The New York herald., 1870-09-24
FINANCIAL and COMMERCIAL.
WALL STREET,
FRIDAY. Sept. 23--6 r. Nj. !
DrI.NESS.

DULNEss.
| The Wall street markets were very duh today
| under the check to speculation arising out OF the
bold position assumed by the clique, who are alleged
to have organized bear movement In stocks. bonds
| and gold. The usual course In stocks has been
counter that in gold; but to-day both markets
were depressed by the parties who operating on
the bear side OF the street. The only activity, In
fact, in the Stock Exchange was produced by the
sales with which the market was hammered, and
many OF these were at sellers options.
the moral effect Of which Is, perhaps more
counted upon by the Clique than any direct
influence ut present. for the money market easy
that the natural pressure 10 sell Ia Of little or
men and occasoned only by the obliteration OF mar
row margins. During the forenoon stocks were
generally steady but intensely dull, the transactions
being far below the usual average After the sec
,ond board, however the bear'' clique leaders en-
tered the Long Room ana began Offering down Ohio
and Mississippi on yesterday but the excitement
to-day was wanting, the repetition OF the movement
being generally expected. The bear plans seemed
Alec directed against Pacific Mall, but were not con-
fined 10 the Stock Exchange. for skirmishers
We're sent into the Gold Room and gov
ernment board where ike sales were made
on long time options at figures below the prevailing
market rates. In one instance when gold was
l1sh, the clique sold $4,000 at 113, seller sixty
"fat" And again, when gold had fallen to ll3
regular the same parties onered 1t at 1924 1l2s
on thirty day options. Ohio and Mississippi, around
which rhe principa! interest clustered, and which,
with Pacific MaI constituted the active feature Of
the day, declined to 323s, Pacific Mail touching
42H. Subsequently the market reacted, and the
decline which had averaged a half to three
quarters per cent was reduced 10 quarter
10 half per cent. The following were the
closing prices at the last session Of the Stock
Exchange:-Canton Company, s2}s 63; Consoll-
dation Coal, % q 80; Cumberland Iron, 40; Western
Union, Ban 34A; Quicksilver, 6h a 5'l; do.
preferred, b11 bid; Mariposa. 1114 ujs; Boston
Water Power, 14h bid; Adams Express s5s G5's;
Wells-Fargo Express, 80 As; do, scrip, 2s< 81;
American Express, 40 AZ; United States Ex-
press, 331. bd Pacific Mail, Asa bid; New York
Central. consolidated, 924 923i; do scrip, s,as
| SIX; Erie, 2214 221s: Harlem 1873 a 1874; Read
mg 965s bld Michigan Central, l1eE bid; Lake
Shore, e3 q as1s; Illinois Central, lSeA 1888;
Cleveland aad Plttsburg 1861 lo7; chicago and
Northwestern 81 s2ll; DO preferred, SIX S7ts;
| Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and indianapolis.
| 7sx a sox; New Jersey Central, lo6 1864; Rock
| Island, 1l5X o ZIG; Milwaukee and St.rPaul, 84H
! Q 643I; do. preferred, S1ls bid; Toledo, Wabash
| and Western, 80 a 52H; Fort Wayne, s3 q 934;
| Chicago ana Alton, 1124 l13; do. preferred, 1l3
bd Ohio and MISSISSIPPI 32's 83; st. Louis and
| Iron Mountain, 49, Delaware, Lackawanna and
| Western. 1885, a lo34; Morris and Essex, SO
sos; Hannibal and st. Joseph, 1121l bid do. pre-
ferred, 11Sa bid; Columbus, Chicago and Indiana
Central, l7lS 17x.
HIGHEST AND LOWEST PRICES.
The extreme fluctuations OF The day are showA in