The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-04-15
lake Shore div bds.
SOUTHERN SECURITIES LOWER.

In the Southern State bonds the Tennessees
were weak and declined to 7s4, the only other
transactions recorded at the Board being in Mis-
souris, which were about steady at 93al. The fol-
lowing were the closing quotations as far as any
were made Tennessee, ex-cOupOn, 10 791;
do, new, 7sk a 70; Virginia, ex-coupon A a 4s;
do registered stock, old, SO 40; do, sixeA con-
soiidated bonds, 5s4 5Sys do, skies, deierred
scrip, 1871 IA; Georgia skies. 70 rs; do. sevens
81 90; North Carolina, ex-coupon, 80 81; DO. TO
North Carolina Railroad, 81 60; do, funding 1885,
10 %; do, do. 1868, II 20; do, new, IL Is I;
do, special tax, IA Is; Missouri skies, 9ah "a;
do, Hannibal ana st. Joseph. 90 81 ).
Louisiana skies. AZ a At; South Carolina sixes 80
40; do, new, January ana July, 10 20; do, do,
April and October, 81 80; Arkansas skies, funded
80 q AZ.
GOVERNMENTS LOWER
The government list was lower, with the decline
in gold, but lost ground in less proportion, and,
after decline of q per cent and pretty active
business in the leading issues, rallied = at the
close, even when gold was at the lowest OF
the day. The following were the closing quota
tions limited States currency SKIES, 113A 1888
do do, 1881, registered III ll714; do. do. do,
coupon 12O14 12O1s do. fvetwenties, registered,
May and November, 1928 113h; do. do, 1852,
coupon do, 117A 117A; do. do, 1864, do do 11714
a117A; do. do, 1866, do do 119% 1917 do do,
1857 registered, January and july 1l614 1l6al do
do 1865, coupon, do, III 117i1; do. do, 1867 do.
do, 1895 119A; do. do, 1868, do. do, 1174 a
117A; do. ten-fOrties, registered, Ill a 112; do.
dO coupon, 113is 1872 do. fves of 1881, regis
tered, 114A lis; do. do do, coupon, lis 115 a.
STOCKS UNSETTLED AND STRONG.
The stock market was quiet in its general aspect,
AS were, in fact, most departments OF business in
Wall street during the day, the speculative interest
being in abeyance pending the stringency in
money and the solution of the legal problem before
the Grand Jury Meantime petition has been put
into circulation for signatures by the bankers and
all business men down town asking the Governor
OF the State to recommend to the Legislature the
enactment of special bill repeating the usury
laws Tor the city and county of New York. When
the document has received names enough to attest
the wishes of the business community 1t will be
forwarded to Albany. Under the hopes of not
distant raising of the monetary siege the transac-
tions in stocks were generally on
A FIRMER BASIS,
and at times the market was disposed to be
buoyant as indicated in the case of New York Cen
trail, which from 1905 to lolZ with as high as
1o3 paid, buyer three days. In the same way
Western Union td4chcd SO, buyer five days. and
was actively dealt in at s5& regular way. Panama
rose to 11Oa in lively squirt st the close. rally
OF about three-quarters per cent in Boston, Hart
ford and Erie was quite a consolation to the more
juvenile operators of the street. Pacific MAIL true
to It's proverbidl character for wide and frequent
fluctuations, vibrated between 56I and 57Z re-
tanning, like the mathematical frog in the well,
something of an advance between each rise and
fall.
HIGHEST AND LOWEST PRICES
The following table shows the highest and lowest