New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-10-26
g3qu Orleans Stlonep Warhst.
CREscEEr OFFlcE, No. "a CAMP STREET,
Thursday Evening, Oct, rs, 1876,

The feature of the moVement1 financial circles
to-day has been a very heavy increase in sales of
Foreign Exchange. The Gold market has been
unsettled, with only a moderate inquiry notice
able throughout, and the only sales that have been
reported to us as having transpred in the outdoor
market were $4,000 and $4,000 at 1473; $4,000 and
$1,000 at 147}; $5OOO $4,000 and $l1 900 at I475
$25 900 by one party at 1475@l48; $4,000, $4,000
and $4,000 at l4s; s2OOO $4,000, $4,000 and $1,000 at
l48t and $4,000 at148l, Sales of Silver included
$4,000 American halves at l39b aud $4,000 do, at
14O. We now quote Gold at 1474@l484; American
Silver coin at 139@14O, and Mexican dollars at
148@l483
FOREIGN ExCH4NGE-The movement in Foreign
Bills has been of very heavy and general char
acter to-day. The market was amply supplied
throughout, and with better inquiry than here
tofore an unusually heavy amount of Sterling and
Francs, but especially the former, changed hands.
Rates have undergone but little if any variation,
however, and the augmentation Of the supply
arises from recent purchases of the leading staple
for transatlantic ports, which heretofore have
been credited to speculative movements. The
sales for the day comprise 912O0 commercial
BILL at 1861, $4,000 and 10000 do. at 156, ESQ do.
at 1861, 800 do. at 1861 4l0OO and $4,000 private
do, taken by one bank, deliverable hereafter, at
158Dl584 and 1881, and G20OO do. and $4,000 Bank
Sterling at 1885, 3OO,0 900 Francs taken by one bank
at 3.575f. for commercial, l0,O00f., 5OOO0f
5O,00Of., so O0Of. and 0OOf. at the same figure
and lOO00f. and l5,0O0f. private do. at 3.55f. We
now quote Bank Sterling at 158@159, Clear Bills
at 156@l58, Bill of Lading Bills l52@l54, Bank
Francs at 3.55@3.523f., and outdoor Francs at
36503,57lf.
DOMESTIC ExoHAEGE-The movement under
the above heading still steadily nclines in favor Of
sellers and drawers The supply Of private and
commercial is very scant, and the demand is Of a
very restricted character both at bank and upon
the street. We annex the few purchases that have
been made BY banks and bankers to-day, as fol-
lows, viz 100000 New York bank sight at "
cent. discount: $1,000, $500, S45 900, $4,000 and
and $4,000 do. at f3 cent. discount; $4,000 do.
at 9-l8 ID cent. discount $4,000 do. at u cent.
discounts $500 do. and $4,000 Boston sight at }
F3 cent discount: $685. 900 thirty days at II B cent.
discount; $4,000 do. at II D cent. discount, and
5000 sixty days do. at % II cent discount. The
ruling rates this evening are: for New York sight
40} % cent discount at bank, and 3G1B y cent.
discount in the outdoor market. The movement
in short sight and in time drafts is still of too
strcted character to establish quotations, and
we therefore omit them.
USeURRENT NoTEs AND SEcURTIEs.-The move.
ment in the former to-day comprised only $1l5C
Bank Of Louisiana notes at &C., $4,000 City
of New Orleans notes at 993c., and $4,000 Louis
ana State notes at 93Ic. Sales of stocks embraced
IA and 50 shares City Railroad Company al
prices that have been withheld, do. at 2l74
100 shares Louisiana State Bank at 1853, 100 Bank