The New York herald., 1870-04-03
STOCKS LOWER AND STEADY.


The stock market was extremely dull ana trans
actions limited TO only fraction of the ordinary
daily business at the Stock Exchange. The more
active features were Lake Shore Northwestern New
YORK Central and st. Paul In the railways and
Pacific Mail and western Union IN the miscellaneous
shares Prices were steady and without essential
change except for Rock Island and Northwestern,
which advanced about one per cent in touching
their highest quotations Lake Shore was in urgent
demand up to two O'Clock TO permit registration or
the stock for the election in May. The market was
lower after the bank statement, the unravorable
features Of which were used to hammer prices.
Rock Island IN the afternoon was quoted ex divl-
dend OF 3X per cent. Ohio ana Mississippi was
strong on the showing OF $4,000 increase in the
earnings Of the month OF March, as compared with
last year. The Northwestern road shows an increase
OF $sl,eO for the last week In March, as compared
with the corresponding period IN 1862
THE LATEST PRICES OF STOCKS.
The following were the latest quotations for the
active list OF stocks-Canton, 65 a 65s<; Western
Union Telegraph Six 80; Quicksilver Mining a
94; Marposa. 5k oas; do. preferred, 12>s bid do.
certificates, A; Adams Express. 81 ei1l; Wells
Fargo Express, 1871 20; American Express 3s1<
3sH; United states Express, ASK a 40; Merchants
Union Express, bid; Pacific Mail, 38K 36'I; New
York Central and Hudson River, 91H 9lX; do.
scrip, S9}s SOY; Erie, 25 25 do. preferred, AK;
Harlem, 142 1431<; Reading, 97z es; Michigan
Central, 119 119T; Lake Shore and Michigan south.
ern, ssx s614; Panama, 1877 q 1873; Illinois Cen.
tral, 140H 143k; Cleveland and Pittsburg, 80 9s;
Chicago and Northwestern, Tx a 72X; do. pre-
ferred, s37s "a; New Jersey Central, 1928 1927;
Chicago and Rock Island, ex dividend 117l< 117k;
Cleveland Columbus and Cincinnati, "a a TAX; Mil
waukee and st. Paul. 60h q COX; do preferred 73s<
"a; Delaware, Lackawanna and Western 1927 q
103; Toledo, Wabash and western, As 45s.; do.
preferred, IA q IS; Pitsburg, Fort Wayne and CHI
cago guaranteed, 95 bd Alton and Terre Haute,
80 40; DO. preferred, 64S bid; Chicago and Alton,
112 11s; do preferred, liz bid; DO. scrip los los
Ohio and Mississippi 29H 2o1; do. preferred,
701 bid; st. Louis and Iron Mountain As; Chicago,
Burlington and Quincy, $50; Indianapolis and Gin
cnnati, 80; New Jersey, III bid Morris and Essex,
ao% ssN; New Haven ana Hartford, 100; New
York ana New Haven scrip, l4o; Boston, Hartford
and Erie, 33s; Marietta aud Cincinnati, first pre-.
ferred, is 20; do. second preferred, TX bid Han
nibal ana st. Joseph, 105 bid; do. preferred 105H
bid: Dubuque and Sioux City, 1919; Columbus,
Chicago ana Indiana Central, Tx TX.
GOVERNMENTS STRONG.
The government market was strong In answer to
the irmer feeling IN gold and the strength OF the
London quotations The final street prices were
steady follows:United States currency sixes 1l2
1l214; do, 1881, registered 113X ia; do. DO,
coupon, 1877 ia; do ive-twenties, registered,
May and November, 1867 10sA; do 1852, coupon,
do ITO 1l0I4; do. 1854 do do, 1091S 1095S; do.
1886, do. do 1929 1o9s4; do, 1865, January and
July, 1917 los do 1867, do. do, 1os7s 100; do.
1858. 1O9 1904, do. tenforties registered, l05i
1o6 do coupon, 106h 1061S.
SOUTHERN SECURITIES STEADY.
cn,,t tharp lat
dull The old virginias were heavy and nearly one
per cent lower Otherwise the market was without
feature and closed steady as sfolIows:-Teunessee ex
coupon 5sh SO; do, new, s14 sl's; do, Ave per
cent, 4a 45; Virginia, ex coupon e914 6o5s; do.
new, SO q 10; do registered stock, 81 a 57h; do.
do registered, 1856, 65 81: do do, 1857, 81 co.
Georgia skies, IS S6; DO. sevens 92H 93 do sew
ems, interest payable in Georgia. 81 e0 North Caro-.
llna ex coupon. 46H q 48H; do new, 26h IS; do.
SPECIAL tax, 22X 20; Missouri skies,
92x 90; do, Hannibal and ST. Joseph, 90 q 90;
Louisiana SKIES, "a 751S; do sevens, 80 81; do.
eghts, ex interest, IS 81; do evee skies, II 7s;
do do. eights, 81 90; Alabama elghts, 81 os; do.
fves 70 IS; do. skies, sterling, so IS; South Caro-
lima skies, SS 30; do, new, 82h 49, DO, regis
tered stock, so 81; city OF Memphis skies, 51H
a 81; do. Atlanta eights, so o 81; do. Savannah
sevens, 81 a Ss; do. New Orleans consols, rs 7s;
do. do, issue to railroads. rs a IS; Mobile and
Ohio sterling, rs II; DO. eiRhts, 10 III Mississippi
Central Railroad. first mortgage. II 80; DO. second
mortgage, 60 63: Memphis and Charleston, first
mortgage, SO ss; do, second DO, u 49, do. stock,
~ q 4e; Greenville and Columbus Railroad, guaran-
teed, ~ a 70; Macon and Brunswick, guaranteed
by tine State OF Georgia, so SO.
THE CITY BANK SHARES.
The following were the bids to-day for the city
bank shares:--New York, 139; Manhattan, 142; Mer-
chants, l241s; America l45; City, 2i0 Phenx, 107;
Tradesmen's, 152; National, 1l3h; Seventh Ward,
los; state Of New York. tos; Commerce, 1244;
Mercantile, 1870; American Exchange, 1l3s; Chat
ham, 10; Bank OF North America 1o4; Hanover
lOek; Irving; lle; Metropolitan, 14oH: Citizens,
1870; Grocers, III; East River, 100; Nassau, 107;