The New York herald., 1870-09-14
GOVERNMENTS EIRM.

nlent possible.
GOVERNMENTS FIRM.
The government market was firm, with more ac-
tivity The improved feeling was due to the an
nOuncement OF an advance in London to 90 a 9O1
the highest quotation made there since lhe reaction
from the first depression occasloned by the Euro
pean war. AT the same time buyers were readily
supplied, owing to the large amount Of bonds on the
market awaiting realization, this being the season
when there is usually large transfer Of the capital
invested In these securities to other OF in
come. The purchases were chiefly ON foreign ac-
count At the close OF street business the following
quotations United States currency sixes
Ill lllA4; de-, 1881, registered, ia lI4H; do.
de-, coupon, ia HAS DO. fve-twenties registered,
May and November, 1ll1< 111h; do do, 1862, cou-
pom. ao., 112X lI3; 90. d., 1864, 40. d. Ill x
1llss; do. do, 1855, do. do, 111T 112; do do.
registered. January and July, l10k hoy; do.
de 1866, coupon do, 1lo2s llo1 do. do, 1867, do.
DO, 1102s 1101s; de. do 1868, do. do 110% 110s<;
do. tea-forties, registered, 1863 1861; do. DO.
coupon, 1865 1864.
SOUTHERN SECURITIES QUIET.
Tie dealings in Southern State bonds were on an
unusually restricted scale, and the transactions at
the boards were purely nominal. Despite this dul-
ness the market possessed q steady undertOne and
prices were generally unchanged. The following
were the closing street prices:-Tennessee, ex
coupon, 81 62hs; do, new, 90 o COZ; Virginia,
ex coupon, o5 81; do, new, SO 8s; do registered
stock, old, SO "a; Georgia skies, SO q IS; do.
sevens, COX %; do sevens, Old, 30 q 81; North
Carolina, ex coupon, SO a 81; do. funding, 1866,
81 3s; do. do, 1885, "a u 80; do. new, 29X a
81; d., special tax, 23h "a; Missouri skies. 0Os
o014; DO, Hannibal and ST. Joseph 90 a9l Louis-
ana SKIES, II 73; do. new, IS 6s; do. levee SKIES
70 Is; dc. do. eights, SO Ss; do. penitentiary
sevens, IS a Is; do railroad eights, SO So;
Alabama nves, 10 49, do. eights, 1Ol lo2; do rail-
road eights e5 a 30; South Carolina skies, so a S.;
do, new, January and July, SO a 10; do. do,
April and October, 72 IS; do, registered
stock, old, 20 IS; Arkansas sevens 72 a a.
STOCKS STEADY AND STRONG
The stock market was in the main steady but
utterly devoid of animation, and was generally
abandoned by the brokers after the second call.
When gold touched ia and the ant-peace rumOrs
were in circulation prices were heavy, but toward
the close several Of the list became strong and
on light dealings rose a half 10 three-quarters
per cent. The following were the closing
prices at the last session OF the Stock Ex-
change:-Canton Company, oI1z q "a; Consoida-
tion Coal, 80; Cumberland Iron, 40; Western
Onion, 341a 34ss; Quicksilver 61s; Marlposa 51s
a 6; do. preferred, ga 10; Boston Water Power,
10 all; Adams Express 6594 SO; Wclls-Fargo Ex-
press, 81 a 4o]s; American Express, 4o2s a Al;
United States Express s7h ss; Pacific
Mall Az a 49, New York Central consol-
dated, 96H "a 96%; do scrip, s1zs o.;
Erie, 22A 23}s; Harlem, 1922 bd Reading, e61l a
96M; Michigan Central, 1lsa4 bld Lake Shore, 92H
a 92A; Illinois Central 1857 1877; Cleveland and
Pitsburg, 1O5 1861; Chicago and Northwestern
s214 a s2N; do preferred, SIX IS; Cleveland CO.
lumbus, Cincinnati and indianapolis, 7sI4 bid; New
Jersey Central, 104's a 1861; Rock Island, 113i4 q
1131s; Milwaukee and ST. Paul, 627s 621s; do pre-
ferred, sOk a SOY; Toledo. Wabash and Western,
51ys a 81: Fort Wayne, 94A o 95; Chicago and
Alton 1l2t4 1l27S; do. preferred. 1134 1l5; OHIO
and Mississippi, 341s 34h; ST. Louis and Iron
Mountain, 45H a 40; Delaware Lackawanna and
Western 1921 bid; Norris and Essex, ssal; Boston,
Hartford and Erie 8h bid; Hannibal and st. Joseph
nix; do. preferred, Ill bio; Columbus, Chicago and
Indiana Central, TX tx
HIGHEST AND LOWEST PRICES.
The extreme fluctuations Of the leading specula-