The New York herald., 1876-09-23
FINANCIAL And COMMERCIAL.
Speculation Hating-A Decrease ir
Transactions and Decline in Stocks.
GOLD 100 7-s A ITO.
Government and Railway Bonds Generally
Firm-Money Easy at l 1-2 and 2 Per
Cent-FOreign Exc ange Quiet.
WALL STREET,

FRInAy. Sept 22-6 7. H.
Even tho pleasant pastime OF gambling in stocks has
Its accompanying and OF mind and body and
necesstatcs et-up occasionally. The Board unbcnt
TO day, II we may judge by stock list which shows
but s0,0O0 shares OF sales. made with maximum Of
leisure and minimum oil ciamor. The sec-saw move
mcnt Of the last two days sthl prevalent stocks
falling rising the top sawyers wllcd they should
and opportunities offered them for throwing
hust into tho eyes OF the under men, their victims
The system OF terrorism by which the bears, in at
nckng standard security, seek to shake out iimid
holders and thus the sellers unconscious sup
port to their ends, was applied with renewed
vigor to Central and Hudson-with moro effect too,
than on yesterday, tor fall OF per cont
effected tme with the ultimate net result OF
half point IN their favor
This slow work. to be sure and the destructionsts
seem feel to be So today they had to
ihe extraneous aid of the Harlem Railroad property,
which thoy used as baterng ram, VITA little effect
9th, than OF injury TO tho instrument ITSELF as Is
shown by tho sales Of few fractional shares at
five six points below yesterdays quota
lions. Could OF course, is regarded as the
Vulcan that swings tho hammer and pounds away
with sellers co option. While this theory is probably
correct enough It possibly quite as truo that an
equivalent cash stock is being bought Tor his ac
count against them
Next TO central ana Huus0n Cehtral OI New Jersey
received the most attention, not OF very attering
nature when the stock broke down to 25s, but OF n
more gratifying sort when 1t rose to 2s and remained
there.
This mornings weakness was due to tho non-support
of the marine element which had sailed In at q to %
and sailed out again, yesterday at ~ TO 2S; de-
cidedy profitable business than hunting mugs at
ayacht regatta, anc is imagined quite as agreeable
In the other coal stocks there but little doing and
little fined chiefly buying cash stock against
seller 60 options, operation which Twenty third
street took important hand Ia thereby showing
that there a full supply OF venom still remaining
tho corner and that tho present price of black dia
monds is looked upon as the price paid for paste.
Tho variation in the granger stocks and Western
bonds generally light the amount Of
Dealings and the specialists who seek in them their
daily scalp failed to secure single trophy
With their usual marine proclivities the Mills-Os-
borne party took observation at Pacific Mails and
nndng tho sighta favorable one regards situation
and figures went in to improve the latter, which they
did by holding the price up to "a under transactions
Of H. 400 shares The craft being thus fairly launched
may expect short cruise the upward tack, but
whether to adverse favorable winds tho log Of the
stock ledger will show when The voyage is over.
Excelsior" is still the motto Of the bond specula
ton and It is to be hoped that the Of tho ad-
will be moro proptious than was that Of Long
fellows idiot IN his celebrated climb
Money still goes a begging at 1H to2 per cent per
Annum and waits to be hired, like domestic in
Intelligence office, with character not good as
gold, but ono susceptible of Improvement As the
months roll BY
eALKs TO-DAY.
The transactions At the stock Exchange to-day ag-
gregated SO. 500 shares-New York Central ana Hud-
son, e274; Eric, 50O Lake Shore, 1890; Cleveland
and Pittsburg $685. Northwestern 200; do preferred,
600; Rock Island, 345o Pacific Mail, 400; St Paul.
500; do preferred 1900; Ohios, 1o0o Western Union,
s525; Wabash, 600; c., @. and I. c. 100; Delaware.
Lackawanna and Western. 9,625 New Jersey Central,
l2275; Michigan Central $500; Delaware and Hudson
Canal, 715.
OPENING, HIGHEST AND LOWEST PRICES
The following table shows the opening, highest and
lowest pricaa Of the day