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CRESCENT orrIcE, No. 81 CANT sTREBr,
Wednesday Evening, Oct 81, 1866


The movement in financial circles to-day has
been exceedingly uniform throughout, and no va
riaton has occurred in any department. of sufficient
magnitude to require special notice in fact,
corresponding uniformity appears to have pre-
vailed at New York, and the advices from that city
scarcely disclose riffs upon the surface of the
financial sea to-day. Gold opened at yesterdays
closing figures, and with fair supply and only
limited demand the movement in the outdoor mar.
ket has been restricted to the suboned sales viz:
$1,000, $4,000, $4,000 and s2O OOO at 1473; $4,000 at
A47s and $5OOO $4,000, $l3 900 and $4,000 at l474
saes of Silver included $1,000 American halves at
I4O4 and 5000 Mexican dollars at y cent premium
on Gold We still quote Gold dat1474@l47i, Ameri
oan Silver coin at l380l4O, and Mexican dollars
ct 148@l48b.
FOREIGN ExCHANGE--The demand for Sterling
and Francs shows no improvement whatever
Offerings are still very light and asking rates are
considerably above the views OF general buyers.
The only sales that have come to our knowledge
In authentic form to-day, were $500 and 88oo
commercial Sterling at l57, f15O0 bill OF lading
bills, bought by one bank, at 1913; and f250O
private do. at 1881; G0000f private Francs at
3.52R, 50OOOf commercial do. at 3574, and
rs O0Of do ct 3.583 The closing rates this evening
are, for bank Sterling, l590l60, clear bills l5640
1854, bill Of lading bills l54Dl55! bank Francs
s.55G93.50, and outdoor Francs 3.625@3.579.
DOMESTIC E1CHANGE-Ihere Is some evidence
of a further upward movement under the above
heading, but the variation to-day did not amoun
to a ouotable advance. Offerings of private and
commercial disclose still further falling of
while the demand for remittance purposes ex
hibits if anything. moderate increase. Tht
purchases by banks and bankers to-day included
$4,000, $50 900, and 10000 New York, and $l0O,
600 Boston sight at per cent. discount $1,000
New York, and sl20 900 Boston, the latter in on
check at ZIG per cent. discount $4,000 Boston
end $l0, 900 and e95 900 New York sight at ! pc
cent discount 600 iftsen days New York
at per cent discount; and 100000 twenty days
and $4,000 thirty days do. in one lot at Il pc
cent discount. The quotations at the closing Q
business this evening were }1s per cent discoun
ct bank and i03 per cent. discount out OF dooi G
for sight checks on the Northern cities. In
EnovementGn short sight and in time drafts col
tnues Of too restricted q character to establis
reable quotations.
UFCURaBNT NoT0s AND SEoURITIEs-The sal
of the former to-day have been confined
5000 Louisiana State Notes OF 93c., $1,000 81
$4,000 Bank Of Louisiana Notes at 65c. and e5Ot
CITY Of New Orleans Notes at 99tc.; per dolla
Operations in securities included 20 and 90 shar
Bank of America stock at 142a; 100 do. Bank
Louisiana at Ill and so do Crescent City Bal
at 434. .
Rrokers' Board to-day was Of very active a.
apirited character, will be seen by the subJoin
particulars ofthe actual GALES, VIZ: