New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-10-22
.N4p ORLEANS 4ailp Qtestent,
MONDAY MORNING, OCTOBER %, 1866.
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rho ,,o,d market has been exceedingly I'M
settled and prices have been unusually irregular
today owing to the fluctuations of rates at New
york as announced almost hourly by telegraph.
There was a fair inquiry noticeable throughout,
bowever. and moderate amount Of business
TRANSFERRED, as will be seen by the subjoined state
ment of actual sales, viz: $4,000 at l473' 5000
and $4,000 at l474 $500, $1,000 and $1,000 at
I47; $2OOO $4,000 and $4,000 at 14G5; $3OOO $1,000
and $4,000 at 1867 $1,000, $4,000, $4,000 and Slo,-
600 at 1464; $4,000 at l464@1463; $4,000 ana
$4,000 at l464 and $4,000 $4,000 and $40 600 at las
Sales of silver have been limited to slOOo AineFl-
can halves at 1885, and 700 Mexican dollars at l4o'
We now quote gold at l462@l473. American 81.
yer coin at 137@l30, and Mexican dollars at l4'0
14S.
FOREIGN ExcHANdE-The movement IN oterlihs
and Francs disclosed considerable depression uui1
ing the forenoon, but they subsequently shshtiy
recovered under advices of an upward movement
in the New York market. Oherlngs were only
moderate at best, and the demand was OF re-
striced character from the opening to the close OF
business, Annexed we give particulars OF all the
sales that have reached us in an authentic form,
viz. 10000 bank sterling in the morning at l59;
$1,000 clear sterling at 1853; 5000 commercial and
$4,000 private do at 49, and $500 IA bill of ladng
him at 1856. Sales of Francs comprised $4,000
bankers at 3.55 10000 private at 1919, and
N 600 commercial at 800. The quotations this
evening we're, for bank sterling, 1G0@l6l; cieal
bills, l57@lj9 bill ofading bills l55@l56; banH
francs, 3.55@3.50, and outdoor francs at 3625a
9.573.
DOMESTIC ExcHAEGE.-There is no materia
alteration of any kind to notice in the movement
under the above heading. Offerings are rathe
limited, and the demand at bank for remittance
purposes continues fair. The purchases by bank
and bankers to-day include 100000 New forl
sight at u cent. discount, $50, 1000 New ork, AM
$35 900 Boston do at ll.16 u cent discount, an
$4,000 and $3G 900 New York and 100000 Bosto
at ID cent. discount, 100000 fifteen days Bosto
do at l d cent. discount, and 100000 thlrt
days New York, at ! y cent. discount. We ST.
quote New York sight at 309-l6 % cent. discou1
at bank, aud 39B % cent. discount out of doors
USCuRRENT NoTEs AND SECUR1rIEs-Sal of tl
former continue of limited character, and the onl
operations reported to-day were $500 Louisian
State notes at CSC. sand $4,000 City of New Orlea1
notes at 904c. There is a very active demand nj
tCeabe in securities, however, and the sales
stock since our last, included 30 shares City Raj
road Company at 200l; Is do. at 2lO, and 2, 3,
2050 and Il do at prices that have not transplret
so, 100 and 300 do Louisiana State Bank at 81
200 Bank of New Orleans at 49, 100 Jackson Ra
road Company at %, and so do at 81 At auctiC
Messrs Palfrey & Hill sold 10 shares Opelous
railroad stock at 81; $685. Merchants Insuran
scrip of 1860 at 79c; 43O do. Of 1861 and 1852
74c. 500 Sun do. of 1858 and 1861 at 77c.; 50
Star do of 1861 and 1868 at 46@c.; s94O Merchar
do of 1854 and 1856 at Sc, and % and Is shar
Polk county copper stock at 80.