The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-08-21
FINANCE AND COMMERCE.
OFFICE OF THE EVENING TELEGRAPH, /
Wednesday, August u, 1867. J


There is no material change to notice In the
Money Market. Call loans are quoted at 5@6
per cent. First-class mercantile paper ranges
at from 69@8 per cent. discount. The Stock
Market opened very dull this morning, and
prices were weak and unsettled. Government
bonds were inactive and rather lower. June
73Os sold at 1861, decline of 4; 1924 was bid for
l040s Ill for 6s of 1881; 109b for '64 520s; 1l04
for '65 5-20s; and 1913 for July, '65, 520s. City
loans we're unchanged; the new issue sold at 10ls.
Railroad shares were the most active on the list.
Reading sold at 81 3-l6, a slight decline on the
closing price last evening; Pennsylvania Rail-
road at 53s no change; add Camden and Am
boy at 12S, no change. 28 was bid for Little
Schuylkill; 81 for Minehill; 81 for Lehlgh Val.
ley; 20 for Elmira common; AZ for preferred
ditto; 284 for Catawlssa preferred; 2S for Pnila-
delphia and Erie; and 434 for Northern Central.
In City Passenger Railroad shares there was
nothing doing. 81 was bid for Tenth and Ele-
venth; l84 for Thirteenth and Fifteenth; 2Sk for
Spruce and Pine; AZ for Chestnut and Walnut;
1874 for Hestonville; 80 for Green aud Coates;
26t for Girard College; and S64 for Union.
Bank shares, as we have noticed for some time
past, continue in good demand for investment
at full prices. Commercial sold at 574; and
Farmers and Mechanics at l423; l07 was bid for
Seventh National; l66 tor Philadelphia; 100 for
Northern Liberties; 68 for Penn Township; 96
for Western; 80 for Manufacturers; 20 for City;
451 for Consolidation; "a for Commonwealth;
70 for Corn Exchange; and 6S for Union.
Canal shares were unchanged. SchuYlkin
Navigation preferred sold at 29. 46 was bid for
Lehigh Navigation; Is for Susquehanna Canal;
and rs for Wyoming Valley Canal.
Quotations of Gold-10t A. NJ, l40B; IL A. NJ,
14I; IL NJ, l405; P. NJ, l40H, decline of
on the closing price last evening.
The New York Tribune this mornlng says:-
"Money continues full supply at 4@5 per cent. to
rstclass borrowers and SS per cent % g the street e.
the West daily Increasing and although y has not
funds has been materially reduced, ana the onerlng
OF money loan is much less than was last week
The Banks are moving with great caution. and show
desire to lend at current rates except on
mSnd IS moderate and is met at te]l@7 per cent. on
short time paper"
Regarding the alleged failure in the Trea-
sury Department, the following correspondence
is of great INTEREST,"
TREAsURY DEPARTMENT, August IL, 1874 H.
Van Dyck Esq, Assistant Treasurer; New YORK.
iobe Which seem to be devoted to assaults upon the
Treasury Department ana the nhIonhl SLeuIL, ~
% in Rpoinp m JIM Whether or not there have been over
issues In the Printing ofthe Treasury Depart
aSYisad caused searching examination OF that Bu-
Teau 10 be made from its organization up 10 the 2th
peiiabe employs Of this Department From their
report am satisfied that there have not been any
Of Of s1y Kind and that the reports which
have been indusriousy circulated IN your city and
Treasnry Department, are without foundation. The
public may rest satisfied that the monthy statements
Of the Secretary, are entirely correct
REPORTS OF examining committees are likewise
Of Ss Ss PsEs d 81 MsSG G s ns SS GS
Was extensively published at the time. The full re-
port confirms the conclusion Of the Committee as
II. McCULLoCH,
Secretary OF the Treasury.
TRRAsuRY OF THE UNITED STATES, WAsRINeToN,
March 22 ISG7.-Sir The Committee appointed BY
yOn 40 examine all securities perfect or imperfect