The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-09-12
FINANCE AND .COMMEROE.
oFTIoE OF THE EVENING TELEeRAPH,l

Saturday. Sept. IL, 1859
The Money Market, as we have noticed for
offered at 4@5 per cent. Prime ' mercantile tTSST lie
paper Is scarce, and ranges from 6@D7 per cent.
per annum. The Stock Market opened very
dull this morning, but prices were without
were firmly held. la was bid for 6s of 1881;
l04b for 10.40s; l13i for '62 5-20s; lO92 for '6l
GSs 2os III for '66 2Os; 100 for July 66 5-2Os
lOSs Tor '67 5-2Os; and 100 for '68 5-20s. City
loans were UNCHANGED The new issue sold az
l03, and old do. at 1904.
Railroad shares were inactive. Little Schuyl-
Kill sold at A 69100 no change; Minehill at bG3,
no change; Philadelphia and Erie at 252, no
change; and Reading at 4s@44 691O0, slight
City Passenger Railroad shares were dull. bo
was bid for Second aud Third II for Tenth and
Eleventh Ga for West Philadelphia; 92 for Hes
tonville; 14k for Thirteenth and Fifteenth: and
81 for Green and Coates.
Bank shares were firmly held at full prices
Philadelphia sold at 1853; 241 was bid for North
America 60 for Commercial: 312 for Mechanics:
lO7 for Southwark; 1l6 for Kensington; SO for
Penn Township; 81 for Girard; 9l4 for Western:
Sl5 for Manufacturers; IS tor City; and 81 for
Common wealth.
In Canal shares there was very little move
ment. Lehlgh Navigation sold at 21, no change;
10 was bid for Schuylkill Navigation common;
l9b for preferred do; SO for Morris Canal pre-.
ferred; and IA for Susquehanna Canal.
PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE SALES TO-DAY
Reported by De Haven q Bro. No. 40 s. Third street
800 90 5-2os s7-cp....ios So an ieh Nav-.. 81
Si0OO "a 6s Lcp-.-l02h 100 sh Phil q E-.b6O- 25
$1,000 City s., Old..c.lOOk leo sh Reading . "A 50
900 do-New..c-lO3 100 do ,.....,-s5- 446o
$4,000 CO Am m 6s. 49,. 98Z 200 do...--,b5 A so
$500 Leh 6s. RR l,., S4Zl 100 do ,,..c G. A g9
81 81 Iii Sch al Els H. 100 GS sh Mlnsh SS o se
The following are this mornings gold
quotations, reported by Narr & Ladner, No. 80
South Third Street.
1000 A. NJ. l144tl12'OO Pm. I44t
1907 1A4 1910 g" l44&
1920 g. 144tI122O &c. l44l
1890 a.. =. 144 1926 &c. AI4
-Messrs. Jay Cooke & Co. quote Govern
ment securities, ETC., as foliows:-U. s. 6s of
1881, 114@1l44; old 5-20s, l13s 0l13k; new 5-2Os,
1864 1904 t@l10t; do, 1866 11t0lll9; 520s, July,
1865. lOS@lOsi; do, 1861 1851 @l0Sl; pdo., 1858,
-Messra. De Haven q Brother, No. 40 South
Third street, report the following rates Of ex-
change to-day at p M;1U; 8. IS Of 1881. llak
10; do, 1865, ll1@l114; do. 1865, new, lOsi@
1921; do, 1867, new, lOS3@l09; do, 1868, 1857
@1O9t; do, Is, 10.40s, 10430l05; Due Com
pound Interest Notes, 1l94; do. October,
1865. 1lSa. Gold, 144@1444. Silver. 1363GDl3s.
--Messrs. William Painter & Co., bankers,
No. 36 South Third Street, report the following
rates of Exchange to-day at IL o'clock:-
United States 6s, 1881, 113S S01l4; q. 8. 6-2Os,
1852 l138@l13} do, 1864 1898 "a 1909; do, 1865.
llI@l1lt; do. july 1865, 10ss@l09; do July,
1867, 1082010Sb; 1865 l08b@l09; 5s, 10-40s, IOli
@1O4s. Compound Interest Notes past due.
1925; September, 1865 1925; October, 1865
11S4@ 119. Gold, 14401441