The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-10-27
GOVERNMENTS STEADY.

The activity IN the money market threatened to
have uniavorable influence on the government
lst but any tendency to lower prices was counter.
acted by the higher price OF gold as wei! by the
anticipation OF the purchase OF two millions OF bonds
by the Treasury tomorrow. Under these circum-
stances the market remained steady, but with little
doing. The following quotations were made
On the street at the close OF business
this evening United States currency skies, III
111s5; do, 1881, registered, 1884 . 1isX;
do. do, coupon, 1l3h 1l3H; DO. i've
twentes, registered, May and November. los q
1851; do. do. 1862, coupon, do. ll2H 112A: do
de-. lse4, do. do 1ll1I nix; do. do, 1865. do.
do, 11l5s NIX; DO. DO, registered January and
July, 1907 11eh; do. do 1885, coupon, do. 11oH
. 1lo15; do do, 1867, do. Co., 110X 1l0x; do.
do.. 1868. do. do, 1iOH 110L; do. ten-fsrtes,
registered, 1909 1861; DO. do, coupon. 1863! .
1908. .n e
STOCKS UNSETTLED AND DECLINED. Hill
The vngaries OF the stock market are sadly puz-
cling to the street. The s'ways that are dark and
the tricks that vain" which were peculiar to
the "Heathen Chinee" and so disastrous to his op.
ponens In that little game now made 50 familiar By
It's Widespread poetical record naught compared
with the recent very devious and uncertain
course OF prices ct the Stock Exchange
Thus to-day when money was most sErtn-
gent stocks were brightest ana steadily assembled
the ladder Of eighth per cents But presto when
money was offered at SIX per cent, when the banks
were closed and the fact seemed settled that the
tivlty was over, stocks grew weak and slowly de.
clined until they were lowest in latest prices. 1t
he the CLIQUE plan to conceal and disguise their in
tentions, and 90 conf0und and confuse the street
20 give them the advantage OF discipline against dis
order, the scheme has been magnilcently man.
aged thus far. The veteran operator who
uttered 30 wise advice yesterday was seen to-day
leaning against OF the pillars OF the Long Room
utterly distraught. Even hts sagacty was unequal
to the ciphering OF the problem. The following
were the closing prices at the last session Of the
stock Exchange:--Canton Company, 0SX cox;
Mariposa 5h bid; do preferred, 1ox 1917; Wells
Fargo Express SIX SsA; Adams Express, 81
e71S; American Express, 43,I 4s1 United states
Express, SO 81; Quicksilver. AZ bid; Pacific Mall
425s 40; Western Union Telegraph, aeX a 40; New
YORK Central consolidated. s2A s2,s do scrip. Ska
s7ss; Erie, 227s q FAX; Boston Water Power, 15A
I7k; Michigan Central l2ok l2i Harlem 1891 bid;
Reading, 100 1904; Morris and Essex, o. o OK;
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western, 108x O 1857;
New Jersey Central, los bid; Cleveland, Columbus,
Cincinnati and Indianapolis, so1s soX; Hannibal
and st. Joseph, los 1857; do preferred, 1854
bid Toledo and Wabash, 621s bid; do preferred, rs
bid Lake shore, 93,l 9351; Milwaukee and St.
Paul. e21s 6ss; do. preferred, So5S 81; Boston.
Hartford and Erie. q *; Ollie and Mississippi,
a2k 32ss; Cleveland and PlttsburR Tex. div, 1oaK
bid; Rock klana, I10S; Northwestern, sox Soa;
do. preferred, ssx q ssx; Union Pacific. "a q 24,s;
Illinois Central 1s5X 1888; Chicago and Alton, lis
lid; do preferred, 1l6 bd Iron Mountain. AK bid;
Columbus, Chicago and Indiana Central, l7I IL.
HIGHEST AND LOWEST PRICES.
The extreme fluctuations OF the day are shown in
the following table or the highest and lowest prices
roffU oclsn Ypu.-