New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-03-16

| important speeches, it is to be hoped that
| his thoughts upon this all-ab5orbing theme
| have been left In presentabe shape
| for publication. He was known to hold
sound aud conservative views upon the question Of
the currency aud finances, and his carefully
cred thoughts if presented to the public now, would
very likely command more candid consideration
from our lawmakers than if the same views had
| been presented by word of mouth in the Senate
during the lifetime of the illustricus statesman
The speculation in railway and miscellaneous shares
during the week has been somewhat more active,
and with wider fluctuations upon the general list,
prices dropping at the commencement and
rallying later along; still the market has
! not been spirited one and the gene
rally unfavorabls showing Of the railroad earnings
is not calculated to give extraordinary inspiration
to the bulls. Among the events which have at
tracted attention and comment has been the cleo
ton Of a new Board of Directors for the Union
Pacific Railway Company, in which Mr. Jay Gould
turns up as director, with several other gentlemen
who supposed to be in his interests aud there be
those who insist that Mr.. Gould has controlling
interest in the Board but this is stoutly denied
by prOminens members Of the Board, aud does not
appear upon the face of things TO be true
Time will, however, tell whether Mr.. Gould
may DO able to control the destiny of the
Union Pacific Railway Company as he did
that Of Erie during his connection with
that concern The placing of S15OOO0OO of the new
Erie bonds in London, the damaging statements OF
the late auditor of the Erie Company and the APP
pointment of a committee TO investigate the affairs
of the road also among the topics which elected
lively discussion du ring the week Comparing the
closing quotations of last Saturday with those of to-
day. there has been general advance in stocks,
ranging from to 2! per cent, viz Rock Island and
Hannibal and st. Joseph Common, each per cent (;
Union Pacific, { Ohio and Mississippi, ! Hannibal
and ST. Joseph Preferred and Pacific Mail, each :;
Panama, :; c., c. and /. G. and Delaware. Lacka-
wanna and Western, each !; Central and Hudson,
Il; Harlem, l. st. Paul Common H. Northwest
Common and Preferred. Il; and Western Union
Telegraph, p. Enc declined /. and Wabash a. while
Lake Shore Just held its own.
The closing day Of the week was no improvement
upon its predecessors in point OF activity at tho Stock
Exchange and all the markets were tame and Lack.
ing in any element of interest or feature The stock
speculation started off heavy md lower, but reacted
by the first board and by noon had become estab-
lished at a basis of prices to per cent higher than
those to which they had reacted. At about this
point they ruled until near the cose, when
desire to close out contracts rather than
leave them open over Sunday, gave the mar
ket weak look, and broke down prices
to about tho lowest of the day. While the rule
was weakness the exception was Erie, which was
strong and up to Az, some snort contracts were
covered In London the L. ST price was no. the
new loan being reported premium of per cent
The special feature Western Union Telegraph
and this and Lake ) &c, with Erie in the Afternoon
formed the chief Ilugs Of the market to-day IN
vestments were a. IT. small lot OF Erie preferred
selling at 20; Hin Is Central at 1867. and Delaware
Lackawanna and Western at 1O9,. The opening,
highest. lowest, aud closing prices Of stocks rs
follows: