The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-04-02
since Jan. L.. s!,eas,oie sea,so2i7l sss.7o7, a5a

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OUR FOREIGN TRADE FOR 1871.
According to the figures OF the Bureau OF Stats.
tics al Washington the imports OF foreign goods
during the year 1871 exceeded the exports by in
round numbers, sl1o,oo 10000. To pay his We OK
ported only $50, 600. 900 OF specie, leaving deficit
OF $50. 600, 000 how little or much OF which was
settled with government bonds and railway securl-
ties Is problem net susceptible OF immediate solu.
tion The most curious feature Is that IN December,
1871 despite an adverse foreign trade for the
twelve months OF $40, 1000, OOO gold was per cent
lower, at 1885, than In December 1870.
SOUTHERN SECURITIES DULL.
The Southern state bonds were dull and, toward
the close. heavy, but the changes were not OF
moment. The State or Virginia commenced to-day
the payment of two per cent the consols and two
per cent on twOthirds OF the Old uniunded debt.
The following were the closing prces:-Ten
nessee, ex coupon, CoA O.; do. new, 66s4 q
CT; Virginia, OK coupon, 81 o So; do. registered
stock, Old As q so; do. SKIES. consolidated
bonds. 581 co; do. skies. deferred scrip, II
17az; Georgia skies, "a 49, do. sevens, IS 90;
North Carolina, ex coupon, 37a SS; do, new, 20
%; do, special tax, Is 16; Missouri skies, 952i
SO; do. Hannibal and st. Joseph, 9a "a; Louisiana
SKIES, 80 q 81; do, levee skies, 81 6S; DO, DO
Fights, 70 80; Alabama fves, SO 81; do. elglts,
90 O o6; South Carolina skies, 81 "a; do,
new, january duu July, oota u ooi uo', uo'' AP'A
and October 80 n 80; Arkansas sixes funded, SO
a 90.
STOCKS STRONG AND ACTIVE.
While the stock market was In general strong 1t
displayed more irregularty In prices and less
cohesive movement but the changes one way ana
the other were such that taking an average OF one
stock with another the level OF Saturdays market
was just about maintained. Erie Is excluded from
this general remark the dealings in that speciality
having been again revived, either by private ad.
vices from Europe, which were not revealed to the
street, or by sudden scurry among the shorts' to
cover, on learning that the venerable Mr.. Daniel
Drew had been called upon to deposit an additional
ten per cent In the Trust Company as guar
antee for the fui1lment OF his contract to
deliver 900 shares at 65 during tho cur
rent year. 1t Will he remembered that he
had already given earnest TO the extent OF ten per
cent when the stock was 81. The other parties to
the speculation Tor inyestmenu therefore fully
justified In asking further deposit on the rise In
the stock to-day to Co. making total or two millions
now in the Trust Company. The first sales OF Erie
were at 62a, and those at the close 66yS 81. Buy.
crs ana sellers were very quiet over this rise in the
price, and the street wondered exceedingly at the
course, for the reason that the cable was SILENT
London making it close holiday, ana Amsterdam
schoepfs latest ventures In Union Pacific. The
strlngency In money and the exact!on OF x u per
cent for the use OF funds over night made a furry
and produced temporary decline, but The market
soon got over the disturbance ana recovered It's
equanin,ity with the closing buoyancy OF Erie.
HIGHEST AND LOWEST PRICES