The New York herald., 1870-08-31
FOREIGN EXCHANGE LOWE

The sales OF bills as above noticed brought the
actual rate OF prime sterling down 1lO for sight
and lOo9z for sixty days. After the removal Of the
pressure to the market created by the execution OF
these orders the market closed steady as roows the
franc and Continental rates being nominal-Ster
ling, sixty days. commercial 10s9 1909; good to
prime bankers, 1O01S 1896 bankers rates, snort
sight, l104 HOS; Paris sixty days, 5.13a 5.124;
short sight, 6.07h 5.O64; Antwerp bankers, 5l5
5.l21S; swltzerlandd do, 5l3a1 as12N; Hamburg.
do. 35,G 355s; Amsterdam do, Al Az; Frankfort
do, Az AK; Bremen do, 79X a SOa; Prussian
thalers, 72,s TAX.
GOVERNMENTS DULL AND STEADY.
The government list was unusually quiet,
and the dealings were confined to few
transactions on investment account purely.
The following were the final street prices:-
United states currency skies, 1111 1111S;
do, 1881, registered, ia 1l4S do. do, coupon,
1l4% 1l49s; do. hve-twentes, registered
May and November, Ill Il nix; do do, 1862, cou-
pon do, 1929 1928; DO. do, 1864 do. do, III
11lA; do. do, 1885, do do, 1lI]G 111al do. do.
registered January and july i09si ITO; do.
do 1855, coupon do, 1895 ITO; do do, 1867 do.
do 1Oe2S 11O1S; do. do, 1865 do DO, 11c 110H;
do en-lortles, registered. 1853 loe%; do. do
pon, 100 1O915.
MONEY EASY.
The money market was unchanged. The general
rates call were four and i've per cent, but some
lenders in exceptional cases, obtained six per cent.
There was rather easier feeling IN discounts and
borrowers on time were accommodated at some re-
taxation in rates.
STOCKS DULL AND IRREGULAR.
The stock market was bdoyant IN earlier dealings,
and some OF the Western railways and New York
Central were fairly active. The buying movement
lost courage In the afternoon, however, and the
market, after declining to a small fraction above
the starting point, closed very dull. Pa
chc Mall was strong the report which
was circulated on the street that the
company had so much businesss on hand that they
would be compelled TO put an extra steamer.
Whatever the foundation of tie rumor 1t served TO
advance the shares to 3SM. The Northwest stocks
and ST. Paul were strong and maintained most OF
their Improvement to the close. canton
Company 81 e5; Consolidation Coal, 20
a 29&; Cumberland Iron, 392; Western Onion 332<
81; Quicksilver, 4I a 5es Marposa AZ bid; do.
preferred, q go; Adams Express. 651i; Wells
Fargo Express, 121 131s; do. scrip, "a 2%;
American Express, 4o7s; United States Express,
1S& bid; Pacific Mail, 3S'l 3S3s; New York Central
consolidated, e42l 04zS do. scrip 90 q 9OH;
Erie, 22a 22f; Harem l3I Ii bid; Reading ee@ a96]d;
Michigan Central llS7S bid Lake SHORE, 9i% Q2;
Illinois Central, 1861 bid; Cleveland and PlisDurg
105]E 1861; Chicago and Northwestern, 81 bid; do
PieioiIc", oo1I ooSs' CleVelani, Co!umDus Cncln-
matt and indianapolis, so; New Jersey Central Iol9
l02; Rock Isiand Il3h4 q 1l3s; Milwaukee and St.
Paul, 6JE CO.'S; do preferred, 7etS bid; Toledo,
Wabash and Western, 5lH 515S; Fort Wayne, 93A
bid; Chicago and Alton, liz lI214; do. preferred
Jpn bid; OHIO and MISSISSIPPI, "a a 344 Delaware
Lackawana and Western, l03js; Morris and Essex
$50 SO; Boston, hartford and Erie, 81 a 32f;
Hannibal ana ST. Joseph, lo7]5 1919; do. preferred,
1l2 112E; Columbus, Chicago and Indiana Central,
l71s 173s.
HIGHEST AND LOWEST PRICES.
The following are the highest ana lowest prices Of