The New York herald., 1876-03-18
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
The stock Market Dull, with
q Declining Tendency.
GOLD ll4 l-2 A ia SO A ia 3-S.
A Speculative Rise in Money Rates, but Close
at Per Cent Government Bonds
Strong Investments Firm-FOr-
eign Exchange Strong.
WALL STREET,

kiIDAY March Id r. d.
Tb . were al les. profits TO DO discovered In 'o-
day gagket az sprigs Of our-leaved coVe.
In IA Hlbeui1n's hataand The machhatiohs VI
Gould have driven public interest out OF s.o'kS a.
,horouei ~ did 81 Patrick snakes out OF Ireland
and 4, Il orly fos outsiders literally "wcarers OF the
green snat ever pat IN 40 appearance The day mas
been no hlsorr u sllernAte duness and spasmodc
activity anu cac prominent speculative felt these In
Huences by turns
Western Union PROBABLY received the most attention
from the fact that he haud 81 Gould was most visible
In its transactions dpcniug AZ 6s, 1t iell during the
hrst hour % 6s, and for the rest OF the day vbrated
between these two Points finally closing at the lowest
agure The sccurty having been carried up to 69H
yesterday b. the buyne IN Of shorts on account Of
mathematical monber whose "pons asinoram' had
broken down With bin, d market was formed which
enabled Goud 10 sen aut al q handsome profit the
5000 or TO- OO aars VII ch he hua purchased for just
such turn the ~ OF tie lure The impetus
thus created continued 10 30 .et o-day, though, as
figures will shcw, oly 20 moderate cxtent
As red flag oycilcs by 10 tho arena SO do seller
sixties Discourse n the Board and the latter dis
heartening pr 81 %as ssayed today in Western
Union. 1t is u % important sale. made, but
the moral effect very pe1eplioloeti quite counter
balanced the v sperei eorts oe make up and
shake hands BET sl's wal telegraph companies.
En- PEASANT 1t ma 20 p.sittely stnaod nat
tion of hosttes ei,leT chtemfiatel r possible at
the present nom nt
The st. Paul stocks were rcllrgeiy oea ia during the
early part OF the day prcsscarcely crying quar-
ter per cent from last nig4is csng. rio old adage
of the 'slip between thegcup M ihe lif seemed TO
pervade the minds u the doalsr il tle shape of
doubt that the ID per cent divldon although declared,
might never reach their mouths Tier an II was
prosaic rendering of old story tfaniaus and until
more assuring report reached ;ho IL tse afternoon
the bulls were unt 'essable swas the tabled son
OF Jupiter
Lake shore was firm but featuresz, AM 20 remained
during the lay. The SEINE comrent Isgy be passed
upon Erie northwestern and Pscia Aaa Tho first re-
'A-~a -se to 20 and refused ssow a4y marked ac-
hNty, even though an attempt eA madf % stir il up
by the offering of puts adssei sag asSnt per cent
below the market at thirty days tme Northwestern
was held firmly by its Broadstfee suppo, srs who be-
came possessors Of 8, s0C Adtsona shares
Of stock for their pains
The greatest concession a tise mvarilus was exhib
ted by Pacific Mail, which fell of frol 22 Ma
covering fraction at the end.
The money market, which had ruled at 5 and per
cent for several hours. suddenly tghtened up about
Two o'clock when a report was circulated that the
Affairs OF the Bank OF the State were in cond
Non than had been anticipated Loans marked
up TO gold, and for short time to 1872 and
Ieresi; but the furry suddenly changeul the
weather out of DOORS and at three O'Clock there
plenty OF capital offering at per cent
Taken as whole, the market may be described as
leing moderately active, passably steady. with
Inclination to weakness at the close.
The transactions at the Stock Exchange to-day ag-
gregaed 1856 800 shares which distributed among
active stocks as fvlows:-Ere, "a, 600; Lake Shore
A2OO; Northwestern, 1900; do. preferred 500; Rock
Island, 500; Pacific Mail, $780, St Paul. IL, 500; do
preferred s,ioo; ohios, 1900; Western Union 49, 200
Wabash, 5000; Union Pacific, 250; Michigan Central
LOO
OPENING, HIGHEST AND LOWEST PRICES
The following table shows the opening, highest and
lowest prices OF the day.