The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-05-30
FINANCIAL And COMMERCIAL.
The Stock Market Irregular-Activity
and Firmness Exceptional.
GOLD l13 1-S A 112 rs.
Investment Shares, Government and Railway
Bonds Steady-Money on Call
2 1-2 and Per Cent.
WALL srREEr.

MONDAY May 2e-6 NJ
when the Earl OF Sandwich invented that generally
Satisfying almost always entirely fraudulent
comestb'e which bears mis- name he hardly supposed
that the conception would be used in hgurative
sense Yet IL as so used and there has occurred an
example OF il to-day. The rheosophc people who
yesterday paganlzed purgaory the remains OF their
dead brother would symbolic IL or hand in this wise
Behold Sunday and Tuesday two holidays typihed by
the two slices Of bread Mark Monday, wi tn its slim
business only favored by brief activity at the open
ing and you have the emblem OF the thin Of
and tho Mordant mustard. Sandwich business day
between holidays and the result is intermediate
layer OF trade that may be decidedly called thin and
unsatisfactory.
1t naturally unsatisfactory, therefore, to-day
and though the sharp condiment OF rise was tooth
vome enough, when at the commencement bulls bid
Lake Shore and Western Union sharply up, the appc
tito quickly snrtctcd and the result speedy de-
cline. Lake Shore which before the opening OF the
Board had been offered at ST. the announcement of
an actual cutting up OF passenger rates had It's nrst
Saes recorded at ~ and rapidly 10 52ss to the
Trca Of tho shorts who in their eager
TO bid the market up. tho dctriment OF
heir purses and to the lng OF their adversaries'
Reaching the above figures the price began to sag back
again (now that the bears had taken flight and
rcded time nearly It's opening point although
II aferward rallied 50, which us closing quota
ton Western Union symrathizcd sufficiently TO carry
the stock from 65M to d75s, but fell back with tho
Iavorite making record at the end OF 66h, or one
point gam on the days quotations A report that Mr.
ORION was about TO relnquisn presidency prev
icnt at time, but aitcrward denied; there
40 reason however ascribe tho fluctuations in tho
stock TO the existence OF this rumor.
Pacific Mail gradually advanced from 25 Il to 26I,
about which point 1t hung until near the close OF busi
meas when operators were treated TO a sudden sun
hurst which carried 81 IL surnised that tho
nomination OF directors, In place of Messrs
Thurbcr and Mbank, declined, had something to do
with IT, Is Messrs. Whitehouse 4 Go. to BIO
chief cooks and bottle washers, with further amb
lion OF taking trick the wheel OF the eaky vessel
while working her through tho Scya and Charybdis
OF the coming election.
The state OF Commodore vanderbilts health scarcely
slici cd comment to-day, and certainly failed to affect
The market In fact, brokers begin think no is
Ing them shabhy They have waited patiently for his
demise until patience ceases TO DO virtue and they
discover want OF courtesy this recacitration which
is annoying. Like Card nal Woolsey in ertremis and
surrounded by his courters, the Commodore VIII have
to apologize being ''such unconscionabc time dy
Ing
A better look in the grain trado and Increased en-
gaeements for shipments foreign bound steamers
have stimulated the rco OF tho ST. Paul stocks, which
developed large transactions to-day at better prices
Meantime money call is freely offered at per cent.
while stocks for loaning purposes observably
Easier; Lake Shore ana Western Union not being
carried better than per cent, and the premium
Central and Hudson and the coal stocks sensiby
diminished As siraws which point the way the wind
Is blow these facts may indicate diminished short
interest and more favorable view of approaching
Improvement in the prices of speculative stocks.
THE sALEs
The transactions at the Stock Exchange to-day ag-
grcga,ed 9s 3l4 shares:-New YORK Central and Hud-
son, 500; Erie. 5000; Lake Shore IL $50; Cleveland
and Pitsbarg, l5l; Northwestern 200; Rock Island,
500; Pacific Mail, 12450; St Paul, 1900; St Paul
preferred, loo; ohos, 1.400 Western Union, 1s,300
Wabash, soo Union Pacific, 400 Michigan Central,
$500; Delaware Lackawanna and Western 500; New
Jersey Central, 970; Union Mining Company, l,400
OPENING. HIGHEST AND LOWEST PRICES.
Tho following table shows the opening, highest and
EstmA