The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-09-13

at the following figures. which are the basis OF
quotations for the business OF Wednesdays
steamer. II viii be observed that the siege
Of Paris has closed the market for frances
Sterling, sixty days. commercial, l0SH a 1O9ls;
good to prime bankers, 1928 a 1095S; snort
sight, 1905 Il03a Pans, no quotation; Antwerp,
bankers, 5.15a 5.I2%; Hamburg. so.. 357s 36I;
Amsterdam do. 4o9a 4Oa4; Frankfort, do, 41% a
i1k; Bremen do 49,. 7s6; Pr,issian thalers 70
r..
GOVERNMENT BONDS QUIET
The government market quiet, with strong
undertonc. The dealings were not active enough TO
produce any change in prices, which were very firm
at the close the report OF s9sz 30 for i've
twentics In London. The final street quotations
were IA fOllows:--United States currency SKIES
III lll4; do, 1881, registered, ia 1l4'4; do.
DO, coupon, ia 49,; do fvetwentes, registered,
May and November, ll1ii III =; DO do. 1862,
pom, do, 112I 113; 30. do, 1864, do do, lIlls
1l1s; do. do, 1865, do. do, l1I2s 49, do do.,
registered, January and July. 1l0i& a ll0h; do
do 1865, coupon do, i1o2s 11o1S do. do 1867, do
d. 1903 11oh: 10. do 1868, do. do, l105 1102l;
do ten-forties. registered, 1861 a 1869; do. dc
coupon, 1864 1891.
STOCKS DULL, LOWER AND STEADY.
The Stock Exchange was only thinly attended and
dealings were devoid OF animation. The continued
ease IN money stimulated some buying in the fore
noon, and prices were highest in the earlier hours
Of business. AS the day wore on and the buyers
found they had not been followed by others, and
that the market relapsing into dulness. prices
fell or again. and, In some instances, the lowest
quotations were made towards the close OF busI-
ness The market was, In the main, steady how
ever In the miscellaneous shares United Sta ties
Express was sold down to 37I on the report tn at
the company would be denied their route
over the Erie Railroad. The public should
remember that the same threat has been already
used several times to assist speculation i'm the STOCK
The extreme fluctuations IN prices to-day ranged
from quarter TO half per cent, except for the
stock just referred to, which declined from 40
to 37at. The following were the closing
prices at the last session OF the Stock Elk
change:--Canton Company, e21a bid; Consolda-
lon Coal, &c a 80; Cumberland Iron, 81; Western
Onion, 34l4 34al; Quicksilver, az; Mar,posa, "A
6]a 10. preferred, 90 %; Boston Water Power,
10; Adams Express. 651s 6614; wells-Farg0 Ex-
press, 3s = Al; do. scrip 21t 3; American Express
401a u.s. United States Express, 80 392<; Pacific
Mail, Al AZ: Atlantic Mail, 80; New York Central
consolidated, s6,s 961z; do scrip, 92,S a 92A;
Erie, 23Jl 231; Harlem, 134s; Reading, 9G14 96 n;
Michigan Central, 1lS bid; Lake Shore 92sI q 92A;
Illinois Central, 135 bid; Cleveland and Pitts
burg, 100 bid; Chicago and Northwestern, 82k
a So; do preferred So a oS1; Cleveland, Columbus,
Cincinnati and Indianapolis, 1914 81; New Jersey
Central, Io45s 105; Rock Island, 1881 a ll3n;
Milwaukee and st. Paul, 623. q 62s; do. pre-
ferred, S03< soy; Toledo, Wabash and Western, SO
521.: Fort Wayne, 94,s s5 Chicago and Alton,
1121I 1924; do preferred. 113 bd OHIO and Missis-
srppi 341z 345S; st. Louis and Iron Mountain 45L
AZ: Delaware LacSawanna and Western 101 z 102;
Morris and Essex, 80; Boston, Hartford and
Erie, 81 bid; Hannibal and st. Joseph 10 1929;
do preferred, ll3 bd Columbus, Chicago aud In
diana Central, IA bid.
SOUTHERN SECURITIES INACTIVE.
The Southern list was extremely dun, but prices
were generally steady, closing as folows-Tcnnessee
ex coupon, 62 62iA do, new, COZ eOlz; Virginia,
coupon, 661 81; do, new. 81 81: do registered
stock, Old, 1914 a 50; Georgia skies, So a IS; do.
scvens, 9lta a 81; do. sevens DID, 80 a 81; North
Carolina, ex coupon, 81 b1iz; do. funding 1855,
81 40: do. DO, 1885, "a SO; do. new, 20 a
29a; DO, special tax, 23i "a Missouri skies. 9O11
9O4; do. Hannibal and st. Joseph, 90 a9o<; Louisi
ana sixes Il 20: do new, SO IS; do. evee skies,
73 70; DO. do cghts SO q So; do. penitentary
sevens, "a a so: DO railroad eights, SO IS;
Alabama Gves, 20 70: do. eights. l01 lOl &; do. rail-
road eigbts, 90 100; south Carolina skies, so SIS;
do, new, January and July, go IL do. do, April
and October u 75 do, registered stock, Old 49,
Arkansas sevens, ~ 20; Mobile and ONO Railroad
sterling, rs 50; do, interest eghts ~ "a; Misls.
sppi Central Railroad, first mortgage sevens, 10 IS;
do, second do, eighrs IS a 69 New Orleans and
Jackson first, 81 Il "a: do. second, 20 7c; Memphis
and Charleston Railroad first So q So; do. second,
~ 74 do stock, 30 IS; Greenvlle aud Columbus
Railroad guaranteed by Souta Carolina, 81 20; Ma
con ana Brunswick, guaranteed by Georgia, 70 ,5
Memphis City SKIES, 56,s 67 Savannah CITY sevens
"a SO; New Orleans consos, old. II 20; do. Issue
railroad skies, 20 y; do, new scvens, u.
COMPARISON or THE IMpoRys.
The following shows tie JOrejgn imports At New