The New York herald., 1873-03-13

vcrtislng coluM .c
The transfer books of the New York. Newfound-
land and London Telegraph Company will be closed
in this city on the 3lst nst., and removed to Lon
don and reopened on April 10. nta
The coupons Of the Ohio and Mississippi second
consolidated mortgage bonds will be paid on ana
after April next at 26l Broadway, to which place
the company have recently removed their of1lces.
Messrs. George Opdyke Il Co. have to-day been
commissioned Financial Agents for the United
States Of the Japanese government.
SOUTHERN SECURITIES QUIET.
The Southern State bonds were gener-
ally steady and quiet. The Tennessees
were mo olerately active at s2x q SO, and hrm
The following were the closing quotations.
Tennessee, ex coupon, SIX ssK; do, new, SO q
834; Virginia, ex coupon, 40 so; do, registered
stock old, 81 ~; do, skies. consolidated bonds
56X 81; do. sixes deferred scrip, IA o Is;
Georgia skies, 70 q Is; do, sevens 81 q 90; North
Carolina ex coupon, % q 80; do. to North Caro-
lima Railroad, SO 90; do, funding, 1866, 20 Is;
do, funding, 1858, 18 q %; do. new, II q 10; do,
special tax, l3 Is Missouri sxes s3a4 "a; do,
Hannibal and st. Joseph, 81 ok; Alabama
ives, 81 a 61; do. eights, 80 IS; South Carolina
skies, IS As; do. new, January and July, 10 q
2l; do. do, April and october, 20 a %; Arkan-
sas skies, funded, 81 a45
GOVERNMENTS DULL
The government list was extremely dull. The
transactions at the morning Board amounted to
only $4,000 while at the second and last calls not o
sale was reported So far as quotations went the
market was steady in its general features
the currency skies being O shade hrmer.
The following were the closing quotations.
United States currency skies, 11SA ia; do. do,
1881, registered, 116s 1164 do. do coupon, 1881
a11sss; do. nve-twenties, registered, May and No.
vember, 1151z 116; do. do 1862, coupon, do. do,
1151a 116; do do, 1864, do. do, 11511 116; dO
do, 1865, do. do 1l61s 1861; do 1867, registered
January and July, 114. ll45s; do do, 1866, cou-
pom, do. do, 1l4sS 114x; do. do, 1867, do. do.
11614 1161S; do. do, 1868, do. do 116 11e4; do.
tensrties, registered, I1o9E 1loX DO do, coupon,
11os4 Ill; do 1ves OF 1884, registered lno que
tation) do. do, coupon, 113ss 1854. s.rt.r.
STOCKS DULL AND LOWER. +,
The stock market displayed less activity, II we
except o brief spell about midday, when it was
moderately animated in consequence OF the an
nounceMent Of Secretary B0utwell's issue OF
portion Of the so-caled legal tender reserve, the
news coming about the same time that he had
been elected to the United States Senate. During
this period the best prices of the day were made,
their attainment being the climax OF reaction
from decline and heavy feeling IN the early fore
noon. The persistent scarcity Of money and the
advance Of the rate Call to 116 per cent at three
O'Clock changed the tone OF the market once more,
especially as more or less influence was exerted by
FURTHER DECLINE aaas
in Pacific Mail, which went OF two per cent more,
to g. Reck Island, which was less enthusiastically
supported by the parties who wish to lease 1t to
the Pennsylvania Railroad, receded to 1864 and
Western Union dropped to SO. Meantime excep.
tional strength had been shown by Lake Shore,
which advanced to a5k and held its ground to the
close. Erie was nr4nef, in sympathy with the i'm.
prSvefnent in London, and c., G. & I. G., which
the buyers tsok regular way or sixty days indif-
ferently at the same price, advanced to 42tz, but
fell OF Y at the close. An active demand for st.
Paul was feature Of the early Board, with sales at
as high as 551k, 'buyer SIXTY" In other respects
the general market was steady. In the invest
ment shares Harlem fell of 10 134, and Panama,
after tumble to 12o advanced to 124>z. Boston,
Hartford and Erie was quiet at q slight advance.
HIGHEST AND LOWEST PRICES.
The following table shows the highest and lowest
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