The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-01-09
GOVERNMENTS STEAD,

dernption OF the called bonds OF 62
GOVERNMENTS STEADY
The government list was strong at the carrier
boards, In sympathy with the advance IN gold; but
fell or tribe later IN the day. closing steady as
fOllows:-United States currency sixes 1853 1853;
do. skies, 1884, registered, 141s 114ys; do. do..
coupon, 1854 l15al; do. fvetwentles, registered,
May and November, ITO a 110H; do. do, 1852.
coupon, do, ll0,s 1l01s; do. do. 1864, do. do.
11o1s 1lol; do. do. 1865, do. do, 1924 ll2X;
do do, 1867 registered, January ana July. 1l1h o
l11X; do. do 1866, coupon DO. 1102. Ill; do. do
1857 do. do 112i4 112k; do. do, 1858. do do,
1921 1l2s; do. ives OF 1884, funded, registered,
1O9S ITO; do. do do, coupon, 1922 no. do. ten
forties, registered 109l4 q I0ok; do. do, coupon
100A ITO.
It's stated that the Official Offer OF the new Lon.
don Syndicate to take $780, 200 Of the new loan
was receive In the European mall to-day and for.
warded to Washington If 80, we ought IN a day or
two to have the exact terms OF the proposal The de-
tails so far have been derived from a meagre cable
telegram announcing the ira 1smisslon Of the offer.
STOCKS UNSETTLED AND IRREGULAR
The speculative interest OF tho stock market
largely centred In the course OF Erie, as conse-
quence OF the death OF James Fisk, whO with all
due Difference to the sentiment accorded the mem.
ory OF the dead, was. rghtfully wrongly credited
with being the worst enemy of the Erie Railway
the investment interest was greatly treasured,
while the speculative feeling selected Erie as the
immediate subject Of a rising speculation. The
stock was the first thing dealt In this morning,
when there were brokers enough assembled to
enable the execution OF business and hong before
the Board had regularly convened many thousands
OF shares had changed hands. Curiousiy enough,
in face OF the greedy appetite for It, was more
OF the stock for sale at the opening figures
augurated falling market, the price running down
2 per cent vz:-from 3S1s to 36lS. The occasion OF
this sudden and surprising decline Is SAID now to
have been the disruption OF several OF the clique
holders OF the stock with whom Fisk was Interested.
The shares which were credited TO his account
In these several combinations were In the absence
OF the principal sold by his brokers as q p cminary
to making settlements with the executors OF his
estate. Hence the supply and lower prices winch
excited 80 much wondcrment. Moreover, the gen.
eral market had o hearlsh tone from the beginning
and, the first rush over Euc sympathized with IL,
going or TO 90. The weakness elsewhere was due
to the early disposition OF the street 10 believe in
the chance Of war with spain, particularly after
Sunset Cox had offered his resolution In Con.
gress to grant the Cnbans belligerent rights.
The uneasiness was reflected In q decline
ranging from u to per cent At the
close OF banking hours the market became
steady and firm on the easy terms for money then
prevailing, but drifted into dulness and inactivity.
Later again, the rum0r was repeated from the Gold
Room that Spain was willing to make the amende
honorable with the effect Of stimulating the buying
interest afresh, ana eventually OF enlising so much
activity on the "bull" side as TO induce rapid
recovery In the final business Of the day, the up.
ward reaction continuing in the inal market on the
sidewalk, and taking quotations back to pretty
nearly the level from which they commenced shelr
descent. Erie In this period wen; up to 371s, ana
seemed to promise the rise which had been so anx-
iously expected all day. Reading strong from the
beginning readily advanced In this buoyancy and
sold at 1857.
HIGHEST AND LOWEST PRICES.
The following table shows the highest and lowest