The sun., 1870-09-03

FrIpAY, Sept 2--p. M.-Thc volume Of busi.
ness in railway shares was quite rc,titc. ed duunE
the / oruiug hours vi'A Prices heavy ami without
feature but the market subsequently became active
at an advance OF a 10 Z cent This wari move.
mcht was conducted by only occasional street
SPECTATORS, who concludcd to ties. tue marke,,
Without reference to any particular manipu.tious
Of the cnques. The whole affair was quite Il sur
Prise to tie street, aud tie knowing ones " failed
to comprehend tie scope OF what appeared to be o
lew clique The operations OF these few parties
were confined TO HAnuiDl and 81. Josepl, New
York Central stock and scrip. and -. Paul. al
though such stocks as Lake Shore. Reading North
western preferred Wstash. and Pacific Mail sym
patlized and advantage was taken lf the strength
Of these 10 sell out quite hesvy blocks One
lot of Lake Shore amounting to 500 shares, was
.hus dumped" overheard, and number OF realiz
Ing sales m de on he balance Of the list Any
Improvement In the volume Of business, either on
he bull bear side. will be cordially greeted by the
brokers. but the whole movement OF this afternoon
was nothing more tnan the sudden decision OF a
few outside operators. who perceived that the gen.
eral duness Of the strest would admit Of more ac
tive fluctuations on uinng operations.
In the gold market there have been but few trans-
and 1863, these being the extreme fturcs Quota.
tons dropped from li6'. to 1852. during the morn.
ing, while the afternoon sales were about equally
divided bct~cen 1iGk and il6ss closing at tie
former pricr bid The European news h d no per
ceptible ene.' upon the " arket aud the recorded
dealings we're quite nOndnd though subjected to
periods OF spasnOdic ACTIVITY The operations of
Ihe cllque- In god were conspicuous.
In iae gold loan market cOIG lent fiat. and a.
y cent. was paid tor carrying 1re sgecie slip
nient by the Cunarder tomorrow will be unusually
f nix were $9sis1O,1; gold balances. 81. as 600
and currency balances, si,i6,Sl2. The principal
quotations were:
is M.:iis F. M.::...ias H.: .iiGas so y iiS SS
Forsisn EXCHANGE % has been weak, prime bankers
regular qG"tati,n:. Gable transfer. are f' euoSi tel
at 1l0I. Continental EXCHANGES ere nominal.
There has been Gl inaroyed demand for monei
TO day, and be stock brokers in a majority oi In.
stance paid i cent tor their accommodation,
aud 3, no mes loans being nlaced tie lower rate.
Time loans running % 70 % d1ys are quoted n
cent aud commission Of \ a. r cent. lhcre Is
lar business reported in commercial paper, strictly
prime being quoted at to q cent.
The Government bond msIket has been quiet and
hrm on tie majority Of tie Issues. ana prices
showel no Important change from yesterday. The
price ADVANCING to llis for cast stock, though
transactions IN ue regular way were reported in the
morning ~ il3kNlli This l. the fayorite u nj
among European capitalists, majority ot tho issue
beng held abroad. The upward movement today
Is credited to the action of prominent Germ n
banking h,m IN having suddenly called IN l1ree
amount OF bonds which they had pr vOusy loaned,
with TIE evident intention Of creating sharp cor.
rer. We hear Of no degultin- paries. owcver,
anu bonds at tie Bogrds were bought IN under
uc rules. The marSct closed hrm, aud Henry
Clcws Co., 80 Wall street, report 81 3 T.. NJ;
IS currency Gill. liz. -, ji5 RS "f,a iis.
o, Isl cSnpi,..iii, Ill rss, o., So ii,
Is. reg-MSN lill Iis -!is. d, coup...Ilr. i,gl.
i"lS. b! coup ...los ~ I.J4i-, rcs.......iui lHs
5!Js' u, conD..ll! il|'l '.r sod Od-... ~ 80
There VS. veil distributed business On Stte
bonts, though transi' 'Ion- were only M i.ritt Ol
leuncssecS wc.c stront II o.. ,ui u,, ,urh Cl.o-
Inns at 80 TIE o'd boui4 icciuin. ?, = cet'. to- o!
Nlr-inlas were Grm al o. Louisiana l,Ncv q. ~ mi
lcyec - =; tie M~~uuris selling ~ pa .ajL AMI
Aikansns =, ~. Central Nation al bans ,tr, s,,ld
AZ lIiE. Ninth National III, nl Merctl.t,' tx.
ch1H-v lJ2. R.irJtd hont- were rrm, l1rk Island
4 cents. selling ~ %. 100 =, A!'lu 1ud ere
liluto incomes 10, Central P,,uCs 1- . ~. and
UnlJu fdclIcs 4, The following were the closing
street Quotations for Union lIohc -ccuruc, t.tst
mortglie bonds. sluSl. incomes, 73}s .L,I: land
grants, OJh sIoy'. alu stock, 2jiJl1..
On extreme quotations, NeN, lUrN Central stock
huctutted between siA. and gj. scrip. sgi. "A u;
itetGins, ViA AJl; Lake Shore, ~, qt2'. Wa,
Dish, 5ls H52s Northwestern cOmIu:. ~ .S2.
the Preferred, si@>1's Rock Isdnd, tl3a rllaH. :
s. Pau, CU .IlGl' tpr lrc'oIrel, a. t,,J AID
OHIO ant N'-l-siJGi 3l. i3i.. /, t-Hareh was
turc w. NWn.bli and st JOSEPH. w.icl VA.
strong, and lpv~uctl ON ac,iNe 'a.,s nom III To-
ll3 on 7epnrt1 O ''rre srrp di,lI,ui Harlem
tull Il lEtg luuu,- tCn'rI, ~ .iit. Panama.
SHSi: DtltW r., Lax wanna yui Western, 1Oig}
lu2; aud Morris and l.~.rN, - Ile lea ure ui U,
rlcd W ~ Il cent 10 "a, Western ImOn rcc.
graph vas du,. AZ @i u3i.. NuIposa seIG. at ~,
ana the Preferred al N'. Express shares r,re Lr!i
Adams seilins a. 90, lLttd States, ~. ana
Amercln, ilA llh Closing prices az T.. N.
were: