The New York herald., 1871-11-24
ooYERNMBsrs STEADY.

The government Lat was in the nam steady bat
che weakness Ia foreign exchange again intssiercd
WITH the 9Ng sI 0rie AZ E1li epean sossSlut ana
the avetweAties we're In less demand ana fell OF X
. x psr oent. TIE to0e Of the market was duii ma
showed an absence D! speculative ta;erest 1he lol.
lswiRx wore the css,na street Quotauons:-United
states currency axes 113;4 11sk d. do, 1884, res
istarea llG;s iisx; do do., coupon, llTX ll73s;
dc. svetweat.es, registered, May and November.
1ls,S III ~; do. de-, 1859 counsn de-, llln lll1
ds do. 1854, oo. dc. illh l11x; 10. do 1855, d.
de-, lilss l1LA; 90. do, registered. January aad
July, Il3s{ q Il4E; do. do, 1853, coupon, do, ia
Ilsk 40. DO. 1907! do. do. l-4k i4,<; 10. de-.
IsGs. do do, Hay ii4ys; do, ten-fcrtios, regis.
tered. 1seA 10; 10. ds. csnpon, 1o31 = Ito.
b soJrHEfS SECURITIES STRONG.
Tao Southsrs ilst was quite slrons. with q sharp
Improvement In ths nsw South Cxrounas ard tre
two classes oil Telnessees. The former advanced
TO q. Tue vignaias we're Arm and la.riy active
The new consols sold as 90 and the oil b0ads were
no; offer d at less ihaa So TRe seserai Issues OF
North caronas were rsia on The nloveiaest In tho
Eia,c Legislature 10 40 soslcthlng toward placing
the finances on o more dehaitc and salts actory
basis 10 regards tile hosnhoders. The following
were the latest street prices, incluainx
those OF the principal Southern railway
and municipal bonds:-Ienressee ex coupon,
o6 GO; do. new, 64H e5 vIr.
gina, ex coupon a3 65 do. registered stock,
old, 62X q So; do. skies. consolidated bonds, s5h a
CO; 90. skies, deferred scrip 2sx 20; Georgia
skies. IS 60 do. sevens. IL -; do. seycns, gold,
o.; North Carolina. ex coupon, 80 3Sk; do.
funding, 1900. rs 30; do. do. 1865. y IS; do.
new, 10 a II; do. special tax, Is 10; Missouri
gAes, 97k q sS: DO Hannibal and St. Joseph, s3k
co. Louisiana slxes 65 90; do new, 6s 62;
do. lcvOe Sizes OIL G5; do. do. eignts, 70 IS; do
DO cights 1875 rs ss do. Peniteniiary sevens, 20
~t,y = ho,,a
65 q o.; do. eights % 102; do. ejghts,
Montgomery and Euiauia Railroad, 90 y6;
soatn Carolina sixes % 70; do, new, January
and JulS, 27K q g; do. do, April agd October
20 o 28; Arkansas skies. Iunded, Sc 90; Mobile
and Ohio Railroad, sterling, 81 81; 40.
interest eignts, II 50; Go. 40. second mortgage,
eights, CS a ~; Mississtrpi Central Railroau first
mortgage, sevcns, so q IS; do. second mortgage.
cigats, % IS; New Orleans and JACKSON first
mortgage, 85 81; do. do, second mortgage, 53 q
Is; McmphIs and Charleston Railroad, drst mort
gage, 50 s5; do. do, second mortgage. IS a 80;
Greenville and Columbia Railroad. guaranteed BY
Railroad, guaranteed by Georgia. 6s 10; Whnins-
ton, Charlotte ana rutherford Railroad eignts, 80
q 65; Selma, Rome and Dalton Railroad sevens,
TO 6s; Memphis. and Little Rock Railroad efghts,
rs a So; Memphis city skies. So So; savannah city
sevens SO "a; New Orleans consols, OLD 20 . rs;
do issuel TO railroads, slxes, ~ 70; do. sevens,
e3 a 67
STOCKS DULL AND STRONG.
Stocks opened dull, bat gradually became weak.
continuing so most Of the forenoon, during which
time the market was lower by an average Of about
Y per cent as compared with the cosiny prices or
the previous day AS soon, however, as tho earlier
activity In money had disappeared and been re-
placed by fve per cent market. the whole list
steadily Improved and became strong. the rise
being most conspicuous In wabash, which touched
e4,., and ONO and MISSISSIPPI, which was taken
quite freely at ASK. it was day unusually devoid
OF gossip and the changes were unattended by any
excitement or animation. Boston, Hartford and
Erie advanced o. per cent on ils market value
viz 10 2I III IS 10 be leased 10 tho Pennsylvania
Railroad
HIGHEST AND LOWEST PRICES.
The following table shows tho highest and lowest
prices OF the principal stocks curing the day:-