The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-01-29

GOVERNMENT BONDS
Government bonds were strong on demand for
the investment OF money Withdrawn from the
savings banks by persons unwilling TO take the
risk OF their being solvent. The following were the
latest prices:-Unted States currency skies, lis a
1154; do SKIES, 1851, registered 114az i145S; do.
do, coupon, l15% ll57S; do. fve-twenties, regis
tered, May and November, 11o1 10Y; do. do,
1862, coupon, do, 11O3< 11OK; do. do, 1864, do.
do, 11Oai 110H; do. do, 1855, do. do, 111's q
111x; do do, 1867, registered. January and July,
111H a 111}l; do do, 1885, coupon, do, 110sf a
Hoy; do. do, 1857, do do. 112A 112H; do do,
1865 90. do, 1879 1928; do. fves Of 1884, funded,
registered, 100 10oH; do. do. do. coupon 1101s
llOk; 90. ten .forties, registered, ITO 110E; do,
do, coupon, 10Y Ill.
THE SOUTHERN STATE BONDS.
The Southern State bonds were generally dull,
but In price irregular and unsettled. The virgnas
were strong and higher, the South CarOllnas
steady and the Tennessees and Missouris weak and
lower. The following were the closing prices Satur-
day. including those OF the leading Southern railway
anu municipal bOnds:-Tennessee, ex coupon, 65
$50; do. new IS e5X; Virginia, ex coupon so 60;
d. registered stock, old, Al IS; DO sxes consoll.
dated bonds 55k 65,S; do. skies, deferred scrip,
II Is; Georgia skies, IS IS; do. sevens So a IS;
North Carolina ex coupon, so a 80; do. funding,
1866, % a 25 do funding, 1858. 20 q 49, do new, IS
II; do, special tax 12H 13; Missouri skies, 95
90 do. Hannibal and ST. Joseph, % o.;
Louisiana skies, IS 60; do. new. so So; do.
evee skies, 81 65 do. levee eghts, 70 S0 DO levee
eights 1876, IS s5 do. Penitentary sevens, 65 TO-;
do railroad eights 70 80; Alabama nves, 60 65 do.
eights 90 95 do. Fights, Montgomery and Eufaula
Railroad, 81 go; South Carolina skies, so a 90; do.
new, January and July 2sX 20; do. April and
October, 20 a 81; Arkansas skies, funded, 55 80;
L,.~& q
So; do. sevens Memphis and Little Rock, 10 a IS;
Mobile ana Ohio Railroad sterling. o. 90; do In.
terest eighis, "a SO; do second mortgage Fights.
70 q IS; Mississippi central Railroad, first mort
gage, sevens. SO IS; do, second mortgage, Fights,
10 80; New Orleans ana Jackson, first mortgage,
SO 8S; DO. do second mortgage, Is 80;
Memphis ana Charleston Railroad. first mortgage,
SO IS; do, second mortgage, rs a 80; Greenville
and Columbia Railroad, guaranteed py South
Carolina, IS 90; Macon and Brunswick Railroad,
guaranteed by Georgia, 60 q SO; Wilmington. Char.
lotte and Rutherford Railroad eiahts, so "a;
selma, Rome and Dalton Railroad sevens, so q s.;
Memphis and Little Rock Railroad Fights, IS a SO;
Memphis city skies, IS a so; Savannah city sevens.
81 a So; New Orleans consols, old. 70 IS; do.
issue railroad skies. ~ a "; do. sevens. 60 a 81
THE BANK STATEMENT.
The weekly statement Of the associated banks is
quite unfavorable,. owing to sharp retrograde
movement in their legal reserve which shows de-
crease OF over million and half Of dollars, &C
counted for by the difference between the income
and outcome OF the Sub-Treasury. The customs OF
the week were $3,50oooo and the specie export
$55OOOO, or loss to the banks OF over $4,000 600,
which has been Offset to the extent Of 81, 900
only by disbursements on account of January inter-
est and redeemed 1928. Fortunately there has
been large return OF Qreenbacks from the INTERIOR
nearly q minion-but even with this help the
surplus OF the banks Is impaired to the ex-
tent Of ST. ooo and now stands at 50 z25. 725.
The statement compares with Its predecessor as
f0llows:-
Jan. 20. Jan. 81.
Loans ................ f279,032900 $780, sS1, OO0
Specie. 2y.6oS 600 2H22s, 200