The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-08-17

GOVERNMENT BONDS
were quiet and steady with light dealings, it
being almost impossible to obtain sufficient
supply of certain classes to fill orders. United
States currency skies, 1874 113H; do. do, 1881,
registered, 117A 11S; do. do. do, coupon, 1i9H
l19A; do. fvetwenties registered, May and No
vember, 1861 III; do. do, 1862, coupon, do III
l17H: do. dO 1854, do do, 1l71S 11714; do do,
1856, do. do, 11sA 11S&; do. do, 1857, regis
tered, January and July, 1162l 1171; do. do 1866,
coupon do, 1174 1l7a; do. do 1867, do. do, 1194
1893; do. do, 1885, do. do, 1ls 11sH; do. ten
forties. registered, 1121s 1924; do do, coupon,
115H 1l5I; do fves OF 1881, coupon, 114ss 114%.
SOUTHERN SECURITIES
OF certain kinds maintain their recently well-de-
veloped strength and are in good demand. New
Tennessee skies sold to-day at so, Missouri skies at
92Z. new South Carolina skies, January and July,
at Is. The following are the quotations :-Tennes-
see sixes ex coupon, Old, SO S21a; do, do, new,
SO s2H; Virginia SKIES, ex coupon, 43 a As;
do no., consolidated, 5314 53a; do do, deferred,
- 10; Georgia skies, 10 7e; do, sevens, 80 OIL;
North Carolina ex coupon, 27 q 20; do, to North
Carolina Railroad Company, So a So; do, Funding
act 1866, Tx IS; do, do, 1858, II Is;
do, new, 10 a II; do, special tax, IL
"A; Missouri sixes s2X ON; do,
Hannibal and st. Joseph 90 Oh; Louisiana
sixes As 40; do. do, new, 4s a As; do. do Levee,
IS 60; do. do, Fights, So 60; Alabama fves, Al
so; do. do Fights, 70 so; South Carolina skies,
80 So; do do, new, January and July, Is 15h;
do. do, August and October, 90 a Is; Arkansas
skies, funding, 3s 40; Mobile and Ohio Railroad
sterling, 90 90; do. do, interest Fights, 81 So;
Mississippi Central first mortgage sevens, "a 81;
do. do. second do, Fights, 80 a "a; New Orleans
and Jackson, first, 90 "a; do do. second. IS so;
Memphis and Charleston Railroad, first, 81 SO;
do. do, second, IA 70: Greenvine and Columbia
Railroad, guaranteed by South Carolina, SO a 81 (;
Macon and Brunswick, guaranteed by Georgia. 60
q 90; Memphis city SKIES, 81 o "a; Savannah city
sevens, II 80; New Orleans sevens, 55 q g.
THE STOCK MARKET.
Save in two 5f Three Cases, the changes to-day
were 20 slight as to command not even average
attention. The noteworthy exceptions were Pa
cifc Mail and Atlantic and Pacific preferred. The
former opened at 4O2s advanced to 40I, but at the
first board declined to 40%, with increasing signs
OF weakness as the day advanced, when, under
sharp pounding the stock fell OF to 39% $685. At
lantic and Pacific preferred was curlously cratic,
rising from PIN to % 2SH q 20, receding to 2s1
recovering to 29H, then falling or to 2Sk 2S14
2s, and near the close TO FIX, with the last sale at
2S. western Union opened at Ok, improved n
and closed at Oh; Erie was firm ut 69h a 59x o
59A, Wabash steady at 70T q II, Rock Island sold
at 1lOA 11Oh, Union Pacific at 271l a 27z q 27x q
27H, Lake Shore at 937S a "a a 93X a 93%, New
York Central at 1867 los. Northwest common
was the subject of considerable dealings at 66X
een e5'1 66H 66A. G., C. and l. c. sold at SIX
81, Panama at lis.
HIGHEST AND LOWEST.