The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-01-24
FINANCE AND COMMERCE.
OFFICE OF THE EVENING TELEGRAPH,
Thursday, January "a, 1867.

There was very little disposition to operate IN
stocks this morning, and prices we're weak aud
unsettled. Railroad shares, as we have noticed
for some time past, continue the most active on
the list. Reading sold at 81, decline of 4 on
the closing price last evening; Camden aud
Amboy at 1868, slight decline; Pennsylvania
Railroad at 564 a slight decline; I.ehigh Valley
at 6l4, no change; Norristown at 63 no change;
and Philadelphia and Erie at 3O9, slight
advance.
held. Chestnut and Walnut sold at 514, an ad-
vance of I. 62 was bid for Tcnth and
Eleventh; l95 for Thirteenth and Fifteenth; 30
for Spruce and Pine: l4s for Hestonvllle; and
In Government bonds there was very little
doing. July, 1865 5-2Os sold at l044, a slight
decline; and August 7'SOs at lO3E@l03}. State
and City loans were in fair demand. Pennsyl-
vauia 5s sold at 944; new City 6s at 1909; and old
! 90. at 964, no change.
Bank shares continue in good demand for in
vestment, at full prices. North America sold
at 1888; 139 was bid for First National; l15 tor
Third Nationals 1914 for Fourth Nationals 15l2
Tor Philadelphia; 1876 for Farmers and Me-
! chancs; 325 for Mechanics; 100 tor Kensing-
ton; 56& for Girard; l0G for Tradesmen's; 65 for
City; AZ for Consolidation; and 81 for Common
wealth.
Canal shares were dull. Lehigh Navigation
Canal preferred; l3 Tor Susquehanna Canal; 56k
for, Delaware Division; and 50 for Wyoming
Valley Canal.
Quotations of Gold-1O5 A. NJ, 134}; IL A. NJ,
l34t; IL NJ, l34E; P. NJ. l94l.
The New York Tribune this morning saYs:-
Money among brokers is per cent, and col
laterals are looked after more closely. The
break in the Stock Market has disturbed good
many margins, and any further decline will
leave good many lenders the propIetors Of
their present colateras. In commercial paper
no CHANGE Best names sell at 73018, and second
rate at 9@l2 per cent. Bile at sixty days on
[ London are quoted at 108401109 for commercial;
109@l094 for bankers: DO. at short sight, HOO
llOt; Paris, at sixty days. 5'2O@5.l6I; do at
| short AntWprn bs1Q1Enk1Rls
Swiss, 5'lS40D5l64; Hamburg, 364@368; Am
sterdam, 413@4l9; Frankfort 4l4@ll5; Bremen,
| 790794; Prussian thalers, 72b0723.
"By the Cuba's mail we have European papers
to the 18th instant. Notwithstanding the panic
in London, which began 10th May the stronger
banks S have beer been making large profits The
| past year is l6 per cent, making distribution
during the year 1866 of 80 per cent"
- The Union Pacific Railway Company, Eastern
| Division. gives notice that the interest in gold
| of its first mortgage bonds, due February l, will
be paid on and after that date, on the presenta-
ton of the coupons. at the clearinghouse of
Jay Cooke & Co. in New York.
PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE SALES TO-DAY
Reported by DE Haven Bro, No. 40 S. Third street
BEFORE BOARDS.
lOV sh heaulng Railroad ,.s3D 5lb
FIRST BOARD
S S5000 ISOs Aug .1e8t $4,000 Read mt O.. -. 904
$4Soo $4S 6s SU s5 lSS 100 sR BEAD b5int g.
5000 Pa .c&p S4 Is sn FennS Penn r. lots 5S3
S1400 do43s. Xintc&p 87I 2sh Leh Val .. ali
S3400 CRY 6s new I'd 1901 90 an Buck Min AZ
S!aV0 10 new Its .1004 100 sh & Md G. 4
SIU0U 40. new 1904 sh NOulst'n It's. SO
$1,000 & A mt 89.. 95 200 sb MeC1ntock
-Messrs. De Haven q Brother No. 40 South
Third street, report the following rates of ex-
change to-day at P. M.:-American gold, l34l
9l34S Silver Is and Is, 1SO; Compound Interest
Notes, June, 1864, l65; do, July, 1864. Is; do.
August. 1864, l5!; do, October, 1864, l45; do
December, 1864, l33; do, May. 1865, III; do,
August, 1865, lOl; do, September, 1866, 10; do
October, 1865, 81.
-Messrs. William Painter q Co. bankers. No.
S6 South Third street, report the following rates
OF exchange to-day at IL O'clock ~. s. Is, 1881,
coupon, lO7{@lO73; q. S. 6-2Oa, coupon, 1862,
le7s@lO7R; do.. 1864, l05b@lO5f; do, 1856 1861
@lO54; do, new, 1865, 1O46@lO4g; U. S.
lO-4Os, coupon, 99s@99b; U. S. 1905, lst
series, l04t@l048; do I'd series, lO4@lO4{; Sd
138@l35.