The New York herald., 1870-12-09

isss (: . & llss 81 il: M.. M.:........ ilsx ils,s
~ @M......'........ llOJs $3.50 r. NJ. .ll0A ll0A
~. M........ ll03s
| In the gold loan market the rate ranged nom Ave
| per cent Tor carrying to Nat for borrowing. The
operations or the Gold Exchange Bank were as
/ ioiows:-
Goi cleared So, 5000
"a n.sAhs,s. l0544 4Y3
currency paiances.... .......,........... 1T27,469
The Siberia, for Liverpool, took out SIT $50 in
| specie.
foRKIGS EXCHANGE STRONG.
The interruption to export transactions occasioned
by me suspension OF cable q Citations Of the cotton
and wheat markets In Europe has produced dearth
OF commercial bills, and the current demand for
exchange has induced the leading bankers to ad.
vance ter rates, the market closing strong as fol-
iows:-sisriing sixty days. commercial 10sA
4 ios%: good 10 prime bankers, I0ssf 100; short
sight 1904 losJs; Antwerp 521A . 5.lsA;
switxerasd. aissf 5.1sA; Hamburg s5& 80;
Amsterdam, sox 4o7s: Frankfort 4ok q Al;
Bremen, -. 7ssi; Prussian thalers, II 7ia<.
MONEY FIVE TO sgvEs PER CENT.
The demand for money was less active aud the
rate on cali loans with pledge OF miscellaneous col
la'erals was six TO per cent The inquiry was
fair at the former ng4rc and the offerings abundant
az the latter. on government securities the rate
WAS uve TO SIX per cont. Commercial paper Is in
request at IA per cent for prime double names
Occasionally very choice piece goes at o. per cent
ON the otacr hand buyers sometimes get discount
OF eigll per cent ON names rcputed first class but
not ~ wen knawn the general run OF prime
makers.
TaR GOVERNMENT PURCHASE or BONDS.
Tho government bought a million OF dve.twentles
Lo-lay. The proposals submitted a. the sub-Trea
snry amouu ei TO s2Tso go, a, prices ranging from
l4xQE xxf.nA
accrued coin Interest The purchased bonds were
obtained at i0a3l l0asl
00vgRSaGsrs VERY DuLL.
The government ltst was extrcmciy quiet, and
dealings almost nominal. The market showed a
nrner undsrtone Ia most Of the issues particularly
those whose pending coupon natures al the close or
tie month. The latest cable advices aud the seadi
ness ~ gold contributed 70 a signt Improvement
IN prices. The market ON The street this even
ing closed steady at the following quota.
t,ons;--Vnred statcs currency sixes. Iloa . Itoy.;
ualei states SKIES. 1851, registered lo0Ss 10; do
do, coapon 49,. 1875; a.. fye-twehtles, regis
tered. has and November ie6ys lo7; do do, lso2
coaPoa, do., ios94 q losk; a. dc.. 1894, do. do
ioo4 los; DO. DO, iseb, 10. DO, io07s a lo7s;
a.. do. registered. January and Juy, 1855 100;
do do Isas, eoupen DO. 1894 ios'.; do do,
1861, 40. do, l09S i0g,s; do. do. lSGs do. do,
lcqA lio DO. teu.fortcs. registered 100. lo0ss;
d. do. coupon. ies4 1885,.
STOCKS sruovC AND ACTIVE.
The operators tho ''bui" side OF speculation
In ms stock market took ne neia to-day aud began
yery general m1v0mcni m favor OF higher prices,
ana recovered n9t only the lost ground of tho pre-
vous days contest. bat advanced thcir lines beyoni
the poiat ~ which The bears had delivered battle
7 AZ one peuod Of inc afternoon the marke. was
strongly Duo ans but toward the close prices re-
acted fram the highest point of the day. The
greater activity of the past Few days his been n
cheering interruption - th9 inpe e1uni0us monotony
whch drew msny complaints rron the
brokere. The iniioWing were the closing prices at
the last session of tue stock ExcAange:-Can.
Ton Company, 81 a c,lE; Consolidation Coal 2Tsa;
Cumberland Iron, ~; Western Union al aasG;
Quicksilver s}s Mauposa. 7; %. preferred,
l0H II; Boston Water Power 204; Adams TX
press. 65 a ass; Mcls-fsrro Express, 30 bid; do.
scrip. ~ a az; United states Express, 34I n 85y;
Pacific Nal, a. s3si New York Central csnsoli.
dated. eos a s0A; do. scrip. So. a ssy.; Erie,
"a bid; do preferred, 40; Harlem, lsl 1872; Read.
ing. io1,. a lo2k; Michigan Central, l2cH l2I; /;
Lake shor,, y2k a2;.; Panama, u rs; Union
Pacific, H.. a IIil; Illinois csntral. i32 did, Cieye.
land aud Pittspurg. Ioi. 1895; Chicago and
Northwestern. ses4 go; do. preferred sea sa.;
Cleveland, Columbus. Cincinnati and Indianapolis,
so so.: New Jersey Central, 1881 iosY; Rock
' Island, 1857 . 100; Milwaukee and ~. Paul 59X;
/, do. preferred. sih siA; Toledo. Wabash and
Western, 81 5l&; DO. preferred, 70 bid; Fort
wayne, stA asTs; chicago and Alton, 1l5S
iIsl; 40. preferred. ilTh a llsA; ONO and Mis-
s,ssippi, 3oa soa; II. Louis aud Iron Mountain.
| 40; Delaware, Lsckawanna aud Western, 1922. a
iosa: Morris ana Essex, sls. %; Boston Hartford
and Eric, ~ aa; Hannibal ana 81 Joseph lol bid ;
do. preferred, iIs; Columbus, Cnlcago aud Indiana
| Central 1s4 aIsx.
uIoHssT AND LOWEST rnycKs.
The following table shows the highest aud lowest