The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-11-28

currency BALANCES. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 19i,9l5
the government market closely sympathized with
NE gold market steady the earlier hours o.
business, but declining SHARPLY OF the close, when
che o7's sold as low 1l4H. There was otherwise
no feature and quotations the street. there being
no afternoon SESSION Of the Board, closed as
1Oliows-Unlted States currency skies, 1917
107x; do. skies, 1851, registered, I18z 1T; do.
coupon, 1l6t4 lls; DO. 1ve-twcntles, registered,
May and November, INK liz; do. 1862, coupon,
d. 1881 lljys; do. lsC4, coupon, do, 1l14 111:
do 1895. coupon, do 112a 1929; do, registered,
January and July, 1141s 114k: do. 1865, coupon,
do l147S has: GO. 1857, coupon do. 114i l14&;
DO 1868, coupon, 90, ll43s haas do. ten-fortics
registered. 1913 1914: do coupon, Io7 u 107h.
In Southern securities there continued excite
ment In the North Carolinas, particularly when the
statement was coailrmed by the receipt OF Raleigh
papers, that measure had been introduced In the
Legislature TO repuolaic all the special issues
sold below 90. The elect more visible at the
last board, where the bonds sold as low as 27h
and the special tax bonds at q. private letter
from North Carolina confirms the announcement
also made In this column that II ID proposed pass
laws requiring ms rance companies doing business in
the State to deposit state bonds security; ana also
t0reQuire railroad companies 10 take up their
euries deposit state bonds instead. The reaction
late IN the afternoon may be due to this statement.
The simple truth the legislative authorities OF the
Southern states have learned the art OF specializing
In their b0nus, and hence the introduction OF mea-
sures calculated to "bulln or ''bear, the market
the following we're The closing street prices tonight
for the leading bonds the Southern list:-Tennes-
see ex coupon, So a 81; do, new. SOY a 81; vir-
ginia, ex COUPON 4s 80; do, new, SO 81; Georgia
sixes 81 u IS; do. sevens 81 95; North Carolina,
OK coupon, Al a AZ; do- new, q q %; do, special
tax, 20 80; Missouri sixes OIL 90; Louisiana sixes
s5 OF: do. levee skies, 90 a 90; Alabama eights,
- q 90; do 1ves, co %; South Carolina SKIES
90 20 do new GO 81; CITY Memphis skies, AZ 40.
The following were the bids to-day for the city
bank stocks:-New York, 1874; Manhattan, 143; Mer-
chants. 12S; Mechanics, Ao; America, las; City,
2l0; Phcnix. los; North River. %; Tradcsmens $50;
Fulton, 100; Seventh Ward ITO; State OF New York,
1o7; Commerce, III; Broadway, 275; Ocean. rs;
Bank Of the Republic, III; Bank of North America,
1071s; Hanover, 1885, Irving, 115; Metropolitan, 1873;
Nassau, 102; Continental, 101; ST. Nicholas, 1lG;
Commonwealth, nix; Importers and Traders, 1875;
Park, 100; Manufacturers and Merchants IO2; Gen.
tra National, 1919; Fourth National, 1O44; Ninth
National, 113; Tenth National, SO; Eleventh Ward,
l02; Oriental. 100; American Exchange, los.
The stock market was dull and irregular during
the boards, the Vanderbilt stocks again declining
without any special pressure Of sales. The clique
operations were confined to the Western shares
which were active on comparatively narrow range
or fluctuations until alter the bank statement when
the whole list became bnoyant and the market
strong. the movements being almost precise repe-
tton Of those OF yesterday. Pacific Mail was nrmer
and rose to bs. The range OF the leading stocks is
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