The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-05-13

Currency balances. ................... 1T56, 00d
At the very close 1llH buyer, thrcc) was bid for
gold and split, regular, with all the offerings at
111,S regular,
1926 600, divided as follows:-City OF Brooklyn,
s250ooo; Abyssinla, sl5o.ooo Hermann, $l75, 900;
France, $4,000.
THE NEW LOAN.
The additional subscriptions TO the new loan re.
ported TO the Treasury Department to-day amount
to making the total subscriptions and con.
versions to date se4,O54,7oo.
THE TREASURY BALANCES.
The following wore the Treasury balances at the
close OF business to-day-Currency, s9,6l7,0 00;
coin, sos 237, 900; the outstanding coin certificates
amount to s1o,s77,ooo.
GOVERNMENTS FIRM
The government list begins to show variation IN
the prices OF the different issues, graded upon the
remoteness Of redemption by the government
now that tho government refuses to pay
more than par in gold for such as are
bought at the Sub-Treasury each week. The
bonds OF the earliest issue were steady, and the
new bonds higher, the whole list being firm and
closing as follows:-United States currency skies,
1852 l15a: do. SKIES 1884, registered, III a 1171;
do d. coupon, III . 1l7h; do. five twenties,
registered May and November, Ill 1l1h; DO. do,
1861 coupon, do, Ill nix; do. do, 1854, coupon,
d. III 111h; do do, 1865, coupon, do, Ill
l11h; do. do, registered January and July 1l3 IA
ll3,k; do do, 1866, coupon, do, 1l3A 113ss; do,
do, 1867, coupon do, 113k 1887: do. do, 1868,
coupon do Il34 1lsH do, ten-forties, registered,
1osys lU9,s; do, ten.fortes, coupon, 1905 lo91.
STOCKS MORE ACTIVE BUT IRREGULAR.
The business at the Stock Exchange showed con-
siderable Improvement In the way OF activity, now
that the brokers have become more accustomed 10
their new quarters, although the facilities are still
hardly as satisfactory as they might be. There
was also freer speculative disposition shown
on the part Of the street ard quite q
vigorous movement was begun, or revived,
rather in the Leading favortes Prices early
in the day showed tendency to advance under
this return OF animation. and in the case OF Union
Pacific heavy transactions attended rise OF one per
cent Later on the mercural Pittsburg broke to 12i
on the circulation OF petition asking the Governor
OF Ohio to call special session fsfc OF the Ohio
Legislature to pass an act TO authorize the Cleveland
and Pirtsburg Railroad Company to increase their
captal stock per cent SO presumptuous or so
s,l,v document naturally cast the stock into ridi-
oule despite the fact that the signatures appended
were those OF men supposed ordinarily to have
their wits about them. The street, not Knowing
how to interpret the matter, and taking 1t as a
sirn. at least that the long anticipated scrip
dividend had but slim chances OF Immediate
realization II dependent upon the sanction OF on
extra session OF the Ohio Legislature began to
drop the stock, which was taken up BY somebody,
however, thereby creating the suspicion that the
document was trap to induce short interest, as
we'll as TO disgust smaller holders into selling. The
neathef Chinee Is evidently manGuvring some
where ia the vicinity OF Pirsburg but for what pur
nose those who would know must be content to walt
and learn The outside interest Is peculiarly sens
| tive lust now an to the course the mar
Ret will take, especially as I'm many In
| stances an advance would be purely spccu.
| latye and devoid OF the basis OF Intrinsic
! merit Under these circumstances the revived
movement on the -"bulr side takes the precaution
cooperating in th~low priced shares fall In which
| would not DO likely to do much damage IL was
doubtless this feeling that caused so much OF run
| to-day on the inexpensive Boston, Hartford and
Erie, although 'they say" that the signing OF the
| Poughkeepsle Bridge bill by the Governor was
| one reason for the more cheerful Views OF the
| street az to the future OF the company,
| because the enterprise referred to win connect
| the road with the Erie across the Hudson. "rney
saldn also that the decision Of the United States
Court making the holders OF the Burdell bonds the
| nssignees OF the oad--stockholders and bondhod-
| ers being to great extent identicai-was the real
| reason OF the rise In the stock, which advanced
| from az TO g. falling back to az and closing az /.
otherwise tho market was actively unsettled and