The New York herald., 1875-12-29
FINANCIAL and COMMERCIAL.
The Stock Market More Active and
Prices Somewhat Higher.
GOLD 112 3-4 A 113.
Money Easy on Call at 8 and
z Per Cent.
Governments Active-Investmen Securities III
Fair Request-A Stormy Meeting OF
Missouri Pacific Stockholders.
WALL STREET,

By mutual consent the seven days that marked
by Christmas on the hand and the birth Of the
year on the other are popuarly supposed to be
secrated to enjoyment OF holiday season Things
secular. far they refer to the daily toll and tur
mol OF bread winning existence presumed to lie
dormant for the time being and the browse OF idle
days and the dolce far niete of sluggish hours are
popularly supposed to mark the course OF the
yearly festival Stock brokers quite
ready to call il half a day--or
absorb whole any of the rest
of the work -aday world, and they particularly affect
the holidays which close up the year. but times have
been bad, commissions few and general 'down-in-
themouth' feeling is sorelY prevalent. So commits
son brokers have voted the holiday week toothsome.
but touchless. Instead OF regiment OF FalstaG's
ragged rccruts-the ragbag and bobta Of the stock
Exchange army-the whole financial force was hand
yesterday and to-day eager Tor the fray. Instead o.
the dull, inert market appropriate to the Christmas
week have been treated to Of fair activity and
firm prices
There quite snap In opening prices, and for
ame call went merry marriage bell " but, often
happens in real hfe spectators who rushed to buy
found when the market receded they had married in
haste to repent at leisure" Still the drop In prices
was nconsiderabe and at the close of business quota
tions were about equal to the best of the day.
Lake Shore, has been Its history for weeks past,
the OF attraction and although its fuctua-
eons inconsidcrabe 1t bore of the palm regards
magnitude of business. The bull party in this
stock have probably rendered themselves sufi-
ciently comfortable in money matters and have
ranged to carry their load by the old plan Of bor-
Fowing or stealing exchange (say some $s, ooo, ,ooo)
hypohecation or the stock and selling the bills and
subsequent gold for cash. This process makes them
apparently short of gold for the time being but in view
of matters political and commercial the risk is fair
one.
Jay Could 10 show that he was still alive and kick
ang stirred up the almost expired embers of Union
Pacific to-day, and created fame that consumed some
1850 shares OF the stock prices that varied from TAX
20 76 As it probable both selling buying
orders ndited by his hand may assume
correct the brokers' cant phrase that thcre twas
nothing done
There quite hurrah in Pacific Mail at the open
ing; but the increased prices brought in good sellers
who demoralized the market quite much by their
presence by their offerings and the stock closed dub
and or Of best quotations.
ST. Paul preferred invited a very respectable degree
OF attention late in the day the rumor that div
dend would shortly be declared, and sangune opera
Eors bid the property up nearly per cent 1t could
not be ascertaned that there any truth
in the report and is quite probable that there is
foundation for it than II It had been found in the
eye Of the late lamented Betsy Martin.
Beyond the stocks have referred to the rest OF the
market quiet, being marked by slight fluctuations
only. Ohio and Mississippi manifested a spasmodic
activity being characterized by sale to broker OF
1000 shares possibly for Montreal account, but the
Interest commenced and ended with this transaction
THE TOTAL TRANSACTIONS
show Improvement aggregating to 1912 shares
distributed among the active stocks as follows:-
New York Central and Hudson, 100; Eric, 4, 800;
lake Shore 80 6l5; Northwestern, 225o; do. preferred
2, ,sOo Rock Island, elo; Pacific Mail 26,3oo; St Paul.
6,l64 do. preferred 1o,soO; ohios, $3.50; Western
Union, % 900; Wabash, 100; Union Pacific, l,5oo C,
c. and l. c., 100
ADVANCE DECLINE
Tho changes In closing prices compared with those
OF yesterday, as follows:-
ADVANCE. New York Central, u; Michigan Central
a Erie, " Lake Shore, u Northwest common u ;
do preferred u; Ohio and Mississippi " Quicksilver
"a Rock Island, u ST. Paul common, IN do. pre-
ierred, IL; Union Pacific ~; Western Union h
New Jersey Central, Ia.
DEcLISE.-Pacihc Mail, &.
STATIONARY. Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph Della
ware and Lackawanna, Hannibal and ST. Joseph Har-
lem Panama and District OF Columbia 3. 65 bonds.
OPENING, HIGHEST LOWEST
The following table shows the opening highest and