The New York herald., 1870-04-30
FOREIGN EXCHANGE ADVANCE


The leading bankers advanced the rate for sixty day
at lower figures by dealers in this Class of spe ula
tive investment came upon the market 80 that street
transactions out or second hanisn occurred at 109l
1093S. The nominal quota tions we're a. foows:--
Sterling, sixty days, commercial. l0Ss@ q 1927;
good to prime bankers, 10o1< lO9A; short
sight, 1929 l1o1S; Paris, sixty days, 521T o
5.l6%; short sight, 5.155s 5.147S; Antwerp 5.211
q 5.16tl; Switzerland, 5.21h 5.l64; Hamburg 35ss
a Sc; Amsterdam, 4ol4 Il; Frankfort 4o4 a
4oH; Bremen, 7S14 1876 prussian thalers 1Os4
712l.
MONEY MORE ACTIVE.
The demand for money was more active To- day,
and in some instances borrowers on Stock colaoras
paid six per cent but the bulk of business on mis-
ceilaneous securities was az Ave per cent and on
government collateras at four to i've per cent Com
mercai paper was without new features
GOVERNMENTS IRREGULAR.
The government marget declined three-eigiths 10 a
half per cent sales 10 realize the recent advance
and on sales against an expected return of bonds
from Europe, the decline In gold rendering the market
heavy at the noon and afternoon bonds. The lower
prices brought In fresh buyers from the banks and
moneyed corporations who had been waiting for a
reaction, and under these purchases the market
closed up strong again. The dealings In govern
ments al the board the street and and over
the counter must have reached several mil-
hons. The latest prices were as iollows:-United
States currency skies, lI2 1l2i4; do, 1881.
registered 1864 1lG1l; DO. do, coupon, Il8H a
III; do fve-twenues. registered. May and No
vem5er, 1io14 lloA; DO. do, 1867, coupon do.
do. 1864 115is; do. do, 1864, do. do, ia q
Has; do. do, 1866, do. do, I'4ti ll44; do.
do, 1886. coupon, January and July, lis 1IS1S;
n
do. do, 1855 l1aJ&; do. tenforties registered,
l07h Jos; do. do.. coupon l0S1s l0Stt.
SOUTHERN sEcuKrnEs DULL.
The Southern State bonds still remain neglected in
the general buoyancy and activity of the time. The
new Tennessees were lower and week the Alaba.
mas higher and firn and the general iGarke eady.
The following were the closing street prices OF the
Southern list:-Tennessee ex coupon, COZ COZ;
do., new, 56 565[; do. five per cent, Al 80; Vr-
ginia, ex coupon, 6eA 695l; do new, ss11 a 7o
do, registered stock. 5ejS 5eti; do registered,
1865, 66 6s; do. do, 1857, 61k 81; Georgia skies
So a 30; 30. sevens, 94k 95; do. do, interest
payable in Georgia, SO 90; North Carolina,
ex coupon, Al Ak do, new, c3s4 "a;
Missouri skies, ok 93 do Hannibal and st. Joseph,
81 90; Louisiana skies, 75K do sevcns, rs so;
DO. eghs, s5 81; DO. leyee skies, 74K II; do do.
eIghs, 9llS %; Alabama eghts, 10s 106; DO hves,
10 a so: do skies, sterling, 30 95; South Carolina
skies, 30 ~; do, new, s11s 81; do, registered
stock, 80 SO; City Of Memphis skies, 81 81; do.
Atlanta eights, So s5; do Savannah sevens, 80 q
90; do. New Orleans consos, 70 IS; do do railroad
issues, 70 IS; Mobile Ohio sterling, n q so; do
eghts II a 49, Mississippi Central Railroad first
mortgage rs Sc; do. second mortgage, 81 a 62;
Memphis and Charleston first mortgage, SO 90; do
second mortgage, 7s so; do. stock A q 4s; Green
vile and Columbia Railroad, guaranteed, 20 o ~;
Macon and Brunswick. guaranteed by Georgia, 81 a
= "; Arkansas seYens 70 q 75Js.