The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-02-16
FINANCE AND COMMERCE.
OFFICE OF THE EVENING TELEGRAPH, 4
Saturday, February l6. 1867.


There was very little disposition to operate in
stocks this morning, but prices we're without
any material change. Government bonds, as
we have noticed for some time past, continue IN
good demand for investment 1866 6-20s sold at
1073, an advance Of !, and July, 1865, 5-2Os at
1866, no change; l09g was bid for 6s of 1851;
1861 for August 7'30s. City loans were dulI
The new issue sold at l01t, and old do. at 9e3,
no change.
Railroad shares were the most active on the
list. Catawissa preferred sold at 80, no change;
Pennsylvania Railroad at 56s0l564, a slight ad-
vance; Norristown at 62, no change; and Read-
ing at 526524, no change. 1299 was bid for
Camden and Amboy; 339 for Little Schuylkill;
56t for Mnehill; 81 for Lehigh Valley; Sc for
Elmira common; AZ for preferred do; IA for
CataWissa common; 292 for Philadelphia and
Erie; 81 for Philadelphia and Baltimore; and 4G
for Northern Central.
City Passenger Railroad shares were un-
changed. Ridge Avenue sold at 10; Spruce and
Pine at 81; and Thirteenth and Fifteenth at %.
AZ was ,bld for Chestnut and Walnut; 7lS for
West Philadelphia; IL for Hestonville; 265 for
Girard College; and 40 for Union.
Bank shares were firmly held at full prices.
Mechanics sold at 32a. 1878 was bid for Fourth
National; 109 for Sixth National; $50 for North
America; 1884 for Philadelphia: 1864 tor Far
mers' and Mechanics; Sc for Commercial; 1O2
100 for Tradesmen's; SO for City; and 12O tor
Central National.
In Canal Shares there was rather more doing,
Union Canal sold at 2, a slight advance; Schnyl-
Lehigh Navigation at 54R, slight decline; and
Wyoming Valley Canal at SO, no change; 221
was bid for Schuylkill Navigation common;
l34 for Susquehanna Canal; and Sag for Della
| ware Division. UI.
Quotations of Gold-10b A. NJ, 1868; IL A. NJ,
1877; IL NJ, 1869: p NJ, 1863, an advance of on
the closing price last evening.
PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE SALES TO-DAY
Reported by Dehaven & Bro. No. 40 8. Third street
... FIRST BOARD.
siO0 Gisy Ss MeW'''lM9 lOS sh Penna Ro5 Ses
$1,000 Union Cl Bs...b5 2316 do, b6s<
sh Mech Blk ..,.s- s91s 10 sh Leh v scr.... i71s
zoo sh Cata Pf..~.ls- 30 20 sh Leh stk...l G4I
iO3 do..... $50" 80 100 sh & MIDI. 4
IVY sn sen Pf...b 321s 25 sh Ocean O...... 26
100 sh Union Onl-"... z is sh l8th d 18TH. %
"a sh Norristn.b5wn 62 ..r .-
-Messrs. William Painter & Co., bankers, No.
36 South Third street, report the following rates
Of exchange today at y O'Clock 80. s. Sc, 1881
couponi lO9&glO9$ .: 8. 5-20s, coupon, 1892
1G9S@l1O; do, 1864 107t@lO7a; do, 1866, IO75
@l07b; do. new, 1058@lO5b; 10-4Os, coupon, lOl3
@10l9; U. s. 1905, lst series IO5f0lO61;
do, I'd series, l059@1054; Sd series, 1861 1IO6S;
Compounds, December, 1864, 144.
-Messrs. De Haven q Brother, No. 40 South
Third street, report the following rates of ex-
change to-day at Up. M.:-Americang g2ld, 1865
dl975; Silver Is and Is, 13l; Compound Interest
Notes, June, 1861, l7s; do, july 1864, l6b; do,
August 1864, i16s; do, October, 1864, I6S; do,
December, 1864, 14s; do, May, 1865, IL; do,
August, 1865, IL; do, September, 1866, Oa; do.
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