,945; currency balances, 81, 907,67
Foreign exchange IS again ''oH slightly, In conse.
Quence 1t is said, OF an additional supply of bills
against shipments Of bonds, although this class OF
paper is at present regarded with some suspicion in
the Of the unsound character OF the current
speculative movement in our bonds In London
Rates are:-Sterling sixty days, commercial, 109I
109sl; bankers 109A 10; short sight, 110x q
1l01s; Paris, sixty days. 6.ls4 5.lS4; short sight,
6.13a+ SIX; Antwerp 5.1ss4 613x; Switzerland,
6.1sA 513al; Hamburg. 35as s57s; Amsterdam,
lo,s o 4o2l; Frankfort 4oi4 4oy5; Bremen. 7S's a
7sh Prussian thalers 7oK az. 1t is stated that
New Orleans house has drawn for ESQ., 900 against
the growing cotton crop.
In the government market the ten-forties and cur
rency bonds continue the leading features and are
strong and active upon large investment demand,
the ve-twentes having advanced to point upon the
government purchases as to bring the cheapness OF
these formerly comparatively neglected securi.
ties into such strong prominence as to
have produced something approaching a rush
for them. The currency bonds are being
purchased largely by savings banks, while the
refusal OF the Secretary TO accept them a security
for the national bank issue stimulates the purchase
oil the next cneaPesC D0nu, SO acceptable the Ten
forties The market closed firm at the fol-
lowing hgures:-United states skies, 1881,
registered, FAX q 124s; do. DO, coupon,
124k q 1241l; do fvc-twenties registered,
1913 123hl; do do, coupon, 1862 12sH a 1851;
DO. do, coupon 1864, 1884 123Ns DO do, coupon,
1866, 123K 1881; do do, coupon. new, 1865, 122k
q 122,s; do. do. coupon, 1867, 1921 122x; 40.
do, coupon, 1868, 1874 q l22K; do ten.forties.
registered l11% liz; do. do, coupon, 1l5I 1l6;
currency bonds. 111X ll1,s.
State stocks were dull ana lower on the last call
on Tenncssees North Carolinas and Louisiana levee
skies. The following were the closing prices this
cvening:-Tennessee ex coupon, e2k So; do,
new, SO q 58x; Virginia, ex coupon, 6sk 6Sk;
do, new, 81 q OK; Georgia sixes 50 q SAY; do,
sevens, ok 02; North Carolina, ex coupon, 66h
81; do, new, ok q 50; Missouri SKIES, SIX s7N;
do, Hannibal and 81. Joseph, 50 q VI; Louisiana
skies, 20 7o1z; do evee SKIES, 6aa 6lk; do. do.
Fights, SO q So; Alabama Fights, 90 q 9Sx; do.
Aves, 90 90; South Carolina sixes 81 60; do,
new, Oh 61I.
The stock market was especially dull to-day, the
fluctuations being within narrow margins, except in
the case OF Harlem, which ranged In extreme quota.
lions between l61-its opening prce-and 1e6, clos.
ing firm X or It's best figure. The principal specu.
lation was In the Northwestern and other Western
shares, the prices OF which were well maintained
The express stocks and miscellaneous list were
quiet without special features. The following were
tho prices on the second call:-cauton 80 Oh: cam
berland, 3s1s 80; western Union, asl4 ss9s Quick.
silver 15e< 1917; Maripesa, So s5i do preferred.
10 bid; Pacific Mall s3lG bids Boston Water Power, 10
Did; Adams Express. tsS bsHs wells.Farro Ex.