The New York herald., 1876-12-21
FINANCIAL and COMMERCIAL.
The Stock Market Irregular and
Barely Firm.
GOLD 107 l-2 A l07 3-S A l07 1-2.
Money on Call Loans 6, 3 and Per Cent
Government Bonds Steady-Railway
Mortgages Quiet and Firm.
WALL STREET,


Speculation for an advance in these times gets
speedily out OF breath. and hats gaspng before its
promises are one-third performed. II has stopped
Today, possibly for that supply OF the vital fluid which
Is familiarly known among pedestrians AS "second
wind" possibly for good and all. There is
life to be sucked out OF the railroad peace and preda
tory vampires reduced to scanning the elegraphic
tape for and feeding upon each other
Of DID, for sustenance. Consequently there was no
push in the market and stocks left pretty much
to take OF themselves, and they are likely to
remain until some new stimuant is invented or
discovered. An average Of per variation would
gauge the hopes and fears OF bulls and BEARS as
we'll a. their profits and losses for the day. only
prominent exception being In ST. Paul common
which lost x, and Pacific Mail, which gained
about I point on the mornings business. The
latter stock was elevated to the position OF second
favorite the amount OF dealings which were regis
tered to the extent OF l6. 500 snares and marked
startling return to life OF unusually comatose
stock. Free points. like free lunches Hospitality
spread before hungry operators with the expectation
that shares will be purchased in the case liquid
refreshments are in the Other and there was lack
OF tempting Information tcndered to-day in praise OF
the steamship property. It is stated that the
is doing remarkably well in the way Of freight and
passenger traffic; that It has got rid Of
$1,000 OF embarrassing obligations, and that it
IL in position to purchase its supplies for with
out having recourse to runous shaves In the discount
market
OF course tho Inevitable "grain OF salt must for
OF safety swallowed with the statement but
assurance 10 given that it will be but very small ono
indeed; and that In nnc the is where fact is
rcall! stranger than fiction. Western Union stood
stock s the day through and only changed its repre-
sentative figures when in the afternoon 1t sold with the
mar cankd ivida
to be afflicted with poor staying qualities as their
Immediate predecessors tor after the exertion Of push
ing up the quotation point so are bellows to
mend nstanter.
In the coal stocks find slight advance the
higher prices obtained At the Pennsylvania Coal Com
pany's sale to-day being bit Of blue sky through
their murky atmosphere.
Nearly 5000 shares OF Ohios were dealt In o-day at
prices ranging from 5k to 6sS, and resting there
BONE Of the stockholders dissatisfied with Mr.
Torrance. at present and formerly president
and nre camorous for his removal Both sides express
their opinions in published cards the stockholders
The effect that they have not had fair showing; and
MI. Torrance, with the acknowledgment that If things
had been managed quite differently, or, in other words
brown had been made white instead OF dirty
black (which could have been done we'll not, the
present condition OF collapse and bankruptcy would
have been avoided; all OF which Is extremely comfort
ing to the unfortunate investors
Money ruled high as aud low as per cent,
due in great measure to the calling in of loans pre-
vious to the interest payments the rs OF the year.
the heavy load requiring assistance in the Gold
Room.
SALES TO-DAY
aggregated 112 900 shares which distributed fol-
lows among the active stocks New York Central and
Hudson, ITO; Erie 54oo; Lake Shore, 90 soo North
western, 400; Northwestern preferred, 600; Rock
island 425 Pacific MAIL Ia, 500; St Paul. 600; St Paul
preferred. 5000; Ohos, 4s5o; Western Union $500;
Wabash, :, 200; Delaware, Lackawanna Western,
B460 New Jersey Central, 800; Michigan Central.
A,151
OPENING, HIGHEST LOWEST PRICES
Tho following table shows the opening, highest and