New-York tribune., 1876-04-24

-, o;rcles have been interesting If not import
- tho General veal The curtain has risen upon
o. o. -. .oo,a of the farce entitled " Silver hesulhp
-. y ,ybile preenbacks remain legal tehder' ouU
- cot the measure has not perceploiy lhnucnceu
~ trode or finances of the country. Inc money
M ,o+ bas worked easy on call at 3@4 per cent
-1;,y at DO and at > to per cent discount Oh
..a,nt,le paper The foreign exchanges nave oo0n
III with light transactions, ana at hop'in"i "i
u"N' .1 rates. The gold speculation has been III
sa~or Of lower quotations, causing decHno no"'
,oI. I%, +o 1125sa1123. Government bonds' 'iat
- i,,,or carly in the week, improved somewhat
..,ror1 the close. but spectators ana lhNeotoi'
A. Ia ,oiti,p ON the result Of the sale OF 90
eoo 600 by the Treasury, the bids tor Whcll arc
5o+ washington on Monday. Railroad bondsaie
.Ir.a.ouy weaker with but moderate TRANSACTIONS,
NJ sales by a prominent brokers iirm OF Oh'o anu
,rsgis.iopi seconds has attracted some a'to"''0'
&C that the bonds are borrowed for deh'ei9'
ro+i,g an mpression that the sales are ior ".0ou"'
of the Company. The speculation ID sn''''
mast week shows the mutabiity OF nu'""" -:
+iops The vociferous "bus OF TWO luo'i, Il, ''.
ore the erowling "beaTs" OF to-u"S' "i''' ~
crovylers at 10 10 10 per cent h'snoi P''00'
GENERALLY become remarkably eouSoi '"'i'0' 90
-; dopbts if the entire system Is gong
Lot III l.
- tbe week prices continued to snow trther
P.ion Lake Shore. Michigan Central, Delaware,
',on,a and Western and New-Jersey Central
-, tho heaviest sufferers. The first two named
r oressed for sale both for long and short account
,.,oa Of the threatened railroad war; although
,hot has occurred was certain to take place with
ibo reoneDing of inland navigation, to wit, lower
rates and an entire breaking up OF the pool arrange
,o,+s that were i'm operation during the Winter.
81. Shore was depressed to 54l2, with free predc-
tons that il would soil at 80 or 80 before the end OF
+bo ,reek and with this idea there undoubtedly was
creatod a large and unhealthy short account, but
,o+torlv there has seemed to be steady and per
sistent buving of the stock, which main-
FAMED the price at above %, and 1t now
ennsars that the supposed basis OF such buying was
an anticipated remarkably good report that Is to be
Rad at the stockholders meeting on May j. Al all
events the "point" privately gwen ont to-day,
and figures were stated that should be accepted with
many grains of allowance. That something ot the
kind to be sprung upon the shorts 10 compei theh
to cover seems quite likely, but that any sneh re-
not will he made or that the present or prospective
business Of the Company can be prosperous WIN
rote for fourth-cass freight from Chicago TO New
York at 90 to 25 cents per 100 pounds seems qui'e
rrepo.terons Michigan Central, after declining
r sS.
is understood that gentlemen composing the recent
rool in Erie have taken hand in this stock for
sharp upward movement. OF the coal railroad
stocks this column has heretofore exclusively shown
the condition and prospects but il may be that III
these stocks. too has accumulated short interest
that will sustain the prices for time the demand to
borrow the stocks, particularly of New-JerSey Cen
trail indicating such condition of the market. The
Western list was generally inactive, but dropping
The particular friends OF Northwest have succeeded
in preventing break of over Ia per cent on the
Common, Of which they hold the lions share; but
the Preferred stock went off 13l The ST. Paul
stocks have not Jared well, declining l4i
per cent for the Common and rs for
the Preferred, and closing at nearly the lowest
price Western Union, that during the early part
of the week was strong and advanced from G6 to 6s
was later pressed for sale and declined to Co.'s
Pacific Mail, considering that according TO tele-
graphic reports pretty nearly all its property in San
Francisco has passed into the Sherh7s hands, i'll
cluding coal and supplies was quite firm, selling
from 2O5s to 1914, and closing at 10. The business
of the week comprised the purchase and sale of
about SCI 900 shares of which all but about
l25OOO were confined TO five leading stocks, viz:
Lake Shore Western Union Michigan Central, Erie,
and Pacific Mail. The decline of the week, which
to per cent Comparing the closing prices to-day
with those of last Saturday, it will be seen
that c., c. and l. c. and Ohio and Mississippi have
each declined ls per cent; Adams Express, Amer
lean Express, Erie, Fort Wayne, ST. joe
Missouri Pacific, n. J. Southern, and \. Y. and Aew-
Haven, each 4; Pacific Mail, as; ST. Jo. Preferred
Kansas Pacific, Northwest Preferred, Panama, St.
Louis, K c. and N, st. Louis and iron Mountain,
and Union Pa ihc each l2; Lake Shore, IS; COnsOl-
idated Coal and Rock Island. each "a; Northwest
Common. g; Illinois Central Marposa Preferred,
st, Paul, and Western Union, each 81. Paul Pre-
ferred, lis; MaripOsa Common and Pittsburgh,
each ll2 n. j. Central 49, Alton and Terre liaate,
Harlem, and Morris and Essex, each 2 Chicago,
Burlington and Quincy, pa: c., c., c. and l., Chi
cagO and Alton Common and Preferrcdl and Michl-
gan Central each 3; Canton, i Delaware and Hud-
son Canal. 5; Delaware LackawanDa and Western,
5sl and Ohio and Mississippi Preferred, per cent.
The few stocks which show improvement are
Quicksilver and Wabash each d ; Atlantic and Paci-
&c Telegraph 3s; No. X. and Texas aud ST. Louis h.
T. and n. PTe.erred each p, and Producers Petro-
eum per cent The following table shows the