The New York herald., 1876-12-19
The Stcck Market StrOns-Lake Shore and
Michigan Central at the Front.
GOLD lO7 3-4 A lOS A 1O7 3-4
Money on Call Loans aud Per Cent-Gov-
ernment Bonds Active and Firm
Railway Bonds Steady.
WALL STREET,

The bull movement established at tho end OF tho
week in certain lost Of vigor to-day's
proceedings and in fact began TO pervade the rest OF
the list pretty generally. Although brokers had Sun
DAY on-day ITO think 1t" there no
change OF opinion that tho railway settlement offered
, fair and legitimate basis for further use
1t seems to be accepted now a TACT that the trunk
roads have In general sense knocked under to the
views OF Mr.. Vanderbilt far equal tariff on
bound freight goes, while thoy have obtained
concessions on such as may bo transported for con-
sumption at tho port Of delivery.
Hut suppose this latter class Of freight, carried at
Is 10 per cheaper rates Baltimore and Phila
delphia than It is to Now York, should by somo aocus
pocus itself snipboard alter all tand It does not
appear that any means have devised to prevent
~ what avas the equal rates and tho equally favor
able position claimed Tor this city?
Produce and grain reaching Philadelphia aud Bati
more under tho lower schedule oi charges, aud pur-
porting DO for homo consumption, may, nevcrthc-
less lind their way aboard ship, though not neccs-
sariIy through trick or misrepresentation. Once
shipped however tney borne away costing Just
much less (cnargcs handling being equal) than a
corresponding shipment from this CITY would cost. as
tho tarnf by rail IS less philadelphia ana Baltimore
than It to York. This contingency may exist in
asnnli way II may develop into very great
evii; ut any rate IL is weakness In tho agreement
which seems 10 be fatal 10 its pcrmanency In this
view OF the casc II rcmains DO whether the
whole matter not Of great cry and listo WOO
nfIcr ALL
SO far however, the influence has been beneficial TO
M prices and it continued to exert that In
nucuce still more marked degree to-day.
Lake Shore rose 6ul and Michigan Central to ss,
with tho untrv list sympathzlng Ill greater less
degroc, even tho grange stocks which have been
ccptonuily days back, improving in
syinpatiy and the report from Washing that
Me Supreme Court decision render as yet.
Latc tho day prices yielded somewhat undcr tho
lead Of Lake Shore, It being rumored that the road
showed decrease of 1000 earnings for tho nrst
week In December, and under symptoms OF selling on
the part Of tho rwcnty.third street bears
Western Union joined the elect fresh convert
rhy morning. advancing from 72ss to 1875. Good buy
ers gave Importance the points higher figures,
and better quotations are promised and expected.
Three hundred and forty-seven thousand pounds
more bullion from the Bank OF Engand to-day proba
bly, for this country, and per cent charges for
carrying what already here weakened gold from los
10 I07x, at which price It opened und closed.
rmE SALES
wero as follows:-New York Central and Hudson
i,5oo; Eric $3.50; Lake shore, So loO Northwestcrn
2.soo; Northwestern preferred, 1000; Rock island
1850; ohios, 1900; Western Union. ly,475; Wabash
2,z3o; Union Pacific, 400; Pacific Mail, 1000; ST. Paul.
l,0oo; St Paul preferred. lo,s5o; Michigan cantra.
rs, GOO; Illinois Central, 900; e. c. {. and l.. l.5go
Mariposa, !, 100, Kansas aud Texas, l,l0o
OPENING, HIGHEST PRICES
The following table shows tho opening highest and