The New York herald., 1875-11-27
FINANCIAL And COMMERCIAL.
Stocks Moderately Firm, with a
Feverish Tendency.
GOLD STEADY AT ia 1-2.
Rag Paper 87.33-GOvernment and Railway
Bonds in Fair Request and Strong
Money on Call and Per Cent.
WALL STREET

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The market started on this morning with such
thoupean that it seemed If the entire cavalcade or
he bull ring was to be brought into play and that
Series OF games was to be instituted which would
prestige of restoration of those glorious days Of bus
mess now almost forgotten by the Stock Exchange
rho rise was general throughout the list,
prices advanced and held their own with q
pertnacity that could only be aserioed to
Bome occult In this absence Of rumors
and favorable reports could not easily cast about
tor the why the wherefore without fetching up
The topic of yesterdays holiday. In this celebration
there might possibly be hidden solution Of the mys
terry and that mystery might be solved by the single
word sturkey" We recommend the idea to the medical
faculty and invite treatise the theme OF Turkey
as stimulant" The discovery that good dinner
nay for hygienic reasons be excellent supporter to
dropping market is valuable the bulls, and
trust that henceorth the brokers' turkey not stuffed
with trufIles may be at least with orders.
After midday there q pause in the advance;
things began droop again. and left off only shade
better than they had commenced. Either the stimu-
tory properties of yesterdays good cheer had passed
away the old game of the bull leadersto sell out
strong market-was being played with customary
,uccess AS the old gamblers stin hold the cards and
knew In every deal what suit to be trumps the
after idea is probably the correct Tomorrow,
undoubtedly, stocks will be bought back, price ad-
ganccd and holdings again sold to the unwary ones
md thus from day to day goes the game ad
The topic of tho Commission law was again the mat
YER OF much comment during the lull in business.
Views pro and expressed which, in spite Of
The protestaton that the good Of the Stock Exchange
should alone be consulted, clearly proved that the
lookout In every case for number 1t was
serted that the contemplated change "base de-
vice OF the ehemy," and that the whole
thing being engineered in the interest
of Jay Gould; that this latter gentleman would
get his laundry done at cheap rates. and that wash
ing" would be the chief occupation of the brokers In
this connection would not be of the way to sug
gest that, il washing made the occupation OF
some others OF the fraternity. Mr. Gould's example
would not be Injurious Whatever may be the result
Of the movement it is certain that the signatures of
some score of the prominent houses in the street
attached TO the petition and proclaim at once its
Importance and desirability.
Western Union opened at 40 sold at4oT and closed at
i0M. Lake Shore has been the stock with
at 81 61T 62@ e21S Northwest was quiet at
Box 39X 39x, while the preferred was unusually
active at 53M 54A 81 ST. Paul opened at 36h sold
at S6X and closed at s6S the preferred opened and
closed at 66 having sold up 671s Erie sold at 16
l6k IS; Central and Hudson at 1861 1868 hichi-
gan Central at Ga 64A CAS-; Ohio and Mississippi
at 1Sh 1915 lSx; Hannibal and ST Joseph at 23x
23S a a236 preferred at 81 3oA; Rock Island at
1861 1867 1869 Pacific of Missouri at 133s 12H
Union Pacific opened at rs, quickly up to 73A,
but closed with offerings at rs after reported transac-
tons Of only 49, 900 shares All of the decision
Of the Supreme Court concerning the case before it
seem to have been postponed to more favorable OPP
portunity What two weeks ago circulated
certainty is all mystery. Western Union small
Transactions went from 75 to 767S, retiring again to
76 The market closed dull and without character.
The transactions at the Stock Exchange to-day aggre-
gated TO 500 shares which divided among active
securities as ioows:-New York Central and Hudson,
B1i Erie 3,40O; Lake Shore, 23soo; Cleveland and
Pittsburg 100; Northwestern, 100; do, preferred,
27lo; Rock Island, 430; Pacific Mail, 6 100; ST. Paul,
400; do, preferred, s,72o ohios, $500; Western
Union, 10, 200; Union Pacific 1900; c. c. and c.,
100, and Michigan Ccntral, 800.
OPENING, HIGHEST LOWEST rnlcEs
The following table shows the opening, highest and