The New York herald., 1870-08-19

rations OF the Gold Exchange Bank were as fol-
lows:-Gross clearlngs, s47sss,oOo; gold balances
$l,252, s43; currency balances. $1,4s4,336.
FOREIGN EXCHANGE
continues duh and steady at subjoined quotations.
Sterling francs and other continental bills are
merely nominal, but the following are brokers'
rates. Sterling, sixty days, commercial, 1851 a
109<; good to prime bankers, 1O9t 1O9N; bankers
rates. short sight, 110a 1l0x; Pars, sixty days.
5.13s< 6.12k; short sight 6.O75S $685.; Antwerp
5.l3% a6.12k Switzerland, 6.l3% q 512h; Hamburg,
36 a 81; Amsterdam, Az Az; Frankfort, AZ q
4214; Bremen so S0Js; Prussian thalers, 74s IS.
The specie shipment to-day was $267, 900.
MONEY MORE ACTIVE
and the rate on call loans has advanced four and
nve per cent. The Bank OF England has reduced its
rate OF discount one per cent, and the rate now
stands at four ana half per cent This reduction
was generally expected in view OF the increasing
ease In money In the open market ut London for two
weeks past. kilograms from Washington to-day
state thar the currency balance Is now $50 900.
The decrease yesterday is attributed the destruc
ton Of $4,000, 600 mutilated United States notes.
and the increase to-day said to arise from the
placing OF the old notes with new ones.
GOVERNMENTS FIRM BUT LOWER
The government market exhibits less activity than
In the earlier days OF the war; but greater steadi
ness. The market to-day was uniavorably affected
ny iaIRe OHefIDBs at tne SuD-1feaSury, winch
reached an aggregate Of nearly five millions. The
Treasury purchased million 100. So to IO9 80.
After the awards were made the market price was
barely steady the only changes being rise OF q per
cent on 62's, 4 on 65's Old, and q decline OF
70 on new 65s, and 4 on 6S's. The fol-
lowing were the closing quotations at three P. NJ
United States currency skies, liz @ 1I2,1; do
1881, registered, 1l4l1 1i411; do. do, cou-
pom, 114s 1l424; do. dvetwentes registered, May
and November. III 1llk; do. do, 1862, coupon,
do, l12. 112yl; do do, 1854, do. do I11ss lI1s
do do, 1885, do. do, III NIX d.. do., 1865 Jan
uary and July, registered, 1904 llO,s do. do 1885,
coupon do, HOY 110< do. do, 1857 do. DO, 100.
aIlOh do do 1865 do. do, 11e3s 11o. do ten.for-
ties registered, lo5 05t.: do. do coupon, I0S. a
1885.
SOUTHERN SECURITIES
are steady, without features. Prices the close
were:-Tennessee, coupon, 62Ik a 63: do new
6oh 6oei; Virginia, ex coupon So a 831s; do
new. 621s "a; do, registered stock old, 6OA
o0A Georgia skies. s3 a s5; do sevens 81 u 90:
do. sevens, old, 30 90; North Carolina. ex coupon
529a 6s; do. funding. 1866. 3sia 4l do do, 1865
36 81; do. new, 33ti "a; do, special tax
24}9 25 Missouri SKIES 90h a 9O2l; do. Hanni
bal and 81. Joseph s9is a 30; Louisiana sixes
" 72h; do, new, 81 CO; do. levee skies, u
49, do. do. eights, s7h S. do. Penitentiary
sevens, " a 7s; do. railroad eghts SO u So:
Alabama nves, 20 72; do eights. 80 100;
do. railroad eghts, 93 "a South Carolina
skies, 80 SO: do, new, January and July 70 q IA
do. do, April and October. 7o IS; do. registered
stock, old, IS s0 Arkansas sevens, 70 a 10; Mobile
and OHIO Railroad sterling, ~ so; do. interest
eighs. 73 a "a; Mississippi Central Railroad first
mortgage sevens 10 rs DO second do.
eights, 81 6s: New Orleans and Jack
son first, SO y s4 do. second, 7S a 10; Mem
phis and Charleston Railroad first. 81 . &c. do.
second, 73 49, do. stock, 90 a 3S; Greenville and
Columbia Railroad, guaranteed by South Carolina,
Us 70 Macon and Brunswick, guaranteed by
Georgia. 75 7e Memphis City skies. Sc 81:
Savannah City sevens. So a SO: New Orleans consos
old, ~ IS: do. issue railroad SKIES ss a 20; do
new sevens 73a "a.
STOCKS OFF.
the stock market exhpited bearish feeling to-
day in consequence of sales BY parties who bought ia
expectation Of an upward turn following the an-
Douncment OF the railroad truce. Prices on the
second cali were:-Canton Company, 60 6a; Cum.
berand IrOn 40: Western pnion 34l, bid: Quick
silver, 4h bid; Marposs bid; do preferred
9% 91.: Boston Water Power, 1s; Adams Ex-
press, 67t. 6s2S; wellsFargo Express, l31s a
AZ; do. scrip, 3; American Express, 42k bid;
United States Express, 40 45; Pacific Mail, 3T5S
375.: New York Central consolidated 90 a 951s;
do. scrip, o0si 905s; Erie. 22s 225; Haren 1929
l54: ISeaulnR s5's VIDA michigan Cenrdt llS5s;
Lake Shore, e1 017.; Illinois Central, 1861 1885,
Cleveland and Pttsburg lo51a n 100; Chicago and
Northwestern s15s $50; do. preferred. s51. s61s
Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and Indiana. rs
79t&: New Jersey Central, lo1 q 1915 Rock Island
1l35, n l13]4; Milwaukee and ST. Paul. COS
t02s; do. preferred '6s4 161.; Toledo wabash
and western, 61h 5ln; do. preferred, IS bid;
Fort Wayne, 9si4 94]z: Chicago and Alton, ll2ss
bid; do. preferred, 1l8 hid; OHIO and mississippi.
s3;. bid; st. Louis and Iron Mountain, 4e; Della
ware, Lackawanna aud Western, 10Ssi . LOG; Nor
ris and Essex sss SO; Boston. Hartford and Erie
3h 81; Hsnnibal ana 81. Joseph. los bid: DO
preferred, ITO bid; Columbus Chicago and Indiana
Central, l7is lTsa
RAILROAD BONDS.
In another part Of to.day's paper will be found
article OF special interest TO Erie bondhoders
Prices OF bonds to-day were:-New York Central
skies, 1857, SO; do. sevens, 1876, o9 do. do con-
verible 1875 80; do. do lS85-76 90; Erie first mort
gage, extended, 9s u 100; do. do endorsed, 9S; do
scyens, second do, 1879, 9iM 30; do do, third
do, 1889, La co. do. do, fourth do 1880, S2a1
s3k; do do, fifth do, 1885, rs a so Buffalo, New
York and Erie first mortgage, 1877, co. Hudson
River sevens, second mortgage, sinking
fund, 1885, 1919; do. do, third do, 1875, 10o3k;
Harlem first mortgage, 100; Albany and Susque-
hanna first bonds, 100: do. do second do, g2h
"a; do. do. third do, 92h; Michigan Central first
mortgage eights, 1882, 1876; Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy eight per cent first mortgage, 11o Ill;
Michigan Southern seven per cent second mortgage
ok o31s; Michigan Southern and Northern In
diana sinking fund seven per cent, o.; Pacific Rail
road sevens, guaranteed by Missouri. 96 96h;
Central Pacific bonds, s7is SIX; Union Pacific
first bonds, S2k s2% Illinois Central seven per