The New York herald., 1876-09-19
FINANCIAL and COMMERCIAL.
The Stock Market Irregular, Fever
ish and a Shade Lower.
GOLD 40 A 100 rs.
Money on Call and 1-2 Per Cent-Govern-
ment Bonds Active-Railroad Bonds
in Fair Request and Steady.
WALL STREET.

MONDAY, Sept. ls--6 H. u.
The market was as erratic to-day a shying colt
with VOLTS tooth and as feyersh as case fycow
jack. A zigzag Of quotations, ranging between tho
parallels OF to three points and the consequent
uncertainty as to whether the long short side to
be the winning one, in measure checked operations
and gave q ragged look to the whole speculation
The centennial enthusiasm, which is cmptyng the
rural districts Of hordcs of country cousins 10 the re-
petion OF hotels and TO the JOY OF tradesmen, is
still unknown to the halls where brokers most DO con-
yregate The galleries. Il is true, daily pusuate with
ptrange faccs and familiar dusters but not even
shadow of these visitors money falls upon the per-
spring mass below who bearing the heat and bur-
den OF the day.
Attempt upon attempt has been made TO carry up
and establish on firmcr basis but the moment that
the bears forced to retreat and the bulls slacken
their buying prices atten out in tho absence Of the
helping hand which the public seems inclined to lcnd
to all other branches OF trade than that OF stocks.
At the opening this morning tho supporters Of the
market kept In tho background and general decline
cnsued; but shortly afterward their presence was
visible in rally, and in this provokincly uncertain
way, sometimes Tor bettcr and sometimes for worse,
tho prices OF shares uctuated tho day through. Tho
coal stocks are still the vvacous of tho list,
signihcd their activity by numerous oscillations,
bounded by limits Of three TO four per cent
Delaware and Hudson particularly mcr-
curial swaying between 691, 65]a, 674 and
ST. which was the finishing quotation for prices
In tho regular way, though sellers options
were made at from to per cent below these figures,
Tor 10 to go day privileges After two O'CLOCK better
leelng began TO spring up and there was every pros
pect OF tho best prices Of the day being obtained,
when sudden onset was made up Central and Hud-
son. driving it down from 1929 to 1908 in very few
minutes aud leaving 1t but fraction better when tho
gong sounded For want Of something better the
bears had recourse tho maera medca for the nfti
eth timo and diagnosed Mr.. Vanderblts case
10 his own injury and to that OF his favorte
stock. These periodical assaults upon Central
and Hudson arc ascribed, and probably
with truth, to the Gould quarter, since 1t is
we'll known that this usually willy operator IN getting
short of Thousand shares more than two years
ago. made a mistake which he never has had an op-
portunty to rccufy while, on tho contrary. he has
been forced to debit the account with the regularly
recurring dividends and tho premiums daily paid Tor
the 0f borrowed stock.
In the railroad mortgages an average business was
done to improved prices in the coal issues with gen.
eral steadiness in the rest Of the list.
Coal shares are somewhat easier to borrow, the rate
ranging from 1872 to per diem, while in some cases
Lake Shore, Michigan Central and Western Union
loaned from haI to a small premium
SALES TO-DAY.
The transactions at the Stock Exchange to-day ag-
gregated 115 55S shares. New York Central and Hud
BON, 2,679; Erie, 500; Lake Shore, 27,1oo; North
western, 900; Northwestern preferred, 100; Rock
Island 3,l7o; Pacific Mall 2,7O0; St. Paul, 300; st
Paul preferred, ,40O Ohios, 1,600; Western Union
1925; Wabash, 1900; Union Pacific 200; Delaware,
Lackawanna and Western, 20, ,175; New Jersey Cen,
tral, 14,2oO; Michigan Central, 3,2I4; Delaware and
Hudson Canal, $685.
OPENING, HIGHEST AND LOWEST rRTcEA
The following table shows tho opening. highest and