New Orleans Republican., 1868-02-22
W 0Eleails 8EpiibllfAsr.
n lO0RNNL q 7aE REPIIBllcAN PARTY.
onetary and Commercial.


,z opTxsAYasf REPUBLICAN, OFFICE, 4
~" FnTpAX EvEr1NG. February ~. 1858
IT. money market continues easy, at
E Y IN All Al paper, the offerings Of which
hsrdiv equal 10 the available capital
't;rg employment. The banks discount
sos6d business paper offered by their
lssrsers. and are free lenders on solid
|,sserals. On the street good paper, sat
siofsly secured, can be readily nego-
sa Il f0ia T cent S9 month, Mortgage
& u Sre quoted at 12Dl5 - cent @ annunl.
.sd.class names are hard to pass even at
'9ise rates, lenders preferipg less profit
sfeater HecnFity. v=ae
"a Merchants bank will resume active
siious on Monday. We notice that
Institution has adopted q somewhat
n feature IL New Orleans banking. To
IN the Inconvenience Of running
ma the town TO sell or purchase city
The bank Will purchase, OF sen At its
Eter, the depreciated currency at the
+. ~ rates; but, we understand, viii con-
N onerations Of this character to the
fings or the acquisitions Of its de.
IA opened as ls9s0IS9a against 1888
essn{ng wv yP and after settling down 70 1891
.leed an active impulse from their at
york pred Heated on the political news
washington, and closed at 140a DI403.
ssles included SIC, GOO at f39AS $l5, 600
1I Sl0. 600 al 1891, and $1,000 at lisa.
iver we noticed sales Of 1000 Mexican
IN at l47As AT the close American half
~ were quoted at l325@f35, and Mex
dollars at 143 in currency, and 2@2A
3lum in gold.
y offerin rs OF foreign exchange were to
sFsxtent, and rates were without any
srial variation until after the receipt Of
news referred to above, when they adj
IN in proportion to the rise Of gold at
York. The.sale Of sterling included
n md larger am0unt early in the day
n for Al; f2000 Al and Asimilar amount
I'M: fl0gA and E2000 at l62; 10000 at
tal; 5000 at 1924; $1,000 and $l200 at
fsO06 bank (E2003 and G3000) at 1854;
bank at 1854; &i500 AL at 1854 in geld,
400 1T 1881. In francs we noticed
q ef l70,G0o fiTstelass before the news,
va, and SO, 900 subsequenily {26, GOO,
IL md SO, ,0001 at $40. Sterling may be
aa At l5iq6nI52a for Al bill of ladine
sesf, 1853 for first. .class, aud I540l541
lak; and francs at 3.T34@3.H4 for Al
Ieial, ,3. 40 for firstclass. and 3.673 fol
astic exchange was rather hrmer,
nks continued to check on New Yofh
g cent aiscouats at which they sold /
insunt. The sales of commercial in
500, 900 In several amounts to bank
5soUu4 q bank check for l$100s 900 q
hle; $s0o, 900 in several sums az abovt
l6 and H4G, 600 in two sums at I. $400l
sos sight was also passed at
IL sales of stocks included so share
Of New Orleans at $28 IS; &c Mechan
IA Trsders bank at $40 so; and at thl
q last evening IS shares Crescent cit
ead at Sll0s Thelsst sale. Of City rail
reported was at S1ss. sli8eaC
sales Of bonds included IL Jaeksol
1sd trst mortgage bonds (e and III 8
City bonds are quoted at 7S0S0 for th
lidat,sa, and e6067 for the railroai
ut the board last evening so 0pe
railroad FIRST rasxtgage bonds change
at k8 III
d have INT little variation 70 notice 4
aeasury notes Dealers bought at
lke large and 81 for the small, and sol
A for the former and for the latter
boo small <two lots of $40, 600 each bol
;: and ct the hoard last evening $40, 90
al 81 and $4,000 large at Is, The sale
is notes included $1,000 at 293 discount
ae board last evening $500 and $500
ed hands at 299. We hear Of no II
or Bank of Louisiana notes, whic
animal AZ ao@S5c. % dollar.