The New York herald., 1870-05-06
FINANCIAL and COMMERCIAL.
WALL STREET, |
THURSDAY, May Go p. M.f
The various markets were comparatively quiet
to-day, with considerable rreguarity In the course
ofprices.

The yarious markets were comparatively quiet
to-day, with considerable irreguarty In the course
OF prices.
STOCKS STRONG.
rne stock market was moderately active with the
principal dealings In Lake Shore, which advanced to
osX in the face OF heavy sales, one house formerly
prominent In tho manipulation OF the stock and o
disastrous loser by 1t In the panic last September
being the reppted purchasers OF about I've thousand
shares other large amounts, ranging from q
thousand shares upwards, changed hands, and the
dealings during the day were hardly less than twenty
five or thirty thousand shares Harlem was more
steady and arm. The excitement concerning it ap-
pears to have died away. The Vanderbilt securities
were active and advanced about one per cent
Erie was duh and heavy in sympathy with the Lon
don quotation which came 1sN. The market was
quiet in the forenoon but developed activity as the
day progressed and prices rose for the whole list,
Wabash, the Northwest stocks and Rock Island TAX.
Ing prominent part In the upward movement. New
Jersey Central In this rise touched 1loH, aud boston,
Hartford and Erie g. Ohio and Mississippi was
again the rival feature OF Lake Shore ana advanced
to sSA. After the Boards there was
sudden decline. particularly for st. Paul
and the Onlos, on sales to realize the ad-
vance in prices; but the market rapidly
recovered excepting for Reading, and closed strong
but at lower range than the highest quotations Of
the day, excepting for Lake Shore, which advanced
to 9SA in final street transactions. Western Union
and Pacific Mail were the features Of the miscela-
neous list and were higher. The annual election Of
st. Paul directors (ony four to be chosen under the
classification act occurs May 10. The following
were the closing prices at the last session OF the
Stock Exchange:-Canton. Tx o 70; Consolidated
Coal, 2s 20; Western Union 32A q 32A; Quick
silver, OK a OK; Mariposa. q O.; do., preferred
17N 17H; do, certificates, so; Pacific Mail, 42zs
42X; Boston Water Power, 1S bid; Adams
Express, 63H q 63Iz; Wels-Fargo Express, 17H a
I'm; do, scrip OK bid; American Express, Al bid;
United States Express, 45 bid; Merchants Union,
bid New York Central, consolidated, 9SX 9S3S;
do, scrip, 94x OAK; Harlem 142 1427s; do. pre-.
ferred, 14lH q 142H; Erie, % AM;
Reading, 1929 bid; Michigan Central, 1913 124K;
Lake Shore, 9sX o 9sN; Illinois Central,
142K; Cleveland ana Pittsburg, 1o0H 1O7K;
Chicago and Northwestern, 81 q SIX; do.
preferred, ok q ok; Cleveland, Columbus and
Cincinnati, 7oh 80; Rock Island, 1924 122H; Mil
waukee and st. Paul, 647S 65h; do. preferred, 7sH
7S%; Toledo and Wabash, 81 54T; Fort Wayne, "a
bid; Alton and Terre Haute 35 q 3s; do preferred,
65; Delaware and Lackawanna, ITO q 111%; New
Jersey Central, 1o9I o ITO; Chicago and Alton,
1131S 114I; do preferred, 114,1 IFS; Morris and
Essex, 90 bid; Hannibal ana st. Joseph, HOY bid;
DO preferred, 11o 110H; Dubuque and Sioux City,
1o7Z bid; Iron Mountain, AK q As; Boston, Hart
ford and Erie, 5H 0; Columbus, Chicago and
Indiana Central 1911 a 19k.
HIGHEST AND LOWEST PRICES.
The highest and lowest prices Of the leading
pu1o ckc