The New York herald., 1869-02-05

Loans were made at AZ to per cent for carrying.
The gross clearings amounted TO s564i.,o0o. the
gold balances to and the currency balances
60 sl,G15,ill.
The government market was, perhaps, the hrmcst
one In Wall street to-day, owing to the scarcity In
some Of the issues created by recent shipments. Old
sixtynves were In demand, while sixty were
quitc active In consequence Of covering by the
shorts who had put out large contracts on the Is
sues OF this date. The market closed at five O'Clock
khis evening with the following quotations:-United
States skies, 1881, registered, 1l15s nix; do, cou-
pon Ii2, f12K; do, nve-twentes, registered, 109x
b lo9k; do, coupon, 1862. lissS iI31s; do, 1854,
AooK 1o9s; do. 1865, Ill q I1lh; do new, 1865,
kosk 1os,s; do, 1851, 1885, 100; do, 1868, losS
hoox: do. ten-forties registered, 1925 1o2S; do,
&oupon, Iosx losK; currency bonds, 1ola iolN.
Southern securities were neglected In the general
Inversion OF attention to the stock market. North
Carounas ana old virgnias were on about X per
kent Louisianas were dun and lower. Prices
klosed as follows. with an unsettled feeng:-
Tennessee, ex coupon, 05k GIN; do. new. 'e7h
blk; virginia. OK coupon, 81 a IS; DO. new, oiha
b.; do, registered stock, 30 a 5ois; Georgia skies,
81 50; do, scvens, o. e2k; do, sevcns, interest
bayable In Georgia, so a 50; North Carolina, OK cou.
bon, 90 62k; do, new, oosi a6l; Missouri skies,
kS a s6S; LOUISIANA skies. s0h a ~; do, levee
kixes 07h: do, ieyec eights san; Alabama eights.
b. e3; do, nycs, e5 o.; South Carolina SKIES u
b .3 do. new, 20 II; do, registered stock, 81
bs; CITY OF Memphis sxes, 52sl 53,s; City OF Az
banta eghts 80 q So; City OF Savannah sevens 50 q
b.; City OF New Orleans consols, 70 n ST. do, rail-
road issue "a 70; Mobile and OHIO sterling o.
b; do, eights, 80 o 81; Mississippi Central Rail-
road, first mortgage, 6s To do. second mortgage,
10 50; Memphis ana Charleston, first mortgage
"a 90; do, second mortgage, 7ia rs; do, stock
Ms SO; Grcenvie and Columbus Railroad, guaran-
Heed, 90 a 5s.
Prices OF stocks at the last open board closed
as folows:-Cumberand, 30 a 3s; American Ex-
Hress 5ox a 51 Merchants Union Express, 20 a n !;
Quicksilver, % 23,k; Canton, GO bid; Mariposa pre-
Yerrcd 2Jss a ass; Pacific MAIL ii0s. 1iGX;
western Union Telegraph, 3s ssA; New York
Central, i62ss q 1924; Hudson River, l5s 1885;
Harlem. l3e f3s; Reading e5's e5&: Chicago
and Alton, 151x q 1853; Alton and Torre Hauie, 80 a
a1h; do. do. preferred, 6Tk 90; wabash. "a a
S4s.; do. preferred, 70 q 7s; Milwaukee and 81
Taul 65h q 651l; do. preferred. 7g% so; Fort
wayne, III g117A; Ohio and Mississippi ssJs 3s,s;
Michigan Southern, % oss Illinois Central 1855
bid: Pittsburg o1Z a o.; Toledo, folN 1o4h;
n,ock Island, 12s 19s4; Northwestern, s2ss So;
do. preferred, Ok ao1I; Lake shore, io2 io3.
AFTER the boards tho market was unsettled. The
Following quotations prevailed on the street at
auarter to six O'Clock this evenins.-New YORK Cen
sraI, 1917 102; Reading, o5l; Ohio and MissIs-
sippi asx a 3s,.; Michigan Southern, s2x o2ys;
. pIttsburr, % n 92k; Rock island, 12s q i2ss;
northwestern, s2ys asked; do. preferred, so7s e1;
Pacific Mail, 1ieN III; Western Union, 37ys ss.
the Harrisburg correspondent Of the Philadelphia
1pst writes, February 3D.
The fact OF how quickly bill can be rushed
xhrough the Legislature. was demonstrated TINS
morning IN the passage Of the bill providing iof o
eorvanznton of the board OF Directors OF the PITTS
burr. fort wayne aud Chicago Railway Company.