The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-01-08
SEN erleans gtunsp Narkst.
OrssJxsr OrsIoE. NO. % oAEy srREET,
Tuesday Evening. Jan Z, 1853.

Orfs UsT OrsIoE No. ~ OAHy SrREsr, !
Tuesday Evening. Jan Z. 1858. !
GoLD-Has gone still higher to day, uuder ad
.vices Of a rapidly upward movementat New York.
Pile supply Of cash Gold on hand was of too re-
stricted character, however, to attract the at.
tenton Of spectators, and operations have been
confined to the regular local demand with sales
at graduating rates in the following order, viz
$1,000 in the morning Alba $4,000 at 134} $1,000
Bat l345 $1,000 at l34t 5000, $1,000 and $4,000 at
135; 5000 and 5000 at 1851 $1,000 at 1851: $500
and 5000 at 1859; $500 at 1856; $1,000. $500
and $500 at 1851 $500 at 1851 and $1,000 at 1876.
&Sales Of Silver include 300 aud 1900 Mexican Dol
at 1879 for currency, 1000 do. at II 4 cent. pre-.
1nium on Gold, and some tridlng lots Of American
ISilver coin within the range of our quotations
(which now rule as follows, viz Gold, l35t9
|136; American Silver coin, l2S4lll29; aud Mex
lean Dollars, l374@l3S.
FOREIGN ExCH ANGE.-Sterling and Francs have
been still further enhanced to-day under the
heavy advance 10 the New York gold market. Offer.
]ngs were ample throughout, however but the
demand was at no time active or general, and the
total operations comprised only the appended
amounts, viz $4,000 bill of ading sterling at 1861
$4,000 do. at l46B, fl200 clear do. at 1865, fI0OO
and $4,000 bankers do. at l474, $4,000 bank at l4S4
~ ,OOOf. bank francs at price that has been sup.
pressed 10000, and 500OOf. commercial do. at
S5f. and rs 000f., Is 0OOf., 5OO0Of. and IS 00Of.
.d1. at 3-s34f. We now quote bank sterling at I43
tgl49, clear bills at l4640l474, bill of ladng
biLg at l453Wl463, bank francs at 3.8230}.SOf.
Bnd commercial francs at S5G3.S3lf.
Il DOMESTIC ExCHANGE-There Is no material a.
feIation whatever 10 refer to under the above
beading. Operations continue restricted, aud the
offering supply is etill considerably in excess of
the demand. The purchases by banks aud bank.
eTs to day included the appended amounts, viz. /:
<2500, SIC O00 s25 600, $4,000 $50. 900, $50 900,
8 35, goo, $40 600, 100000 aud sl5 900 New York
blight, and $4,000 Boston do. at I y cent. dis
count ZIG 600 and $50 900 New York do. at 1915
<s9 cent. discount $4,000 and SIC, 900 do. at a
cent. discount; so 600 five days do. at Il % cent
discount; and 81 900 sixty days do. at p y
cent. discount. We continue to quote ~ cent.
discount at bank, and lGI q cent. discount out Of
doors for sight checks on the Northern cities.
UNCURREAT N0TEs AND SECURITIES Operations
in the former still wholly suspended, ana the
movement in the latter, which to-day was exclu.
tively restricted TO city issues, disclose5 rapid
downward tendency m rates. The total sales are
Icomprised in the annexed statement, viz $1,000
and $4,000 small city notes at q cent. discount;
$500 do. at % y cent. discount; $1,000 large do.
pa u cent. discount; $500 do. at lag ~ cent. dis
count; $1,000 de. at l54 y cent. discount, and
$4,000 do, towards the close OF business this even.
|ing, at l6l fB cent discount. At the meeting Of
1he Board Of Brokers last night $4,000 Louisiana
etaie Notes were sold at SO u cent. discount.
SPECIAL DIsPkTcHEs.-We are indebted TO
&he Western Union Telegraph line for copies OF
PIE following private dispatches received over
th q route to-day, viz:
Ae,c York, Jan. 10 A. M.-Gold opened
BIT 1851. IL A. M.-Gold 1853. Cotton-market
inactive; prices dropping; quotations nomnally
unchanged. Sterling ll0t@ll0t. IL M.-GOld
]36. Cotton dull and nominal; quotations IN.
changed; low grades dropping; midding scarce
fnd steady at l6@l6lc. Sterling steady. l:50 P.
1t.-Gold 1877. 3 p. Mold 1854. Cotton quiet
and firm; middliDgs scarce at lG9l6lc.; Mobile
Dele. Orleans l6@c.; good middllngs lie. Sales
1500 bales. Sterling steady.
= liverpool, Jan. 7-ll:l5 A. Motion market
uuiet estimated sales 5000 bales. Uplands
t7d.; Orleans 7fd. l:20 P. Motion market
|quiet; quotations nOminally unchanged. jim
Cotton unchanged.
London, Jan. Ills A. NJ -COnsols 92k6lg2l
for money; S2lG92l TOR accounts FRe.twenties
|72G172t. l:20 2. M.-ConsOl5 92! for money;
1922 @92! for account. Five-tweates 7lt0DI2.
Is P. M.-COnsols %. Five-twentes ~.