The New York herald., 1876-03-11
carrying were ssl, and per cent Loans were also


THE MONEY MARKET
Money was freely supplied call at n ga per cent,
and subsequently at and ~ per cent stocks, while
the amount offering government collaterals at
lower prices could not be used. The following are the
rates of exchange New York at the aforementioned
cities to-day :-Chareston, unchanged Cincinnati,
steady par TO SOC premium; New Orleans commercial,
l.lo discount and par; bank premium Chicago, SOC.
discount, and ST. LOUIS par.
Sterling exchange firm. Prime asking rates,
4Se and 400; selling rates, 4s51 4s59< and 4Se
RechmarKs 05Is 95A, and 06 a O0A1 Cables, 9oh
a eesS. Prime Paris, 5.l3s1 a51liS.
GOODS
The imports OF dry goods at the port OF New York
for the week ending to-day 81 1872 O5l, and tho
marketed sS 100 49i The total imports OF dry
goods the port since January s23. $50 oo9 and
the total amount marketed s23, ,612 1873
RAILROAD BONDS.
Railroad bonds firm smaller volume OF
business than yesterday. Toledo and Wabash bonds
were weak ST. Louis division declining TO 73 second
TO Is and convertible 81 Northwest coupon bonds
were drmer at 92Js 93; Michigan Central, 1854
los Milwaukee and ST. Paul first, La Crosse division,
1924
The following were the closing quotations for Pacific
Railroad bonds Union Pacific lrsts, 1863 100; do
land grants lO371 lOl do sinking funds 92h 92a+;
UNITED STATES TREASURY.
The Assistant Treasurer paid to-day sl44 600 god
OF interest and s4s7 600 in redemption OF
nve-twenty bonds Receipts from internal revenue to-
day, S3l9 942 90; from customs, $i2o, 357 o. Bank
notes receivoi for redemption, $6o0 600.
GOVERNMENT BONDS
These were stronger in sympathy with the foreign
market The issue of 1867 has apparently attracted
renewed attention. both abroad ana at home IL Is
doubtless due the fact that while the coupon skies
running 1881 selling 123k coupons Of the
lS67's are not limited until 1857, and meant awhile
large amount of hve-twenties will have to be funded
before reaching them. 1t is therefore probable that
the 67s will exist after the bonds of 1881 due AZ
any rate several OF the banks to-day purchasing
this security in round lots, and foreign bankers
conceding preference for it. 1t may also be noted
in this connection that the sentiment in banking CIR
ces is strongly in favor of cent hftyyear bond
instead OF 4H rer cent thirty-ycar bond. IL
is believed that tho House of Representatives will
recognize the Importance of the above in behalf of
the former proposition. The following closing
quotations limited States currency skies, 1861
1877 do. do. 1851, registered, 1924 122%; do do,
do, coupon, I23 l2aA; do hvc-twentics, 1865,
registered 11sk 1lS5s; do do, do, coupon, llsx
1lsk do. do, do, new, registered, 1l99s ll9A;
do. do. do. do, coupon, l191s a l19hj do. DO,
l2lk 12lA; do. do, 1868, registered l23Js
12sT; do. do, do, coupon, 123h 1233I; do. ten
forties registered 1885, a llsl4; do do, coupon,
11sA ll94; do. Aves 1881, registered, l1sh 1lsZ
do. do, do, coupon, l1S9s llS7S
INVESTMENT SECURITIES
These sold as follows morris and Essex, 1857 !;
Chicago and Alton lO4; Rock Island, 1loa a Ill a
11OA Cleveland and Pittsburg guaranteed rose to
96; New Jersey Central, lO7 1919 lO6a4 Illinois
Central iHs1 los
Express stocks quiet American Express
brought c.
Bank shares sold lis y for Commerce. so for Ninth
National and S5 So y for Fourth National
FOREIGN MARKET.
The increase of specie by the Imperial Bank of Ger
many for the week 417,000 marks The London
advices report the market for securities rm especially
ten fortes and 1s67s, which up y per cent
from Yesterdays closing prices Eric to 161s
while the preferred declined IS The advance IN
ls67's due the belief that they will be OF greater
durability than the bonds OF 1884, which have hereto
fore been popular. In other words, the government
will be compelled take OF the bonds of 1881
first II also becoming apparent that IT, experiment
tally any AZ per cent bonds authorized, the
amount will not bo greater than the remaining balance
of the 1865 issues The following five p. ~ quo
tations :-Consols for money, 81 do for account
94k 94,S; 1865 bonds, old l05k 1867 bonds los; ;
ien-orty bonds, log; nves. 1861 Erie, l6h
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