The New York herald., 1870-03-10

The gold sold BY the government to-day was
awarded in the following lots at the accompanying
prces:-s2o,0o 1l1.1o; $s55,ooo, 1000; s2O,o0O
l1o75; $4,000, 11o.621s; 100000 11o.68.
STOCKS IRREGULAR AND DULL
The stock market, with gold at l1oh In the morn
ing, gave signs Of Q "breaKn which rendered the
stock cliques very apprehensIve. Hence there was
temporary abandonment OF operations In the Long
Room and general transfer Of attention to the
Gold Room, with the results which have been re-
corded above. With gold ar 111H SEM
bance Of buoyancy and strength was com.
muncated TO the stock list, and In the case
OF the Vanderbilt stocks and Northwest common
there was some activity; but the tendency to back
slide was such that prices needed constant attention
and nursing. The cliques were distracted In their
efforts to stren gold and bolster stocks at the same
Time. The former was the KEY to the latter, ana
both required their constant vigilance. Moreover
they again had the stock market 70 them
selves. for the public are seemingly determined
to lei stocks severely alone" until the gold question
is decided. Business was extremely duh and the
Long Room was deserted ct an early hour, present.
ing In Its quiet aspect the frequent In the
stagnation OF midsummer day. The irreguartty
In prices resulting from this alternate forcing OF the
ciques ana the natural heaviness Of the market is
set forth in the comparative table below.
Boston. Hartford and Erie fell to 81 on
the unfavorable report presented to the Legis.
lature Of Massachusetts,, but as ''Boston" is
heavily "shorr' OF the stock, according
to rumor, the document is shrewdy suspected to be
o device to permit intermediate 'coverng,n and is
regarded as not necessarily fatal to hopes OF State
aid-the latter contingency being held in for
o counter movement in the stock. In the miscel-
laneous list Pacific Mail was feverish and Marposa
preferred strong and active the price Of the latter
anrtnr To Int I'M cyc Alcp,o
firm and improved.
CLOSING PRICES AT TIE STOCK EXCHANGE.
The following were the closing prices Of stocks
at the last session of the Stock Exchange:-Can-
ton, 81 S21s; Cumberland, % 3l Western Union,
33T "a; Quicksilver, L1 . II; Mariposa
preferred, Is 1Sa do. certificates. 40 80: Pacific
Mail, 36ss . 81; Boston Water Power, II Tx;
Adams Express e1sl 81; Wells Fargo Express,
q 21k; American Express 371 3s; United
States Express, SOFA 81 Il; Merchants Union 10 bid;
New York Central consolidated 9s}s a o61s; do.
scrip 941a q s45s; Harlem, 146 Erie, PAX 255S;
Reading, 9s1a q 96A Lake Shore, se2s s7 Illinois
Central, 1877 bid; Cleveland and PittsDurg, 97A
873s; Chicago and Northwestern, 78k 7Ss; do. pre-
ferred, s7A q SIX; Cleveland. Columbus and Gin
cinnau TAX; Rock Island, 1874 1ig5s; Milwaukee
and St. Paul. 621s 62%; do. preferred, 75N 75'4;
Toledo and wabash, 43X bid; Fort Wayne 92A
ssA; Alton and Terre Hautc, sek SO; do pre-
ferred, 84H; Ohio and MISSISSIPPI, 29aS 2os4; Della.
ware and Lackawanna, 1o3 1o4; New Jersey Gen.
tral, 1Oa1s a 1885; Chicago and Alton, 1l3,s bid;
do. preferred, ia ll47s; Morris and Essex, s91s
seA; Hannibal and St. Joseph, 1o7 1o7,4; do pre-.
femed, 100 1o7k; Dubuque and Sioux City, 1Os a
no; Columbus, Chicago and Indiana Central, 20 a
20A.
HIGHEST AND LOWEST PRICES.
The extreme fluctuations In the leading specula
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