The New York herald., 1869-10-03

the most natterlng feature OF the eAhlpl Inc totas
Of the last two statements are contrasted as fol
lows
Loans ..................$26 $263 ls2s $685. 239 $40
Specie Neutrality-suspicious.. I3,soS,4Sl l5,sO2o49
Circulation. ............ 33, ee60sl "a, los, 400
DepOslts. ............... lso250 I93 1913, lA,oos
Legal Tenders. ............ 50o2o0Sl o4,2os,oos
The changes as lolows:-
Decrease IN loans. S,202, ,l79
increase In specie. .......... Iva JOS
increase IN clrculaton l1S32s
Increase IN legal tenders. 4,ls4ooI
During the course of the day Postmaster General
Creswell visited the stock Exchange aud was called
upon for speech, but committed himself no further
than to promise that 'the government would do all
1t could for the merchants and the banEers.n
The National Stock Exchange, a special election
yesterday, chose the following officers for the re-
mainder OF the year:-A. L. Mowry, President;
Isodore Valentine, First Vice President; John o.
Mott, Chairman Arbitration Committee
Foreign exchange was frmer. and the leading
bankers held rates at figures above the general idea
of buyers; the market being after the steamer was
dun.
Government bonds were irregular, going of with
the depression at midday but recovering after the
bank statement to the following prces:-United
States currency skies, 1os1s 1o9 do. sixes 1881,
registered, 1l9 1l91<; do. do coupon 1l91s 1l9J4;
do. fve-twenties, registered, May and November, lis
do, coupon, 1904 do, 1les a119h do. do. coupon
1866, 1194 ll9s; do. do, registered. January and
July l17a 1l7a4 do. do, coupon, 1865, do, l17s
117A; do. do, coupon, 1851. do, 1177s IFS;
40. do, coupon, 1885, do, 1171 ll7z; do. ten
fortress registered. 1881 100; do do. coupon, 100
IOek.
southern securities were steady, with heavy feel
ing In the new Tennessees, the bonds being injured
by the statements OF correspondent who writing
under date OF Knoxville, September I6, gives the
present debt OF the State at about $40 600 having
been increased to this enormous sum from about
s16o00,O 900 at the beginning Of the 1t was Off
cially reported at S34 $40, 500 in December last and
has been, in various ways increased since that time
to the round OF forty millions, now named. The
annual interest on the debt Is 2400, 900 the
annual expenses OF the State are 5000, 600
making a yearly expenditure OF s3s00,0O0.
The entire revenue OF the state for 1868
was 81, 1,205,544, and including estimated receipts
from railroads in the OF the State, ss77,e42,
gives to al annual OF go soe 1t is thus
seen that there is yearly deficiency OF $l2l6,s1i
This is not the worst feature OF this exhibit This
correspondent says he is Informed on reliable
thority that there is record In the Comptroer's
or Treasurers Office at Nashville to show Just how
many bonds have been issued since Governor Brown
lows administration commenced. irresponsible
men were entrusted by him with blank bonds, TO
winch Tue seal OF the STATE was anlAed and no one
knows the number they signed and issued. The
following were the closing prices for the leading
bonds-Tennessees. ex coupon, cox 6l;
do. new, So a 524; virginias, ex coupon,
80 So; do, new, 50 SO; Georgia skies, so a 80;
do. sevens, 80 a 81; North Caroinas, coupon. As
40; do new, ~ q 43; do special tax, As a 40; Mis-
souri, sxes s5 a SO; do. Hannibal and st. Joseph
81 9o Louisiana sixes 90 20; do. levee SKIES, 65
a65k; do. eignts, 80 81; Alabama eights, 92 s3;
do hves, 61 Ga; South Carolina skies, 20 II; do.
new, 65 a GO; do registered STOCK 65 a So.
The following were the bids for the city bank
stocks the Tenth National being offered at 1Oa and
Cold Exchange at 1l0:-Manhattan, 140l5; Mer-
chants, 125; America I42; City, 2o5; Phenix 10;
North River, 90; Tradesmen's 100; Seventh Ward
49, state or New York, 112; Commerce, 1876; Ocean,
Of; American Exchange 49,: Bank OF the Repub
lie, 100; Bank OF North America, l0g Irving, 113:
Metropolitan, 139; Market, 12i Nassau LOG; Shoe and
Leather, 40; Corn Exchange, 100; Commonwealth,
l10; Importers and Traders, 140 Central National,
los; Ninth National, 1l3; Oriental, $50.
The following were the bids for the railway bonds
and morigages:-New York Central skies, 1883 90;
do do, 1887 90; do real estate, 81; do, subscrlp
tion, 81; Erie, first mortgage extended, es; do.
ems, second do, endorsed, 1s7e 941z; do fourth do
do 1880, SO; do, fifth do do, 1888, II; Hudson River
sevens first mortgage, ls6s-7O 9s do, second do
sinking fund, 1885, 1o2; Michigan Southern and
Northern Indiana sinking fund sevens 9sx; Pacific
Railroad sevens, guaranteed by Missouri co. Illinois
Central sevens, 1870 119; Alton ana Terre Haute
FIRST mortgage 92 do, second do. income, rs;
Chicago and Northwestern sinking fund, 90; do,
FIRST mortgage, 81; consolidated sevens, convertl.
BILE, So; Hannibal and 81. Joseph land grants 1906;
Lackawanna and western bonds, 90; Delaware,
Lackawanna and western, second mortgage, 90;
Toledo aud wabash, second mortgage extended So;
Great Western second mortgage, 1s9S so; Galena
and Chicago extended, 97; Chicago and Rock Island
first mortgage, e7; Morris and Essex, second mort
gage, 90; Cleveland and Toledo sinking fund,
se New Jersey Central, second mortgage, 100;
New Je.sey Central new bonds, 95; Cleveland and
Pittsburg, consolidated sinking fund, S2h; do. do,
fourth mortgage 49, Chicago and Alton, FIRST mort
gage, ee1; do. DO, income, 90; Peninsula Railroad
bonds, 80; Milwaukee aud St. Paul, first mortgage,
eights, eo%; do, do. first mortgage, s9s; Columbus,
Chicago and Indiana, first mortgage, TX; Central
Pacific bonds 92ys.
The absence OF clearing house has argelyldimin.
ished the profits OF gold brokerage ana instead Of
the animated crowd in the centre Of the Gold Room
the dealers comprise a small knot OF brokers in one
corner OF the apartment. At the executive session
to-day a committee was appointed TO report plan
ior q clearing department, in connection with the
Gold Ex change. The range OF the gold market was
as follows:--
10 A. .M.......... 130k 1P. M.."....... 1s0x
1ol0 A. M........ 1907 2P M.........,... 1907
IL A. M..."....... 1909 =. M.............. 1907
A. a II. M.