The New York herald., 1876-03-10
Stocks a Trifle Firmer-Pricee
Quite Irregular.
GOLD ia So A ia 1-2.
Government and Invest
ment Bonds Steady.
Money on Call 3 a 3 l-2 Per Cent
Foreign Exchange Quiet.
WALL STREET,

THURSDAY, March 90 p. A
At the very opening strong parties took hou oi 'ne
Lake Shore speculation for the bull account ana steaoy
carried the stock up rom o41S to 65A From 'h's the
highest point shares sagged back to o4>s ana coseu
65; so a small advance be credited to The ous on
the average OF fluctuations for the day As nothihg
had occurred while brokers slept make the stock
moro valuable to day than was yesterday II was di
cult to trace the advance any other influence than
such as grew out of report Of increased earnings for
the month of February and disposition TO copper the
points of the Commodore, who, 1t is stated Is mys
terious and conhdentiay warning his friends not to
buy All Stock Exchange men know that TO doubt the
ioy old waterman is 'doubt Truth to be liar and
those who act upon mendacious supposition do
serve to be tarred and teathered
There was good deal Of life still apparent In Western
union despite Of the kicks and cuffs 1t has been sub
ected lately and assisted by the sprghtlness of its
side partner Lake Shore, appeared in quite cheerful
Vorm, rising as II did from 6sl4 to 90.
However. the success of the did not last
long, and the coparnership speedily got into very
shaky position when the weaker member of the hrm
found itself quoted at the lowest point which 1t
nas touched in the recent decline
AS apprehended in our last considerable long
ytock held by disappointed and disgusted investors
ound its way the Board for sale, and the depres
lion thus created taken advantage of by Gould TO
iupply a further line of shorts and to hammer the
market with sixty day options at a concession of II
per cent below the regular price. 1t may be added
that this sixty day business also essayed in Lake
Shore and, though sales were few, the moral effect
was damaging enough, as bulls have a constitutional
horror OF sixty day contracts, and option of this
sort is as obnoxious them is red rag to their
brethren Of the fields
While Plutus (which the type-sctter is at liberty to
spell Pluto a convertible term was pulling down the
fabric OF Western Union with his red right hand he
was endeavoring lift up Union Pacific with his left
but whether he be wanting in briefs, whether the
load be heavy for any single man to manage, the
result was that the stock advanced from 90 10 20
sales of 500 shares and fell bss, the next
zoo In spite the coored report published this
morning and the statement that dividend had been
declared always mysterious matter with this
pany) which announced 10 stage whisper during
the day and which may be false dealers refuse
TO be attracted toward The spider seductively lures
in honcyed tones the fly is dragon ay of virtue
and looks upon the insect as
- monster Of so frightful mien
As to be hated needs but to be seen,
,pd will have nothing to do with him accordingly.
Ohio and Mississippi had of It's periodical spasms
to-day and it took the form OF epilepsy, or It was
called in old times ''the falling sickness" and the
violence Of the paroxysms may be noted in It's tumble
rom 21 II to 201s though 1t convacsced half point
At the close The only other stock worthy OF attention
was Erie, which remained dull and steady At Is though
the Twenty third party short at lower figures
having been circumvented in thei- designs for TALL
by the wise of william street
The transactions the Stock Exchange day ag-
gregate 175 shares which distributed as iol.
lows:-New York Central and Hudson $40; Erie 8, 500;
Lake shore, 81, $50; Cleveland and Pntsburg 720;
Northwestern, l. 200; do preferred 900 Rock Island
sOO Pacific MAIL 10 75o; ST. Paul 700; do preferred
645 ohos 7,e00 Western Union, 40 200; Wabash 800
Union Pacific l475; Michigan Central 1900; Missouri
Pacific, 1880
OPENING, HIGHEST AND LOWEST PRICES.
The following table shows the opening highest and