The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-10-15


attention The speculative interest OF the street
Is for the time being absorbed in gold ANA stocks
Hence the duIler business In bonds. The follow
ing were the final street quotations: Tennessee,
ex coupon, s2,s 62a4; d., new. ssH Q e0A;
Virginia, OF coupsa % q e3; do, new, "a q 90;
d., registered stock, DID, SIX q 49, Georgia
sixes. 50 ~; do. ssyens 90 Z 81; 10. d. old 90
%; North Carolina. ex csupen, A. a IS; do,
lnnuing, 1865, 80 a Al; DO. do, 1865, 80 4 81;
do. new, s7is 2S; do, special tax, 23
23A; Missouri siyc5, 81 9l94; do, Hannibal ana
st. Joseph, Oh s114; Louisiana SKIES, 6s q II; d.
new. e6n 6S; do. levee skies, 10 rs; do. d.,
elghts, s7 So do. peni,entiary sevens rs IS: DO
railroad eigkts, 70 81; Alabama fves 10 q 70;
40. eIghts, lol 1927 do. railroad Fights, 05 a 1907
South Carolina skies. so IS; DO, new January and
July, 671s 6s; d. new, April and October 90 IS;
do. registered stock. old 10 rs; Arkansas sixes 90
o.; 10. sevens, 81 20; Mobile and Ohio Railroad
sterling, 80 80; do. Interest eghs, ~ Isl do. Sec
ond mortgage, Fights, So 50; Mississippi Central
Railroad first mortgage, sevens ~ a s0 do. do,
second DO. eights, 81 20; New Orleans and Jack
son, first mortgage, 81 SO; do. do. second mort.
gage. 70 n; Memphis ana Charleston Railroad.
first mortgage SIS ST. 10. do, second mortgage, 70
"a; Greenvlie and Columbia Railroad, guaranteed
by South Carolina, G2 q Co. Macon and Brunswick,
guaranteed by Georgia, "A 10; Wilmington, Char
lotte and Rutherford eights, 40 SO: Memphis city
skies, IS o 60; Savannah city scvens, so 50; New
Orleans consols, old, rs IS; do. issued railroad
SKIES, 81 q 10; do, new scvens, II ~.
STOCKS STRONG AND BUoYANT.
The removal Of the nightmare OF stringent money
led to buoyant and strong stock market, ana prices
for some shares reached the highest made this sea-
son. will be seen by the table below. Il is inti-
mated that the recent attack made by certain
'bears," who, having calculated on a stringent
money market this fall, had gone short OF stocks.
but finding their mistake endeavored to retrieve
their error by forcing down prices through the In
strumentality OF the sensation In the gold market,
with view TO covering their sales and
purchasing stocks, 80 as to get In the same
boat with the triumphant "buls," who have
had en- up stream voyage OF 1t for the past month
the lessons Of experience having been entirely at
fault as to the course oil prices this season. The
market steadily uader the relaxation In money,
and the best prices were, as rule. made on the
street subsequent to The closing OF the Long Room.
The following were the closing prices at the last
session OF the Stock Exchange:-Ca Company,
671s 65 Cumberland Iron 40; Western Union, 3Qss
1914; Quicksilver 81 o 64; 40. preferred, I1ls;
Boston Water Power, Is q Is; Adams Express, GU.
a67ls; cs-FarGo Express, 80 4oa; do. scrip, 221
q 8; American Express, 43;S "A; United
STATES Express, 80 s6gs; Pacific Maii. Az 44ss;
New York Central consolidated 93s sSs; do. scrip,
$50 bid; Erie 22s1; Harlem, 13tss 1885, Reading,
10o3l 10l Michigan Central, 121 q 12li<; Lake
Shore 94as; Union Pacific, %; Illinois Central, 100
1865; Cleveland and Pttsburg, 1865 107; Chicago
and Northwestern, sl's SIX; do. preferred, s91a
S9i4; Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and Indian
apols sos bid; New Jersey Central, 1914 Io7t5;
Rock Island, 1131a 113A; Milwaukee ana St. Paul,
CAS- 64A; do. preferred, 80 S2i5; Toledo Wabash
and Western, SAX a 54sS; do. preferred, 70 70;
Fort wayne, 031S sS'4: Chicago ana Alton, ll3k
1l3z; do. preferred, 1lils 1851; Ohio and his.
sissippi 1914 a 335s; Delaware, Lackawarna and
Western, 1o79s bid; Morris and Essex. al11 bd Cos
ton, Hartford and Erie, ~ a.; Hannibal and st.
Joseph 10 lIOal; do preferred 1le 1l7sS Column
bus, Chicago ana Indiana Central. 1917 1917.
HIGHEST AND LOWEST PRICES.
The extreme fluctuations OF the day are shown in
the following table OF the highest and lowest prices
or tue leading speculative stOcks:-