The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-03-15
NEW YORK HERALD SATURDAY, MARCH 15 SHEET

Mississippi and Ohio Railroad Company-the name
OF the consolidated line running southwest from
Norfolk through Virginia and Tennessee. The
MISSOURI SKIES
were firm at "a, with transactions to-day NJ 94b.
The following were the closing quotations:-Ten-
nessee, ex coupon, SAX q IS; do, new, SAX So (;
Virginia, ex coupon, 46 As; do, registered stock,
old, 81 o 40; do. skies, consolidated bends, 56k
56s<; do. do, deferred scrip, IA a Is; Georgia
skies, 70 q 70; do sevens, 81 90; North Carolina,
ex coupon, 80 a 80; do to North Carolina Railroad,
SO 81; do. funding 1866, 20 a 25 do. do 1868, Is
a 20; do, new, II a 49, do, special tax, Is Is;
Missouri SKIES, 93Is "a; do, Hannibal and st.
Joseph, 90h 81; Alabama fves, SIS q 81; do.
eights so 85 South Carolina skies, 80 a 40; do,
new, January and July, is 20; do. do, April and
october, 20 q %; Arkansas skies, funded. 80 40.
GOVERNMENTS DULL.
The government list was dun and prices were
irregular. The fve-twenties were shade frmer
and the currency skies a fraction lower, despite
the weaker temper OF the gold market. The
changes were not important, however, and prices
closed as follows United States currency skies,
1889 113; do do, 1851, registered 1861 116h;
do. do do, coupon, 1ls}s 1lsH do fve-twenties,
registered, May and November, 1854 l15A; 90.
do, 1862 coupon, do. do, 1863 a 1l5A do do,
1865 1863. do do, 1867, registered January and
July 114,l 1l4s4; do. do, 1885, coupon, do do,
ll49s Hay; do. do, 1867, do. do, 1867 116a;
do. do, 1858, DO. d. 1l6 116H; do. ten-fOrties,
registered, ITO 10Y; do do, coupon, 110}s
11Oss do. fves Of 1884, registered mot quoted) !;
do. do, coupon, 113 1888.
THE NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD.
At the triennial meeting of the stockholders OF
the Northern Pacific Railroad Company, held in
this city yesterday, the following directors were
chosen for three years:-George w. Cass, william
b. Ogden, r. D. Rice William G. Moorhead, J. Greg
DRY Smith, Frederick Billings, Charles w. Wright,
william G. Fargo b. p. Cheney. A.. H. Barney,
william Wndon, James Stinson ana A. L. Catln
The directors elected the following Officers:-
George W. Cass, President; C. B. Wright, Vice
President; r. d. Rice, resident Vice President on
the Pacific Coast; A. l.. Pritchard, Treasurer, and
Samuel Wilkinson, Secretary.
STOCKS WEAK AND LOWER.
The stock market led of with an early display
of strength and fair animation, prices gradually
improving In the interval down to the middle OF
the first CALL But here 1t encountered Tree sales
and underwent a relapse, declining slowly until
the report OF the appointment OF Judge Richardson
and The closing easier feeling in money gave 1t a
new upward impetus. In the last half hour 1t lost
strength again and once more dropped to lower
PRICES. OuISlue vi hoCk lSlaHu anu GaClHC Mall
the decline was not of important extent The
pressure TO sell Rock Island was rather
FEATURE OF THE DAY,
and Is referred to an anticipation that the divi-
dend, ike that upon New YORK Central, will not be
more than the regular per cent. The subject
OF the lease OF the road to the Pennsylvania Rail-
road seemed to be ignored as it has been Tor some
days lately. In case of such contingency as this
mooted lease, the question arises how the stock
can be watered, as was the case with Fort Wayne
and Pittsburg, when the present capital OF Rock
Island is the utmost sanctioned by the laws of ILL
nols. Pacific Mail appeared to be undergoing ma
nipulation for fresh rise after the manner of the
quick movement which took it to 81 a few days
since. Erie was strong in sympathy with the Lon.
don market, and
advanced to 55al for the common and 75A for the
preferred. The directors of the st. Paul and
Northwestern roads have been in consultation for
several days discussing proposition to "poOl'
the earnings and divide them pro rata, with q
view to saving the money now wasted In an ex-
pensive competition Tor the business between
Chicago. Milwaukee and st. Paul. The agreement
has not been fully adopted by both companies as
yet, but there Is little doubt it will be. The new
arrangement had no perceptibe effect upon
Northwestern, which, paying the penalty that
Wall street always imposes upon
'CORNERED" STOCK,
continued buried in neglect. Some parties go so
lar as to predict, however, a development of the
present movement into an ultimate consolidation
Of the two great railroad corporations of the
Northwest, something Of which was attempted in
the days OF Keep and Mitchell. A decline Of about
one per cent in Lake Shore was taken to be an in
dication that the vanderbilts and the Clark party
had become reconced, and on an accounting of
strength OF stock found they were able to head of
Bischolistheim and the Erie and Atlantic and
Great Western party. After which the Vanderbilts
returned le,rs moutons, or, in other words, took
up western Union again, sending 1t to s7k, when
everything else was on the downward turn. BOs-
ton, Hartford and E-ie went down to 6H amid
Of grief from the small boys in the gallery
HIGHEST AND LOWEST PRICES.
The following table shows the hls hest and lowest
prices of the principal stocks during the day.
Highest LOtcest
New York Central. .105k 1857
II.