The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-05-06

cent. on call, and cor per cent on prime dis
counts. Good paper having three or four
months to mature is in high favor at the banks
and scarce.
Gold is quiet and steady, with the sales rang
ing from 111@111A closing at 1111S.
Government bonds are dull and steady the
prices remaining at last nights quotations
At the Stock Board there was an active de-
mand and large business transacted. Sales of
State 6s, first series, at 104, and second do. at
10711. City 6s sold freely at 103@lO314 for the
new certificates, and at 103 for the old do.
Reading Railroad was steady, with sales at
56%. Pennsylvania sold at 63@631s; Phladel-
phia and Erie at 2S4@2ssS; Lehgh Valley at
6S2A;, Camden and Amboy at 12519@1252l, and
Northern Central at 42s4. Oil Creek and Allie
gheny was very active but weak, prices falling
off from 5215051%.
Canal shares we're in demand but inactive.
Small sales of Lehigh at 34%.
In Bank stocks we notice sales of Mechanics'
at 3216@324, and Third National at ia
Among the Passenger Railroad shares there
were several sales of West Philadelphia at 6S;
Chestnut and Walnut at 81, and large sales of
Hestonville at 21I022.
Big Mountain Coal sold at 81.
The progress of the new United States loan
is shown by the following communication from
the Treasury Department.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON D. c.,
pha, Pa.-Gentlemen Subscriptions received froua
national banks this day as foows:-
Boonville, Missouri, Central National. .... az 600
Bristol, Rhode Island, First National ., 43 000
Total subscriptions to date, t62S17, 300.
Very respectfully,
JOHN p. BIGEGow Chief OF Loan Division.
PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE SALES.
Reported by De Haven Bro, No. 40 S. Third street.
FIRST BOARD.
$500 City 6s, Old. .1O3 II sh Penna R. s3
$1,000 City os New.1O3 100 do. -. $50. 63<
slOee do.... .bs. 1881 50 sh Cam & Am. 1859
S30o0 do....... ..103H ZOE do. 1852
$1,000 h A m ca, 50 9SX 2e sh Sd Nat Bk ia
$500 Pa 6s se 1O4 ZOE sh Hestonv'e b6o 2l X
$500 do.........104 10e do. .e60, %
$500 Pa g., se:; .lo7X 200 sh LeA Ma 500 SAX
$500 sen n IS i. 55A 8 shO OC& A r.. 52X
500 sh Read. .sl0 sc 56 800 do,.....,,, 52s%
900 do. bio 56s 100 do ..... b5. b2H
200 do. $40. Sc DC 200 do. -. .b6o. b23t
2 sh Mech Bk.... 326 lice do .... boo. 52X
20 do ......... S24 800 sh Big Mount. 6X
200 sh Phil d r.. 2sA 100 sh Cent R.. 42S
MKssRs. DE HAVEN d BRoTHRR, NO. az y. Third
Street. Philadelphia report the following quotations
u. 9. 6s OF 1881, 116%@1l7: do 1852, l1O7S@111T
do. 1884, 11O7S@1111s; do 1855, 110X@ll1 do 1865
new, 1lS1S@1132S do. 1861 do. n3S@1133S; do 1858.
DO. l13H@1lS2s; 10-40s, l093S@lO9%. U. s. 30 Year
8 per cent Currency, 115h@1165S; Gold, ll1@
1uAi silver, l06H@l0S; Union Pacific Railroad
1st Mort Bonds S92z@90A; Central Pacific Rail-
road, 100 S91O0S Union Pacific LandGrant Bonds,
s1AaS1%.
MEssRs. WILLIAM PAINTER d Co., Ne. 3s 8. Third
street report the following quotations g. es OF
1881, 116S911T; 6-20s OF 1852, 111a11lL; do 1854.
1l1@1l1H; do. 1885, 111@l11H; do, July 1865.
ll3A@113n DO, July, 1857, 113A@1lS3.: do July.
1865, l1sA@ll9n; l0.4Os, 1O9k@l09S. U. s. Pacific
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