The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-03-28
SOUTHERN sECUaITIies YIRM.

The southern State bonds we're quiet and gen
eraiIy nrn The Tennessees railied to S014 and the
MISSOURI skies were held ct %. The Virginia con.
sois were only steady at &C. The following were the
closing prices Tennessee, ex coupon, S0A So ::
do, new, 500 BOZ; Virginia ex coupon, a a AZ;
do, registered stock old, IS 40 do. SKIES, conso
dated bonds o6 56X; do. do, deferred scrip, 1871
AK; Georgia skies, 10 . 70; do. sevens. So 90;
North Carolina, ex coupon, 80 o s2; do. to North
Carolina Railroad, so 81; do. funding 1856, 20
70; do. do, 1868, 10 20; do, new, II a 10; do
special tax Is IL; Missouri skies, 93H %; do.
Hannibal and st. Joseph, 81 a 9i&; Louisiana
sixes, 4s At; Alabama ives. 81 so; do Fights so
IS; South Carolina skies, 30 q 40; do, new.
January ana July, Tx a 10; do. DO. Aprii and
October, ~ %; Arkansas skies, funded, 80 As.
GOVERNMENTS STRONG
Government bonds we're strong in sympathy
with the further rise in gold, and prices advanced
4 ak per cent, the Improvement being more con
spicuous in the ten0rties, the long skies and the
67's On the other hand the new hves and the cur
rency skies were lower Il quite natural that the
currency skies Should suffer more or less depres-
sion from the advance In gold; but we throw out
the suggestion whether the reaction in the new
ves, whose course was the opposite OF that OF the
tenforties, the rival i've per cent gold issues
not the consequence OF the eaeerness OF the syndi
and OF their Willingness to pay more than any
body else for TIA disparagemcnt OF
rHR GOVERNMENT CREDIT,
which, direct or indirect as it may be, comes with
III grace from such q course The following were
the closing quotations limited States currency
skies, l14A 1l4,; do do, 1881, registered, 1l7A
. llS; dO. do. do, coupon, 1904 1904 do. FIVE
twenties registered, May and November, l171I a
Il7X; do. do. 1862, coupon, do, nix o l17ssS
do. do, 1884, 10. do. 1I7H a 117N; DO. do, 1865,
do, do, lis lls do do, 1867 registered January
and July, ll6X ll6A; do. do, 1855, coupon, do,
110H aIlox; do. do. 1867 do. do, 1881 1857 do.
do, 1885, do. 49, my ll7H; DO ten-forties. reg
istered, 11lk liz; do. do, coupon, 1l214 l12H;
do. fves Of 1881, registered, 114H nsH do. do.
do, coupon, 114ss l14X.
STOCKS DULL AND STEADY.
The stock market was duh and quite steady, the
speculative element being disposed to stand still
and watch the movement in the Gold Room. The
only feature of note or interest was an advance
OF 2a per cent in st Paul to 597s, further result
OF the award OF the st. CrOix land grant already
referred to, and, more recently, it was reported,
Of purchases by Jay Gould with view to placing
himself in the Board of Directors at the election in
June next, when, under the classification system.
onet third OF the Board win go out OF ONCE. 1t was
said furthermore that Jay Could. whose interests
In connection with Northwestern make 1t quite
likely that ne is anxious to be represented in the
St. Paul direction, had n rival buyer in Henry N.
Smith, and that the two men encountered each
other all of a sudden, like the combatants in the
famous Western "yarn" Of duel in the dark, their
continent orders to buy running the price up to
59I this afternoon. Hannibal and st. Joseph de.
clined TO 425s.
HIGHEST AND LOWEST PRIcks.
The following table shows the highest and lowest