The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-10-03
GOVERNMENTS STRONG AND HIGHER.


The government list was directly and quite favor
ably affected by the atering reduction Of the debt
for September, well as by the Treasury intention
81 buying (at i9ast eight Millions Of bonds during
October fairly active market resulted and prices
improved handsomely, the pest figures Of the day
being maintained to the close, when the following
street made:-United States currency
skies, 1l4s 1l4k; DO. do, 1881, registered, NIX
o 117H; do. coupon, 1lsA l1s,s; qo fye-twen-
ties, registered. May and November, tl2s 1l2ts,
90. do, 1862, coupon, do, 11s 11oX; do. DO,
1894, do. DO, ll6 l16., do. do, 1855, do. do,
I1e1 q 11eX; do. do, registered; January and
July, 114H l19i 40. DO, 1866, coupon, do,
f145I It's; do. do. 1851, %. Do, il4H a 115;
DO. do, 1888, 90 DO, l14s 1lsx; dp ten-forties,
registered, ii1A NY; a., a9s coupon, lllH
o ll2. q. - 10 IN.
The southern list was DULL and for the South
Carolinas actively weak, the July issues again
relapslng TO 5OX The october bonds are quoted
ex coupon OF per cent In gold. The market was
otherwise steady. The following were the closing
street prices:-Tennessee, ex-coupon, NIX y;
do new, 71A q r.; Virginia. ex-coupon, 90 .
cay; do. new, SO TO- do registered stock;
old, 81 a So; do. consols e4x OAK; Georgia skies,
SO o 60; do. sevens, Of %; North Carolina,
6x-coupon AK Al "; 90. funding 1885, So IS; do
DO, 1868, 80 80; do new 23s 21; do special tax,
II Is; Missouri siKes, 961z 81: do. Hannibal
and st. Joseph, 93k q o. Louisiana skies, 81 20;
do. new, 90 "a; do. levee sixes 70 ~; do. do.
Fights, 80 IS; do. Penltentiary sevens, 80
o y; do. railroad Fights lex. inL rs 49,;
Alabama fves. 90 o 10; do. Fights, 101 102; do.
railroad clghts 90 o IS; South Carolina skies, IS
o IS; do new, January and July, so Q 50A; do.
do, April and october lex. in.) 40 50; Arkansas
SKIES, 81 o 50; do. sevens, 50 q SO.
STOCKS DULL, WEAK AND LOWER.
The stock market-was dull and heavy in the fore.
noon with prices trIe lower, and had the look OF
becoming stagnant but was started Into some little
animation by vague reports that the leaders OF the
alleged corrupt practices at the City Hall had been
arrested. At the same time Hannibal and
81. Joseph began breaking, one per cent at q
time, and eventually tumbled to "a. A
large number OF these certificates In the names OF
parties prominent in connection with the charges OF
fraud in the city government are now afoat In the
street. realized upon 1t is said, by the owners to
avoid seizure injunction. The closing activity OF
the money market came In as further cause
OF disturbance, and prices again went OF
another fraction, the general market declining
In all an average OF about three-quarters
per cent. New Jersey Central, which sold at 1857
on Saturday. fell of, for odd lot TO 1l3, but re-
covered to lI34 on the advertisement Of the COM
pany announcing o quarterly dividend OF TX per
cent, payable October 90 the books closing october
6. At the close OF street business the market was
steady ana In some respects firm. Quicksilver sold
at 1891.
HIGHEST AND LOWEST PRICES.
The following table shows the highest and lowest
cricoo nj tho priuctnal stocks during the day.--