New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-01-24

I, State bonds tho speci Il feature was the I'M
usual ACTIVITY In tho Arkansas Railroad aid bond,
Fort Smiths sold up to H. Pine Biulis to 30 a. ked
pivrr. IN M aud Centrlls 10 10. The preference
given TO Fort Smiths over the other issues Is be-
causs II IL IN the suit against that com
many that the United states Circuit
Court has decided that the state aid bonds
ara first lien upon The companys property, but as
all the state aid bonds were issued under the same
s,atute which made tho acceptance OF the bonds
by the railroads statutory prior lien upon their
properties there rs no difference In their value ex-
con, a,ch n. arr ses from the different conditions Of
the properties. and all tho roads. except the Con-
trail are as well able 10 pay the interest and prn-
cinal of the state bonds which they accepted and
sola "a Is the Fort Smith Company. There. however,
are only small amounts comparatively, OF any of
the bonda outstanding except of the issue 10 the
Centrol Railfoad that have not been deposited
with the syndicate which is attempting to favor
tbe payment of them. Virginia "a deferred sold At
IL. , .
Tho transactions I'm railroad bonds were void of
any interesting features; prices for some issues
were a tribe higher. but the general course was
dccline Erie second cOnsOl5 were Il lower Mt
oGh, and first consolidated 7s sold atl20l2 Rome.
Vatertovn and Ogdensburg incomes wero lower at
az Chesapeake ard Ohio frsts, series B, were
l., bighcr at o. Canada Southern firsts wero of to
OH, and Now-York, Chicago aud st. Louis
6,sts were steady at 97lsa07h Missouri,
Kansas aud Texas general mortgages were
dawn from 80, the last previous sale, to 639GS3's
81 Loni, and Iron Mountain new 5s were ls easier
nj 49, East Tennessee Virginia and Georgia 5s rose
10 10 ~. but closed at Ills and Richmond and
Danyillc firsts were Il higher at 04l, and the de-
| Ventures were Il lower at 60L. Mutual Union sink
ing funds were of Is at 10 Long Island con-
solidated 5s sold at 97i2. and Houston
and Texas Central irsts, main line,
at lOsli61O8. st. Paul frsts, South
ern Minnesota division. were a lower at 1902 and
| ST. Paul and Omaha consols were oil 4 at los T.
Rock Island o. were steady at 12ii2' as were wa
bash general mortgages at 80. Union Paclnc hrSts
were Il easier at 1l37s Northern Pacific frsts were
steady at 1O3 and New Orleans and Pacific trsts at
| $500 s9a4. Texas and Pacific incomes were of u
| at 8Ola. and firsts Rio Grande division. were -
| lower at S57s.
The Sub Treasury to-day gained on balance
| S6i7, $40, made up by coin gain OF S66O,447,
less currency loss of S12, G37 The days transac-
| tons covered: Receipts $1,477,280; payments.
$500, 456 currency balance, 1922, 5OS com bal
| ance, $4,000 172. Money was easy at the Stock
Exchange ali day at 3i2Q4 per cent for call loans.
| The domestic exch anges on New-YOrk are as last
quoted. except that at st. Louis New-York checks
| have declined to par.
The Clearing House statement to-day is as fol
| lows Exchanges $122, ,5f2 balances, &c.
| 1872. 354.
| The United States Treasurer at Washington to-
day received $6s3, 900 ationa bank notes for re-
| d emption. The customs receipts were $659,S
| aud the internal revenue receipts 1884, 800.
| The foreign exchanges were extremely dull but
steady and later were firm at quotations for busi-
ness az follows: Bankers bills. 81 so and $4 81
for long and short sterling respectively; o.2l's
and ISL for francs; 84aa and 95i2 for reichmarks
1913 and 40is for guilders.
In London, British consols were strong and adj