The New York herald., 1870-08-28

ket Is shown in the tables
A. M:.."..-.... III 1P. M........... IisM
IONA 10 q; M'; ........ lisx lnsx S 2r m.... 1isN
IL A. M::.......... l16s< 3P. M........... l10H
lisp M.......... l1sX 4P. .M......I Il6x
IL M...--.......... ll5A II. .....li8x a I16x
Ia the gold loan market the rate ranged from three
per cent for carrying to fiat for borrowing qhe
operations Of the Gold Exchange Bank were as
folows:--
Goin oalances.-- ..................... l,lI6,623
Currency balances. l,3is'sS5
iue European steamers to-day took out only
SS,o,65o In specie. The details 0r the specie move
Ment for the week are gwen below.
THE RANK YrATKMKNr.
The weekly statement OF the associated hanks
again shows the dlminuti0n of resources resulting
from q steady loss Of legal reserve. Some effort
has been made 70 decrease the line of liabilities
ana contraction Of a million aod three-quarter
in loans has taken place the total decrease in de.
poss being over three and u half millions The
specie decrease is about a Million and the loss oi
legal teuders nearly million four hundred thou
sand dollars. The surplus reserve has been drawn
down over million and half OF dollars leaving
The banks now win 3d. a21 1875 over the amount re-
qniied by law. Ths statement contrasts with Its
predecessor as fonows:-
August 20. august 27. Changes
Loans $275,772,y y82 SITS 9SG,97a Dec 7sSoOS
tspecie...... 20733,3l8 10 63o, asa Dec. Io93 9ss
Deposiis.... 2Oa5si,sis 2oi,sse7oo Dec. s5Ss. .sls
sa tenderS b., $780, ,2Sd 48,go9Tl3 Dec. l,io3,573
GOVERNMENTS DULL
me government market was exceedingly quiet
ana prices steady. The London quotation or s7s.
an Improvement on yesterdays ngures-operated
ohl upon the god market; for thu influence which
" AIgnt have exerted on governments was counter.
arifd by the uniayorable bank statement What
VIZ mi ff,<>
t'Tcr quotations, for the asking prices at the close
D' ne Gay Wero those bid before the bank state.
ment made its appearance. Tho closing street
prres were as follows:--unitod States cur
feny skies, ll1H 1l2; do, 1851, reg
Ahreo, ia 1145z; DO. do, couIcp
'lel 1l4%; DO. fve-twenties registered.
May and November. ll0I 11l]s; dc. do. 1862 cor.
pcn do. 112 ll2h; DO. do, 1854. DO. do. l1l1s
ms do. do, 1865, do do, 1905 1lo9s; d. co.,
Registered. January and July, lO9gf q no; do
S35, coupon, do, 1097s 10; do. dO 1867 do.
Co. los}s 1l0; do. do, 1885, do. do, llo]s 1iOss
DO en-fortiss, registered, log los Z. DO do. ecu
Don, i0s& q 1O9.
STOCKS STRONG, BUT DULL.
The stock market was strong and prices advanced
AZ gold declined. Business was unusually light
however. The transactions in the active list at the
formal sessions oil the board comprised only a few
thousand shares, and were hardly larger in the de-
sultory market IN the Long Room. After the bank
statement there reaction OF eighth to a
quarter per cent from the best figures of the day.
j. will be unnecessary to give the usual table OF
highest and lowest prices, for the reason that the
extreme fluctuations were confined within a range
OF quarter TO q half per cent. The following were
the Closing prices at session Of tue Stock Ex
change:-Canton Company, COZ q 635&; Consolida.
non Coal, 2a1l; Western Union, 3sa. 33zG; Quick
All MarJDOJa 10 i.ip & L
So; Boston Water Power, IS; Adams Express
sia 65 Wells-Farso Express. 131s: do scrip q,
"a; American Express, 4ok bid; United States
Express, 40A bid Pacific Mall, 1873 a 3S;
a 3s; Now York Central consolidated, "a 9iIx; do.
scrip, SD2S O s355; Erie, 20 a 224; Harlem
I5l}4 a 1872; Reading esq 959l; Lake shore oi x
9l3z; Illinois Central 135 bid Cleveland and Pitts
burg, Dividend, 1o42l 1854; Chicago and North.
WESTERN 81 s15S; do. preferred, s5$s $50;
Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati aud indianapolis
II 79s& New Jersey Central, 1885 Rock Island,
1l2ss a ll3; Milwaukee and St. Paul. 59s4 q CO., 10.
preferred 7e16 7e]s; Toledo, wabash and Western,
81 5I1z: Fort Wayne, 9a g 9ils Chicago and Alton
/. 1l2al OHIO and Mississippi S3A 33M; Morris
and Essex CO., Boston, Hartford and Erie, 314 3y5;
Hannihai ana ST. Joseph. 1O7 los; do. preferred
III. lis; Columbus Chicago and Indiana Gen.
tral, II TX.
was easy at four TO SIN per cent on call. Prime
d"rbic name paper was quoted to 81 per dis
count. Foreign exchange duIi as usual after
the steamers and rates unchanged.
THE SOUTHERN STATE BONDS QUIET.
Outside OF a lew transactions in Tennessees and
Missouris the Southern list was neglected,
but steady in price. The following were
the inal street quotations-Tennessee ex
coupon, 6l 6lA; do, new, 5ol. co:
o. d6; do, registered STOCK old, 62<
% So: Georgia skies, 81 o6: do. sevens sll 92;
do. sevens, old, 30 92: North Carolina ex coupon.
81 a 52>4; do. funding. 1866. 80 q 80: do do 1865.
80 30; DO, new. 81 81 do special tax
23a4 "a; Missouri SKIES, 9o'& 9ojs; do, Ranni-
BAL ana 81. Joseph, 691z 90: Louisiana SKIES
'13 "a do, new, CT G7; do leyee
sixes 7s "A; do do. egts So a IS; DO. Pententiary
sevens. rs so; do. railroad eghts SO a 80;
Aabama hyes, 60 IL do. cghts 90 a 100:
do railroad elghts, "a so South Carolina
SKIES So a SO; do, new, January and July 10 7s;
do. do, April and October, IS 70; do. registered
stock, old, rs so; Arkansas sevens, 20 IS; Mobile
and OHIO Railroad stcrlmg 20 so; do interest
siehts. 20 a IS; Mississippi Central Railroad first
mortgage sevens, 80 rs do. second do.
Weights. 65 20; New Orleans ami Jack
son FIRST SO So; do. second, 70 76; Mem-
PMS and Charleston Railroad first, S4 a s6; do
second, ~ "a; do. stock. SO "a 37 Greenville and
Columbia Railroad, guaranteed by South Carolina
t6 Go; Macon and Brunswick guaranteed by
Georgia, "A 76 Memphis CITY SKIES. 5s a 5s:
Savannah City sevens. 81 50: New Orleans consols
Old = Il; DO. issued railroad SKIES s. a 10: do
new seycns, 53 rs
THE CITY BANK SHARES
In the absence OF the usual speculative activity in
the railway list prominence Is given the dealings in
bank stocks ana railway bonds, the large amount or
winch for dull q season shows the steady orf of
CAPITAL into such investments. The following were