The New York herald., 1871-12-01
FiNANyIAL AND CDHAliy!iL.
WALL STREET.


Thanksgiving Day has been ob served ~ n social
ana legal ana as y nnancial AMI commercial holt
day. There was comoicsc suspensioa OF business
throughout the CIT, except anon. the smal.er
sh0pkee.iers and retailers, who were interested In
supplying goods perlnelt TO tie das.
T0m0rroy lDece nLer II tn, aonua interest
charge oi the United state, VIII bc Lighter uy tho
sum OF $!0JJ00. ~ on nat date 2, ,00o 0Jo OF SIX
per cent bonds will have beea replaced by
200, 0)0. 0J0 OF live per cents.
This Is out s0rr, osrcss to have been made by
Mr.. Boutwell, In the rciuni,ng or the public debt,
for wnch Congress grantc AIM las; all reason-
able facilities. The previous year, it VIII De rcmein-
bcred. Lis pans faded as he allie GEL because OF The
Franco German war; Mex. year he was unor,zcd
to increase the amount OF nvc per cents IA larger
proportion o. tho amount OF the deor to he re-
funded, a1d last spring he commenced operations.
Yet, with the easiest money market ever known In
this country, capital being uDundaniy supplied ut
"a pet cent from day to day In Wall street. with
an easy money market abroad, and with the assist.
u CO ol host .. bankers tnroush ,ut the coanlrY,
he succcedcd ter most persistent eli rtS In placing
only about seventy millions Oi his new lean Next
came lie Syndicate. whose galvanc battery put
fresh lie into the movement. aId the load WAS
finally worked OIL. Mr.. Boutwell, goes therefore he
fore Congress next Monday us an eminent failure.
In view o. aLopuiar clamor for an explanation Of
The con ract between inc Treasury and the Syndl-
cate MI. Boutwell, ought to be very explicit IN his
report on thls m)st Important Topic, and gave the
counry Iu reve atIUl OF the VINO tnattcr.
For inc beaent Of those who NAV have failed to
preserve Inc Numbers OF the bonds OF 1852. winch
cease bear interest o-nJrr1w. we 1eat The cir
Gu ar OF The treasury Departmcnt:-
NorCE.-REDgIPT.O o. Pivg-rwENrY BONDS
or 'd,.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT. sept. /, 1871.
BY virtue o. tue nuChDriC, gwen b, an act OF Con-
greSs approved Jul, IL. l.,O cn'iLle An aci To
authorize the refund ns OF tne ntliola debt,"
nercuy give D0tice tai the prlnciral al accrued
Interest OF the bo ils herein pc 0w dcisnatcI,
known as 1ve.w.ntt 1o..i' w'li ,e pad AZ rne
IN .tun, Ol Or q te. the t-s di' o DeceMber mat
anu inat tue llerosl on sali bon - "i Cease on
1na' ua lm' c - =" sa da,e s
!, 1867, nu,iiUcreI as iOiiUWs.-
10 3Ub,s, iicnsivc, Ot..."............. $50 eacn
to 431Il, inclusive, Oi Oi............... l0j each
To 4J'oil inclusive Oh '.'....... ..'... 5)J eLca
10 "a. lo4, inclusive o. of............ 1000 each
Ana registered uoa |, OF the same act-
10 60,, Inclusive, vi. Ui.................. $50 each
TO 4,1o3 Inclusive of.................. LOO each
10 ,S9J, inclusive OF oi................. 900 cach
TO !, ,Jo6, inclusive, Oh Ol.............. 1000 cal
TO 2 &C., inclusive Of 5000 each
TO 1876 inclusive, oi..... 10000 cac,l
me amo INT tenora;eI LII the uuniecrs as aooyel
Coupon Uoads OF the act OF February 25 1882, were
issued m four distinct series. t,iids ol the nrst
seiies (cEhracns tnOse ucscr.Dtd aDovci do not
bear the ser o, dcs gnatI0n on IN IN, While tho>f
oil the second, Il, RI ana iourtn seres arc dstinc,J
maracd on tl lace OF Lne DOnls.
United states securities iorwardcd for redemption
should De addressed 10 the isOan Dni5iuD,' -ccrc.
tary's Office. ). /. HARTLEY. Acfns Secretary.
The following were the closing street prices or
stocks on wednesday evcLn :-Western Union
TeIe graph, 67}S 67H; Pacific Miil, l6< s73:
New York Central consolidated, yl5s 911s; New
YORK Central scrip. Gh s7ss; Erie sou 3o4;
Reading. llJS u ll31; Lake shore. ssx q sSh;
Lake Shore scrp, s2l S2,s: Flttsonr., l2js 126;
Northwestern, OK 81; Northwestern preferred.
Bay 90; Rock lsla ID lOj4< 1854; ST Paul. s.
a 551s; st. paul preferred, 7sta u 7sI; Wabash,
63x "a; Ohio ana Mississippi, AK i2n; union
Paciic. FIX o 274: Boston Hartford and Erie. - u
23.: Columbus, Chicago and iniana Central, lsX
a 10; HANNIBAL aud st. Joseph, o. o3.