The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-06-24
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
OFFICE OF THE EVENING TEIEeRApH,)

OFFICE OF THE EVENING TELEeRAPHl
The Stock Market was excessively dull this
morning, but prices were without any material
change. Government bonds were firmly held
10 4Os sold at 1903, SLIGHT advance. ll?2 was
bid for IS of 1881; log for June and August
730s; 1l04 for 62 20s; 107 for '64 520s; l97 for
'66 6-20s; and 1092 for July, i65, 5-20s. City
loans were unchanged; the new issue sold at 99b.
Railroad shares were the most active on the
list. Camden and Amboy sold at 1928, no
change; Pennsylvania Railroad at 52a@52S, no
change; and Catawissa preferred at 27l, slight
advance; $50 was bid for Reading; SO for Mine
bill; 81 for North Pennsylvania; 58s tor Lehigh
Valley; 20 for Elmira common; 40 for preferred
do; 2s for philadelphia and Erie; and 4S for
Northern Central,
In City Passenger Railroad shares there was
nothing doing. 65 was bid for Tenth and
Eleventh; l6 for Thirteenth and Fifteenth; 264
for Spruce and Pine; "A for Chestnut and Walnut;
&C for West Philadelphia; l24 for Hestonyille;
Bank shares were firmly held at full prices.
104 was bid for Seventh National; l599 tor
Philadelphia; 1873 for Farmers and Mechanics;
55A for Commercial; 40 for Penn Township; 81
for Girard; 90 for Western; 80 for Manufac-
turers; SO for City; 45 for Consolidation; and 81
for Commonwealth.
In Canal shares there was very little move
ment. Az was bid for Lehigh Navigation; SO
for Morris Canal; l73 for Susquehanna Canal;
and 564 for Delaware Division.
Quotations of Gold-l04 A. NJ, 1873; IL A. NJ,
1885,; IL NJ, 1881; P. b., 1884.
The London Times has the following In its
city article of June 1st, in reference to the
recent rise in the British funds:- H
"Tbe month OF May In contrast 10 the same de-
plorabe period of 1896 has witnessed total advance
of exactly five per cent in the English iunds-a cir
cumstance rarely paraleled. The market this morn
ing opened amid general excitement, all persons
being anxious TO buy, and, notwi thstandng the Inn
provement of nne-half established yesterday, the
first transactions In consols at fresh rise OF the
same amount; The eAgerness to purchase con
unued throughout the day, and as the hoideIss
OF securities, English foreign. OF every klna
which are believed 70 have any sound foundAton are
now no longer disposed TO sacrifice their properly ~
vague alarm, each transaction Is followed oy nesh
upward movement. Before the close ot Dn,slhsss a
further rise OF three-fo consequently esea-
blished IN consOls. making total or one anu j Jns
fourth per cent on tine buoyant pieces on SsS
while In foreign stocks, especially those -.
good repute there has been an equalD steat SenEo.
owing to the room for rebouna Plesentteu Nter ~
almost uninterrupted course OF ,HePr ession vuLiuP
the past one or two years. Ihe genetal hul-
nation was stimulated moreoVert Dy the encou-
raging reports nubIlshed from experlenced observers
re9ardipp fine nrOspects OF tne growing crops ana
aIso hv he announcement OF another increase OF
above ha1 hi million sterling in the bullion OF
the Ra ~ france and OF reduction In the rate of
aIscos.t ~ thet establishment 10 two ana half per
cent The belief that the satisfaction manifested
fronOhout Europe AZ the preservation OF peace and
ne c6SnseGuent symptoms OF revival OF general
pIosperity win tend @ convince all the great powers
hsf me time Is past totel t0drS for d0Or0ndsement
teeTe he means Ter tRsuTn0 ne popularity and Sety Of