The New York herald., 1871-02-21


Gold balances. i'ail 600
Currency balances. s...................., l,Slo,4so
GOVERNMENTS STRONG AND STEADY.
!, The government list opened at slight improve.
ment the closing prices OF last week. but then be-
| came steady and continued strong and unalsered
the rest OF the day. The ANAL street prices
folows:-Unitej States currency skies, li2s ll3,s;
40. SKIES, 1851, registered, 1l4i4 ll4}s; do. do,
coupon, 1l4< lls3s; do. fye-twentIes, registered,
May and November, lll's lily; do do, lso2, cou-
pom, Co., lll;s li2 do. do, 1854, do. do, lilI
III II do do, 1866 do. CO., 1ll7s 1llh; do. do,
registered January ana July, llo4 i10,s; do. do,
1866, coupon, do. ll0A ll9n; do Go., 1867, do
do, Ilol. 1lo7I; do. do 1868 do. Co., ll0a Ill;
do ten-iorties, registered, lQ7. lis; do. do,
pom, ll0H q III. Z.
EsFUNDlNa THE NATIONAL DEBr.
The following correspondence between the First
National Bank Of this city AMI the Secretary of the
Treasury Is interesting, In view OF the Efforts
making to fund the $40 per cent bonds into tae
new {, AZ AMI 4 per cent bonds
FIRST NATIONAL BASK, ERw YoaK. Feb. 10, 1871
Hon dLoasE s. BouTwELL, Secretary OF the Treasury:
circular Of the instant shall picass have You
ise terms sae We & thai % ars p oa 'e % sse
ssSn unsr n the a9Ss Of fesr before the 9th Of
That we may be prepared 20 act aaders.ana,s snd en-.
!; What disposition shall max. OF the Two per cent,
On what will subscribers be vsed Of the accept.
aoaev o. m q t0e and when wiz The
p Il payment Is made in tue fve.twenty bonds, when
VIII me Sax per cent Interest cease and Inc lower rae
the I've cents only, would subscriOers Offering small
ae viii yo ssusr e n S Il s new
aoa 1Ss act & as Inc Inc sns ss & Be lem ea
Is BEADED, eshs lSso ~ cents lo; pr cents,
Please for making these Inquiries though
asen pertinent ina, as yoar aseat we should be aoe 70
yer, G19H9h HI.4 s. gASEE Ban Sass,sr
WASH saToy. February Ii, Is7i.
GEoneE EAKEa, Esq., Cashier First Saiolal bank. New
s s f T,sss2, s letter q s 18Th
reply asvs TO ssy hs, the ,w per een deposited w he
It impossible say when subscribers vii be al
a VIII ss lie Interest s % the
The interest vii cease On the ponds wien the
subscsers notified that the new bonds ready for
Preference win be given TO subscribers according 10 the
ransement announced the 4h inst, and subscription
for i've per cen. Soaas 2. rTsln ars would
mentionsd but among the susc 0eis for tive per cent
thorzed those who premium vii. preferred The
new bonds M bear ,;s the year Instead Of s
GEORGE 5. BouTW ell, secretary.
STOCKS MORE ACTIVE AND FIRM.
The earlier hours Of business at the Stock Ex.
change were attended by fairly active transactions
In the general list consequent upon The special AMI
nation OF Western Union Telegraph, which ad-
vanced from AK TO 4SK Curiously enGrgh, the
buyers were recent as to the secret OF their ORDERS
which, considering the buoyancy OF the stock and
extent OF dealings in it, they executed
with o silence aud ali absence OF rumors
that seldom accompany such activity; for,
II there are no positive statements made, the Long
Room is apt TO imagine great many theories and
give them speedy currency. Pacific Mail, after o
good ''send-on," as tar1tes would say, which
carried 1t to AK, 'balked" and went back to a,
but afterwards reached to AN. Wabash and Lake
Shore followed Western Union, the former maintain
ing ITS Improvement up TO the close In the mining
shares Quicksilver advanced to lax. Harlem was
irregular between the extremes OF l25 and 1876 The
extreme fluctuations of the leading speculative
| shares are shown in the table,