The New York herald., 1871-11-21
GOVERNMENTS STEADY.


The government list opened strong and shade
higher, but lost the Improvement when gold went
or TO l10X. Although currency quotations
are therefore unchanged, bonds are higher
IN gold. The following were the closing
street prces:-United states currency skies. 1l3k
1l81s; do. do, 1881, registered. 1l6 11sh; do.
do, coupon, 117Z q 49, do. 1ve-twenties regis
tered, May and November Ill Ill u; do. do 1862,
coupon, do, l11X 1l2; do. do. 1854 40. do,
111k H1h; do. do, 1865, do. do, 1l1 liz;
do. do, registered, January and july 11s7s 114sa;
do. do, 1866, coupon, do, 114k ll4,4; 40. do,
1857, do. do, 1l4X 115; do do, 1888, do. do,
114X 49, do, tenlortics registered, 1095s 1l0;
do. do, coupon, looX 110H.
SOUTHERN SECURITIES LOWER.
The Southern list was generally heavy, aud In the
case OF the Tennessees ana South Carolinas weak.
The former declined to 0S and the latter to 25H
the new July bonds. The virginias were steady,
and for the consols frrn. the South Carolinas
were better at the close, when the general market
was steady, foll0ws:-Tennessee, ex coupon, 65
q e6t4; do. new, 65a 85N; Virginia ex coupon, 60
Q 6o1z; do. registered stock, Old, 81 81;
do. slxes consolidated bonds, 63x o.; 90.
skies, deferred scrip. 2sX 2oi4; Georgia
skies, IS 80; do. sevens s6 q 90; do. sevens.
gold, o.; North Carolina, ex coupon, 80 8sk;
do. funding, 1865. % 80; do do, 1865, 22 q "a;
do. new, 10 20; do. special tax, Is 10;
Missouri sizes, 81 98; do. Hannibal and ST. 10.
seph, G3l o.; Louisiana skies, o5 30; do. new, 90
So; levee sixes, 81 o5; do. do eights, 70 80;
do. do cights 1875, 10 so; do. Pententary sevcns,
90 q 65; do. railroad eghts, 70 rs; Alabama 1ves,
65 90; do. eights, 90 loo DO. eIghts Montgomery
and Eufala Railroad, 90 y6; South Carolina
SKIES. 10 q "a; do, new, January aud July, q 2s;
do. do April and October, rs ~; Arkansas rtxes,
funded, 50 o 55.
STOCKS DULL AND STRONG.
The street being all agog about the reception OF
the Grand Duke Alexis, and confused and uncer-
tain as to the postponement or carrying out OF the
onicial programme, the mornings business on the
stock Exchange was or narrow proportions, with,
however, . heavy tone, which resulted In lower
prices. The week opening with On apprehension
that there might be during the day run on the
various savings banks. the 'bears" found
it easy to depress prices with light offerings
OF stock, and were helped Dy the individual
weakness OF Hannibal and st. Joseph, which was
pressed for sale on the supp0siii0n that several
thousand shares held as collateral Tor loans by one
OF the suspended savings banks would eventually be
thrown on the market IN the process or winding up
the aralrs OF the institution. At least this the
explanation OF decline In st. Joseph to so. Alter
very quiet forenoon outside OF the activity In the
stock just noted, the street was suddenly notied BY
the stock telegraph that the reception ana parade
had been postponed until tomorrow, and the mar.
ket began to show some animation, the improving
tendency both In volume OF business and in prices
being quite actively developed later in the day,
when 1t was known that there had been no further
'runs'' on the savings banks, that the National had
been relieved OF Its receiver, owing to is capacity
to meet ell demands and that the savings bank
panic had ended with the suspension OF the Guar
dian and Bowling Green banks Under this stimu
lus the whole market became exceedingly strong,
and the best prices were made at the close OF bust
ness, excepting for one or two specialies, which,
previously strong, had tempted sales to realize.
HIGHEST AND LOWEST PRICES.
The following table shows the highest and lowest