The New York herald., 1870-07-12


provemcnt being due to advces from !. shsDlc con-
frming the statement that one OF the ia iread
panles had qutdated Its Indebtedness to the S.ate
ana that the movement was likely to be initiated by
'otner roads deslrous or preventing an an
tcipated foreclosure Of mortgages by the
state authorities, In pursuance OF the pub
lie demand that these corporations should pay
their interest or suffer the penalty Of continued
neglect. The North Caronas on the other hand
were weak on advtces that the militia had been
called out to suppress lawessness In OF the
mote counties. The new bonds lined about two
per cent and the Old about and half per cent
these reports The general list was lower and dull
without any Important decline The following were
the dnal street prices:-Tennessee, coupon, 09h
20; a. new, e71s os; Virginia. ex coupon, 90 es;
do. new, 81 6S; do registered stock, old, SO 63x
Georgia skies, s6 o SO; do. sevens, 93 94j do.
do. old, 91 %; North Carolina, ex coupon, 51k
So; do funding, 1885, 80 40; do. do, 1858, IS 3e
do. new, 3s "a; DO. special tax, 20 q 2e%; Mis-
souri, skies. ok 91H; do, Hannibal and st.
Joseph, 9lk %; Louisiana skies. 73 "a; do new,
70; do. levee sixes 10 II; do. do. eghts, %
9l1s; do. penitentiary sevens, 80 q ss; do rail-
road eights, s5a 81; Alabama fves, "a IS; DO.
eights, % 100; DO. railroad eights 90 9s; South
Carolina skies, 8S a9O; do. new, June and July, rs
70 do. do. April and October, 70 81; do. registered
stock, old 80 IS; Arkansas sevens, rs 76 Mobile
and Ohio Railroad sterling, ss o "a; do. interest
eights, n o 70; Mississippi Central Railroad nrst
mortgage sevens, rs so do. second DO. eights "a
90; New Orleans and Jackson FIRST mortgage, IS
80; do second mortgage, 76 II; Memphis and
Charleston Railroad first mortgage. SO q 81; do.
second mortgage, "a 70; do. stock, 88 40 Green.
VILE and Columbus Railroad, guaranteed by Sou tn
Carolina, 10 II; Macon and Brunswick, guaran-
teed by Georgia, 81 a SO; Memphis city skies. 50
n. a
consols, old, 70 a Is; do issued railroads. sixes 70
"A; do new sevens, 10 a 80.
THE GOVERNMENT PURCHASE OF BONDS.
The excitement had one good effect. 1t enabled
the government to purchase bonds to-day at much
lower prices than would have prevailed had the
foreign news been wanting. The bonds bought are
the relnvestment OF the currency proceeds Of the
sale Of Sinking Fund gold. which took place last
Friday. The total amount offered was $e,57O 800,
OF which $2375.oOO was accepted at prices ranging
from 109,3S to 10000.
CLOSING PRICES AT THE STOCK EXCHANGE.
The following were the closing prices at the
last session Of the Stock Exchange:-Canton. 87A
bd Cumberland. s6 bid; Consolidation Coal, 2s1S
sOsl; Western Onion Telegraph, a411 S4,4; Quick.
silver, 7; Mariposa, OK IN; do. preferred, l5K q
15h; Pacific Mail, 4l2s 41ss; Adams Express, 6SA
o.; Wells-Fargo Express, 16s4 16H; American
Express, "A AK; United States Express, ASK
q 46A; New YORK Central consolidated 9s,I y 9Sh u;
do scrip, 94 94K: Harlem. 1870 139H: Erie 22Z
bid; Reading, 1885 10SH; Michigan Central l1o
q 100; Lake Shore, o9N 100; Illinois Central, lao
bid; Cleveland and Pittsbufg, 1905 bid; Chicago
and Northwestern s2A SO; do preferred, SO ss1s;
Rock Island, 118H 116ss: Milwaukee and 81. Paul,
65I es; do. preferred soal a 81; Toledo and Wa
Dash, So 6esl; do. preferred 10 II; Fort Wayne,
o5 bid; Ohio and Mississippi, 351l 357S; Delaware
and Lackawanna, 1864 1885, New Jersey Central,
1o4 a 1O41s; Morris and Essex, COZ; Hannibal and
ST. Joseph 116H III: do. preferred, l2oN; Iron
Mountain, 4sA bid; Boston, Hartford and Erie, 3X
a 4; Columbus Chicago and Indiana Central, 2ox
o 2O7s.
Elisa HIGHEST AND LOWEST PRICES.
The extreme fluctuations in the leading specula-