The New York herald., 1870-08-03

FOREIGN ExCHANGE LOWER.
| The duller and lower market for gold was
! due in some measure to similar mar
ket for foreign exchange the quotations.
| for which were a. follows, those for Con.
tinental bills being OF course purely nominal-
Sterling sixty days. commercial, lO8% 100; good to
prime bankers, 1927 lOeX; snort sight, HOY u
ilos4 Paris sixty days. 6.14's 5.121s; short sight,
6osx 5o71s; bankers. Antwerp, 5.14ss q 6.12h;
| do, Switzerland, 614X a 5121; do. Hamburg,
37H 3s; do, Amsterdam. 42A a42H; do, Frank
fort. "a u as do, Bremen, s016 81: Prussian
thalers rs a 20.
MONEY STEADY.
Despite the report Of some small shipments of cur
rency to the West the money market was steady at
the rates previously quoted. with perhaps q little
more doing at six per cent on stock collateral AS
a rule the rate was three to four on governments
and five to SIX on miscellaneous securities. Com
mercial paper is in good supply at Sha IL per
cent for prime double names.
GOVERNMENTS oUtSr.
The government market was steady despite the
changes in Europe. and prices ductated only about
an eighth. certainly not over quarter. per cent.
The registered tcn.fortes have been quoted exnter
est since yesterday, owing to the requirements OF
the Treasury that the registration the interest
shall close one month previous to the time when
que. The market closed quiet and strong "a fol-
fows:-Un,ted States currency, skies, 1lOX = H.;
do 1881. registered, 1l2x 1l31; do. do, coupon,
11sj. 1I3sa, DO. fve-twenties, registered, May
and November. I00I a ITO; do do, 1882
coupon do, l10X Il0t{; DO. do, 1854, do.
do, 109sl ll0: do do. 1865. do. do, 1907. .
1lOh; do. do. 1866. coupon. January aud July 1885
OSH; do. do, 1867, do. do, 1084 10SzS; do. d.
1858, do. DO, 100 i003s: do. ten-iorties,
registered, 1881 q lo4h: do. do COUPON 1867
1917; Central Pacific gold bonds s61. $50;
STOCKS DULL AND LOWER.
The stock market was again very dull and prices
declined about per cent On the reaction In
gold following the report of the OFranco-Aus
trian conference in Paris the marker recovered and
prices improved to quotations midway Of the ex-
tremes OF the day. The following were the
closing prices at the last session OF the
Stock Exchange:--Co Consolidation Coal, rs a 30;
Cumberland Iron, 40; Western Union, "a bid;
quicksilver, AZ bld MarIpOsa, 5h; do. preferred,
10 a 1917; Adams Express, 81 673I; Wells-FargO
Express. l3ts 14l4; American Express 42s4 a 43;
United States Express. As A.; Pacific Mail, S9k
New York Central consolidated, OIL a s1h; do.
scrip s6& bid; Erie q 2lis; Harlem, 1872 123 4:
Reading 94N a 94JS; Michigan Central. 116L 49,:
Lake Shore Ssx 50; Illinois Central, 1S1 bd Cleve-
land and Pittsburg, ex dividend 104 1O61; Chicago
and Northwestern, 81 bid; do. preferred, ssk bid
Cleveland Columbus Cincinnati and Indianapolis,
1s q "; new Jersey Cehtrai ioo lOl7a; ROCK
Island, 1l2s4 l13; Milwaukee and st. Paul. 5sH a
5sI; do. preferred. 751G 75K; Toledo, Wabash
and western, AN AK; do preferred II bid; Fort
Wayne, 92 927s; Chicago and Alton, l151< III;
do. preferred, 11s 100; OHIO and MISSISSIPPI 32I a
3211: Delaware, Lackawanna and western, 1O4 a
1906; Morris and Essex, s01l S9s<; Boston, Hartford
and Erie so. bid; Columbus, Chicago aud Indiana
Central, II 174.
HIGHEST AND LOWEST PRICEs
The following shows the highest and lowest prices