The New York herald., 1870-12-03

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CsiIeney pdIances. s....s................. l,427VSO
MONEY FOUR TO SEVEN PER CENT.
The money market repeated its features OF ease
aud abundance in the earlier hours OF business and
activity toward the close OF banking hours, the
variation to-day, however, being better In
quiry, In fact sharp demand In this latter PERIOD
which enabled some lenders to procure seven per
cent for their balances. The loans TO the govern
ment dealers ut four and Eve per cent not gen.
orally disturbed and some borrowers on stock col.
aterals were accommodated at as low as i've per
cent, but the most frequent rate six per on
stocks. number Of accounts were not made up
until after three o'clock.
Commercial paper continues in good request ANA
prime names are quoted at 615 a s per cent.
Foreign exchange was armer In response TO
rather better demand for Saturdays MAIL but rates
were unchanged.
GOVERNMENTS STRONG.
The decline In our bonds In London was TOO
slight TO overcome the effect upon the government
list OF the advance In gold and the market, which
had been dun and sluggish at the early boards,
closed up strong with n fractional Improvement.
Compared with ordinary business, however, trans-
actions are still on limited scale The final street
prices were as follows:--Unitcd States currency
sixes 1105s Ill; United States SKIES 1881, regis
tered, 10os4 al1o; do do coupon, l134 all39s; do.
fve-twentics, registered, May ana November, 1861
l07; DO de-. 1862, coupon, do, 107sa l07S; do.
do, 1854, do. do, 1869 l071S; do. de-, 1866, do.
do, 1863 1875; do. do registered, January and
July. 1861 1906 do do. 1865, coupon, do, 1O9i4 a
1O9ss; do. do, 1857, do so., 1904 1o9s4; do do.
1868, do ao. 1923 1o9x; do. ten-forties. regis
tered, 1863 1865; do do, coupon, 1868 1865.
STOCKS WEAK AND LOWER.
The stock market was dep, esscd by rumOr that
the convention OF railway officials now IN session IN
this city for the purpose of consolidating and dlvid
Ing pro rata the earnings on through ireghts
would be unable to agree. and that resumption OF
railway rivalry would be the consequence What
ever the truth OF this report, 1t had the effect OF
changing the current OF prices, which In The morn
Ing had been advancing, with the general tone OF
the market strong. In the railways the resulting
weakness was marked by decline Of half TO three
quarters per cent. The strong features were
Western Union and Pacific Mail. The former
advanced to 44,s, when IL was carried down by the
general current to 437., but disengaging itself adj
vanced to and closed strong at i41a The following
were the closing prices at the last session of the
Stock Exchange:-Ca Company, 67A os;
Western Union, 43< "A; Quicksilver, 4 bid; Mari
posa oa u do preferred, lo1i a1oal; Boston Water
Power, 17H % 20: Adams Express, 64A 64s4;
Wells-Fargo Express, 32H SO; do, scrip, ~ 2al;
American Express, 40 a 481: United States EX-
press, 34h a 49, Pacific Mail. 425s 42i<; New YORK
Central consolidated, 01A . 9i7l; do. scrip,
s5X q 80; Erie, FAX 2ah; do. preferred, 4s bid;
Harlem, l32 1925; Reading, 1ol. lola<; Michi-
gan Central, 1905 a 12i; Lake Shore, 92% Q 93;
Panama 76a IS; Union Pacific, 1sA 1917; Illinois
Central, 1855 a 1876; Cleveland and Pittsburg. LOG
1857; Chicago and North western, soz bid; do. pre-
ferred, s9zt a 90; Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati
and indianapolis, SoH 81; New Jersey Central,
1oS1 1Osl; Rsck Island, 1l016 a 11O7s; Milwaukee
and 81. Paul, 60 bid; do. preferred, SIX s12;
Toledo, Wabash and Western, SIX bid; Fort Wayne,
o4A bid; Chicago ana Alton, 1l5 bid; do. preferred,
III bid; Ohio and Mississippi, 311 s1H; Delaware,
LacKawanna and Western, 1904 1o9al; Morris and
Essex, sl,< 90; Boston, Hartford and Erie, 81s
a3s; Hannibal and st. Joseph, 100 a loeal; do.
preferred, ll6; Columbus Chicago and indiana Gen.
tral, 1874 q 1871.
HIGHEST AND LOWEST PRICES
The following table shows the highest and
ioweet nricee al leading stocks durnp The lay.