The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-01-28
FINANCE AND COMMERCE..
oFFICK OF THE EVENING TELEeRAPH,l
Thursday. Jan. % 1869. Z

OFFICE OF rHE GynNLNe TELEeRAIH,l
The Stock market was inactive this morning,
but prices generally were steady. Government
securities were fraction lower. 1881 was bid
Tor lC.4Os: ~ or6s OF 1881; 1888 or '62 5.20s;
l094 for "a 5.20s; llO2 tor 65 52Os; IOs for July
'65 5-20s; and 1855 for 67 800.
City loans were unchauged the new issue
sold at 1908, and old do. at 81.
Railroad shares were the most active on the
list. Reading sold at 48}6G4S 81 100 an advance
OF /; Pennsylvania Railroad at 574@572, a de-
cline OF /: Miuehill Mt 55. no change; Catawissa
preferred at "a a slight decline; Northern Cen
tral at 40, no change; aud Camden and Amboy
at l24, no change.
City Passenger Rail way shares were without
change. HestonVie sold at IL. and Green
and Coates at 80, no change: SO was bid for
Fifth and Sixth: 6S for Tenth and Eleventh; Is
iorThirteenth and Fifteenth; and 269 for Ger
mantown.
Bank shares were firmly held at full prices.
North America sold at 240. an advance of ], aud
Grard at 58, no change. l57 was bid for Phila-
delphia; 1898 for Farmers and Mechanics; Sc
for Commercial; 3lg tor Mechanics; 81 for Penn
Township; 20 for Western aud 73 for City.
In Canal shares there was nothing doing.
I0t was bid for schuyklil ravigation common;
20S for preferred do; 3lG for Lehigh Navigation;
20 for Morris Cana; 6S for Morris Canal pre-
ferred; and l2b for Sus 1uehanna Canal.
PHILADELPHIA STOCK ExOHANGE BALES TODAY
Reported by DE AAven Il Bro, No 40 y. Third street
$4,000 o&Am ss'ss! siksE ST. hHAEn iaa sb ca,a pr
s,ooo kesd p R7s-"'triio, 100 90 g
$500 Bel Del On Ds.. 80 20 sn q & Am.......lH
$4,000 Leh N 6s. sf--. s21a 30 sh Glrnrd Bk.... bS
$4,000 Leh Ga. gold l-.. 20 100 sh Hestonyille N
$1,000 Plttsbg ts~....... 7OLi 60 sh or & Coates 40
sS0O Phila bs.......- SO 100 sb Read h.. b3O 4s'Sl
| IS UOSch n 6s' So -s5- 651s 100 do..,..., sss.
sh Blk n Amer-,.2iO 100 do......- i0 4sls
! 10 all Penna R-".... 57h 28 do .,......, 49,
100 do.......b bS0- 579 30 do. ....,sB0. 49,
so dO.......-.c- 5192 leo do "a as III
% oo-'.."'.....~ o. "a 200 do. Is bis AS 81
q 40 ;.-....c- 57S6 100 do........ b30- -49 81
IS Sh Minehfll.-.ls. IS 100 do ,,.,,...s5 {s sI
-Nessrs. William Painter q Co., bankers.
! No. SO South Third Street. report the folio wing
rates of exchange to-day at IL o'clock,-
United States IS. 1881, 112t@1l2g; q. 8. 6-2Os
1852, 1I2i@ll28; do, 1864, 1O98@lO9t; do, 1865,
| l10a01l0s; do. July, 1866, 10S39l0SS do. July,
1867, 1885 tl08s; do 1865 10ob0Dl09a; 1e-40s, los
| @l0S4. Compound. Interest Notcl, past DUE
| 1925. Gold 136lal36s.
--Messre De Haven &Brother, No. 40 South
Third street, report the following rates of exc
change to-day al l P. NJ :-U. s. 6s of 1881. lI2f
61123; do. 1852, 1l3Iai13l; do. 1864. lO9}@
l09S; do, 1865, l1O4@1109; do 1865, new 1887 "a
1889; do, 1867. new, 1888 @l08f; do., 1868 l09
@0l093; do, IS, 10-40s, 10S@l08l. Due Com
pound Interest Notes, l9l; Gold, l3Gs@l36s;
Silver. 13l@1328
-Messrs. Jay Cooke & Co. quote Govern
ment securities, etc., as follows:--U. 8, 6s of
1884, II24@lI2s: 5-20s of 1862 lI8a6Il3I:
6-2Os, 1864, l09t@lOai: 2Os, Now, 1865, 1860
llOG; July, 1865 lOsa@10s&; do, 1867 1OsR9
lO9; do 1868. l0Sa0 09t; l0-40s. l0StMIO85,
Union Pacific bonds, 10l4 l49l015. God 1885,