The New York herald., 1870-03-22

CLOSING PRICES AT THE STOCK EXCHANGE.
The following were the closing prices OF stocks at
the last session OF the stock Exchange:- :-Canton,
62S 62js; Cumberland, ~ a 90; Western
Union, 32ll 325s: Quicksilver, l01s bd Marlposa,
tx bid: do preferred, 1s,s 10; do. certificates,
4s4 80; do first preferred. 4s 4SJ; Pacific Mail 3s4
a s32s; Boston Water Power, II a tx; Adams Ex-
press, ol}s Gla4; Wells-Fargo Express 1914 o 20;
American Express, 3sS 3S4; United States Ex-
press. Al IS; New YORK Central consolidated
s271 s31s; do. scrip, eo;s a sl16; Harlem, 14sis
1857; Erie 247i IS; do. preferred, 43 q a4h;
Reading s9Is 9o,1; Michigan Central, lI9l4 100;
Lake Shore, 81 s7H; Illinois Central, lao bid;
Cleveland and Pittsburg osss so; Chicago and
Northwestern, 1lk 7iai; do. preferred, SAX s2z.;
Cleveland, Columbus ami Cincinnati T3 q IAN;
Rock Island. l19l . 1l9i; Milwaukee and ST.
Paul, 591s 59i4; DO, preferred. 1914 1917; Fort
Wayne 95 a 95l4; Alton and Terre Haute, 80 q 80;
do. preferred, So y 6S Ohio and Mississippi, 2sI
285E; Delaware and Lackawanna, IO2X bid;
New Jersey Central, 1922. 1929; Chicago
and Alton, lllk 49, do preferred. ll2 IA; Nor
ris aud Essex, 9o& a 81; Hannibal and ST. Joseph,
1o6 lo7; DO. preferred, 100 a lo7; Dubuque and
Sioux city. 100 q 10s; Columbus Chicago and Indl.
ana Central 17sz.
GOVERNMENTS HEAVY AND DULL.
The Hrmer tone OF the gold market in the forenoon
led to q fractional Improvement In governments as
compared with Saturdays latest quotations. but
with the London quoration-901-the decline In
gold TO 1I2,i and the probability that with the
amendment above referred TO the Sinking Fund bill
Is likely to pass the House, the market closed with
decline as follows:-Unlted States currency skies,
112t< Il25; do skies, 1881 registered, ia 114s;
do. do, coupon 114t4 1141a: do. 1ve-twcnties,
registered, May and November 10s1 los u; do do,
1852, coupon do, 1Oe11 lo91s; do. do, 1854, do.
do, 1oS1l 1oszI; do. do, 1885, do. do 100 1o9n;
do. ao 1866, coupon, January and July, 1o7h q
l07H; 40. do, 1857, do DO, 1osH 1885,; do. do,
1868, do DO, losA 1905 do tenforties, registered,
105 1861; do. do, coupon. los 1861.
SOUTHERN SECURITIES QUIET.
The Southern list was quiet and inactive except
for the Virginias, which were very strong for
the new bonds. The prices at the last board
were:-Tennessee skies, ex coupon, 67A 6s;
do, new, 49l a 80; Virginia skies, ex coupon
s21s 7s1s; do new, II IS; Georgia skies, SO bid;
do. sevens, % q 92sl; North Carolina, ex coupon,
46 a4754; do, new, 23 o 23H; Missouri skies, 92 a
s21s; Missouri, Hannibal and St. Joseph % 92Is;
Louisiana sixes, n bid; do. lcvee skies, 771s 7s;
do. do, eights, SS; Alabama eghts, s5 1907 do
fves, IS bid; South Carolina SKIES s71s se1s; DO,
new tJuly), 81 SO; do. do tAprll), SAX as7.
FOREIGN EXCHANGE STRONG.
The falling of OF about 20 600 bales in the receipts
VI COttuu Idst Wetk anu VI Cottou IL
the market induced the leading bankers TO advance
their rates for foreign exchange The range OF quo
tatious was as follows:-Steriing sixty days CON-
mercial, 1917 1885, good TO prime bankers, 1887
1857; short sight, l0sI l09ts; Paris sixty days
6.25 q 6.22h; short sight, 5.2o3 $50; Antwerp,
5.2e4 q 5.22>s; Switzerland, 52et< 5.22k; Ham,
burg, a53i 35x; Amsterdam, 397s a4o@; Frankfort
39T 4o4; Bremen. Tx 7s}.; Prussian thalers 10
a7oA
The following shows the foTelGp impoIta ~ sew