The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-12-26

Is calculated to arouse the gloomiest forehead
ings. The quarterly statements OF the national
banks early in January will, according to the
prese indications, be made up without the
slightest disturbance of monetary affairs, and
the return How Of currency from the West will
soon quicken"
The report of the Ohio Commissioner of
Railroads and Telegraphs shows at close of last
official year;-Total mile, of railroad in the
State, $3.50; total amount of capital stock in
railroads, s2,529, 1880; total amount Of debt of
railroads, $72, l20, ,9S2 69 total number of rail.
road employees in the State, 19, 331. The Com.
missioner reports l2l1 animals killed by railroads
during the year, and LOG persons killed and Ill
injured from the same cause. Of the persons
killed were passengers, S9 employees, while ca
are classified as "others," meaning doubtless,
persons run over by passing trains. OF those
killed, lS persons were known to be intoxicated
at the time. The causes OF death are thus classis
hed:-By collision, l; by train being thrown
IRON the track, 8; by being on track, Al; by
sI1king bridges, 2; by being struck at crossings.
10; killed In switching 8; killed in coupling cars.
z; by falling from train, 16; in attempting To gee
on or Of the train while In motion, Ia; bY explos
sion OF the engine boiler, /; other causes 4 -
Some New Jersey gentlemen propose to
build ship canal from Camden to a point on
the Mullica river, where the water ia deem
enough for large vessels. The canal would be
sixty miles long, and would shorten The wateS
routes for vessels eastward from philadelphia.
by way of the Delaware river, about 100 miles.
PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE SALES TO-DAY
Reported by DehSven q Bro, No 40 a Third streat
FIRST BOARD.
SSS Ptsbg ascn 100 % sS So GS% GeR
70 8 8 Phi S iass 100 dS.:..SS do SsS 2s
''H ES dO..., ..S. S 500 'n 0'ei0 om
-Messrs. Jay Cooke q Co. quote Governs
ment securities, ETC., as follows:-U. 8. 6s of
1881, 1123@112t; old 5-2Os, lOS@lOs4; new 6-2Os,
1864. lO5t@lO53; do, 1865, 1O5l@lO5s; do, July.
l0s@l0sI; do, 1867, l0S01O84; 1O-40s, 1Ol2@
l01s; 730s, June, l04s D1045; do, July, IO4iM
104B. Gold, 134@l344.
-Messrs. William Painter Il Co., bankers
No. 36 s. Third street, report the following
rates of exchange to-day st IL o'clock - Gold.
I34D134l; o.. S. 6s, 1881, 1l2l01128s q. g. 6-2Os.
1852, 108@lO84; do, 1854, l0556l054; do, 1865.
1O54@105t; do. July, 1865, 10S@l084; do july.
1867, 108t t@l084; IS, lO-40s, I0l10l0l2; q. &.
1905, I'd series, l04S@1043; Sd series, IOis al
l042; Compound Interest Notes, December 1854.
11940; May, 1865, 117t@1174; August, 1865, IIe{
@1162; September 1866, 1l5{@ll5s; October,
1866, 115a@115s.
-AIessrs. De Haven d Brother, No. 40 South
Third street, report the following rates of ex-
change to-day at P. M.;-U. s. 6s of 1881, ll2k
@l128; do. 1852, lO7S@l0sI; do. 1864, IO5@
1861; do, 1865, l05a@l05s; do. 1865, new, IO8M
1854; do, 1867, new, lOS9lO84; do. IS, 10-4Os,
10l3@10ls; do: 7'30s, June, 1O4k 9l043; do,
July, llO44@lo43; Compound Interest Notes.
do. August, 1864, 1910; DO, October, 1854.
1870; do. December, 1864, 1890; do.
May, 1866, l17@ll7I; do, August, 1866 1l6i@
116s; do, September, 1866, 115s@1l5H; do,
October, 1865. l153Q1l5s. Gold, l3S5@l94t.
Silver, l280l293. "