The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-09-03
FINANCE AND COMMERCE..
OFFICE OF THE EVENING TELEaRAPH, L
Tnaadav Sent & 1897


The Stock Market opened rather dull this
morning, but prices we're without any material
change. Government bonds, as we have noticed
for several days past, continue IN fair Der, demand; &
99s was bid for 10-40s; 111B for 6s of 1881; l07
@107b for August and June 7'30s; ll4t for '62
520s; l09b for 64 5-20s; Ill for '65 5-20s; and
1885 for July, '65, 5.20s. City loans were un-
changed; the new issue sold at lOl, and old do
at 9S
Railroad shares continue the most active on
the list. Reading sold at 81 94100 no change;
Pennsylvania Railroad at 53t. no change; Nine
hill, 574, no change; Lehigh Valley at 81, slight
advance; and Philadelphia and Erie at 294, no
change. 126 was bid for Camden and Amboy;
29 for Elmira common; 40 tor preferred do;
2S3 Tor Catawissa preferred; % for philadelphia
and Baltimore; and 435 for Northern Central.
In City Passenger Railroad shares there was
nothing doing; l9s was bid for Thirteenth and
Fifteenth; 28a for Spruce and Pine; 46 for
Chestnut and Walnut; l34 for Hestonville; 80 for
Green and Coates; q for Glrard College; and
353 for Union.
Bank shares were firmly held at full prices,
but we hear of no sales. lao was bid for First
National; 298 for North America; 81 for North
ern Liberties; 513 for Mechanics; los for
Southwark; ITO for Kensington; 100 for Trades
mems; 20 for Corn Exchange, and 64A for Union.
In Canal shares there WAS very little move
ment. Lebigh Navigation sold at 48B, an ad-
vance of !. 16 was bid tor Schuylkill Naviea-
tion common; 2S for preferred do; and 15l for
Susquehanna Canal.
14Ob; IL M, l414; P. NJ, 14lS, an advance Of
on the closing price last evening.
PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE SALES TO-DAY
Reported by Dehaven d Bro, No. 40 s. Third street
FIRST BOARD.
$500 Pa. s., s,W.L-reg"l0Al 8 sh Leh R......-.. 81
T SS "a Read AN 81 iS iSS SD SD PSii Psh Ers
300 o....ls-b5-5I9i 50 sh Leh XR....bS.. 81 q
2 sh 81 PennS RTs-'''' 30 sh Melihenny'- "a
-Messrs. De Haven q Brother, No. 40 South
Third street, report the following rates OF ex,
change to-day at P. M.:-U. s. IS of 1881, 11l2
@l12; do. 1862, 1l4@l144; do. 1864, l094@
Ito; do. 1865, ll0T@lllb; do, 1865, new, 1OS90
lOss; do, 1867, new, 10ss@1Os2; do. 6s, lO-4Os,
995@99s; do. 7'30s, Aug. l07a@l07s; do,
June, lO73@lO7B do, July, 1O7a@lO7s; Compound
Interest Notes, June, 1854, 1l940; do, July,
1864, 11940; do. August, 1864, 1870; do,
October, 1864, 1l82@ll9; do, December, 1864,
117}@11s do. May, 1865, 116E@ll7t; do, Aug.
1865, 115t@l16b; do, September, 1865, 1l5a@
1855; do. October, 1865. 1145@l15t; Gold, l4140
l4lt. Silver, 134a@136.
--Messrs. Jay Cooke & Co. quote Govern
ment securities, etc., as follows:-U. 8. IS OF
1881 q l1O3@lll;. old 5-2Os, 1l4@ll4s; 52Os,
1854 l092@110; do, 1865, l105@l1lt; do, July,
1Osi@108A; do, 1867, 10sa@l0Ss; l0-4Os, $500
lO7b: do, July, 1O7a@107s. Gold, 14lt@l4Ia.
-Messrs. William Painter q Co., bankers.
No. SO s. Third street, report the follow,
ing rates of exchange to-day at IL o'clock -
o. s. IS, 1881, l1120l12; q. s. 6-2Os, 1862,
1l4@1l4l; do, 1854, l092@ll0 do, 1865,
llOba1116; do. new, 1Osl @1O8I; IS, lO-4Os, 99$
@992; .. s.. 1905, lst series, l07}@107s; do,
| I'd series, l07S@107s; Sd series, 1919 61O7s
! Compound Interest Notes. December 1864, ll7I;
| Nav 1865, III; August, 1865, l16; September,
1865, l153; October, 1865, lis. Gold, 14l@l414.