The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-12-07
FINANCE AND COMMERCE.
OFFICE OF THE EVENING TELEGRAPH,
FridaY. December 4 1866.


The Stock Market was very dull this morn.
ing, and prices were unsettled and dropping. In
Government bonds there was very little doing.
August 7'30s sold at 1868, slight decline; 1881
was bid for old 520s; ll3 Tor 6s of 1881; and 100
for l04Os. City loans we're unchanged; the new
issue sold at 993@994.
Railroad shares, as we have noticed fer some
time past, continue the most active on the list.
Pennsylvania Railroad sold at 54b@54i, q de-
cline OF 4; Reading at 668@D555, closing at the
latter rate, slight advance on the closing
price last evening; Lehigh Valley at 68, an adj
vance of !; Minehill at 584, no change; and
Catawissa preferred at 284@28a, slight de-
cline; 100 was bid for Camden and Amboy;
60 for Norristown; 2s4 for Elmira common; AZ
for preferred do; and SO for Philadelphia and
Baltimore.
City Passenger Railway shares were duh.
Chestnut and Walnut sold at 81, a slight advance;
and Hestonyille at l4d, no change. 80 was bid
for Second and Third; 195 tor Thirteenth and
Fifteenth; 743 for West Philadelphia; and 80 for
Green and Coates.
Bank shares we're firmly held at full prices.
North America sold at 230; and Girard at 81.
139 was bid for First National; 10l for Seventh
National; $50 for Philadelphia; 134 for Farmers'
and Mechanics; 553 for Commercial; 324 for
Mechanlcs'; loo for Kensington; so for Western;
100 for Tradesmen's; Al for Consolidation; $50
for Corn Exchange; 62s tor Union; and l22 for
Central National. B
In Canal shares there was little or nothing
doing. 254 was bid for Schuylkill Navigation
common; 344 for prefefTed do; 56l for Lehigh
Navig alton; IA tor Susquehanna Canal; So for
Delaware Division; and "a for Wyoming Valley
Quotations of Gold-1O5 A. NJ, 1889; IL A. NJ,
139; II NJ, 1885; l P. NJ. 1885.
The National Banks have been notified by
the Commissioners of Internal Revenue that
they are no longer to be required to pay
license-taX upon greater sum than their char
tered capital. Those institutions which have
been assessed for surplus profits can now obtain
an abatement.
The New York tribune this morning says:-
'Meney on call is active at per cent, and the
rate is freely paid on Government collateras.
Some loans are left at less than T. but new
business pays this rate. Commercial bills show
no improvement. Best short date are quoted
63017, but the latter is the prevailing rate.n
PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE SALES TO-DAY
Reported by De Haven &c Bro, No. 40 s. Third street
FIRST BOARD.
$4,000 Pa r I'd mg IS 974 100 sh Reating...... 655
1000 Sch Nav 6s r. so 100 sh do .b6wn 55f
1900 Leh IS, a.. 912 l00Jh do $50 65a
500 500 NPa 6s.:... 81 100 sh - do; 30 81
90 U S 1905 Aug. .1055 sh Leh Nv scp... 52t
sh N Amer Bk.. ..230 so sh Leh Val. .b6 SO
5sn Penn R...... 54{ 100 sh Locust Mt -. 46
20 sh do ... com 541 20 sh Lnes &Wal :, 81
600 sh Clinton C.ts 56-l00
-Messrs. De Haven & Brother, No. 40 South
Third street, report the following rates of ex-
change to-day at p. M.:-American gold, 1884
@1l39; Silver Is and Is, 1885, Compound Interest
Notes, June, 1864, l6; do, July, 1864, 15g; do,
August 1864, Is; do, October, 1864, IA; do,
December, 1864, Is; do, May, 1865, III; do,
August 1865, 104; do.,eseptember, 1865, %; do,
October, 1865 81.
-Messrs. William Painter & Co., bankers, No.
SO South Third street, report the following rates
of exchange to-day at IL o'clock:-U. 8. 6s, 1881,
coupon, 1l25@ll38; q. s. 5-20s, coupon, 1852, lO8
@l0s9; do, 1864, l069@l062; do, 1865 lO6B@
conpon cO; SsH6O 59oS s st t. series
01l05a; do, I'd series, l05S@1O5s; Sd series, 1861
6D1058 Compounds, December, 1864, l3@l34.