The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-10-11
FINANCE AND COMMERCE
OFFICE OF TUE EVENING TELEeRAPB, [
Thursday, October IL, 1866.

The Stock Market opened very dull this
morning, and prices were unsettled, owing TO
the advance in gold. In Government bonds
ll25; 99l was bid for l0-40s: ll22 for old 6-20s;
lO5J1lO6 for June and August 1905; and ITO
for new 5-2Os. State and City loans we're un-
changed.
at 5S4, slight advance; Lehigh Valley at 64A0
64f, no change; Catawissa preferred 3ll, de-
cline of g.; and Northern Central at AGA, no
change
city Passenger Railroad shares were duh aud
lower. Hestonville sold at l69@l7, decline
OF /; 89A was bid for Second and Third; Ga Tor
Tenth and Eleventh.; 2l for Thirteenth and Fif-
teenth; 90 for Chestnut and Walnut; 80 for Green
and Coates.
Bank shares are firmly held, but we hear
of no sales. l0l4 was bid for Seventh Ma
tional; 23O for North America; l4S for Phlla-
delpha; 1872 for Farmers aud Mechanics: 100
for Northern Liberties; 32S for Mechanics; 68
TOR City: and 20 for Corn Exchange.
The New York Tribune this morning says:-
Money on call is offered in excess of the
wants of stock houses at 4CD5 per cent. Com
mercial paper is not in large supply, and sells
readily at soc per cent. for short date, and at
per cent. for ordinary long bills. Some short
choice paper has sold at Al Uer cent. Foreign
exchange is quiet. Bills at go days on London
are quoted at l06@l06t for commercial; lO6I66
l074 for bankers; do. at short sight, 107b@l0Ss;
Paris at go days, 5'32s05'25; do. at short SIGHT,
@6'274; Hamburg, 35l@353."
PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE SALES TO-DAY
Reported by DE Haven & Bro No. 40 s. Third street
BEFORE BOARDS.
100 sh Reading Railroad. .s5wnlnt 5Si
FIRST BOARD.
$4,000 U is 81 coup1l2I 100 50 Reading. .5S 3-16
S4500 Leh 6s. "a Lots 81 100 sh do......... 5Si
$1,000 Susa Cn bds.c 81 70 sh Pa h. lots: 56t
50 81 do......,.. il 100 sh do. -. go. s5G
100sn do......b3O 163 100 sn Cata ...... 81
0sh do........ II IL sh N Central. 46i
--Messrs. De Haven q Brother, No. 40 South
| Third street. report the following rates of ex
change to-day at P. M.:-American gold, 1921
| 61l53; Silver Is and Is. 149; Compound Interest
Notes, June, 1864, l6f; do, July 1864, l64; do,
| August, 1864, 15{; do, October. 1864, 144; do,
December, 1864 lS3; do, May, 1865, ll}; do,
August, 1865, 1O4; do, September 1865, 81; do,
October, 1865, 81.
-Messrs. William Painter & Co., bankers, No.
| SO South Third street, report the following rates
| of exchange to-day at u o'clock:-U.S s. 6s, 1881
coupon, 112I@ll2S; US. 5'20s, coupon. 1862 1l2E6
| ll3l; 1864, l095@l105 do, 1865, 1095@110b; U. s.
| l0-40s, coupon, 99l@99B; U. :. 1905 1st series
| 1O6401063; do, I'd series, l05f@1O6; do, Sd
series, 105l0l06; Compound Interest Notes
December, 1864, 1l39@l14.
| The following Is a statement of coal trans
| ported on the Delaware and Hudson Canal for the
| week ending October 6, 1866
| F1r 1s .oees. season. on
| Delaware and Hudson Canal Co.. 80 $50 1O41 AZ
| Pennsy vania Coal Co. ........ 80. 1872 10 SO
Total tona.....:..y........... 27,2l2 O6l IA
| For the same period last year,
| Delaware and Hudson Canal Co.. 27128 496 SO
| Pennsylvania Coal Co.. o............. 579 % SO
Total tons. ... ................ 217O7 52O,6O