The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-01-17
FINANCE AND COMMERCE.
OFFICE OF THE EVENING TELEGRAPH,
Thursday, January IL, 1867.


and prices were weak and unsettled. In Govern
ment bonds there was veryRlittle doing; July,
1865, 520s sold at 104t, slight advance; 104Os j,
at lO0 no change; and 7'3Os at lO4s, no change; .
lOS was bid Tor IS of 1881. City loans were +
unchanged; the new issue sold at lOO@lOOt, and
old do. at 964.
Railroad shares were dull. Reading sold at
So, decline of /; Pennsylvania Railroad at b6b /,
6D56s, no change; and Camden and Amboy at !
l3l, no change; 80 was bid for Little Schuylkil;
6l4 for Norristown; Sc for Minehill 70 for Elmira
common; 40 for preferred DO; 29s for Catawlssa
preierred; 500 for philadelphia and Erie; 46a
Northern Central; 364 for North Pennsylvania.
City Passenger Railroad shares were an
changed. Spruce ana Pine sold at 80. 184
was bid for Thirteenth and Fifteenth; asa for
Chestnut and Walnut; 70 for West Philadelphia;
144 for Hestonvllle; and 26 for Girard College.
Bank shares we're firmly held at tull prices.
Mechanics sold at 334, an advance Of I. l9s
| was Did for First National; ll5 Tor Third Ma
tional; 1914 for Fourth National; 232 for North
Amerlca; 15l4 for Philadelphia; 1856 for Farm
ers'and Mechanics; 56 for Commercial; S5 for
Northern Liberties; 100 for Southwark; 100
! for Kensington; SO for Penn Township; Sc
for Grard; 100 for Tradesmen's; 65 for City; and
| 60 for Union. . ..
| In Canal shares there was very little move
ment. Lehigh Navigation sold at 54l, no change.
| 22S was bid for Schuylkill Navigation common;
| 120 for Morris Canal preferred; l3s for Susque-
hanna Canal; 56k for Delaware Division; and 81
for Wyoming Valley Canal r. ...
The Boston E0ening TfauesIer, January 15,
says:- .li.
| the way of discounts; but they are lending with
more freedom to parties who ask for collateral
loans made returnable on demand, or after a
few days notice. The street rates for short &C.
commodation or Hnquestioned security are six
and seven per cent Prime commercial notes
are not freely offered for sale. The pest double
names, with three or four months to run, arS
easily passed at seven and eight per cent. In
fancy stock dealings there are no signs Of imme-
diate improvement from the long-cOntinued
depression which has pervaded the market over
since the disastrous breakdown in prices that
occurred something over four months ago. The
solid kind OF securities are less variable than
the Others and command fair prices, being
wanted by careful investors for permanent hold
ing and periodical revenue" .. .--..
Quotations of God-l0s A. NJ, 1853; II A. NJ,
| 1861; IL NJ, 1877; p. NJ, 1864, an advance of
on the closing price last evening.
! PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE SALBS TO-DAY
Reported by De Haven g. Bro, No. 40 s. Third street
BEFORE BOARDS.
100 sh do. $40 50 100 sh HestOnV'e. $50 i4f
100 sh dO......2d 81
FIRST BOARD
sS Sd50 y sISSS 7sSs ~ lSa 90 sh feHna r. Ssl
5000 Sch Nav IS s. sos 100 sh do .."..:SS g.
5000 Zoo Par Istmt ss s. s. SCI @ 100 81 81 DE- b
$500 WJR7s...: o. 2Oo sh do -. lots g
S5 sh Mech BnE. 332 sh Cam & A.....la
$40 sh Susq G scrip >. 625
-Messrs. De Haven & Brother, No. 40 South
Third street, report the following rates of ex-
change to-day at P. M.:-American gold, 1856
@l37; Silver 9s and IS, 13l; Compound Interest
Notes, June, 1854, l6s; do July, 1864, 15t; do,
August, 1854, l5l; DO, October, 1864, 14a; do,
December, 1864 l33; do, May, 1865, 1la; do,
August, 1865, 1Os; do, September, 1866, 10; do,
october, 1885, 81.
-Messrs. William Painter & Co., bankers, No.
sc South Third street, report the following rates
of exchange to-day at IL o'clock:-U.S s. 6s, 1881,
coupon, lO7b@lOst; u. s. 5-2Os, coupon, 1862
lC7g@lO7#; DO, 1864, lO6A9lO5ij do, 1885, 1864
1O-4Os, coupon, 994@lOO; q. s. 7'3Os, lst
series, l044@l044; do, I'd series, lO440104a; I'd
series, l044@lO4k; Compounds, December, 1864,
l35@ol35.