The New York herald., 1876-01-25
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
The Stock Market Irregular, but
Moderately Active.
GOLD 113 A 113 Is.
Money in Good Request at S a 6 Per Cent
Government Bonds Very StrOng-Other
Investment Securities Firm.
WALL STREET,

- U Il n
After the hestancy OF a day or two back the party
welded to higher prices showed desire to be d.
vorced from to-day's market They had evidently
made up their minds that higher prices could be OBJ
tained provided that "a long pull strong pull and
pull all together" could be agreed upon There
doubt that the OF prices
naturally an upward one and that satisfactory
market be obtained for the holdings of the
past days 'tSic itur ad astrd" would have been
their exclamation had brokers been equally conversant
with the dead languages they with live issues of
the day. failing this they regarded the position in
vernacuar and translated their ideas into push
aiong-keep moving" And this they did, picking out
Lake Shore as their echevai de bGttaie" and riding
him into the middle OF the fray.
Lake Shore by mutual consent seemed to be
cepted as the horse todays melee mdn<ge Of the
Gould-OsbornS party, who never drew bit or lost
stirrup during the whole OF course, under the
old fashion of follow my leader" the rest OF the
market responded to lesser greater degree and
prices marked up receded quotations
weak or strong There to be tacit
understanding that for the time being Lake Shore
Is TO be the ruler n the market and other specuatves
whether they will no. unconscously gave way to the
fsvorte Hence every security dealt in in open
ket Ia to certain extent affected by the Of Lake
Shore, Western Union, Pacific MAIL Ohio and Mssis-
Of the hour their quotations affected
less favoraby the leader gives tho
Apropos Lake Shore may be remarked that the old
Osborn Mills party the chief purchasers, having
abiding faith in higher figures, at least hope
that complacent bears will at time other
lieye them of their load Outside of Lake Shore there
was nothing 10 invite particular attention. fairly
active market backed up by undeniable strength and
belief in better future is about the summing up OF
the day. Taken altogether the of affairs may
be interpreted satisfactory to-day and promising
Cor tome
TOTAL TRANSACTIONS
Of the day aggregated 400 shares distributed among
The entire stock as foows;-western Union, 14,45o
Pacific Mail, o. soo Lake Shore So 100; Erie, 1000
Rock Island, $780, Michigan Central 5000; Central
and Hudson, 7co; Union Pacific, 1,600; Northwest
l. 100; Hannibal and St Joseph 100; preferred soO
Wabash, $500; Ohio and Mississippi, 9,1oO; New Jer
gey Central 1SOo; Harlem 900; ST. Louis Kansas and
Northern preferred, 500; Pacific Of Missouri, 300 and
G, G. and l. C., 400
DECLINE
The changes to-day compared with the close OF Sat
nrday follows:-
AuvAScR-Centra and Hudson 4; Michigan Gen.
tral, u Erie, u Lake shore, y Harlem, y Pacific
MGi Ii Rock Island, \ ST. Paul n Union Pacific,
y New Jersey Central, IL a,e5 District OF Columbia,
IL; ST. Louis, Kansas and Northern preferred Ia
DrcLNE-Delaware, Lackawanna and western, v;
Hannibal and ST Joseph, q; Northwestern, a do.
preferred u St Paul preferred "a Ohio and Missls-
bippi, X 7; Panama, n Western Union, y.
srATioSARY-Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph, Quick
silver and Wabash.
OPENING, HIGHEST AND LOWEST PRICES
The following table shows the opening, highest and