The New York herald., 1870-05-19
MONEY EASY AND STEADY.


The money market continues easy and steady
For the present the to have adopted the
rate OF five per stock loans and four per cent
on governments. The market ia not In condition
however, to receive any large accession OF funds
Should the receipts OF currency frSM the interior
continue abundant lower grade Of Eates would be
the necessary consequence In our local money mar.
ket Commercial paper Is in mod ,rate demand at
SIX to per cent for prime names Foreign
exchange closed firm sfter tile steamers on the basis
OF 1osS for prime bankerS sixty day, and llo14 for
sight sterling.
GOVERNMENTS sTEADY.
"t market was quiet, with q steady
business over the eounteH 49, -, ,a.s. 80"
from private investors. Prices wel. .-.,.
tuating Of anv in the street, and closed strv.a,
as folows:-United states currency sIXes, 1928
Q u2s<; do. skies, 1881, registered, III a l17h;
do. do, coupon, 117A q 1172s; do. fve.twenties,
registered, May and November, 11l1 ll2; do.
do, 1882 coupon, do, 1124 lex; do. do, 1864.
do. do, lI1A 1l1gs; do. do, 1855, do. do 1l17s
112; do. do, 1866, DO. do, January and July, ia
Al!iis; DO. do, 1857, DO. 40, ii4H q 1lIHi ~,
do, 1865 do do, 11lR a ll4S; do ten-fortics,
registered, 1914 lo7}s; do. do, coupon, l0sH
a10sX.
THE SOUTHERN STATE BONDS DULL
The new Teunessees were the only active feature
I'm the Southern list and declined to san upon re-
norris from Nashville unfavorable TO the state credit
The South Caroinas were strong and In far de-
mand typographical error yesterday gave the
quotation for the July bonds as s4, when II should
have been SAX, which latter figure was their price
today. The advertisement OF the Sinking Fund
O mmissiohers Of south Carolina proposing 10 buy
100000 of the STATE bonds will be found in full in
our advertising columns, The Lou.slanas were
inns q md aa
The following were the latest street prlces:-Ten
nessee, ex coupon COZ el; do. new, 5tsf IS; do.
five per cent, Is 49,; Virginia, ex COUPON so 8sh
DO, new 90 a e9A; do, registered stock, 55]z 80
do. do, 1886, 65H GO; do. do, 1857, 81 62
Georgia skies, 81 SS; do. sevens, % 955s; 90
sevens, interest payable ia Georgia, 30 Sl; Nofii
Carolina, ex coupon, ASA a 40; do, new, 25a 2bH
Missouri skies, q41s e454; do. Hannibal and st
Joseph, 9S6 "a; louisiana skies, 7516 IS; do
sevens, rs so DO. eights, s4 So; do. leve
skies, 74k 7424 do. do. eights, 924 a e2H; Aaban
eights, l02 102H; DO. 1yes, rs 70; do. skies
STERLING, 90 o5; South Carolina skies, 9s "a; 40.
new. "a a s4Ia; DO, registered stock, SO a 81; Cit
OF Memphis sixes So 52tz City Of Atlanta eights
81 a So; City OF Savannah Sc, ems, So a 90; Cry 0
New Orleans consols rs q II; do. do, railroa
Issue, 10 o "a; Mobile and Ohio sterling, rs a 7g
do. egilts II 10; Mississippi Central Ra lroad fit:
mortgage, "a 10; do. second do. 81 81; Men
phis and Charleston first mortgage, s5 a 81; d.
second do. rs so; do. stock, 43 q As; Greenvil
and Columbia Railroad, guaranteed 70 a y4 Nj
con and Brunswick, guaranteed by Georgia, 81 a s.
Arkansas seveus rs a 75H.
THE CITY BANK SHARES
The following were the bids to-day for city bar
shares:-New York. 143; Manhattan, l44; Merchant
125: Mechanics, 1873; Union, 100; America, las; Gil
2l5; Phenix, los Tradesmen's, 152; Greenwich, p
Mechanics and Traders, 125; National, ilo' Nj
chants Exchange, 1o2; Seventh Ward, los; sia Q
New York, 1885, Mechanics Banking Association, i
Commerce, l2I; ocean. s5; Mercantile, l2si Amelic