The New York herald., 1876-07-28
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
The Stock Market Weak, Feyersh and lrregl-
INSTRUMENTATION Along the Line.
GOLD Ill 7-S A Ill 3-4.
Money on Call l 1-2 and 2 Fer Cent-Gov-
ernment Bonds Strong ana Railway
Bonds Trife Less Firm.
WALL SrREEr,

THURSDAY, July 27-6 r. NJ.
There was a loerabe amount Of lrmness at the COM
mencement OF business day and things looked Tor
time though the dcclne had been checked and the
paroxysm passed. but the bears speedily got hold OF
the coal stock sponge and squeezed half years dv-
aend out OF II in the space OF thirty minutes
This desiccating process more than the general
list could stand in It's present unsupported state and
then occurred shrinkage to creator or less degree
throughout the entire Est.
Delaware ana Lackawanna from 97i4 "a with two
points lecway seller sxtes and Jersey Central from
H4 to 61A offered show of weakness, which, added to
the decline of a day or two back, simply piling
Pellon upon Ossa and the result could be other
wise than pressure throughout tho list
Michigan Central and the Western properties seemed
70 have got themselves particularly the line of the
squeeze notably in the Of the St Paul preferred
shares which, despite the three and half per cent
dividend declared yesterday and tho cheerful state
of earnings for the past months OF
the year, fell or nearly points with the
greatest The last trump having been played in
shape Of the dividend holders attempted 10 realize but
discovered to their chagrin that the statement
which had been put in stener failed to hold the
market steady enough for their purpose
The fact railway reports are, q rule. looked
ipon coming hot from tho kitchen with melange
Of ingredients mysterious ia their composition as
inc popular boarding mouse pdf, or artstcav speak
ing, like Of Turner's master pieces, man OF brill
liant smudges that may mean sky, earth water at
the option OF the beholder
Spectators longer taken in by display of q
Of gltterng generalities but rather apt 10
run TO the other and increase their scepticsm
with the excellence of the figures.
slight rally which took place after noon, failed to
hold or any length OF time, and was succeeded by
decided OF Weakness which the bears fostered by
circulating report OF Commodore Vanderbilts death.
Consulting Central and Hudson the pulse of the
ancient marner's health, there Was affirmative re-
ponso to the above rumor for the entire sales of the
day did not exceed 200 shares and the decline in the
price limited 10 half Of one per cent
Both friends and enemies OF the ci-devant popular
determined upon breathing spell, to judge from the
very moderate interest which is manifested in these
faucies
Prices are blown about by the winds OF tho more
active specaes and sway and fro with their neigh
bors In sympathy with tho Of the marked quota
lions the above of at the end about one point
from the best figures of the day.
SALES
The transactions of the Stock Exchange to-day
aggregated 1873, ,s27 shares:-Ncw York Central and
Hudson. 1900; Ere, 100; Lake Shore, 90. 725 ;
Cleveland and Pittsburg, 100; Northwestern, 800;
do. preferred, $3.50; Rock Island, 6Oo Pacific MAIL
800; St Paul. 1850; do, preferred, Ii, 700; Ohos,
S,525; Western Union, 5000; Wabash, 200.
OPENING, HIGHEST AND LOWEST PRICES
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