The New York herald., 1870-09-14
GOVERNMENTS FIRM.

GOVERNMENTS FIRM.
The government market was firm, with more
tivty. The improved feeling was due to the an
nOuncement OF an advance in London to 80 a 9Oa,
the highest quotation made there since The reaction
from the first depression occasloned by the Euro
pean war. AT the same time buyers were readily
supplied, owing to the large amount OF bonds on the
market awaiting realization, this being the season
when there is usually large transfer Of the capital
invested In these securities to other sources Of
come. The purchases were chiefly on foreign ac-
count At the close OF street business the following
quotations prevailed United States currency sixes
Ill q lllX; d., 1881, registered, ia 1l4h; do.
de-, coupon, ia 1l4s; DO fvetwenties registered,
May and November 1lll< III u; do do, 1852, cou-
pom, do, 1121 l13; Go. do, 1864, do. do, III u
Q 1l1k; do. do, 1885, do do, 111% 1l2; DO. do.,
d., 1856, coupon, do l1o2s 1loH do. do 1867, do
DO, 1103I 116l; do. do 1865, do. do, 1l0S l10N
do. ten-fortes, registered, 1868 q 1861; do. d.,
coupon, 1861 1864.
SOUTHERN SECURITIES QUIET.
Tie dealings in Southern state bonds were on an
unusually restricted scale, and the transactions at
the boards were purely nominal. Despite this du-
ness the market possessed q steady undertOne and
prices were generally unchanged. The following
were she closing street prices:-Tennessee, ex
coupon, 81 e21s; do, new, 90 eO3I Virginia,
stock, old, So "a; Georgia SKIES, SO q IS; do
sevens COX %; do sevens, OLD, 90 q 90; North
Carolina. ex coupon, SO a 81; do. funding, 1885,
81 3s; do. do, 1858, "a q 80; do. new, 20% a
81; d., special tax 23h "a; Missouri skies, 90 u
o014; do, Hannibal and ST. Joseph, ooag1; Louls
ana SKIES, II 73; do new, IS So; do. levee skies,
70 Is; dc. do. eights, SO ss; do. penitentiary
sevens, IS 7s; do. railroad elgnts SO SO;
Alabama nves. 10 a 73; do. eghts 10l q 1922 do ra-
road eights, e5 30; South Carolina skies, so IS;
do, new, January and July so q 10; do do,
April and October, 72 75 do, registered
stock, DID, 20 IS; Arkansas sevens, u "A.
STOCKS STEADY AND STRONG.
The stock market was In the main steady, but
utterly devoid of animation, and was generally
abandoned by the brokers after the second call.
When gold touched ia and the anti-peace rumors
were in circulation prices were heavy, but toward
the close several OF the list became strong and
on hight dealings rose half 10 three-quarters
per cent. The following were the closing
prices at the last session of the Stock Ex-
change: Canton Company olH a Ga; Consolida-
lion Coal, 30; Cumberland Iron, 40 Western
Unien, 341a 34$s Quicksilver, 8is; MarIposa, 51s
a 6; do. preferred, GA 10; Boston Water Power,
l3a17; Adams Express. 65s4 GO; wcls-Fargo Ex-
press, 81 401z; American Express, 4o2s a Al;
United States Express, 37A a ss; Pacific
Mail, 414 412s; New York Central consol-
Dated 96H 96h do. scrip, S1zs O 92;
Erie 224 23}s; Harlem, 1927 bid; Reading, e6il
96M; Michigan Central, 1lsZ bid; Lake Shore 921a
92A; Illinois Central, 1851 1877; Cleveland and
Plttsburg, 105 a 1868; Chicago and Northwestern,
s214 s2,s; do. preferred, SIX IS; Cleveland, Co
unbus, Cincinnati and indianapolis, 79>4 bid New
Jersey Central, l0i'. 1851; Rock Island, 1131
I13H; Milwaukee and ST. Paul, 627s 6215; do. pre-
ferred, 500 a SOk; Toledo, Wabash and Western,
SIX 81: Fort Wayne, 94s< O 95; Chicago and
Alton 1l2A l125s; do preferred, 11314 lis; OHIO
and Mississippi 34}s 341a; ST. Louis and Iron
Mountain, 451S 40; Delaware, Lackawanna and
Western 1922 bid; Norris and Essex, sss4; Boston,
Hartford and Erie 81 bid; Hannibal and st. Joseph
nix; do. preferred, Ill bd Columbus, Chicago and
Indiana Central, 17Xa17H.
HIGHEST AND LOWEST PRICES.
The extreme fluctuations Of the leading specula-