The New York herald., 1876-11-10
FINANCIAL and COMMERCIAL.
The Stock Market Feverish, Irregu-
lar and Lower.
GOLD l09 l-2 A l09 3-4 A l09 ID.
Government Bonds Trife Lower-Railway
Bonds Steady-Money on Call Loans
and Per Cent
WALL SrREEr,

THURSDAY. Nov. o-sPMf
Il vas supposed that ,efore this time everything
would have been over but the shouting. and with
the Presidential candidate safely landed winner that
The work-a-day world would be running smoothly IN
ns old grooves again.
The match Tor the White House stakes, ridden with
weter weighta is however stii undecided and stock
operators are more busy In book-making shan In trad
Ing In shares Nevertheless the amount OF this morn
tng's business was decided Improvement upon that
Of the past three days and developed activity
that st times crowded the room and fluctuations
lively.
EARLY dealings pointed 20 higher prices, and with
Them reached best quotations Of the day the
narkev next receding and then advancing, thereby
establishing . seesaw movement, which was main
tanned TO the end.
This topsy,urvy course particularly perpiexing
TO small operators, who not being able 70 make heD or
tail Of the matter by reason OF the absence Of all news
likely TO affect the marke. voted II TO DO Gould
movement and carried the motion This
satisfactory far asi, wcni but did not 60 far
enough 70 penetrate the intentions Of she arch
manipulator 10 whether he designed rise or
f6ll, though pretty good guess could be made
from the closing prices Of tho active stocks, which
ranged about one point below the opening. Lake
shore Western Union and Michigan Central were the
phief stocks feel the influence OF tho evil eye he
latter suffering most Of ALL though Ben Butler had
thrown In additional garel while the ST. Paul
properties and Ohios slipped on per cent on
their own account from sheer inability to hold up
their heads These last named speciaties faet be-
coming the Migrants OF the market and losing
their fr,ends usually happens with things that
going to the d-reduced earnings, constitutional
decay and throttng floating debt sunocatiug the
lie out OF their values
The political situation, apparently had little TO do
with tho course OF prices though at tmo when
the election Of Mr.. Hayes regarded as certainty,
gold moved up from lOsX to lo95s and stocks fell OF
under apprehension that trouble might grow Of
declared majority which would be large enough to
elect and small enough to be manufactured by unscru-
pulous partisans. Subsequently, when things looked
for Mr. Tlden gold receded to its old figure and the
stock market proved
There nrmsr feeling the market =, the close,
notably in the Northwestern shares, and nnal prices
better by TO TX per cent than the lowest Of ,ne
day
rHR sALEs DAY.
The transactions al the Stock Exchange today ag-
Sregased l64 s25 sharss-New York Central and Aud-
son. 500; Erie, $500; Lake Shore SO. $50; Cleveland
ind Pittsburg, 400; Northwestern, 1000; do pre-
lcrred, 400 Pacific Mail, 600, ST. Paul. 1850; do.
preferred ls 25 ohios, 7,075; Western Union CPS;
Wabash, $780, Union Pacific, $780, Delaware, Lacka-
wanna and Western, $500; New Jersey Central,
100; Michigan Central, 300
OPENING HIGHEST AND LOWEST PRICES.
The following table shows the opening highest and
lowea nrincs af the dav.-