The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-08-23
FINANCE AND COMMERCE.

Bt'NuAy August -.
There Is rather more activity In the Stock Mar
ket this morning, and prices are steady. Gov
enment bonds continue in good demand at
further advance, with large sales OF j-2Os at lll4
@H2i; 7-30s at IO9@lO9i, and is Of 1881 at 1857
Sal09.
IN Railroad shares there is not much doing,
but prices are firm. Pennsylvania Railroad sold
at IS, which is an advance; Reading at G79
Minehill, 81; North Pennsylvania, "a; aud
Catawissa preferred at 4l4a42, which is a slight
advance. % was bid for Ca.agssa common;
SO for Philadelphia ard Eric; 80 for Long Island;
and ~ for Little schuylkin.
There Is very little doing in City Passenger
Railroads Spruce and Pine sold " 40; u was
bid for Arch street; 50 for Tenth and Eleventh
and 72i for Second and Third.
There ia more doing 10 Coal OH shares, and
prices have an upward tendency, with sales
OF DaIzell at o4@lO, which is IN advance;
McClnsock at 81 Densmore at l?! L sber- at
81 and Organic at loo.
Bank shares are firm at about former rates.
1873 was bid for Philadelphia 2sb for Mech Inics'
81 for Western; p for Manufacturers and Me-
chancs 335 for Consolidasioni aud ~ for Com
monwealth.
There is no change 10 notice in the Money
Market. Loans are plenty on call At 6 per
cent. per annum hest paper Is selling at from
5@9 per cent.
Gold is rather better, bus the market cOn-
tinues dull and the sales are IN a small way
only-opening ut 25jg advanced and sold at PSI
at II O'clock 2573 ut y; .aI 2573 at half
past II.
A despatch from Washington this morning
tba ~ rI,a
Treasury contemplatos new loan, the terms of
which have not been decided. On in airy at the
Department it is ascertainel that There is no
truth in the statement.
The subscriptions to the rev loan on Satur-
day amounted 10 S935,0oQ, ard u the l0-i0s
over half a million. The subscriptions yesterday,
reported at the Treasury Department amounted
to nearly one million dollars.
We call attention TO the Report OF II. {. Hobart,
Superintendent Of the mines Of the AlsIC3 Iron
Company, published in another columu.
- Our dales from New Orleans are 70 the 18th
instant. The Pi,aytRe has the following report
in relation 10 cotton =
THE market c1ntiuGe at a stand Stiil, with
too great difference between buyers and sellers
TO admit of any business. At aucJ)n, tive bales
sound repacked sold ~ -l'3j4, twelve do MID
ding &c Sl'i9, and four do. strict Middling at
-l'54B. These figures arc considerably below the
views Of holders but it is said purchases m ght
have been made TO limited extent nc SlIO0
Il3 for ordinary, ~l'idG7 l47 for good ordinary,
Sl,4SGIl'jO Tor low NIiddliug, an1 81 l'J3al s.
tor Middling. The accounts (rOal the neig lbJr-
ing parishes, with regard TO the injury to the
growing crop by the army-WOrm, are Of the most
liscouIaging character
The New York Tribune this morning says -
Government Stocks show another advance,
Coupons of 1851 selling at 1885,, J-2O Coupons at
III l. and Certificates nc 95. The anticipation of
interest has given satisfaction To- all holders of
| bonds for investment, and stimulated new pur-
| Chases by careful people. few seli-elected
| friends of the Government regret that Mr.. Fes-
sender did not accumulate $50 900 900 of gold in
| the sub-Treasures to give confidence in the
| prompt payment of the interest due in November
| modesty insnuatng that II is poor paymastel
| who pays in advance. People who anticipate
their payments have ever been favortes with the
merchants in New York, and MI Fessenden has
| made no mistake IN distributing his hoard OF
| gold to its prospective owners. It would have
been almost criminal to hoard the custom duties
! until November, causing another advance in
| gold and untold losses upon the community
| Speculative stocks are lower, and are offered
! freely at sellers option"
Quotations Of Gold at the PHILADELPHIA Gold Exchang,
! No. "a s, Third street, second story-
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Quotations Of the principal Coal and Coal Oil
stocks at l o'clock to-day
~ Bid AsE Bit At
storm sSGTy eoal6; 5 SsSgsnso SSSgsSaSo OH Gn IL
| BigNIounteln Coal, "a Union Petroleum.. ~.
Green bit. Coal...G Organic On.,..,. ls
New Greek Ss co.i EsS@kip I,o%ss Eau; S:i OIL. "
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