The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-03-19
MISCELLANEOUS.


MISCELLANEOUS
The April coupons of the Arapahoe County Rail-
road will be paid by the Fourth National Bank.
Proposals for 81 800, 900 City Improvement stock
will be received by Comptroller Green, at his Office
until Thursday March 20. The stock will bear
per cent interest, payable semi-annually, and the
principal will be redeemed November 1, 1892 A
very desirable Investment is offered in this loan.
SOUTHERN SECURITIES DULL.
The Southern State bonds were dull ana neg
iected, outside the Tennessees, which were
offered freely at SO, but were steady at
s5h &c. The new South Carolinas were offered
at 1s. The following were the closing quota
tons Tennessee, ex coupon, s5h q SO; do,
new, $50 Sc; Virginia, ex coupon, 40 q SO;
do, registered stock, old, 81 a 40; do. skies,
solidated bonds 56h 81; do. do, deferred scrip,
Ia Is; Georgia skies, 10 so; do. sevens, 81 90;
North Carolina, ex coupon, 80 a 80; do. to North
Carolina Railroad, so 61; do. funding, 1866, 90 a
rs; do. do, 1865, Is %; do, new, IL q 49, do,
special tax, Is Is; Louisiana skies, as a so; Ala
bama ives, 81 60; do. eights so So; South Caro-
lima skies, 80 40; do, new, January and July, II
IS; do. do April and October, Is %; Arkansas
SKIES funded 40 a 43.
STOCKS DULL AND STRONG.
The stock market was Individually dull, the lack
of animation being an utter puzzle to the specu-
flrrler feeling prevailed, and until the occurrence
of the spasm in money noted as happening just
before the close of banking hours prices dis
posed to advance, and in most instances did I'M
dergo more or less Improvement Pacific Mail, New
York Central, Lake Shore st. Paul and Union
Pacific rising y u per cent. In other cases the
advance was only nominal. The market resisted
the influence OF
DEARER MONEY
quite stubborny, and parted only reluctantly with
any of the advance in prices. ERIE was exception
ally lower, in sympathy with the London market,
the decline in which was probably In turn the re-
suit OF advices by cable concerning the nvestiga-
ton at Albany. st. Paul rose to 572S and acts as
r' q .'bull" party were manipulating IL. In con-
frmation Of this hypothesis we get word from our
correspondent in Madison Wis, tnat the State
Legislature has just awarded to the ST. Paul Com
pany the famous ST. CroiX land grant OF 1,2S0000
acres valued, in cash, at all the way from six to
ten millions OF dollars the legislation having been
secured under circumstances indicating
TEMPORARY ALLIANCE
If not an eventual consolidation with the North
western road, the alliance having been promoted
by the Lake Shore party to head Off the Pennsyl-
vanla railroad interest. An active demand for
T0rre Haute (St. Louis, Alton and Terre lIaute),
with sales at 25, was referred to further west
ward extension Of the Atlantic and Great Western
movement, the Terre Haute road being continu-
alton of the c., c., G. and l. road to ST. Louis, but
sub-leased at present to the Pennsylvania Rail-
road. These leases, however are beginning to be
regarded as not binding, in view OF recent
judicial opinion that a corporation chartered by
State cannot transfer its rights to foreign cor
pOration, as would be railroad company in
another State. decision in the Boston, Hartford
and Erie litigation is promised in the morning.
HIGHEST AND LOWEST PRICES.
The following table shows the highest and lowest