The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-12-28

were taken at 9s,S@90 for the new bonds; eOM was
offered for Lehigh Gold Loan
Reading Railroad brought 1881 cash, and 80 b. 30;
Pennsylvania sold slowly at 81; Camden and Amboy
was firm at 11sN and Lehlgh Valley at b9A; ~ was
offered for Little Schuylkll Ban for Catawissa pre-
ferred and 2sa4, b. o., for Philadelphia and Erie.
In Canal stocks we have no sale to report. S9X
Among the miscellaneous stocks there was small
sale OF Mechanics Bank at slsl, and OF Green and
Coates Streets Railroad at 3sH.
1t Is not generally known by the mercantile
community that the 'Nstiona Exchange Bank"
with capital OF three hundred thousand dollars,
and after the l1t6 proximo. William II. Rhawn,
ESQ.,, the President OF the latter institution has pur
National Bank, aud the institution will hereafter be
conducted as one bank, with capital of one million
dollars The circulation OF the Bank OF the Republic
viii be increased by this operation to the extent OF
$4,000, which is very important item In banking
Mr. j. Boyd, the President Of the Exchange Ma
tional Bank, will retire to private life, and Mr. Gil
bough its cashier Will be promoted to the position
OF cashier of the Seventh National Bank, at the
corner OF Fourth and Market streets.
The fusion OF these two institutions has given rise
to considerable feeling upon the subject between the
directors OF the two banks and certain charges and
counter-charges have been made, which it would be
improper to make public at this time. Besides the
above advantage, the Bank OF the Republic will re-
ceive over s50OoOO in increased deposits 1t has q
capital OF one million dollars and was organized De-
cember 1865 and went into operation May 22 1866,
with Joseph Is. Ferree, ESQ.,, as President. This
gentleman was decidedly unpopular, and his course
as presiding oflcer anything but satisfactory.
transferred to another class of stockholders with
William II. Rhawn as President, and Joseph P.
Mumford as Cashier.
The following are the Board OF Directors: :-Benja-
min Rowland Jr, of B. Rowland, Jr., & Brother,
coal merchants; Samuel A. Bispham, OF Samuel
Bispham Sons, Wholesale grocers; Frederick A.
Hoyt Of +. A Hoyt Bro, clothiers; John Pearce
Of Of Pearce % Doron, wholesale notions; Alfred Day,
pers; Howard Hinchman, ex-President Of
Commercial Exchange" and of Howard
M nj Mau A.
Co.. iron manufacturers; Charles Richardson, late OF
J; c. Howe Co., dry goods commission; ]. Barlow
turers; William Hacker, OF Hacker, Wetheril q CO.,
seedsmen: Charles D. Sharpless, dry goods mer-
erty Industrial WoPes; VI e and William II RSsggn
late Cashier OF the Second and Central National
Banks.
PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE SALES.
Reported by De Haven Bro, No. 40 S. Third street.
FIRST BOARD.
$4,000 Pa 6s 1st Sc. .lO3AI 100 sh Read r. bso. 80
$500 City ss, New os,l 1SS 1SS %SoO,....c.4ssssl
sSoS do; ID bill. g 400 do....is.c .4s:sl
ssh Am Rb5lisS 10 sh Or & Goats is s. IS ''
sh Leh ST., ssI 5 sh Penna r. .ls. 81
MEssRs. DE HAVEN & BROTHER, 20 No. 8. Third
u. s IS Of 1851, rs%silsN; do 1862, Ms@iisI ;
do. 1854 nl%@113; do 1865, ll2@ll2A; do. 1866,
ae asw 4@s l4@ls ,SS. q: ,Sf sss sS 1{ssss So Ys
Notes. 10; Gold, 12O@12O4 Silver 11s@1191d
MEssRs. WILLIAM PAINTER Co., No. So s. Third
street report the following quotatens:-U. s. IS Of
1881, 11sX@11szs; 62Os of 1862 119H@11s4; do 1864,
l12@1l2A; do. 1865, 112@112A; do. July, 1866,
1855, f4SS1i5; IS, I64o ics1@ios. i. s. 49, PSciSc; ;
RR. Cur. 6s, 1OsA@iOs. Gold, 12o1s@12O3S.
Hax COOKE - go securities
11s@1131;. !. do, 1854, 11iZs@1i2J6; do, 1865 ii9@
112A; do, July, 1865. 114N@114s<; DO. do, 1867,
114zS@11516; do, 1865, 114S@115S; 1O-4Os, los "a
100; Cur. 6s, 10s249109 Gold, 120A.
-NARR LADNER, Bankers, report this mornings
Gold quotations as folows:-
1000 A. M......... 1901 II SO A. M...... 1901
1905 .......... 1905 1902 p. M. ..12OS
1906 .......... ..1204