The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-03-01

The payment to-day on account OF March interest
on the public debt was only $4,000.
THE GOVERNMENT PURCHASE OF BONDS.
The Assistant Treasurer at noon opened proposals
for the sale OF fve-twentes to the government and
found tenders amounting to $S.166, 95o at prices
ranging, ex interest. from 1880 TO 1907. The
amount advertised for IA million) was obtained at
lOS.o0 1o9.24.
GOVERNMENTS QUIET.
The government list was quiet and, considering
the decline in gold and large offerings at the Sub
Treasury, steady. The following were the closing
quotations United States currency skies, 1l3X
ia; DO. SKIES 1881, registered, ia i14ss do do.
coupon. lis 1151<; do. hve-twenties, registered,
May and November, Ill l1lA; do. do, 1862,
coupon. do, Ill 11114; do. do, 1854, do. do,
Ill Il14; do. do 1865, DO. do, Ill nix; do.
do, 1867, registered. January and July. 1lO< ILL.,
do. do, 1866. COUPON do, 1905 llo1I do. d. 1867
do. do, 1l1k ll1X; do do, 1865 DO. do, 111zS
1925; do. fves Of 1851. funded, registered 1857
l0SX; DO do. do, coupon. 1857 a lossf; do. ten.
fortjes registered, 107 1879; do do coupon 11Osz
1l0x.
'THE HOLIDAY ON MARCH In
The excellent little joke which the more jovial
members OF the Stock Exchange INDUCED in with
reference TO the proposed "holiday on March l7u
has had more victims than at first supposed, Tor
last in its train the several Opaque and atra-
bilious gentlemen who pretend to discuss finance
for the public In some Of our morning Jour.
mails. Such departures from the strict rule OF bust
ness In the Stock Exchange are not infrequent In
that institution, and are conducive TO longevity and
good health. The HERALD, faithful to its mission as
che great newspaper OF the day and reflector Of all
that Is grave or gay. lively or severe IN the
world, reproduced the facts rutnfully when,
amid Its financial record, II embodied the
transcript OF this incident and thereby gave the
picture OF life at the Stock Exchange than do the
dozen ca,cnpenny books about ''Men ana Things
In Wall Street, &c. For the few billiards whom
we have stirred into temporary animation we pub
lish the following
CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW YORK, ss.--J. +. Phillips
$of the firm Of r B. Wallace Cor member OF The New
money writer Of the New YoRK IERALD during a CONVEX
before article referring hs holiday Of March
appeared in the HEnALDexpresed his intention Of writing
9he article piece OF pleasantly those who should
fan to see that March II e upon Sunday; ,,,,,,,ps
Sworn to before me- this ee.h day Of February isMXr
THxw DAILY, Notary Public. New York county
SOUTHERN SECURITIES DULL.
The Southern list was duh, with decline In the
Tennessees, but steady elsewhere closing as iol-
iows:-Tennessee skies, ex coupon, GO a COS; do.
new. SO 66H; Virginia consos, 81 Box; do do.
deferred TX Dd; Georgia SKIES SO; do. sevens 90;
North Carolina skies, ex coupon, S47s So; do.
new. Tx bld; do. special tax, lsys a. South
carolina skies, ex coupon, 524 Did, do new, Juyl,
oih alss; do. new, October, 30H; Missouri SKIES,
soa eSh; do. Hannibal ana st. Joseph, 92h a 93
louisiana skies, ex coupon, 6s a GAY; do. levce
Skies os bid; do. Fights. 70 bid; Alabama Fights o.
Did; Arkansas sevens, 5s,
STOCKS DULL AND HEAVY.
Inc STOCK market was intensely dull, and opened
weaA' out, Win the relaxation in money, became
strong' only to fall or again at the very close.
These changes In Its tone were accompanied nv
trinlng fluctuations. the most OF the list varying
hardly more than X per cent. Pacific Mail was an