The New York herald., 1870-02-09
HIGHEST AND LOWEST PRICES.

CLOSING PRICES AT THE STOCK EXCHANGE.
Tie following were the closing prices Of stocks OF
the last session Of the stock kExchange:-Canton 55A
5o14; Cumberland, 81 3211; Western Union, 35
S52s; Quicksilver, l4a l4la; Mariposa, % a 1ol4;
90. preferred, AK 2lH; do. certificates,
30 old; Pacific Nail, Az o Ak; Boston Water
Power, 1els 10; Adams Express, 13A o Ga;
Weils-Fargo Express, 20; American E~press. 37h
9s; United States Express, so 5o1; Merchants
Union, bid; New YORK Genital, consolidated, 97A
97A; Auason River. scrip, o81z q 96x; Har-
lem, i4i lAlA; Erie, a5ta; Reading 81 q ok;
Michigan Central lis l2i; Lake Shore, s6ll S8.;
Illinois Central, l+l,a bid; Cleveland and Pittsburg
sC}s 81; Chicago ana Northwestern. TAX 7zs;
DO. preferred, % S9s Cleveland, Columbus and
Cincinnati. IA bid; Milwaukee and st. Paul. %
ID; do. preferred, 81 a s75.; Toledo and Wabash,
47l4 4714; do preferred. 72 Did; Fort wayne, ook
9ol; Alton and Terrc Haute 27s bia; do. preferred
6o1S bid; Onio and MISSISSIPPI, 2S7S . 2sk; Della
ware and Lackawanna, 104s1 1O51&; New Jersey
Central iooA ioJ1l Chicago ana Alton, l47H $50;
do. preferred. l4s $50; Morris and Essex, S6A
S61s; Hannibal and ST. Joseph, 100 Io9A; do pre-
ferred, 1864 a 100, Columbus. Chicago ana Indiana
Centra;, II a 1914.
TaB MONEY MARKEr
was steady at four TO six per cent. m some pur-
tons OF the street rather spirited inquiry at the
latter rgurc was reported toward the close bank
ing hours. Commercial paper was without material
Change Ia rates and in demand At the figures Last
quoted.
FOREIGN EXCHANGE.
The market was frmer, and some OF the leading
bankers ADVANCED Their rates an eighth per cent.
The range Of quotations was Us fo.lows-Stering,
sixty Gays, commercial, 1854 10ss4; good to prime
bankers, 1857. 1oo1S; short sight, 109H o 1Oaa;
Paris, Sixty days, 5.2lt4 5.l71s short sight 51s4
=. Ant = 81 = K Ayrttvn 90
5ls1a; Hamburg, 3o1 o 3e1s; Amsterdam, 4osS
4o5s; Frankfort, 4)2s 4Jzs; Bremen, 7s5s 7s14;
Prussiaa 1Aalers, 7074 a711a.
GOVERNMENTS HEAVY AND DULL.
The general steadiness OF the gold market has OF
late checked speculative Operations in governments,
as The fluctuations have teen too Insignificant to
tempt The speculative fraternity The duness Of tho
marAet Is now accompanied by measure OF heayi-
ness IN consequence OF the decision Of Chief Justice
Chase, which has brought Into the market hundreds
OF bonds which, AXE governments pay gold interest
and are certainly rcdeemab.e In gold The market
was steady al the close, with the following street
rriceS:-united STATES currency skies, 1l11 l1lM;
DO SKIES 1851 registered, 1l7A u.s. do. do. coupon,
llS q lls}G; do. Ivct"enties, registered, May and
November, il41a ll451; do. do, 1862 coupon do,
1l6 li5A 90. do. 1864, do. do. 1l45s 1liA; do.
do 1865, do. do, lli9s ll4A; do do, registered,
do ll5& 1883; DO. do, 1857, do do, 1131 ia;
do do, 1885, 20. co., iii 1l4s; do. tenfortes,
siscrcd, 100 Io9l.; 90. 90. coupon, 1l2t< 1l2G.
TIE SOUTHERN STATE BONDS
The market Iof southern securities was uull and
without much change In prices, except In the South
Carolinas, waieh were quiet and lower. The follow
ing were the latest prices for tho leading bonds-
Tennessee. ex coupon, 561s 81; do. new, 40 49A;
Virginia, e. coupon, GA 621;do new, est< esH;
North Carolina, ii 10; do. new, 25A o 251I: South
Carolina ex coupon 50 81; do. new, 50 SO; Lou
lsiana SKIES, Il ~; Levee Skies, 10 7Oh; do.
elgnts, 81 81; Alabama eiants "a 0i>s; do. yes.
G. d SO; Assouri, 0o}l o.; Hannibal and ST. Joseph.
81 aud 81.
THE NORTHERN STATE BONDS.
The dec sioR has iagogaDly alected the Northern
State beAas, tue following prices being bid at the
board this morung:-Calitoina sevens large bonds,
9s; Connecticut sixes, 95; Rhode Island skies, oS
OHIO sl3 per cent, 1915 1o1; do, 1881 100; do 1885,
Io25S; limos Canal bonds, 1870, 100; do. coupon
sixes, 1871 100; TO- do, 1872 lo0 do. war loan, l00
Indiana i've per cent, 0s; New York registered
bounty lean, l0s1G; do. coupon, do 10S1z; do
seveas canal loan. la5o 1924; do. skies, canal
loan 1872, 1885, do. do, 1873 los; do. do 1874, 1885,
do d.. 1876 l0S; co. do, 1871 loS; do do 1878, lo6
Co. ives do., 1878, lo5.
,~JFAE suPEaMa COURT DECISION AND THE RISE IN
TaE PRICES OF BONDS.
The opinion of The supreme Court was received
yesterday TOO late aiIccS ne call Of railway mort
cages It's influence was directly operative this
morning. and the securities relerred to have risen
one.oa!f 10 SIX per cent, according to their p0pu-
RrHy. We make contrast ol tue prices OF to-day