The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-01-05

Kentes, IN Paris, are 66r &c o6L 20c Exchange on
London 25l l2sc. for short sight special cable let
Ter the Lv-Ring Telegram reports follows
ing meeting OF Erie bondholders "a meeting Of the
Erie bondholders held to-day. II was both
crowded and ll-tempered, much misunderstanding evil
Gently existing Sir Edward Watkn says that
fl0 900, 600 sterling have been sluandered. The com
pany has claims amounting ca 600 900 against three
English firms Much has also been squandered in Stock
Exchange operations in cndeavors TO sustain the
market II alleged that a man named
Parker received 5000 shares, and that Mr.
Sharp, collector OF BischoGsheim, received 775
shares Suits have already been instituted against
the above mentioned parties 1t proposed to call
court OF arbitration for the purpose Of set
Ting all disputes Governor Tilden will be asked to
preside over the court MT Ayres dissened from the
committees pan saying that he considered IL tanta
mount 10 presenting the company with half million
OF pounds and he proposed the alternative scheme Of
raising e. 600 600 first lien bonds, with per
cent interest redeemable In ten years After an OK
cited debate the amendment Withdrawn and Sir
Edward Watkins proposition finally adoped the
Chairman said that the money subscribed would not be
allowed TO get into the hands Of American lawyers F"
Late dispatches that bonds Of 1867 declined to lOs
New hves declined y and 1854 Erie declined
y and is now ls11
In railroad bonds the special feature was Union Pa
chc arsts which advanced to 1887 and closed at 1903
Chicago and Northwest consolidated coupon gold bonds
strong, selling 1884, with Offering at tho
close under So Milwaukee aud ST. Paul consolidated
sinking funds advanced TO So New Jersey Central
consolidated drsts brought 100; do convertible l07 {;
Morris and Essex sevens Of 1871 l07H and Delaware,
Lackawanna and Western second lis. Sales Of Chesa-
peake and Ohio arss ex-coupon, and Burlington, Cedar
Rapids and Minnesota hrsts made at 25 and SO
spectively Harlem coupon hrsts advanced to NO. and
Milwaukee and ST. Paul La Crosse Division, to e5H,
Morris Essex nrsts brought ia Chicago, Burling
ton and Quincy consolidated lo7k, and Chicago
and Alton arsts liz Erie fourths steady At 96
Hannibal and ST. Joseph convertible to Sly OHIO
and Mississippi consolidated sinking funds were nearly
per cent higher selling up to 93.
GOVERNMENT
Government bonds closed firm at the following quota
ons:-United States currency SKIES l22H l22A
do. &C., 1851 registered, 1917 a 1903 do. do. do
coupon .o0ss 1903 do lvetwenties 1862, registered
called bonus, 1l31s; do DO, coupon, do, 1l3h do
do, 1894 rec stered, do, 1l3k do. do. do, coupon
do, ll3S do 90 1865 registered. 115Z 116k do
do, do coupon 11G ll64 do do, 1865, registered
new, III n7A; do. do. do, coupon, 1l7H
1173s; do. do, 1867, registered, 119h 1loH;
do. do, do, coupon, l19As 1893; do. do, 1865,
registered 1l9a4 800; do. do, do, coupon, 100 a
l2OH do. ten-forties registered, 1l7h ll71S; do.
do, coupon, 1lSh lls3S do hves, 1881 registered
l16As ll65I; do do, coupon, l16A q H.
BANK SHARES sTATK BONDS
Bank shares quiet German-American sold at
S. Mercantile at 1U6 and Phoenix at COX.
State bonds dull and steady. Missouri funded
OF 1s94-5 sold at 1ook Tennessee new, at 4oH North
Carolina old January and July. at is, and District of
Columbia Cos at $50.
STOCKS
The following the closing quotations OF the San