The New York herald., 1869-05-19

noon four to two per cent were paid for carrying
The disbursements Of coin interest to-day were
sls3 $780, The steamer westphalia, for Europe, took
out $4,000 IN specie. The following is the report OF
the Gold Exchange Bank
Gold cleared ..$14S l62 600
Gold balances ltoo,Ste
Currency balances. %o4o'eii
The following were the bids for the city bank
stocks:-New York, 130; Manhattan, 145; Mer-
chants 1875 Mechanics. 1856; America, las; City,
200; Phenix, 11oh; Butchers and Drovers'. 135;
National, ITO; Merchants Exchange, lis; state OF
New York. losh; Ocean. 1o7 American Exchange,
lI2; Chatham, 1927 Bank Of North America, Ill:
Hanover ll2; Metropolitan, 142; Nassau, 1o5; Corn
Exchange, 131; ST. Nicholas, us; Marine, 1852; Com
monwealth, III; Importers and Traders, 1876; Park,
1872; Manufacturers and Merchants, 1Ol; Fourth Ma
tiona 1854; Ninth National, 113.
The stock market was buoyant and higher, with
few exceptions in response to the improved feeling
succeeding the discovery that the disaster in Ex-
change place had not involved other houses The
Vanderbilt stocks were stronger, and New York ad-
vanced TO the highest point II has ever attained
Fort Wayne recovered about two per cent and the
Northwestern shares about oHe. A mistake In the
stock slip, quoting Erie at 39l. was copied In this
Paragraph yesterday. IL should have been 2oZ.
Rock Island advanced about two per cent? but
underwent hammerng In the afternoon
which carried it back to 125, from which
Il again advanced one per cent. There a very In
terestinR struggle between the cliques over this
stock, one very promkent firm being short" while
o powerful combination are 'long" OF It, Pacific
Mail recovered to e45s. These were the salient fcar
lures OF the list but the market was, the whole,
very dull, ana brokers complaining OF the lack Of
''ordersn After the adjournment OF the Long Room
the market became more animated in sympathy
with the sudden renewed strength OF New YORK
Central which advanced to ls3H on the report that
the Governor had signed the Scrip bill.
The following were the closing quotations
the call at the last session Of the Stock Exchange
Canton, 90 a 62H; Boston Water Power, TX O IS;
Cumberland, "a; wells-Fargo Express 3sh 80;
Adams COX 01,k; American, 40K q 40k; United
States, 65i. O 65sS; Merchants Union Is q 1914;
Quicksilver. 1o4 q 1917; Pacific Mail. os1s; Western
Union Telegraph, A. 44x; New York Central 1s2at
bid; Mariposa, 23al "a; do. preferred, 49Z n 49h;
Hudson River, 100 a l55h; Harlem, 146H 147;
Reading 96H 96X; Alton and Terre Haute, 3oh
90; do preferred, 10; Toledo and wabash, IS; DO.
preferred. 50; Milwaukee and St. Paul, T7K Tx;
do. preferred, 81 s7H; Columbus, Chicago and
Indiana Central, Is ai66; Ohio and Mississippi 33k;
Fort Wayne 1894 153A; Michigan Central, 100
bid Michigan Southern, 1oe,s q loeX; Illinois Gen.
tral. 1A9H bd Cleveland and PIttsburg eax a s3H;
Lake Shore 1o6I 1ook; Rock Island, 127tl;
Northwestern e1s g1K; do. preferred 1o2H
IO21s; Hannibal ana St. Joseph, 1lex III; do pre-
ferred 1l6; Cleveland Columbus and Cincinnati,
73ts a rs; New Jersey Central, llok 119x; Chicago
and Alton, 15e o 157; do. preferred, 1865 1877.
In Southern securities Tennessee new bonds were
pressed for sale with o depressing effect upon the
price. New North Caronas were ''of," but the list
was otherwise steady, and, for the Aabamas strong
The following were the closing street quotations for
the leading bonds:-Tennessees ex coupon. o7k os;
do., new. eSk e5k; vlrginiss OK coupon, 81 .
b'h; do, new 90 o2hf; Georgia skies, 80 . s2k;
do sevens, % 100; North Carolinas. ex coupon, ssX
90; do, new. 66 Ssk; Missouri skies, sex ssx;
do. Hannibal and st. Joseph. 90 cox; Louisiana
axes, 7ah "a; do, levee do COX q 70; do. levee
eishts, ssh %; Alabama eights, lol q lo2; do.
nves, 67k a6s.
The receipts for customs and the rcce,p,a nav.
ments and balances at the subTreasnry In this oty