The New York herald., 1876-03-11
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
Stocks a Trihe Firmer-An Unex-
peoted Advance in Erie.
GOVERNMENT BONDS FIRMER.
Gold ia 1-2 a la 3-8 a ia 5-S-Investment
Securities StrOng-Money on Call Album
dant at 2 1-2 and Per Cent.
WALL STREET.
THURSDAY,

THURSDAY. March lO-6 7. N.
II brokers' homes and hearts based upon inse
euro afOundaton their Stock Exchange affections
there must be many unsatisfactory menage indeed.
when dollars to be spectators are "ialse as
dcers' oaths'' ana "Hckle as a dream" There IS no
pain compunction TO them in getting of the old
love and with tho new provided the transfer pays
and hence there can be little wondcrment that the
whole army OF scalpers transferred their allegiance
rom the favortes Of the past weeks to the Of
day Erie became the light of the harem, vice
Western Union and Lake Shore deposed, and what
there in the shape of dancing bayaderes or
posing nautch girls to tempt dealers from other stocks
clustered around tho new divinity.
Erie week ago stigmatized old harridan,
made up of paints patches and good deal worse than
she would be- Like Dejazet or vestris the pearl
powder and rouge OF favorable reports have covered
AZ the wrinkles which exist beneath, and day we
asked to accept this totterng jade as personihca
don OF original purity Erie are tcld is to turn
)ver leaf and the English Commissioners are TO
20 turner's Gould sand Fisk, who debauched her,
.oIn oil the way she has fallen into the hands OF
new Magdaen society Of stock spectators, OF which
Russell Sage and Moses Taylor the ruling spirits
ana they are determined 10 make decent woman of
her al last
Aud they are going to commence their reormatory
process by laying third rail for the accommodation Of
The Delaware. Lackawanna and Western Company
which has for long time had sneaking fondness for
the repentant drab, and is wiling to put the money up
Tor this object IL is said that the contracts for this
Improvement have already been signed and that the
course of this popular railway is henccforth TO be
upward and onward
The market not left ignorant of this intelligence
and consequently there hurry and scurry to buy
which altered during the entire period of busi
ness and which carried the price from is at the open
ing TO 206 al the close
The Twenty third street people, who spent their
money ip banquetting the English Commission and
getting points TO sell quid quo, are out of sorts
to-day, and candidates for Messrs. Moody and
Sankey's anxious bench to. night
The busy Stock Exchange bees improving the shin
ing hour by dealing in Erie perforce prevented
from paying their usual attention TO the other prom
inent fances. Consequently Lake shore, Western
Union and Pacific Mail less mercurial than usual
The price of Lake Shore lowered between 6l y aud
s5k closed at the latter quotation despite the per-
sistent attendance OF Goud's elongated broker who
sold whatever amounts he could sixiy-day options
at per cent below the cash price. II would seem
from this process that Gould either getting In for
protracted bear campaign or that no is purchasing
stock quietly against seller sixties ostensby put
out for the that loaned shares present
paying but little il any interest to the borrower Or
may bo a desire accumulate cash stock with the In
precipitaing the entire lot unexpectedly upon the
market
We recommend spectators in doubt. if they can't
take the trick of the maneuvre, to call upon Mr.. Gould
personally (name doorJ who, told, is anabo
TO all comers, and
the mildest manner'd man
that ever stole railway pilaged friend
In Pacific Mail one Of those perplexing screws got
loose again and there flap downward OF two
points in the stock. Why, nobody seemed to know,
ana wherefore nobody seemed to There
rum,rs OF course but only "trihes light as arr"
Western Union, apparently out with the turmoil
of the few days, at homo 10 other than It's
ntmaes, and these did not appear very solicous to
ieal The directors report severely criticised, and
symptoms OF our old friend from Africa again taking
mp his quarters in the building becoming ap-
parent
The Western Union stocks may be noted as quiet but
strong reports of increased receipts for the rst
week ol the month"; and the OF the market dis
missed as being featurcess old fashioned daguerreo
type
The transactions the Stock Exchange o-day ag-
gregated 2l7 900 shares, which distributed ol
lows among active securities New York Central and
Hudson, 600; Erie So 075; Lake Shore 60 100; Ceve-
land Piitsburg 100; Northwestern, 300; do pre-