The New York herald., 1872-11-25

keep them IN the street for long Intervals The
other stocks were lower before the corner but
advanced quite rapidly, and were generally strong
at the close Of the week. Gold fell on to ll3 on the
easier money market in London, but on Friday was
up TO ia, while Jay Gould was in the hands OF
the Sherin-the gold speculation being part OF
the ''bearr programme In stocks-but declined
again TO ll2ss, closing at ll2% ll3. Money was
stringent early IN the week. but fell on to a per
cent on Thursday and Friday, but closed on satur-
day at lie y for the two days to Monday.
SOUTHERN SECURITIES.
There was steady improvement from day TO day
IN the Southern state bonds with rather active
movement In the Tennessces, Virginia consos,
Nsrth Caronas and new South Carolinas, which
advanced a Ia per cent. At the board on Sat
urday there was smart rise In Missouri skies,
which closed at e5s. The following were the
latest prices for the Southern list inclusive OF
quotations for the leading Southern railway
and municipal bonds:-Tennessee, eX coupon
70 s6A; do, new, 76i4 a 761a; Virginia, ex
coupon, AZ so; do, registered stock,
old, 80 AZ; do. skies, consolidated bonds
SIS q SO; do, deferred scrip, 15I IL;
Georgia skies, 20 SO; do. sevens, 81 co.
North Carolina, ex coupon, 351s a 81; do, to North
Carolina Railroad Al SO; do, funding, 1865, 2s q
80; do do, 1868, 26 2S; do, new, 211s %; do,
special tax, "a Is; Missouri skies, 95 95l4; do.
Hannibal and st. Joseph. Of %; Louisiana sixes
"a IS; do, new, so So; do levee sixes so 80 /;
do. do. eghts, 10 IS; do do. eights 1875 10 IS;
Alabama hves, 81 so; do. eights, 80 a S5; South
Carolina skies, SO 55; do. new, January and July,
"a q rs; do. do, April and October, 27 a 80; Ar
kansas skies, funded As a SO; Mobile and Ohio Rail-
road sterling, 85 30; do. interest eights S3 SO;
do second mortgage eights, 20 so; Mississippi
Central Railroad first mortgage sevens, "a SO; do.
second mortgage eights, SO a S5; New Orleans and
Jackson first mortgage, 80 SO; do. second mort
gage, SO a IS; Memphis and Charleston Railroad
first mortgage, "a SO; do. second mortgage, so
SO; Greenville and Columbia Railroad guaranteed
by South Carolina, AZ So; Macon and Brunswick
Railroad, guaranteed by Georgia, 65 q 20; Memphis
city skies, 62 55; Savannah city sevens, 80 a 81;
New Orleans consols, old, 67 72 do. issued to rail-
roads, skies, 65 a 70; do. sevens, 90 o 65.
GOVERNMENT BONDS.
Government bonds were mostly steady during
the week, the general list closing about as 1t
opened; but the 67s were lower with the decline In
gold, while the currency SKIES were higher and firm.
The market was quiet and left OH as follows: limited
States currency skies, 1l3h 113A; do. do, 1881,
registered, 1l5A 1l5A; do. do, coupon, 1861 a
ll6ss; do fve-twenties, registered, May and No
vember, 1925 l12aS; do. do, 1862, coupon, do,
1928 1925; do do, 1864, DO do, 1925 1925;
do. do, 1866 do. do, 1121a 1l2A; do. do, 1867,
registered January and July, 1l47s 1I6; do. do,
1866, coupon do, 11424 1885, DO do. 1867, do. do
115 1863; 10. do, 1865, do do, 1147S 1l5; do
ten-forties, registered, 1873 1os do do, coupon
1919 los; do. fves OF 1881, registered l09lz ll0
do. do. do, coupon, l091s ITO.
THE COURSE OF THE GOLD MARKET.
The extreme fluctuations daily in the price Of
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