The New York herald., 1876-09-27
FINANCIAL And COMMERCIAL.
The Stock Market Depressed and Irregular
The Feeling Feyerish.
GOLD ITO 1-8 A ITO.
Money on Call Easy at l-2 and Per Cent
Government and Railway Bonds Steady.
WALL SrkRkr.


A South Sea missionary looking down fnom the gal
Ary and being conversant with the cannbasm going
sn the arena below, would have had his soul pos
pesscd with of otahete and its peculiar cui
zine. The public the natural pahulum OF both bulls
and BEARS has become article OF diet edi-
BILE birds to an impoverished China
man, and the contending brutes are driven
10 iced upon each other from sheer lack
Of outside support This Affirmation, made
for the hundr edith time, is to-day when arst
asserted months ago, and from all appearances bids fair
continue fact for a long time TO come This morn
ing exception to the rule. Tho bears, having
the best OF the grip at the close Of business last night
tshtened their clasp the marke, the opening to-
day, squeezing few more fractions out of values and
making things generally unpleasant to their Toes, the
bulls Subsequently the latter, emboldened by
firm undertone which offering obstacle &c "A
further decline, attempted trrn the market using
Central and Hudson the lever. with the short inter
est as iucruin The move was temporarily success
ul the stock advancing from 80 to 975E, with largo
TRANSACTIONS mostly due to purchases for the short
count bears never feeling quite comfortable when they
have contracts outstanding this security being
always tho alert the first evidence
OF danger
As usual the other active stocks benefited by the
good example and for time looked quito cheerful,
hcy fell too and helped bring the business OF tho day
the unsatisfactory which mixed and feverish
market always produces
Tho largest dealings OF the session were connected.
with Delaware and Iackawanna over SO, 600 shares
having been bought and sold n: prices ranging from
rs TO 74h the latter being the closing Doubt
was expressed the certainty OF continuance OF
dividends and this afforded sufficient motive for
fresh drive tho siock--bcars, like the wolf
In the fable, caring little for the truth OF
the allegation long excuse
offered for quarrel with The lamblike coal carrier
Rumor mongers had nothing to report about New
Jersey Central either good, bad or indinercnt so
there incentive TO action and consequently no
vpecula'ion beyond the amount OF 1000 shares at
lgures bounded by the extremes OF single point
The Of the list was in waverng, quescent state
vithou; than fractional variation, and in this
condition It opened and closed.
SALES
The transactions at the Stock Exchange day aggre
gated $780, 900 shares New York Central and Hudson
l3, 6l0; Erie 3oo Lake Shore 26. 400; Cleveland and
Plttsburg 26o North western, 500; do. preferred
$780, Rock Island, .. 700; Pacific Mail. ZOO; St Paul.
$780, do. preferred 300 Ohios, loo; Western
Union, 500; Wabash, 36oo c. C. and c., 100; Del
aware, Lackawanna and Western. 81 s25; New Jersey
Central 4l2o; Michigan Central, 9900 Delaware and
Hudson Canal Company, l, 1876; Harlem, ESQ
OPENING, HIGHEST LOWEST rRIcEs.
The following table shows the opening, highest and
In nric of