The New York herald., 1870-01-07
aan l2O for the whole sunni
GOVERNMENT BONDS

were buoyant In sympathy with the advance in
gold. but the Cuba and ST. Thomas propositions
being regarded as likely TO increase The publtc debt
prices fell of fraction late In the day but closed
strong at the lower figures The following were the
closing street prices tonight:-United States cur.
rency sxes 1O93S 1923; do sixes 1881, registered,
1ioM 1l6h; do DO, coupon 116k 1161s; do.
nve-twentes, registered, May aud November, ll31
ll4; 40. DO. 1882, coupon, do, IAN llak; do.
do, 1854, do do, 113s ia; do. do, 1885, do do,
1l3H ia; do.. registered, January and July 1l2;1
lis; do do, 1885, coupon do, ll27s 113; do do,
1867 do. do l1ax 1ls4; do. do. 1885, do. do,
113I 1134; do. ten-rortles, registered, llls
1llh; do do, coupon, ll1% lllzs.
SOUTHERN SECURITIES.
The Southern State bonds were generally strong
and dull The virginas continued firm. and rose to
60IS for The old bonds and 81 for the The Ten
nessees and North Caroinas were steady and quiet,
and the South Carollnas strong. louisiana evee
skies sold as high as 66A. The following were the
prices Of the Southern list a. the last session Of the
board:--Tennessee, ex coupon, So; do, new, 40 S
Ask; Virginia, ex coupon, 5oi4 do, new, SO bid;
Georgia SKIES, so SIN: do. sevens, s91s bid; North
Carolina, coupon Al bid; do, new, % 2SA South
Carolina. new, " q 7s; Missouri skies, s4h a s5M;
Missouri and st. Joseph, 49, Louisiana SKIES SO 10;
do. do, new. 65 a 6S do, levee skies s5i es1s;
eights, 9SH a95.
COMMERCIAL PAPER.
The note brokers reported little or no unfavorable
results from the recent suspension, the houses en-
barrassed not being of the class whose paper gene
rally dealt on the street. Discounts ranged from
nine to twelve per cent for choice double name &C.
ceptances, with considerable doing at nine and ten
per cent, while sixty day bankers paper was cur
rent at as low as eight. In single names the range
was wider, the best not passing below ten per cent
per annum, while inferior grades were auoled all
the way from one to two per cent per month. The
growing ease of the local money market rather
stimulates the demand for prime paper, ana the
failures and suspensions already announced have
the eject of diverting purchasers to the strictly
prime grades.
THE MONEY MARKET.
The rate oD call was uniformly seven per cent,
with the demand fair at that figure. The market to-
day fully bore out the expectations OF to follow
the January disbursements. While nothing was re.
ported above seven per cent there were 10 transac
tions below that rate. Those who have watched
Its course win remember the gradual manner in
which the market has rea xed since Monday last
FOREIGN EXCHANGE.
/ The market for foreign exchange was hrmer,
particularly for sixty day sterling, although the ad
in gold tended rather to check business. The
range OF rates at the close was Notwithstanding
sixty days, commercial, los 1os>z; good to prime
bankers, 1885, 1887; short sight. 109s 1oo,s;
Paris sixty days. 5.2lA 5.l7}s; short sight, 516E
SIS; Antwerp, 5.22h 5.17ja; Switzerland, 6.22,s a
5.17k; Hamburg, 36k q 357s; Amsterdam; 40h a
Aox Frankfort, 4oA 4o,<; Bremen, 7Ss. 10; Prus-
sian thalers, 70K 70k.
THE STOCK MARKET
was strong and active the Vanderbilt stocks again
leading the list and attracting the most attention
The STOCK rose to 92 and the scrip to s8A. The
promise in the rival interests In Pttsburg caused an
advance In that stock from 81 to S7I. The upward
movement seemed TO have no exception and ex-
tended over all the railways. The express stocks
were weak and lower, particularly for Adams
which sold down to el1s and hence the inference
that the House Convention has not terminated
Aarmoniously Pacific Mail and Western Union
wsrs frmer and higher. The highest and lowest
prices OF the leading speculative stocks were as fol.