The New York herald., 1874-12-10
The Stock Market Irregular
and Feverish.
Money! on Call 2 La and 3
Per Cent.
Gold no 7-8-Bonds Steady, with
Small Dealings.
- VAIL 6fkkMt
"WEDNESDAY, Dec. % r. n. /

The stock market to-day continued to exhibit
' tho innuence OF uncertainty, which has been per-
ceptfble since the beginning OF the week. Appar-
emily there II want OF sustaining power, or, In
other words, OF faith In the prospects Of the near
future. The symptoms Of clique manipulation are
10 evident in botn bull and bear circles that out
stders are deferred from making investments,
while the members OF the Board are forced to be
content with operations in which the turns are
quick and the profits small Doubtless the yet
unknown character Of Congressional legislation
On financial subjects has added to the perpexity
Of the street and superlnduced more or less OF
caution, but the ruling causes OF disturbance are
generally local in character. Gold is obedient to
influences that are more natural While its price
may recede IN consequence OF large sales or OF ac-
cumulations by the Bank OF England the outflow
from this country at once produces nrmness and
offsets the erect OF mere speculation. At
the present moment, however, either It's
strength or weakness does not permanently
influence the operations OF the stock market. The
undert0ne IN the latter az the close to-day ind
Gated some Improvement, especially with refer-
ence TO western railroads. which, although they
may not show an encouraging increase OF bust
ness, represent section Of the country from
which favorable reports have been received. In
other items, however, there was, q loss, Pacific
mail closing H or and Erie x per cent Notwitn-
standing the apparently favorable report OF Vest
ern Union and its declaration OF a per cent divt
dend for the quarter, the stock sold lower than 1t
did yesterday.
ADVANCE AND DECLINE.
Compared with the Closing prices yesterday
those OF to-day show the following changes
ADvANCE.-H Harlem, X; Northwestern common,
H; Northwestern preferred, u.
bEcLNE.-New York Central, n; Erie, y; Han
as nS ana 81 st. ss ana soss sas nion
Pacific, X
western Union, Panama, Rock Island, Quick
silver. Ohio ana Misslssppi and Delaware and
Lackawanna We're steady.
THE RANGE OF PRICES.
western Union opened at s2>s, advanced to SIX
and ended at s2X. New York Central ranged
from lo2H to 1olX, closing at lo2. Erie sold AZ
ak 2ex 2e,i. responding to London quota
sions. Pacific Mail opened at SEX. advanced to
4oH, fell on to 80 and closed OF s9K. Lake Shore
declined from s0h to 7sx, seller co. but closed at
soK. Michigan Central sold at SoX 50 . s0k;
Union Pacinc at s5,1 s5h . s6,s s5; Rock Island
at l01K 101X 1O1A o 1914. Delaware and
Lackawanna was steady at lOsN. Wabash opened
and closed at 3OX. Northwestern common sold at
loK . Ask 467t; do at 61H 61X; st. Paul at
SSx 8sK 3S 3SH; OHIO and Missssippi at SIX
. ak Q BOX 31H.
E4 s THE SALES
to-UV amounted 70 loooU sneIeS-S smaher
business tnan has been done during the week.
These were distributed among the principal stocks
81 follows:-New YORK Central and Hudson, 1870;
Erie, lo.7Oo; Lake Shore, 1880; Northwestern,
~ 900; Northwestern preferred, 700; Rock Island,
400; Pacific MAIL, 2o,3OO; ST. Paul, 7,sO0 Ohios,
10,700; Western Union, 1890; Wabash, 1l,4Oo;
Union Pacific, loloO O., G. and ]. O., 200; Panama,
100. N
0PxNING HIGHEST AND LOWEST PRICES.
The following table shows the opening, highest
and lowest prices OF the daI:-