The New York herald., 1876-11-20
FINANCIAL and COMMERCIAL.
Review of the Week-A Dull and
Irregular Stock Market.
GOLD STEADY AT 100 IS A lO9 rs.
The Money Market EaSy-Goyernment Bonds
Railway Mortgages Quiet.
WALL STREET,

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SUNDAY. Nov 10, 1874 e
review OF the past week contcmpates as mcagrc
nm array OF the opera bouge Duchess OF Sol
diers when she inspecis her grand army. Tho busi-
scarcely at any time nftcd above tho medi-
ocrity Of abrokers market though stirring crcum-
stances existed both home and the that
ordinarily would have created a whirl Of speculation
Though the ends OF the week present whole
nearly similar quotations. and fluctuations have been
OF n modest description the market has been feverish
aud mpressible.
Why this scnstiveness has not been turned 20 ac-
results from the that operators have held
back from active participation under the doubt and un-
certainty whicn is felt the political situation has in
duccd.
The feeling has rather been to wash ones hands OF
speculative ventures the time being and wait tho
shaping events. This idea has taken practical form
In extensive closing up OF nccounts notably In large
purchases Lake Shore to cover shorts and equally
large sales of Western Union for long account Al
though the European news comcs quite warlikc
u ala some weeks since, when gold and stocks re-
spondcd with a sharp advance. now no appreciable
effect is noted and the OF prices, II anything
has been the other way. .w
Tho summing up Of the matter, then, appears to be
tbat tho Presidential muddls has checked speculation
without disturbing prices
There have been one or two episodes, however,
which created temporary breeze causing mild cx-
c,tement and blowing down OF tho dead branches
from the stock list Among this dead wood the rot
tenest of all Is found In the Ohio aud Missis-
sippi concern, which, losing leaf and sap from
season to season. has ~ last fallen to the
earth OF bankruptcy and hollow trunk II Is
now LETT to the merces OF those gentle woodmcn,
tho receivers 10 .sspare the troc much possible
and TO their energies convert the useless timber
into such shape will benefit stockholders. Tho 81
Paul properties have been the other decidedly weak
spot in tho market, rendered by the continued re-
ports OF decreasing earnings which have nearly OBJ
liberated gains during the first months Of the
year. drive ut the Norhwestci under the cry Of
suited IN fasco the stock quietly recovering when Il
became known that the condition Of the road was q
satisfactory one
Reports uniavorable to tho financial status OF the
coal stocks were depress them at time, but
tho bait attracted but few bites, and these only from
the eudgeons the There Is but little prospect
OF the market waking up from its present somnoencc
and taking an active either up or down until
the political nightmare has been shaken or Mean
time the largo operators prefer to stand aloof as
lockers on or to touch things lightly at the best while
the market is left to the prentice hand OF tho lpu
tan SPECTATORS whose joys and sorrows depend upon
the gain or loss OF an eighth.
rnE TRANSACTIONS OF Tns wREK.
The following table represents the opening, highest
and lowest sales regular way, Of the principal stocks
during the past week. together with the number OF
shares dealt in:-