The New York herald., 1870-04-24

GOVERNMENTS STRONG AND ADVANCED.
The general buoyancy extended to the govern.
ment market, where prices improved about q
quarter per cent upon a strong demand The Lon.
don quotation came steady to-day, which, assisting
the nrmer tone OF the gold marEet IN les influence
on governments, produced q hrm market at the ad-
vanced quotations. The latest street prices were-
United States currency skies, liz a ll2H;
do, 1881. registered, lia% lis; do. DO,
coupon, 11aT us; do. nve-twenties.
registered May and November. lO7h
1os; do, 1882 coupon, do, li2,s ll3: do do,
1854, DO. do, 1ll'< 1llh do do 1866, do do.
112h ll2&; do. do, 1s85 coupon. lilo 1l0k;
do. do, 1867, do do, 11Ox hoy; do. do. 1858.
DO. do, lloA llo,S; do. ten.forties, registered
1O6 1861; do. do.. coupon, 1Ook Iooss.
SOUTHERN SECURITIES DULL AND STRONG.
with the exception of the Tennessees which were
heavy and lower the market for Southern State bonds
was strong particularly for the South Carolnas and
Alabamas, but was generally duh. The following
were the closing street prices for the Southern
list:-Tennessce ex coupon, Ss6 6o do, new.
5s 55lz; do, hve per cent, As SO; Virginia, ex
coupon. 6e14 d91a; do, new, 691s 10; do, regis
tered stock, 5e% 81; do. registered, 1869, &C a os
do, do, 1857, 81 50; Georgia skies
S5 81; do. sevens, 93k s4 40.
sevens, interest payable in Georgia, IS q 9o
North Carolina. ex coupon, 46X Al; do, new, &c q
261f; do, special tax, 23k 2Sk; Mis-
sourl skies, 92x a 92X; do., Hannibal and
ST. Joseph, 90 93; Louisiana SKIES, 76'i 70; do
sevens, rs 80; do. eghts, S5 ss do levee SKIES
rs 75h; DO. do. eghts, 9l1S s2h Alabama eights,
100 Il 10oX; do. 1ves, "a 10; do,
skies, sserllng 90 u s5; South Carolina SKIES,
50 90; do, new, So s2k; do, regular stock, so
s3 City Memphis skies, 81 u SO; do. Atlanta eights
SO a s5; do. Savannah sevens, IS 90; do New Or
olS a r. In N
"a; Mobile Onto sterling. "a rs; do, eights, 90
69H: Mississippi Central Railroad, first mortgage,
IS d so; do second do, so 59h; Memphis and
Charleston first mortgage, 81 80; do, second, rs
a s0 do. stock 43 a As; Greenville aud Columbus
Railroad, guaranteed, 20 a II; Macon and Bruins.
wick guaranteed by State Of Georgia. 81 a So; Ar
kansas Sevens, 75k 75h.
THE MONEY MARKET.
The money market was easy AZ four 10 SIX per
cent the latter being almost exceptional as the rate
on miscellaneous collaterals The market for com.
merciai paper shows more movement, and prime
double name acceptances are current az an average
OF seven per cent discount. Foreign exchange was
duh after the steamer out closed firm on the basis OF
100 109% for prime bankers sixty day and 1osS
109% for sight sterling bills.
THE IMPORTS OF THE WEEK.
The imports. other than dry goods ana specie at
the port OF New York from foreign ports for the
week ending April %, 1870, were $5,ol0,764.
The imports OF foreign dry goods at this port dur
ing the past week and since the beginning OF the year
were:--
For the greek. 1868. 1889. 1870.
Entered at port. .. s1.l37,l96 $l,5o5s43 s2,l3936s
Thrown on market l'4o1'4Sz lelo''7o 2l7'oS'
Since Jan. l.
Entered at port 2s7ss 2sI 1924 ,474 81. e9o, ,4s2
Thrown on market. 49, 236 1913 So l3696s $4,000 9S3
The total imports ut this port for the past week
amount to ST. l5O 1870, against $5ss5 for the cor
responding week of last year. The total imports ut
New York Tor the week compare as foiiows:-